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Nurse grant recipients will study use of high-fidelity patient simulation and simulated patient scenario video as effective learning toolsHonor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International co-sponsors grants with CAE Healthcare and ATI Nursing Education
INDIANAPOLIS – Effective learning and assessment tools not only make nursing education more efficient but studies show they also improve nurses' performance and patient outcomes. The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) has joined with CAE Healthcare and ATI Nursing Education to support nursing research that will study the effectiveness and usefulness of educational intervention and high-fidelity clinical simulation experiences and simulated patient scenario video clips within a synchronous online course.
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Melanie G. Martin, MS, of Columbus, Ohio, United States, is the recipient of a US $9,000 Simulation in Nursing Research Grant co-sponsored by STTI and CAE Healthcare. Along with Carol Risch, MSN, Terri Long, MSN, and Leah A. Keller, RN, Martin will study the "Effectiveness of High-Fidelity Patient Simulations on Nurses' Early Identification of Deteriorating Pediatric Patients and on Patient Outcomes." A unique aspect of this study is that the relative effect of other variables known to influence nurses' performance and patient outcomes will be included in the analysis: educational level, previous experience in caring for patients whose conditions were deteriorating, critical thinking skills, and self-reported confidence and competence in the management of these patients.
Laurie Freeman-Gibb, PhD, MSN, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is the recipient of a US $6,000 Educational Assessment Nursing Research Grant co-sponsored by STTI and ATI Nursing Education. Along with Chris Teplovs, PhD, and Nick Baker, BSc, Freeman-Gibb will conduct a study on the "Integration, Use and Evaluation of Simulated Patient Scenario Video Clips Within a Synchronous Online Learning Environment." They will develop and evaluate simulated patient scenario video clips for their usefulness within a synchronous online post-master's diploma course in advanced practice oncology/palliative nursing.
"As a leading global provider of simulation technology, CAE Healthcare understands nursing's significant impact on patient outcomes and safety," said Thomas J. Doyle, chief learning officer of CAE Healthcare. "We are proud to have the opportunity to collaborate with STTI to fund quality research focused on using simulation to ultimately improve patient care and safety."
"Our partnership with nursing professionals and organizations such as STTI is foundational to our goal of delivering solutions that help enable nurses to perform their jobs at an optimum level," added Sheryl Sommer, PhD, RN, director of Nursing Education and Curriculum at ATI Nursing Education. "We're excited to support these grant recipients as they explore the ways simulation can assist nurses in delivering the highest level of care and believe their findings will be extremely valuable."
"Evidence-based research is highly important to STTI," said Suzanne Prevost, PhD, RN, COI, president of STTI. "Thanks to the generosity and foresight of ATI and CAE Healthcare, we can give nurse researchers the resources they need to objectively assess the way we are teaching nurses today."
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A variety of handcrafted items will be available for purchase at the annual Craft Show & Sale at the Jonesborough Visitors Center, including pottery, home and holiday decor, jewelry, knitted items and quilts. Photograph Contributed
If you're wanting to find something unique and not easily purchased at a big chain store for your loved one this holiday season, the 32nd annual Holiday Craft Show & Sale might be just the place to pick up the perfect gift.
Alicia Phelps, director of tourism and marketing for the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center and organizer for the craft show, said the show –– going on Nov. 8 and 9 –– originated after Jonesborough became known for its local craftsman.
"For a long time, it fell on the Black Friday weekend and a couple of years ago we moved it and it seemed to be a good decision," Phelps said. "That late in the season it was ... kind of irrelevant to purchase anything for fall, with it being almost December. We moved it to the second week in November mainly because of requests from folks coming to the show, as well as from crafts vendors. It's really worked out quite well because the craft vendors can showcase more than just holiday and winter items. They can also now do fall items and folks can get ... decorations and things for Thanksgiving, too."
This year's show will host around 40 vendors in each of the three market areas at the visitors center. The main market area, located in the auditorium, will house many of the vendors, and an accessories market place will also be set up on the grounds for items that fall within that category.
Craft show vendors, as well as a few food vendors, will also be setting up booths outside around the grounds and in the parking lot area.
Phelps said each year the craft shows increases in attendance on average about 200 people and said they had several vendors locally and out-of-state wanting to show their items.
"There's a variety of different things that folks showcase. From pottery, lots of jewelry and accessories, scarves, a lot of hand-knitted items, home decor, wreaths, to fudge," she said. "There's just a really neat variety this year. I think this year we've had the most new vendors than we've had before. It's definitely been the first time that I've been organizing it that we've had vendors from as far away as South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky.
"We're excited to hear that the craft vendor base has reached out well-beyond that three-hour drive radius, and I think that will hopefully expand into the patrons that will come to this show, too."
While many of the crafts are handmade or handcrafted –– such as the basket weaver expected at this year's show –– Phelps said some of the vendors might even do some demonstrations of their craft for those in attendance.
"We've partnered up with Storybrook Farm Bed and Breakfast here in Jonesborough," she said. "They're having a Celtic society scarecrow contest and that's with the East Tennessee Celtic Society. They're going to have scarecrow building."
Those attending the craft show will be able to board a free shuttle to Storybrook Farm for the scarecrow building and festivities, and also will have opportunities to stop in downtown Jonesborough to eat and shop.
According to a news release, basic scarecrow building materials will be provided to youth and adult participants and an entry fee of $3 for adults and $1 for kids 14 and under will be assessed for the contest.
Activities at Storybrook Farm will take place from 1-4 p.m., according to the release.
As for the craft show itself, Phelps said the annual event is a "warm, fun and festive atmosphere. Everybody's having a good time. We're just so appreciative of the folks that do come because they're supporting local and they're buying local.
"We definitely have almost a line at the door when the show opens on Friday and even on Saturday. We'll have folks coming back for their second time because they saw something they didn't get and they just have to have it.
