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Hell's Kitchen: Master Chef Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
Hometown: London, England
Occupation: World Class Chef
Scottish by birth, Gordon Ramsay was brought up in England after his parents moved south to Stratford-upon-Avon. His first career break came while playing football for Oxford United, where he was spotted by a Glasgow Rangers scout in a F.A. youth club match. After completing trials, he was signed by the Scottish champions at age 15. Three years later he gave up professional football and went back to college to complete a course in hotel management.
Ramsay then moved to London, where he joined Chef Marco Pierre White in the early days of Harvey's in Wandsworth. After a couple of years, he moved to Le Gavroche to work alongside Albert Roux. This was followed by three years of working in France in the kitchens of Guy Savoy and Joel Roubuchon. Here he was able to enhance his expertise in classic French cooking.
In October 1993, Ramsay became chef of the newly opened Aubergine where he won many accolades, including two Michelin stars within three years of its debut.
Chef Ramsay published his first cookbook, Passion for Flavour, in October 1996. His second book, Passion for Seafood, was published in May 1999. A Chef for All Seasons was published in September 2000, followed by Just Desserts in September 2001, Secrets in 2003, Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy in 2005, Gordon Ramsay's Sunday Lunch in 2006 and Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food. His latest cookbook, Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite, was published in May 2008 and is the current No. 1 best-seller in the U.K. To date, Ramsay has sold over 4 million cookbooks worldwide.
In 1998, at age 31, Ramsay set up his first wholly owned restaurant, Gordon Ramsay, on the former site of La Tante Claire in Chelsea. Widely considered to be his flagship restaurant, Gordon Ramsay underwent a major refurbishment in 2006 and remains London's most sought-after dining establishment.
In 1999, Ramsay opened Pétrus in St. James's. Within seven months the restaurant won a Michelin star, and after relocating to Knightsbridge in 2003, won its second Michelin star in January 2007. In October 2001, Ramsay opened Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, which gained a Michelin star in 2003.
At the beginning of October 2002, Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited took over the food and beverage operation at The Connaught Hotel with Angela Hartnett at the helm. Her restaurant, MENU, won its first Michelin star in January 2004, which it retained until GRH decided not to renew its contract with The Connaught in 2007. In 2003, Gordon Ramsay Holdings re-launched The Savoy Grill, and the restaurant achieved its Michelin star in 2004. This was later followed with the opening of Boxwood Cafe at The Berkeley.
May 2004 saw Ramsay star in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, a series of four one-hour programs that was honored with two BAFTA Awards and an International Emmy. The program was launched simultaneously with the recipe book Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Heaven. Shortly after this, Ramsay was given two weeks to direct a group of celebrities toward Michelin-standard cooking in the hit ITV series Hell's Kitchen.
The following year confirmed Ramsay as a major television talent. A second season of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares was followed by the very successful U.S. version of Hell's Kitchen for FOX. November saw the debut of The F-Word, a high-octane food show with cooking, food campaigns and celebrity guests. The action was set against the backdrop of a working kitchen, and over the course of the show, Ramsay and his brigade prepared three-course menus for diners.
In May 2005, Ramsay opened Maze Grill in London's Grosvenor Square with Jason Atherton. Winning instant acclaim and a host of awards, Maze showcases a flexible grazing menu focusing on French cuisine with Asian influences in an informal and relaxed environment. In July 2005 Ramsay opened his first restaurant in Japan at The Conrad Tokyo. The year was rounded off with Gordon's award of an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in the New Year's Honours list.
In 2006, a third season of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares aired in the U.K., and Season Two of Hell's Kitchen on FOX ranked No. 1 in its time period among key demographics. In the U.K., a second season of The F-Word was screened in June and garnered strong ratings. In May, a range of Gordon Ramsay tableware became available through a partnership with Royal Doulton. In October of the same year, Ramsay's autobiography, Humble Pie, was published by Harper Collins. The book, which gives an honest account of his life in and out of the kitchen, topped many of the best-seller charts.
