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Bangor, ME, Oct 19, 2012 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for 244 projects nationwide that are focused on helping agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce energy consumption and costs, and use renewable energy technologies in their operations. Funding is made available through USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
"As part of President Obama's "all of the above" energy strategy, USDA has partnered with thousands of America's farmers, ranchers and rural businesses to help them save energy and improve their bottom line," said Vilsack. "This effort is helping to provide stable energy costs that create an environment for sustainable job growth in rural America."
In Maine, PRL Hancock LLC has been selected to receive grant funds in the amount of $160,000 for the purchase and installation of a biomass boiler for a sawmill. They will use waste wood as feedstock for the boiler and reduce their use of fossil fuels by 100%. The biomass boiler will produce 63,000,000,000 BTUs, or 18,463,477 kWh per year.
USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel said, "I am very pleased USDA Rural Development could invest $160,000 through its Rural Energy for America Program to assist PRL Hancock in completely eliminating the use of fossil fuels in its business operations. I commend this and other forward-thinking Maine businesses for helping lessen our dependency on foreign fuel sources, conserve energy, and contribute to a cleaner environment."
REAP offers financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses to purchase and install renewable energy systems and make energy-efficiency improvements. These federal funds leverage other funding sources for businesses. In all, USDA announced over $16 million in energy investments today.
Today's announcement is an example of investments the Obama Administration is making to help create jobs and grow the rural economy. For a complete listing of Rural Energy for America Program grant and loan recipients announced today, please click here.
For additional information on Rural Development projects, please visit Rural Development's new interactive web map featuring program funding and success stories for fiscal years 2009-2011. The data can be found at: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/RDSuccessStories.html.
President Obama's plan for rural America has brought about historic investment and resulted in stronger rural communities. Under the President's leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way – strengthening America's economy, small towns and rural communities. USDA's investments in rural communities support the rural way of life that stands as the backbone of our American values. President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are committed to a smarter use of Federal resources to foster sustainable economic prosperity and ensure the government is a strong partner for businesses, entrepreneurs and working families in rural communities.
USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, administers and manages housing, business and community infrastructure programs through a national network of state and local offices. Rural Development has an active portfolio of more than $172 billion in loans and loan guarantees. These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America.
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The opening of Frank Gehry's titanium-jacketed Hotel Marqués de Riscal in the middle of a centuries-old Rioja village put Herederos del Marqués de Riscal winery on the map two years ago. Eat at the starkly urbane restaurant—whitewashed walls, red molded plastic chairs—on the hotel's second floor. Francis Paniego, who earned the nearby Echaurren a Michelin star, has tempered his creative impulses here to cater to a broader clientele.
The nine-course gastronomic menu ($124), which includes delicious curiosities such as pineapple soup and jamón serrano ice cream.
Riojas from three different 1940's vintages (starting at about $718 a bottle) adorn the hefty wine list. Or focus your attention on Riscal's own Barón de Chirel 2001 ($190), a full-throttle red that retains its equilibrium and old-world personality. 1 Calle Torrea, Elciego; 34/94-518-0880; luxurycollection.com; dinner for two $250.
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Tokara Estate, an ultramodern stone- and-glass winery, sits on one of the most spectacular spots in South Africa's Winelands: the top of the mountain pass that separates Stellenbosch from Franschhoek. The wines, notably the flagship red blend, are accomplished and complex. Even better is the cooking of Belgian-trained Etienne Bonthuys at the restaurant, which is part South African, part French, and defiantly original.
Calamari and shredded oxtail braised in red wine with ginger ($14)—Bonthuys's signature dish.
Tokara's list includes nearly every important South African producer. Try the Meerlust Rubicon 1999 ($45), a fully mature Cabernet-based blend with a minerally edge. Helshoogte Pass; 27-21/808-5959; tokara.co.za; dinner for two $80.
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First round games in the IHSA football playoffs will be held today for all of the area teams who qualified.
First round games in the IHSA football playoffs will be held today for all of the area teams who qualified.
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The GHS Silver Streaks lost to the Peoria High Lions 61-35. This makes the Silver Streaks 5-4 to end the regular season and the Lions are left 8-1. Tomorrow night around 8pm we will find out where, when, and if the Streaks will be playing next in the play-offs. Tune in to 1400am WGIL tomorrow around that time to catch the standings for local area teams as well as the Streaks themselves.
