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In a precedent-setting decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the constitutionality of Colorado's renewable portfolio standard (RPS), ruling that the state's RPS does not impose unlawful regulations on out-of-state companies.
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CPS Energy Announces First Community Solar Project With Clean Energy Collective
CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas, said it has chosen Clean Energy Collective as its vendor for the utility's first community solar project, according to a July 9 news release.
SEIA Supports Efforts to Increase Government Use of Renewable Energy
Calling it a "win-win" that will benefit both the economy and environment, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced its strong support for HR 3001 – legislation introduced in Congress by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) that will allow the General Services Administration (GSA) to enter into 30-year renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPA). The GSA is an independent agency which manages and supports the basic functioning of the federal government, including procurement. Under current law, only the U.S. military can enter into power purchase agreements for longer than 10 years. Earlier this year, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced similar legislation.
Clean Power Finance Opens Houston Office and Plans Hiring Spree
A San Francisco-based solar energy software company opened a new office near the Timbergrove area of Houston on July 7.
NRG Partners To Deploy 26 Megawatts Of Energy Storage For SoCal Edison
NRG Energy and Ice Energy have partnered to provide 25.6 megawatts of behind-the-meter energy storage to reduce power consumption during peak periods in Southern California.
New Analysis Shows Huge Growth in Solar Over Past Decade
From the end of 2004 through the end of 2014, the deployment of solar energy in the United States grew at an unprecedented rate, according to a new video report, Solar Energy in the United States: A Decade of Record Growth, released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
SEIA Wins Prestigious AIVA Communications Award
Winning in the category of "website activism," the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) received a prestigious 2015 Gold Communicator Award from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA) as part of its 21st annual worldwide awards competition. The award goes to sites that "encourage or promote change and public involvement."
SEIA Supports Legislation to Increase Use of Renewables by Federal Government
Saying it will "benefit both the economy and environment," the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced its strong support for legislation introduced by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), allowing the General Services Administration (GSA) to enter into 30-year renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPA). The GSA is an independent agency which manages and supports the basic functioning of the federal government, including procurement. Under current law, only the U.S. military can enter into power purchase agreements for longer than 10 years.
National RES Bill Draws Strong Solar Industry Support
Calling it important to America's energy future, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced its strong support today for legislation to create a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES). Introduced by U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), the bill will help to create thousands of new American jobs, save consumers and businesses money and reduce pollution by requiring utilities to generate 30 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030
SEIA Applauds Signing of Major Solar Legislation in Georgia
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law consensus legislation which will make it easier and more affordable for homeowners, businesses, churches, schools, nonprofits, military facilities, and police and fire departments to install rooftop solar systems across the state. The Solar Power Free Market Financing Act is considered an important victory for property rights supporters, as well as solar advocates – and represents a bellwether of change in Georgia.
Vikram Solar to Supply US Master Distributor with 20 MW of Solar Modules
PV module manufacturer Vikram Solar, announced today that the company has signed a master distribution agreement for residential and commercial PV installations with a leading US solar wholesaler, Clean Energy Distribution of Denver.
Circular Energy Expands Into Northeast Solar Market
Circular Energy, a national provider of solar energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers, is proud to announce their expansion into the Northeastern United States, with a focus on Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
SEIA Solar Newsletter | July 7, 2015
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Coronal Group And Panasonic Complete 26-Megawatt Solar System In California
The Coronal Lost Hills project, which is generating clean energy for thousands of homes in Southern California, is evidence of the continuing success of the Coronal-Panasonic model, a comprehensive, end-to-end solution that facilitates the development and commercialization of solar PV projects.
Sigora Solar Completes Rooftop PV And Thermal Install on D.C. Building
As expected, a non-partisan committee of experts released its 148-page National Climate Assessment (NCA) report today, offering the starkest warning yet about the dangers of climate change. After reading the report, I was left with one inescapable conclusion: We're in real trouble unless we dramatically ramp up our efforts to curb pollution.
In 1970, the first Earth Day was held to demonstrate broad global support for environmental protection. At the time, the world's population stood at 3.63 billion. Today, that number has more than doubled.
Well, guess what? Greenhouse gas emissions have doubled since then, too. Simply put, the world is in real danger, locked in on a collision course with disaster.
According to new industry data, a growing sector of the U.S. solar energy industry has reached a major new milestone, with 5 million square feet of building-integrated solar air heating collectors now installed in North America. These systems represent 250 megawatts (MW) of thermal energy and displace nearly 100,000 tons of CO2 each year from the atmosphere.
Last year, my father did what too many Floridians want to avoid but can't: he broke his hip. I spent a good deal of time flying across the Sunshine State visiting him, often under sunny skies that showcased stunning views while I sat buckled into a window seat.
With a total of only 1,231 square miles, Rhode Island is the smallest state in America. But in a short period of time, the state is starting to have a big impact on the development of renewable energy resources nationwide. Wind and solar power have economic benefits that reach far and wide. They have become increasingly affordable, attracting billions in private development, and today are both mainstream and reliable energy sources across America.
While Americans know wind and solar energy are clean, they often aren't aware of the economic success story behind these renewable-energy technologies. Wind and solar power have economic benefits that reach far and wide. They have become increasingly affordable, attracting billions in private development, and today are both mainstream and reliable energy sources across America.
While battles rage with utilities taking on both solar customers and businesses around the country, Vermont has quietly expanded its net metering program by nearly four times its original size without so much as a skirmish.
While Americans know wind and solar energy is clean, they often aren't aware of the economic success story behind these renewable energy technologies. Wind and solar power have economic benefits that reach far and wide.
As the SHC Alliance celebrates its 1-year anniversary this March, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on our achievements in 2013, and let you know about the exciting opportunities, as well as the collective challenges, our industry faces going forward.
The latest report released by SEIA/GTM, the Solar Market Insight Year in Review 2013, shows solar expanded rapidly last year to nearly 13 GW of installations in the U.S. – enough to power nearly 2.2 million homes. Watch our new video!


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August has arrived and things are continuing to head up here in Myrtle Beach. August is inarguably the hottest month of the year, but fret not! There are plenty of ways to beat the heat while you are enjoying your last minute summer getaway. Just check out a few of the top local events happening near Beach Colony Resort. These events are a great way to spend time with the family while you beat the Myrtle Beach heat!
Dive-In Movies at Myrtle Waves Water Park – Ongoing
Gear up for an evening of wet n' wild fun at Myrtle Waves Water Park! Each Wednesday evening throughout the month of August this family attraction is hosting a "dive-on" movie – a totally new and unique experience. Guests are invited to come at 4pm to enjoy a little fun in the sun before the feature presentation begins at 7pm. A different movie will be shown on a large outdoor screen each week; features for August include Space Jam and the Smurfs. Admission to this event is only $11.99 / person and just a buck more if you want to enjoy fresh popcorn. Come cool off after a long day in the sun with this fun family event! Call (843) 913-9250.
Brews, Blues, & BBQ – August 30th
This annual event takes place on Saturday, August 30th at the Myrtle Beach House of Blues and always draws a crowd. Guests pay just $5 for a tasting glass and then purchase tickets that can be redeemed for craft beer and bbq tastings. There will be over 30 craft beers from across the nation to sample in addition to plenty of local food vendors offering up their most succulent offerings from wings, pulled pork, and much more. This event will also feature live entertainment from 7pm – until from Hip Kitty, a Tennessee rock band that knows how to put on a show. Call (843) 272-3000 for more information on this lively event.
Whose Beach Is It Anyway? – Ongoing
Grab your clan and head to Carolina Improv for a night that won't soon be forgotten! The Carolina Improv Theatre features local actors that have been professionally trained in the classic art of improve. Each show incorporates suggestions from the audience, ensuring that each show is 100% unique and unlike anything else you can see in the area. Similar to the popular "Whose Line Is Is Anyway?" format, this lively improve performance will keep you on your toes. This show is very family friendly, though they do offer several other performances that are ideal for mom and dad. There are several shows throughout the week, just call (843) 272-4242 for more information on show times and tickets.

