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The market town of Fareham lies in the south east of Hampshire, England, between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, roughly in the centre of the South Hampshire conurbation.
It gives its name to the borough comprising the town and the surrounding area. To the south lies Gosport, to the east Portchester, to the north the M27 motorway and Wickham. Westwards lie Titchfield; Catisfield and the Southampton area. The National Census, 2001 found Fareham to have lower than average unemployment and crime with house prices higher than average. The population of the borough was estimated at about 111,000 with an average age of 40.3 years.
Fareham traditionally relied on its clay soil for industry, producing bricks, tiles and chimney pots. This past is commemorated through place names such as Kiln Road. The most famous example of a building constructed of "Fareham red bricks" is probably the Royal Albert Hall, London. The main economic activity in Fareham is now retail, employing 15% of the local population. Fareham has also become a popular choice for the location of business call centres; several of the UK's major bank. have offices in Fareham and Adecco, the recruitment agency, claims Fareham as the second best call centre locationin the UK.
Fareham is situated at the north-west tip of Portsmouth Harbour where the River Wallington joins. Small industries still operate, reflecting Fareham's maritime past. HM Royal Navy operate in Fareham with the Maritime Warfare School, HMS Collingwood, training well over 2,000 British and foreign sailors at a time.
Archaeological excavations around the old High street area, and the church of St Peter & Paul, on high ground over the Wallington Estuary, have yielded evidence of settlement on the site contemporary with the Roman occupation. However, no extensive programme of investigation has been possible, due to the historic nature of the buildings in this area.
The town has a recognised and documented history dating back to the Norman era. Originally known by the name of Ferneham (hence the name of the town's entertainment venue, Ferneham Hall), Fareham's location was determined by the ford of Fareham Creek at the top of Portsmouth Harbour. The ford was also the location of the Bishop of Winchester's mills; the foundations of these mills were subsumed in the A27 near the railway viaduct. Commercial activity continued at the port until the 1970s, and continues to this day on a smaller scale. By the beginning of the 20th century, Fareham had developed into a major market town.
In the 1960s, Fareham experienced a huge amount of development, as it was one of the areas highlighted for major expansion in the South Hampshire Plan. The idea was to create many thousands of homes to serve as a base for the many people who were looking to move away from the traditional urban centres of Portsmouth and Southampton. It was during this era that the large housing areas of Hill Park, Miller Drive, and much of Portchester grew until eventually one could drive through a continuous urban conurbation from Portsmouth City Centre to Southampton. By this time Fareham had expanded to almost encompass the surrounding villages of Funtley, Titchfield, Catisfield and Portchester.
Fareham is now at a stage of maturity as a town. As a place to live, it is increasingly popular, with plentiful housing, and more open space than can be found in the neighbouring cities.
In the late 1990s, a settlement called Whiteley, straddling the boundaries of Fareham Borough and the City of Winchester, was developed to the north of Junction 9 of the M27 motorway. The new development is predominantly residential, however it features the extensive Solent Business Park and a modern shopping centre, Whiteley Village. The latter comprises a range of outlet shops, and aims to draw customers from a wide catchment area across South Hampshire.
An urban renewal initiative began in 1999, renovating the town centre and historic buildings to include a new entertainment and shopping complex. It featured a major iron sculpture park, claimed to be the largest in Europe,which was installed in 2001, to celebrate the work of iron pioneer and Fareham native, Henry Cort. There is also a school named after Henry Cort, the "The Henry Cort Community College
Fareham is well served by the major road and rail networks. The M27 motorway passes around the northern edge of Fareham, and is the main traffic artery into and out of the area. It provides easy access to both Portsmouth and Southampton, and from there to London via the M3 and A3(M).
The A27 was the original route along the south coast before the building of the M27, and runs from Brighton to Southampton, passing through the centre of Fareham. The A32 runs north from Fareham toWickham, and then through the Meon Valley to Alton. and the A31 This is traditionally the scenic, yet not particularly slower route to London.
Fareham railway station is on the West Coastway Line, with regular fast services to Portsmouth, Southampton, Bournemouth, Cardiff and London. Until 1953, passenger services also ran south toGosport. The remaining trackbed for the Gosport line was proposed for the development of the Light Rapid Transit system but the project has been abandoned because of the costs involved.
Public transport in the town is provided by First Hampshire & Dorset, who run nearly all bus routes in the area. Services run as far as Winchester. The main bus station is adjacent to the Market Quay development, and replaced an older station that was demolished in the late 1980s.
Taxis are plentiful, and can generally be found outside the shopping centre, or at the railway station.
Fareham has in recent years developed several attractions to draw visitors to the town. The historic High Street features a fine collection of Georgian buildings and upmarket restaurants and shops. The town centre has been improved to bring it up to modern standards, and the recent opening of the Market Quay development has added a cinema and second nightclub to the frame. A theatre, Ferneham Hall, stages many popular shows and draws large audiences from Fareham and the surrounding area.
In the surrounding area, there are several attractions of national interest:
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As a teacher, I try and discern where a writer is going, and then guide them towards the best form to carry the story--whether poetry, fiction or non-fiction. Once I have a good sense of the core ambitions and sensibility of the student, I rely on a range of literature that will point the way stylistically, shake them into a different perspective or let them know that they're on the right track. The point is to inspire confidence in the search for the right form, and this may include trying on different genres or revising through exercises that range outside the expected narrative. I often ask writers of non-fiction to read poetry and dramatic monologues to deepen an appreciation of emotional tone, quick characterization or the impact of repeating imagery. Having poets try on dialogue or explore juxtaposing sections within a long poem also expands the conversation between narrative and lyric. Rewriting is essential to making a manuscript work and developing a relationship to the rewriting process may be the most valuable thing that can be learned.