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LeBron James is metaphorically on top of the world, like a physically fit Santa Claus who has traded his wispy old man beard for a thick, shiny goatee. After winning his first title, third MVP and the respect of even the most ardent LeBron haters, the Miami Heat superstar has taken his traveling act to London, where he'll get to wow a whole new continent with his slow motion basketball skills.
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"The basketball players were nice enough to kind of come out and meet the swimmers and take pictures," [Lauren] Perdue said, speaking of a recent evening when the basketball players toured the Olympic Village (they aren't staying there — the swimmers are).
LeBron did take a liking to Perdue, though, who is a star swimmer at the University of Virginia. So did he really ask her to dinner?
"He did," Perdue said. "He was kind of joking but he was basically like, 'Would you like to come eat with me at the dining hall?' And I said, 'Um, I'm sorry, I have a curfew. So I turned that one down, yeah."
Just to be clear, Perdue also made sure people knew that LeBron just wanted to have a chill meal at the dining hall as friends, and not that he was creeping on a 21-year-old from one of the Olympics' most visible sports. So relax, Jerry Springer, it's not a big deal.
However, it is still pretty funny that LeBron James got turned down by a minor swimmer, just because she had to go back to her room and go to sleep. At this point, it's probably hard to keep LeBron James humble, what with all the accolades, awards, money, dance-offs with Lamar Odom and custom cakes. But maybe this could do it. Getting "turned down" by a fellow Olympian because she has a curfew might be a tiny reminder of "Oh yeah, sports" for LeBron, just to keep him focused.
Plus, now LeBron knows what all those equestrian nerds eating lunch in the dining hall by themselves feel like. It's like at the end of "Mean Girls," when Lindsay Lohan has gone from the most popular girl in school to outcast who can't even eat a meal with Lizzie Caplan. I look forward to him tearing his headband to pieces and handing every Olympian a thread as a gesture of good will. Just be careful around the buses.
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On startup, if the Windows system stops with an error message of 'bootmgr is compressed', the C:\ drive of the system might have been compressed. The error can be fixed once the system has been repaired. At times,when trying to create space, users might accidentally compress the hard drive.To repair the PC, the operating system installation DVD is required. Through the repair disk, the hard drives can be browsed and fixed by un-checking the compress drive to save space option. The system needs to be restarted for the modifications to fix the bootmgr is compressed error.
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Dan Venditto hails from the great state of Pennsylvania in a little town called Ephrata. The internet is a remarkable place to find anything and everything you are interested in and one day I stumbled upon Dan's photography. It was different, new looking and yet kind of reminded me of myself in little way. He's always trying new things and growing as an artist. I have loved witnessing his progression and eagerness to capture everything amazing when it comes to motorcycles. Every single picture I see him getting closer and closer to mastering his craft. It brings me the biggest smile to welcome Dan Venditto to Fuel Cleveland, who will also be showcasing some of his amazing work on May 9th, 2015.
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Dan Venditto, where do you call home?
D: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I've always lived in the general area.
Is there a certain draw to you and motorcycles or do you photograph more than just bikes?
D: Almost always motorcycles, but I have been playing around with bud's cars, trucks and some skate shots lately.
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I've got 2 cords in racks getting read for next winter. In past years I've put a tarp over both racks but it limits air circulation to dry. I want some kind of cover higher up. I did have a light frame covered with plastic and hooked to under the eave in years past but it flapped in the wind too much.