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Volume 21 Fall 2005 Number 1
The Significance of National Wildlife Refuges in the Development of U.S. Conservation Policy
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Moving Toward Recovery: A Southeastern Analysis of The Threatened & Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005 (H.R. 3824)
Steven A. Burns & Jeffrey H. Wood
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Are cows flying? Is Christie on point for once? I need a drink, and a joint.
You guys really deleted 30+ comments? Really? Grow a SET, NJ.com. Grow a set.
It is called the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village. 201 Village Blvd. Princeton, NJ. Check for yourself.
IAMTHEMANRIGHTNOW...you are a trolling child. Who clicks through a gallery of high school students dressed for prom and writes mean spirited comments? You do. You need to get a life. Truly pathetic.
I don't understand what the big deal is, guys. Two adults who are in love want to consummate their relationship by getting married. Why does it MATTER to you what sex they are? Marriage isn't solely between a man and a woman. Same sex marriage is already legal is 6 states and The District of Columbia. How has that changed opposite sex marriage? Not. One. Bit.
Same sex marriage doesn't affect "traditional marriage" in any way. You can still get married to a member of the opposite sex, just like you always could. Quit hogging the term marriage and acting like it's the sole possession of the heterosexual community! It's offensive, childish, and completely unnecessary. Homosexuals are human too, ladies and gents. We fall in love too and also want to get married. We are here to stay, they are more of us than you might imagine, and we want to be treated equally. Have some respect for your fellow man. It's the least we deserve at this point.
Civil marriage isn't religious. It recognized by the state and the Federal government and requires a license, not a priest, a church, or a God. Gay couples shouldn't settle for anything less than what straight couples get when it comes to civil marriage, and that includes the title of marriage. To imply that gay couples should be satisfied with civil unions or domestic partnerships or whatever non-marriage title those legally consummated relationships are given is to imply that you believe that Separate but Equal in a marriage context is fair enough.
I'm going to repost my initial question since you can't seem to find the words to answer it properly.
"Give me one reason gays should be not allowed the right to civil marriage that doesn't include your personal moral beliefs, religious beliefs, or homophobia. I'm looking for the logical anti-Same Sex Marriage answer. If you'd like bonus points, tell me when you chose to become straight? Just curious."
Since you failed to answer my question, I'll fail to answer yours. Give me one reason committed gay couples should settle for anything less then the title of "marriage"? We are speaking about civil marriage, not religious marriage. There is a difference.
Give me one reason gays should be not allowed the right to civil marriage that doesn't include your personal moral beliefs, religious beliefs, or homophobia. I'm looking for the logical anti-Same Sex Marriage answer. If you'd like bonus points, tell me when you chose to become straight? Just curious.
Republicans in NJ don't like gay people. Democrats just use the gays as political pawns. They are equally spineless.
Well since the Nets are the biggest piece of trash on the East Coast, I guess me can expect Mr Perfect to mosey on along after the Nets go 0-60.
How can the Board of Trustees at Penn State elect one of their own to investigate the Board of Trustees themselves? Does this seem right to any of you out there in LaLa Land? Does it? The Federal government needs to put the FBI on this. Anyone with Penn State money in their pockets cannot be trusted to be objective and not continue to cover up the facts in this horrifying case. Top to bottom corruption in Pennsylvania, folks. It runs deep. Be very afraid for these children. This is FAR from over.
You realize that Penn State is a BILLION dollar operation, in fact, a multi-billion dollar operation if what I've read is true. Money talks louder than the law. Image protection is everything to Penn State, because it's how they make their millions.
Gricar was expendable. His body will most likely never be found. The corruption in Pennsylvania runs deeper than any of us want to believe, because we want to believe that a child's safety should be paramount in this case. Clearly, that is not the case. Clearly, children have been used and abused so that money can continue to be made. This stinks to high, high heaven. This might end up being the biggest scandal and cover up not just in the history of sports, which it frankly already is, but in the history of our great nation when all is said and done.
The Patriot-News broke the story of the grand jury investigation into Sandusky back in March 2011...why did it take the media so long to pick up on this story? It took Sandusky's arrest and formal charges for this story to blow up on a national scale? How could The Board of Trustees at Penn State act so shocked at the allegations against Sandusky? Something is just not right here.
It's called the biggest cover up of the most horrifying set of alleged crimes in sports history. If Federal investigators don't get on the scene quickly there will be nothing left to investigate. Trust, the shredder has been in OVERDRIVE for months, perhaps years, reports have surely gone "missing," and hard drives are buried deep beneath "Happy Valley." Oh, someone should probably try and find the remains of former district attorney Ray Gricar, who's been missing for 7 years after his car was found abandoned and computer thrown into a river without the hard drive in it. Hmmmmmmm. SHAME.
This coverup reeks. Clearing house should have occurred yesterday. This is sick, people, sick. JoePa, you tried to wash your hands of a monster instead of being a moral human being and reporting McQueary's alleged EYE WITNESS account of a 10-year-old being raped in your palace to the police. McQueary? You aren't a man. A man would have pulled Sandusky off a 10-year-old boy he was raping and beaten him senseless. You are both sick depraved people for squashing this account and not telling police.
How do you both sleep? Are you that far gone and delusional? Are the Penn State students rallying behind JoePa last night that far gone and delusional? Take it upon yourself and rid us, us being America, of your tarnished tenure, Paterno. Retire today, or take an unpaid leave of absence. Your arrogance disgusts more people than you know, and CHILDREN were made to suffer "alleged" horrible, terrifying sexual crimes under your watch while Sandusky roamed free. McQueary? Get ready for jail time. That's where you belong. So selfish. So horrifying.
Spare us the lion and pony show, Joe. It's over, and the longer the spotlight shines on you, the worse it gets. Remember, the CHILDREN who have RAPED are the ones who were burned here, not Penn State, not the stupid meaningless football program. Children who's innocence was "allegedly" stolen under your nose, your watch, your palace. Disgusting. Be a man, not a self-absorbed monster. Leave today.
This is a sick and disgusting showing by Penn State officials. HOW COULD THEY ALLOW THIS MONSTER TO DO THIS UNDER THEIR NOSES? I read the entire Sandusky Grand Jury presentment last night, and this "man" is a sick, depraved individual who preyed on innocent children from broken homes. Never have I read something so vile. Paterno? SHAME ON YOU! Schultz and Curley? SHAME ON YOU! Penn State Police? SHAME ON YOU!!! President Spanier? SHAME ON YOU! These children have been abused in PLAIN SIGHT and it was swept under the rug all to preserve the image of a FOOTBALL PROGRAM! OUTRAGEOUS! Burn that football building to the ground and start over. That place is forever cursed with the memory of stolen youth.
Kim Kardashian was married to Kris Humphries to 72 days. Imagine what this public disrespect to the institution of marriage feels like to a same sex couple that has been together 10 years waiting to marry one another. Heterosexuals can make a mockery of marriage while homosexuals in committed relationships who intend to marry are given the shaft by spineless politicians and hateful bible thumping closet homophobes. I can guarantee you that same sex couples wouldn't treat marriage with a Kardashian level of disrespect.
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Lotus Esprit development almost done, production still uncertain - report
Could cost 100,000 GBP
Lotus is almost done developing the new Esprit, but it's still far from reaching production phase.
Recent reports have been pretty much contradictory, with some saying that Lotus has stopped Esprit development while others mentioned that the company's flagship model is still in the works. A source within Lotus has told Autocar that the new model is almost complete but it will take a while until it goes into production because the firm is going through some serious management issues.
Benefiting from a carbon fiber / aluminum construction, the Esprit is powered by a twin-turbo V8 5.0-liter engine with approximately 650 hp (485 kW), featuring an F1-inspired KERS system and connected to a 7-speed paddle-shift transmission.
If it will reach production, the new Esprit is expected to cost somewhere around 100,000 GBP.


