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Here are some of the paperboard packaging cartons manufactured at Color Craft Graphic Arts Inc. in Manitowoc. / Sue Pischke/HTR Media
Joe Zietlow sets up a die for a machine that will cut out a box with a paper pull tab built into the box design for a Walmart product at Color Craft Graphic Arts Inc. / Sue Pischke/HTR Media
Shannon Gadzinski loads Hawaiian Punch cartons on the gluing machine at Color Craft Graphic Arts Inc. / Sue Pischke/HTR Media
MANITOWOC — President and Owner of Color Craft Graphic Arts Steven Mirecki didnt picture himself owning a manufacturing company or even working in the printing industry.
I never thought Id become an owner, Mirecki said.
The company with a 90-year local history specializes in paperboard folding cartons. He started working for Color Craft 20 years ago in customer service. Mirecki moved into management at the suggestion of previous owner Tom Foster. According to Mirecki, the two of them always worked well together.
There was never a harsh word between us, he said.
When Foster was ready to sell, Mirecki bought the company gradually. Neither of them wanted to see the small company gobbled up by a larger competitor. Mirecki credits Investors Community Bank with lining up the financing through an SBA loan two years ago enabling Mirecki to complete the purchase.
Today, the company is well positioned despite Mirro pulling out of Manitowoc in 2003 taking two thirds of Color Crafts business with it.
When Mirro left town it hurt our company, Mirecki said. Mirro was our largest customer and consisted of most of the business.
The company adjusted by expanding its food packaging product business. Customers include local Metal Ware and Pine River Dairy and the global Walmart for its Great Value line of products. Color Craft is ISO 9000 and AIB (American Institute of Baking) certified, which ensures its customers of the quality of the production and handling of the product.
Having gone after the food industry has been a big gain for us. Private label food is big and is going to stay big, Mirecki said. We produce packaging for 125 private butter labels.
According to Mirecki, the company has clients of all sizes some with orders of 1,000 boxes and some order 7 to 8 million at a time. Also, 90 percent of business is not in the area.
There is so much work out there really. We have to go out and find it, but its there, Mirecki said.
Key background
Mirecki said his background in customer service taught him to always take care of the clients. He said, even now, 80 percent of his day is customer service. According to Mirecki, the company has reaped growth of 10 percent a year for the past eight years.
We have a great team all down the line, he said. Customers want to be taken care of quickly and we all do what we can to make that happen.
Color Craft, located in a 45,000-square-foot facility in the Industrial Park employees 67 people. The press room operates around the clock from 4 p.m. Sunday through 4 a.m. Saturday. The current staff works a lot of overtime, because of the difficulty recruiting skilled workers for the highly-specialized work.
The biggest problem used to be finding customers; now it is to find employees, he said.
Running a press and die cutting are very skilled requiring precision.
Everything has to be perfect the depth of the cut, the depth of the score, Mirecki said.
Another challenge in the future will be making the right decisions with equipment upgrades. The company could use another printing press. Mirecki has to weigh when it is the best time to make that investment.
Color Craft is located in the Industrial Part at 5631 West Drive, Manitowoc. Mirecki may be reached at (920) 652-1419. The company also occupies rented storage space for finished product and raw materials.
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|Supine and upright haemodynamic effects of sublingual nitroglycerin and inhaled salbutamol: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study.
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|OBJECTIVES:: Pulse wave analysis is widely applied to measure the haemodynamic effects of nitroglycerin and salbutamol as an endothelium-independent and endothelium-dependent vasodilator, respectively. The recordings are usually performed in supine position from 10 to 20 successive heartbeats without simultaneous measurement of vascular resistance and cardiac function. Our objective was to examine the effects of nitroglycerin and salbutamol on central haemodynamics, arterial stiffness, cardiac function, and vascular resistance in supine and upright positions. METHODS:: A placebo-controlled, randomized and double-blinded passive head-up tilt protocol was performed after sublingual nitroglycerin (0.25 mg) or inhaled salbutamol (400 μg) in 35 healthy volunteers. Continuous tonometric pulse wave analysis, whole-body impedance cardiography, and plethysmographic finger blood pressure recordings were applied. RESULTS:: Nitroglycerin decreased aortic and finger blood pressure, radial DBP, vascular resistance, augmentation index and pulse wave velocity, and increased heart rate, cardiac index, stroke index and aortic reflection time (P < 0.030 for all). Salbutamol moderately decreased radial and aortic blood pressure and finger DBP, augmentation index and vascular resistance, but increased heart rate and cardiac index (P < 0.030 for all). Almost all of the strong haemodynamic effects of nitroglycerin were emphasized during the head-up tilt, whereas the effects of salbutamol on heart rate and cardiac index were more pronounced in the supine position. CONCLUSION:: The haemodynamic changes induced by nitroglycerin and salbutamol were dependent on body position: the effects of nitroglycerin were accentuated during the head-up tilt, whereas those of salbutamol were more evident in the supine position.
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The London Metal Exchange (LME) is absorbing more than 100 staff from its IT partner Xchanging in an "insourcing" operation intended to aid the development of new services by the trading exchange.
The insourcing reflects plans by the LME to deliver a number of new IT-based strategic initiatives, including the launch of LME Clear in 2014. LME Clear is an automated matching and clearing service for the Exchange's users that is intended to go live in September.
The organisation claims that the custom-built system will be able to provide the service in real-time and will be compliant with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
The IT function at LME has been outsourced for almost a decade, with business process outsourcing specialist Xchanging taking control of the LME's IT function in April 2005.
Back then, the LME had only a small team of in-house IT staff, and brought in Xchanging to help it cope as the IT demands on the Exchange started to expand.
The technology team will be led by LME chief technology officer Robin Paine, and was welcomed back by LME CEO Garry Jones.
"Our decision to bring technology in-house is an indication not only of the growth of the business over the past few years but also of our future development as we strengthen and enhance our technology offering," said Jones.


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LAS CRUCES — An innate leader. Someone who exudes leadership. A man to be emulated, whose presence makes others stand a bit taller themselves.
