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I've made these several times a year (this year was the exception, I've only made my first batch tonight, and they're always a hit, even with my nieces, 8 years old and lower.
For the cookies, I always use almost double the amount of pumpkin, half the flour between all purpose and wheat, add extra vanilla and about 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice with the rest of the spices. Even with adding a bit extra wheat flour in, the batter comes out much wetter than regular, but give it extra baking time and they come out lovely on their own instead of relying on the glaze to give flavor
I also toast the pecans after tossing them with some melted butter, and occasionally add on bits of english toffee for an added treat : I find the toasting the pecans gets rid of the bitter aftertaste that many people in my family find distasteful.
By nwnest
on November 28, 2012
I am definitely adding this recipe to the regular rotation--they are great. When you are making the icing 1 don't cook the brown sugar in the butter longer than a minute or it carmelizes and goes hard 2 if you cool the butter/brown sugar mixture before adding the powdered sugar it whips up into a fluffy icing (but it is not enough to frost all 44 cookies, if you add the powdered sugar when the mixture is warm it is more of a glaze, and there is more than enough.
By trishahiers
on January 11, 2012
The frosting on this cookie is amazing! The cookie by itself is ok, but the frosting really puts this over the top!
By kparks2
Saint Petersburg
on December 10, 2011
This was a simple and tasty recipe! I am taking them to a party tonight and it is a different spin for a Christmas cookie. Will make again!
By ej'schef
on December 10, 2011
These cookies are EXCELLENT! The texture is amazing... like a little pumpkin flavored cloud. I had quite a bit of frosting left over even though I spread an ample amount on each cookie. I think you could double the cookies and have plenty of frosting for them all... which is what I will do when I make them again. This recipe is definitely a keeper! Thank you Kelsey.
By wendycollier
on December 08, 2011
This recipe was very easy and tasted AMAZING. One of the best cookies I have had. I do recommended this recipe and I will definitely make again.
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You may have seen Keren's blog post about Pinterest last week. Well over the weekend I blogged about her "Owl" board and found some inspiration for my first illustration of 2012.
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Amy Campbell
September 28, 2009
At the risk of being repetitive, I'm still surprised at the number of "designer" drinks that have popped up in what seems to be such a short while. But maybe I just haven't been paying close enough attention, as I tend to stick with drinking the same types of beverages.
Frankly, I'm fascinated by some of the things manufacturers put in their products and the associated health claims they make. I'll wrap up the series on enhanced waters this week, looking at two more of these fancy waters. (Click here to learn about VitaminWater and here to learn about SoBe Lifewater.)
Skinny Water
If you check out the product's Web site, you'll note the high-tech features and colorful graphics. There are six varieties of Skinny Water: Wake Up, Total-V, Crave Control, Shape, Hi-Energy, and XXX-Detox. Each of these beverages is cleverly linked to a particular time of day. For example, jump-start your day with a bottle of Wake Up. Then, midday, when those cravings kick in, drink a bottle of Crave Control. Stay hydrated in the afternoon with a bottle of Shape. And before painting the town at night, don't forget to drink some Hi-Energy. Top everything off with a bottle of XXX-Detox before you crawl into bed so that you have the strength to start all over again the next morning. There are suggested meal and snack ideas that go along with each drink, and if as if that weren't enough, suggested songs, too, that you can easily download on iTunes.
I took a close look at a bottle of "Wake Up" Orange Cranberry Tangerine Skinny Water. Here's what's on the Nutrition Facts Label of a 16-ounce bottle:
The ingredients include super purified water, green tea catechins, gum arabic, ester of wood rosin, some vitamins and minerals, and two nonnutritive sweeteners: acesulfame K and sucralose. On the one hand, you could give the company (Skinny Nutritional Corp) some credit since this drink isn't loaded with sugar. With 0 grams of carbohydrate and no calories, it can easily fit into a diabetes eating plan. But on the other hand, this company cleverly markets these beverages as boosting metabolism and burning calories by adding a variety of nutrients (more than you need in one beverage, by the way), herbs, and EGCG (an antioxidant found in green tea that in laboratory experiments seems to boost metabolism — but the amount needed to do so is not well established). No scientific studies are listed on the Web site to support any of these claims — likely, because there aren't any. Oh, but if you're a high-energy, adventurous college student, you can sign up to become a Skinny Water ambassador, spreading the word about this miraculous elixir to the unenlightened masses.
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It also contains vitamins C and B6, pantothenic acid, zinc, and manganese. It's sweetened with sucralose, and the one gram of fiber comes from maltodextrin. It's true that citrus fruits contain vitamin C, potassium, and zinc. But they're not known for having B vitamins, nor 105 milligrams of sodium. Also, Fruit2O Essentials don't contain anywhere near the fiber or phytonutrients (plant-derived nutrients that may have health benefits) that you'd find in, say, an orange. Two servings of fruit in 16 ounces of Fruit2O Essentials? Very unlikely. Stick with fresh fruit for nutrition. Skip the colored sugar waters (or sweetened waters) with ingredients that you'll likely not need, and save money by drinking water with slices of lemon or lime.