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Study: Fear Skews Perception, Makes Scary Objects Appear Closer Than They Really Are
Everyone suffers from some sort of fear, and the fear always seems to get the best of us when we're in its presence. A new study shows that our perception actually causes us to think the fear is closer than it actually is when near it.
Researchers from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and the University of London have discovered that our emotions and perceptions actually cause us to exaggerate how close we are to things that scare us.
The findings, published in Current Biology, show that emotion and perception are subtly intertwined in the mind.
"We're showing that what the object is affects how we perceive looming. If we're afraid of something, we perceive it as making contact sooner," University of London's Matthew Longo explained.
"Even more striking is that it is possible to predict how much a participant will underestimate the collision time of an object by assessing the amount of fear they have for that object.
"The more fearful someone reported feeling of spiders, for example, the more they underestimated time-to-collision for a looming spider.
"Fear can alter even basic aspects of how we perceive the world around us."
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Monthly Archive for July, 2008
'The Dark Knight' cake, contents revealed!
What chocolaty terror could possibly send unsuspecting masses scrambling? Behold, the Cake of Terror that darkened our doors! What's inside the Cake of Unmitigated Chaos? Hit the jump for more. UPDATE: Actually, just read on below. In my excitement to post, I didn't make a jump. — René A. Guzman The Cake of Doom had […] [Read More]
'The Dark Knight' promotion takes the cake and the Spurs Coyote
Promotion for "The Dark Knight" took a deliciously dark turn today with a Joker-ish move that caused an evacuation at KENS 5 and took the beloved Spurs Coyote hostage. It's all for some "Dark Knight" fun going on with Santikos Theatres. Like KENS 5, we also got a special cake here at the Express-News — […] [Read More]
That's my boy!
I got a new video camera for Father's Day and was finally taking the time to play with the camera and the editing software. So I edited down a longer clip and got this take on, what has become, an obsession for my 3-year-old son, Andrés-Román. Give us some hits and help this baby go […] [Read More]
Downtown Cosplay Invasion hits Saturday
Grab your favorite anime character costume and get thee to the Alamo. San Japan — which spreads the gospel of Japanese culture, most notably via the Japanese Culture and Anime Convention — will sponsor the Downtown Cosplay Invasion that hits 11 a.m. Saturday in front of the Alamo. For the uninitiated, cosplay is basically dressing […] [Read More]
And finally, the whole set
Wizards of the Coast Follow this link here to the complete list of figures in SW Mini's KOTOR set, along with images and the promo poster. You won't get stats, but there are a few pics of the cards and all the pieces. They really loaded up on characters from the video game, too cool, […] [Read More]
Yet another Knights of the Old Republic minis preview
Wizards of the Coast, www.starwars.com More of a sneak peak than a preview really, but still, we get another look at some new pieces in the set, courtesy of www.starwars.com. First impression, the Jedi Squint. Right off the bat I had this nobody pegged as a waste of a piece. Then I saw that his […] [Read More]
Star Wars Minis: Knights of the Old Republic preview 3
Wizards of the Coast All I have to say is, Eternal Hatred. Folks, Darth Sion will kill you in the face. So Wizards of the Coast, thank you. Thank you not just for the third preview of the Knights of the Old Republic set, but also for not giving Scion force renewal. Man, his piece […] [Read More]
He's not the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy for nothing
This is too cool. I found it over on http://www.dailymotion.com. And the dialogue is written so well, you would swear George Lucas wrote it! SW Wrath of the Mandalorian fanfilm Uploaded by fmvgamer — Chris Quinn [Read More]
And he dances too!
Fett, you ol' dog you. Mandalorian DanceUploaded by PatrickBoivin — Chris Quinn [Read More]
'Batman: Gotham Knight' a great treat before the big movie
("Batman: Gotham Knight" Web site) Of course I had to get "Batman: Gotham Knight". And of course I dig it. "Batman: Gotham Knight" has six interlocking stories that trace Batman's journey to "The Dark Knight." Along the way, Bats faces the Scarecrow (yes, again), Killer Croc, Deadshot and a good amount of your requisite thugs. […] [Read More]
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Arizona beer brews up more than $60K for hotshot families
PHOENIX -- After brewing up a plan to help the Prescott Firefighter Charities after the Yarnell Hill tragedy, members of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild were able to present the organization a check for more than $60,000 this week.
Nearly 40 breweries from across the state donated time and ingredients to create the Heroes 19 beer.
"It was delicious, I wish there was more, but at the same time, I hope we never have to brew it again," said Arizona Craft Brewers Guild President Michael Marquess.
The beer sold out in record time.
"This says we are good folk and we know how to take care of our neighbors," said Marquess.
All proceeds from the beer sales will help the families of the fallen 19 hotshots.


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UNCF Corporate and Community Kickoff Luncheon
Voorhees College invites you to its first UNCF Corporate and Community Luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015 beginning at noon in Massachusetts Hall Auditorium on campus. The purpose of this luncheon is to bring together corporate and community leaders in Bamberg County to support Voorhees mission of providing a quality education to students.
This luncheon is one of Voorhees Colleges events in support of the UNCF. UNCF is the nation's largest and most effective minority education organization enabling more than 60,000 students each year to attend college. Voorhees is one of 39 UNCF institutions.
Title Sponsor ($1,500)
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*Companys logo on event program
*Companys name listed in event marketing materials
*Recognition on events website
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Luncheon Sponsor ($500)
*One table that seats eight (8)
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Individual Tickets: $25
To purchase a ticket or sponsorship, click here. If you prefer to mail a check or money order for tickets or a sponsorship, please mail any checks or money orders to the address below. Make all checks or money orders payable to Voorhees College.
Division of Institutional Advancement
Attn: UNCF Luncheon
P.O. Box 678
Denmark, SC 29042
You may also contact Teesa Brunson, communications director, at (803) 780-1194. You may also contact Dorothy Patterson at (803) 780-1192. The deadline to purchase a ticket(s) or sponsorship is October 5, 2015.


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(KTVI) – The Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany began as a royal wedding decades ago and this weekend, the first celebration begins with a wedding of two downtown St. Louis microbreweries.
Florian Kuplent of Urban Chestnut and Dan Kopman of Schafly joined us on FOX 2 News in the Morning.
Urban Chestnut & Schlafly Beer present
Oktoberfest ~ St. Louis
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
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Jenks, Sapulpa residents without power
TULSA - Many OG&E customers in the Jenks and Sapulpa area are without power on Saturday morning.
OG&E officials say two circuits locked open around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, disrupting power and leaving around 4,000 people without electricity.
A troubleshooting crew is on the scene to determine the problem and begin repairs. Officials estimate the outage will last at least two more hours.
Over 1,350 Jenks and 3,600 Sapulpa customers are without power, according to the OG&E website.


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Christies Web: This is our first chance to acknowledge Moravians spiffy new Intranet home page, intranet.moravian.edu, designed by Webmaster Christie Jacobsen 00. Its appropriately blue and grey, its updated on a regular basis, and it links handily to its outside cousin, the Internet.
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CIT director Ron Helmuth has instructions for changing to the new home page on your own computer. Hes at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Blackboard jungle: An early training session for Blackboard users has been scheduled for 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday, January 10, in Memorial Hall 202. Directed by Ron Szabo of CIT, the training is mandatory for all faculty who want to use Blackboard for the first time in the spring semester.
The morning session is a refresher course for those with some Blackboard experience. The afternoon will focus on building the actual course site, so registrants are asked to bring the course syllabus, Web resources, schedules, practice exams, and other curriculum materials.
To register, contact Georgene Gerlach at firstname.lastname@example.com or Ext. 1442. Please specify the course(s) for which Blackboard will be used when you register.
Szabo is filling in as Blackboard support person for Lujean Baab, who left Moravian at the end of last semester. He will be available Mondays-Thursdays at Ext. 7986.
Star quality: Nominations are needed for the 26 Points, Moravians student ambassador organization. The 26ers conduct campus tours and represent the College at recruiting events.
To join the program, students must be in good academic standing (2.5 GPA or better), active on campus, as well as enthusiastic and personable. About 30 new members are needed to replace graduating seniors and others who cannot continue in the program. Faculty members are asked to suggest up to five nominees.
View a list of current 26 Point members ...
Deadline is January 18. Additional information or questions: Marilyn Ramsey, Ext. 1320.
On the agenda: If you would like to placed on the agenda of the January 17 faculty meeting, let Jane Schaffer know today. (But tomorrow is all right, too.) email@example.com.
Do, re, mi: Take note of two musical opportunities now open to singers and playersboth stressing will more than skill.
Jim Barnes encourages wind players to join the Moravian College Wind Ensemble, which meets 4:00-6:00 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and has concerts February 24 (band repertory) and May 3 (classical works for wind ensemble by Darius Milhaud, Fisher Tull, and others). You can reach Barnes at Ext. 1672 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
David McConnell extends a similar invitation to anyone wishing to join the Moravian College Choir or Womens Chorus. The spring choral concert is April 28. Auditions are 4:00-6:00 p.m. January 14 and 16, and you may sign up at his office (Brethrens House 305), leave a voicemail at Ext. 1681, or e-mail him at email@example.com.
Walk this way: Workplace safety training continues this month with Slips, Trips, and Falls, January 14-17. These workshops, coordinated by the American Red Cross, are required for support staff. To sign up for a session: Candi Toner, Ext. 1527.
Let it snow: . . . but be careful where you park.
Four College parking lots have been designated as snow lots: Lot F (Johnston Hall); Lot H (ARC); Lot J (HUB); and Lot A, bordered by Elizabeth Avenue, Monocacy Street, Greenwich Street, and Lot E.
Moravians snow- removal plan is to clear snow lots first to give employees and commuters a place to park, then move cars from other lots into these areas so the others can be plowed. In the snow lots, parking is prohibited between midnight and 7:00 a.m. November 1 to April 1, whether or not theres snow on the ground.
During declared snow emergencies, notification to move cars will come from Campus Safety via e-mail, postings in the HUB, and the RA/RD system. Once notice goes out, youll have a specified amount of time to move your car from a snow lot. Vehicles left after that will be ticketed and towedtypically, at a cost of $75 for the tow and $20 a day storage.
This announcement from Campus Safety differs slightly from and supersedes the policy in the current student handbook. Questions: Sean Tallarico, Ext. 1421.
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A decade or two from now, how will the scholarship of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt be remembered? Their new book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy–an expanded version of their original notorious essay in the London Review of Books–is circulating and beginning to garner reviews. It is always perilous to speculate about the future of reputations, but some handwriting is becoming visible on the wall.
"Slowly, deliberately and dispassionately," writes William Grimes in the New York Times today, the two authors "lay out the case for a ruthlessly realistic Middle East policy that would make Israel nothing more than one of many countries in the region." Many of the arguments in support of this proposition, notes Grimes, "are familiar ones." And it is therefore "a little odd" that Mearsheimer and Walt "generate such heat."
But Grimes need not be puzzled–or perhaps he is only affecting to be puzzled. For in the conclusion of his own review one can find a compelling explanation for the "heat." It is worth quoting in full:
[Their] general tone of hostility to Israel grates on the nerves . . . along with an unignorable impression that hardheaded political realism can be subject to its own peculiar fantasies. Israel is not simply one country among many, for example, just as Britain is not. Americans feel strong ties of history, religion, culture and, yes, sentiment, that the authors recognize, but only in an airy, abstract way.
They also seem to feel that, with Israel and its lobby pushed to the side, the desert will bloom with flowers. A peace deal with Syria would surely follow, with a resultant end to hostile activity by Hizballah and Hamas. Next would come a Palestinian state, depriving al Qaeda of its principal recruiting tool. (The authors wave away the idea that Islamic terrorism thrives for other reasons.) Well, yes, Iran does seem to be a problem, but the authors argue that no one should be particularly bothered by an Iran with nuclear weapons. And on and on.
Grimes lands a number of blows, then. Harder ones, that will explore the nature and origins of the "peculiar fantasies" that propel the Mearsheimer-Walt brand of realism, are no doubt in the works. In the end, my guess is that the duo will be remembered not as scholars at all but, I argued last fall in the pages of COMMENTARY, as the continuators of a tradition started by Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and Father Coughlin, which they have wrapped in scholarly garb.