Interim President Manuel Pacheco has twice guided New Mexico State University through presidential transitions. On Friday, regents praised Pacheco for his leadership during a challenging time at the university.
"You put your heart and soul in this university again, and we're the better for that," Regent Javier Gonzales told the New Mexico native.
Pacheco first led the Aggies community in 2009 after the departure of then-interim President Waded Cruzado. He took the university's reins again in October while challenges abounded.
The Doña Ana Community College nursing program had just lost accreditation. The athletics program was lost in a conference reshuffling. Top NMSU administrators resigned, or were about to. Faculty were dissatisfied with salaries, well below national averages.
But now, as Pacheco prepares to leave the president's office again, faculty will receive a small increase in pay, and funding has been set aside to bring salaries closer to market values. There is new head football coach, and the team will join a new conference, the Sun Belt. The state board of nursing gave DACC's program full approval, one of many steps in the process to recover its accreditation.
"I think you get more done before breakfast than I do all day," Regent Kari Mitchell told Pacheco with a laugh.
Regents awarded Pacheco with the Regent's Medal on Friday, an honor bestowed upon only nine others, including a handful of former presidents and astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.
"I am so happy with Dr. Pacheco's taking the reigns, because he took the reigns and spurred us on to move forward," Regent Mike Cheney said last week.
Despite the challenges, Pacheco said the second time in the ring was easier.
"One of the interesting things about this time was, because I already knew the players and the Board of Regents ... I felt that I was ready to get started much, much earlier," he said in an interview with the Sun-News.
One of the biggest changes he has made during his second tenure is streamlining decision-making at the university, he said.
When Pacheco took office, there was no systematic way to address the DACC nursing program's loss of accreditation and many human resources decisions were centralized, he said.
"It was clear that the leadership that was here was ready to see some changes," Pacheco said.
Decentralizing and removing blocks to decision-making helped streamline the process, he said.
"Those decisions, I think, have made a big difference in allowing the university to go forward," he said.
Simplifying how NMSU runs has been "satisfying," he said, and will allow officials to better identify and address problems.
Pacheco noted other university changes at the Friday meeting, including NMSU's new wine academy, capital outlay projects and the renovation of the Hershel Zohn Theatre to house the Pete V. Domenici Institute.
The newly built Center for the Arts "was more than a gleam in the eye" during his first tenure, he said, "but there really wasn't much to speak of." Now, it's built.
Pacheco also made two international trips during his seven-month reign, to India and Mexico, to sign memorandums of understanding with the countries.
The targeted effort to build relationships with other countries needs to continue, Pacheco said, to help populate programs with low-enrollment, spur economic development and build friends for the nation as a whole.
"When we don't build friends in other nations, they can become antagonistic to the United States," he told the board.
Regent Javier Gonzales first worked with Pacheco in 2006 when Pacheco served as interim president at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M.
Pacheco is an alumnus of the university, which was then going through a challenging transition. Gonzales observed the passion Pacheco had for the university, assuming his dedication to the job was because the school was Pacheco's alma mater, he said.
But Gonzales saw that same heart, that same commitment when Pacheco was interim president at NMSU in 2009.
"I didn't think in my wildest dreams that I'd get to call him a third time," Gonzales said. "When I made the call at the request of the chairman to see if Dr. Pacheco would come back, he never flinched in wanting to come back and help this university."
Many challenges remain for new President Garrey Carruthers, Pacheco said, noting the DACC nursing program and football's struggles to remain competitive.
"A period of six months or seven months is not enough time to see lasting changes," Pacheco said of his brief tenure.
Maybe the third time's the charm, but Pacheco would rather not test the theory.
"I thank you for the opportunity to serve this university," Pacheco told the regents before adding to laughs: "Please, don't call on me again."
Lindsey Anderson can be reached at 575-541-5462. Follow her on Twiter @l_m_anderson


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Early calls for corn, wheat, and soybeans
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--The pre-opening prices for the CME Group grain commodities for Tuesday, September 14, 2010 are lower. The early calls for corn are 1-2 cents lower, soybeans down 3-5 cents, and wheat 5-7 cents lower.
In overnight electronic trading, the Dec. corn futures contract traded 2 1/4 cents lower at $4.81 1/4 per bushel. The Nov. soybean futures contract traded 6 cent lower at $10.28 1/2 per bushel. The Dec. wheat futures contract traded 6 1/2 cents lower at $7.38 1/2. For Dec. soymeal futures, the contract traded $0.80 per short ton lower at $292.70, and Dec. soyoil down 0.28 point at $41.53.
The outside markets are not supportive for Tuesday's grain trade. The real factors driving the early calls will be the lower overnight grain trading.


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Holmgren weighing offer from Cleveland
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BEREA, Ohio — Mike Holmgren looked for houses during his recent trip to Cleveland, which may soon be his new NFL home.
Terming a chance to assume control of the struggling but tradition-rich Browns as "very, very appealing," Holmgren said Friday that he's weighing owner Randy Lerner's job offer and intends to give Cleveland a decision on his future "sooner than later."
As for Seattle, Holmgren may have finally said goodbye.
The Super Bowl-winning coach, who spent two days meeting with Lerner earlier this week, said during his radio show on Seattle's KJR that he liked everything he learned about the Browns during a two-day "fact-finding" visit. The former coach of the Seahawks and Green Bay Packers sounded as if he's leaning toward accepting a chance to rebuild the Browns, who have been devoid of anyone of Holmgren's clout since returning to the league in 1999.
Holmgren praised Lerner and the Browns' organization. He complimented embattled coach Eric Mangini. He said he hasn't had much time to study quarterback Brady Quinn, but would be eager to.
About the only thing Holmgren didn't say about the Browns was: I accept.
"It's a wonderful opportunity for anybody," Holmgren said. "It's about as good a job situation as you could ask for in this business."
The 61-year-old Holmgren did not rule out a return to coaching. When asked if a potential job in Cleveland would encompass team president, general manager or coaching, he said, "it would be any and all, I would say."