I have taught inside and outside the academy--teaching writing to teenagers at Downeast AIDS Network supported by a Puffin Foundation grant; to elders in community centers and to women in prison as well as teaching undergraduates and graduate students at CCNY; NYU; Hampshire College and The New School. I have had residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony and the VCCA among others, and I have been nourished by collaborative experiences with composers, artists and other writers. I have published four books of poetry--the most recent, Ten Minutes, was published by Firm Ground Press in 2006 with an October Book Launch at the Bowery Poetry Club. The previous collection, In the Open, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. I edited The Wild Good, Lesbian Photographs & Writings on Love, Anchor/Doubleday, 1996 which called on my experience in independent publishing at Granite Press. Two other poetry collections, Shooting at Night, supported by the Maine State Commission on the Arts & Humanities, and native tongue, were published in letterpress editions. My poetry has been widely published in magazines and anthologies, including The Women's Review of Books, The Kenyon Review, Cream City Review and Things Shaped in Passing: More Poets for Life Writing from the AIDS Pandemic, ed. Klein and The World In Us eds. Georgiou and Lassell. I have written reviews for The Nation, Lambda Book Report and OutWeek, and published non-fiction in A Woman Like That, Avon Books, ed. Joan Larkin. As librettist and conceiver of the opera, The Singing Bridge, I received support, with composer Anna Dembska, from Meet the Composer/Commissioning Music USA/NEA; the Davis Foundation; the PatsyLu Fund of Open Meadows and LEF Foundation. The Singing Bridge premiered at Maine's Stonington Opera House in 2005, produced by Opera House Arts and directed by Richard Edelman. I have co-translated contemporary Spanish poet Jesus Aguado with scholar/translator Electa Arenal, and we held Aguado's first bilingual reading at the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC to coincide with his first trip to the USA in November 2006. In 2003, Arenal & I received the Witter Bynner Translation Residency at the Sante Fe Art Institute to translate a selection of poems by Aguado entitled what you say about me. We have published co-translations from Aguado's poetry collections, Like the Oar That Cuts the Current: Poems of Vikram Babu and what you say about me in Poets Against the War, edited by Sam Hamill; Tarpaulin Sky and in Sirena, a publication of Johns Hopkins University. As Founder/Publisher of Granite Press (1973-89), an independent poetry publisher and letterpress print shop, I published Grace Paley's first book of poems, Leaning Forward, and the bilingual anthology, IXOK AMAR.GO: Central American Women Poets for Peace, ed. Zoe Angelsey. I curated A Different Light's Poetry Series in NYC in the 90's, and I have spent many years working as a poetry advocate and thinking about the importance of poetry in the health of many cultures has marked my work and life. Please visit my blog, for more information on my work.
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Lovers of fun accessories (and owls!) will love A Hoot and A Holler Necklace from The O'Neil Sisters! This fun DIY necklace is easy to make and is a great way to show off all your favorite beads. You can also make beautiful beads out of clay to give your necklace a unique look.
- Studio By Sculpey Oven-Bake Clay: Nutmeg #6782, Clover #6461, Denim #6576
- Studio By Sculpey Texture Makers: Spring Morning, Chantilly Lace, Swirls & Scrolls
- Inkadinkado Clear Stamp: Butterflies and Birds #98771, Owl Inchie
- Small clear alphabet stamps
- Beading wire, .30 mm, gold or copper color, 18"
- Copper wire, 20 gauge, 18"
- Toggle clasp set, Antique Copper, Bali Style, 16 mm
- Copper crimp beads and crimp covers, 4 pairs
- Copper doughnut spacer beads, 4 mm, 21
- Copper daisy spacer beads, 6 mm, 6
- Copper barrel beads, 6 mm, 5
- Round crystal beads, 8 mm, peach, 7
- Round crystal beads, 8 mm, sapphire, 4
- Bicone crystal beads, 6 mm, olive green, 6
- Bicone crystal beads, 4 mm, olive green, 2
- Bicone crystal beads, 4 mm, sapphire, 2
- Studio by Sculpey Antiquing Medium Chocolate Brown, 4 oz
- Studio by Sculpey Satin Glaze, 2 oz
- Studio by Sculpey Super Slicer
- Studio by Sculpey 5-in-1 Clay Tool
- Studio by Sculpey Acrylic Roller
- Spray bottle
- Deck of playing cards
- Packing tape
- Straight pins
- Cookie sheet
- Aluminum foil
- Craft paintbrush
- Paper towels
- Goop Adhesive
- Round-nose pliers
- Chain-nose pliers
- Wire cutters
Crinkle a sheet of aluminum foil, flatten it back out a little, and use it to cover half of a cookie sheet. Cover the other half with a flat sheet of aluminum foil.
To make the flat textured lentil beads, cut one section of Denim clay with the straight slicer and cut that piece into fourths. Roll each fourth in your palm to make a ball. Spritz the texture makers with water. Set the ball onto a texture maker and place another texture maker on top. Press down to flatten the bead into a lentil shape. Remove the top texture maker, wet a straight pin, and while the bead is still attached to the bottom texture maker, wiggle the straight pin though the bead from the side to make a hole. Remove the pin and place the bead onto the crumpled aluminum foil on the cookie sheet. Repeat to create two Nutmeg and one Clover textured beads.
To make the small round beads, cut one section of the Clover and one section of the Denim clay. Cut each section into 8 equal pieces. Roll one section into a ball in the palms of your hands. Wiggle a wet straight pin through the ball. While the ball is on the pin, texture the bead with the 5-in-1 Clay Tool using the metal ball end. Slide the bead off the straight pin and place on the crumpled aluminum foil on the cookie sheet. Repeat to make five Clover and one Denim texture beads.
To make the owl pendant, cut one section of the Denim clay. Soften the clay in your hands and place on your work surface. Place two stacks of 13 cards* on your work surface on either side of the clay. Roll out the clay with the acrylic roller placing the roller ends on top of the card stacks. Spritz the Inchie stamp with water. Place the Inchie face down on the clay. Trade the 13-card stacks for 9-card stacks and roll the Inchie into the clay. Set the card stacks aside, and with the Inchie still on the clay, trim the pendant with the straight slicer. Remove the Inchie and cut around the pendant with the wavy cutter. Carefully lift the pendant with a single playing card and place on the smooth foil part of the cookie sheet.
To make the "HOOT" bead, cut one section of the Nutmeg clay. Roll it out 9 cards high. Spritz the letter stamps with water. Press H-O-O-T into the clay. Cut the bead around the word into a rectangle with the straight slicer. Poke a hole in both ends with the 5-in-1 Clay Tool using the pointer tip. Spritz the lace texture maker with water and gently press on the surface to add some texture. Carefully lift the bead with a single playing card and place on the flat part of the cookie sheet. Bake the beads at 275º F for 30 minutes and let cool.
Antique each bead one at a time by painting it with the Antique Medium, then immediately wiping the surface with paper towel. Let the beads dry completely, then paint each one with a coating of Satin Glaze.
Make a bail for the owl pendant with a 3" piece of copper wire. Use the round-nose pliers to make a wrapped loop through the circle piece of the toggle clasp. Twist the other end into a spiral and use the Goop to glue the spiral flat to the back of the owl pendant. Let dry.
Cut a 3" piece of copper wire and feed one end through the loop on the toggle circle and secure with a wrapped loop. Feed 1 daisy spacer, 1 green round Sculpey bead, and 1 daisy spacer onto the wire. Finish the end with a wrapped loop. Cut another 3" piece of copper wire and feed it through the last loop and use it to create an identical spacer-bead-spacer component. Repeat until you have three linked components attached to your necklace.