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All 2014-15 Seminars have been completed. You will have to wait until 2015-16 Registration begins to register as an official.
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Please use the seminar catalog to locate a seminar in your area. Please note that your local seminar coordinators might still be finalizing seminar schedules. If you do not see a seminar scheduled in your area please contact your Local Supervisor or Seminar Coordinator using the link posted below.
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Your USAH.com Profile is a website profile and does not require any membership (player, coach, official, etc.) to create, and registration as a member of USAH does not automatically create a website profile.
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All questions regarding Seminar Schedules and Seminar Registration should be directed to your District or State staff.
Click here to sign into (or create) your USAHockey.com Profile (Note: USAH Membership Registration does not automatically create an online USAH.com Profile).
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by PETER VINE Libya As the battle for Tripoli looms, France has begun air-dropping assault rifles, machine guns, RPGs and even Milan anti-tank missiles to rebels in the mountains south of the Libyan capital. Whether this fits U.N. Resolution 1973 is a serious debate, with France insisting that it is simply arming civilians to protect [...]
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Combat Aircraft: Bin Laden Raid Reveals New Stealth Capabilities
There was something odd about the photos. It was the day after U.S. Navy SEALs from Joint Special Operations Command had swooped in on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden with bullets to the head and chest. No Americans had died in the raid, but the Pentagon admitted that one of their Blackhawk helicopters had suffered a mechanical failure and had to be destroyed where it settled inside the compound.
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Danger Room: New U.S. Spy Sat: Fast, Cheap, and Just Good Enough to Launch
It was one of the most awe-inspiring rocket launches in recent memory. On January 20, a Delta IV Heavy rocket as tall as a 23-story building blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, apparently carrying a multi-billion-dollar, school bus-size Keyhole spy satellite that took at least five years to fund and build. The noise and vibration from the 1.6-million-pound rocket were so tremendous, that the Air Force had to tell local residents it wasn't an earthquake.
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In Central African Republic, two international aid groups established a radio-based network for tracking rebel groups and alerting people of possible attacks.
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Danger Room: Chinese Navy Mission Reveals Secret Drone
It was another big reveal in a long history of them. Six months after the Chinese air force let the first photos of its new stealth fighter leak online, Beijing's military has "accidentally" showed off another secretive weapon system: a small drone, apparently used to scout ahead of China's fast-growing fleet of warships.
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The Chinese Navy's annual sortie through the disputed waters between the Japanese islands Okinawa and Miyakojima held a surprise for foreign observers. Japanese forces tailing the 11-strong Chinese fleet spotted a previously unknown Chinese weapon system: a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, apparently launched from the deck of a Chinese warship.
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For seven decades, they've been the ultimate symbol of American power. When conflicts break out across the globe, U.S. Navy aircraft carriers — fast, mobile and each packing more firepower than most countries' entire air force — have been the first responders, more of than than not. "When word of crisis breaks out in Washington, it's no accident the first question that comes to everyone's lips is: where is the nearest carrier?" Bill Clinton famously said.


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The Bobcats defensive efforts led the nation in goals-allowed per game with the 1.38 mark. The team's hard work throughout 2010 led them to their most successful season in Quinnipiac women's ice hockey program history. The Bobcats finished the year with a 19-10-8 overall record and an 11-4-7 stint in ECAC Hockey action, program highs for both records. Their conference record finished the team tied in third place with Harvard to conclude the season, earning Quinnipiac their first-ever host position in a postseason game series. In that series, the Bobcats collected the program's first playoff victory as they defeated Rensselaer, 2-1, on Feb. 26.
Anchoring the Bobcats' defense this season was Vigilanti. The rookie net minder appeared in all 37 games in 2009-10, earning the start in 36 of them. The Ontario-native played more than 2,200 minutes between the pipes where she posted the national highs in goals against average and save percentage. Her performance in net earned her seven weekly awards from the ECAC throughout the year and led to her being named the ECAC Rookie and Goaltender of the Year in the postseason. Vigilanti was also recognized by the New England Hockey Writers in the postseason and was named to the New England Women's Division I All-Star Team on April 2.
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Center executive director Zenobia Barlow joins a distinguished panel of experts and educators in a roundtable discussion, "No Child Left Inside," at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco Monday, May 19, 2014.The session, hosted by Orion Magazine, will explore the merits and opportunities inherent in experiential outdoor play and learning for all children and their abilities.Other panel members include:
The 6:00 program will be preceded by a networking reception at 5:30. A book signing of Orion's new anthology, Leave No Child Inside, follows.
Zenobia Barlow, executive director and cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy, is a pioneer in applying ecological and indigenous understanding in K-12 education. She is coauthor of Ecoliterate and coedited Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World and Ecoliteracy: Mapping the Terrain. She is a fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and served on an international team advising Bhutan on remaking the national education system.
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Best activities for your free time
Posted by Arundhati Ghosh on 2010-11-04
Famous pass time nowadays is watching Television or playing games on computer. Have you ever given a thought what will you do if there is no television or computer? Disappointed? Don't be. There are numerous of things you can do!
Free time no matter how much or how little you have is valuable and it is non-renewable, it will never come back.
You can join a hobby class, wherein you can learn to play an instrument or sing, as music is soothing to the soul. If you have a knack in dancing, learn it. A creative person can learn the art of painting and create your own masterpiece!
Board games with family and friends will make you feel great. Paper folding activities can also be fun.
In the evenings go out with your friends for cycling, swimming, roller skating, karate classes, it keeps you fit, makes you energetic and helps you relax. Pick up a game like badminton, table tennis, cricket, basket ball, and these help you to increase your stamina and mental power.
Develop the habit of reading. Reading books can be made pleasurable by selecting an appropriate book and sharing the stories with your friends when you meet up!
There are just so many options out there that it can be difficult to choose one. So put yourself out there to learn or improve on a hobby that gets you out and you will thank yourself for it later.


