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What should I include in my Wedding Registry?
I am getting married next summer and I have been working on my registry. Does anyone have any advice regarding what to register for? Is Iron Clad really better than Calphalon? Does anyone have everyday dishes that they adore? Is there something that you received as a wedding gift that you love or use all the time? Any suggestions would be great! I have reached the point of being overwhelmed!
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This recipe for chocolate taffy reminds us of long-ago October nights spent rushing from house to house untwisting the paper ends of delicious candy chews. For lots of deep, rich taste in addition to chewiness, we melt the best dark chocolate, mix it with corn syrup, vanilla, and salt, and roll it out like pie dough. Easy! It's also what we use to make dark chocolate flowers. Handmade flowers allow you to create a sophisticated look for dessert plates, one that matches all the hard work and love you put into them.–Susan Heeger and Susie Norris
LC Tootsie Roll Note
Lest you think these are Tootsie Rolls gone to finishing school, allow us to disabuse you of that notion. (Well, okay, maybe in a loosely inspired sort of way, yes, this dark chocolate taffy is what Tootsie Rolls can only aspire to be. But that's where the similarity ends.) Sneak a rich, satiating, chocolate taffy fleur alongside mom's morning espresso, perch it on her Mother's Day cake, or leave it on her pillow. You wouldn't do that with a Tootsie Roll, would you?
Dark Chocolate Taffy Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Makes about 40 flowers
- 3 cups finely chopped high-quality dark chocolate
- 3/4 cup corn syrup (or substitute light agave nectar)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1. Melt the chocolate in a stainless-steel bowl placed over a pan of simmering water, being careful not to let the bowl touch the water. Stir in the corn syrup, vanilla, and salt. Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. The chocolate should come together with the consistency of pie dough and become more flexible as you stir and work it.
- 2. Turn the mixture onto a work surface covered with parchment paper and roll to 1/4 inch thick. (If the chocolate taffy sticks to the rolling pin, cover it with a second sheet of parchment or a piece of plastic wrap.) Shape the chocolate into a large disk, then form it into 4 smaller disks. (If the taffy is too soft to hold its shape, chill it for about 20 minutes and it will hold its shape more readily. You can wrap each disk in plastic wrap and then store them in a resealable plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to 1 month, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.)
- 3. At this point you can shape the chocolate taffy into just about anything you please. We're going to explain how to create lovely flowers. First, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 4. Using a rolling pin, roll out a disk of taffy on a piece of parchment to between 1/4 inch and 1/8 inch thick. Cut small circles in the taffy using the back of a pastry-bag tip. (If you don't have a pastry-bag tip, use a bottle top from a milk jug or anything that cuts uniform circles about 1 inch in diameter.)
- 5. Separate the circles (which we will henceforth call petals) on the parchment and flatten the outer edges of each petal with the back of a cold spoon until the edges are almost transparent. Peel the first petal off the parchment (a small spatula helps with this job) and roll it tightly, like a cigar. Pick up the next petal and wrap it around the first one, pinching the two together at the base. Each petal should get successively looser and wider, mimicking the way a rose bloom opens. (Six or so petals ought to do the trick.) Place the completed rose on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining taffy, rolling the scraps if you like and using them, too. Cover the baking sheet with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 1 month or freeze for up to 6 months.
Hungry for more? Chow down on these:
- Homemade Salt Water Taffy from Cupcake Project
- Dark Chocolate Almond Bark from White on Rice Couple
- Homemade Snickers Bars from Leite's Culinaria
- Mallowmores from Leite's Culinaria
Dark Chocolate Taffy Recipe © 2013 Susan Heeger | Susie Norris. Photo © 2013 Joseph De Leo. All rights reserved.

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Loading Os please wait...apperas on the WD sentinel dx4000
Taking a lot of time and no result.
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For about 15 seconds and then plug it back in. If there was a Power Spike it could have scrambled the Circuity inside the Case stopping the unit from booting.
If that doesn't work you'll need to contact WD in your country for service.
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Hey duders. Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for gaming headsets in the $40 or less range. I recently posted a video review (here) of a few of my own, but as I explain in the video I need a new one! And while I wish I could spend 75-100, that's not a possibility. So anyone have great headsets they'd recommend?
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The excitement is building for Pittsford's Abby Wambach and the Western New York Flash. The schedule is out and individual game tickets should go on sale within the next two weeks.
The new National Women's Soccer League released it's 22-game schedule for all eight teams including the Western New York Flash.
The Flash open with four of their first six matches at home but then have a 10 game stretch through June when they are on the road for eight matches.
The good news is Abby and company will close their season in August with five of its final six matches at home including their last three. Two of those matches do fall during the week of the PGA Championship being held at Oak Hill. The Portland game featuring fan favorite Alex Morgan and Christine Sinclair is Saturday august 10, the third round of the PGA.
But Sahlen's Stadium GM Pat Ercoli says while the timing is unfortunate, he believes the caliber of players will attract the fans.
Pat Ercoli, General Manager of Sahlen's Stadium, said, "There's a period where they play three times in five days, you would like more time in between games, but when you consider where they were in November to where they are now it's exciting. I think there's a fan base that will come at all times you may not have the fringe people but I think when you bring in Alex Morgan they have a stable of players that will get attention even if the PGA is here."
Ercoli says the schedule would normally have been released by December, but due to the league being formed, the schedule came out late, and that means prime dates at many stadiums are already taken. Single game tickets are expected to go on sale by the beginning of March.


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Chocolate meets "chocolate"?
So I have a lot of unsweetened baker's chocolate squares, and i was wondering if i could melt it with chocolate flavored almond bark (you know that cheap stuff that melts really easily and tastes like crappy easter bunnies?).
I'm imagining making something that tastes more like a semisweet. But I'm afraid mixing fake with real will be disaster! Does anybody have experience with this (or any ideas?)?
FYI the intended end product is chocolate/candy drizzled christmas pretzels, so gourmet is not foremost! lol
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Below is the poem entitled Miss you daughters miss you which was written by poet
Foley. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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I cannot say why you are angry but I can say it should be equal
I cannot say why you reject your own creator so easily but you do
I cannot say why you do not acknowledge our life together but it's that way
I cannot say why you look so sharply from the side of your eye but it burns
I wonder what causes you to not to phone to say hello but I never hear from you.
I wonder what you say about me at bedtime or do you sense me
I wonder what you both talk of at the sink when you both brush your teeth. Is it me
I wonder what you think when you stare out the high window at school. Maybe Dad
I cry when I think of the times I wheeled you up the high street to show you off
I cry when I think of your smile when you saw your new yellow tractor
I cry when I think of the times you hugged me at the airport
I cry when I think how you cleverly helped fix a rubber tyre of the wheel barrow
I feel joy when I remember the day you appeared in blue and red colours Niamh
I feel joy when I remember you survived choking on that hard boiled sweet
I feel joy when I remember the day you helped with the coving Katy
I feel joy when I remember you say " Is this called being on a roll Daddy"
I delighted in my daughter saying I'll get money for you Daddy, in the pound shop
I delighted in the day we danced round the ironing board to the jumping trousers
I delighted in the day we searched for fossils on the beach and played scoccer
I delighted in the day we all caught that great big fish together
You may struggle a long time to finds these moments again but for now
be patient with yourselves till you are ready.