Cut an 11" piece of beading wire. Feed a crimp bead onto the end of the wire, feed the end through the last loop of the last component, then back through the crimp bead. Press the crimp bead closed with the chain-nose pliers. Trim the excess wire and cover with a crimp bead cover. String the beads as shown in the picture. Finish the end with a crimp bead and cover.
Cut a 3" piece of copper wire and feed one end through the beading wire loop on the strung beads. Secure with a wrapped loop. Feed 1 sapphire bicone crystal, 1 round peach crystal, and 1 sapphire bicone crystal onto the wire. Feed the end through the "HOOT" bead and finish the end with a wrapped loop.
Cut another 3" piece of copper wire and feed it through the "HOOT" bead and secure with a wrapped loop. Feed 1 small olive bicone crystal, 1 round sapphire crystal, and 1 small olive bicone crystal onto the wire. Finish the end with a wrapped loop.
- Cut a 7" piece of beading wire. Feed a crimp bead onto the end of the wire, feed the end through the last loop of the last component, then back through the crimp bead. Press the crimp bead closed with the chain-nose pliers. Trim the excess wire and cover with a crimp bead cover. String the beads as shown in the picture. Slide a crimp bead onto the end, then slide the end through the bar piece of the toggle clasp, then back through the crimp bead. Press the crimp bead closed, trim the end, and cover with a crimp bead cover.
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There is some kind of technical problem with Yahoo. Every time I click the link to see my batting results, I get this instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&feature=related&hl=iw&v=vsaX0IEbk80
There is some kind of technical problem with PF.com. I can still see Darth's pointless posts despite having him on my ignore list.
Classified section: S.O.S. Is there anyone outside of our league who is willing to adopt an orphaned team? PLEASE?? One of our managers has not set their lineups since drafting their team and we are now in week 6 of 22. I've sent emails and private messages to the person over the last couple weeks but haven't heard a reply. I'm not going to judge them because maybe they have a very good reason, but it looks like we need a replacement manager. The team isn't bad, but it needs to be tweaked and lineups need to be set. This would be a great time to not only help your forum members, but also to try out fantasy sports if you haven't already. Nobody is going to razz you if you mess up because nobody expects you to do anything with the team. Nothing to lose. Please help!!! Thanks.
You rock!!!:p_welldone::p_welldone::p_welldone: I will keep you posted on my progress with Yahoo. Thank you so much C.J.
Thank you again C.J. You stepped up to the plate really quickly. Oops...I accidentally gave you Laimbeer's team. Just kidding. Breathe Bill...breathe. The [STRIKE]Los Angelas Dodgers [/STRIKE] Keewenau Tigers are now known as "C J's Tigers". The move was necessary due to the inactivity of the previous owner. I'm not sure why they signed up for a team, drafted it, and then let it whither away, but we are all very grateful to Coyne Jeremy for taking over. Just an FYI: I waited until right before I was scheduled to play Keewenau to ask him to set his lineup so that it would be fair to the rest of the league if a change was necessary. (Of course, my anticipated "easy win" against a guy with half a lineup all week was decided by the slimmest of margins). Playing my team is very therapeutic for others because my team brings out the best in others. Happy to do it.NOT!!
I am cracking up here about how little I know about baseball. You guys are about to hit the jackpot. Watch out for the waiver wire gems from the Tigers. I don't recognize 95% of the names on my roster. Ryan Howard? Get rid of this guy - oh wait he's on the can't cut list. Guess I HAVE to keep him. Who else can I cut...
First of all, you could have moved Hughes to the DL and picked up another player. Secondly, you can put "hot" players on your Watch List so that you can keep an eye on them. Of all of those clowns that you just picked up, none of them were on my Watch List. That means that you really are a know-nothing or you are getting advice from Darth (or both).
I guess I will have to listen to everything you say because you have two trophies next to your name and I only have one.
Thanks for the heads up on the DL position Bill. I just looked it up and it looks like a great way for me to stash junk players that I don't have the heart to cut.
My goal is to help you get that 2nd trophy. Oh my goodness. This league is going to be too easy this year. Besides Darth, Rascoe and Jammer, now we have CJ in the mix. The engravers are already putting my name on the trophy.
You can only keep one guy on the DL spot at a time, C. J. The way it works is once he is off the DL in real life (if you picked up an extra player), you can't add players or even make lineup changes until you take him off the DL...which is only possible when you dump the extra player. OK, who's on first...
So what you're saying is you can't use it as an extra bench spot if the guy gets taken off his team's DL. Right now I have no pitching bench. Is that because my bench spots are being used up by my hitters? Can I share my bench spots between pitching/hitting as I will?
You can split your 5 bench spots anyway you choose between hitters and pitchers. That's part of the strategy.
Hey all! I want to apologize to everyone in the Fantasy Baseball league for my lack of follow through and commitment. I am very busy during the summer and I knew that upon requesting a team, I just should have passed. I always look forward to the fantasy sports on the forum, but I should have used my better judgement! Hope all is well, I haven't been on much lately. Thanks for understanding! Good luck everyone!
You should have gone for the "Frank McCourt vs Tom Schieffer/Bud Selig" angle. That would have been entertaining.
Seriously Tater, stop being a martyr. You've been carrying the burden of Jose Bautista for too long now. Trade him to me and be done with it. You deserve better.


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But they caused the problems in the first place. Now they reckon the cure was worse than the "illness".
Oregon's newspapers are being enlisted in the fight. The following editorial in the Eugene Register Guard :
A house on Garden Way in northeast Eugene sold recently for $178,000, and a house on Lincoln Street in south Eugene sold for $179,900. A fair property tax system would collect close to the same amount from both owners, but that's not happening. Property taxes on the Lincoln Street house are $1,002 a year less.This is a study by Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue that's making the rounds of Salem and local government
Measure 5 taxed property at the true market value and it killed rampant use of Urban Renewal. Measure 5 forced special taxing districts to go to the voters, to ask them if they wanted to be taxed more to pay for urban renewal and other tax special taxing districts breaks.
Now, as Don McIntire and Tom Dennehy predicted, if we capped property taxes and like in California with prop 13 and Oregon's measure 47/50, we now have similar properties paying different amounts. In their naked zeal to "fix" Measure 5, they wrote new measures whose problems were foreseeable. They chose to close their eyes and now we have this inequity as a result.
Most of the compression problems are because the cities like Portland just added a tax base for the Oregon historical society and libraries. And most of the politicians who that think we have a problem, supported those new taxing districts with their tax increases.