I don't need flavored water but I do only drink distilled water for the past 15 years and my health has improved.
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Its very true, in the lasts years different "enhanced waters" have appeared in the market, most of them with the promise of changing your life and improving your health. I'm diabetic and have asked my endocrinologist for some of this products, the answer is always the same "There are no magic formulas for health". This is a very interesting article, thanks for sharing your knowledge on this products.
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What a stacked card. As good as I've seen in any sport in a long time
Great line up, I'd put my money on Kharitonov because he can knock you out or sub you from anywhere, all he has to do is fight sensibly and keep his chin down because there are a few solid punches there.
There won't be any subs because it's a kickboxing tourney as far as I know. Personally I have Ghita winning it but I might have a flutter on Zimmerman as an outsider.
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This qualifier flat out rocked. The weather, I'll get into, but the field was amazing, and the ref staff was top notch.. Either on par with Irregulators and 5150 or very close to it.
There were four teams in attendance. Almost Famous was a compilation local team that played Elite, Ghost Recon played Masters, Black Light Company is a rookie team, but played Masters for this qual to make scheduling simpler, and Maddmann had a team in Masters.
We walked the field the day before.. and at first, I was apprehensive. It was set up a bit differently (the main bases were actually on the far corners of adjacent sides of the field, with the swing off in the other corner), and it seemed that the lower main base of the two had a ton of advantages. But, this field was honestly the best I have ever played! Had a great mix of hard bunkers on the lower side and woods on the hill, great little paths and such, plenty of room to shoot, but enough small cover to screen things. Beyond that, the field staff were superb (big thumbs up to Galen on that one) and put up with the rain all day to make sure the event went on.
Did I say rain? That might have been an understatement.
It rained from steadily to occasionally pouring right up until the end of the last game. This caused all sorts of marker issues and mud, but that can't really be helped. It really changed the dynamic of the day, trying to sneak through the woods when you couldn't clearly see more than 40 feet in front of you at best. But, as I said, nothing you can do about it, and it was honestly the only big downer on the day.
I guested with Black Light Company for this qualifier, and first of all, I have to thank them for allowing me to play alongside them and putting up with my antics and really, really bad jokes... and the afro. You guys rock.. and I'll run with you anytime. Even that one "Air Force Guy"
Our first game was against the Maddmann team. They were a brand new team to the SPPL, so before the game, we did our best to let them know what was going on and what strategies to try and such.. they even brought out a few kids who were so very excited to play.. kudos! Hope the kids come back out!
While my memory is fuzzy, BLC won the game with a good margin. (~160-40?). I spent most of the game crawling through the upper woods, creating angles and loosing 2 barrel socks, a squeegie, and two pods of paint in the process.. LOL.. After their initial setback, the Maddman guys dug in to defend their flag, and did a great job of it.. I had a ton of trouble trying to get through that. Also, kudos to the older gent in the ghillie, after the half he took out most of our hillside guys and snuck through to pull our flag for the last few minutes.. Kudos sir! (incidentally, I found my first ever capture objective in this game... yay!)
The second game we played was against the Elite Team, Almost Famous. While I'd love to say we put up a fight.... well.. we couldn't do much. You guys were just that good. I sneaked around in the woods again, and found another objective, but Almost Famous really controlled the rest of the field most of the time. We were able to hold our base flag in the second half, thankfully.. I also tried to apply that rule about being allowed to verbally misrepresent my team color.. problem was that Galen was too smart, took the time to verify, and also got three players with angles on me in the meantime. Dang. . Despite being tromped (for some reason, they wouldn't take our advice to offer their surrender?) it was a fun game, and the Almost Famous guys all gave us advice and tips and observations after the game. Great group of guys.. Even Bass.. who forgot the beer.
And our third and final game was against Ghost Recon for the Masters championship. I can't say much about this game. My role was to run out to the hill corner off the break and flush out the pair of defenders there. Yup.. flushed them out... that was the plan.. uh huh...
Ok, so I got shot... my mask fogged thereafter, so I was the BLC podmonkey the rest of the game, and got to talk to Steve, the awesome base ref... who shared my love of playing pump (got to keep my streak of 3 consecutive SPPL quals playing pump.. haha!). I'm sure somebody who was out on the field more could elaborate on this game, but in the long run, BLC defeated Ghost Recon to take home the bacon.
Almost Famous (Elite) 1st
Black Light Company 1st
Ghost Recon 2nd
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Almost Famous
Thanks again to all the teams out there, it was a pleasure playing with you!