"I really feel like this year's probably going to be our most successful year just because of the buzz I've heard about it and ... the amount of craft vendors wanting to be in the show that have heard about it from just all over. We're really excited to be putting this on for the 32nd year," she said.
Admission to the show is $1 for adults and free for kids 12 and under. The show will run both days from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. inside the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center and Old Town Emporium.

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HICKS, Tylia L., 3, daughter of Tyrone and Amanda Hicks, of North Charleston, died Monday. Arrangements by North Area Funeral Home.
KELLY, James Robert, 76, of Charleston, a retired Air Force flight chief, retired missile mechanic at the Polaris Missile Facility and husband of Pattie Kelly, died Sunday. Arrangements by Carolina Memorial Funeral Home of North Charleston.
KNIGHT, Elizabeth Hunt, 87, of Mount Pleasant, widow of Charles Knight, died Monday. Arrangements by Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel.
WHITE, Benjamin Jr., 65, of North Charleston, husband of LaDonia R. Salley-White, died Monday. Arrangements by Hilton's Mortuary.
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GRIFFIN, Colel, 71, of Summerville, a retired school custodian, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Parks Funeral Home.
GRUBBS, Albert, 83, of Ladson, a retired minister, retired inspector at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station and widower of Betty L. Benton Grubbs, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Dial-Murray Funeral Home of Moncks Corner.
KELLEY, Daniel Brian, 33, of Summerville, a manager for Dollar General, died Saturday. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services of North Charleston.
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BRASINGTON, Peter Timothy, 62, of Cottageville, husband of Mary Brasington, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Parker-Rhoden Funeral Home of Walterboro.
LYNAH, Bailey, of Cottageville died Monday. Arrangements by Stephens-Maree-Tracy Funeral Home of Walterboro.
SMOAK, Linda Westergard, 66, of Walterboro, wife of James E. Smoak, died Sunday. Arrangements by Parker-Rhoden Funeral Home.
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PINCKNEY, Ashade Amur, infant son of Ashade Shumar Pinckney and Brittany Mazyck, of Summerville, died Sunday. Arrangements by Gethers Funeral Home of Moncks Corner.
POWELL, Charles Timothy, 74, of Summerville, a G&P Trucking retiree, city of Charleston Fire Department and Police Department employee and husband of Judy Powell, died Sunday. Arrangements by Palmetto Cremation Society of Charleston.
RODGERS, Don Thomas, 73, of Summerville, a plant manager for Salisbury Brick and husband of Carolyn Hills Rodgers, died Tuesday. Arrangements by James A. Dyal Funeral Home.
Georgetown County
OVERTON, Dolphin Dunnaha III, of Georgetown, an Air Force veteran and husband of Sue Hagood Overton, died Monday. Arrangements by Mayer's Georgetown Chapel.
GOFF, Sidney C. Jr., 84, of Long Branch, N.J., an Army veteran, U.S. Postal Service retiree and husband of Betty A. Donahue Goff, died Saturday. Arrangements by Flock Funeral Home.
MORGAN, Sandy Stewart, 70, of Beaufort, wife of Millard J. Morgan, died Sunday. Arrangements by Anderson Funeral Home.
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Turbulent eddies in the planetary boundary layer of the terrestrial planet atmospheres are the primary mechanism by which energy, momentum, gasses, and aerosols are exchanged between the surface and the atmosphere [1]. The importance of eddies has long been recognized by the Earth atmospheric science community, and turbulent theory for Earth has a long history with a massive amount of literature backed by over half a century of detailed field campaigns. Every climate and weather forecasting model in existence relies extensively on turbulent eddy theory supported through observational validation. The importance of eddies in atmospheric dynamics, chemistry, and climate science cannot be overstated.
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Gambling can become an addiction, one that affects us all. Even cats.
Cats have many enemies — dogs are the obvious one, but they have several other rivalries as well.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Two cousins who accidentally started the largest wildfire in Arizona history will have to pay more than $3.7 million in restitution.
The amount covers the loss of homes and other property, cleanup from the Wallow Fire and insurance claims.
Attorneys for David and Caleb Malboeuf say it's unlikely their clients can pay off the amount in their lifetimes.
They asked U.S. Magistrate Mark Aspey on Thursday to set the monthly payments for Caleb Malboeuf at $500 and $250 for David Malboeuf.
Aspey says he'll issue an order next week outlining the payment schedule.
Not all of the claims submitted were approved. The Malboeufs had pleaded guilty to leaving a campfire unattended.
The Wallow Fire burned 840 square miles in Arizona and New Mexico before it was contained.
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Professors David Victor, John Barton, and Alan Sykes are quoted in a Stanford Daily article about a working paper published last month through the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Professor David Victor's and Lecturer in Law Michael Wara's working paper is titled "A Realistic Policy on International Carbon Offsets:"
"We studied a scheme known as the Clean Development Mechanism, which is part of the Kyoto treaty on global warming," said Victor, who serves as director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development. "We found that a large fraction of the market credits from that scheme were not, in fact, real reductions in emissions."
"This study has worrying implications for the planet," Victor added. "It means that the current strategies for taming the volcano of emissions from the developing world are not working."
"The toughest energy problem for the coming half century will be slowing global warming," Victor said. "Developing countries are key to that because their emissions are rising so rapidly, and the world must find a market-friendly way to encouraging those countries to cut emissions."
The researchers found that the CDM was routinely abused by chemical, wind, gas and hydro companies who claimed emission reduction credits for projects that should not qualify. To earn credits under the CDM, emission reductions must be in addition to those that would have taken place without the project. The requirement of "additionality," however, was difficult to prove and therefore resulted in widespread abuse of the CDM.