Until you understand and until you eventually listen to your heart and release some
of those memories again
I will wait a life time if I have to but don't leave it too late girls.
And Remember the Giant yellow moon we saw together. Well, my love is always
there too. Like the moon
Miss you daughters, Miss you.


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Fire Chief - Lamar Flint
The Fire Chief directs the overall operation and direction of the department through the implementation of the department's strategic plan. The Fire Chief directs the development of plans and objectives to make the department more proactive and progressive are met. Oversight of the department operations, annual budget, and capital improvement plans fall under this office. The offices of Administrative Chief, Fire Marshal, and Operations Chief answer directly to the Fire Chief.
Executive Deputy Chief/Operations Chief - Chris Adams
The Executive Deputy Chief responsible for all Fire Suppression and Emergency Operations duties including: fire operations, hazardous materials, urban search and rescue, technical rescue, and marine fire and rescue operations. The Executive Deputy Chief also oversees the areas of Training, Recource and Tactical Services.
Administrative Deputy Chief - Deputy Chief Randy Jacks
Oversees Logistics and Technologies
The Administrative Deputy Chief is responsible for assisting with fiscal management of the department, grants management, and information systems technology. The position is also responsible for human resource management, including personnel records management, serving as the department's liaison with the city personnel department, recruitment, pre-hire background investigations, standard operating procedures and city code adherence.
Please follow the links to the other Administrative Chief offices:
Training Chief - Assistant Chief Philip Hyman
The primary responsibility of the Training Chief and Training Division is to make sure every firefighter is trained to meet or exceed National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards.
Fire Marshal - Assistant Chief William Matlock
The Fire Marshal's Office or Fire Prevention Bureau is responsible for the following: Fire code inspection/enforcement, public education, plans review, records and fire investigation. The division's primary functions are fire prevention and public education.
Logistics and Technology Chief - Assistant Chief Carlos Tibbs
The Logistics and Technology Chief is responsible for the department's Resource and Logistics Division. This entails procuring and maintaining all equipment, materials, and facilities for the department and more.
Tactical ServicesChief - Assistant Chief Danny Hague
The Tactical Services Chief is responsible the Tactical Services Division, which oversees special operations such as emergency medical services, technical rescue operations, hazardous materials emergency response, and emergency preparedness.
In addition to these Chief level positions, Fire Administration also includes the offices of Safety, Public Information, and Research and Planning. Each of these positions provide necessary support roles for the overall function of the fire department.


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The University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center is set to receive a $550,000 donation from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama.
The foundation has donated nearly $4 million to the center since 1996.
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Food & Wine Weekends at Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria Orlando is a celebration of fine wine and the culinary arts…the perfect complement to the Epcot® Food & Wine Festival, for the serious epicurean.
Designed for those who truly savor the artistry of fine culinary preparations – each plate a canvas for delight and each vintage an invitation for couples to indulge in each other – we invite you to experience Food & Wine Weekends at Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek. Come for an evening, or immerse yourself in a weekend retreat. Plus, enjoy complimentary transportation to Epcot and all Disney Theme Parks.
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Friday & Saturday, 5pm – 11pm, La Luce by Donna Scala
From the kitchen of La Luce by Donna Scala at Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, each weekend a tasting menu and wine pairing will be featured. This series of culinary experiences is certain to be the talk of the town! Pricing Varies. Reservations recommended. Call 407-597-3600.
Preview menu for September 19 & 20, 26 & 27; October 17 & 18, 24 & 25
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Global Venture – a Wine Pairing Dinner
Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, Bull & Bear at Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Experience an exclusive 3-course tasting menu comprised of exquisite food and wine pairings from around the world - prepared by the illustrious chefs of Waldorf Astoria Orlando. $110 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
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Bar du Chocolat and Champagne Tasting
Friday and Saturday, 6:30pm - 10:30pm, Peacock Alley at Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Decadent, yes. Sinful, perhaps. Most certainly an experience for those with a sweet tooth. Peacock Alley will be transformed into a chocolate-lover's dream, offering a cocoa-infused evening of self-indulgence paired with a selection of fine champagnes. Guests can choose from a signature selection of chocolate treats from the Waldorf Astoria Orlando's world-class pastry team. Pricing Varies.
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Friday and Saturday, Zeta Bar & Sushi Lounge
An exciting epicurean journey awaits as guests explore perfect pairings for our favorite sushi dishes including sake and wine. Pricing Varies.
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Sundays, 3pm – 5pm, Peacock Alley at Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Treasure time together as you savor finely-prepared tea sandwiches and house-made pastries, while sipping premium hot tea and listening to live piano music. Add a glass of champagne for a "Grand Royal Tea." From $30 per adult; $15 per child, plus tax and gratuity.
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Friday and Saturday, 6pm - 10pm, WA Kids Club at Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Adults are not the only ones to have fun. The WA Kids Club is offering a nightly children's program including dinner and a non-stop roster of fun activities - providing parents some "adult time" in which to experience Food & Wine Weekend activities.
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The head of the union representing AT&T's wireless workers said on Wednesday the Obama administration's decision to file a lawsuit aimed at blocking AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA could damage Democrats politically.
"It will have consequences," Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen said following an appearance on C-Span's "The Communicators" program set to air on Saturday. During the show, he said he thinks the Justice Department's decision to file the lawsuit "does have political aspects to it."
The CWA supports the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, a $39 billion deal that would create the largest telecommunications company in the country. AT&T is the only unionized national wireless carrier, with the exception of about 75 Verizon Wireless workers in New York. Cohen said his union supports the deal because of commitments AT&T has made to build out its wireless broadband network, particularly in rural areas, a pledge to move 5,000 T-Mobile call center jobs back to the United States, and promises to not cut any U.S.-based call-center jobs in place when the merger is approved.
Cohen said after his C-Span appearance that he expects CWA to endorse President Obama's reelection bid. However, he said that as the administration and Democrats try to push to create more jobs, the Justice lawsuit will provide Republican candidates with fodder to argue that the administration's regulatory policies are harming job creation.
Meanwhile, Sprint's Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Vonya McCann said during the same program that the merger, which her firm opposes, would hurt competitors such as Sprint that still need access to infrastructure controlled by AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
She said Sprint's decision to file its own lawsuit to block the merger did not reflect a lack of confidence in the Justice Department's lawsuit but instead would provide Sprint an opportunity to provide its own input and expertise on the matter.