Big thumbs up to Galen, Jayson, and Curtis, who made for a phenomonal event!
Huge props to the refs who stuck it out in the miserable rain!
And I can't wait to play against you all again!
Ian "Lo" Ebersole
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- KeyCorp (KEY) is very well positioned for rising interest rates, and its conservative strategy and "above-peer capital levels" have set up an attractive long-term play for investors, according to Oppenheimer analyst Terry McEvoy.
"Sentiment on Key is improving as investors reassess the prospects from more consistent growth led by a management team that is proving to be more disciplined with excess capital," McEvoy wrote in a note to clients on Sunday.
McEvoy rates KeyCorp of Cleveland "outperform," with a 12-to-18-month price target of $12.00. The analyst estimates the bank will earn 87 cents a share this year, with EPS rising to a dollar in 2014.
KeyCorp's shares closed at $10.78 Friday, returning 29% this year, following a 12% return during 2012. The shares trade for 11.2 times the consensus 2014 EPS estimate of 96 cents, among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. The consensus 2013 EPS estimate is 89 cents.KeyCorp's shares this year have outperformed the KBW Bank Index (I:BKX), which was up 20% through Friday, underlining a second consecutive year of stellar performance for banks stocks. Early last month, KBW analyst Christopher Mutascio wrote that the run-up in KeyCorp's shares to $10.23 on May 7 was " unjustified," because the shares were trading at higher valuations than many other large-cap banks that posted stronger earnings. With all boats continuing to rise since then, Mutascio's observation on valuations continues to hold true.
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- Wells Fargo's (WFC) first-quarter ROA was 1.41% and its return on average tangible common equity, or ROTCE, was 17.76%. The shares closed at $40.55 Friday, trading for 10.4 times the consensus 2014 EPS estimate of $3.90.
- U.S. Bancorp (USB) of Minneapolis achieved a first-quarter ROA was 1.65% and its ROTCE was a very strong 23.79%. The company has been the best earnings performer among the 24 components of the KBW Bank Index through and after the credit crisis. The shares closed at $35.06 Friday, trading for 10.8 times the consensus 2014 EPS estimate of $3.24.
- For BB&T (BBT) of Winston-Salem, N.C., the first-quarter ROA was 1.11% and the ROTCE was 8.25%. The shares closed at $32.92 Friday, trading for 10.6 times the consensus 2014 EPS estimate of $3.10.
- Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) of Cincinnati had a first-quarter ROA of 1.34% and ROTCE of 15.23%. The shares closed at $18.20 Friday, trading for 10.5 times the consensus 2014 EPS estimate of $1.73. Applying the multiple of 12.9 to KBW's 2014 EPS estimate of $1.77 would lead to a price target of $23, for upside potential of 31%.
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These assistants are ready for the next step in their careers. Dave Miller
While every athletic director across the country would love to feel 100 percent confident that the right man is in place as the school's head football coach, college sports is a business. And change is inevitable in business as it is in most every aspect of life.
So even at the most successful football programs, ADs always have at least a mental short list of candidates who could fit as the next face of the program in case a head coach leaves for a better job or has to leave for one reason or another.
Today at the NFP let's take a look at some offensive and defensive coordinators who could be ready to assume a larger role within a program and possibly fill the need for an AD who soon will need to zero in on a new program-builder.
US PRESSWIREKirby Smart will be a head coach sooner rather than later.
Alabama DC Kirby Smart: We all know that Nick Saban is the main reason why the Crimson Tide is gunning for their fourth BCS national championship in five seasons. Not only does he oversee the entire operation in Tuscaloosa, but he is a defensive mastermind. However, that should not lead people to overlook the job that Smart has done with the Tide. He's the highest-paid DC in college football because he has a hand in developing so many NFL players year in and year out while cultivating unique ways to make the 'Bama defense consistently one of the best units in the nation each season. It appears that he is waiting for the right opportunity — and a big opportunity — before leaving the Tide for a head gig. Georgia is probably the dream job, but Mark Richt is not in much danger.
Clemson OC Chad Morris: The leader of the Tigers offense is probably the hottest name for a potential vacancy because of what he has been able to do at Clemson after arriving from the high school ranks in Texas. In essence, he helped save Dabo Swinney's job a few seasons ago. Morris received an interview at Texas Tech, but Kliff Kingsbury just happened to be available. But like Smart, he will wait for the right opportunity as long as his unit remains prolific. And that up-tempo offense that averaged over 40 points per game last season will remain productive behind Heisman Trophy contender Tajh Boyd. The 44-year-old native Texan and former Tulsa OC could be headed back to the Lone Star State at some point.