As a result of these abuses, the researchers found an absence of genuine pollution cuts, which in turn undermined U.S. and other governments' assurances that carbon markets are dramatically reducing greenhouse gases.
Law Prof. John Barton said that Victor and Wara's research on carbon credits is important for the future of the carbon trading market.
"The importance [of their research] is that the emissions-trading process is our working substitute for a carbon tax, which would economically be the most straightforward way of creating appropriate incentives to reduce CO2 emissions," Barton said. "As a political matter, we will probably use an emission trading process rather than a carbon tax in any post-Kyoto agreement. Hence, we need to make it work well."
Victor said that the U.S. should not to rely on offsets to provide a reliable ceiling on compliance costs or impose offset caps when designing the national regulatory system.
"Many companies are hoping to get large numbers of these international 'offset' credits, the generic term for the CDM, and use them to comply with the looming requirement to cut emissions here at home in the U.S.," Victor said. "Congress is debating this legislation starting next Monday. If you tighten up the offset market then fewer credits will be available. And given that, we suggest that Congress pursue a different and much more transparent and effective system for helping companies plan the cost of complying with their carbon limits."
Law Prof. Alan Sykes agreed.
"Assuming the analysis is correct, [this research] leads to serious doubts about the Kyoto Clean Development Mechanism and its ability to lower carbon emissions effectively," Sykes said. "The suggestion that the United States should be careful not to repeat its flaws seems wise."


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I'm far too young to remember AM Pop radio and I don't think it ever really happened over here in the same way. I pick up occasional AM music radio broadcasts on my car radio (usually from other countries, I think the record is Canada) when I'm listening to an AM station and I'll happily say that what I have 'accidentally' listened to didn't provide much inspiration!
I do think, however, that it is important for the various authorities to actually slightly deregulate the AM band - especially in the UK. FM licences are very, very hard to get hold of over here and whilst there is a fair selection of local FM stations in general (there are certainly a fair few where I live in North Lancashire) nationally, there is very little that isn't
mainstream - commercially at least. In my experience, the only national UK stations worth listening to are BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 (on FM) and 5 (on AM - specifically MW). Now that is a sad state of affairs and I really do dislike almost all UK commercial radio - catering to the same audience. I'm 22, but I don't listen to anything that is typically aimed at my demographic. There's virtually nothing music-wise that I want to listen to and Radio 3 is the only regular music station I listen to. It's a Classical station. And Classic FM is awful.
So, ending the rant. I would like to see more national AM licences issued that cater to more esoteric tastes, failing that, digital radios in cars. Digital radio is the future, but I'm staying well away from buying my own set until the standard is better established - I'm not convinced that DAB is going to be around for too much longer.
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Unlike a number of the bloggers at the New Republic, William Galston is a serious, mature, and insightful writer and thinker. He is an accomplished academic who was also a high-ranking figure in the Clinton White House. I worked with him on some projects in the 1990s, which only increased my admiration for him. So his recent blog post caught my attention.
"With the passage of time," former Bush administration official Pete Wehner writes today, "President Bush's decision to champion a new counterinsurgency strategy, including sending 30,000 additional troops to Iraq when most Americans were bone-weary of the war, will be seen as one of the most impressive and important acts of political courage in our lifetime." Wehner may turn out to be right. And his argument has broader implications that deserve our attention.
Wehner tacitly defines political courage as the willingness to go against public opinion in pursuit of what a leader believes to be the public interest. Fair enough. And unless one believes—against all evidence—that democracies can do without courage, so defined, it follows that there's nothing necessarily undemocratic about defying public opinion when the stakes are high. After all, the people will soon have the opportunity to pass judgment on the leader's decision. And they will be able to judge that decision, not by the claims of its supporters or detractors, but by its results.
Galston goes on to write this:
Note that to accept this argument, as I do, is to deny that President Obama and the Democrats are acting high-handedly—let alone anti-democratically—in moving forward with comprehensive health insurance reform. They genuinely believe that the public interest demands it—and that the people themselves will eventually agree. And they know that the people will have the last word.
This approach has the firmest possible roots in our constitutional traditions. The Framers deliberately established a republican form of government that is representative rather than plebiscitary. And Alexander Hamilton explained why in Federalist #71: "[T]he people commonly intend the PUBLIC GOOD. … But their good sense would despise the adulator who should pretend that they always reason right about the means of promoting it." In a republic, the people are always the ultimate source of legitimacy. They are not always the proximate source of wisdom.
Many conservatives don't seem to understand this distinction…. So today's conservatives have a choice: They can contest health reform and the rest of the Democratic agenda on its merits, or they can go down the populist road that Sarah Palin and her followers represent. But let's call that populism by its rightful name—namely, shameless flattery of the people and the manipulation of public fears and prejudices for short-term political advantage. Honorable conservatives such as Wehner know better. We're about to find out how many of them there are.
As it happens, two days before the piece that Galston cites appeared, I wrote a post for CONTENTIONS in which I said this:
The Speaker [Nancy Pelosi] touched on one of the important debates in American political history, which is what the role of legislators is. Is it to reflect the views of their constituents, rather like a seismograph? Or, as Edmund Burke put it when speaking about constituents, "Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinions high respect; their business unremitted attention." But in the end, a legislator owes them something more: his "judgment." He should not be guided by merely "local purposes" or "local prejudices." Parliament, Burke insisted, was a "deliberative assembly."…
I place myself in the latter camp, more now than ever — in part based on my own experience in the White House, when President Bush was advocating a new counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq that was unpopular with the political class, with Congress, and with the American public. He proceeded anyway; and the results were stunningly successful. If the surge had failed — if Bush had pulled back, or listened to key Republicans, or decided that his job was to mirror public sentiment — America would have been dealt a terrible geopolitical and moral defeat. What George W. Bush did was right — and it was also politically courageous.