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The Second Shift, by Arlie Hochschild
Who Scrubs the Tub?
The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at home.
by by Arlie Hoch
Schild With Anne Machung. Viking. 309 pp. $18.95
When I first read about this book in a Newsweek report, I gasped, "That's us!" Arlie Hochschild, a sociology professor at the University of California at Berkeley, had spent eight years studying 50 two-career couples in the San Francisco Bay area, some working-class, some upper-middle-class, some academic like herself. She found that when each pair got home from work at the end of a long day, the wife alone began a "second shift," wrestling with a hot stove while her husband relaxed with a cold beer. In only 18 percent of households did husbands split the work 50-50 with their wives: most did anywhere from a third down to a token task like feeding the dog.
Mrs. Hochschild's findings were validated in an astonishing New York Times poll this last summer on the effects of twenty years of feminism on women's lives. In the overwhelming majority of families with working wives, as well as in those with wives not in the work force, it is the wife who does most of the cooking, the housecleaning, the shopping for food, the caring for children, and the paying of bills. Forty-eight percent of the women questioned said that women had to give up too much in return for the gains in job opportunities the women's movement had won for them. Only 25 percent thought that women's organizations had done anything to make their lives better.
How true it must be. My husband and I both have full-time jobs. Here is how we "divide" the labor at home: I buy the groceries, cook 90 percent of the meals, make the bed, water the plants, do all the laundry, and scrub down the bathroom once a week. My husband carries the groceries upstairs for me, empties the trash, washes maye half the dishes, and keeps us stocked with a superb selection of medium-priced wines and Canadian beer. Once a month, or perhaps once every two months, he methodically vacuums the floor, leaving not a speck of dust. And every Friday night he cooks spaghetti with a delicious garlic-and-basil sauce he invented himself. It is one of the two dishes he knows how to make. The other is chili.
This is an arrangement that Arlie Hochschild would find most unfair. My husband does not "share"—her verb for the man who puts in from 45 to 50 percent of the housework. This means I ought to have what she calls a "sharing showdown," in which I would walk out and refuse to return until my husband agreed to split the chores right down the middle. That is how Michael and Adrienne Sherman, two college professors who are the couple Arlie Hochschild admires most in her study, arrived at an egalitarian household. "Raised as a little king, Michael had never done housework before, but now in their modest apartment he did half," Mrs. Hochschild writes. "Adrienne felt much happier, and so now did Michael." There is much more in this book about the virtues of Michael, who, for instance, when Adrienne becomes pregnant, refers to "our pregnancy," and who never has to be reminded to clean up after dinner.
Mrs. Hochschild's hope is that one day we will become more like the Swedes, whose men are an improvement over American men rather in the way Swedish cars are better than American cars. Unfortunately she neglects to consider one thing—that men and women tend to have fundamentally different conceptions of the amount and the kind of "housework" necessary to keep a home functioning properly. Take the matter of making the bed. Here is my husband's philosophy: "Making the bed is a complete waste of time. A few hours later you get back in and mess it up again." Clean the bathroom? It too gets dirty again quickly, so why bother? But for me, a sparkling bathroom is one of those important small things that keeps your mind off the larger things that seldom get done, such as washing the windows. Similarly, I like regular changes of fresh sheets and towels, while my husband, when he was a bachelor, had a strict policy of never visiting a laundromat more than twice a year.
So, barring a sharing showdown, I can either clean the bathroom and change the sheets myself or start nagging my husband on Thursday in the hope that he might get the chore done by Sunday. And what if I forced my husband to do half the cooking? I love to cook myself, and I enjoy trying out new recipes and rotating dishes so that we never eat the same thing two nights in a row. If my husband cooked, we would have the same two things for dinner from now until the trumpet sounds.
In short, I am much more interested in my home than my husband is. And if he were like me, fussing over the towels and the napkin rings, I don't think I'd want him for a husband. Adrienne Sherman may love her Michael, but if he were mine I'd be tempted to run off with the Devil's Disciples. I am content to let my husband show his appreciation for the home I make him in other tangible and intangible ways. For one thing, although Mrs. Hochschild would not count it as housework, he contributes importantly to the stability of our household by managing our investments, a time-consuming task that he pursues with interest and agility. My complacency about our division of labor, moreover, is borne out by the New York Times poll, in which 61 percent of wives—the same wives who reported doing most of the housekeeping—maintained that their husbands were also doing their fair share.
This is not to say that Mrs. Hochschild has written an entirely bad or silly book. Aside from some occasional cant, she writes well and is a shrewd and honest observer. More importantly, by reading between the lines one can learn a great deal from her about American family life these days, including about the amazingly indulgent way many American children are currently raised. In one two-career family, the Holts, four-year-old Joey rivets down his parents' attention for three solid hours every night as they negotiate when and if he is going to bed.
One particularly fascinating feature of Mrs. Hochschild's subjects is that although most subscribe to egalitarian principles worthy of Saint-Juste, all but the poorest employ servants: housekeepers, babysitters, nannies, cleaning women, family therapists. The highest-income woman in her study, Jessica Stein, a lawyer married to another lawyer, the workaholic Seth Stein, has almost as many servants as a medieval chatelaine. In her household work Carmelita, the Salvadoran housekeeper; Filipa, Carmelita's sixteen-year-old daughter, who fills in for her mother while Carmelita works at a second housekeeping job elsewhere; Martha, an old high-school friend of Jessica's who shops for her, does her typing and bookkeeping, and drives the Steins' elder son, Victor, to classes; Bill, a college student who plays ball with little Victor, and Bill's sleepover girlfriend. "On Saturday afternoons," records Mrs. Hochschild, "Jessica wrote checks to pay Carmelita and Filipa; Martha; Bill; the gardener; and other occasional helpers such as plumbers, tree-trimmers, and tax accountants."
Half-buried in the book is still another interesting fact: few of Mrs. Hochschild's female subjects, mothers all, actually work a complete eight-hour "first shift" outside the home as a prelude to the second shift inside it. Most have tried the have-it-all life, but after a few years have thrown in the towel. Whether they are lawyers, academics, accountants, secretaries, or day-care workers, their participation in the cash economy is now strictly part-time. They have already figured out what feminists long insisted was not so: mothering is a demanding, and valuable, job in itself. Where only yesterday it was considered chic and fulfilling for upscale mothers to hire Swiss nannies for their babies or drop them off at day-care centers while they competed with men on the fast track, nowadays, in Mrs. Hochschild's book as in life, the only women who work full time while raising children are those driven by sheer economic necessity: no father in the home, or a father whose earnings alone cannot provide a decent standard of living.
Some, like Jessica Stein, who has a twenty-five-hour-a-week family-law practice, have turned even their second shift into a part-time job, with most of the child care taken care of by a staff. "I think I didn't look hard enough for a housekeeper that would really talk to the kids when they got home, would be sure they remembered their sweaters or their permission slips from school, would remember birthday parties or to sign the children up for field trips so that they're not late—like Victor was this morning," she tells Mrs. Hochschild. Once a week Jessica flies to Seattle for an overnight mini-vacation of shopping, lunching with friends, and visiting her favorite psychiatrist. Although she complains that Seth's inattentive-ness at home is what prevents her from pursuing her legal career more aggressively, in fact she has plenty of leisure, more than most full-time housewives in lower socioeconomic groups. She has simply decided to devote her ample free time to recreation.
What then is the point of Mrs. Hochschild's book? Almost every middle-class mother she interviewed has already figured out that two shifts are one shift too many. As for women who cannot afford to abandon their full-time jobs, Mrs. Hochschild's own evidence provides the basis of an excellent argument in favor of "pro-family" government policies such as tax breaks or even cash subsidies for working families with children in order to relieve the crushing economic burdens which many low-and moderate-income women and their husbands currently bear.
But allowing women to spend more time at home is not, of course, on Mrs. Hochschild's agenda. Her goal instead is to force men to spend more time at home—or rather, to do the housework of women. She wants "the government and society" to "shape a new gender strategy" in which men, presumably, would learn to love scrubbing the tub and crocheting Granny squares. This is actually not so much a formula for equality of the sexes as for letting one sex dominate by defining the other's domestic duties.
In the old feminist ideology, housework was supposed to be so demeaning, so disgusting, so trivial, so boring, that it would be only fair to make men do half of it. "Second-generation" feminists like Mrs. Hochschild appear to be making the opposite argument: housework (and child-rearing) is so important and valuable that men should not be allowed to miss it. But Mrs. Hochschild does not really believe this. Echoing earlier feminists, she describes traditional domestic life in faintly snide language: "a culture of homemade apple pie, home-sewn Halloween costumes, hand-ironed shirts." Like the feminists of old, she measures the value of woman's work strictly by what she is paid in the marketplace.
It used to be said that it takes a woman's hand and heart to make a house a home. The saying went out of fashion thirty years ago with the women's-liberation movement. Women now feel obliged for all their working lives to lie down on the Procrustean bed of a man's long, often tedious and stressful work day. When they come home, however, they have a choice: they can lie down for a second shift on the Procrustean bed of a man's idea of how to eat (out of a can) and how to sleep (on last week's sheets); or they can have a sharing showdown and try to force their man to act like a woman around the house; or they can try to make the place comfortable and attractive on their own terms. Or they can even follow the example of several lucky women I know, some with children, some without, who have quietly and contentedly sneaked all the way off the first shift.