"Exactly how the setup will be regarding me, that's something I'm still thinking about," said Holmgren, who won a title with the Packers and led the Seahawks to their only Super Bowl appearance. "It's my obligation to let the Browns know when I'm thinking that way. There is a bit of a timetable we're working on right now. I wanted time to come back and think about it, talk to some people about it, and that's where we are right now.
Holmgren gave no indication when he'll give the Browns his decision, and said he is not using the team to get a job elsewhere.
"I'm not trying to leverage anybody or do anything like that," he said.
Holmgren wants to talk to the Seahawks about returning to the team he coached for 10 years. But to this point, Seattle is not showing the same interest.
He said he has not been contacted by anyone from the organization since GM Tim Ruskell resigned Dec. 3. Holmgren said he has been approached by at least one other team, but it wasn't the Seahawks, the team he led to its greatest successes in a 10-year span.
Seattle has yet to begin its formal search to replace Ruskell. The club has not told Holmgren he is not in their plans, and he indicated they may be running out of time.
"I'm very sure that the organization wants to go through a thorough process. That's been made pretty clear," he said. "But there is a little bit of a time crunch here with Cleveland and with some other folks."
Holmgren has been criticized for campaigning to return to the Seahawks, a charge he finds amusing.
"When you say campaign it denotes I made posters, had people walking around," he said. "Look, I don't think it's a big secret that I would like to be considered for a position with the Seahawks. I devoted 10 years of my life to try to make the team good. My family is in Seattle and Seattle is my home. There would be something special (in coming back), but I'm a big boy. Organizations make decisions. You've got to live with them."
Holmgren toured Cleveland and even found time to do some house hunting. Although he was accompanied by agent Bob LaMonte, Holmgren said the sides did not discuss money — perhaps the only thing left to finalize a deal.
"This was getting to know me a little bit better and them getting to know me a little bit better," Holmgren said from his Arizona home.
Holmgren was vague about his desire to coach again. Also, he would not speculate on Mangini's future. As a former coach, Holmgren said he understands the difficulty in turning a team around in one year. The Browns are just 2-11 in a turbulent first season under Mangini.
"It would really be unfair for me to talk too much about that, other than the fact I like Eric Mangini," he said. "He's a good coach. He's a bright guy. He works very, very hard in his job. Anytime you go in and are responsible for who that person is, in fairness to everybody, you'd better give everyone a chance.
"This is his first year in Cleveland. There has been a situation, Bill Parcells in Miami made a coaching change (firing Cam Cameron) after one year, but having been a coach for so many years, I would be the first one to tell you that's not very fair. But those types of decisions sometimes, the tough decisions, aren't fair. I would do everything in my power to make sure that's the right one and everyone gets a chance to prove themselves."
Holmgren acknowledged there is a lot of work to be done with the Browns, but he seems ready for it.
"The challenge of rebuilding is kind of in my blood," he said.
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Sprint announces 'Framily' plan, expanded Spark service
updated 09:38 am EST, Wed January 8, 2014
Framily plan puts cost per person on sliding scale
Sprint has made several announcements, beginning with the introduction of its "Framily" plan. The offer -- which becomes available January 10th -- lets up to 10 people, not necessarily relatives, join a group in which each extra person joining lowers the cost for everyone else. For a single person the fee is $55 per month for 1GB of data and unlimited talk and text. Each additional subscriber lowers the cost by $5 a month, although that ceases after the seventh customer, at which stage each person is paying $25.
Individuals can customize their plan as necessary. Sprint gives the example of someone paying $20 extra per month, which entitles them to unlimited data plus an annual phone upgrade. Accounts can be billed separately as needed.
Sprint has meanwhile expanded access to Spark, its LTE network. The service now covers the Texas cities of Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, as well as Fort Lauderdale in Florida. In all Spark is now available in 11 regions.
For people using Virgin Mobile USA, a Sprint brand, Broadband2Go customers will soon have access to the Netgear Mingle, a tri-band mobile hotspot for 3G/4G. The unit features 12.5 hours of battery life, password protection, a 1.77-inch LCD, and support for up to 10 simultaneous connections. Broadband2Go costs $5 per day, $25 for 1.5GB per month, or $55 for 6GB per month. Pricing for the Mingle hasn't been set, as it will only ship sometime later this quarter.


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Friday September 7, 2012 Checking in from College Station...Hammond, Burton, Bostic and Hines to serve as captains
Updated: 11:59pm, September 7
Updated: 11:59pm, September 7
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The Gators had a 10:30 p.m. curfew (all times EDT) here at their hotel, so it's pretty quiet right now as the team prepares to face Texas A&M on Saturday.
The Gators left Gainesville around 2:30 Friday and landed in Texas less than two hours later. They stopped by Kyle Field for a 15-minute walk-through before arriving at the team hotel.
Once at the hotel, the team had dinner at 6:30, a chapel service at 7:30, and offensive/defensive meetings at 8. At 8:30 they gathered to watch a short movie named "Battlefield" before a snack.
Shortly after returning to the hotel from dinner with UAA staff, I bumped into several players in the elevator, including cornerback Cody Riggs and receiver Frankie Hammond.
Their snack -- an ice cream sundae.
The Gators will start their Saturday with a 7:45 a.m. wake-up call and then a team-walk around the hotel 15 minutes later. They are set to eat breakfast once the walk is over and then break into meetings.
The Gators are scheduled to depart for Kyle Field at 12:30 for the 3:30 kickoff.
Hammond, Trey Burton, Jon Bostic and Texas native Omarius Hines will serve as captains.
Hines grew up in Corsicana, Texas, about 130 miles north of College Station.
Check GatorZone.com tomorrow for full coverage of Saturday's game.
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Nathan gets Wilson's uniform number
Clubs occasionally do not hand out the uniform of a departed veteran player for a few years. That will not be the case for the Texas Rangers and lefthander C.J. Wilson.