McCann would not comment on whether Sprint, the third-biggest wireless provider, is interested in seeking a merger with No. 4 T-Mobile if the deal with AT&T fails.
Cohen said Sprint was widely viewed as weighing its own merger with T-Mobile before T-Mobile struck the deal with AT&T. Cohen, who criticized Sprint's employment practices, said a Sprint-T-Mobile merger would be troubling to the union.


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Lena Gurr holiday card to Ralph Fabri, 19--
Physical Details: Christmas card : 1 item : ill. ; 17 x 24 cm.
Sender: Lena Gurr (1897-1992)
Recipient: Ralph Fabri (1894-1975)
Description: Front of card features a b&w block print of two raised hands and a flying dove, signed "L. Gurr."
Printed in red are the words "Peace" and "Season's greetings."
Forms part of: Ralph Fabri papers, circa 1870s-1975, bulk 1918-1975
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation: Lena Gurr holiday card to Ralph Fabri, 19--
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ROSEMOUNT, Minn - Rosemount Senior Allison Fischbach takes a moment to put her pre-graduation feelings into perspective.
"I'm excited, nervous, a little sad", says Allison. "Just a lot of different emotions at the same time."
Allison's mixed emotions come in part from the tremendous experience she's had at Rosemount high School, where she came in as a driven freshman, and will graduate #1 in a class of 528.
"All my teachers have been so supportive, so funny, says Allison. "I know I can go to them with anything and they love to have fun with us and share stories and I know that if I ever need anything I can definitely come back to Rosemount."
Truth be told, Allison's not thinking about going back nearly so much as she's thinking about taking the next step, and trying something new.
"I'm really ready to move out on my own", says Allison. "Try some new things, show my parents what they've taught me and be the best person that I know I can be because of what I've been taught, both by my parents and by my teachers at Rosemount."
President of the Student Council and of the French Honor Society, Allison's high school career consists of A-P classes, College In School and honors courses. And, while she's obviously proud of her academic achievements, Allison says what matters most are the friends she's made along the way.
"We really do have a great time and we have meaningful discussions" says Allison, "And, I often leave class with a deeper view and better friends, and I think that's really fun and a great thing, and, it says a lot about Rosemount."
Allison's readiness for college also says a lot about Rosemount. She plans to attend St. Benedict's in the fall to study biology and psychology, with a long-term goal of becoming a pediatric neurologist. Allison teaches 4H, which is a program that warns 4th graders about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, and she's a catechism teacher for 6th graders at her church. And, if you wonder where Allison such a great kid gets her inspiration? Allison says, look no further than her parents.
Says Allison, "I think one of the greatest things is their support for me. They're totally willing to fund parts of my education if I need something in terms of supplies, or if I need extra help they're totally willing to help me with all of that and that's been a huge, huge help, and a big part of why I like to learn."
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I've been meaning to write this post for a while. Months actually. But I wasn't quite sure what all the implications are, I still don't, but I can't put off this announcement any longer. This is going to be an organic process.
Back in January, I had started to explore an opportunity to move to San Francisco. Yes, San Francisco: The cradle of the sustainable food food movement and one of my favorite cities anywhere. I took it.
I moved in March, with the idea that I'd give myself six months to decide whether to stay or return to Montreal. I've decided. I'm staying. I've fallen in love with the city. I also have to keep pinching myself. I can't believe I'm actually living here!
I don't know exactly what this means for The Mindful Table. Obviously, the blog will no longer focus on sustainable food in Montreal and Quebec, although I know that will still be a part of it. I may have fallen in love with San Francisco, but I'm still also in love with Montreal. Both cities are so similar in many ways… and also so different.
After more than a six-month hiatus from writing on this blog, I'm itching to return. I want to write about the food scene here, but also the social issues of food security in San Francisco. I feel I can't touch on that without touching on social justice. I'm enjoying the diversity of food and commitment to sustainable ingredients by many restaurants in the area, but am also very aware that the foodie trend in the city has it's toll on many of the smaller Mom-and-Pop businesses that have been around for a long, long time. Especially in a city where skyrocketing rents and ways of doing business can force a storefront out of business so easily.
As I write this, a taqueria that has been a city mainstay is in danger of being evicted in favor of a higher rent-paying tenant, my favorite local pub (well, dive-bar actually) is in a similar situation in a neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification, and a favorite outdoor patio and falafel joint in my neighborhood is closing to make room for condos. (Not to mention the community gardens that closed earlier this year, again in my neighborhood, also to make room for micro-condos.)
I don't know what the future holds for The Mindful Table, but there is one. I'm hoping you'll join me on my journey as I discover my new home through the eyes of a (almost) life-long Montrealer.Photo credit: me! (Isn't it a great shot?)


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Mrs. Helen "Boots" Louise Hicks Starnes, age 82, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011, at the Franklin Woods Community Hospital.
Mrs. Starnes was a native of Washington County and daughter of the late John & Edith Leach Hicks. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Starnes was also preceded in death by her husband, Claude Starnes.
She was a member of Harvest Time Christian Church.
Mrs. Starnes was a Homemaker and a former member of Lamar Ruritan.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Rita & Joe Garst, Johnson City; one sister, Gladys "Toots" Hicks, Johnson City; one grandson, Johnathan Garst and wife, Michele, Johnson City; one great-grandson, Matthew Christopher Garst; sister-in-law, Judy Starnes, Jonesborough; several cousins, nephews and nieces.
Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 2011, at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Minister Tad Johnson officiating.
The family will receive friends from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Sunday prior to the service.
Interment services will be conducted 11:00 AM Monday, July 11, 2011, at Roselawn Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Frank "Humpy" Harold, Gary Cash, Bruce Cocke, Ben Painter, Wayne Scott, Everett Scott, Scott Starnes and Bill Banner. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Hoss, Jeremiah Painter, Mitchell Bearfield, Eddie Harold, Ray Ford, Dave Jones, Norman "Doc" White, Lloyd Webb and "Dub" Masters.
The family would like to say a special thank you to the ER and Intensive Care staff of Franklin Woods Hospital for the love, care and concern for their family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Harvest Time Christian Church. ℅ 138 Burton France Rd., Johnson City, TN 37604.
Condolences may be sent to the Starnes family online at www.dillow-taylor.com.
