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I'm just wondering--does the heat of the oven fry the electronics on the backsplash of a freestanding gas range? My slide-in gets pretty darn hot. I've never had a range with a backsplash, but I'm considering it because of the major savings. Also, we've had a decorative backsplash as a focal point, and I'd like to have a new one in our renovation. But I suppose we could still do so, just place it a little higher up? |
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I've never had a stove that didn't have a backsplash. I've never had the electronics go out for any reason. It's a stove...aren't they made to stand up to heat? |
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Ditto linelle. |
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Q: What is a "normal fungal ecology"?
A: "Normal fungal ecology" is a term that was arrived at by consensus while developing the First Edition of the IICRC S520 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mold Remediation. It was intended to describe an indoor environment that was not contaminated.
The S520 defines these three conditions:
Condition 1 (normal fungal ecology): an indoor environment that may have settled spores, fungal fragments or traces of actual growth whose identity, location and quantity are reflective of a normal fungal ecology for a similar indoor environment.
Condition 2 (settled spores): an indoor environment which is primarily contaminated with settled spores that were dispersed directly or indirectly from a Condition 3 area, and which may have traces of actual growth.
Condition 3 (actual growth): an indoor environment contaminated with the presence of actual mold growth and associated spores. Actual growth includes growth that is active or dormant, visible or hidden.
Contaminated (contamination): the presence of indoor mold growth and/or mold spores, whose identity, location and quantity are not reflective of a normal fungal ecology for similar indoor environments, and which may produce adverse health effects, cause damage to materials and/or adversely affect the operation or function of building systems.
You might note that Conditions 2 and 3 are "contaminated" and that Condition 1 lacks the same term in its description. All three terms should be understood in light of their being or not being contaminated.
Writing a standard has many unanticipated problems. When discussing an uncontaminated or clean environment, there was concern about the meaning of "clean." Clean does not always mean the same thing to everyone. To some, clean means that the appearance is acceptable and it does not have an odor, but does that mean it is uncontaminated? Not necessarily. After cleaning, it might be assumed to be clean. The only way to determine whether it is uncontaminated is to test or sample the surface. There was some concern that the S520 would overstate what clean meant. In other words, it could be interpreted as meaning that the surface was free of molds or mold spores. Such a conclusion would lead to excessive remediation efforts and unnecessary additional costs. Since molds are ubiquitous, it was recognized that any environment will have some molds or mold spores present, at a level below that of a "contamination."
The S520 Consensus Body was attempting to carefully and accurately describe an uncontaminated indoor environment, recognizing that such an environment has variability with respect to the types and quantity of molds present depending upon its unique circumstances. Therefore, a Condition 1 area may have settled spores, fungal fragments or traces of actual growth that is not reflective of a contaminated environment.
There has been criticism over the term "normal fungal ecology" because it does not clearly state what a "normal fungal ecology" is in terms of kinds or quantities of molds or mold spores that would be present. The Consensus Body never intended to quantify or definitively define what a "normal fungal ecology" is or was. The Consensus Body recognized the need for an indoor environmental professional to assist in making that determination. Notice what is stated in the S520 Preface:
S520 is not intended to establish procedures or criteria for assessing mold contamination in an indoor environment. These issues are most appropriately addressed by professional organizations that represent Indoor Environmental Professionals (IEPs). Since these professional organizations have not agreed upon threshold exposure limits or levels of visible mold growth that constitute a concern for occupant and worker safety, the IICRC Mold Remediation Standard Committee decided not to establish action levels or procedures based upon the quantity or size of the area of visible mold growth.
This statement was printed in the Standard in bold type to draw attention to the statement. The same problem exists with the term "normal background levels." What is that? Each environment is unique and therefore an appropriate sampling strategy by an IEP is needed to determine what the normal or acceptable fungal condition for that specific environment (a "normal fungal environment" or "normal background levels") happens to be. Also, there has been a criticism over the use of the term "ecology" since it could refer to the molds' surrounding environment instead of an occupants' surrounding environment. The interpretation depends entirely on a person's perspective. In this context it refers to our surrounding environment where we live, work and exist.
The English language is sometimes difficult to master. Words and phrases can mean different things depending upon their context. The environmental community uses terms that are likewise hard to understand, such as viable or non-viable sampler.
A non-viable sampler does not collect only non-viable spores or particles, nor is the term "non-viable" meant to be interpreted as meaning this type of sampler is not practical or not workable. In reality, the term non-viable sampler means the sampler is not used to collect spores for the purpose of culturing them. It means nothing more and nothing less.
The S520 Consensus Body met and discussed these terms many times over a couple of years. There were participants from various industries that helped to develop the language. At one particular meeting a number of participants were asked to form a separate Ad hoc committee that met independently. They were instructed to create language that best described a remediated or uncontaminated building, system and contents. As I recall, the committee included several PhDs (Chemical Engineering; Public Health; and Microbiology), a CAIH, a California-EPA Registered Environmental Assessor, an environmental consultant and two remediators. The language changed many times in an attempt to be clear. However, the language needs to be considered in light of the entire document, not out of context. Because of the variability in each environment there cannot be a black and white statement that defines a "normal fungal ecology".
Recently, a member of the IEQuality Yahoo discussion group made the following comment:
"It's practically impossible to clearly define what is considered to be "normal" on a specific building material in [a] certain type of building at its own age located in each climate regions."