The latest attempt to kill Measure 5 because of the screw ups on Measures 47 and 50 is a money grab. Even the Register Guard admits it, though it tries to hide it (note my emphasis below),
Who created Measure 50 and the inequities? It was a creation of the Oregon legislature trying to fix measure 47. So why are they blaming Measure 5 for their screw up?The League of Oregon Cities will ask the Legislature to reduce the inequities by requiring that the taxable value of property be adjusted to its real market value at the time of sale. The league notes that 15 of the 17 states that have limits similar to those of Measure 50 reset assessed values when property changes hands. No one's taxes would go up as a result of this change,...The league's proposal would also increase revenues for local governments. The Legislative Revenue Office estimates that higher taxes on properties that change hands would total $92 million in the first year, and $1.1 billion annually after 10 years.
I guess they can't admit they are the problem and again Measure 5, becomes the scapegoat for their over taxing and spending!


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Series starts 11/29
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DENVER -- Carmelo Anthony's bid for a triumphant return to Denver fell short.
Anthony missed a contested, 14-foot jumper at the buzzer as the Nuggets hung on for a 97-95 victory over their former star player and his struggling New York Knicks on Friday night.
"I didn't get it done, that's it," Anthony said. "My teammates did a great job of getting us in that position, putting us in that position, giving me the chance of tying the game or going for the win. I didn't come through. I'll take that."
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With an opportunity to silence the boo birds and extinguish the New York Knicks' lengthy losing streak, Carmelo Anthony fell short, Paul Willis writes. Blog
Ty Lawson scored 22 points for the Nuggets, who sent the Knicks to their eighth consecutive loss.
Randy Foye added 17 points and provided the defense on Anthony's last shot, timing his jump so that the All-Star forward had to shoot over his outstretched hand.
"At the end of the game, I'm trying to win, just like him," Foye said. "I knew he wanted that. You could tell. He's the All-Star. He's a leading scorer. He's supposed to take that shot. I just buckled down. I take pride in my defense."
Anthony, who finished with 27 points, starred for the Nuggets for 7 1/2 seasons. He was back in Denver for the second time since he asked for and received a trade to New York in February 2011.
Just as he was in his initial return to Denver in March, when a knee injury knocked him out of the game early, the former fan favorite was booed practically every time he touched the ball.
The last few minutes were especially rough on Anthony, who also missed a jumper that could have tied it with less than four minutes left and turned the ball over on a traveling call with just less than three minutes to go. But Anthony said the reception he got from the crowd didn't affect him.
"Hell no, that don't concern me," he said. "I'm past those stages."
Andrea Bargnani added 22 points for New York. J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert had 11 apiece.
Denver power forward Kenneth Faried left midway through the third quarter to have his bruised right quadriceps treated.
Anthony converted a three-point play that pulled the Knicks to 75-67 heading into the fourth.
Tim Hardaway Jr. hit his second 3-pointer in the fourth, igniting a 6-0 burst that got the Knicks to 81-78 with 7:32 left.
New York fought back to 85-83 on a pair of free throws, but Wilson Chandler, who came to Denver from the Knicks as part of the Anthony trade, drained a 3 to give the Nuggets a five-point lead.
The Knicks cut it to 96-93 when Raymond Felton hit a 3 with 31 seconds left. A turnover by Chandler led to a driving layup by Shumpert to get the Knicks within a point.
After Lawson made one of two free throws with 19 seconds left, the Knicks got the ball to Anthony, who backed in against Foye and pulled up for a turnaround jumper that Foye managed to get a hand on, leaving the shot well short.
"He's strong. He's bulldog strong," Lawson said of Foye. "He's definitely a good post player, and we rely on him down the stretch. I've seen Melo make a lot of tough shots, and he played him perfectly, made him shoot over him and put a hand up, and Melo didn't really expect it."
Lawson had 14 points in the first half, helping the Nuggets take a 51-45 lead.
The Nuggets led by as many as 13 points earlier, going in front 42-29 on a driving dunk by J.J. Hickson with 5:37 left in the second. New York closed the gap by putting together an 8-0 run, pulling within five points on Felton's floater in the lane with 3:01 to play in the period.
Game notes
Lawson has scored 10 or more points in all 15 of his games. ... Anthony is the only player in the NBA who has led his team in scoring in every game this season. ... The Knicks' skid is their longest since also losing eight in a row in February 2010. ... The Nuggets have gone 9-3 since an 0-3 start.
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Give Racked Up a spin - it's the latest release from Young Dro, having dropped on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011.
Bump Racked Up, the latest cut from Young Dro. It was released on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011. Things are improving for Young Dro with each new offering, and Racked Up is certainly no exception. It's a worthy addition to the Young Dro's catalogue, which has seen much evolution as of late. We're definitely anticipating the next step.
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@sunnySkys - Maybe customs tariffs make sense for businesses, but I don't think individual consumers should have to pay a tariff if they order something from out of the country.
It just seems unfair to me. You already paid for the item and the shipping. Why should you have to pay just to bring the item into the country? I don't think that a few individual consumers ordering things off the Internet are going to make a big difference in the economy.
Now, when a company orders a bunch of stuff to sell wholesale here in the United States, that's a whole different story!


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quote:BTW, I noticed you just use Green onions and regular onions rather than the celery/bell pepper/onion trinity.
quote:I've made it with a POS stainless steel pot from Ikea I followed the recipe, and it turned out fine
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Top 10 iPhone apps for Stock Market Investors
1) MarketWatch
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Forbes presents the Intelligent Investing iPhone Application, a series of feature stories and video conversations with the business and investment world's most respected minds. Watch Intelligent Investing With Steve Forbes, a video series of rare one-on-one interviews with financial luminaries at the famed Forbes Townhouse in New York City. Read Intelligent Investing articles and panel discussions as they focus on current investment topics and present exclusive editorial from investment strategists and forecasters that influence your financial climate. Take a chance and use your shake function to pick from a lottery of quotes and video clips of Steve Forbes himself. From investment philosophies to the state of the global economy, Intelligent Investing is your mobile access to the best minds in the business.
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Book Summary - Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Irrational behaviour is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioural economics, people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. Drawing on psychology and economics, behavioural economics can show us why cautious people make poor decisions about sex when aroused, why patients get greater relief from a more expensive drug over its cheaper counterpart and why honest people may steal office supplies or communal food, but not money. According to Ariely, our understanding of economics, now based on the assumption of a rational subject, should, in fact, be based on our systematic, unsurprising irrationality. Ariely argues that greater understanding of previously ignored or misunderstood forces (emotions, relativity and social norms) that influence our economic behaviour brings a variety of opportunities for re-examining individual motivation and consumer choice, as well as economic and educational policy. Ariely's intelligent, exuberant style and thought-provoking arguments make for a fascinating, eye-opening read.
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My Review Rating: 4/5 Stars.
This is an insightful way of how our mind works and why we are often irrational in our decision making. This is useful if you are a consumer or working in the field of marketing as you will be able to learn some guidelines that might help you consume less or help your customers consume less.