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Monthly Archive for August, 2012
Grow up baby boys
My son told me his friends think I'm a bitch. At first I was a little hurt. But he explained, "you were just being you." And I know what he meant by that, I was challenging them to move forward and start their adult lives. We had been at a quasi-graduation party for one of […] [Read More]
Family vacation fun
Last week we shared a family vacation at my sister's house in Sylvan Lake, Minnesota. It was a repeat of last year when we all gathered there to spread our mother's ashes in the scenic lake she loved. We had such a wonderful time then that we decided to make it an annual family reunion. […] [Read More]


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The Cabot Theatre is a North Shore treasure, a legacy of the visionary showmanship of the Ware Brothers. Opened in 1920 as a dream palace of vaudeville and silent movies, it was hailed as "the most impressive auditorium of its size east of New York". This Ware Theater shared a distinguished architectural pedigree, designed by the architects of Boston's Athenaeum and Olympia Theater and Dorchester's Strand Theater. For its first 40 years, it served as a center of community life for downtown Beverly.
The venue was purchased in 1960 by movie chain giant E.M. Loews, who renamed it the Cabot Cinema. A unique and remarkable transformation began in 1976 when it was purchased by Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company. For 37 years, the Cabot hosted a long-running magic show that entertained local audiences, made seven White House appearances, and won recognition in the Guinness Book of Records and the magazines of TIME, Smithsonian and National Geographic World.
No ordinary building, the Cabot is a rare survivor. Only 250 similar movie palaces still exist out of an estimated 20,000 theaters built in the 1920s. But its future came into doubt when the Magic Company wound down and they placed the theater up for sale.
With an irreplaceable civic treasure at risk, a passionate group of Beverly citizens has formed a nonprofit organization, Cabot Performing Arts Center, Inc, to operate as "The Cabot", a cultural center that will beat in the heart of 21st Century Beverly as the Ware Theatre did in the vaudeville era.
Learn more about the vision for The Cabot here.
There's plenty of free parking in municipal lots off of Pond St, Federal St and Bow St. You do not have to feed meters after 5pm or on Sundays.
Less than 24 miles from Boston, the fully restored Larcom Theatre is conveniently situated in downtown Beverly, MA -- 3 miles from Route 128 at 13 Wallis Street, with plenty of free parking (see map).
This gracious showplace -- featuring spectacular acoustics -- was built in 1912 (the same year as Fenway Park) by Harris and Glover Ware, two brothers and former vaudeville musicians from Marblehead, MA.
For their new theatre, which offered both stage and screen entertainment, they chose the birth site of one of America's most widely read nineteenth century poetesses, Lucy Larcom.
The Larcom Theatre's grand opening advertised that its interior was lit completely by electricity.
In 1984, Cesareo Pelaez, award-winning founder of the Le Grand David stage magic ensemble, led the purchase and restoration of the Larcom Theatre, returning its elegant horseshoe balcony, hand-painted antique pressed tin ceilings and original silk wall coverings to their original glory.
Beginning with gimmeLIVE's sold-out 2013 Mardi Gras concert, the Larcom Theatre was filled with music for the first time since the days of Vaudeville.
In 2014, gimmeLIVE installed a new, state-of-the-art sound system featuring Meyer line arrays and subs, which is used for all concerts presented by gimmeLIVE.
Today, Peter & Vickie Van Ness of gimmeLIVE continue to showcase top local talent on stage with national recording stars at the Larcom Theatre.
There is plenty of free parking at the municipal parking lot on Bow Street, about 150 feet away and at the City Hall parking lot about half a block away. You do not have to feed the meters after 5pm or on Sundays.Click here for detailed directions to the historic Larcom Theatre.
Vickie and Peter Van Ness, founders of gimmeLIVE, have produced some of the largest and most critically acclaimed concerts and festivals on Boston's North Shore featuring young, rising stars on stage with national recording artists.
In 2007, they reunited the Pousette Dart Band for a Memorial Day Weekend Music & Arts festival that launched Celebrate Gloucester and the grand opening of Cruiseport Gloucester, Gloucester's very first cruise ship terminal.
After co-founding Gloucester's wildly successful summer Block Parties and producing several other major events, including Concert From the Heart, which raised money for a local boy's much needed heart transplant, they produced Celebrate Gloucester 2010 featuring Charles Neville, Henri Smith, Roomful of Blues and top local talent.
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Posts Tagged 'Elizabeth Bishop'
Scary Children Reading, and Other News
December 6, 2012 | by Sadie Stein
"repeat, repeat, repeat; revise, revise, revise": Poets Mourning Poets
November 19, 2012 | by Casey N. Cep
"I used to want to live / to avoid your elegy," Robert Lowell confessed in "For John Berryman."
The death of one poet is an extraordinary occasion for another poet. It is like the day a stonemason dies and another has to carve his headstone. Like a rough ashlar, the elegy sits waiting to be shaped into a memorial for the one who is gone. The death of a poet so great as Jack Gilbert last week pains, but also promises remembrances fitting the one who died.
Gilbert devoted most of his elegies to his wife, Michiko Nogami, but poets have forever elegized one another. We can trace the canon through the poems that poets have written to mourn their own: Henri Cole grieving Elizabeth Bishop; Bishop remembering Robert Lowell; Lowell lamenting the death of John Berryman; Berryman longing for Roethke, Jarrell, Hughes, Plath, Schwartz, and William Carlos Williams; W.H. Auden elegizing Yeats; Shelley bemoaning the loss of Keats; all the way back to Ovid mourning Orpheus.
Map Quest
September 4, 2012 | by Alice Bolin
The draw of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's classic breakup song "Maps" is that it is as plainly sad as possible. "Wait," the band's lead singer, Karen O, sings over and over, "they don't love you like I love you." But "Maps" is also enigmatic: beyond its abject chorus, the lyrics are cryptic, with verses that are brief and opaque—"Packed up / Don't Stray / Oh say, say, say / Oh say, say, say." Karen O repeats maps, plaintive and without context, stretching the word's aaa over four bars.
According to fan mythology, "Maps" is an acronym for "my Angus please stay," referencing Liars lead singer Angus Andrew, whom Karen O has said the song is about. There may be other ways to read the song's title, though. "Maps" evokes the physical and metaphorical distance that is felt from a lover who is leaving. It is a kind of emotional cartography, mapping two people's painful journeys away from one another. This will serve as our foundation: maps aren't impersonal, objective. They aren't.
Books and Bodies: On Organs and Literary Estates
August 22, 2012 | by Casey N. Cep
The New Yorker made headlines this month by publishing "new" work by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Thank You for the Light" had been rejected by the magazine in 1936 when Fitzgerald first submitted it, but editorial judgments—like love, pain, and kitchen knives—have a way of dulling over time.
"We're afraid that this Fitzgerald story is altogether out of the question," read the original note spurning the story. "It seems to us so curious and so unlike the kind of thing we associate with him, and really too fantastic."
Resubmitted by Fitzgerald's grandchildren, "Thank You for the Light" was, at least by Fitzgerald's own standards, ready for publication. Its condition differs greatly from his final work, tentatively titled The Love of the Last Tycoon but published as The Last Tycoon in 1941. Fitzgerald died of a heart attack before he could finish the novel, so what went to press was a version of his incomplete draft, notes, and outlines pieced together by the literary critic Edmund Wilson. In his preface to the novel, Wilson wrote, "It has been possible to supplement this unfinished draft with an outline of the rest of the story as Fitzgerald intended to develop it."