Notre Dame DC Bob Diaco: When Brian Kelly and Diaco began turning around the Fighting Irish defense, it appeared that Diaco would be able to land a job in the MAC or another non-BCS league in time. But the influence that Diaco has had in South Bend likely makes him a prime candidate to get a lower-tier job in an AQ league these days. The Irish had one of the best defenses in the nation last year and could possibly be even a bit better in 2013 after finishing seventh nationally in total defense and second in points allowed in 2012. Diaco has held numerous assistant jobs and is due for a head gig. The New Jersey native would fit in very well on the East Coast.
Arizona State OC Mike Norvell: The Sun Devils offense thrived in its first season under Norvell, who came to Tempe with Todd Graham after working under him at Tulsa and Pittsburgh. While he is young, Norvell is on the fast track to getting a head gig. And after the Sun Devils averaged 38.4 points per game last season, they should once again be one of the Pac-12's most exciting offenses with Taylor Kelly returning at quarterback. Another strong year and Norvell could be in consideration for a job in a league such as the Mountain West.
Washington DC Justin Wilcox: After demonstrating his defensive acumen at Boise State and Tennessee, Wilcox transformed the Huskies' unit into one of the better ones in the Pac-12 last fall. The native Oregonian is just 36 years old but is ready to become the face of a program. If Washington has a breakthrough season in the Pac-12 this fall, his stock will soar.
Michigan State DC Pat Narduzzi: While Kirby Smart gets a lot of love as a DC, Narduzzi still seems to go a bit under the radar. The defensive leader of the Spartans has really built something special in East Lansing, and it's a shame that MSU's offense has not been able to complement what have been stellar defenses in recent years. In addition to being a savvy defensive mind, Narduzzi is also a very good recruiter. He'll be given the opportunity to be a head coach some day, but he has shown he's comfortable in East Lansing because he has turned down a couple of higher-profile coordinator jobs in the past. He could be the head coach of the next Big Ten program in need of a new leader.
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In Mowry v. Logan County Board of Education, 58 IDELR 192 (S.D. W. Va. 2012), a West Virginia high school student who was placed on a homebound program due to having Fabry's disease (a hereditary metabolic disorder) was told if he was "too sick" to attend school, he was "too sick" to attend extracurricular activities such as the senior party and the senior graduation ceremony. The student sued the school district under Section 504 and Title II of the ADA, alleging the district discriminated against him as a homebound student when it prohibited him from participating in these activities. The school district filed a motion to dismiss the suit arguing that the student did not state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
The district court judge, however, denied the motion to dismiss stating:
"Plaintiff claims he was treated differently from other students in Logan County as he was not allowed to participate in extracurricular activities. He alleges that Defendants prevented him from participating because of his 'inability to physically attend Logan County High School.' He states that he was often told 'If you're too sick to come to school, you're too sick to attend these events.' Assuming Plaintiff's allegations are true, Plaintiff's complaint sufficiently alleges that Defendants intentionally discriminated against him by treating him differently than other students."
The Judge denied the school district's motion to dismiss and the case, if not settled, may now be scheduled for trial.
The decision highlights the need for school districts to consider extracurricular activities at 504 meetings and to individually evaluate each homebound student's ability to participate in extracurricular activities. Please note that this decision involves a student who, due to having a disability, was receiving services in a homebound placement. That should not be confused with students who by parental choice are home-schooled.
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Ocean carriers are at a turning point. The financial results paint a picture of an economically troubled industry that has grown by leaps and bounds because of global trade, yet is unable to take full advantage of that growth because it flooded the market with capacity just as the downturn hit.
The results are compounded by what many familiar with the industry believe is its Achilles' heel: self destruction brought about by allowing overcapacity to drive down rates, even as global volumes were growing, sinking carriers back into the red after a breakthrough 2010.
We're also seeing what some think is a war of wills, or at least of philosophy. For decades, the industry has been filled with a combination of "national interest" and "family owned" businesses. As we roll into 2012, the world's largest carrier appears to be flexing its broad-based corporate muscle to thin the herd. With a laser focus on particular segments of the Asia-Europe market, Maersk Line did what many have been challenged to do for decades: By launching the Daily Maersk service, it's created a real differential between itself and all others.
Some scoffed at the idea, a 70-ship string dedicated to, in essence, a trade. If early results are an indication, Maersk may have found a true differentiator. In the first 10 weeks of operation, the carrier's market share in the trade grew from 22 to 28 percent. Some say it's because Maersk lowered rates, but many have lowered rates without this level of success.
In the process, Maersk delivered another message: It launched Daily Maersk with 70 relatively large vessels, and still has more than 500 to compete in other lanes. It used only 11 percent of its existing fleet, and still has 20 18,000-TEU ships waiting in the wings.
But others aren't sitting still. Mediterranean Shipping and CMA CGM created their own stir by announcing a vessel-sharing agreement in multiple trades. The combining of parts of their large fleets makes them what could be viewed as an entity with more vessels and capacity than Maersk.