The comment is absolutely correct. This is the very reason why the committee did not further define the term or the condition. The committee knew, or at least hoped that when it decided to use the term "normal fungal ecology," it would move the IEP community to address the issue.
In a recent article entitled The 2006 Winter Solstice and the Future of IAQ, Dr. Bob Brandys, President of Occupational and Environmental Health Consulting Services Inc., stated that:
"The creation of the concept of "normal fungal ecology" was a brilliant first step in acknowledging that mold spore levels in the indoor environment are never zero. But what exactly is "normal fungal ecology" in buildings? We could surely use a better scientific delineation of this concept."
Dr. Brandys' approach was to try to understand what the S520 Committee was attempting to say and then to seek a solution. I personally hope that the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) industry does help to establish a "better scientific delineation of this concept." That is where the definition of what a "normal fungal ecology" should come from.
Author's Note: The viewpoints presented in this article are my personal opinions and not an official position of the IICRC, the IICRC S520 Consensus Body, the S520 Edit Committee, or the IICRC Standard Committee.

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I just started TTC this year, and so far no luck yet. I feel because I'm already 35, I'm short on time even though a few of my friends over 35 have been naturally successful. I have been advised that if by 6 mos I do not concieve naturally, I should seek a Fertility specialist, which I will do, but in the meantime I wanted to continue TTC naturally. Co-workers of mine have recommended an herbal tea called FertiliTea, which I have read amazing results on. Curious to know if it really works or not, I was wondering if anyone here has tried it and has results or knows more about it. Any info would help! Thx
I've not tried the tea but have seen it. Sorry I can't be a help with that part but here is my story that may help give you more natural options...
After trying for years and being 33 (lost that one at 9 weeks), and 35 when I got preg again, and 36 at my last pregnancy, I feel you. I actually did Accupuncture and became pregnant right away.
The first time I did it the first day of my period and then again on day 7, was pregnant that week (my schedule is 23 days, so maybe go on day 11 if you're 28 days). The second time I went in January and again in Februaury and was pregnant the week after that second session.
I also took Fertility Vitamins that I ordered online. Hubby took the male version our first two pregnancies but I don't believe he did for our last one.
I'm not sure about the fertility tea, but have you heard of Glyconutrients, I take them for reasons other than fertility but I have heard a lot of testimonies from people that have had great success using them and falling pregnant when everything else has failed for them. Good luck
first baby at 33, second at 35 and just had my third at 38. For this recent baby the doctor prescribed me Metaformin since my glucose levels were borderline high during my second pregnancy. That worked fast. I had a friend who was prescribed clomid which also worked fast. I would recommend speaking to your OB first to see if this is a route to go.It is cheaper than fertility. Best of luck
I had my first baby at 36 and my second baby 13 months later at 37. I have friends who had their first babies even older than that and one of my friends is pregant with her first child at 40 years old. My advice regarding trying to concieve is to skip the gimic items and to eat 100% natural and gluten-free. Stop eating anything processed out of a box with tons of preservatives and ingredients. Eat your meats and veggie, some fruits, nuts and seeds. Skip eating breads, crackers, cerials and grains. You don't need them! Buy a juicer and start juicing fruits and veggies. All the chemicals and additives in our food supply are what cause a lot of women to have fertility issues and they don't even know it. Best of luck to you!
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A good friend of mine got married on Friday and I decided to try my hand at sewing lingerie for her wedding present. I used Colette's Nutmeg pattern and I LOVED it! I've never used their patterns before and it was so easy to follow. I also used their lace inset tutorial from their blog (http://tinyurl.com/3dqrsk4). I'm really happy with the result and my friend loved the set!
Found what looks like some sort of brushed yellow silk in my stash and some inexpensive cream mesh from the fabric store.
Feb 16, 2012, 06.30 AMby littleblackraincloud
this has to be the most adorable pair of lingere I've ever seen…it's the perfect style and color (yellow is mah favorite!)…im super jellie..
Oct 10, 2011, 11.13 PMby SewnLovely
So precious! Thank you for the inspiration.
Jul 30, 2011, 04.28 PMby kelerabeus
the sweetest thing ever!
Jul 27, 2011, 01.32 PMby Dee Durrant
I just love everything about these! Gorgeous sewing!
Jul 26, 2011, 08.33 PMby kittydarling
These are super cute! I think the seam across the erm, nippy area might bother me, but I still love the look!
Jul 26, 2011, 12.00 PMby poppykettle
These are awesome and I'm now completely inspired to make them!
Jul 26, 2011, 01.24 AMby madebymeg
wow these are gorgeous!
Jul 25, 2011, 07.45 PMby hanlight
So sunny! I love it!
Jul 25, 2011, 07.43 PMby loyl8
i love this!!! fantastic job
Jul 25, 2011, 04.15 AMby lexicooks
Gorgeous! I have this pattern but haven't attempted yet.
Jul 26, 2011, 03.25 AMby hannahlee
You definitely should! I was totally intimidated at first, but the process was so much fun!
Jul 25, 2011, 03.52 AMby pinapolee
Beautiful. Love the yellow too.
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So there's a law firm called Labaton Sucharow and a big chunk of their business model is:
(1) read newspaper,
(2) see bank did bad thing,
(3) sue bank.