I want to attach a 4 x 8 "something" that is removable with the existing hooks and slope down to run off rain while allowing air above the wood. There are gutters on the eave (new since last year. Together with he eave, it will stick out about 5 1/2' which will overlap the 4' deep wood rack. Plywood or OSB would work but both will need something to protect it from the weather. Felt and shingles would be ideal but be way too heavy. Anybody got an idea of some kind of 4 x 8 sheet that is rigid and waterproof? Oh and also cheap! |
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Here in Vermont we have woodsheds. They're usually made by the homeowners, so each one is different. Mine is 4 feet deep by 24 feet long by 5 feet high at the rear. It'll hold over 3 cords of wood for the stove. I built the frame out of pressure treated wood and laid plywood down as a floor. I used 4x4s as the posts and used lattice as the walls to insure air plow. The roof has an overhang of 2 feet all around and slopes to the rear. I placed hooks along the front for a tarp if the weather is going to be wet. In winter it'll support 4 feet of snow when we get a storm. In summer I have prennial bushes surrounding it so it looks "pretty". |
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Police are searching for three men, who reportedly robbed a gas station in southwest Philadelphia Monday. The unnamed clerk, 18, was injured by gunfire during the robbery, though not seriously. Instead of leaving the crime scene as quickly as possible, as robbers typically do once they're done robbing you at gunpoint, the robbers locked the clerk in the bathroom and proceeded to serve the Hess station's customers for the next two hours.
Police believe these are the same men that robbed another other Hess station five days earlier. In both cases, one of the men was reportedly wearing a Hess shirt, and posed as a delivery man.
The victim's father, also unnamed, relayed his son's account of what happened, "He said the first guy came in, he seen the shirt and he thought it was one of the deliveries. The second guy came in with a gun to his head. Next thing you know, he tried to hit him and the gun went off." The teen was reportedly grazed in the head. The father continued, "He said he was told to stay quiet in the bathroom for two hours, while they were in there waiting on customers."
Though police admitted that they had never heard of anyone ever doing that as part of a robbery, Lt. John Walker of the Philadelphia Police Department theorized that, "they probably didn't feel like they got enough money, so they're going to sit there, take control of the business, offer gas at a discounted price and try to get additional money which is just bizarre." It's also possible the robbers were giving the gas away because they simply don't like Hess.
Even though there were no surveillance cameras at either station, Walker said, "We know we had customers inside that business between the hours of 1 a.m. up until about 4:30 a.m. when this incident was reported. So we'd like to speak with some of those customers. They can call our tip line at 215-686-TIPS."


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11th July 2007, 11:24 PM #1
[NEED HELP] Gateway MT6456 Laptop Drivers
Hi Memebers of NotebookReview,
A good friend of mine bought a Gateway MT6456 couple of months ago. He wanted XP but Gateway would only supply Vista.
He's struggled with Vista & has had a problem with downloading files. I asked him what the problem was but, being an adult, I couldn't get much sense out of him. So a few weeks ago I offered to look at it for him but he didn't seem too keen, probably didn't want me to see his prawn.
Anyway, yesterday he finally had enough & asked me if I would install XP on it for him, 'Vista is a pile of crap' he muttered. So like the fool I am I said I would sort it.
I got it home & had a play with it. So I started downloading the XP drivers from Gateway & straight away I could see what the problem with Vista was. It was too busy calculating the time remaining to download the files that it didn't actually finish the file download. I used my spare pc to download the drivers I thought I needed.
Installed XP no problems, I thought... Installed a few drivers but when I checked in hardware/device manager it showed a few yellow triangle next to an unidentified PCI Device & Ethernet Controller (2 of them). No problem, I'll sort this later. After a lot of tuning & tweaking it was running fine, or so i thought, but I hadn't plugged any speakers in, mainly because I was in my room where my spare pc & server don't have any speakers. Plugged in some headphones, no audio. Should have sorted that unidentified pci device and the other unidentified Ethernet Controller.
I seem to have one of the Ethernet Controller drivers installed in one of them but, STILL I can't seem to find the other driver for the other "Ethernet Controller"
I can't connect to the wireless network in my apartment but, when I "wired" it straight it would connect to the internet but, not wireless.
I'm not impressed with Gateway and I'm still having problems with this laptop.
Please if there is anyone out there that could shed me some light on where should I go from here besides throwing the laptop against the wall, like really soon.
This are the problems:
1) I can't connect to the wireless network. It always says "Local Area Network is Unplugged" and I can't connect to the internet. I only can connect to the internet when I'm "wired"
2) From the device manger, I have 2 drivers still left to install.
A. Ethernet Controller (there were 2 of them but, now I have one left to install a driver too)
B. PCI Device driver is missing also. I don't know where the driver is.
3) I have no sound although the sound drivers are installed
Please Help!... anyone?...