The Rangers have already given Wilson's No. 36 to newly acquired closer Joe Nathan. He wore No. 36 during eight seasons with Minnesota.
Wilson, a free agent, agreed last week to a five-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels gave No. 33 to Wilson. No. 36 belongs to the Angels' ace: righthander Jered Weaver.


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Vince Carter helps otherwise ground-bound Dallas Mavericks nip Denver, 108-105, in OT
As coach Rick Carlisle was describing the Mavericks' overtime win over Denver on Friday, he got off on kind of a cosmic tangent.
"We reside in kind of an altered state of zaniness," Carlisle said. "It's just kind of been that way. It's never easy. It's a bit of an adventure. But they're good guys and they're trying.
"Denver is a really talented team. Athletically, they about a 15. And we're in the middle region of another scale. We've really got to play together and smart. The guys found a way and it was great."
And so, the dream of a winning season is still alive. The 108-105 overtime win, made possible when Vince Carter drilled a jumper with 1:52 to play to put the Mavericks up 106-103. The Nuggets made enough errors the rest of the way to let the Mavericks scoot home with the win.
Carter, by the way, is the one Maverick who still has the athleticism at age 36 to measure up to the Nuggets. He was huge with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.
"Vince is a warrior," owner Mark Cuban said. "All the things I've heard in the past about him being soft and not playing hard, (that's bull). That dude comes out to deliver every night.
"He's just a first-class guy who busts his (tail) every game. I'm proud that he's on the Mavericks. He's one of those guys I want to retire here."
Does that mean Carter will be with the Mavericks beyond next season, when his contract expires?
"I hope so," Cuban said.
Carter justified that praise with his big night.
"It kind of bothered me when my love for the game was questioned (a few years ago)," Carter said. "I'm glad he (Cuban) believed in me and my ability. I'm going to do whatever I have to do for this team.
"Us not making the playoffs doesn't mean we can't lay it all out there and fight to the end. The old guys are still playing big minutes and battling."


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The Cupcake Club comes to Katie's defense when a surprise at school leads to unfair gossip.
When Katie's mom says it's time for Katie to meet her new boyfriend, Katie is excited and nervous. She thinks she's prepared, but she's shocked instead. Her mom's boyfriend is Jeff Green—as in Mr. Green, a math teacher in her grade! Katie tries to act as normal as possible, but when mean girl Olivia finds out, she tells everyone that Katie is getting special treatment because her mom is dating a teacher. How can Katie stop Olivia and deal with all the new events in her life? It's the Cupcake Club to the rescue, as Katie's friends come to her defense, including an unexpected ally.
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Coco Simon always dreamed of opening a cupcake bakery, but she was afraid she would eat all the profits. When she s not daydreaming about cupcakes, Coco edits children s books and has written close to 100 books for children, tweens, and young adults, which is a lot less than the number of cupcakes she s eaten. Cupcake Diaries is the first time Coco has mixed her love of cupcakes with writing.


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Q+A: Bob Harper
The Biggest Loser trainer discusses his ever-expanding collection of tattoos, what it's like working with the First Lady, and who—or what—is to blame for the obesity epidemic.
While his clients shed pounds, Bob Harper gained tattoos. The fitness guru is the long-standing star of NBC's weight loss competition show, The Biggest Loser; he's been there for 14 seasons of the American version, and three of the Australian. He is also a growing media mogul who has released three books and numerous DVDs, writes a blog, and has talk-show aspirations for the future. Harper, who grew up on a cattle farm outside of Nashville, TN, spent a couple of years living in that music-driven city before relocating to Los Angeles more than two decades ago. It was there that he cultivated his fervor for fitness and helping people achieve their goals.
The vibrant TV personality also loves his ink. He has fully sleeved arms and a back piece, and he is itching to get more. Harper got his first tattoo around age 21—a back piece featuring a rose with a Chinese symbol that he later covered over with a sugar skull—and has accumulated much more since then. Here, he shares his body of work.
Inked: The 14th season of The Biggest Loser had three contestants who were children. Why do you think the childhood obesity epidemic has gotten so out of hand?
Bob Harper: I think that the fast-food nation that we live in has destroyed the American diet. The highly processed foods that are so cheap and easily accessible contribute to that, but I also think when it comes to children, it's this sedentary lifestyle. Kids now spend up to six hours a day in front of some sort of computer device. They're not going out and being kids anymore. The one thing that I really try to stress upon the kids that I work with—because I also work with the First Lady on her "Let's Move" initiative—is that you want them to eat healthier and to eat their vegetables, but also you want to get kids to be more active. If you get kids away from their computers and their televisions and get them outside being more active, then you have more room when it comes to what they are eating.
What about genetics playing a role?
I say bullshit. Does genetics play a part? Yeah, it plays a small part, but I think that people want to use that as their excuse. "It's in my blood, everyone in my family is like that." Most everyone in my family is overweight, so I could use that same excuse. No, you've got to be able to work with what you've got and not hide behind that excuse.
Did your family history influence your decision to become more fit and to become a trainer?
I don't think that particularly influenced me as much as wanting to work with people one-on-one and help them achieve their goals.
And you're known for pushing people. For example, you had that infamous blowout with contestant Joelle Gwynn four years ago, where you really roared at her. What is it that turns you into "Drill Sergeant Bob"?
For me, you have a whole group of people that are in there and have all sacrificed being away from their families, friends, all their comfort zones. When you're working with a whole team and one person on the team is really holding themselves back, you get frustrated. At that moment, I was just so frustrated because I knew that she was capable of more. With any contestant, their past holds them back. They're unsure of what they're doing, so they want to go back to that safety zone, and it's up to me to push them as hard as I can push them to break them out of their comfort zone. It gets scary for them and frustrating for me because I know it's all going to work out, [but] you just have to trust me.
Do you ever worry that you're pushing somebody too hard and bullying them rather than simply motivating them?
No, because I know that my intentions are always good. I never come from a place of bullying or come from a place of breaking down as much as I'm trying to lift up. I know who I am. I know what my objective always is, so I never doubt that.