Related Book Summary: LESSONS FROM YES! 50 SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN WAYS TO BE PERSUASIVE
Book Summary
1. The Truth About Relativity Why Everything Is Relative – Even When It Shouldn't Be
a. Choices are rarely made without a reference to other similar choices and their worth. When making a decision, we make our choices based on the array of choices presented. Decoy choices are choices inserted into the mix to "help" people choose a product.
b. Groups of choices that are similar to each other are preferred over isolated choices that have hard to compare attributes.
c. Relativity also plays to our emotions of contentment and creates the keeping up with the Jones syndrome. One can solve this by moving to a smaller circle where the objectives might be different or the less competitive.
2. The Fallacy Of Supply And Demand – Why The Prices Of Pearls And Everything Else Is Up In The Air
a. The chapter starts with the discovery of black pearls in Tahitian. An entrepreneur harvested the pearls and tried to sell them to the world. Initial efforts failed. However when the pearls were marketed with the finest gem stones, sales took off.
b. The price anchor was set to a similar level as precious stones. Once we set a price to a product, our mind becomes used to the fact that it cost a certain amount. Any amount below will be considered cheap and any amount above will be considered expensive. This is regardless of the actual value of the product. This is called arbitrary coherence.
c. An experiment involving suggesting initial prices by having participants write a number then bid for a product proved a correlation of the written number and the average bid price. Also when the participants were willing to pay a certain price of one product, their willingness to pay for other items in the same category was also similarly affected.
d. Self herding is the habit formation of establishing a new price anchor and continuously reinforcing the anchor without thought. To create new anchors in a space where there are already anchors, the author suggests that one creates a product positioning that is highly differentiated.
e. Thus since our initial anchors have far reaching consequences, we should consider the value when we purchase a first product.
3. The Cost Of Zero Cost – Why We Often Pay Too Much When We Pay Nothing
a. When product choices are placed together and a certain product is free, the free product creates a large relative value that distorts the choices. In a transaction, there is a return on investment. However once a product is free, there is no visible and direct loss created thus the return is infinity and thus the free choice is almost always the overwhelming choice.
4. The Cost Of Social Norms – Why We Are Happy To Do Things But Not When We Are Paid To Do Them
a. There are 2 worlds in which we exist. One is dictated by market norms and the other by social norms. We usually try to keep the 2 markets and the people that we interact with in each separate.
b. When money enters into a transaction/request, it becomes a market and people will view the request relative to the market.
c. People work equally hard when the norm is social compared to when the pay is market competitive. If the pay is reduced, the performance drops. However if the payment was not in monetary terms (gift), social norms take place. But when the price of the gift is mentioned, the market norms return. Hence we should keep the two entirely separate.
d. Mentioning money also affects behaviour of people. When money was mentioned or suggested, people became more self reliant and less willing to ask for help. In other words, they were more rational and market oriented.
e. When a market norm and social norm converges, the social norm is easily removed but is hard to get reestablish even when money is removed from the context.
f. Social motivations are cheaper and more effective that monetary motivations and should be incorporated into policy making to help people make sound decisions.
5. The Influence Of Arousal – Why Hot Is Much Hotter Than We Realise
a. The experiment was first conducted when the student was in a normal state. Then the experiment was then conducted again when the student was in an aroused state. The results were that in an aroused state, our choices were less rational and could not be predicted by ourselves in a cold state.
b. We should give ourselves time to cool down and analyze choices instead of making snap decisions.
6. The Problem Of Procrastination And Self Control – Why We Can't Make Ourselves Do What We Want To Do
a. This chapter explores why it is so easy to lose sight of our goals and self control. We might not understand our own lack of self control. Commitments are necessary for keeping us on track. They could either be self proposed or imposed by another authority. There is reason to believe that commitments imposed by another authority might be more effective.
a. In general the ownership of something causes the value of the thing to increase only in the owner's perspective because it is easier to attach emotional experiences to the object. The owner also focuses more on the aspect of the loss of the object and its benefits.
b. The more work we put into something, the more sense of ownership we get and thus higher satisfaction from using the product (IKEA effect). Ownership can also take hold partially causing virtual ownership where we imagine ourselves using the product before we own it.
8. Keeping Doors Open – When Options Distract Us From Our Main Objective
a. We feel compelled to keep as many choices available without due consideration to opportunity cost. When we are trying to keep our doors open, we also lose our focus on our current activities. The need to keep the choices open is due to our tendency towards loss aversion.
b. When we narrow our choices to the final 2 choices, it is now even much harder to make a decision because the two are so similar. The author suggests making a decision and getting on with our lives.
a. Expectations affect our experiences. If an expectation was set before using the product, our conclusion will likely be similar to the expectation. When the expectation was not set, the conclusion was made on the basis of the product. If the information supplied to manage the expectation was shown after the product was used, this information had little effect as the expectation would already have been set by the product experience.
10. The Power Of Price – Why A 50-Cent Aspirin Can Do What A Penny Aspirin Can't
a. Placebos run on power of suggestion and they work because the person taking the medicine expects it to work. The expectation derives from a belief that the medicine works and the body becomes conditioned to the presence of the medicine and starts a physiological response.
b. The more expensive the item, the stronger its placebo effect.
11. The Context Of Our Character Part 1 – Why We Are Dishonest And What We Can Do About It
a. There are 2 types of dishonesty. One is a highly criminal dishonesty where the decision making is based on how much they can steal. The second is committed by the average person where the object is often not money and less decision making is made.
b. When given the opportunity, most honest people will cheat. Once tempted to cheat, the magnitude of cheating did not increase beyond a certain point.
c. Honesty has an internal monitor that activates when the amount is large. When the amount is small, it is passive and the dishonest act does not get register on the virtue counter.
d. The honesty monitor can be activated in certain ways. One could put up a sign reminding a person of honesty or a mirror for self reflection. All these ways helped in bringing up the contemplation of the internal moral benchmark.
a. When the object of dishonesty is cash, we are very unlikely to commit the dishonest act even though it might be a small amount. When the object is not cash but a product of similar value, we are inclined to commit the dishonest act. When cash is a step removed from our dishonest act, our dishonest rate goes up.
a. We should base our decision making on how we really behave instead of how we are modelled to behave in classical economic theory.
b. We are far off from really understanding ourselves and we underestimate the external influences to our decision making.
c. PS: if you want to participate in this journey, log on to www.predicatblyirrational.com


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Please join us for one of our two Sunday morning services:
8:00: A quiet, traditional, Episcopal Book of Common Prayer Communion service (Rite II) without music or childcare, 45 minutes.
9:15: Choir Rehearsal
10 a.m: Sunday School
10:00: A communion service mixing hymns, gospel, and world songs with a blend of Lutheran and Episcopalian language. Nursery and child care provided.