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MAREL Food Systems 1999-2007
In 1999 I was employed at Marel hf. where I was employed.until october 2007.
Marel is a world leader in Food-processing systems and solutions.
I held two postions at at Marel, initially as a real-time programmer and later as Team Manager of Control-System-Integration (CSI). The CSI group operates within the Project-Engineering-Division.Marel lays great emphasis on creating and working with standard software components. Its customers however are not always able to conform to these "standard".
That is where the CSI work began. Adapting the software, writing new code around standard components, or creating new software to facilitate these needs. In close cooperation with the Project managers I allocated resources to projects and supported developers in the more complex projects.
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I was employd as a Laborotory Assistant/Teaching (LA/TA) in the
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My responcebility as LA/TA were diverse such as teaching, preparing practical electronic material, maintaining electronic instruments as well as course admission organization and further administrative work. Having lived and studied in Germany my spoken and written german grammar is excellent. I still maintain a good and frequent relationship to friends and collegues in Cologne.


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Selena Gomez at The 2013 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. (April 14, 2013) -Photo: Fame/Flynet, Getty, Splash News, WENN
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+1. Would hit it then hit it again.
If you can't see her 8 year old face, she's very sexy.
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A fine fixer-upper, just a little elbow grease and a few trips to the hardware store, and this would be a real beauty !
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The 'AbbeyField Community Project' is a group of local churches working together with the residents of AbbeyField to establish and maintain a thriving community where everyone has a sense of belonging and value.
If you are a resident of the AbbeyField and have any ideas as to what you would like to see happen, or are willing to help at any event please contact us.
New Times for New Faces
In September 2013 Steve and Tina Lawton took up part time roles as church and community workers for the Abbeyfield Community Project based on the Marlborough Place neighbourhood. This came after Richard Smith had done a fantastic job making relationships, putting on activities and supporting the area. Steve and Tina along with Jim and Liz Andrews, lead the Colchester Boiler Room which brings a heart for prayer, people and community to the role and were pleased to be able to make a start building on Richards work over the past three years.
Tina and Steve took up residence in the Community House in September 2013. Along with them Clare, a health care worker and member of the community also moved in and adds stability to the community household. An additional bonus was the entrance of Armin, a German student working with St Stephen's Church in New Town (one of the supporting churches). This brings a young perspective to the house and builds the link with the local church.
Excitment and anticipation has built and the hope of possibilities is rising. There is much to do and good friends to do it with.
In addition to work, community and family life Tina and Steve love to eat great food.
Steve and Tina Lawton, Abbeyfield Church and Community Workers


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Jakarta Globe
A university student, afraid she was about to be raped, jumped from a moving public minibus on Wednesday after the driver refused to stop in North Jakarta.
Annisa Azwar died four days later at Atmajaya Hospital, in Pluit, North Jakarta, from a injuries sustained in her fall.
The vehicle's driver, Jamal, said her death was a tragic case of mistaken intentions. But her family argued that Annisa must've had a good reason to leap from a moving vehicle.
The woman's family told Indonesian media that the 20-year-old University of Indonesia nursing student boarded a U-10 public minibus (angkot) at Kota Station to visit her aunt in Pademangan, North Jakarta. But she reportedly got into the wrong angkot and ended up in Tanah Pasir, North Jakarta.
When all the passengers exited the vehicle, Annisa reportedly felt unsafe. Annisa then texted her uncle Wendi and told him she was afraid Jamal was going to rape her, according to Kompas.com. She asked the driver to stop in Pekajon Roya, but he refused.
It was then that Annisa, scared and alone, jumped from the moving vehicle. The angkot was traveling between 30 and 40 kilometers an hour. She suffered serious injuries and was taken to Atmajaya Hospital in a bajaj.
She died on Sunday from a brain injury.
Her relative Asep told Detik.com that Annisa must've had her reasons for jumping from the vehicle.
"She's a university student, there is no way she jumped out of the car without noticing anything suspicious," Asep said.
Instances of rape and kidnappings aboard angkots have become increasingly common in Jakarta. At least eight women have been kidnapped or raped by angkot drivers in the greater Jakarta region in the past year.
Jamal was arrested and charged with negligence that resulted in someone's death. He faces a maximum sentence of six years in prison if convicted.
The Jakarta Transportation Agency promised tough penalties for Jamal.
"If he is proven to be guilty, his permit [to drive an angkot] will be revoked," agency head Udar Pristono said.