This is a great business model because banks just cannot resist doing bad things and courts just cannot resist taking piles of money from shareholders of those banks and divvying it up among other shareholders of those banks and the lawyers who facilitated the transfer. For those same reasons, though, it's a highly competitive business model and there's every reason to branch into other related fields. So they did:
Labaton Sucharow was the first firm in the country to establish a practice exclusively focused on protecting and advocating for SEC Whistleblowers. Led by Jordan A. Thomas, a former Assistant Director and Assistance Chief Litigation Counsel in the Enforcement Division who played a leadership role in the development of the SEC Whistleblower Program, our practice leverages unparalleled securities litigation expertise and significant in-house resources to protect and advocate for courageous individuals who report possible securities violations.
This is clever as that is also a lucrative business model but a safer one: unlike securities class actions, where the decision about which lawyers get paid and how much are left to courts and can seem arbitrary to those lawyers, in whistleblower suits you actually find a client and convince him to pay you your fees out of any money he can get. And that money can also be serious money.
The problem though is that you cannot typically get these cases just by keeping a casual eye on the newspaper: banks cannot resist doing bad things, true, but once those bad things are in the newspaper the expected value of whistleblowing is low. The whole point of a whistleblower is that he voluntarily goes to regulators with information that isn't yet widely known, so your job, as a whistleblowing broker, is to find people who have not yet come forward with their valuable crime information and make them come forward to you. And that is hard. It's not like you can just contact a bunch of people in senior roles in the UK and US financial industries and say "hey, would you like to talk to us about possible misconduct in your industry?" Right?
Labaton Sucharow LLP today announced the results of its survey of 500 financial services professionals across the United States and United Kingdom. Conducted by Populus in June, Wall Street, Fleet Street and Main Street: Corporate Integrity at a Crossroads reveals startling data on corporate ethics, the regulatory landscape, and individuals' willingness to blow the whistle on wrongdoing. The survey is being released in conjunction with the launch of the firm's SEC Whistleblower Eligibility Calculator, an innovative web-based tool to enable users to assess their eligibility for the SEC Whistleblower Program.
According to the survey, 24 percent of respondents reported a belief that financial services professionals may need to engage in unethical or illegal conduct in order to be successful, while 26 percent of respondents indicated that they had observed or had firsthand knowledge of wrongdoing in the workplace. Particularly troubling, 16 percent of respondents reported that they would commit a crime — insider trading — if they could get away with it.
"When misconduct is common and accepted by financial services professionals, the integrity of our entire financial system is at risk," said Jordan Thomas, partner and chair of the Whistleblower Representation Practice at Labaton Sucharow. "In this era of corporate scandals, we must refocus our energies on corporate ethics and encourage individuals to report wrongdoing—internally or externally."
There is so much that is amazing about this. Like: they got 500 people to talk to them! (How many people did they ask? Did they tell them who had commissioned the survey? Did they offer a reward for participation? Was the reward "you might get a huge cut of a whistleblower lawsuit"? The answers to those questions are unclear from the report though TBF their pollster seems legit.)
But also: while the process gives you every reason to think those numbers might skew high, don't they actually seem, well, low? My favorite stat is "Only 41% of respondents reported that staff within their own organization had 'definitely not' engaged in unethical or illegal conduct to be successful." Raise your hand if you are a financial services professional and can say with certainty that no one in your organization has engaged in unethical or illegal conduct to be successful. Everyone at a Libor panel bank, hands down!
But the best part is the media coverage, which plays the results of the survey pretty straight, taking seriously the conclusion that a quarter of Wall Streeters are criminals, but totally elides the point of it, which is to advertise for the concept of whistleblowing generally and for Labaton Sucharow's "first-of-its-kind SEC Whistleblower Eligibility Calculator" in particular. (Really.) Reporters, it seems, are happy to piggyback on Labaton Sucharow's work to drum up more stories about financial malfeasance. They just want to keep those stories in the newspapers.
Financial Services Professionals Feel Unethical Behavior May Be a Necessary Evil and Have Knowledge of Workplace Misconduct, According to Labaton Sucharow Survey [Labaton Sucharow]
Wall StreetFleet StreetMain Street: Corporate Integrity at a [Questionably Punctuated – ed.] Crossroads [Labaton Sucharow]
Many Wall Street executives says wrongdoing is necessary: survey [Reuters]
Do You Have To Be Unethical To Succeed? [Slate]
Wall Street Short on Ethics, Report Finds [DealBook]
Breaking: Wall Street's Morality Not Spotless [DI]
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Once again, a certain firm's employees seem to have been executing on a given business model in a manner which some may term less than optimal.
nice post. here's a picture of two hawks doing it: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/spot…
Big fan, please furiously keep this kind of stuff coming.
Step 1 – Read
Step 2 – Identify
Step 3 – Profit at everyone's expense while telling them you are doing it for their own good!Brilliant!
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"This is clever as that is also a lucrative business model but a safer one:"
You think two hawks are cool, huh? Whata think I could get for a couple of Falcone's?
I'll give you all these illiquid Lightsquared shares I've got and some slop, deal?
If you have footage of collies, send it my way.
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As in Falcone from batman begins? Booyah baby… that would be hot.
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*Fleet* Street?
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Just wait until they figure out that pro sports is an even better target for this kind of venture.
Or college sports for that matter.