11th July 2007, 11:46 PM #2
Re: [NEED HELP] Gateway MT6456 Laptop Drivers
This has everything minus Video which I think you already have and the Draft N wireless card. Apparently no one has been able to find a driver that works for the wireless card. Hope this helps.
12th July 2007, 01:45 AM #3
Re: [NEED HELP] Gateway MT6456 Laptop Drivers
Hi Wingsbr,
Thank you so much, my friend. I went to the link that you you've provided and read from top and bottom. I can't find anything about still having 'wireless' connection despite the problems with these drivers.
Please anyone??
Thanks a bunch!
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Hope you haven't given up all hope on getting the Marvell TopDog 802.11n
mini PCI wireless adapter in the Gateway MT6458 Laptop to work correctly.
1. Open this link in a new tab of your web browser: http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/d103154.asp.
2. Download the 'WN311T Driver and Utility Version 4.1' driver package to your 'desktop' or 'software' folder of your choice.
3. Double-click on the 'wn311t_setup_4_1.exe' install file to install the driver package. (***IF WINDOWS TELLS YOU THE DRIVERS DON'T HAVE SIGNATURES AND ASKS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO INSTALL THEM, TELL THE OS 'YES'!)
4. After install, please reboot your laptop.
5. Navigate down into the Netgear folder in the Programs folder on the root of hard drive and you should be able to find a file in there called 'NetMW14x.inf'. Right click on this file and choose 'Install'.
6. Now go into the 'Device Manager' and double-click on the '?' adapter with the yellow question mark showing the hardware you've been pulling your hair out over. Choose to update the driver and take total control by demanding to choose the driver yourself Choose 'NetGear' for the maufacturer and 'WNT311 Wireless PCI adapter' as the device. Once again, XP will ask if it's OK to install the driver because it doesn't have a signature; tell Windows 'yes'.
7.Your wireless connection should work perfectly. You should have a good and solid wireless connection through the TopDog mini PCI 802.11n adapter.
22nd May 2008, 12:34 PM #5
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I also have replaced vista with XP Pro.The drivers I need are 2x ethernet controller,Mass Storage controller,PCI Device,SM controller,Video controller VGA.Thanks for the help in advance
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Dear Exhibitor, dear Visitor,
Once again, the FCI has entrusted the Austrian Kennel Club with the organisation of a world dog show. It is not the first world dog show that has been organised and held in Austria - in 1976 Austria was awarded this honour for the first time, in that year the World Dog Show was held in Innsbruck, in 1986 and 1996 Tulln and Vienna were the respective venues and focus of the dog breeding world.
This year we warmly welcome exhibitors from all over the World to the Mozart City of Salzburg.
An entry of 18607 dogs is something we are proud of, especially considering the fact that under the Austrian animal welfare laws it is forbidden to accept docked and cropped dogs, a practice still allowed in many neighbouring countries. Linked to the World Dog Show we are holding the World Club Winner Show in the Park grounds of Schloss Anif with an entry of more than 5000 dogs. Our exhibitors come from 55 different countries, the majority of them from Germany, then Italy and Russia.
About 60 Youngsters from 28 Nations are taking part in our Junior Handling competition; all of them arriving with great expectations, hoping to win the Juniorhandling Finale.
Dog Dancing qualifying rounds with "Heelwork to music" and "Freestyle" will take place on 18th and 19th May, the finals being held on 20th May all in the Salzburg Arena.
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[826] Soft Tissue Neoplasms of the Male External Genitalia: An Institutional Review of 110 Cases
BC Dickson, DJC Howarth, KPH Pritzker, RA Kandel. Mount Sinai Hospital; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background: Soft tissue neoplasms involving the female external genitalia have been well-characterized in the literature; however, comparatively less is known about those occurring in adult male counterparts. The purpose of this study was to examine both benign and malignant soft tissue neoplasm affecting the external male genitalia.
Design: We performed an institutional review (1999-2009) to identify all cases of soft tissue neoplasms affecting the penis, perineum, scrotum and spermatic cord.