A Snail's Pace
July 31, 2012 | by Casey N. Cep
When John Ashbery reviewed Elizabeth Bishop's Complete Poems in 1969 for The New York Times, his review was accompanied by an illustration: two giant snails stretching from under their shells to touch one another. Ashbery never mentions the mollusks in his review, but beneath the image is an excerpt of Bishop's prose poem "Giant Snail."
"I give the impression of mysterious ease, but it is only with the greatest effort of my will," Bishop's mollusca persona muses, and one senses how very likely a proxy it is for the poet herself.
Bishop is not the only writer to have found solace or some of herself in a snail. Her coil-shelled critter was an homage to a paean by her mentor Marianne Moore. Moore's "To a Snail" is a discourse on poetics that culminates "in the absence of feet" and "the curious phenomenon of your occiptal horn." Moore seized on the snail's self-sufficiency and endless ability to contract, praising its "grace" and "modesty."
The Finalists: Win a Bicycle Contest
July 25, 2012 | by The Paris Review
Our inbox runneth over! We asked you to describe the facing image in three hundred words—in the style of Ernest Hemingway, P. G. Wodehouse, Joan Didion, Elizabeth Bishop, or Ray Bradbury—and some two hundred of you did just that. We had hoped to announce a winner yesterday, but it took us this long just to read through all the manly terseness, Jeevesian whimsy, California deadpan, villanelles ("Write it! Pedal faster"), and Martiana. Plus a surprising number of entries that went their own way and ignored the "in the style of" part of the contest—thereby forfeiting the chance to win a bicycle but showing impressive powers of imagination when it comes to devils and flappers on wheels.
Scroll down to read excerpts from our finalists. And again, many thanks to Velojoy and Hudson Urban Bicycles!
The Drones' First Annual Charity Tour De Blandings and Fancy Dress Ball took a wrong turn when Freddie Widgeon and Billie Mainwaring arrived. Somehow each had misread the invitation and got the idea that the cycling was fancy dress. Billie came as a "Muse of Modern Dance," all chiffon and gauze and trailing scarves. Isadora Duncan on a velocipede. Freddie had on a fearfully complete devil's costume, though how he'd pedal in those hoof-shaped boots got right past me.
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YG Entertainment has decided to drop the rest of SuPearls and hold on to soloist Lee Hi, and the announcement comes along with the excuse that SuPearls decided to breakup for the benefit of the group members.
YG Entertainment stated, "We've decided to nullify the contracts of Lee Michelle, Lee Jung Mi, and Lee Seung Joo without any conditions". Out of the girls who were supposed to debut under the highly anticipated girl group, only Lee Hi will be staying in the company to continue her solo career.
The label added, "Even though it's disappointing, they decided that they should break up for the benefit of each other, so we have decided on this unavoidable decision." Not only so, but YG Entertainment is currently busy with their upcoming girl group, as well as the comebacks for 2NE1, G-Dragon, and Kang Seung Yoon. Lee Hi will also release her solo album next month.
So much for that whole "Papa YG only cares about artistry and his YG Family" shit, huh? Oops.
Let's put this in real terms without the bullshit: he signed three members of the original SuPearls (the other signed to JYPE), added Lee Hi to the group, tried her as a soloist, she ended up having a breakout debut, so he saw the rest of them as redundant and shitcanned them.
Now the hype for SuPearls has died down and they are sans the member with mainstream name recognition, so it's hard to think of any way that a company could fuck a group over worse besides keeping ALL of them in idol purgatory, but even then, at least they're not stripped of a member and essentially disbanded.
Pretty fucked up, honestly.
I'm not sure how one can defend this in a way that doesn't make Yang Hyun Suk look like an asshole, but hey, I'm sure people will be trying.


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About the UC Davis Stores - Downtown Store
Shopping for UC Davis merchandise is much more convenient. UC Davis Stores, which operates the four UC Stores and other outlets, opened its newest location in the heart of downtown Davis. The new 4,200-square-foot store opened in early June at the southwest corner of Second and F streets.
The newest store is tailored for downtown shoppers, offering a mix of gifts, apparel and convenience items. Core offerings include Aggie Pride wear, UC Davis and City of Davis branded souvenirs and gift merchandise, plus a variety of fare including a complete line of school and office supplies, greeting cards, sundries, and convenience items. Plans include a convenient delivery service for special orders in the downtown area.
Also offered will be a screen embroidery customization service to add logos, names, mascots, and more to clothing and other.
The UC Davis Downtown Store conveys a sense of the university in décor and offerings, featuring the official blue and gold colors and products that present the full spectrum of the UC Davis experience. It also showcases products from the universitys new Good Life Collection for example, which includes items that highlight UC Davis tradition of improving our everyday experience from the food we eat to the integration of art and culture in our lives.
UC Davis scarves are one of the Good Life Collection product lines. These are high-quality decorative silk scarves that incorporate faculty and student artwork from UC Davis collections into their design. Until recently, the scarves have been produced only on a limited basis, but they are expected to be available for retail sale when the new store opens.
Our Campus Grown line of products emphasizes the sustainability mindset of UC Davis. This line includes UC Davis Olive Oil and new olive oil body products olive oil based soaps and facial products made from olives harvested from trees on campus. Campus-grown products also include handcrafted wooden bowls, utensils, vases, and cutting boards made from UC Davis trees that required rigorous pruning or removal for health and safety reasons.
The downtown store is the third largest of seven University Stores and the groups first new store since the 2004 addition of the ARC Pro Shop, which is located in the Activities and Recreation Center on campus.
Operating hours will be subject to change as the store begins operation, as the goal of the store is to make it convenient for the downtown shoppers. Currently, hours are projected to be Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m.


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Peter Mel wins Mavericks surfing contest
By Bruce Jenkins : January 21, 2013 : Updated: January 21, 2013 1:09am
Photo By Sean Havey/The Chronicle
Peter Mel holds up his Jeff Clark surfboard trophy after winning Mavericks Surf Competition on January 20, 2013 in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
Photo By Mathew Sumner/Special to the ChroniclePeter Mel wipes out during the finals, but the 43-year-old Santa Cruz surfer went on to finally add Mavericks to his portfolio of surfing victories.
Photo By Mathew Sumner/Special to the ChronicleMark Healey, who wound up fifth, and Nathan Fletcher, who didn't qualify for the final, drop in opposite directions during the semifinals. Much of the event required long waits for big waves.
Photo By Sean Havey/The ChronicleAlex Martins (center) of S.F., who finished fourth, congratulates Peter Mel on his victory.
Photo By Mathew Sumner/Special to the Chronicle
Peter Mel, winner of this year's Mavericks Invitational, is congratulated by Alex Martins on Sunday, January 20, 2013.