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SP rallies to shock Scarborough in softball regional final
STANDISH—Maybe being the No. 1 seed isn't all it's cracked up to be.
That's certainly been the case in Western Class A softball the past three years.
Two years after top-ranked Scarborough was upset by lower seeded South Portland and one season after the unbeaten, No. 1 Red Riots were ousted by the lower ranked Red Storm, South Portland got the last laugh again, despite being the No. 3 seed to Scarborough's No. 1 in the Western Class A Final Tuesday afternoon at Richard W. Bailey Field on the campus of St. Joseph's College.
The Red Riots appeared destined for an agonizing defeat, trailing 1-0 entering the sixth inning after a throwing error put them in a hole, but the bats came to life against Red Storm senior ace Mo Hannan and in a matter of minutes, the whole complexion of the game and the season changed.
Successive first pitch singles from freshman second baseman Laurine German and junior Danica Gleason got the rally started and sophomore designated hitter Olivia Indorf pounced on the first pitch as well, bouncing it into centerfield to tie score.
That was just the beginning as Gleason scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch and after an RBI single fro senior first baseman Lindsay Cannon, freshman pinch-hitter and secret weapon Michelle Moreau blew the game open with a two-run triple to cap the five-run uprising.
That left the game in the able hands of junior hurler Erin Bogdanovich, who slammed the door in the sixth and seventh on her two-hit masterpiece and South Portland defeated Scarborough 5-1, improving to 17-2 with its 16th successive win, ending the Red Storm's season at 18-1 and its two-season win streak at 27 games and setting up a Class A Final showdown versus 19-0 Cony Saturday at 3 p.m., back at St. Joe's.
"I felt confident," said Bogdanovich. "It's so exciting. We really deserve it. We're a good softball program. I didn't want to go home today. I was a little worried, but I had confidence in my team behind me. We always get the big hits."
Rite of spring
Since Scarborough and South Portland started playing nearly a decade ago, they've met in the postseason every year except one.
The rivalry has been quite one-sided in the Red Storm's favor (please see sidebar), but if Scarborough's been the best team in the state over that span, the Red Riots have been a close second.
The first ever meeting between the programs came in the 2003 semifinals, where the Red Storm won, 3-0. Scarborough won again in the 2004 regular season and quarterfinals and once more in the 2005 regular season before South Portland broke through with an epic upset in the rain at the Western A Final.
The Red Storm then took the next eight meetings by a combined 23-4 margin, before another Red Riots' regional final upset win, 5-2, two years ago as South Portland went on to take its first Class A state title.
A year ago, the Red Riots appeared to have no peer and beat Scarborough, 3-1, in the regular season, but in the rematch, at the Western A Final, the Red Storm had the last laugh, 1-0, and went on to defeat Messalonskee, 5-0, to win the championship.
Scarborough also took this year's regular season meeting, by the aberrant score of 14-6. That was the third of 16 straight regular season victories for the Red Storm this spring, almost all of them decisive. In fact, Scarborough outscored the opposition, 188-20 in the regular year.
The Red Storm's bats and arms didn't cool off with the arrival of playoffs. In the quarterfinals, Scarborough blanked eighth-ranked Biddeford, 5-0, and in the semis, the Red Storm sent No. 5 Kennebunk packing by virtue of a 12-0 (six inning) romp.
Following its loss at Scarborough, South Portland dropped a 2-0 home decision to Thornton Academy to fall to 1-2, but the Red Riots haven't lost since. They closed the regular year with 13 successive wins, by a combined 151-13 margin.
As the No. 3 seed, South Portland ousted sixth-ranked Sanford, 6-0, then pulled a stunner in Saco Saturday, lighting up Gatorade Player of the Year Julia Geaumont and second-seeded Thornton Academy, 8-1.
Something had to give Tuesday and it took awhile, but ultimately it was the Red Storm who crashed back to Earth.
Hannan was clearly on her game early, getting Bogdanovich to look at strike three and after game efforts, German to foul out to sophomore catcher Megan Murrell and Gleason to loft a foul ball down the rightfield line that junior second baseman Marisa O'Toole snared in foul territory.
In the bottom half, Bogdanovich toed the rubber and was equally strong, getting Hannan to ground out to first, inducing a ground out to shortstop by O'Toole on the 11th pitch and on the first, getting sophomore first baseman Alyssa Williamson to ground out to Gleason.
South Portland got a leadoff infield single from Indorf in the second, as Giles ranged to her left, but couldn't handle the ground ball. After a sacrifice by junior catcher Sam DiBiase, Cannon was hit by a pitch, but Hannan bore down and got sophomore designated player Michaela Willwerth to pop out to first and after falling behind senior third baseman Libby Grant 3-0, battled back and struck her out on a full count pitch.
Giles led off the bottom of the second by taking strike three. Bogdanovich then got Murrell and senior leftfielder Dominique Burnham swinging to fan the side.
In the third, Hannan fanned senior leftfielder Katie Jordan, got Bogdanovich to ground to second then got a nice play from Murrell, who raced toward the third base dugout and made a running catch of German's foul ball to end it.
Bogdanovich made quick work of Scarborough in the bottom half, getting both sophomore rightfielder Brenna Kent and junior shortstop Grace Farnkoff to ground out to second before inducing junior centerfielder Mary Redmond to hit back to the mound.
In the top of the fourth, Gleason hit a soft liner to O'Toole for the first out. Indorf then got her second single, a bloop to center that the wind knocked down, but DiBiase grounded into a force out and Cannon ended the frame by lining down the rightfield line only to see Kent make a nice running catch while battling the wind.
The Red Storm got a couple breaks in the bottom half and pounced.
Hannan led off by lining to Cannon, who got hit in the torso, but managed to scoop up the loose ball and tag first for the out. O'Toole then got Scarborough's first hit, a ringing single to left. The throw back into the infield was high and O'Toole didn't hesitate and took second. After Grant made a nice stop on a wicked ground ball by Williamson and threw out the runner, Bodganovich appeared to get out of the inning by getting Giles to ground weakly back to the mound, but she threw high to first and O'Toole raced home for a 1-0 lead.
"I came back to the dugout and said, 'Why do we always shoot ourselves in the foot?'" Aceto said. "We did it last year too."
South Portland was flustered, but didn't buckle.
"At first, we were kind of shaken up, but we got our heads back in it," Gleason said.
In the top half of the fifth, the Red Riots got a break to start the inning when Willwerth struck out, but reached when strike three was wild and got away from Murrell. Grant sacrificed the runner up. Freshman Kiley Kennedy pinch-hit and struck out and Bogdanovich had a chance to tie things up, but was thrown out by Hannan on a bunt.
In the bottom of the frame, Burnham led off with a single and moved up on a wild pitch, but Kent struck out and Farnkoff and Redmond both grounded out, keeping the game 1-0.
It didn't stay that way.
South Portland got aggressive with Hannan in the top of the sixth and got immediate results.
German led the inning off with a single to left.
Gleason then ripped a single to center,.
"I knew she was throwing first pitch strikes," Gleason said. "I knew it would be my pitch."
Redmond did a nice job playing the ball to keep the runners from moving up, but it didn't matter as Indorf grounded the first pitch she saw up the middle, scoring German with the tying run.
"I just had confidence," Indorf said. "I knew if I didn't hit it, someone else would pick me up. That eases you when you know your team can help you out. I was really relaxed and knew I could do it. I was looking for anything. I didn't have to get a huge hit, just a base hit. Laurine's really fast. I knew I just had to get it through."
"I just got done telling the girls, 'This has got to be it,'" Aceto said. "I said, 'We have 2, 3, and 4 coming up. Start looking for a first pitch strike.' They did."
A high throw to the plate allowed both runners to move up and suddenly, Scarborough was on the ropes.
That was it for Hannan and Williamson took over on the hill.
The lefty made her presence felt initially in the clutch, striking out DiBiase, but with an 0-2 count on Cannon, her off-speed pitch was short of the plate, eluded Murrell and Gleason sped home with the go-ahead run.
"I was taking a bigger lead because if someone grounded out, I needed a better jump," Gleason said. "As soon as it went by, I just went. It felt so good."
"I felt alright with Sam DiBiase at the plate, but Williamson got her to strikeout, then they gave me a gift," Aceto said.
Cannon then grounded the next pitch into right field scoring Indorf to make it 3-1.
Willwerth kept the good times rolling with a ground single to center and freshman Michelle Moreau pinch-hit and ripped the first pitch she saw over the rightfielder's head to push the lead to 5-1.
"I was nervous," said Moreau. "It was my second at-bat all season. I was just looking for a base hit. It went off the bat and I just ran. I wasn't really paying attention. I just kept running. It felt awesome. We just kept our spirits high and kept playing. "
The freshman's teammates and coach certainly believed in her.
"When she came in to hit, everyone knew she'd get a hit," Gleason said. "She's a great hitter."
"When I heard Michelle's name, I had confidence in her" Bogdanovich said. "She doesn't get too nervous."
"You can tell she's a hitter," Aceto added. "She spent all year on JV as a pitcher. Great kid. She can swing the bat. I knew I wanted to do something. I didn't know if it would be her or (freshman) Sarah Micucci. My gut told me it was her."
That was it for Williamson, who was replaced by Giles, who ended the inning without further damage, but five runs on six hits and an error turned the tide completely.
In the bottom of the sixth, Scarborough had the top of the order up with a chance to get back in it, but one pitch after just missing a sure triple down the rightfield line by inches, Hannan lined out to right.
"We got the bat on the ball, it just wasn't going through," Hannan said. "(Erin) pitched a great game."
O'Toole popped meekly to Bogdanovich and Williamson hit a ground ball back to the mound.
"At 5-1, we were just looking for outs," said Aceto.
Giles managed to hold South Portland at bay in the top of the seventh, setting the stage for Bogdanovich to finish it off.
The end came quickly as Giles popped out to Gleason, Murrell bounced out to first and Burnham grounded out to Grant.
"We came out here and did what we know how to do," said Gleason. "We know we can hit. Hitting's contagious. When we start, we all hit. We weren't supposed to be here. We knew we had nothing to lose."
"I knew we'd be a playoff team," Aceto said. "I thought with a little luck we could get to St. Joe's for the Western Maine Final. I knew it would take a little luck. These kids came together. It was a work in progress. I was juggling lineups up until game seven or eight. I still get kids in and out when I have the need. It's been a great group. These kids enjoy being around each other. They really do. In my experience you don't find that. These girls truthfully enjoy being together."
The Red Riots had fun and made noise from the start and were clearly not phased by their surroundings.
"We made buckets last night to bang around," said Gleason. "The umpire said we couldn't do it when (Hannan) was pitching, which made us mad, but we started clapping and cheering and being even louder."
"Coming into this game, we knew we had to cheer loud and get up on them," Indorf said.
"They're as loose as loose can be," Aceto added. "You can tell by the noise in the dugout. That's just how they are. I don't care, as long as they play between the lines. They have fun."
Bogdanovich caught the final out of the 2010 regional final win as her older sister, Alexis, earned the win. Tuesday, she went the distance and improved to 12-1, allowing one unearned run on a mere two hits and no walks in seven innings. Bogdanovich struck out four and threw a wild pitch.
"No one can really hit (Erin)," Gleason said. "She's had great games against TA and now. She keeps improving."
"Erin's everything Alexis was," Aceto said. "She still shows too much emotion on the mound, but that will come."
The offense was sparked by Indorf's three hits. Cannon, German, Gleason, Indorf and Willwerth all scored runs. Moreau drove in two runs, Cannon had Indorf one RBI each. Moreau had the lone extra base in the game, the triple that broke it open.
Hannan ended her stellar high school career by taking the loss and falling to 3-1 after allowing three runs on five hits in five-plus innings. Hannan didn't walk a batter, but hit one and threw a wild pitch. She fanned five.
"I don't think I've been at my best all year," said Hannan, who missed time earlier in the season with mono. "This game wasn't my best. They came up with the hits. It is bittersweet. I had a great year. It was nice. It was a great four years. I couldn't ask for anything more."
Williamson gave up two runs on three hits in a third of an inning. She struck out one and threw a wild pitch. Giles mopped up and retired all five hitters she faced.
"I told the three pitchers it would be a team effort," Scarborough coach Tom Griffin said. "There was a good chance Mo would conk out at some point. I wasn't convinced she would go seven innings. All three were warmed up. She'll never admit she was getting tired, but her velocity was down."
Burnham and O'Toole had the lone hits and O'Toole scored the only Red Storm run.
"(South Portland) deserved it.," said Griffin. "They hit the ball. We thought the defense was going to win the game for us. They came up with a string of hits. They weren't cheap. (Bogdanovich) pitched really well. She was tough. I'm looking forward to someday when there's not a Bogdanovich on that mound. I have to wait another year.
"I knew from the beginning that three teams could win this. They didn't throw Bogdanovich the first time. I don't know why. If they did, it would've been a game and who knows how the regular season would have ended up. They didn't. They had their reasons. They're not a Cinderella team. They have quality athletes at every position. My hat's off to them. I'm not convinced they're the better team, but they played one solid offensive game and deserved to win and we didn't. "
Scarborough goes home heartbroken at 18-1, but once again, produced a sensational season.
"It was a great season," Griffin said. "I have no complaints. We laid it on the line. The kids are fantastic young ladies. They gave it everything they had."
Expect the 2013 Red Storm to make another deep run and perhaps finish the job.
"We lose two four-year starters (Burnham and Hannan)," said Griffin. "We'll move on. I have nice looking jV and freshmen coming in next year. I have two strong pitchers coming back. South Portland certainly will be back. Maybe next year will be our turn."
One more
South Portland has played twice before in the state final, losing to Messalonskee, 7-4, in 2005 and beating Bangor, 1-0, two years ago.
Saturday, the Red Riots will take on 19-0 Cony, a team they haven't faced.
They'll go into one final game loose and full of confidence, hoping to add a final chapter to their fairy tale run.
"We're ready," Moreau said. "We're very confident with (Erin pitching). She's dominant."
"We're not getting too ahead of ourselves," said Gleason. "We need to make sure our bats get going from the start."
"If we stay focused and play the way we know we can play, we can do it," Indorf said.
"I haven't seen Cony, but I've coached against Rocky (Gaslin)," Aceto added. "I expect a lot of small ball. Bunts, double steals. I suspect we'll see a lot of balls put in play. They'll have trouble with Erin, but they'll do whatever they can to pull one out."