Results: One hundred and ten soft tissue neoplasms affecting the male external genitalia were identified in the following locations: groin (57), paratesticular region (6), penis (2), perineum (3), pubic region (5), scrotum (10) and spermatic cord (27). The most commonly encountered neoplasms included liposarcoma (23), lipoma (11), pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma (11), leiomyosarcoma (9), dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (8), benign genital stromal tumors [angiomyofibroblastoma and cellular angiofibroma] (7), nodular fasciitis (4), fibrosarcoma (3), synovial sarcoma (3), solitary fibrous tumour (2), angiosarcoma (2), hemangioma (2), low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (2) and rhabdomyosarcoma (2). In addition, single numbers of other tumors were also identified. In 11 cases malignant tumors could not be further classified due to the limited size of the biopsy or treatment effect.
Conclusions: Aside from case reports and case series, few reviews exist that characterize the incidence of soft tissue neoplasms involving the male external genitalia. Acknowledging the likelihood of a referral bias for a tertiary care center, we found that both malignant and benign fatty tumors were most commonly observed at this location. Given the substantive number of undifferentiated sarcomas also encountered, it is possible that some of these cases may, in fact, represent dedifferentiated liposarcoma. Tumors within the family of benign genital stromal tumors were noted to have a morphologic and immunohistochemical profile relatively similar to those occurring in females. An awareness for the nature of soft tissue tumors occurring in these locations, along with their potential mimics, is of diagnostic relevance to pathologists and clinicians alike.
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As you would expect, Scarlett Johansson has hit that "What I Really Want To Do Is Direct" phase in her career. Harder than the actual directing, of course, is finding the right material, the financing and the backing of some studio. Johansson seems to have cleared that hurdle, though–Deadline says that Aldamisa and CAA are shopping international and domestic rights to the project at Cannes.
The material is Truman Capote's first novel, "Summer Crossing," which actually wasn't published in his lifetime. Capote worked on the novel for a number of years in the 1940s, but neither he nor his editor was very satisfied with it. Capote eventually discarded it, but it was apparently rescued from the trash by a house sitter at a Brooklyn Heights apartment where Capote lived for a while. The house sitter's nephew later found the Capote papers and tried to auction them in 2004 but they didn't sell. Eventually the New York Public Library bought them and added them to their Capote collection; "Summer Crossing" was published in 2005. [info courtesy of the always reliable Wikipedia]
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When I heard that I had been accepted into the Chips Quinn Scholars program for the summer of 2008, I was ecstatic and nervous. I was a young buck, a new graduate with an uncertain future, a soul still looking for his identity. It didn't take me long to enjoy myself at the Freedom Forum.
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A few training sessions and about 15 water bottles later, I headed to The Tennessean in Nashville to begin my internship as a reporter. I also became a photographer. The funniest story assigned to me was that of an elderly man making a citizen's arrest of someone who parked in a handicapped spot. However, all the sources had disappeared by the time I arrived.
I enjoyed Nashville and learning more about the country music side of the nation. Aside from the muffler falling from my car and having my radio stolen at a hotel, I had fun in the home of the NHL's Predators.
I'm not currently working in the newspaper industry — the allure of having my own photography business was hard to ignore – but the Chips Quinn experience was one I loved and would do again in a heartbeat.
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Handheld heat packs were never a part of Betsey Thomas' wardrobe until last week. The $1 purchases kept Thomas' hands and feet warm when she experienced the "coldest day of her life." But the temperature was irrelevant because Thomas was warmed through and through as she attended the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States.
"I had on layers of clothing and I used the hot packs in my boots and in my gloves. They kept me warm but there were so many people around us packed so tightly and that provided a little more warmth," she said.
Jeanette Wynn wasn't going to the inauguration. Typically she goes to Washington, D.C. on business at least four or five times a year, and she wasn't up for the crowds or congestion. And she had attended the inaugurations of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
"We had a lot of fun; we met a lot of great people. I wouldn't have missed it for anything," said Kathryn Cowdery.
She and her daughter, 17-year-old Colleen, wanted to join others to see history made when the 44th and first African-American president was sworn into office.
"Although there were two million people there, I felt so close, so connected to everyone there and everyone seemed so excited," she said.
East Gadsden High School is hosting a parent and student FCAT Explosion, for students in grades six through 12.
While students take advantage of tutoring in reading, math, writing and science, parents will receive free gifts, including a dinner for two, gift cards, a shopping spree, and gas and phone cards.