In November 2006 Gordon Ramsay made his U.S. restaurant debut with the opening of Gordon Ramsay at The London, in The London NYC Hotel, in New York. The formal dining takes cues from Restaurant Gordon Ramsay on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, whereas The London Bar offers a more casual dining and bar experience, modeled on the small-plates concept of Maze. The restaurant was awarded two coveted Michelin stars in 2007.
Gordon Ramsay Holdings opened Cielo at the exclusive Boca Raton Resort and Club in Florida in January 2007. In March, Ramsay opened his first pub, The Narrow in London's Limehouse. Located on the banks of the Thames River, The Narrow serves classic British dishes in a relaxed setting.
The fifth international Gordon Ramsay restaurant opened in Ireland toward the end of the year at The Ritz-Carlton, Powerscourt. Ramsay opened his second pub in the fall, The Devonshire, in Chiswick, and in November Gordon opened Maze at the Hilton Prague Old Town.
In October 2007 Quadrille published Gordon Ramsay Three Star Chef, a beautifully produced coffee table book containing fifty of Gordon's signature dishes from Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. October was also the month that saw the publication of Playing with Fire, Gordon's follow up to Humble Pie. Published by HarperCollins, the book gives an insight into the success of the chef and his company Gordon Ramsay Holdings.
The following year proved to be another busy one for Ramsay. January saw the re-opening of Chelsea's classic neighborhood bistro, Foxtrot Oscar, on Royal Hospital Road, just a few doors away from Ramsay's eponymous restaurant. In early February, Gordon Ramsay Holdings added the stunning Victorian pub, The Warrington in Maida Vale, to its growing portfolio.
In March 2008, Ramsay opened his first restaurant in France at the legendary Trianon Palace & Spa, a 199-room hotel located just steps away from the famed Château de Versailles. March was also the month that Ramsay opened Plane Food at the newly built, Richard Rogers-designed Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport.
In April 2008 Maze Grill opened in London's Grosvenor Square, directly adjacent to Maze. Inspired by classic New York steakhouses, Maze Grill serves a wide range of cuts of meat and fish cooked over coal. The restaurant features butcher's block tables that allow guests the opportunity to watch the chefs work.
June 2008 saw the opening of Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood in Los Angeles, which came in the midst of Hell's Kitchen Season Four. In August 2008, Ramsay, along with protégé Angela Hartnett, opened Murano, a fine-dining restaurant in the heart of London's Mayfair that was awarded a star in the 2009 UK Michelin Guide.
At the end of September 2008, Ramsay opened York and Albany, which is located in a historic William Nash-designed building on the edge of Regent's Park in London. It is composed of a restaurant with a bar, a delicatessen and guest accommodations.
In January 2009, the premiere of Hell's Kitchen Season Five garnered record-setting ratings. April 2009 saw the launch of Maze by Gordon Ramsay at the One & Only Cape Town. Modeled on its British namesake, the menu evokes the bountiful flavors of authentic South African recipes.
In July 2009, nestled within one of Italy's most beautiful stretches of countryside, the Ombrone Valley, Gordon opened a fine dining restaurant at the exclusive Castel Monastero hotel.
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Seemingly every other word coming from the football talking heads on the NFL Network are Peyton praises, such as, "Wow, can you imagine how good Peyton Manning will be this year, now that he's gotten a full season in Denver under his belt, and with the addition of Wes Welker??"
Isn't it also interesting that the Broncos drew the easiest schedule in the league, despite finishing with the best record in the AFC last year (13-3)? Is good ol' Jolly Roger Goodell propping up his choice for league poster boy, yet again?
With the hated Horseface the focal point of all football talk, it's getting increasingly difficult for Patriots' fans to watch ESPN, or the NFL Network.


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Honestly, this won? Whether this is porn of some sort is beside the question. Depictions of the human form, even explicit ones, are not inherently pornographic.
But here is an image photographed in harsh lighting, with an ineffective use of color, framed in a way in which the negative space doesn't work, employing clothing props which detract from the apparent intent…
The image photographically fails on multiple levels, and the net result of the all these choices serve to produce an image which objectifies and dehumanizes the subject.