11:00: Coffee/Social Hour - All are welcome!
7-8:30 p.m: Teen Group twice per month
We call a worship service a liturgy, which comes from a Greek word meaning "the work of the people." Many join in this joyful work of seeing that our time of prayer and praise goes well. Some of the official roles are listed below. Those that require a brief training are marked with an asterisk (*). For information about participating in these ministries, please contact our office (429-2991 or Email the Office ).Assisting Ministers* lead the prayers and assist at the altar.Acolytes* carry the cross, light and extinguish altar candles, and hold the gospel book for the Deacon to read from. This ministry draws from youth ages 9-17.Readers* read the Old and New Testament Bible readings during the service.Ushers* manage the flow of people and hand out worship folders.Greeters* welcome new visitors and old regulars alike.Worship Center Teachers* lead the children (age 4-11) in Christian Learning during the first part of coffee hour.Altar Guild* works behind the scenes to ensure everything is in place to celebrate Communion.Altar Flower Providers sign up on the bulletin board for when they wish to provide flowers.Coffee Hour Hosts every member who attends the 10:00 service participates in this important ministry of welcome by providing the coffee hour goodies along with set up and clean up two or three times a year as assigned.Choir rehearses at 9:15 a.m. most Sundays and performs a choir anthem approximately once every six weeks as well as Christmas Eve and Easter. No special ability is required--just a desire to sing with joy!
In addition to major Christian holidays (Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Easter, Christmas, Pentecost, etc.), Holy Faith holds a number of special, creative services that highlight a theme or play with a new way of being the church at worship together. These are mostly planned by the Liturgy Team, which is open to the participation of anyone interested. Here are a few of the successful services which we are planning to do again in the coming year (see our calendar):
Animal Blessing: Bring your animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, sheep, cows...all animals are welcome) on an October day to receive a special blessing in honor of St. Francis of Assisi (patron saint of animals).Jazz Mass: Swingable, Singable and Joyous. Typically held in late winter or spring, Pastor Ian leads a band of guest jazz musicians to provide the great sounds.All Saints' Day: Members of the congregation make "memory boxes" which display pictures, writings, and objects in honor of dead loved ones. On the first Sunday of November, we display these around the room, light candles, and read the names of the saints in our lives who have gone on before us.Mass on the Grass: An outdoor service on a beautiful late spring morning with special guest musicians - members of the Fiddlers Restrung!Advent Pageant: Starring the Holy Faith children, and written and produced by Pastor Ian, these are not your typical pageants. They take us on bus tours to Bethlehem, and invite us to reminisce over home videos from Jesus' birth with an aging Mary and Joseph!Worship Center Sunday: A great chance for the whole congregation to experience the wonderful storytelling (and priceless kid comments!) of our Worship Center (Sunday School) program, followed by an all-congregational picnic and kickball game.
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Strasburg Care Center
Rose Wald visits with Martin Wald on a regular basis. Also stopping in was Eddie Kramer Sr.
Harold Ryckman is here on a regular basis to visit with Mary Ryckman.Also visiting were Pat Horner and Sylvia Huizenga who brought her an Easter basket.
Clinton Dykema had company to include Mike Gabriel, Jim Hollaar, Mark and Mari Puppe and family, Carol Jean and Ernie Dykema, and Larry Leier.
Visiting Lucinda Schneider this past week was Matt Schneider on several occasions. Also stopping in were Marcella Keller, Mary K. Vetter, Ann Bosch, Rosina Deis, Darrell Schneider, Evelyn Jahner, Mary and Chuck Vetter, and Caroline Ternes.
Those visiting with Bob Schreiner were Mark Schreiner on several occasions. Also stopping in was Wanda Lovik.
Visiting with Harley and Marion Vander Vorst were Dale Vander Vorst, Leanne Jakobsen, Mark Vander Vorst, and Michael and Karen Vander Vorst.
Visiting Valerie Heim this past week was Pat Horner on several occasions. Also stopping by were Rose Volk and Mark and Sheila Gustafson.
Ellen Tuttle had lots of company this past week to include Judy Rice, Carl Snyder, Mary Jane Conn, Nattie Nagel, Mike and John Ballard, Sylvia Huizenga, Linda Rambough, and Carol Serr.
Visiting Irene Baumgartner on a regular basis is Andy Baumgartner. She also had company to include Linda Meier, Pete and Janel Baumgartner, Tom Baumgartner, Darlene Loebs, Della Beck, Irene Heidrich, and Rose Wald.
Those stopping to visit with Madge Leier were Al Leier on several occasions. Also stopping in were Bruce Leier and Larry Leier.
Stopping in to visit with Margaret Baumgartner was Joe T. Baumgartner.
Visiting with Irene Jahner were Kathy Kramer and John and Barb Jahner.
Freda Kiemele's company this past week was Della and Leslie Beck, Darlene Loebs, Dorothy Woehl, and Vern and Florence Wagner.
Stopping by to visit with Martha Heier were Kathy Hoffman, Lillian Miller, and Mary Volk.
Eddie Kramer Sr. comes to the nursing home on a regular basis to visit with his wife, Helen, and with many of the other residents.Also stopping in were Kathy Nagel, Lori Kramer, Nattie Nagel, Todd Nagel, Toby Nagel, Tanya Nagel, Traci Zuhlsdorf, and Rose Wald.
Visiting with Wilma Myers were Ron and Richelle Jangula
Alice Heidrich's visitors have been Irene Heidrich, Andy Baumgartner, and Rose Wald.
Stopping in to visit with Eileen Gienger this past week were Della Kary, Ruth Mittleider, Shelley Rossow, Stefanie Vojta, Daniel Waugh, and Morgan Vojta.
Andy Feist's company this past week was Pat Feist.
Visiting with Rose Weichel was Rose Wald.
Visiting with Frank Gabriel this past week was Mike Schneider.
Visiting with Dorothy Ryckman were Dan, Sandy, and Mason Ryckman, Russ and Elaine Ryckman, and Austin, Sheila, Jocilynn, Jakob, and Emma Vander Wal.
Dorothy Fuhrer's company this past week was Don and Joanne Fuhrer.
Irene Will had company to include Deb Hochhalter, Kayla, Kaylin, and Dylan Hendrickson, and Larry Will.
Ann Horner is here on a regular basis to visit with her husband, Linus Horner.
Visiting with Perry Masset was DeLores Masset.
Julia Kiefer's company this past week was Tom and Diane Kiefer.
Lee and Sharon Klein were here to visit with Kathryn Klein.
Visiting with Alvena Hehn was Sylvia Huizenga.
Leslie Jenner came by to visit with Marie Dryja.
Della Kary and Ruth Mittleider stopped by to visit with Bernese Renz.