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Healing as a central construct of the discipline of nursing; humanization as a process for promoting social justice and individual and societal well-being; theoretical development of the discipline; loving-kindness meditation; contemplative and reflective modes of being; sound entrainment in healing (Tibetan Buddhist sound bowl); spiritual aspects of healing and the healing arts; men's health and well-being; qualitative research (philosophical analysis, hermeneutic phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography)
Dr. Danny G. Willis, D.N.S., RN, PMHCNS-BC is an associate professor, department chair, and chairperson of the Diversity Advisory Board at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College. He is ANCC board certified as a clinical specialist in adult psychiatric mental health. His scholarly expertise is in qualitative research, philosophy of science, and theory development. Dr. Willis' program of research incorporates the philosophical foundations of nursing science and synthesized knowledge from other disciplines to explicate boys' and men's health and well-being in the aftermath of traumatic and marginalizing experiences, with a focus on a central construct of the discipline of nursing -- healing. His research has been internally and externally funded, including a series of studies focused on adult hate crimes, boys' lived experiences of being bullied, child witness to violence, and adult survivors' of child maltreatment perceptions and experiences of health promotion within the context of child maltreatment survivorship. Building on the previous research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded his most recent research (2010-2013) focused on describing, interpreting, and theorizing adult male survivors' experiences of healing from all forms of child maltreatment. Dr. Willis is a regional, national, and international leader in men's mental health, nursing philosophy, and qualitative research. He holds a faculty nurse scientist appointment in the Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital and has co-chaired the Theory Development group for the Eastern Nursing Research Society for several years. He has served as a past secretary of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing and currently co-chairs the Research Council of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. He is on the editorial review panel of Advances in Nursing Science, American Journal of Men's Health, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Journal of Holistic Nursing, and Nursing Philosophy. Dr. Willis' international nursing leadership involves co-chairing the 12th International Philosophy of Nursing Conference, serving as special guest editor of the interdisciplinary journal Nursing Philosophy, and international speaking engagements on the topics of men's health in the aftermath of violence, nursing's unifying focus of "facilitating humanization, meaning, choice, quality of life, and healing in living and dying", qualitative research perspectives, and processes for ensuring the humanization of healthcare. He serves as a reviewer for the Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences and is the 2014 guest editor of a special edition of Issues in Mental Health Nursing focused on research and theory development relevant to men's mental health and well-being around the globe.
- 2014 - Editor, Issues in Mental Health Nursing
- 2014 - Nancy M. Valentine Excellence in Leadership Award, New England Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
- 2011 - Rising Star Award: Eastern Nursing Research Society
- 2010 - Research Poster Award, American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- 2010-2012 - NIH/NINR 1RI5NR011353-01A1: Adult Male Survivors Healing from Childhood Maltreatment
- Easton, S.D., Leone, D. M., Sophis, E.J., & Willis, D. G. (in press). From that moment on my life changed: Turning points in the healing process for men recovering from childhood sexual abuse. To appear in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.
- Willis, D. G., DeSanto-Madeya, S. A., Fawcett, J. (in press). Moving beyond dwelling in suffering: A situation-specific theory of men's healing from childhood maltreatment. To appear in Nursing Science Quarterly.
- Easton, S. D., Saltzman, L., & Willis, D. G. (2014). Would you tell under circumstances like that? Barriers to disclosure for men who were sexually abused during childhood. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 15(4). doi:10.1037/a0034223
- Willis, D. G., Rhodes, A., Dionne-Odom, J., Lee, K., & Terreri, P. (2014). A hermeneutic phenomenological understanding of men's healing from childhood maltreatment. Journal of Holistic Nursing. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0898010114552706
- Willis, D. G., (Ed.) 2014. Introduction to this special edition on men's mental health. [Special issue]. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 35(8) 568. doi: 10.3109/01612840.2014.929373


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The 35-year-old striker has been included in Pirates' African Champions League team, despite the fact that his contract will run out at the end of the current season.
According to Fifa rules, Benni is entitled to hold discussions with any team during the January transfer window.
READ: Benni mum on future
However, Pirates have stepped up their efforts to persuade Bafana Bafana's all-time goal scorer not to jump ship.
"The talks with Benni are taking place at a higher level and the best person who can really say whether or not he will remain with Pirates is the player himself," Pirates spokesperson Mickey Modisane tells KickOff.com.
"Benni is part of our Champions League team and he is still our player. There is really nothing further I can say," adds Modisane.
McCarthy's business manager, Rob Moore, has been quoted by the local media confirming that USA or China might be the next destination for the player.


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Voted one of "The Best Voices of the Year" by AudioFile Magazine, he has been heard locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, voicing hundreds of Radio, TV, film, documentaries, radio plays, video games and audio books. Marc is currently represented by Idiom Talent in Los Angeles, California, plus many other local talent agencies around the country. He brings a high level of professionalism, humor, energy and creativity to every voice acting session.
Over the past twenty-five years, Marc has won over 150 local, regional, national and international advertising awards, which include the ADDY, TELLY, IBA, SUNNY (So. California Broadcasters), INTERNATIONAL RADIO FESTIVAL OF NY, SILVER MICROPHONE, LOS ANGELES BELDING, LONDON INT'L ADVERTISING, and the prestigious CLIO, on behalf of hundreds of ad agencies and clients across the country.
In addition to his production schedule, he instructs voice-acting of all levels through his V-O classes, "The Cashman Cache of Voice-Acting Techniques" in Los Angeles, CA; as head of the Voiceover Program at California Institute of the Arts; and through his tele-coaching programs. In addition to doing pro bono work for numerous charitable and public service organizations, he also has a monthly online column, "Ask the VoiceCat," plus blogs and podcasts through Voices.com, VoiceOverXtra.com and NowCasting.com.