The event will be held from 9 a.m. until noon at the following locations and on these dates:
• Jan. 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Quincy Public Library
• Jan. 31, Beulah Hill Missionary Baptist Church
A historic event took place Jan. 20 as America's first African-American president was sworn in.
People from all over the country flocked to Washington, D.C. for the event, even some local folks from right here in Gadsden County.
If you went to the inauguration, we'd like to hear from you. We'd like to include your memories and commentary in an upcoming edition of the Times. We'd also like to publish some of your photos in both our print and online editions.
Students at Havana Elementary School will again participate in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients program, one of the society's national school and youth programs that raises money to find cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma while providing information and support services to patients and their families.
Quincy Police Chief Ferman Richardson says the city hasn't seem the magnitude of methamphetamine abuse that has been experienced by our neighbors to the north, south, east and west.
"You can bet if it's all around us, it's just a matter of time before we have similar problems. In fact, we may already have the same problems and not know it," Richardson said.
Like millions of Americans from across the nation, at least four buses loaded with Gadsden County residents, along with an unknown number of people who drove their personal and rented vehicles, headed to Washington, D.C. in recent days to be a part of the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
One bus loaded up in the parking lot of the Quincy Plaza Sunday afternoon.
Three exhibits in one drew people from all walks of life to the Gadsden Arts Center last Friday night. Phil Gleason's sculptures dominated the Sara May Love Gallery, the works of the Gadsden Arts Center Artists Guild were on display in the Zoe Golloway Exhibition Hall and the black and white photographs from "Journey Toward Freedom" were shown in the Bates Community Gallery.
"Journey Toward Freedom" is an exhibition of black and white photographs which focuses on the journey that changed the course of history.
Emma Farmer has stayed up many nights during her lifetime waiting for news about one thing or another. Sometimes the news was good and at other times it was bad.
But on the night newly-inaugurated Barack Obama won the presidency, Farmer went to bed. The event occurred eight weeks before her 98th birthday, and she knew she'd voted for him and that her staying up wouldn't change the outcome – she could wait a few hours to see who the next president would be.


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Monthly Archives: March 2007
March 30, 2007
Baby Girl Lyker arrives
As my sister posted in the comments yesterday… the baby is here! Margaret Elise Lyker – we'll be calling her Maggie. 6lbs 11oz, 19 1/4 inches long, born 12:42pm on March 28, 2007. We're in love. And tired. And happy. And overwhelmed. And it's fantastic. I'll post more later, of course. There are some fun… KEEP READING »
March 26, 2007
yeah we're totally ready to be parents.
Email conversation of the day: Jen: hey the eye doctor called, your glasses are in. Dan: Now I can be a real nerdddddddddd…… Jen: you don't need the glasses for that Dan: Be nice. You are always so mean to me… Jen: riiiiiiiight. Dan: If you are looking for something to do you can go… KEEP READING »
March 25, 2007
cervix watch 2007
Never before in my life did I think I'd say the words, "Gee, I hope I get some good news about my cervix today!" Nor did I ever thing I'd share the news so willingly and happily with perfect strangers on the internet. Pregnancy does weird things to your self-respect inhibitions. At my doctor's appointment… KEEP READING »
March 22, 2007
pregnancy brain
So today I've reached a new level of stupidity: I forgot my phone number. I was leaving a message for a customer of mine (we've been playing 'phone tag' for the last day or so) and the woman taking the message asked for my number. I have a business phone and I gave her that… KEEP READING »
myspace vs facebook
I'm not exactly a huge follower of them-there new-fangled 'social' websites (ha! I'm so old) but I have had a profile at MySpace for a while, just to keep in touch with some friends from high school and college. Earlier this week, a college friend emailed me a request to sign up for Facebook (which… KEEP READING »
March 21, 2007
grownup survey
Something a little different than 'What's your favorite color?' (found at Laura's blog) 1. What bill do you hate paying the most? Our student loans. Not that they weren't totally and completely worth it, but they're so frustrating. They aren't standard federal loans, meaning that we can't consolidate and lock in a low rate. So… KEEP READING »
new design
Yes, a new template for the ol' blog. I figured I'd get a spring-type one up now… before this baby is born and all hell breaks loose! I'm still tweaking some things… so if something looks strange, that's why :)
March 20, 2007
March 19, 2007
the baby's room is DONE!