What were you like as a kid?
I wasn't really popular. I was the average little kid. I wasn't into sports much. I couldn't be into sports because I always had to work on the farm where I grew up. So during the summer, when kids were going on vacations, I had to work on the farm, and after school I always had to get back home. I never could get involved in extracurricular activities and hang out with kids the way that everyone else did at school.
It was a cattle farm, right?
Knowing how important it is to limit things like red meat, how do you view it now? God, I just really think about how good the cattle had it on the farm that I grew up on. Talk about the original grass-fed, organically grown cattle. That's what it was like back then. It wasn't this big factory farm. It was kind of what you saw in old Walt Disney movies. It was a real simple life.
Were you overweight as a child?
No, I was just your average thin kid.
What has it been like working with Michelle Obama on her "Let's Move" initiative to battle childhood obesity?
The coolest thing in the world. This woman gets it. People always talk about how they're too busy and never have time to work out. You know what? If the First Lady can find time to work out practically every single day and still manage to eat right, why can't you? This woman is as busy as I've ever seen a person, and she manages to balance it. Her pas- sion and compassion for working with childhood obesity is just so great.
When you have some downtime, what do you like to do?
I'm a photographer. I just spent a week in Paris. I went by myself and did a bunch of photography because that's what I love to do. If I'm not working or working out, I'm behind my camera.
What kind of photos do you like to take?
I'm more of a street photographer. I really like to get the feeling and mood of what's on the street.
You've been a trainer on The Biggest Loser for all 14 seasons. Do you have any plans to open your own gym or do something else eventually?
I'm working on my next book right now, but it would be nice to throw my hat into the daytime talk show world. I like that world, so that's something I'm playing around with right now. We'll see what happens.
What kind of ink do you have on your arms?
My arms are all pretty much Traditional. I go to Smith Street Tattoo Parlour in Brooklyn. I think Bert Krak is one of the best in the business, and the other three guys there—Eli Quinters, Steve Boltz, and Daniel Santoro—have all tattooed me. This place is all about Traditional style. They first started with a clipper ship on my arm, and then from there it went to the gypsy head and then an eagle. If it's pretty much a Traditional tattoo, it's on my arm somewhere.
People usually have stories behind their tattoos. What are yours?
I've had so many people ask me that, and it's anticlimactic because there are no real stories behind them. I have always just loved tattoos. As a little kid seeing tattoos, I always knew that I was going to have them. As I got older, I wanted to have my arms completely sleeved. I want to get my hands and knuckles tattooed, but because of my work right now that's the one thing that I've got to hold off on. But when it comes to the meaning behind them, there isn't any other than just my love for Traditional tattoos.
You have a sugar skull on your back. What's on your right arm?
On my right arm, I've got a couple of skulls. I've got a gypsy head on my elbow. That's where my clipper ship is, and I have an anchor that says "West Coast" on it. I've got this little dude who's kind of behind an eight ball; I really like him, he's pretty cool. And right in my ditch I have the word "Lucky" tattooed. If there's one thing that's meant anything throughout the years, I've been pretty lucky in my life, so I wanted that word tattooed because on my left arm I also have my last name—it's like "Lucky Harper" on there. I also have this really cool cross that says "Faith" on it because with the people that I've worked with throughout the years, I've always told them that they've got to have faith in themselves. They have to dig into that place where they feel like they can't go anymore, and that's what's will get them to keep going.
What about your left arm?
My left arm has one of my favorite tattoos: it's a panther's head right up on my forearm. Eli did that, and it's pretty tough. I love it. It's one of those things that every time I see it in a picture I get pretty psyched about it. I also have a tiger head that Steve Boltz did that I really, really love. one of my old tattoos that I got a million years ago is the Virgin Guadalupe, and that's the one that kind of doesn't go. All the filler that I have throughout my arms are the stars and dots, so it all kind of blends in. I got another skull on my left arm that I really dig. In my ditch I have my last name written. I have a really cool spider inside my arm, and my left elbow is where I have my spider web.
Do you think you're going to get more ink as you get older?
It's funny because I always said that as soon as my arms were done I was going to be done, but now it seems like I'm really thinking about moving on to my chest. I obviously love tattoos, but the older I get, the more I hate the feeling of it. It's not the best feeling in the entire world. People are always asking me Where does it hurt the most? It hurts the most wherever I'm getting tattooed at the moment.


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Public voting for Toyota's "100 Cars for Good" program is now open on Facebook through August 16. The program will award 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days to 100 deserving nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public.
"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to shine a light on the outstanding work carried out by each of the 500 finalists," said Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. "The positive impact of these organizations in their respective communities is immeasurable. We encourage the public to learn more about these great nonprofits and actively participate by casting a vote. We wish all of the finalists the best of luck."


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Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen was back on the ice today, with just a little more spring in his step.
He'd enjoyed about as exciting of a 24-hour period as possible from Sunday night through Monday. While his Wings teammates stayed overnight in Anaheim following their thrilling Game 7 victory over Anaheim, Franzen flew home after the game to be with his wife, Cecilia.
She gave birth Monday to the couple's second son, Oliver Gunnar Franzen. Oliver joins Eddie Bo, who was born Feb. 28, 2011.
Franzen flew with the team this afternoon to Chicago, where the Wings play the Blackhawks in Game 1 on Wednesday. Thanks to Game 2 not being until Saturday, the Wings will fly home after the game, so Franzen won't be away from his growing family long.
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April 1, 2007
It is often said that time is money. Nowhere is this adage more applicable than on a construction site, where staying within a budget requires up-to-the-minute accuracy from the first architectural sketch to installation of the last stainless steel rotule. Yet, no matter how diligently architects and contractors plan ahead, watch the clock and count their pennies, complications can arise and interfere with even the best-drawn plans.