Marc is a keynote speaker at Advertising Clubs and Broadcasters Associations throughout the U.S. and other countries, as well as national and international voiceover conventions. Listed in Who's Who in California, he's been interviewed in many trade magazines and newspapers and on numerous radio and television programs. There are many reasons to choose The Cashman Cache of Voice-Acting Techniques© for your next voice-over class.
Each course consists of six 3-hour weekly intensive sessions at state-of-the-art studios in Burbank, North Hollywood or Studio City, CA. Enrollment is $500 for each 6-week course. There's a $200 non-refundable deposit required to hold your place in class, with $150 due at the end of the first class and the balance due by the end of the fourth class. You will also need to purchase a stopwatch, either digital or analog. Cash, check, or money orders accepted. Make checks payable to Cashman Commercials and send to: 26136 Twain Place, Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381. Any questions, call: 661/222-9300 or email email@example.com. Class size is limited to eight students to insure individualized attention and maximum mic time. All materials provided.
An introduction to voice-acting for non-actors and actors. Learn:
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Building on the fundamentals of Level I, this refines the basics. Learn:
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Both British Gas and Ryanair were at the receiving end of nightmarish social #fails this week. Where did they go wrong?
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Brian Hayden Allen Sentenced in U.S. District Cour
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on August 10, 2009, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, BRIAN HAYDEN ALLEN, a 36-year-old resident of Havre, appeared for sentencing. ALLEN was sentenced to a term of:
- Prison: 51 months, concurrent with another sentence
- Special Assessment: $100
- Supervised Release: 3 years
ALLEN was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to being a felon-in-possession of a firearm.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
On June 11, 2001, ALLEN was convicted of felony theft in Colorado, which thereby prohibited him from possessing any firearms.
At trial, an individual would have testified that on December 11, 2007, she observed a handgun on ALLEN'S bed at his residence in Havre. ALLEN normally carried the Hi-Point .380 caliber pistol in his waistband in the back of his pants. This individual had a Taurus 9mm pistol that ALLEN was interested in purchasing. ALLEN gave his Hi-Point .380 caliber pistol for collateral to the individual while he decided whether or not to purchase the Taurus 9mm pistol.
On February 4, 2008, the individual turned the Hi-Point .380 caliber pistol over to the Havre Police Department. Law enforcement recovered the Taurus 9mm pistol from ALLEN'S residence on February 23, 2008.
Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that ALLEN will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, ALLEN does have the opportunity to earn a sentence reduction for "good behavior." However, this reduction will not exceed 15% of the overall sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paulette L. Stewart prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force in Havre and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


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Aliases: 鋼鉄の魔女 アンネローゼ, Witch of Steel - Annerose
Summary: Based on: "Kōtetsu no Majo Annerose" (erotic game) by Black Lilith, The stage is set in an abandoned city called Amidahara, inhabited by monsters, criminals and armed refugees. There lives Annerose, a female witch blade, who runs a private detective agency. One day, a girl named Miki comes by and asks Annerose for help in finding her brother. Starting from her request, Annerose gets involved in fierce power struggles between the dark forces in the city...
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HONOLULU-HIROSHIMA SISTER-CITY EVENTS CONTINUE THIS WEEK(Tuesday, July 7, 2009) -- Mayor Mufi Hannemann today thanked the delegation from "It's very important for us to continue and strengthen this important relationship with the people of To highlight the 50th anniversary, Hannemann held a Commemorative Signing Ceremony yesterday in the Honolulu Hale courtyard with Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima, Honolulu City Council Chairman Todd Apo, Hiroshima Council Chairman Hiroyuki Fujita and other members of each city's legislative body, a delegation of government and community leaders from Hiroshima, and members of the 50th Anniversary Honolulu-Hiroshima Sister-City Committee. "Today, as we celebrate this milestone of 50 years of sister-city relations, we open a new chapter in the relationship between Hannemann noted that an estimated one third of the Japanese immigrants who came to work on Hawaii's sugar plantations in the 1800s came from the Hiroshima area, and that the people of Hiroshima celebrate Honolulu Day each November. A delegation from Hannemann will lead a delegation to Other events this week organized by the 50th Anniversary Honolulu-Hiroshima Sister-City Committee include a photo exhibit and cultural booths at Windward Mall through tomorrow; a cultural performance at Members of the 50th Anniversary Honolulu-Hiroshima Sister-City Committee are: Mayor Mufi Hannemann, Honorary Chair; Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Honorary Chair; Wanye Miyao, Chairman; and Directors Ben Fukumoto, Wayne Ishihara, Michael Leineweber, Gary Okino, Russell Okata, Kenneth Saiki, Donald Takaki, Brian Taniguchi, Jo Anne Trask, Misa Uyehara, and Ryan Yamane. -30- Media contact: Bill Brennan, Mayor's Office, 768-6928 |


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I am building up my herb garden with retaining wall blocks. It's sort of triangular shaped measuring 8 ft x 6 ft x 10 ft. It will ultimately be about 2 feet deep with soil. I bought 1" pvc pipe to make my own French drain. Will a pipe this size make any difference in drainage or functionality? (I know most of these drains are much larger in diameter) I am trying to prevent the breakdown of the walls over the years - we get some pretty heavy rains in the spring and summer in Denver, and I'd hate to see my pretty new herb garden flooded. It's going to mean some extra work for me, but I want to do this project right as I have already invested many hours and too much money! On the other hand, if this small of a pipe won't make any difference to the structure, then why bother? Or, if this size of retaining wall is too small to warrant this type of drain system? The soil underneath is clay. Thanks for your input. |