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The acid test on these matters is always the wisdom of the act itself. Insisting on political courage from Members of Congress on behalf of a legislative monstrosity would be unwise, whereas insisting on political courage from Members of Congress on behalf of a piece of legislation that advances the common good would be commendable. Since I consider ObamaCare to fit in the former category, I naturally believe what Nancy Pelosi is asking her caucus to do is politically insane. Why issue political death warrants to your allies in behalf of a terrible idea? But her broader point, which is that self-perpetuation in Congress should not be the lawmaker's primary concern, strikes me as quite right — and since she believes that nationalization of health care is in the public interest, her argument is understandable.
I don't believe, and have never believed, vox populi, vox Dei.
As for Sarah Palin: I've made my concerns about her — and people like Glenn Beck and Tom Tancredo — known in several different forums. And while I wouldn't go as far as Galston in my criticism of populism, I have expressed concerns about the dangers of it, as well as about what I consider to be reckless attacks on government. For example, I recently wrote this:
And [the GOP] can be responsible by taking the public's scorn for government and channeling it in a constructive manner, in a way that translates into an actual governing and reform agenda. It is not enough to simply pour kerosene onto the bonfire. Republicans need public figures (like Gov. Mitch Daniels, former Gov. Jeb Bush and Rep. Paul Ryan) who can articulate an alternative view of government in a way that isn't simplistic, that isn't angry, or that doesn't appeal (as I worry Sarah Palin sometimes does) to cultural resentments.
So I believe Professor Galston and I are making somewhat similar points. Which is reassuring to me, given my regard for him.


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Revealed and premiered by Danny Howard Saturday May 10th on the world famous BBC Radio 1 comes the one and only remix for Michael Jackson's 'Love Never Felt So Good' – the lead single on his second posthumous album Xscape.
In an interview last year, Fedde Le Grand described how music "will never have another like Michael Jackson". His legacy to this day influences millions and his approach to composition has forever been a source of inspiration for the Dutch producer. Inspiration and influence aside however, the chance to add your spin on one of the greatest acts to ever live doesn't come around too often for any artist. But with a host of the best producers, songwriters and performers around re-mastering and tying together the King of Pop's archived material, that opportunity came along for Fedde Le Grand who could hardly refuse such an occasion. Available May 19th.
Waaaay too plastic! I know he was the king of pop but the corny clubby synthyness here is too much for this. Talk about stripping whatever is left of the man's soul from him.
I thought Fedde handled this real well.
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W.Va. cities want pace toward home rule kept slow
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia cities aren't ready to accept more power from state government in the wake of a legislative study that recommends as much, the group that represents them has concluded.
The state Municipal League instead is advising lawmakers to stick with the "home rule" pilot program applauded by last week's report from the Performance Evaluation and Research Division.
"We wish to see the program expanded and continued," league Executive Director Lisa Dooley said. "We're happy with that (recommendation), but there are 232 cities. ... We support using this as a laboratory, for testing these ideas."
Dooley said the league is asking the Legislature to extend the pilot program another five years and keep its four participants — Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling and Bridgeport — while allowing four more to join. Currently limited to cities, Dooley said towns and villages should be given the chance to take part if they have the resources to apply. That process includes filing a detailed plan with specific proposed changes to ordinances, rules and regulations.
West Virginia has a highly centralized government and limits the taxing authority and other powers of cities, towns and villages. The legislative audit found that the cities that experimented with increased powers during the five-year program successfully tackled blight, simplified business licensing and strengthened their finances. The auditors concluded the program's approach to home rule should be expanded to all cities statewide with more than 2,000 residents.
Officials from the pilot program cities weighed in during last week's interim study meetings. Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie reminded a House-Senate subcommittee assigned to the topic that West Virginia's cities compete with those in border states that have long enjoyed full-fledged powers.
"What we were able to do was lessen the burden, lessen the bureaucracy, lessen the taxes in the city of Wheeling because of home rule," said McKenzie, a Republican. "We have to have the ability to govern locally to make things better in our community."
Lawmakers asked the officials about potential critics of home rule. Charleston Mayor Danny Jones cited the cities' newfound power to require the owners of vacant properties to register them. Registry programs charge owners fees that escalate the longer a building stands empty, to push them to restore or demolish it. The measure is one of five that emerged from the program and can now be adopted by any municipality in the state.
"You might find a landlord or two that doesn't want to obey the law, or doesn't want to have his property brought up to the standard of various neighborhoods," said Jones, a Republican and mayor of the state's most populous city and its capital. "That would be the only complaint, because the neighbors want the houses fixed."
The Municipal League supports continuing to exclude annexation from the range of topics that can be pursued within the pilot program.
"Annexation laws are working well and do not have to be invoked for change under home rule," Dooley told the joint Government Organization subcommittee last week.
But Dooley and city officials are urging lawmakers not to close the door on allowing tax changes. Huntington faces a legal challenge over its attempt to replace a $3-a-week user fee with a 1 percent occupation tax under home rule. That has spurred concerns that revenue-strapped cities would seek to hike taxes on residents and employers.
Huntington Mayor-elect Steve Williams considers the occupation tax a dead issue. The Democrat told lawmakers that he plans to work with the city council to rescind it and resolve the lawsuit. He also cited how Huntington cut an existing tax on service and retail businesses while eliminating it for manufacturers, all through the pilot program.
"There's another side to that tax reform package that did not get much attention, but that side has been tremendously successful," said Williams, who like McKenzie and Jones is also a former legislator. "Keep taxation as part of this. Don't wall it off from us."
Dooley echoed Williams' point. She also said that while the tax issue may not be behind the defeat of Mayor Kim Wolfe in November, the election result underscores another reality about home rule.
"If the citizens of a municipality disagree with the decisions being made, they'll vote them out. We know that, and that is home rule," Dooley said. "Really, it's letting the citizens determine their destiny."