When the architects at Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce of Winston-Salem, N.C., approached my company, Novum Structures, with a tight budget and an even tighter deadline for an elaborate transportation terminal to serve the International Home Furnishings Center in High Point, N.C., we knew staying within these bounds would be a challenge. WRC&P needed to design and build a 78,406-square-foot seven-canopy space frame structure for $4.95 million, and it needed to be completed in 30 percent less time than the norm. A demanding charge to be sure, but not impossible with thoughtful planning and supervision.
WRC&P officials contacted my company early on for assistance in developing a single-source design concept that included the columns, support structure, glazing and gutter system. Though this municipal job would require competitive bidding later on, we pledged to provide complete design, budgeting and material selection services as required. Perhaps most importantly, we guaranteed the budget at the project's earliest stages and then gave the architect pricing feedback for the complete scope throughout design. We had established our single-source reputation with projects such as the General Motors Headquarters and the Wrigley's Global Innovation Center in Detroit, and the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wis. Architects at WRC&P knew we could ask the right questions, understand their answers and deliver on our promise.
Novum worked closely with WRC&P, helping deliver the architect's design, time and budgetary goals using our systemic design approach. We developed this method over time as a means of engineering and constructing fast-track projects, like the Coca Cola Olympic City—a 15,000-square-foot glazed structure we designed and built in eight weeks for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Experiences such as this reinforced the importance of using systems and automation to increase productivity and contain costs without harming the aesthetic.
So far the approach has paid off for the High Point transportation terminal. We finished Phase One—the three eastern canopies—on time and on budget. We are on track to deliver Phase Two—the four western canopies—as promised.
Transforming sketches into geometry
A well thought-out vision and careful planning are necessary from the start for exacting projects like High Point. Architects from WRC&P knew the terminal would have to meet the basic functional needs of a bus depot: providing shelter, proper drainage and a place to put up signs mapping the Red and Green Lines. But elegance and innovation were equally important. The furniture market terminal needs to make a brilliant first impression on the 75,000 interior designers, furniture industry buyers, exhibitors and sales representatives who converge on the IHFC each year for the world's largest wholesale home furnishings show.
This push and pull of beauty and budget created a level of design tension for Wesley Curtis, partner and senior architect at WRC&P. With a conventional design approach and an initial budget of $85 to $95 per square foot, Curtis felt compelled to consider an inexpensive, lower-grade fiberglass or polycarbonate material for the translucent glazed roof. The result, however, would have been an industrial-grade, unfinished look.
Curtis shared Novum's engineers' concerns about the longevity and durability of some of those products. So he gave us a green light to explore other options; ones that would preserve his goal of a polished, upscale design, allow in as much light as possible despite shade from neighboring buildings and not break the bank.
Working quickly, Novum engineers produced in five days a comprehensive structural geometry of a factory-finished structure that featured a high-end point-supported structural glass lid. We recommended—and WRC&P adopted—using 53,515 square feet of a high quality laminated glass material with a milky-white-colored poly vinyl butyral interlayer to provide the desired translucency. We offset the added expense by eliminating the costly support purlins that less expensive translucent materials require. We used glass structurally, supporting each panel at four points above each node of the space frame system.
"They were very helpful in taking our concepts and giving thoughts about what the industry can do, what limitations there might be and technical guidelines," Curtis says. "Whenever there were issues, Novum worked with us to provide cost-effective solutions."
Choosing and using systems
Given the budget and time constraints, we knew the only way to meet High Point's construction objectives was to use systems and highly automated engineering. We selected a point-supported glass system for glazing and Kugel Knoten, or KK-System, as the support structure.
Novum's PSG, or point-supported glass, system provides a mullion-less design that minimizes the number of glass-support points and maximizes the frame's transparency. Our classic three-dimensional space frame KK-System provides excellent strength-to-weight ratio. Structural glass spans the KK-System node to node, and a simple four-legged spider glazing arm links the two systems, helping to simplify the integration of cladding and structure. The result is a structure connected by concealed fasteners that eliminate costly welding, while allowing a refined, factory finish.
Despite having only a small amount of information during the project's early stages, our in-depth involvement in the process allowed us to guarantee a budget. After careful collaboration with the architect and thoughtful material and system selection, we produced a design that met the architect's visual aspirations, while respecting the project's monetary limitations.
After months of collaborative design and construction drawing development by Novum and WRC&P officials, the architect advertised for general contractors to bid on the project. At this point the city released the bid package, containing all the drawings, specifications and general conditions. When we received the package we learned that the municipality of High Point included a "Buy American" clause. Novum's original budget unfortunately had included international sources that could deliver high quality at a price lower than many American suppliers.
We quickly rescoped the project using domestic suppliers. While the initial revised estimate was $500,000 more than our original budget, we worked with the bidding general contractors to look for alternative glazing installers. We ultimately were able to whittle the overages down until they fell within the total construction budget.
Supervising each piece of glass
The project broke ground July 17, 2006. High Point's eight-month timeline offers little room for mistakes or do-overs. For this reason, it is critical that the architect is able to depend on someone to supervise and take responsibility for construction of each of the terminal's 1,238 pieces of glass, 240 tons in total. Novum's presence on the job site means the general contractor, New Atlantic Contracting of Durham, N.C., always has a technical expert on hand to answer questions or anticipate problems during project execution.
"High Point was challenging because the project would not allow any time extensions at all because of the furniture market," says Frank Harris, project manager at New Atlantic Contracting. "Novum worked the extra hours, brought in additional crews and [made] sure the schedule was maintained. The owners are very happy."
Phase One was completed Sept. 30. Phase Two construction began Dec. 1 with completion scheduled in March 2007.
Wesley Curtis, partner and senior architect, Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce, 305 West Fourth St. P.O. Box 20275 Winston-Salem, NC 27120, 336/725-1371
Frank Harris, project manager at New Atlantic Contracting Inc., 616 Simpson Calhoun Road, Greensboro, NC 27455, 336/644-7534


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Deceased former Major League pitcher-turned-baseball announcer Dizzy Dean famously said, "It ain't braggin' if ya done it." The Monroe County administration has been bragging about not raising the property tax rate for several years now. Do they really think we haven't noticed the "County Services - Localities" line on our property tax bills? We're now finding out that snow-plowing service is being added to that "County Services - Localities" line for next year's tax bill to preserve the "no tax increase" image. What do they think they are accomplishing by breaking out services on a separate line to keep the county budget tax rate from increasing? How stupid do they think we are?