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I thought I knew what a french drain was until I came here, where there seem to be different definitions. Therefore, I can't say I know what you are creating and how you are doing it. You might want to sketch a cross section view and plan of the project, and explain the details ... the complete thing. |
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Big box home improvement stores have prefab French drains in ten foot sections for fifty bux. They are the black plastic drainage piping surrounded with pellets enclosed in a sleeve you sink into a trench, cap the end, and you can extend more piping with a joint connector to run the water away from the area that trickles through to the carrier pipe. There are more expensive designs a contractor can do for thousands of dollars. We have a middle range drain that runs along the front of our garage that fills a carrier basin that spills over into plastic drain pipes that run down hill along the side of the garage to the road below the house. I have to clean the basin out twice a year. The neighbor next door has a higher end French drain behind her house and along her garage that is accessible by grates over the top. Hers cost much more than ours. We are in the hills and the water comes down and around. The other side of our house has a flume fed by a drain and gravity carries the water down hill and under a sidewalk into a drainpipe to the sewer line. |
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It has a way of creeping up on you. Maybe not for the barnyard fowl so much, but at least for their caretaker. First, the days grow noticeably shorter. Then the egg production slackens. Certainly, laying eggs is correlated with exposure to light, but this change seems fairly drastic. I chide the ladies for being pikers…and then I realize that this is the time of year for The Grand Molt.
Feathers are nature's most complex skin covering. Lightweight, insulating, and empowering flight, feathers are also a wonderful means of display. Made of collagen (like your fingernails), the material is lightweight, structurally strong, and colors well. Pigments offer tones in yellow, red, brown, and black, while blues and greens are caused by prisms in the feather itself reflecting and refracting light. Take a rooster's emerald green tail plumage, remove it from direct sunlight, and it become simply a black feather.
Recent archeological digs in China have unearthed amazing evidence of early feathers on dinosaurs, which were neither very insulating nor aerodynamic. These basic feathers, much like the coarse covering on a kiwi bird, are believed to have been primarily used for display—making the creature appear larger or adding attraction for a mate. As this new modified scale was honed, it formed into the wide range of feather types found today—primary flight feathers, downy feathers, water-repellant feathers, and display feathers. The airfoils on an airplane's wing are modeled after feathers, and science has yet to produce any substance as insulating as goose down. The feathers of waterfowl are so naturally structured that, even when completely stripped of their oils, they still cause water to bead up and wick away.
But before you wish you could have been endowed with feathers to keep warm this autumn, know that this complex skin covering comes at a price. Even the most well-preened feather wears out from exposure to wind, sun, and use, and it has to be sloughed off and a new one grown in its place. This process is called molting.
In the spring of the year (when the sheep are shorn before lambing), I always feel a pang of guilt for the ewes, who shiver at the drastic change in clothing. But at least I am comforted knowing that warmer weather is on its way. My chickens, turkeys, and ducks on the other hand have a habit of changing their feather coats in late autumn. To a degree, this makes sense—going into the winter months with fresh feathers. But as I watch them turn from sleek hens to a motley crew of dishevelment, I can't help but feel that this is less than perfect timing.
I know it has reached The Grand Molt when I open the coop door in the morning and am showered in a rolling cloud of disembodied, worn out feathers. They billow out in all directions, littering the coop floor and the yard outside. And my half-undressed ladies bob about looking like homeless drifters who have little care for appearances—a far cry from their summer vanity of careful preening and disgruntlement at having their feathers ruffled the wrong way. These days, they look as well kempt as a teenager's bedroom.
But growing feathers takes considerable energy, with each new plume starting as a "pin feather" wrapped in a scaly sheath. This capsule is filled with blood as it forms the interlocking barbs and sturdy shaft of the feather. When the feather is ready to emerge, the scales of the pin shatter (creating rather a lot of dust in the coop), and the formed feather begins to elongate until it has reached its proper length. In the meantime, because of this taxing growth, hens often cease laying eggs until the molt is complete.
I tease my mangy lot while trudging through morning chores with an Appalachian folk tune.
My old hen was a good old hen
Best darn hen ever laid an egg
Sometimes white, sometimes brown
Best little hen this side of town
Cluck old hen, cluck and sing
Ain't laid an egg since way last spring
Cluck old hen, cluck and squall
Ain't laid an egg since way last fall
First time she cackled, she cackled quite a lot
Next time she cackled, she cackled in the pot
My old hen, she won't do
She lays eggs and taters too
Cluck old hen, cluck and sing
Ain't laid an egg since way last spring
Cluck old hen, cluck and squall
Ain't laid a egg since way last fall
The turkeys prance sheepishly, holding low their bunt tails. Patches are missing here and their, showing the wispy down beneath. The Toms often regret to offer their poofed display until at least some of their tail feathers return. The ducks shows the least change (perhaps because ducks are endowed with ever so many more feathers—you know if you ever tried to pluck one). But the yard full of scattered white bits give a telltale sign.