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1) On the 10 Best Picture nominations: Despite the enlargement of this category, the race still comes down to - like every year - the films that were nominated for Best Director (and beyond that we know the "real" race is actually only 2 films), and in the end Up, the best film of the year, will get its ghettoized Animation Oscar.
2) On the documentary race: For the whole of 2009 I could not bring myself to watch The Cove. Then - thanks to the Cinema Eye Awards - I got motivated to actually watch the film and I hope the Oscars can do the same for the rest of the country, because it is truly a "Must See."
3) On Independent Film: I still don't know what "independent film" means these days. That said, arthouse distributors put up a fine showing and I congratulate them all, especially Sony Picture Classics for pulling out a Best Original Song nomination. Best Original Song! Who'd have thunk it?


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How are you? How's your weekend been? What has been the most exciting thing you've done? I can't believe it's December! I can't believe 2012 is almost gone. We had brunch earlier (veggie omelet for me), and we're hoping to decorate the exterior of the house a bit for the holidays–well, attempt to do so, anyway.
I spent my Saturday making Mellan miserable, aka gave him a bath and washed his bed cover. He can't even wait for it to dry; he had to curl up (damp and all) on the innards of his bed. Sometimes I think he likes his bath, other times I don't know. As soon as I turn on the water, he'll come running and will jump in, but he never looks all that happy once he's in the tub. In case anyone's looking for a rec, I highly recommend Earthbath Oatmeal & Aloe shampoo. One of my favorite characteristics is that it has a nice, natural scent (nothing synthetic or perfume-y) that lasts two weeks or so (on Mellan, who is mostly an indoor dog).
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Meet Dark Dark Dark, the best band in the world (for now).
Meet Dark Dark Dark, the best band in the world (for now).
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During last week's radio show (its really good, you should listen [3]) I made a rather bold and possibly extreme comment just before playing a track called "Robert". I announced in a monotone but genuine voice that I believe Dark Dark Dark, who made the record, to be the best band in the world at the moment.
I have since wandered around London for several days and laid staring at the ceiling of my bedroom for a number of evenings and come to the conclusion I was right. I know I have mentioned them before but they are currently on their second UK tour and I have seen them twice this week, to check their first tour wasn't a fluke and therefore confirm my discovery.
They are here to perform tracks from their album Wild Go and EP Bright Bright Bright, which have just been released as a double pack. I have had both of these records for nearly a year now and yet still every time I hear them I am struck dumb. If a more beautiful-sounding band ever emerges on this planet, frankly I'm not sure I want to hear them.
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This is what happens when you subscribe to the notion that the Constitution is an evolving document, and that the federal government has the ability to create more authority for itself whenever it desires to do so because of its interpretation of the Necessary and Proper clause. Jefferson and Madison made it clear that the majority of powers were reserved to the States, and that the federal government was to serve as a limited, general purpose government with narrowly-defined powers. Washington, Franklin, and others didn't see it that way. They believed in an all-powerful, centralized government, and Washington's letter of retirement stated his belief that the States were required to surrender more and more of their enumerated powers whenever the federal legislature required them to do so. So much for the Ninth Amendment of the Constitution.
OK -- did you actually read this article? The case to which they refer was filed in a FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, not a state court. The reference to the state appeals court merely backs up the arguments used in the federal court.
Then explain how Michigan adopted the marijuana law contrary to federal law. And Colorado, and Oregon, and several other states.
So the city is looking at cutting more officers or doing away with the GRPD entirely and merging with the sheriff's dept. I want to know what happened to the tax increase revenues that we voted on that were not only supposed to protect officer jobs, but make it possible to rehire officers that had been laid off. And I don't want to hear about how cuts in state revenue sharing is to blame, because that is the very reason they used to justify coming to voters for the tax increase in the first place. We voted on it, it passed, our taxes went up, GRPD is supposed to have received more funding, and it STILL isn't enough?!
Nothing gray about it. It is as well established the right of a CPL holder to openly carry their pistol to an elementary school in order to vote. The right to openly carry is confirmed in two MI AG opinions (both authored, incidentally, by none other than Jennifer Granholm) and a couple of MSP legal bulletins.
"Mr. President,
The small progress we have made after 4 or five weeks close attendance & continual reasonings with each other-our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ays, is methinks a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the Human Understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of Government, and examined the different forms of those Republics which having been formed with the seeds of their own dissolution now no longer exist. And we have viewed Modern States all round Europe, but find none of their Constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings? In the beginning of the Contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection.- Our prayers, Sir, were heard, & they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending providence in our favor.
To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth- that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that "except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments by Human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.
I therefore beg leave to move-that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that Service."
Benjamin Franklin, July 28, 1787
This is why prayer is offered each day in Congress in Washington, D.C. I fail to see why it is suddenly inappropriate for our state legislators to engage in prayer directed to the same Judeo-Christian God to whom Benjamin Franklin attributed our success as a nation.
Yes, that statement does appear in the Gospels. I love it when people take verses out of their context to make them sound like Jesus was completely against all violence.
That statement addresses the true reason for which Peter drew his sword - in contrast to the reason for which Jesus instructed His disciples to obtain them in the first place. At that time, the disciples still thought that Jesus' main goal was to begin a revolution that would bring about the end of the Roman domination of Israel and re-establish the kingdom of Israel. Even after the resurrection of Jesus, the disciples were still asking, "...will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" (Acts 1). They failed to understand that Jesus' purpose for coming was not to restore a physical kingdom at that time - that understanding didn't finally dawn on them until much later. Jesus' instruction that Peter put away his sword at that time was a rebuke to his nationalist ambitions. Peter was willing to go to war in order to re-establish the kingdom of Israel and put Jesus on the physical throne, and he thought that his actions that night in the garden would help make this a reality, whereas Jesus maintained during His entire ministry that His purpose in coming to earth was to die in order that He might free us from spiritual slavery. There is a HUGE difference between living by the sword, which is what Peter was ready to do, and defending one's self - which is why Jesus instructed his disciples to obtain swords in the first place. Jesus was warning him that if he chose to take on armed conquest, then he would die in a manner consistent with his life of violence. When you put this statement back into its historical context, it becomes clear that Jesus' statement was not a blanket prohibition against the use of weapons for necessary self defense.