I voted for Maggie Brooks for Congress. I am now glad that she was defeated. Her deceit, at worst, or obfuscation, at least, is not what we need in Washington. We have enough of that already.


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A drum roll, please! The Farmers' Market is back - bigger and better than ever with a fresh new venue. The success of the market is due to the hard work of Market Manager Noma Fowler-Sandlin, the Red River Revel and Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation, as well as all the many helpers who share their passion to make our market the greatest in the state.
Whether you're into fresh foods or just browsing, you will surely "pass a good time" socializing at the market. We saw friends we haven't seen in years and parted with promises to "let's get together soon!" As my Mom used to say, it was like "old home week!"
My husband, Ed, good-naturedly transported loaded bags to the car at regular intervals for me and our shopping buddy Shelley, which enabled us to buy more. For many years he grumbled about getting up early to be there when it opens at 7 a.m., but this year, his only mild complaint was that we left before the belly dancers performed.
A great new addition was the colorful guide/map which lists all booths and vendors by pavilion location and number, which makes it easy to navigate the market area. The number of vendors is up again this year, and each adds something unique.
I met lots of new vendors with fabulous products, while still touching base with old timers like Cliff Bickham, master of pies, breads, and cakes, who has been there for ten years, and Ben and Dot Pratt of Sugarmakers with their jams, jellies and pickles. Dot claims that Sugarmakers has been there "longer than anyone can remember." The Muffin Man was there with a variety of goodies, including his new cheese grits muffins.
One noteworthy newcomer, Rebekah Van Bentem of Enlightened Delights, quickly let me know this was her "first gig" and that she was enjoying every minute of it. Her specialties are moist, delicious baked cookies, pound cakes, and muffins with exotic names such as blueberry rapture and banana glee. These baked goods are made with coconut oil instead of butter, and are free of wheat, gluten, dairy, soy, corn and preservatives. Those on special diets may want to check out these healthy products.
The most unusual new item was the non-alcoholic Fruit Shine herbal infusion drink. It is cold and refreshing-perfect for a hot summer day. Angie Cascio, creator of this drink and first timer at the market, is a chef at artspace. This talented young lady also makes beautiful and unique jewelry.
George Markham was in the West Pavilion selling his top-notch salsa which is hot, but not too hot, and sweet, but not too sweet. In one evening my husband and I consumed half of a pint jar, along with tortilla chips and margaritas. Our entrée was luscious chicken enchiladas, found at the Comfort Food Catering booth, also located in the West Pavilion. Owner Nick Cook, another first timer, and his talented family offer a wide assortment of delectable items such as cinnamon rolls that melt in your mouth and an irresistible chocolate caramel cake. Yum!
We did a lot of tasting that morning - items such as blueberry pound cake from Athena's Sweets, delicious beef and turkey jerky from SYJerky Shop, Meems Bayou Blend seasonings, Elegant Katering's traditional teacakes and others treasures too numerous to name. In the art area, Karen LaBeau is back with her unique New Orleans paintings.
The recipes I feature today are the dishes made from our bounty of fresh vegetables from the market - deep purple eggplant, baby yellow squash, bright red tomatoes, green tomatoes for frying and fresh baby carrots. Add a succulent pork loin stuffed with garlic and you have a feast. Also featured is a delightful zucchini bread recipe that is great for healthy snacking. Enjoy!
Fried Green Tomatoes
¼ cup buttermilk
¼ cup milk
1 egg, beaten
½ cup cornmeal
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. fresh ground black pepper
¼ tsp. cayenne
3 green tomatoes, sliced ¼-in. thick
1 cup peanut oil for frying
Bibb lettuce, shredded
2 Tbsps. sliced green onions for garnish
In a bowl combine buttermilk, milk and egg; mix well. In a large bowl stir together cornmeal, flour, salt, black and cayenne peppers. Dip tomato slices in milk and egg mixture; dredge in cornmeal and flour mixture; coat well. Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and cook tomato slices 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Drizzle with Buttermilk Dressing (recipe follows).
Buttermilk Dressing
1½ cups mayonnaise
¾ cup buttermilk
1½ cloves garlic, minced
2¼ Tbsps. Vidalia onion, or sweet onion, minced
1½ Tbsps. cider vinegar
2¼ tsps. fresh parsley, chopped
3⁄8 tsp. salt
3⁄8 tsp. ground white pepper
In a bowl, combine mayonnaise, buttermilk, garlic, onion, vinegar, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Dressing will keep in refrigerator for 2 to 3 days. To serve, drizzle over fried green tomatoes and Bibb lettuce.
Ed's Sherried Carrots
1-2 lbs. fresh baby carrots
1 cup water
1 can whole small onions, drained
¼ cup butter
½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
¼ tsp. ground cloves
¼ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. cream sherry
Cook carrots in salted water for 20 minutes; drain well. Place carrots and drained onions in a sprayed two-quart casserole. For glaze: melt butter in a saucepan and add remaining ingredients. When well blended, pour over vegetables. Bake uncovered in a 400-degree oven for 30 minutes. Toss lightly before serving to evenly distribute glaze. Makes 4 servings.
Scalloped Eggplant
1 large eggplant
2⁄3 cup coarse buttery cracker crumbs
½ cup half and half
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
1 egg, beaten
¼ cup minced onion
2 Tbsps. butter
Peel eggplant and cut into 1-inch cubes. Cook in boiling salted water until tender, about 8 minutes. Drain and layer in a buttered casserole dish with the minced onion, cheese, and half the cracker crumbs. Combine egg and milk and pour over layers. Dot with butter, sprinkle with remaining crackers and bake at 350-degrees for 30 minutes. Makes 4-6 servings.