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With irony and wit, Lawler delivers the good news about the future of the American individual: We're going to remain free, because the modern effort to make increasingly individualistic human beings at home with themselves and their environments through technological progress cannot succeed. That is the truth and promise, concludes Lawler, of a genuinely postmodern conservatism.
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"It might seem strange to call this an optimistic book. After all, Peter Lawler's arguments would seem to undercut the idea of progress itself. But, as he shows us, the bad news is precisely the good news. Those of us who had hoped—or feared—that, in a materially perfected world, the effort-filled and vexingly constrained life of virtue would be rendered obsolete have thought too shallowly, failing to reckon with the inescapable complexity of human existence. It turns out that virtue is no passing phenomenon. It cannot be swept aside lightly, as if it were a flimsy veil of repressive Victorian prudery, standing in the way of the great modern march of individual self-realization and self-determination. Instead, Lawler argues, virtue remains what it always has been—the necessary condition of human happiness and flourishing, grounded deeply in our natures. This witty and crisply argued book is a call for us to remember these things, and thereby to remember who and what we are."
"Peter Lawler continues to produce more memorable lines per page than any other professor. Here, he explains why we should defend the right to be obsessed, why libertarians and Marxist visionaries have much in common, why it is blessed both to give and to receive but not to claim autonomy, why anxiety and fear can be positive, and why technological good news makes us more anxious."
"Peter Lawler is among our most patient observers of the distance human beings invariably place between themselves and their human nature, a capacity often mistaken for both freedom and progress. Stuck With Virtue argues that the latest quest to live the good life in the biotechnical form of eliminating all the probabilities of danger and harm in our midst leads to doubting, blaming, and finally a kind of loneliness that only human beings experience. Lawler's deepest subject is the widespread illusion of an autonomous and free self. He shows in this collection of incisive and lively essays the struggle at present to make ourselves better without making ourselves unrecognizable to history, nature, and the great religious traditions and their teachings."
"These insightful, provocative essays critique what the author sees as America's ever-increasing individualistic habits and attitudes, centered on a view of the individual as self-sufficient and unencumbered. Lawler believes that those infected with this mindset embrace every means, especially biotechnology, to increase personal freedom and safety and to reduce human suffering…However, the author contends that among the results of these pursuits is a crisis in caring: as the populace continually ages, caring and those who provide are devalued…It also suggests increasing dependence, as well as increased state intrusions…This seeming pessimistic view does not lead Lawler to despair; rather, he argues that human virtue will survive. Somehow there will remain a richer, more truthful account of human nature that comprehends the excellences, passions, joys, and miseries of being the only animal that knows, and loves, and thinks about death."
"That it raises such deep questions about human existence indicates the vigor and profundity of Lawler's book"
"Lawler's insightful reflections about human beings in general and modern human beings in particular force us to wonder whether there is something about us or the world that makes human life, even in its most virtuous form, less than fully satisfying…. Lawler's fine book points to something further, namely, the need for this more natural science to be informed by a philosophical and perhaps ultimately a theological form of reflection that can make sense of all that we know about the nature of man and the universe."
"Lawler's conclusions are consoling ones, though he is enough of a realist to admit that there will be much human suffering before the biotechnology project loses its allure."
"The Most important message we can take from Lawler's book is that the biotechnological revolution is about more than just scientific advancement. Biotechnology, not unlike communism or feminism, is an ideology, a worldview that promises to deliver man from the natural necessities of suffering and death. As such, biotechnology is a form of idolatry, a replacement for God."
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(Washington) - The United States Helsinki Commission will conduct a hearing to highlight the human rights developments and the prospects for further improvement in Greece, an original signatory to the 1975 Helsinki Final Act.
Topics of the hearing will include minority rights; religious liberty; freedom of the media; human trafficking; and domestic terrorism.
As Athens prepares to host the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Roma have been uprooted from villages and areas around Athens in a "beautification" effort. Other ethnic and religious minorities face discrimination and harassment in Greece, the most homogeneous country in the Balkans.