But they're not an entity; they're still two companies with other partners in other trades with other vessels.
Looked at carefully, this isn't a direct reaction to Daily Maersk; it's a series of actions meant to strengthen their overall competitiveness in global trades, not a singular focus.
Then there's the new G6 Alliance, or maybe the New Grand World Alliance, another vessel-sharing agreement said to cover services in nine trades. Like the CMA CGM-MSC alliance, it's an attempt to strengthen the market presence in specific trades in a way that none of the six carriers — APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, Hapag-Lloyd, NYK Line and OOCL — could have done on their own.
These actions account for nine carriers, leaving the intentions of many large carriers a mystery. It also raises questions regarding those in and out of these activities. Is the rumored combination of Japan's Big 3 container operations dead? Not necessarily. I think combining the three would be a smart business move; it would give the entity size and scale as well as slash redundant costs.
What about others? Evergreen's policy of refraining from building five-digit-TEU ships makes it difficult for the Taiwanese carrier to compete from a cost perspective, while maintaining a virtual interchangeable fleet. But if you can't compete cost-wise, and rates aren't high enough, how do you survive?
There are a couple of realities in all of this. First, we have talked about relatively few of the carriers plying global trades today. That doesn't mean they aren't viable, but it suggests that each must have a plan to cope in this new environment, and that's going to be difficult. The other reality addresses operating costs. Yes, each carrier in an alliance gets to share costs and thus lowers its theoretical cost of having the same capacity by itself, but neither does it have the capacity. It's a tradeoff with less theoretical risk.
The name of the game must be cost control for the next several years as carriers allow global trade to catch up with capacity while hoping rates rise to long-term sustainable levels. Alliances don't address that long-term cost-to-revenue issue because, as in the G6, there are six fully compensated staffs, six sets of systems to operate and maintain, and six sets of offices, communications and advertising.
Although these aren't the largest part of the cost structure, they add up to more than 15 percent of spending — enough of a burden to make a difference. Hypothetically, take the three Japanese carriers, combine them and, over time, reduce their total staffing by half, operate with and maintain one system, one set of offices, one advertising budget and one communications department. That can be the difference between surviving and not.
We are reaching that point where decisions already made, and those being made, have set into motion the scenario of who will survive over the next five to seven years. Some won't last three years, and some could be gone within 18 months. Some may turn into niche players, where they won't need 14,000-TEU ships to compete. And some may be betting the behemoths will annihilate each other, with the more conservative approach allowing them to survive until then — or until a giant meteor hits the earth.
Gary Ferrulli, a veteran of nearly 40 years in the shipping industry, is director of export carrier relations for non-vessel-operating common carrier Ocean World Lines, a subsidiary of Pacer International. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of OWL.


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Rear Admiral Herbert E. Schonland, USN (Retired), (1900-1984)
Herbert Emery Schonland was born on 7 September 1900 in Portland, Maine. Appointed from that state to the Naval Academy, he graduated as an Ensign in June 1925. Reporting to USS Utah for sea duty, he later transferred to USS Lawrence. In June 1928, he was promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade and subsequently served in the submarine tenders Camden and Bushnell. Following instruction at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island in 1932-1934, Schonland was assigned to USS Milwaukee while also serving as Torpedo Repair Officer of Cruiser Division Three, Battle Force. Transferring to USS Argonne in July 1935, he was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1936. In June 1937 he became an instructor at the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island. In June 1939, Lieutenant Schonland was assigned to the heavy cruiser San Francisco, in which he served for more than four years. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July 1941 and to Commander in August 1942.
Schonland's ship played an important role during the first three months of the long and difficult fight for Guadalcanal. In the bloody 13 November 1942 night action in Iron Bottom Sound, she was flagship of Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan's U.S. Navy task force. While battling a greatly superior Japanese force that included two battleships, San Francisco was badly damaged by enemy gunfire. Rear Admiral Callaghan and the ship's Captain, Cassin Young, were among those killed, leaving Commander Schonland as senior surviving officer. Though command thereby devolved on him, he was already engaged in vital damage control efforts. Recognizing that Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless was skillfully conning the cruiser, Schonland remained at his post below, where his efforts were critical to saving the ship. For his "extreme heroism and courage"on this occasion, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
When San Francisco was repaired and returned to combat service in 1943, Commander Schonland served as her Executive Officer. In the fall of that year, he was assigned to staff duty with the Naval Training School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, early in 1944, he became a damage control instructor at the Naval Training School, San Francisco, California. Schonland was promoted to Captain in August 1944, with the rank backdated to August 1943. Retiring from active service at the beginning of 1947, he was promoted to Rear Admiral on the retired list in recognition of his distinguished combat record. Herbert E. Schonland died on 13 November 1984 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Herbert E. Schonland, USN
Photograph taken circa 1928-1936.