FINALLY. The room used to look like this. We slowly got rid of all of that junk with several trips to good will, and it turned into this. Then we did all of this: new carpet (this was actually done this summer, right before we found out about the Little Turd's existence) painted the crown… KEEP READING »
March 18, 2007
I find it amusing now that I thought I looked SO PREGNANT in this picture (taken 17 weeks ago) And now, I can't even remember what it was like to look or feel that small. I FEEL LIKE A COW. At 37 weeks pregnant, everything is just so difficult to do- even normal stuff, like… KEEP READING »
March 15, 2007
all about my cervix
Today was my 36 week doctors appointment, and my cervix got all checked out for the first time. The status? 2cm dilated. 50% effaced (or 'thinned out'). Baby's head is 'pretty low', to quote the doctor (which explains the sudden and sometimes extreme difficulty in walking- again with the 'head in the crotch' explanation) Of… KEEP READING »
March 14, 2007
this is my world
I've been such a terrible blogger lately, I know. It's the middle of March, and I've only posted 3 times so far this month! I'm so ashamed. Excuses? I don't really have any… at least not any good ones. I've been busy of course… but aren't we all? I'm still frantically working to finish up… KEEP READING »
March 12, 2007
The carseat is installed. By this weekend, I'll be considered 'full term'. Baby can come whenever she wants now, I give her full permission!
March 7, 2007
35 weeks
I haven't had a bad pregnancy, really. I've heard such horror stories from other women and read stories of 9-month-long bouts of nausea, extreme weight gain, various complications, etc. I was a little sick at first, but it didn't last much past 13 weeks or so. I've had the usual things- heartburn and sleeping and… KEEP READING »
March 5, 2007
busy weekend
So we had quite the busy weekend… so much so that yesterday I was TIRED. It seems like it always catches up with me the next day, like last weekend after the baby shower, on Monday I felt like I was hungover. We weren't even really busy with social events- just things around the house,… KEEP READING »


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ok, so about a month ago i planted "Peace" roses. 2 buds have already bloomed and one has had the petals fall off and the other one is wilted. Do i need to deadhead, or do i leave it there? if i do, how do i deadhead. i heard that the 5 leaves thing doesnt work good. what are your ways for deadheading hybrid teas? |
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I don't know that you NEED to deadhead--but the garden and the plant will look a lot better if you do. Deadhead can mean just snapping off the wilted bloom at its base. However, the remaining stem may then die back to the closest leaflet--so then you have to go back and do a second pruning to get rid of that brown stem. I've done that--but with hybrid teas I find it easier to just prune back to the first strong, healthy leaflet the first time and save myself the trouble of having to go back a second time. You might experiment and see what the rose wants. Just snap off the wilted bloom and then wait and observe where the rose wants to put out a good strong bud. You can then trim back to just above that point, and then you will have some idea how far back to go for good leaflets you can trim to. But keep in mind that some people are also pruning to control growth --some claim their HTs grow 8 ft tall (I wouldnt' know--mine never do). If that is the problem, then when you "deadhead," prune a foot or two down the stem, depending how much shorter you want it to be. Even then, I'd probably prune back to a likely looking leaflet so that I don't have to watch part of the stem turn brown and die back. Hope that helps. Kate |
I left my HT one year and didn't prune at all. Thought it might grow really big but it only went to about 6 or 6.5 feet. Not pruning it made it tall and lanky, and roses didn't look big and healthy. They looked rather poor. I get better growth and roses when I prune in early spring. I also did not dead head as much. Easier to do when there are a few but as the season goes, there will be many more roses that you can't keep up with. So while I don't dead head each spent rose, I do prune and trim in mid-season to get a more compact look. That will, in effect, take out some of the roses that are still blooming or that have bloomed, and allow the plant to make more after a few weeks. |
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There is something deeply, deeply wrong with Libyan President – or, perhaps one should say, ex-President – Muammar Gadhafi.
But in reality, it isn't just him. It's his entire family.