There are an estimated 40,000 women and girls trafficked into Greece each year, many of them underage and living in virtual servitude after being forced or tricked into leaving their home countries. The government has recently introduced legislation to combat trafficking in persons, but the Department of State's Trafficking in Persons Report released on June 5 has ranked Greece as a Tier 3 country indicating that there have not been significant efforts to meet minimum anti-trafficking standards.
Freedom House recently ranked Greece last in media freedom among free countries, citing a pattern of criminal defamation lawsuits against journalists, some being sentenced to prison for their reporting.
An un-official transcript will be available on the Helsinki Commission's Internet web site at http://www.csce.gov within 24 hours of the hearing.
The United States Helsinki Commission, an independent federal agency, by law monitors and encourages progress in implementing provisions of the Helsinki Accords. The Commission, created in 1976, is composed of nine Senators, nine Representatives and one official each from the Departments of State, Defense and Commerce.
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The Valco Ponds east of Rocky Ford are getting new life.
At a special meeting of the Otero County Commissioners on Tuesday afternoon, the commissioners signed Resolution #2013-013 supporting the Local Government Planning Grant from the State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund for the Valco Recreation Area. The commissioners also signed the contract with the State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund.
By the contract, the total amount of the grant is $92,085. GOCO is supplying $62,430 of the total amount; cash match from Otero county is $20,850.20. The difference between the sum of these two amounts and the total grant is $8,804.80, which would be the in-kind match of the county.
The Valco Project involves the property of Tom Brubaker near Rocky Ford and the ponds are the Valco Ponds. The western side ponds will have to make some sort of mitigation for the water stored there, said Kevin Karney, but the eastern side ponds are "grandfathered in" as coming before a certain date. A recreation, wildlife and fishing area is being planned.
County Administrator Jean Hinkle announced Tuesday that there will be a public meeting at 1:30 p.m. on July 22 in Room 107.
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An inherited retirement account is more than a simple pot of cash. Often, an heir can stretch out withdrawals from an individual retirement account over his or her life expectancy, gaining decades of tax deferred or (in the case of a Roth IRA) tax free investment growth. But the IRS rules for doing this can be tricky. If you're inheriting an IRA or 401(k), here's what you need to know. You can read the full story here.
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UN green light for science-policy platform on biodiversity
IUCN welcomes the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly yesterday to establish a new international body designed to boost the global response to the loss of the world's biodiversity and ecosystems. …
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Developing National Agri-environment Programme for Serbia
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Positive Visions for Biodiversity - Creating European Strategy
A conference in Belgium invited 230 guests from 43 countries to 'brainstorm' on Europe's biodiversity research strategy. CEC member Anne Franklin shares this report on the event, also attended by Katalin Czippan, CEC Regional Vice-Chair for Europe. …
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Development and Conservation organizations partner on adaptation
IUCN, CARE, and WWF have joined forces to build poor and marginalized people's resilience to the impacts of climate change by promoting sound ecosystem management into human adaptation. …
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13 Conversations you NEVER want to have at work!
by Sheryl Stewart
posted Aug 31 2009 1:35PM
I found this today on Careerbuilder.com and had to laugh. A looooong time ago, at my first radio job, I used to work with someone who used to talk about everything on this list! I know this may shock you, but....I couldn't stand the guy....imagine that! Here's the full list with explanations from Careerbuilder.com, so you never have to be "that guy".
You're welcome. ;-)
Don't ever discuss with your co-workers:
1. Salary information
What you earn is between you and Human Resources, Solovic says. Disclosure indicates you aren't capable of keeping a confidence.
2. Medical history
"Nobody really cares about your aches and pains, your latest operation, your infertility woes or the contents of your medicine cabinet," Lopeke says. To your employer, your constant medical issues make you seem like an expensive, high-risk employee.
3. Gossip
Whomever you're gossiping with will undoubtedly tell others what you said, Solovic says. Plus, if a co-worker is gossiping with you, most likely he or she will gossip about you.