Birds grow new feathers nearly all the time. Young birds graduate from their first chick plumage to adult-sized feathers. New feathers replace ones that have been damaged or pulled out by bossy comrades. But the molting process is the avian way of "changing the closet" for the coming of winter. No need to buy a down vest when you can grow one!
Yet even in the midst of The Grand Molt, I know that this too shall pass. The billowing feathers will settle, and my ladies will become sleek and vain once again. And all the birds will be warm and snug for winter. In the meantime, it's not avian mange; it's just the annual molt. See you down on the farm sometime.
Laura Berlage is a co-owner of North Star Homestead Farms, LLC and Farmstead Creamery & Café. northstarhomestead.com


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January 2015 Coupon Code Update Happy New Year! With a new year, comes new coupon codes.
Read MoreCaterers, Get Ready: It's Engagement Season The winter months between Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day have officially become engagement season. If you're in the catering industry, now is the time to prepare.
Read MoreLocal Sourcing for Seasonal Menus More and more, customers want to know that their food is coming from trustworthy suppliers. Take advantage of this trend by including locally sourced, seasonal ingredients in your menu.
Read MoreNYC Bans Foam Containers Starting July 1, 2015, New Yorkers will no longer be able to buy or sell foam food containers or cups.
Read MoreCreate a Healthier Restaurant Menu Take advantage of your customers' resolutions by adding some healthy options and substitutions to your menu.
Read MorePreparing for Your Health Inspection Learn all you need to know to keep your restaurant clean and ready for inspection this year.
Read MoreCelebrate National Soup Month January is National Soup Month, and that makes it the perfect time to introduce some new recipes to your winter menu.
Read MoreBranding is a critical component of a business's success. From world-wide corporations to local diners, maintaining brand awareness among customers pays dividends. The tricky part is establishing the brand in the first place. Fortunately, with the near-universal use of the Internet, making yourself known in your area has never been easier. Using this handful of techniques, you can increase your brand awareness among the public and watch your profits grow.
A social media presence is a vital component of today's fast-paced marketing world. Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus are all simple, effective, and — most importantly — free ways to promote your name and logo to the public. It only takes minutes to set up accounts on all three platforms, which can include information like your company name, location, and hours of operation. In addition, you should use your exact company name for every account to eliminate the potential for confusion. If another business has your name, go for your exact name followed by where you're located. For example, Giuseppi's Pizza in Los Angeles ideally wants "GiuseppisPizza." But if that's already taken, they can shoot for "GiuseppisPizzaLA" instead. Just make sure the same name is available on every social media platform for consistency and brand recognition.
With your accounts set up, you should engage with your audience often, including original content and responding to comments, whether they're positive or negative . When it comes to feedback, you don't have to respond to everyone, but positive comments can be satisfied with a quick "thank you" back to the customer, and negative comments can be addressed by expressing apology and what you'll do to fix the issue.
However, it's important to remember that social media is not the place to hold arguments or drawn-out back-and-forths. It's up to you whether you allow your commenters to debate, but it's generally frowned upon for a page's owner to take sides in an issue. You can address individuals through private messages to handle more sensitive issues, keeping your feed cleaner. In addition, stubborn or irrational commenters, like someone trying to extort you for free goods or extra deals, can simply be blocked. While neither of these are preferred outcomes of customer interactions, the point of a social media page is to focus your business and products in a positive light. Maintaining that focus will reflect well on your brand as a whole, helping to attract customers.
These days, everyone has a blog. Topics run the gamut from politics to comedy and everything in between, including plenty of foodservice options. With such a huge quantity of blogs, it's easy for potential readers to gloss over a new presence. The keys to engaging with your customers via your blog are quality and consistency.
Quality pertains to a blog's page layout, interactivity, and text. Attractive blog pages that contain links and compelling writing are significantly more likely to be read than something that's just thrown together. A couple of well-written, thoughtful paragraphs will be more enjoyable to readers, and supplying linked material — like a link to your online ordering page or menu — can give them an interactive experience so that they stay on your site longer. High-quality content is also ranked better by Google's search algorithms, which is covered below.
Consistency relates to how frequently you update your blog. For most foodservice businesses, you can easily set a schedule according to whatever metrics you want to use. In general, blogs are read most frequently on Mondays around 11 a.m. This means that most blogs are updated around that timeframe to obtain maximum readership. Your readership may vary, but the major point is that you habitually publish a blog around the same time on the same day of the week. This lets a customer know that by the time 11:00 rolls around, they can go to your website to see what you have to say. And the more blog entries you create according to a consistent schedule, the better your blog will perform as a whole.
Giuseppi's Pizza could blog about any topic, but the best choices are topics that the business can address as an expert. Establishing yourself as an authority on relevant subjects, whether they're recipes or how to run a delivery service, forges trust between your business and your readers. You can write to give an overview on your topic and then answer common questions as you go. And at the end, you can include a short bio and photo of the author that mentions why they're experts.
Local searches are important to a business's success. A huge percentage of people use phones, computers, and tablets to look up business hours of operation, directions to physical locations, or local store addresses. Your Google Plus and Facebook for Business pages will be the best tools at your disposal for listing all of that information. And while it may not directly result in sales, making it convenient for customers to find you drastically increases the chances that they'll buy from you. It also makes you appear more current, accessible, and available in general.