"...hysteria of unprovoked attacks at such places??" Others responding to this story have given accounts of knife attacks that have taken place at concerts and other events held in such arenas. That hardly sounds like hysteria about unprovoked attacks to me -- that sounds like accounts of what has actually taken place. Carrying at school during a PTC? Nationally, since the initial passage of the Gun Free School Zones Act in 1990, there have been 224 gun-related incidents on educational premises resulting in 645 casualties (deaths/injuries/hostages). Attacks with other weapons/implements drive that number up even further. Churches? There have been at least 18 attacks resulting in 81 casualties. When you add incidents of violence occurring at stadiums, hospitals, government offices, etc., all places designated as "gun free" or "weapon free" zones the numbers increase - and not just gun-related incidents, but incidents involving many different types of weapons. This goes well beyond hysteria about the possibility of unprovoked acts. Just within the last few months a task force involving the FBI and local law enforcement agencies was created. Why? Because the incidence of violent home invasions has increased significantly in our area. Is this hysteria? Hardly. This is confirmation of the fact that we live in an increasingly violent world, yet one in which the presence of law enforcement is steadily diminishing and the time required for them to respond to calls steadily increases - leaving private citizens with a greater necessity to provide for their own protection. In Grand Rapids, that response time is roughly 20 minutes. This isn't promoting hysteria, it is acknowledging reality. Even the Bible says that, "The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it" (Prov. 22:3). The phrase translated "hides himself" actually indicates that the wise person takes those measures that are consistent with providing for their own protection - not merely going into hiding. The Bible calls that wisdom - not hysteria.
The fact of the matter is that our Constitution recognizes that we have the need and the right to protect ourselves. As much as most of us might wish for different circumstances, this is the reality with which we live in this day and age.
It is already illegal for someone in possession of a CPL to carry their firearm if they have been drinking, so what is the real issue here?
Once again, someone who should know better is feeding the hysteria.
It is already LEGAL to openly carry a sidearm in these places if the pistol owner possesses a concealed pistol license (CPL). It is already ILLEGAL for the same person to carry their sidearm if they have been drinking. The ONLY thing that changes under SB 59 is the METHOD OF CARRY!!! SB 59 simply allows people to do in a concealed manner that which is already legal for people to do openly! The burden of proof that this is a bad thing is on those who would infringe on this Constitutional right. It is an established principle that, while some limits may be imposed on the right to carry, the reasons for doing so must be objective and quantifiable; you cannot limit a Constitutional right based on a fear of what mightconceivably happen. In the recent federal district court case, Woollard v. Sheridan, the judge stated in his opinion that "A law that burdens the exercise of an enumerated constitutional right by simply making that right more difficult to exercise cannot be considered 'reasonably adapted' to a government interest, no matter how substantial that interest may be....Those who drafted and ratified the Second Amendment surely knew that the right they were enshrining carried a risk of misuse, and states have considerable latitude to channel the exercise of the right in ways that will minimize that risk. States may not, however, seek to reduce the danger by means of widespread curtailment of the right itself. '[E]ven the most legitimate goal may not be advanced in a constitutionally impermissible manner.' Carey v. Brown, 447 U.S. 455, 464-65 (1980)....At bottom, this case rests on a simple proposition: If the Government wishes to burden a right guaranteed by the Constitution, it may do so provided that it can show a satisfactory justification and a sufficiently adapted method. The showing, however, is always the Government`s to make. A citizen may not be required to offer a 'good and substantial reason' why he should be permitted to exercise his rights. The right`s existence is all the reason he needs."
There has not been a single documented instance of which I am aware in which a legal firearm owner in possession of a CPL has used a firearm in an illegal manner in the state of Michigan since we became a "shall issue" state eleven years ago - and data establishing that such things happen on a regular basis is the kind of "good and substantial reason" that is required to limit the exercise of an enumerated right.
In fact, to take this one step further, since it is already legal for someone in possession of a CPL to carry openly in so-called "pistol free" zones without any further training beyond that which they received in their CPL class, the requirement of SB 59 that those who wish to carry concealed must undertake additional training in order to exercise their right is a violation of both the district court ruling AND the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution. The ONLY thing that changes under SB 59 is the method of carry, and that is not sufficient reason to further burden the exercise of this enumerated Constitutional right by mandating more training.
The fact that I won't vote for Romney doesn't mean in any way that I am not involved, or that I simply will vote for no one at all. But I am going to vote for the person(s) whom I believe to be on the right side of the issues in the major areas.
You act like conservatives have a corner on this market. Categorically false.
Liberals don't like our pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, pro-legal immigration stance (just to name a few of the bigger ones), fine. I don't particularly care to be forced to pay for the abortions and contraceptives of other people, or to be forced to just accept the presence of millions of illegal aliens, or to accept gun control -- all ideas that liberals wish to "impose" on us. So before you begin complaining about what conservatives are trying to "impose" on you, take a look in the mirror and ask yourself what you are trying to impose on us as well. It works both ways.
"The idea that conservatives, or liberals will stay home, rather than vote for a candidate that does not match their ideals is just wishful thinking."