Schonland was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extreme heroism and courage" while serving as the Damage Control Officer of USS San Francisco (CA-38) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942. He was a Commander at that time.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Herbert E. Schonland, USN
Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1928-1936, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 255.
Herbert E. Schonland was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extreme heroism and courage"while serving as the Damage Control Officer of USS San Francisco (CA-38) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942. He was a Commander at that time.
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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, (center)
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On board USS San Francisco (CA-38) to visit the two senior ship's officers who had survived the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-13 November 1942. Photographed at Pearl Harbor, while San Francisco was en route to California for battle damage repairs.
On the left is Commander Herbert E. Schonland, USN, who assumed command after the ship's Captain was killed and led damage control efforts.
On the right is Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless, USN, the ship's Communications Officer, who took over the conn and subsequently navigated San Francisco to safety.
Both Schonland and McCandless received the Medal of Honor for their actions during and immediately after the battle.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Commander Herbert E. Schonland, USN (left)
Commander Bruce McCandless, USN,
Photographed circa December 1942, after their ship, USS San Francisco (CA-38), returned to the United States from the Pacific war zone.
They were the ship's senior surviving officers when San Francisco was badly damaged in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 12-13 November 1942. Both were awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroism during and immediately following that action, in which McCandless conned the ship after her Captain and other senior officers were killed, while Schonland directed damage control efforts.
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Bradley P. Scott was sentenced to death for the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Charlotte County in 1988 and exonerated in 1991
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Control a fearsome foursome of kung fu warriors in this game based on the hit WB animated series. Omi the monk and his three apprentices are protectors of the Shen Gong Wu, mystical objects with great powers. Omi and his fighting sidekicks are up against the Evil Boy Genius Jack Spicer, his army of evil robots, and an ancient witch known as Wuya. The two forces battle for the Shen Gong Wu one showdown at a time. Search through challenging environments to collect 20 Shen Wong Gu, then use their powers - and ferocious combo attacks - to demolish evil! Use the DS download function to grab bonus multiplayer games.
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Danielle Shea of Quincy, Massachusetts called in a bomb threat Sunday so her family members wouldn't know she wasn't graduating from Quinnipiac University, the Associated Press reports citing Hamden Police.
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Shea had not attended school for the past year and panicked when her relatives did not find her name on the list of students graduating, the authorities said. Even though Shea was not going to class her mother continued to pay thousands of dollars, convinced she was in school.
In an attempt to stop the graduation, Shea made two calls to report a bomb threat, according to police. She made the first 20 minutes prior to the start of the graduation (which was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.), stating there was a "bomb in the library." There were two earlier commencements at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The second call came 20 minutes later, in which Shea told police, "Several bombs are on campus." She also said, "You haven't cleared out graduation, that's not a good idea."
Shea was arrested at TD Bank Sports center - the indoor campus athletic arena where the College of Arts and Sciences commencement had been moved due to the threats. She was taken into custody in a cap and gown she had purchased.
The 22-year old Shea is being held on $20,000 bond. She is expected to appear in court on May 30.
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Last.fm Trends: Chris Young Goes Neon
Tennessee country music star Chris Young will release his third album, Neon, in two months time.
Hype has already begun with the success of lead single "Tomorrow". Last.fm Trends looks at this and Chris Young's past activity on Last.fm to see what the new album could have in store.
Produced by James Stroud, Neon will be looking to add a substantial amount of scrobbles to Young's current count of 628,194.
Lead single "Tomorrow", released on February 28th, has already been making waves on Chris Young's charts, with it being his tenth most listened to track last week with 286 listeners. The track also clocked up 300,000 digital downloads in the first week of its release.
Young's second album, The Man I Want To Be, is only marginally more popular than his self-titled debut – surprising considering the three year gap between them. The former was released in 2009 and has taken in 275,537 scrobbles, whilst the latter has 245,123 scrobbles.
Chris Young will surely look to grow with Neon – something we'll be keeping a close eye on.
You can find out more about Chris Young by visiting his Last.fm page. In the meantime check back with Last.fm Trends for all the latest news in your scrobbles.


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Step 1: Wood Selection and Shape
A couple years ago my dad and I took apart an old, solid wood cabinet. I stacked the wood and stored it to the side waiting for another day(pic #1). The cabinet was made of three quarter inch pine. Normally I would not recomend a soft wood for a skateboard, a hardwood like maple or oak would be stronger and more durable. Although this board came from an old growth tree and contained 67 growth rings in just five inches meaning it is much denser and stronger then todays pine. So find yourself an old board or some thick plywood and get started.
I went for an old 70's cruiser style shape. The shape is simple and models after the original skateboard. Create your own design or trace another board, your call. Draw your design onto the wood and test the shape by standing on it.
Step 2: Shaping
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Amazing tutorial. I used enamel paints for the floral design, the little bottles used for model trains and such. I'll definitely be making another.