Finally, you can brand your business offline in addition to using the Internet. The best forms of offline branding include brick-and-mortar signs, logos, and outreach initiatives. Volunteering and giving back to the community — even if it's supplying free pizza for a small charity — can give your restaurant the extra boost in social exposure that your competition lacks, along with associating your name with kindness and generosity. A smile can go a long way on a person-to-person scale, and showing your community that you care can go even further.
After years of radical changes in social media, personal engagement, and relationship building, the next generation of consumers is getting ready to revamp the marketing game again. Generation Z is defined as kids and teens under eighteen years old, all of whom make up about a quarter of North America and two billion worldwide. They control $44 billion in the United States alone, and they will soon be the big buyers in practically every industry — especially foodservice.
To start, Generation Z grew up in a safety-conscious, post-9/11 world that included the Great Recession, bank bailouts, and a host of other social and economic issues. By those benchmarks, it's no wonder that 56% of this generation says they're savers (not spenders), making them more fiscally conservative than Generations X and Y.
However, 72% of Generation Z-ers still want to start their own business, and 26% already actively volunteer. In addition, instances of violence and recklessness have significantly declined with the upcoming generation, with the exception of the fact that they're more likely to text while driving. Overall, Generation Z is a safe, cautious, and organized bunch — the kind of people who prefer structure to chaos, planning to chance, and thought to impulse.
So how do you grab the attention of yesteryear's rugrats?
In December 2014, Instagram reached 300 million users, and the numbers are steadily climbing. While that total may be less than half of Facebook, Instagram is gaining steam with younger generations who prefer photos and bite-sized information to wordy status updates. Sentences have been replaced with images and brief captions (if any at all) to say the most while using the least. Fun photo ops, infographics, in-house art, and more are all great ideas to maintain a steady Instagram presence. The more active you are, the more followers you'll receive, and the greater the chance to increase profits.
Maintaining an Instagram presence also gives you a chance to check whenever someone posts photos of your food — and for most users, photographing food is as common as going out to eat. To give you an example of how powerful this food photography movement is, The Cheesecake Factory averages 26.2 photos per location over the course of an eighteen day period. While that may not sound like much, keep in mind that this is an average — the best locations had as many as 5,000 photos in the same timeframe. Couple that with the fact that 90% of Instagram users are under 35, and you have a social media platform that will advertise to a group of fresh consumers for free.
Even more than Millennials, Generation Z responds to viral marketing. This breaks down to any fresh, new idea that has the potential to be cool, funny, or sometimes flat-out weird. Take, for example, Old Milwaukee, whose ad campaigns consist of ridiculous ways to pass someone a beer, Jose Canseco smashing a can with a bat, and Will Ferrell cracking jokes.
For the restaurants that can't afford triple-A celebrities or the destruction of random product, you can still get inventive with how you advertise. Produce something original that showcases your brand — start a flash mob with your serving staff, jump on a trend bandwagon, or even destroy a sandwich you sell in slow motion. (People love slow motion — there's actually a YouTube channel to prove it.) While it may seem pointless to blow up a meal you've made just for video views, you get the word out about your brand and associate yourself with something that people enjoyed. And that association, along with word of mouth, is more effective than any billboard.
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For some households, dining out has become more of a task than a treat. No meat. No gluten. Paleo.
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By simply organizing a menu, so it's clearly shown what exactly your restaurant serves, guests will feel less overwhelmed when they prepare to order. Create designated titles throughout your menu that read: Poultry, Beef, Vegetarian, Vegan, and Gluten Free. By making these subheadings obvious and easy to read, diners can easily flip through to the section that meets their dietary restrictions.
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On Thursday, Jan. 8, New York City announced that it will ban the use of foam containers within the city limits, according to the Wall Street Journal. The action follows a December 2013 city council decision to ban the containers unless they could be recycled, an idea that was successfully disproved by New York's sanitation department. As a result, restaurants, food carts, and every other business cannot use or sell foam containers as of July 1, 2015.
New York is the next and largest city in a long line of metropolitan areas that have banned foam containers, including San Francisco and Seattle. Businesses in these cities have sourced non-foam or even eco-friendly alternatives that work well for the same job. On the up side, supporters maintain that this trend is better for the environment. On the down side, opponents point out that foam alternatives cost more.
However, the price difference is not as drastic as it may seem. It's possible to pick out eco-friendly disposables, including cups and take out boxes, that can fall within a budget. There are even biodegradable food trays for buffets, cafeterias, and other models. They may cost a little more, but the slight increase in price is nothing compared to the cost of the fines you would receive for non-compliance.
For those concerned about an increase in expenses, New York has already planned for exceptions to the new law. Some non-profits are already exempt, as are small businesses that earn less than $500,000 per year that can prove the switch would cause undue hardship.
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Date 2011-04-13 Availability unrestricted Abstract This dissertation positions Community Theatre as an agency for development and education based on the educational principles of Freire and Boal's Theatre for Development. The dissertation argues that Appreciative Inquiry can enrich the practice of Community Theatre by approaching HIV and AIDS education through an asset-based, participatory, inclusive, learner-centred approach. The dissertation further hypothesises that the infusion of the 4-D process of Appreciative Inquiry into Community Theatre processes aimed at HIV and AIDS education will enhance young people's agency as active participants and agents of change in their communities beyond the didactic notions inherent in ABC education approaches to HIV prevention. This approach can encourage meaningful participation and critical consciousness amongst young people in the HIV prevention response.
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