Photo By Mathew Sumner/Special to the Chronicle
Peter Mel, winner of this year's Mavericks Invitational, addresses the audience as Jeff Clark listens on Sunday, January 20, 2013.
Photo By Mathew Sumner/Special to the Chronicle
Peter Mel, winner of the Mavericks Invitational drop into a wave during the finals on Sunday, January 20, 2013.
Photo By Mathew Sumner/Special to the Chronicle
Greg Long, left, and Peter Mel drop into a wave during the finals of the Mavericks Invitational on Sunday, January 20, 2013.
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Peter Mel drops in on a wave during the final heat of the Mavericks Surf Competition on January 20, 2013 in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Mel went on to win the contest.
It wasn't the greatest Mavericks surf contest ever held, but it will rank among the most memorable. Such is the power of a historical landmark. Sweet recognition finally came to Peter Mel, whose years of big-wave performance set the standard at the fabled, dangerous break off Half Moon Bay.
When Mel was announced the winner of Sunday's event, held in powerful but inconsistent waves up to 30 feet, it was a cherished moment for anyone familiar with the spot's colorful history. He's 43 now, with a 9-to-5 job that takes him away from his beloved Santa Cruz, and he had bitter memories about the contest now known as the Mavericks Invitational.
Some bad luck here, perhaps an errant ride or a questionable judging call there - nothing ever seemed to click for Mel dating back to the event's first competition in 1999. He was unquestionably in the pantheon of Mavericks surfers, joining the likes of three-time winner Darryl (Flea) Virostko, the late Jay Moriarity and Jeff Clark, the man who pioneered the spot in the mid-1970s, but he'd never finished higher than third at contest time.
King without crown
This would amount to LeBron James never winning an MVP award, or Robert De Niro falling short of an Oscar. Dating back to the early '90s, nobody ever surfed Mavericks with the combination of style, virtuosity and raw courage of Mel, who grew up in Santa Cruz as a protege of the great Richard Schmidt and comes from one of Northern California's most distinguished surfing families.
"That's why it's so great that he won today," said Hawaii's Mark Healey, a new-age charger who finished fifth on Sunday. (A mix-up led to an incorrect announcement of the final standings to a packed crowd at the contest's awards ceremony; see the accompanying chart for the correct order). "Pete's the man out there. This is so good, because he totally deserves it."
Second-place finisher Zach Wormhoudt, a perennial contest mainstay from Santa Cruz, called it an "awesome" result for his longtime friend. "He deserves it more than anybody," said Wormhoudt. "I've surfed with this guy for so long, and he inspires me every time, every session."
It would be impossible for a Northern California day to serve up more perfect conditions: sunny skies, balmy temperatures, mild easterly wind and a gorgeous blue-green color to waves marching in from the northwest. They did not march often, however. The sea fell so calm at times, in fact, there was discussion of postponing the contest to another day.
Pacing irks participants
"A lot of guys spoke up to that effect in the morning," said a source close to the event. "There just wasn't enough surf. Not that big, most of the time, and really long lulls between sets. Guys were angry that it was still a go."
They were angry before the contest started, and there was more talk of postponement after an absurd second heat when the first 38 minutes (of 50) passed without a single rideable wave appearing.
Fortunately, as contest director, Clark was on hand to restore some common sense. There was much more to this event than surf, considering the sold-out festival alongside the Oceano Hotel, permits obtained from local officials, and the willingness of Vandenberg Air Force base to surrender its Pillar Point installation to cliff-bound judges and photographers.
Clark knew that realistically, the event had to be held. And as the day progressed, there was just enough solid, legitimate Mavericks surf to hold everyone's attention. Healey rode the Mavericks' left (seldom attempted; most surfers go right) with a crazy-man's abandon. Greg Long, the 2008 Mavericks champion, surfed for the first time since nearly drowning at Cortes Bank off the coast of San Diego in late December and didn't miss a beat, finishing third. Wormhoudt caught two waves during a lengthy set in the third heat, and back-to-back monster waves actually went unridden during the finals.
'Utter relief' for winner
Above all, though, there was Mel, who spends much of his time in Huntington Beach as a marketing ace for the Quiksilver company. "After the final, I heard guys yelling 'You won!' but the results weren't in, and I didn't even want to hear it," he said. "Didn't even resonate with me after all that's happened."
And when it became official? "It was just complete, utter relief," he said. "Mavericks has been so good to me over the years. It's great to have that feeling back again."
In 1969, Mel's parents moved the family from Hawaii to Santa Cruz and his dad, John, opened a surf shop that he continues to run. How's this for symmetry: On the day Peter won Mavericks for the first time, his 65-year-old dad was competing in a kneeboard contest in Huntington Beach. Peter's 13-year-old son, also named John, was surfing a youth event at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz.
Everything came together for the Mels this day, one that brought inspiration and the ring of justice.
Mavericks results
Top six finishers made the final:
Peter Mel, Santa Cruz
Zach Wormhoudt, Santa Cruz
Greg Long, San Clemente
Alex Martins, San Francisco
Mark Healey, Hawaii
Shawn Dollar, Santa Cruz
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Chili dinner
Thursday, 8 November 2012 - 2:42pm
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Shawn Whalen, left, dished up a bowl of chili for Gaydonna Baker yesterday during a chili dinner at the Church of the Holy Spirit here. The meal was a fundraiser for Brittany Martin, who will be heading to Cambodia later this month to volunteer at an orphanage and elephant refuge. The event also featured a penny table and pie auction.


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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The accolades keep rolling in for Chattanooga Mocs senior Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.). He is the Southern Golf Association National Amateur of the Month for August the organization announced Tuesday.
"This is indeed an honor," Fox said. "It has been unreal learning what comes with being the amateur champion. It is awesome getting to share this with my family, friends and teammates."
Fox won the U.S. Amateur title in a 37-hole, come-from-behind win over Cal junior Michael Weaver at historic Cherry Hills Country Club outside Cherry Hills, Colo. Weaver's lead was dormie, 2up with two to play, as Fox birdied 17 to force the match to the 18th hole. Weaver had the better position in the fairway, but Fox executed the better shot although both had 35 or more feet for birdie on the green.
Weaver was on the back of the green and his difficult effort ended up five feet below the hole. Fox's 35-footer up the hill was a foot short of birdie. He began to take his hat off to congratulate Weaver when his opponent's par putt went down in the hole and back out to extend the match.
"I just put my hand over my mouth," Fox added. "I was shocked at first and then headed to one with new life."
Fox hit a six-iron true down the middle of the fairway on one. In fact, he was so "amped" up he hit it farther than his four and five-iron tee shots on the fabled hole earlier in the day.
"It went about 260 yards," assistant coach and second 18 caddie Ben Rickett smiled. "We were surprised at how little we had left with a wedge in his hand."