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The Life and Times of Andrew D. Lytle
As the 1855 map of Baton Rouge shows, the State Penitentiary occupied the geographic center of Baton Rouge. In the 19th century and early 20th centuries the prison provided labor for construction projects around the state, particularly levee construction along the banks of Louisiana's many waterways.
In April 1890, Andrew reached his 56th birthday. His son, Howard, had joined him in business in the late 1880s to form "Lytle Studio" and, perhaps, take over the difficult business of outdoor photography. A.D. remained in the studio where he did not need to carry bulky, heavy cameras and tripods from site to site.
On the other hand, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, sited just east of the downtown residential districts, provided the Lytles an additional source of income as photographers. The image on the right, captured in the prison kitchen, demonstrates the skill of A.D. or Howard. It also gives the viewer insight into the photographer's thoughts.
The "ghost" in the image (right) is not an apparition of a dead inmate but the partial image of a living man. Exposure times for images in the late 1900s could be rather long. The prisoner remained in front of the camera long enough to register partially on the film's silver salts. Moving before his image completely obscured the window and wall behind him resulted in an eerily surreal photograph. The photographer had to have known removing the subject midway through exposure would produce this effect. We are left to wonder why he would have wanted to produce such an image.


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Sgt. 1st Class Bob Garner, an aircraft mechanic for the Missouri National Guard's counterdrug program, takes his last flight in an OH-58A helicopter before he retires. Garner served a total of 26 years in the United States military, serving in both the Navy and the Missouri Army National Guard. (Submitted photo)
By Sgt. Sarah E. Lupescu
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - After 26 years of service in the U.S. Navy and Missouri Army National Guard, a local Guardsman is retiring.
Sgt. 1st Class Bob Garner, a Vietnam veteran and current aircraft mechanic for the Missouri National Guard's counterdrug program, spent his last 15 years of military service working full-time in Jefferson City. Garner said those 15 years were the highlight of his National Guard career.
"I worked three years on the summer program at Whiteman Air Force Base and then I found out about the Reconnaissance Aerial Interdiction Detachment," Garner said. "It was an assignment that was originally supposed to last for one year and it turns out I've been here for 15."
The Reconnaissance Aerial Interdiction Detachment, or RAID, is a group of full-time pilots and crew chiefs that support missions such as observation, vehicle and fugitive tracking, and cover and force protection. The RAID is equipped with OH-58A helicopters to support federal, state and local law enforcement agencies' demand for aviation support in counterdrug operations.
"I'm going to miss the people I work with the most," Garner said. "I'll miss the feeling of belonging to an organization as good and great as the military. It's always been a part of my life."
As a Missouri National Guard retiree, Garner hopes to start a new career in a similar field of work.
"I hope to find something in the field of aviation," Garner said. "I'd like to continue aircraft maintenance work."
Before his days in the military began, Garner grew up in a Family of veterans.
"The military has always been a part of my Family," Garner said. "My grandfather was a World War I veteran, my dad was a World War II veteran, I'm a Vietnam veteran, my daughter is a Desert Storm veteran and my step-son is in the Navy."
Garner enlisted in the United States Navy and served as an aircrew survival equipment man. Some of his duties included keeping parachutes, life rafts, personal flight gear, and other aviation survival gear in proper working condition.
"The first reason I joined the military was ever since I was a little kid I knew there was a big world out there and I wanted to see it," Garner said. "And I did with the Navy. I've been all over Asia, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, India, and Australia."
Garner deployed twice during his service with the Navy.
"The first one was for the evacuation of Vietnam in April, 1975," Garner said.
Garner has been supported in his military service by his wife Judy.
"She is my high school sweetheart," Garner said. "I've been in love with her ever since the day I laid eyes on her."
For more information about the Missouri National Guard, please visit www.moguard.com and our social media sites: www.facebook.com/Missouri.National.Guard; www.twitter.com/Missouri_NG; www.youtube.com/MoNationalGuard; www.myspace.com/missouri_ng; www.flickr.com/photos/missouriguard; www.moguard.com/blog; www.pinterest.com/monationalguard/
Sgt. 1st Class Bob Garner, an aircraft mechanic for the Missouri National Guard's counterdrug program, takes his last flight in an OH-58A helicopter before he retires. Garner served a total of 26 years in the United States military, serving in both the Navy and the Missouri Army National Guard. (Submitted photo)


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Bees find ways to survive the winter
Posted: January 16, 2014|
IN our latest report from Jack Mummery of the North Devon Beekeepers Society, he explains how bees have prepared to survive the winter months.
"Honey bees do not hibernate in the winter like some animals but form a cluster, keeping each other warm and protecting the queen.
"Honey bees in the summer will live for about six weeks if they are lucky; they wear themselves out gathering nectar and pollen. Winter bees, however, are different. From July the queen will start to reduce her egg laying rate and by the autumn the worker bees will start to increase their fat reserves, preparing themselves to live for six months, or until there are enough new bees in the spring to continue the colony.
"By the end of October the workers will have killed all the male bees or drones as their services are no longer wanted.
"The only role the drones perform is to mate with a new queen and by October it is very unlikely a colony will produce a new queen so the drones are dispensed with; a lot less mouths to consume the precious stored food.
"Bee colonies should be well fed and entrances protected with mouse guards. Mice like the comfort and the free food that a bee hive affords, but they can destroy good wax comb and eat most of the stored honey."
A beginner beekeeping course will be held during the spring, beginning in March 2014. For details email cath firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I admit. I have avoided this recipe listing format for some time. I dunno exactly why but something about it always seemed odd.
That said, as a food writer…I see a LOT of recipes every day. And you know, not every recipes is going to be found here at Cooking Stoned. So it seemed like a good idea to share, right?
Artichoke Guacamole
Spinach Artichoke Deviled Eggs
roasted artichoke lemon hummus
Roasted Red Pepper and Artichoke Tapenade
Lentil-Artichoke-Walnut Pate
Spinach and Artichoke Mac 'n Cheese Cups
Spinach Artichoke Potato Skins
Cheesy Artichoke Pumpkin Dip
Artichoke & Asiago Poppers for Oscar Night
Artichoke and Parmesan Stuffing
Purple Potato and Artichoke Gratin
marinated artichokes
Artichoke and feta tarts
roasted baby artichokes with a garlic lemon aioli
Artichoke Cream Soup
spring asparagus and artichoke salad
Spinach Artichoke Soup
Tomatoes, Artichoke Hearts and Baby Chard
Garlicky Leek & Artichoke Soup
warm artichoke salad
Golden Chickpea and Artichoke Salad
Shaved Artichoke Salad
Tomato Artichoke Soup
Greek Artichoke Salad
Buffalo mozzarella, artichoke and lemon pizza
Artichoke and Mascarpone Ravioli with Brown Butter and Sage Sauce
Pesto Artichoke Lasagna Rolls
Vegetable Paella
Spinach Artichoke Feta Quesadillas
Spinach and Artichoke Flat Bread Pizza
Savoury tart with artichokes
Spinach Artichoke Grilled Cheese
Zucchini Blossom and Artichoke Risotto {gluten free}
Chickpea and artichoke paella
Baked Eggs with Spinach, Artichokes and Leeks
Artichokes and Cheesy Grits
Artichoke and Pandan Iced Tea
Artichoke Lemon Pesto
Baked Stuffed Artichokes with Leeks
Artichoke and Feta Croquettes
Hi, I'm Jerry James Stone and welcome to my food blog.
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