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This project involved restoration of a historic 200,000-square-foot office tower, originally built in 1920 and located at a popular crossroads in the downtown center. It involved replacing various veneer materials, both terracotta and GFRC, with cast stone on the first two stories. The building was ornamented originally with heads of Roman soldiers at the second floor level as palace guards. In previous renovations of the structure, the heads of the Roman soldiers were removed. The only remaining historical reference was old photographs. In order to reproduce the Roman soldier heads in cast stone, original artwork was produced, and then a series of molds were made. The molds required significant detail that included the facial expression, and the final product was reviewed by historians for accuracy.
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The Sioux Falls school board makes decisions for 23,000 students and 3,000 employees in the district, a big task that carries a lot of responsibility and come July, two school board seats will be up for grabs.
There are four people running for the two open seats, one of them is current board member, Kent Alberty, who is seeking re-election.
The board dedicates a lot of time to meetings and research like how to spend taxpayer dollars and some tough topics, such as arming teachers and staff on school grounds, which is why these four candidates are trying their best to win your vote.
With four school board candidates, all holding strong opinions and ties to the Sioux Falls community, gaining the support of voters comes with a fight.
Only two of these eager potentials, will gain a seat.
"We need to ensure a challenging curriculum, prepare students for future endeavors," said Leedom.
Matt Leedom grew up in the Sioux Falls School District and now has two kids in the district.
Leedom said he supports manageable class sizes, safety for children and staff and incentive programs for instructors.
"Success of our students, directly relates to the instruction they receive," said Leedom.
"I want to make sure that we're producing successful kids," said Reiter.
Carly Reiter has two kids in elementary school and hopes to make a difference on a bigger scale.
Reiter said she supports technology advances, relationships between staff, community members and parents and extending specialized schools like the Spanish immersion program into middle and high school.
"Seeing the engagement level of our kids and our teachers and our community, the parents, really increase, which ultimately increase our test scores as well," said Reiter.
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Joshua Schorzmann, lives in Sioux Falls with his wife and daughter.
Through campaigning, Schorzmann said community members have been expressing concerns about raises in property taxes for school programs and the school sentinel bill.
"I don't believe we need to bring guns into the school system, I don't believe our volunteers are needed to come into the school and protect our children.
I think our resource officers do a good job and our district does a good job with that already," said Schorzmann.
"It is my privilege to have served two terms on the school board," said Alberty.
Kent Alberty is the only incumbent running, hoping to see the technology initiative, reading program and new buildings the board has previously approved, come to life.
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Two seats are up for grabs; it's now up to the voters, to decide who will be the new faces of the Sioux Falls School Board.
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Janis Joplin is famous for her excesses, which led to her death from an overdose on Oct. 3, 1970, at 27, but her younger sister wants her known for something else. ''When I asked her friends what they thought was missing from her image,'' says Laura Joplin, ''what they consistently said was her intellect.'' So Joplin is seeking an agent for a 350-page manuscript that draws on Janis' surprisingly eloquent letters home from 1966 to '70. Producer Manny Fox (Sophisticated Ladies), brought in by Laura for collaboration on Janis projects, plans to open a Broadway musical to be called Love, Janis, based on the manuscript, in 1992; they also envision a boxed CD set and, later, a movie.
''We didn't want a rip-off effect,'' says Fox, ''exemplified for me by The Rose (the 1979 film starring Bette Midler as a doomed rocker). Yes, she did die of drug abuse, yes, she did have many relationships, but she never hurt anyone like Jim Morrison did, ever. The letters reveal a whole other side she was the girl next door.''
While Love, Janis is in the works, two other stage shows about her have sprung up: Joplin, a one-woman show that recently closed in Vancouver, B.C., and Janis, a Seattle musical featuring Duffy Bishop, a singer. For that one, guitarist Sam Andrew the only Big Brother and the Holding Company member the singer retained for her later Kozmik Blues Band was a consultant. Andrew says he's also writing a book about the Joplin era. The Joplin family's company, Strong Arm Music, is suing to close the Seattle show for copyright infringement, but its producers vow to end its three-month run as planned on Sept. 8, not before. ''I tell you,'' says Janis playwright Susan Ross, ''next time I'll write about Catherine the Great I don't think her relatives will get mad at me.''


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Document Type Doctoral Thesis Author Shaw, Quentin Henry Wenham firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-06062011-221345 Document Title A new understanding of the early behaviour of roller compacted concrete in large dams Degree PhD Department Civil Engineering Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof R J du Preez Co-Supervisor Prof B J W van Rensburg Supervisor Keywords
- hydration cycle
- early behaviour
- roller compacted concrete
- drying shrinkage
- stress relaxation creep
- dams
- arch dams
- finite element analysis
- instrumentation
- thermal effects
- autogenous shrinkage
Date 2011-04-14 Availability unrestricted AbstractIn respect of autogenous and drying shrinkage and the effects of relaxation creep during the hydration cycle, roller compacted concrete in dams has to date been universally assumed to behave in the same manner as conventional mass concrete, despite notional evidence to the contrary on prototype dam structures, particularly in respect of high-paste RCC.