Alvina Sauter had lots of company. Evan and Jade Sauter took him to an eye appointment and also for a haircut. Clyde and Sandy Wilson brought him supper. Steve Sauter took him to Mobridge, S.D. Otherwise his company included Ralph and Eleanor Nieuwsma, Eddie Kramer Sr., Darlene Loebs, Edwin Goehring, Carol Jean Dykema, IreneAnderson, and Vern and Florence Wagner.
Keith and Connie Fjeldheim came by to visit with Billy Dubois.
Mike Schneider came to visit with Albert Kraft and Martin Wald.
Visiting Esther Penttinen were Evelyn Petrick and Violet Ohlhauser.
Aaron Wagner was here to visit with Lena Wagner.
Those visiting with Bernice Kautz were Linda Rambough and Judy Rice.
Thursday morning, the dining room was quite full of residents waiting for coffee and something new in Bingo and a snack and seeing what Bingo number will be picked for the day. The residents seemed to have enjoyed visiting with each other. Manicures followed in the activity room. The activity staff enjoyed pampering the ladies. The ladies got to choose the color they wanted their nails to be. In the afternoon, the residents were invited to the chapel for scripture with Carol Jean Dykema. The residents enjoyed the scripture lesson and hymnal singing. Thank you, Carol Jean, and thanks to Marilyn Voller for playing the piano. For lunch, the residents were served warm fresh cookies along with a beverage. After supper, the residents were waiting to play Flippo. The residents were all excited to shout out Flippo. Assorted chips were given for prizes.
Friday morning, coffee and SNIB was enjoyed by the residents in the dining room. The residents enjoyed visiting with each other over a beverage and a snack. Current events and let's exercise followed in the activity room and in the B-wing south solarium. The afternoon's resident's choice activity was a TV sing-along. The residents sang along with a Frank Woerhle tape in the activity room. The residents have beautiful voices. Great job. For lunch, peach strudels and a choice of beverage were served. There were no evening activities as the activity staff was in Bismarck for the Activity Professionals of North Dakota meetings.
The Saturday morning activities consisted of coffee and SNIB in the dining room followed by current events and let's exercise in the activity room and the B-wing south solarium. The residents look forward to hearing the top stories in the Bismarck Tribune read by the activity staff. The afternoon's resident's choice activity was Flippo. The dining room was full of excited residents waiting patiently to hear their card called. Each Flippo winner received a bag of Gardetto's. Thank you, Pastor Ramona Hayes, from the Pollock Lutheran and the Herreid Peace Lutheran Churches and her confirmation students for providing help with the activity. Thank you all for sharing your afternoon with the residents. Warm cookies and a choice of beverage were served. What an enjoyable afternoon.
Sunday morning, the residents were invited to the activity room to watch Mass on TV followed by current events and let's exercise. In the afternoon, the Protestant Church Service was held by the Assembly of God Church of Linton led by the Rev. Geary Dodd. Thank you, Rev. Dodd, for the beautiful service and thank you to Beverly Dodd for playing the piano. Following the service, everyone was invited to the dining room for coffee time.
Banana cake and a choice of beverage were served. Thank you, dietary, for preparing the delicious cake. The afternoon's resident's choice activity was to have no activity. There are always several visitors stopping in to visit with the residents throughout the day.
Monday morning, SNIB and coffee along with a snack was enjoyed by the residents in the dining room. Later, the residents were invited to the activity room and the B-wing south solarium for current events and let's exercise. The residents enjoy staying in shape and listening to the Tribune being read by the activity staff. Book club was a hit in the activity room in the afternoon. Thank you, Sheila Ohlhauser, for the stories and the reminiscing that was shared for the Easter holiday, which is right around the corner. PokeNo was quite exciting for the residents after book club. What an enjoyable afternoon it was for the residents. Cherries in the snow and a beverage were enjoyed by all for lunch following the activity. The activity room was the place to be after supper. The residents were waiting their turn at bull's eye toss. The residents did a great job attempting the bull's eye toss activity. Thanks, Sheila Ohlhauser, for a fun evening.
Tuesday activities started with SNIB and coffee in the dining room. Following SNIB, the residents gathered in the activity room for resident council. The residents choose activities and dinner menus for the following month. Thank you to all the residents that attended. We value your input. Current events and let's exercise completed the morning activities. In the afternoon, the Rev. Geary Dodd led the weekly Bible study group. Thank you, Rev. Dodd. After Bible study, the residents joined the Strasburg First Graders in the dining room to dye 50 dozen eggs. The residents thoroughly enjoyed having the first graders help them. It was a fun afternoon for the residents and for the first graders. Everyone enjoyed an ice cream bar for lunch. Thank you, first graders. We appreciated your help. In the evening, the residents played Flippo. Each lucky winner won a cash prize.
On Wednesday morning, the Catholic residents attended Rosary and Mass in the chapel. Thank you, Fr. Jason, for leading the mass. Lunch was served in the dining room following the service. The ladies attended feeling good group in the activity room. Thank you, activity staff, for pampering the ladies. Some had a manicure and others had their hair fixed. Good neighbor group was held in the B-wing south solarium with a large crowd in attendance. The ladies from St. Mary's of Hague entertained the residents. They enjoyed playing their favorite game, cash Bingo. Rose Weichel and Bernice Goehring were the luck blackout winners. For lunch, the ladies served delicious homemade cheesecake. Thank you, ladies, for spending the afternoon with the residents. Later in the afternoon, the activity staff read the news from the Emmons County Record and the Prairie Pioneer to the residents. Thank you, activity staff. The residents look forward to hearing the local news. In the evening, the residents gathered in the activity room to enjoy the old-time music on the large-screen TV.
Welcome to Delores Miller, our newest resident, Delores is from Strasburg and recognizes several of the staff and residents. We look forward to getting to know her better.
Thank you to Theresa Volk of Bismarck for the four large denim quilts and seven smaller blankets she handmade for the residents. The quilts are beautiful. Thank you very much.
Thank you to Bonnie Schick for donating the DVD "Saving Winston" to the activity department. We appreciate your donation.
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March 30,Alvin Sauter, 89, and April 3, Martin Wald, 90.
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Notts County boss Keith Curle feels his players are not getting the credit they deserve for their record-breaking away run.
Curle's side travel to Scunthorpe on Saturday looking to stretch their sequence of league games on the road without defeat to 18.
"I think it's a fantastic feat," said Curle. "There has been a lot of commitment, application and desire shown by the players. We go into games with the attitude that we're not going to get beaten."
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Hello all,
Here is my update:
Texas licensing class - 9/13
papers mailed - 9/16
license received - 11/20
I agree with a past poster that this bureaucratic delay along with the costs creates an infringement. The good news is that it's all over now.