For evidence of this, one needs look no further than his daughter, Aisha Gadhafi. In what she must have imagined to be a heart wrenching interview on French television, Gadhafi spoke about the inhuman havoc allegedly being wreaked by NATO forces in Libya.
"I've already lost one of my children and my brother in the bombings," she remarked. "Every day there are members of my people who die. Civilians. Anyone who has a heart can understand what I feel."
Certainly, to lose a child or other family members is a terrible thing, something that someone should not wish on most people. However, personally I can't help but wish that the astoundingly disingenuous Aisha Gadhafi loses one more family member: her father.
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As for drug laws, Nugent would liberalize them--sort of. "I am militantly against the poisoning of senses," he insists, "but I'm not going to dictate what you do. However, you get behind the wheel of a car stoned on dope and crash and it's life in prison, cocksucker. By the same token, should a kid going to a Grateful Dead concert who's caught with sugar-cube-encrusted LSD go to prison for life with no parole? Of course not. But should that guy get caned? Yeah. And should he go to prison in an overcrowded cell where a huge, unclean black man will fuck him in the ass every night? Yeah. Now, that sounds cruel, doesn't it? Well, tough fucking shit. These fucking liabilities in our country have had the run of things, but that's over. Over."
As he waits for this brave new world to be born, Nugent insists that he still has time to rock and roll. "I am the funniest white man in America, so you might as well enjoy me," he announces. "When I hit the stage or get on the radio, I'm an entertainer--and I'm one alive son of a bitch. I'm running on all twelve cylinders. I'm fortunate that I'm able to put my whole heart and soul into endeavors that I genuinely crave. I crave rock and roll, I crave hunting, I crave spending time with my family. I'm just lucky that I get to do the breaststroke in the white-water rapids of all my most exciting, adventurous, desirable zones."
Musically, the Nuge says, that means he's going back to the wild, untamed, sexually rampant themes that made him a legend with horny high school students from coast to coast. There'll be no concessions to the age of sensitivity from him. And if you're a woman who feels that his lyrics to ditties such as the immortal "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" are sexist, Nugent says, "Fuck you and go to a Garth Brooks show. Kiss my dog's dead, diseased, rotting ass. If you don't have a sense of humor, you're not allowed in Ted's world. I don't objectify women. I'd like to think that I'm optimizing their hardware.
"I'm not afraid to speak my piece, and I think I have some stuff that really has to be said. I'm not running for office. I'm running for America."
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As enterprises face increased financial pressure, they're looking to managed services to offload capex and improve operational efficiencies. Additionally, enterprises are turning to managed services to enable them to focus more attention and money on core competencies. Managed services free up valuable information technology (IT) resources, decrease staffing needs and enable enterprises to invest in activities that differentiate them from the competition. This demand for managed services has spurred significant action on the part of technology vendors and telecommunications operators. Vendors like HP, Cisco and IBM now provide managed services that include contact center management, call center, network and performance management and more. Operators like Orange, AT&T and Verizon are also committed to expanding their portfolios with managed services, especially in areas such as network security, data center, videoconferencing and telepresence.
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This nostalgic 10-lane bowling alley dates back to 1939 and has the equipment to prove it. Try the genuine candlepin bowling lanes, where the ball returns are powered by gravity and scoring is done with a pencil and paper. (Kids will appreciate the smaller five-pound candlepin bowling balls.) Flatbread Company took over the space in 2010 and added clay ovens so that bowlers can enjoy wood-fired organic pizza—plus gluten-free desserts and hard cider. flatbreadcompany.com


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In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. Buddha The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view. Excuse me while I kiss the sky. |
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- Posted by lilosophie (My Page) on Thu, Jan 23, 14 at 9:22
Fine quotes again, Mao Zedong's is so spot on, we need to expand our vision |
- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Thu, Jan 23, 14 at 17:50
Very uplifting quotes today. I also like Mao Zedong's quote. That frog has to get out of that well on to a lilly pad. And I luv, Jimi. |
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As confirmed skyaholic I can just say yes to all of the quotes. |
- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Thu, Jan 23, 14 at 20:37
anneliese_, luv your term "skyaholic"; My whole family, from the vikings to present day are skyaholic, we go by the stars and now GPS. |
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