While the results of laboratory materials testing and associated early behaviour analyses for RCC have been published, no conclusive example exists in the public domain whereby predicted behaviour is confirmed through measured behaviour on a comprehensively-instrumented prototype dam structure.
In his PhD thesis, Quentin Shaw presents evidence to indicate that the early behaviour of RCC, and particularly high quality, high-paste RCC in dams, is quite different to that of CVC. Referring to instrumentation records from Wolwedans and Knellpoort dams in South Africa, Çine Dam in Turkey, Wadi Dayqah Dam in Oman and Changuinola 1 Dam in Panama, indications of less than expected shrinkage and stress relaxation creep during the hydration cycle in the constituent RCC are documented.
Taking the comprehensively-instrumented and monitored Wolwedans Dam, the actual materials behaviour of the constituent RCC is evaluated through the replication of the prototype behaviour on a finite element model. Through this analysis, it is clearly demonstrated that the level of shrinkage and stress relaxation creep that would be traditionally assumed in RCC simply did not occur. In fact, the analyses suggested that no shrinkage, or creep was apparent.
The reasons for the different behaviour of high-paste RCC compared to CVC are subsequently explored. With Wadi Dayqah Dam as the only example evaluated where some drying shrinkage and/or stress relaxation creep was obviously apparent, the evident susceptibility of this lean RCC mix, with a high w/c ratio, a high content of non-cementitious fines, natural gravel aggregates, a high aggregate water absorption and placement in a very dry environment, is noted. However, it is considered to be the combination of a strong aggregate skeletal structure developed through roller compaction and a low w/c ratio that results in a particularly resilience in high-paste RCC to early shrinkage and creep. It is also recognised that temperature and gravity effects in an arch dam structure will tend to limit, or even eliminate containment stresses in the critical load-carrying upper section and that this will reduce the risk and impact of stress relaxation creep.
Consequently, a new understanding of the early behaviour of RCC in large dams is presented, suggesting that a high quality RCC mix in an arch dam can be designed for a cumulative shrinkage and stress relaxation creep under the hydration cycle of approximately 20 microstrain, compared with a more traditionally accepted value of between 125 and 200 microstrain.
The implications of these findings on the design of large RCC dams are demonstrated to be significant, particularly in respect of RCC arch dams. In addition, suggestions are made for the requirements in respect of RCC mix design for negligible shrinkage and creep, while an approach to combine the use of field measurement with structural modelling to predict and demonstrate actual RCC behaviour is briefly discussed.
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Mera Yakeen – Episode 12 & 13
Technically I should be happy for Nazish after watching this latest installment but somehow I can't help but see her as the "other woman", although I know only too well that she is Asfand's wife and deserves his love just as much as Maha does. When I saw both of them going out and enjoying themselves a part of me did feel slightly happy for Nazish but somehow I felt like Asfand was being disloyal to Maha. Even when I write this it all seems very wrong but that is how I felt even though I tried very hard not to feel this way. It seems like I have started to have a serious problem with the storyline. I would have found it so much easier to feel happy for Nazish had she been married to someone else.
Since Maha cannot keep an eye on Asfand she asks her "loyal" servant to report back to headquarters at the end of the day or whenever Asfand talks or goes out with Nazish. Maha has been shown as a very unreasonable, emotional, self centered woman so what is keeping her from asking Asfand to divorce Nazish? She is probably waiting for the two to fall in love with each other so that there is some more drama in the drama! Asfand one fine day fell in love with Nazish and I really did not see that coming. I must say that it could have been done in a much better way; it really does seem like it was sympathy or need that brought him close to her than love.
One of the viewers pointed out that Faisal Qureshi's way of talking in Mera Yakeen was like that of Nadeem Baig and I must say that I agree completely. Actually I had been wondering for quite sometime now that who talked like that and I am glad the mystery is solved!
All the actors have done an amazing job in this play but for the past four episodes or so I have been finding it difficult to relate to the latest developments or to feel for any of the characters. An interesting sidetrack could have been a good idea, watching Maha on the bed wearing the same outfits over and over again is getting to me…some change of scenery would be good. The reason for the marriage, like I stated earlier was also unconvincing and so is Asfand's love for Nazish and not to mention Maha not asking Asfand to divorce Nazish.
Mera Yakeen has a stellar cast but the script in particular has failed to impress. It is the same old story of a man who is in love with two women at the same time and the fact that one of them is bed ridden does not help!
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