While I won't badmouth the instructors I had, you can write to me and I'll tell you which group to avoid. Our class was held on a Saturday at Bass Pro in Grapevine if that gives you a clue.
Our class was very paramilitary; "DON'T FILL OUT THAT FORM UNTIL I TELL YOU TO!! FOLKS, IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!", etc, etc. Lots of 'hurry up and wait' -type nonsense. The choice was the lesser of two evils, as I saw it: Either put up with these clowns, or walk out and start all over again.
If I treated my customers the way these guys do, I'd be out of business in a week.
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In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions. - Margaret Wheatly Leadership and the New Science
I read this quote and had to ask myself - :Did it really take "New Science" to determine that relationships are the key?" Heck I knew that since I was a kid.
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"Well, I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
As your lies crumble down, a new life she has found"
It could have some many meanings;
1. Judgment Day is coming. She will go to heaven, finding her new life, but he will go to a less love place.
2. The world he had created with his lies, the world of fear and deceit, will fall down and she will leave, finding a new life with someone who truly loves her.
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Bill Tetzel clowns around with his sculpture on top of Belt Salvage. He plans to add more funny sculptures along Highway 491 through Cortez to slow traffic and to get people thinking about Cortez as a creative place with something good going on. See The Arts section on B1 for story.
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San Francisco West Approach
Unearthing San Francisco's Accidental 19th Century Time Capsules
Neither the stifling heat of summer nor the bogged down wet and slippery mud of winter kept ASC archaeologists from completing work on the largest excavation undertaken in San Francisco. It was all part of the Caltrans seismic retrofit of the West Approach to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The result of a long planned research effort that targeted six city blocks, it started back in May 2001 and lasted into January 2003.
Specific excavation sites were chosen based on several years' historical research. Downtown commuters were kicked out of their parking lots under the elevated section of Freeway 80 which probably didn't endear us, Caltrans, or Balfour Beatty, the international construction firm we worked with, to the hapless drivers. Large areas, and sometimes all, of a city block were fenced off. Security guards were employed to keep the bad guys from looting features as we dug. Archaeologically Sensitive Areas (ASAs) were marked out and the homeless drunks lying paralytic on the asphalt politely escorted off the block. Sticking their heads over the fence the homeless were to be our most frequent spectators, advising the odd passerby (they can be very odd in San Francisco) on the progress of the excavation. We were later to be thankful to them when the field director drove off the site with his laptop sitting on the lowered tailgate of his truck. A group of homeless people recovered it after a following car had run over it. They were camped on the sidewalk discussing the potential impact on the hard drive that had miraculously survived when the hapless field director stumbled upon them. He had been roaming the streets, looking for his lost computer. Data rescued and the finders rewarded, he bade farewell to his benefactors thinking unemployed Silicon Valley dot-commers had to wind up somewhere and wasn't it lucky for him they wound up where they did.
A hardy and dedicated crew then set out to uncover and explore the inadvertent time capsules left behind by the earliest and often forgotten inhabitants of this city. These were the pits, privies, and wells in residential, commercial and institutional back yards. When no longer needed, after water and sewer lines were hooked up, they became convenient receptacles for all sorts of unwanted household materials, not counting objects accidentally dropped. And even back then, no-one wanted open pits in their backyards for children or older family members to fall into, so these features would be rapidly filled and usually sealed with a clean layer of sand, turning them into the time capsules they were never meant to be. When combined with census and city directory data, which often enabled the residents to be identified across a time spectrum, the excavation opened a window into San Francisco's past with a view from an angle quite different from that provided by written documents alone.
There were fourteen city blocks included in the project area to start with. But detailed research and the expectation that modern construction would have destroyed remnants of old San Francisco saw that number narrowed to six. As for the other eight blocks that didn't make the cut (almost literally), pre-field study indicated there was nothing left in the impact areas due to modern construction or else there wasn't enough of a project impact to warrant investigation. Strolling through the city you could have walked past the sites a few blocks from Market Street and the financial district and not known what was going on behind the chain-linked fence that was covered with black plastic sheeting to keep the dust in. To the world outside, it must have looked like any other downtown construction job.


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2-2-1 Ribs on the Big Green Egg Ceramic Cooker
Hello and welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter where I have some exciting meat smoking information lined up for you.. specifically baby back ribs also called loin back ribs. One of the most frequent questions that I get in my email inbox is how to achieve "fall off the bone" tender ribs and while many of our competition friends and judges frown on ribs that are that … [Read more...]


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As CVSA's RoadCheck inspection blitz continues this week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a call to action that makes clear the importance of safety scoring to motor carriers and independents. Through the ...
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CSA model enables the agency and its state partners to contact more carriers earlier to correct safety problems.
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Activision raises concerns over Xbox 720, PlayStation 4 launches
Bobby Kotick points to the Wii U's slow adoption rate as signs that Microsoft and Sony may struggle to drum up interest in their respective consoles
Games publishing giant Activision has warned of "uncertainties" surrounding the impending launch of Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox 720 consoles that could lead to a slow start for the next generation of games.
Speaking during his company's most recent earnings call, president and chief executive Bobby Kotick warned that the launch of the two next-generation consoles may not be the good news for the industry it would at first seem. "We continue to face the uncertainties of the console transition," Kotick warned investors. "There are still many unknown factors, such as pricing, launch dates and quantities, the level of first-party support and, importantly, consumer purchase intent in a world where consoles are no longer just competing with each other, but also with new platforms, such as smartphones and tablets.
"In addition, the newest console, the Wii U, has had a very slow start", added Kotick, voicing his concern over the poor performance of Nintendo's console - the first of the latest generation consoles to launch, and one that has proven a slow enough seller to see £100 lopped off its price since launch. "All of these factors further heighten our concerns heading into the back half of the year, particularly during the very competitive fourth quarter."
While hype surrounding Sony and Microsoft's next gaming console launches, Kotick is right to highlight questions as to consumer adoption: since the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles launched eight years ago, mobile gaming has taken off in a way nobody predicted. The graphical quality of some games, running on high-end tablets and smartphones with powerful gaming chipsets like Nvidia's Tegra 4, rivals PS3 and Xbox 360 launch titles - yet cost considerably less to buy. The rise of free-to-play as a business model, where the basic game experience costs nothing but can be enhanced with the purchase of add-on features if required, has also taken the industry by surprise.
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Track 1: Building Long-Term Value in Procurement
No matter the industry, successful businesses have built procurement functions that offer long-term value-focused results. In this track you will hear experts from large and small companies in a range of industries share the best practices that drove their success. You will explore areas like collaboration with suppliers, negotiations, involvement in product development, and more. This track offers a deep dive into executing new processes and strategies while providing foundational knowledge on how to make your own best practices even better going forward.
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