On the other side, Weaver made the same play he made the previous two times the duo played the hole that day. He pulled out driver and was just about hole-high but well left of the green near the second hole tee box.
His first chip came up short while the second ended up around 15 feet shy of the hole. Fox's second shot ended up 18 feet behind the hole. His slow rolling, downhill putt seemed to take forever to get to the hole. But not only did it get to the hole, but it fell true for the epic win. He added his name to a trophy that includes the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson who claimed his 1990 amateur win at Cherry Hills.
Fox and the Mocs open their 2012-13 season at the Farm in nearby Rocky Face, Ga., this weekend at the prestigious Carpet Capital Collegiate Championship. The Carpet Capital, known as the "Masters of College Golf" is a 54-hole, three-day event starting Friday, Sept. 7, and ending Sunday, Sept. 9. Admission is free. Tee times, directions to the course and a preview story will be posted on GoMocs.com later in the week.
The SGA supports amateur golf at the highest level, including staging of the Southern Am, which will be played for the 107th time next July at The Club at Carlton Woods near Houston, Texas.GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs, or on Twitter, www.twitter.com/GoMocs. Find out how to join the UTC Mocs Club and support more than 300 student-athletes by clicking here.


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Welcome to the Ogden Road Seventh-day Adventist Church
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Pastor Corbin and Jane Pitman!
The Ogden Rd. Church is happy to welcome Corbin and Jane Pitman to the Ogden Rd. Church where he will be sharing the message once a month.
Pastor Corbin Pitman graduated from Andrews University in 1968. He pastored in Kansas, Wisconsin and Nevada for a total of 25-1/2 yrs. He became pastor of the Brayton SDA Church in November 2009. Jane has two years of college, worked for McKee Foods (Little Debbie) in Collegedale for 26 yrs. and then retired. She has held many offices in the Adventist churches she has attended over the years and is still serving as Director of Prison Ministries for the Ooltewah SDA Church (for 18 years now). She and Pastor Pitman are also involved in the prison ministry of the Brayton Church. She loves music and is one of the church pianists at Brayton. Hobbies are: Music, photography, travel, jigsaw puzzles (for Jane) and preaching, reading, church history and world history (for Corbin). We are honared to have Pastor Corbin and Jane Pitman as part of the Ogden Road SDA Church family.
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Pastor Wendt
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Integrated Solution Costs 38 Percent Less to Operate
What You Will Learn
Introduction: Optimize and Monetize Your Network
"Industry experts agree that DPI and its complementary applications are the best way to increase network efficiency and a mobile operator's revenue."
• By 2014, mobile broadband networks will take up 40 exabytes (1 billion gigabytes) annually, up from a total of 1.08 exabytes in all of 2009.
• Smartphones and laptop air cards will drive more than 90 percent of global mobile traffic by 2014.
• Global mobile video traffic is forecasted to be 2.3 exabytes per month by 2014.
• By 2014, more than 400 million of the world's Internet users will access the network solely through a mobile connection.1
• YouTube accounted for 10 percent of global bandwidth during Q3 and Q4, 2009.
• Skype represents 77 percent of the global voice over IP (VoIP) bandwidth.
• Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is the single largest factor leading to cell congestion, and accounts for 34 percent of bandwidth utilization in the top 5 percent of cells.2
Two Choices: Integrate DPI in the Gateway or Leave It Out
Integrated Solution Costs 38 Percent Less to Operate
According to a five-year study comparing the TCO of an integrated network to a standalone solution serving one million subscribers, the integrated model costs 38 percent less to operate and its TCO was 17 percent less. The study went on to say, "As mobile operators reduce their capital expenditure budgets the integrated architecture's operational expenditure advantage will create an even larger TCO differential."1
1"The Business Case for an Integrated Policy and Charging Control (PCC) Solution in the Multimedia Core," white paper by Network Strategy Partners, February 2010, p. 12.
DPI: The Foundation for Monetizing Networks
"Some operators are moving toward sophisticated forms of metered pricing based on speed and consumption, striving to balance profitability and consumer satisfaction."
DPI Plays a Key Role in Optimizing Networks
Choosing Between an Integrated or Standalone Solution
Standalone Option Requires More Network Elements
Figure 1. Serially Connected Standalone Servers
• Adds significantly to network complexity, ballooning the network's operational costs
• Introduces more elements that can fail or become points of entry for a malicious attack
• Increases OpEx due to management of multiple network elements and interfaces
• Increases CapEx for additional equipment and installation
• Provides limited session-state awareness and control in applying services on a per-subscriber basis, for example, time-of-day policy enforcement
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Here's Prisco's breakdown of what he's seen the past few days at camp. Interesting analysis on Tannehill to say the least , 8-8 team come on, were a playoff team!
Here's Prisco's breakdown of what he's seen the past few days at camp. Interesting analysis on Tannehill to say the least , 8-8 team come on, were a playoff team!
Not liking his analysis of tannehill. Are these problems he had last year as well or is it just premature camp evaluation?
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So basically, we will go as far as our QB takes us. The same as 31 other teams. Thanks for the read, good stuff about Miller. We will be good this year.
Everything in that article could have been written without actually attending a single practice session.
I bet Prisco looked at Tannehill's completion percentage in his rookie season and then he wrote this. In my opinion, Tannehill's accuracy is a non-issue. His ball placement is off the charts, right up there with Dan and Pennington.But there are a few things that concern me about him. One is his accuracy, but I think that will improve as he plays a second season.
Reading that, there were a lot of thing that I agree with and a lot that I disagree with. Pretty unbiased oppinion. His observation of Tannehill are concerning but it's still very early and all his receivers are new to him except Hartline. Way to early to panic.
How can anyone base anything from one dat at a camp? that is my question. You cant. And its Pete Prisco who like everyone else, will ignore welker and hernandez, who get gameplanned in the offense with regularity, are gone.
Whatever Pete. It wont mean a thing once the games begin.
The schedule is no more brutal than it was last year. Ravens are not the same team, Patriots not the same, two games early are non-conference games.
I say if we beat Cleveland and Indy. Skies the limit. We lost to Indy by one drive. Defense will be better and deep causing more turnovers and offense will no doubt be better.
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Really? We're listening to what Pete Prisco says now? When has he EVER been complimentary of the phins?
Fin-hating is part of his persona; it helps him get more clicks.
He said the new logo looks soft.. I'm wondering if this is a Camp-observation or a logo-observation????
Reporters have to go against the grain to obtain followers. If Sapp and others said the camp is awful this dude would have said we look like we're ready to win it all PFFFT
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I am not sure how anyone can say we are "at best an 8-8 team". We won 7 games last year and have added a tremendous amount of talent (including growth at QB). 8 wins is our basement. If we win only 8 games it likely means that not only has Tannehill made no progress, but also that we suffered a well above average number of injuries.