OK -- then let this conservative dispel that myth for you. I didn't vote for either Snyder OR Bernero. Why? Because I have strong, fundamental disagreements with the positions of both men, I personally do not trust Snyder, and I am sick of being told that I HAVE to vote for the lesser of two evils. I am not voting for Romney in this election. Why? Because I have strong, fundamental disagreement with the man himself; I do not trust him. He is not JFK - the mormon church WILL play a big role in his administration. They organized his campaign at the highest levels, mobilized the mormon vote for him, and paid for his campaign; in short, he owes them in a way that JFK did NOT owe the Catholic church. I also will not vote for Obama. Why? Because I have strong, fundamental disagreement with his policies and political agenda.
And I am not alone in taking this position. Disagree with me if you want, john214, but I am telling you that there are a lot of us who have no plans to vote in this presidential election for a major party candidate. Why? Because we are sick of voting for the lesser of two evils.
My previous comment was meant for ribby2, just to be clear.
Correction - the necessity OF "requesting"
And I still believe that, given that someone with a CPL can already carry openly in a "pistol free" zone without any additional class time, expenditures of ammunition (two more boxes), or the necessity or "requesting" an exception, the additional requirements under the proposed bill, SB 59, represent a violation of the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution. The only thing that changes is the method of carry. Nothing else.
If you've been watching the news at all, the answer is yes, it is perfectly legal to openly carry a pistol in a school if you possess a concealed pistol permit. This was clearly established a month ago when someone went to vote at Aberdeen Elementary wearing a holstered pistol. The MSP weighed in on the situation, stating that Michigan law clearly allows this, and the Kent County prosecutor issued a ruling confirming this as well. Jennifer Granholm covered this territory in two separate AG opinions when she was still AG for Michigan. A person possessing a concealed pistol license is allowed to openly carry on school property. Here is the wrap-up of that story: http://www.wzzm13.com/rss/article/202223/14/Prosecutor-issues-ruling-in-gun-at-school-case?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook.
And BTW -- I'd go easy on the snotty comebacks unless you know for certain that you are correct.
"raison d'etre" - the reason for being or existing. You have to have both a reason to exist and the means to finance your existence.
OK -- let me get this straight. They spend millions of dollars to obtain and renovate a new space in a location that is supposed to optimize their presence down town, move to the new space, set up shop, and only now, after having opened the new location just within the last couple of months, they discover they are in financial trouble?
Here we go again, back to 2000.
Picture it - an initiative that would expand access to concealed carry is on the ballot. The Grand Rapids Press, special interest groups - all are predicting dire consequences if it passes. Blood will run in the streets as every person carrying becomes John Wayne. There is no need for increased access to concealed carry, they argue.
The initiative passes by a 3 to 1 margin.
Sen. Levin contacts the governor to urge a veto.
Instead, the bill is signed into law.
No John Waynes. No blood in the streets.
Just a 14% state-wide reduction in violent crime over the course of the next 10 years.
Of course, the "experts" tell us there is no way to really connect the passage of the legislation and the resulting reduction in crime. 14% just isn't conclusive enough to justify such a determination. Not like the federal gun free school zones act, which over the course of 20 years may have been responsible for a whole 2% reduction in kids carrying weapons to school (from 7.9% to 5.9%) - that is a conclusion set in stone.
Uh huh.
And so, today we have yet another batch of fear mongers trying to scare us into the relinquishment of our Second Amendment rights. And Porn tries to convince us that taking out-of-state dollars from a virulently anti-Second Amendment organization to conduct such a survey on the heels of the Trayvon Martin case is justified and accurately portrays how even concealed carriers feel about the issue.
Hog wash.
And so, back to the future we go.


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British Prime Minister to get his own iPad app to keep on top of Government business
British Prime Minister David Cameron has commissioned an iPad app that he hopes will enable him to become more efficient whilst dealing with day to day government business. App developers from inside Mr Cameron's Cabinet Office are designing the application.
The software will allow the Prime Minister to see the latest NHS waiting-list figures, crime statistics, unemployment numbers and a wide variety of other data at a glance. The idea for the app came from a trip by advisers to the US.
David Cameron already uses an iPad to access real time news information from Twitter and Google as well as newspapers and radio programmes. The new Whitehall app should be available for use by March 2012.
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New York • It's the Truvada conundrum: A drug hailed as a lifesaver for many people infected by HIV is at the heart of a rancorous debate among gay men, AIDS activists and health professionals over its potential for protecting uninfected men who engage in gay sex without using condoms.
Many doctors and activists see immense promise for such preventive use of Truvada, and are campaigning hard to raise awareness of it as a crucial step toward reducing new HIV infections, which now total about 50,000 a year in the U.S. Recent efforts range from think-tank forums and informational websites to a festive event at a New York City bar featuring popular drag queens.
Yet others — despite mounting evidence of Truvada's effectiveness — say such efforts are reckless, tempting some condom users to abandon that layer of protection and exposing them to an array of other sexually transmitted infections aside from HIV.
"If something comes along that's better than condoms, I'm all for it, but Truvada is not that," said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. "Let's be honest: It's a party drug."
Even as gay-rights organizations celebrate collective progress in the fight to legalize same-sex marriage, the less-publicized Truvada debate has fueled bitter divisions within the gay community. Some who use the drug say they've felt shamed by some who don't, and there's now a lively backlash by users and their allies, including promotion of a "Truvada Whore" T-shirt.
"The discussion can torch emotions like a flame-thrower on a fuel depot," wrote Steve Ramos of the Dallas Voice as the gay-oriented publication reported on the debate in March.
Truvada, produced by California-based Gilead Sciences, has been around for a decade, serving as one of the key drugs used in combination with others as the basic treatment for people who have the AIDS-causing virus HIV. However, the drug took on a more contentious aspect in 2012 when the Food and Drug Administration approved it for pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP — in other words, for use to prevent people from getting sexually transmitted HIV in the first place.