Zucchini Bread
2 large eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
2 tsps. vanilla
2 cups grated zucchini
2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. baking powder
1 cup chopped pecans
Lightly spray 2 (9-inch) bread pans with non-stick spray. In a large bowl, beat vegetable oil, sugar, vanilla and zucchini. Add flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and baking powder; beat until well blended. Stir in pecans. Pour into prepared pans and bake in a 350-degree oven for 55 minutes to 1 hour, or until tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes and invert onto wire rack to cool completely.


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The Rockefeller Foundation announced a $1.2 million grant to support bus rapid transit efforts in four cities across the nation, including Nashville. The grant is part of the foundation's "Transform Cities" initiative aimed at helping communities grow and improve their quality of life through mass transit.
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I use a QDS Ultra vac on 23 hp exmark. Dump 7 compacted bushels from seat. If you used one, you would only have to blow around the foundation, trees, and beds; add a leaf plow to the equation for heavy accumulation, and you could probably cut your time in half and fit more in a trailer load and have more energy at the end of the day. Just dump near where you will load them. Using it in reverse, as already stated helps chop large leaves down for easier collection. Also consider a front caster wheel on the blower and a front end mount to a ZTR. Mow, blow, and collect at the time time. If you used the QDS system, your pile would be 1/3 the size and would compost quicker. On large properties, we lay out several tarps for ease of dumping time the move the tarps with the mower to wherever we need them to be to save energy. All of our leaf jobs are 2 men 1 mower and full detail service.
We don't use a loader, but dump on tarps and stack the tarps on top of each other in the front of the covered trailer for removal or have a compost area on site to move tarp loads to--this saves us fuel by not needing 2 visits or 2 trucks on site. This is the most efficient methods that I've discovered for handling leaves.
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The blower has a swivel however I prefer not to use it on turf. It tends to get turned and harder to push. I also have a hitch for mounting the blower on my mower but I've found it's just slower than actually pushing it.
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PETROLIA — Search teams in Humboldt County brought in cadaver dogs Monday as they continued the hunt for a 45-year-old Shingletown man suspected of killing his wife and two daughters.
A Humboldt County sheriff's lieutenant says that while investigators have no indication Shane Franklyn Miller may have taken his own life, the canines are part of a larger search through California's rugged and remote North Coast terrain.
Meanwhile, Shasta County sheriff's investigators said they've obtained an arrest warrant for Miller, charging him with three counts of murder.
"At this time, evidence points to Shane Miller as the primary suspect who is responsible for the murder of his wife and two children, which occurred on the evening of May 7," sheriff's Lt. Dave Kent said in a news release.
Miller is suspected of committing the grisly shooting deaths of his wife, 34-year-old Sandy Miller, and daughters Shelby Miller, 8, and Shasta Miller, 4. They were found dead last Tuesday evening at the family's Shingletown home on Alpine Way.
Autopsies will likely be performed this week.
Kent described a "slow, methodical search" by teams that are combing every area. He said some five people from his office made up the about 70 from various local, state and federal agencies participating the manhunt through sparsely populated wilderness in area about 40 miles south of Eureka known as the "Lost Coast."
Shasta County detectives also have collected DNA and other evidence in the case, Kent said.
Humboldt County has been the focus of the search for Miller after his gold Dodge pickup was found there Wednesday, though officials have yet to find any other sign of him.
Kent said it was too early to say when the search might be scaled down.
"Based on what information — tips and leads — that we've been able to get so far, we still believe that is was Miller who drove the truck over to the coast and he was the last one to drive it," Kent said.
Lt. Wayne Hanson with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office told the Eureka Times-Standard that Shasta County deputies found a note written by Miller in his truck, though he didn't say what was written.
Kent said he didn't know whether a note was found.
"I know that we were processing the truck for evidence in the last couple of days," he said.
The initial search for Miller on Wednesday sent several local schools in Shingletown, Palo Cedro and Redding into lockdown as Miller's vehicle was reportedly spotted midday in Palo Cedro.
Personnel at Chrysalis Charter School on Old Forty-Four Drive in Palo Cedro called deputies just after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to report a man in a green pickup who was crying and angry, according to sheriff's dispatch logs. The man, school employees said, was a possibly a suspect in a homicide.
The call came just hours after deputies identified Miller as a suspect in the killings, though Kent said the possible sighting didn't produce any bonafide leads in the case.
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- 6 Matching Styles for the Sandals
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- 6 Fresh Texture Sets for Gentlemen Prefer Victoria 4


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Food blogger Tom W., writes in the Wall Street Journal about why South Korea made no appearance on S.Pelligrino Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards, held in Singapore recently.
Mr W. discredits the list as a marketing stunt and "flawed on its face" –none of Beijing's lauded restaurants appear on the list, for example– but he does offer some interesting insight on the ROK's absence from the list.
…having eaten at roughly half the restaurants included I find it unsurprising that Korea doesn't feature at all. This is because the Korean restaurant scene is far behind its regional peers.
In Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and elsewhere there is a focus on authentic but progressive cooking with a respect for the ingredients. Here in Korea the choice at high-end restaurants is between reconstructions of bad Western, Chinese or Japanese food, or traditional Korean food where the emphasis is on the display of wealth and variety of ingredients rather than the quality of the food.
While I have had some decent 'reconstructions' of non-Korean food, the pickings are pretty paltry for foreign cuisine –and may the heaven's open up and shower me in the glory of some good Thai or Vietnamese food someday down here in Busan.
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A city board is scheduled to consider Friday the proposed design for the Cambria Suites hotel planned at the corner of Battery Park and Page avenues. The building is now planned to be somewhat shorter than shown in this rendering from last fall.
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A city board is scheduled to consider Friday the design of a 12-story Cambria Suites hotel proposed on the western end of downtown.
Developer Tony Fraga's FIRC Group has reduced the height of the building somewhat because it has eliminated plans to put condominiums on top floors, city planner Jessica Bernstein said.
It is now proposed to be 136 feet tall and would be on the northeast corner of Battery Park and Page avenues. ...


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