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The new hours, rules for recycling at Whitman
Karlis Rokpelnis '09, campus sustainability coordinator, reports that although there have been some changes at the college recycling center behind the Environmental House it still remains open to the Whitman community from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday.
The new hours and restrictions (only Whitman students, faculty and staff may use the center) became necessary when the combined volume of recycling left by the Whitman community and the many people outside of Whitman increased to the point that more space and more student and staff hours were needed to accommodate the recycling than were available.
In response to this problem several changes were made over the summer:
Rokpelnis notes several statistics, to put the Whitman recycling program in perspective:
Whitman improves on "Green Report Card"
Greenreportcard.org "is the first interactive Web site to provide in-depth sustainability profiles for hundreds of colleges in all 50 U.S. states and in Canada. Information is based on extensive research conducted for the College Sustainability Report Card. The Report Card is designed to identify colleges and universities that are leading by example in their commitment to sustainability. The aim is to provide accessible information for schools to learn from one another's experiences, enabling them to establish more effective sustainability policies," according to the organization's Web site.
"Whitman has improved its grade compared to last year, from a C- to a C," reports Jed Schwendiman '92, associate to the president and chair of the campus Conservation Committee. "In looking at other schools with higher ratings, I'm confident that we will continue to improve our grade as we identify more areas to highlight in terms of things we are currently doing well and areas where we can improve."
The 2009 Green Report Card was recently released: www.greenreportcard.org
Whitman featured on USA Today College Web site
Karlis Rokpelnis '09, campus sustainability coordinator, reports that Whitman's Solar Energy Project, which is coordinating the effort to install solar panels on the roof of Jewett Hall, is featured on the USA Today College Readership Best Practices Web site, which can be seen here.
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Shampa Biswas, director of global studies and associate professor of politics, invites the campus to a forum on the current financial crisis and the bailout plan under negotiation.
Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium, panelists David Schmitz, Robert Allen Skotheim chair of history; Denise Hazlett, professor of economics; and, from Baker Boyer Bank, Megan Clubb '79, president and CEO and Whitman trustee, and Mark Kajita, vice president and senior portfolio manager and Whitman overseer.will discuss the crisis from their particular areas of expertise.
Tentatively, Biswas said, Schmitz will provide historical context for thinking about the current crisis and the controversy surrounding it in relation to others; Hazlett will talk about some of the causes of the financial crisis and its effects on the economy; and Kajita and Clubb will talk about the effects on personal finances.
There will be time for questions, said Biswas — and there will be cookies provided by the president's office.
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Symposium: The Women's Leadership Symposium, sponsored by Trustee Emerita Colleen S. Willoughby '55, will feature talks by Kit Baker, author of "Miss Alcott's E-mail, Yours for Reforms of All Kinds" and former pediatric oncology nurse; Steffanie Lorig, founding director of "Art with Heart" and the author of several children's coping books; and Nancy Sclater, executive director of the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research and Centennial President of the Rotary Club of Seattle. Willoughby will moderate the discussion at 4 p.m. in Ball Room A, Reid Campus Center.
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Lecture: "Humans Have Prevented the Start of an Ice Age" will be presented by William Ruddiman, palaeoclimatologist and the author of "Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate." He will speak at 8 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium about his controversial "early anthropogenic hypothesis."
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Documentary: "18 in '08," a nonpartisan documentary that targets young adults ages 17 to 24 and encourages them to participate in the upcoming election, will be shown at 7 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium.
Friday, Oct. 3
Concert: The Department of Music presents the Fall Composers Concert. 7:30 p.m., Recital Hall.
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Artist Reception: The Intercultural Center presents Alaskan Native artist Phillip Charette, whose work is featured in "Creation Story," a collection of artwork by Charette, and local tribal and Southern African artists. The reception, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the second floor of Reid Campus Center, will feature a talk by Charette and a performance of Native American flute music. Refreshments will be served. "Creation Story" will run through Dec. 15.
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Lecture: "Politics and Public Health: Lessons Learned from the AIDS Epidemic" will be discussed by Kris Nyrop, Street Outreach Services, Seattle. This O'Donnell Lecture will be presented at 7 p.m. in Olin 130.
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Lecture: "Impacts of Globalization and Planning your Future," this year's William Allen-Boeing Lecture, will be presented by John K. Medica, retired senior vice president of Dell Inc., and current vice chairman and corporate adviser of Compal Electronics Corp. 7:30 p.m., Kimball Theatre, Hunter Conservatory.
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Lecture: "Oil, War and Geopolitics: America's Energy Dilemma in the 21st Century," the annual Jackson Lecture, will be presented by Michael Klare, Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies (a joint appointment at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst), at 8 p.m., Maxey Auditorium. You are also invited to attend the 5:30 p.m. screening of the Presidential Debate scheduled in Maxey prior to the lecture.
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Of course they give the Patriots an "A" and the Bills an "A" and the Jets a "B".....screw the haters and Pat slurpers.
Of course they give the Patriots an "A" and the Bills an "A" and the Jets a "B".....screw the haters and Pat slurpers.
Not NFLN, that was Mike Lombardi specifically that gave those grades out. He's never liked the Tannehill pick and the whole draft grade for us, according to him, hinged on that.
He also doesn't think much of the Martin pick either.
Anyone who doesn't think Ireland had a damn good draft can stop calling themselves a expert. Just moronic.
At the same time they said it was a good draft to build on
Charles Davis was very complimentary of the draft and was a big fan of the Josh Kaddu and BJ Cunningham picks.
who cares. grades are meaningless
If you go to the NFL.com player grade page, the Fins consistently drafted players who graded out in the 70's or higher throughout the draft.(70-80 is considered 2-3 round grade)
I don't know if that means the players are good, but it looks like they took the BPA for the most part.
Lombardi is a ass clown. His face make up is provided by Robert Kraft. The Fins could have taken Luck or RGIII and he would find fault.


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Cyrus Mistry's ascension to the top job will provide his family its first opportunity to exercise management control since his grandfather acquired shares in Tata Sons in the 1930s. His father Pallonji has so far been a passive, friendly investor though he sat on the board of Tata Sons until 2006 when he retired and ceded spot to his son. The cash-rich Mistry family has a reputation of being conservative and Cyrus himself is believed to be industrious and cautious. Said the tycoon quoted earlier, " It's unlikely that he will take the kind of risks that Ratan took."
Under Ratan Tata, the group went on an expansion drive, acquiring marquee brands such as Tetley Tea, Corus steel, Jaguar and Land Rover to establish its global footprint. It developed and launched the $2,000 Nano, touted as the world's cheapest car, whose market performance has fallen well short of its hype. Mistry who will undergo a year-long grooming as Tata's understudy, may prefer stability over such ambitious growth.


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