Since then, critics have warned that many gay men won't heed Truvada's once-a-day regimen and complained of its high cost — roughly $13,000 a year. Truvada's proponents say most insurance plans — including Medicaid programs — now cover prescriptions for it, and they cite studies showing that the blue pill, if taken diligently, can reduce the risk of getting HIV by more than 90 percent.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, medical director of the ambulatory HIV program at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, served on the FDA panel that recommended approving Truvada for preventive purposes and is among many doctors who hope that doubts about it fade.
"For folks who are having a significant amount of unprotected sex, it's a slam dunk — not only giving them protective medicine, but engaging them in testing, a whole package of regular health care," he said.
Yet Daskalakis says that out of his large clientele, only about 25 men are taking Truvada for prevention.
"There's some interesting social pushback," he said. "I've spoken to some of my patients who'd totally be candidates but are hesitant to do it. They don't want to be labeled as people on the drug because there's a social stigma."
Daskalakis is dismayed by groups like the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation — one of the country's leading HIV/AIDS service providers — which suggest that prescribing Truvada for prevention means condoning condomless sex.
"I find some of that opposition irresponsible," Daskalakis said. "If some men don't want to use condoms, they won't. You have to deal with it by acknowledging that sometimes unprotected sex happens, and you can still prevent HIV infections."
To date, preventive use of Truvada appears to be limited, due partly to misgivings among some gay men and partly to lack of awareness.
According to Gilead, 1,774 people starting using Truvada for prevention between January 2011 and March 2013 — nearly half of them women. The company said more recent figures aren't available, but health officials in several cities said they see no signs of a major surge in usage.
"Out of our thousands of patients, we have about 20 on PrEP," said Dr. Robert Winn, medical director at Philadelphia's Mazzoni Center, which serves many gay clients.
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I went out with her a few times and we really hit it off. The problem is that after the second date she tells me that she has been "seeing" someone for two years. Before we even went on a date I specifically asked if she had a boyfriend and she said "no."
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i'm a friend to herI have heard that her parents hate this boyfriend and a lot of her friends have stopped talking to her because of him. I told her that if her dating me was becoming a problem for her, then I was willing to just be friends. Her reply was that she was confused and didn't know how long we could last as just friends. Besides that, she would always wonder what it would be like to be a couple with me.
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Some of the newest food to premiere at the Mud Hens on opening day will appeal to the fancier side of fans.
But behind the new gourmet spinach salad with goat cheese croutons and the thinly sliced corned beef sandwich is the old stadium standby: the hot dog … with a twist.
New this season is the Stadium Salsa Dog, a hot dog in a yellow coney bun topped with Stadium Salsa Relish.
Also new is the Tank's Meats Jalapeno Cheddar Bratwurst, a brat filled with jalapenos and cheese.
"We always try to introduce something new each year," said Craig Nelson, general manager of food and beverage for the Toledo Mud Hens.
The more posh items of this season include a gourmet spinach salad. The baby spinach leaves are tossed with bacon, mandarin oranges, onions, candied walnuts and honey mustard vinaigrette topped with goat cheese croutons.
Nelson said what other ballparks serve, as well as regional preferences, help determine the menu. Fried bologna is popular in Ohio, and is served to guests at Cincinnati Reds games.
The new Tank's Meats Fried German Bologna Sandwich will debut at Fifth Third this season.
The bologna is sliced thick and topped with grilled onions and cheddar cheese on a Kaiser roll.
The cod sandwich is being dropped from the Mud Hens menu. Nelson said it didn't sell well.
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To go with the sandwiches are new flavors of Ballreich's potato chips: sour cream and onion and smokey sweet mesquite.
The sweeter side of the new menu items are new flavors offered by Toft's. The black sweet cherry is a swirl of dark cherries in black cherry ice cream. The other new flavor is the Triple Play, which is chocolate-coated salted pretzels and caramel popcorn swirls in vanilla malt ice cream.
The dessert menu also includes the new M&M and IttiBitz ice cream bars.
When people come to a ballgame, they aren't usually looking for healthy foods, according to Nelson and Scott Fuernstein, catering director and executive chef. They want classic food and comfort food, they said.
On the rare occasion, when the there's a request for healthier food, the park tries to meet the need, Fuernstein said.
If a parent asks for consideration because of a child's allergy, "we try to accommodate," Nelson said.
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Part of the philosophy of Mud Hens food is buying locally, according to Nelson.
Nelson works for Gladieux Enterprises, the official concessionaire and caterer for the Toledo Mud Hens.
Gladieux strives to provide a taste of Northwest Ohio when it comes to food at the stadium, Nelson said. For instance, the ice cream is from Toft's Dairy in Sandusky; there's poultry from Root's Poultry in Fremont and meat from Tank's in Elmore.
The one obvious company missing from the rundown is Tony Packo's and its famous hot dogs and sauce. Nelson said Gladieux and Packo's have talked.
"The best way I can answer that is we have a restaurant right across the street from the stadium," said Tony Packo, one of the owners. "We would be glad to see you before or after."
Toft's secretary and treasurer is glad to be a part of the mix.
"Our family is really big into baseball. My son plays at Bowling Green. The last 11 years, I have spent my summers in hotels going to baseball games," Chuck Meisler said.
The Triple Play ice cream was named a "baseball name" because Toft's wanted the Mud Hens to offer it, he said.
"The baseball field is my second home," Meisler said. "The Mud Hens make us feel really good, and the Gladieux people who run it for them have been a big part of the success."
New Fifth Third Field menu items for 2008
- Stadium Salsa Dog: $4.25
- Jalapeño Cheddar Bratwurst: $4
- Fried German Bologna Sandwich: $5
- Ballreich's Potato Chips, new flavors, sour cream and onion, smoky sweet
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