4. Work complaints
Constant complaints about your workload, stress levels or the company will quickly make you the kind of person who never gets invited to lunch, Solovic warns. If you don't agree with company policies and procedures, address it through official channels or move on.
5. Cost of purchases
The spirit of keeping up with the Joneses is alive and well in the workplace, Lopeke says, but you don't want others speculating on the lifestyle you're living -- or if you're living beyond your salary bracket.
6. Intimate details
Don't share intimate details about your personal life. Co-workers can and will use the information against you, Solovic says.
7. Politics or religion
"People have strong, passionate views on both topics," Solovic says. You may alienate a co-worker or be viewed negatively in a way that could impact your career.
8. Lifestyle changes
Breakups, divorces and baby-making plans should be shared only if there is a need to know, Lopeke says. Otherwise, others will speak for your capabilities, desires and limitations on availability, whether there is any truth to their assumptions or not.
9. Blogs or social networking profile
What you say in a social networking community or in your personal blog may be even more damaging than what you say in person, Solovic warns. "Comments online can be seen by multiple eyes. An outburst of anger when you are having a bad day ... can blow up in your face."
10. Negative views of colleagues
If you don't agree with a co-worker's lifestyle, wardrobe or professional abilities, confront that person privately or keep it to yourself, Lopeke says. The workplace is not the venue for controversy.
11. Hangovers and wild weekends
It's perfectly fine to have fun during the weekend, but don't talk about your wild adventures on Monday, Solovic advises. That information can make you look unprofessional and unreliable.
12. Personal problems and relationships -- in and out of the office
"Failed marriages and volatile romances spell instability to an employer," Lopeke says. Office romances lead to gossip and broken hearts, so it's best to steer clear. "The safest way to play is to follow the rule, 'Never get your honey where you get your money.'"
13. Off-color or racially charged comments
You can assume your co-worker wouldn't be offended or would think something is funny, but you might be wrong, Solovic says. Never take that risk. Furthermore, even if you know for certain your colleague wouldn't mind your comment, don't talk about it at work. Others can easily overhear.
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Winston-Salem, NC -- A judge sentenced a Winston-Salem man to at least 114 years in prison for child sex abuse charges Monday, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.
A Forsyth County jury convicted Corey Lamont McClamb, 42, of 11 counts of raping and sexually abusing a young girl.
McClamb was convicted on two counts of statutory rape, three counts of felony child abuse by sexual act, three counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor and three counts of statutory sex offense, according to the Journal.
Judge Christopher Bragg sentenced him to 114 to 138 years in prison.
The victim, now 17, testified that she and McClamb knew each other when the two lived in another state. The sexual abuse started when she was 8 years old and continued when the two moved to Winston-Salem.
McClamb abused the victim from June 2009 to September 2010 in Winston-Salem. The victim told a guidance counselor at her school about the abuse when she was 15 years old.
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UPDATE: June 19, 2012 11:43pm
A man busted for swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly people and a little league will spend years behind bars.
Tallahassee's Robert Feiss pleaded no contest to charges of grand theft, money laundering, exploitation of the elderly and fraud.
On Tuesday evening, a judge handed down a sentence.
The Chaires-Capitola Little League baseball field used to be a place for first home run hits and high-fives from teammates. But since 2011, there's been a shadow over the league.
Feiss served as the league's treasurer and had been cheating the league out of thousands of dollars.
Feiss will now spend the next ten years and eight months behind bars for that crime, and for stealing from two elderly clients through his job with State Farm.
In total, Leon County sheriff's investigators say Feiss stole more than $700,000.
"He convinced them that he was a man that could be trusted, that this was just a mistake, " said Jack Campbell, the prosecutor on the case.
Before being sentenced Feiss tearfully addressed the court, and asked the judge for mercy.
"My world spun out of control and I thought the only way out was to kill myself, " said Feiss.
He shared with the court his story of how since college he found himself in over his head financially and it only snowballed from there. Feiss told the judge he would spend money not only on himself but also to help others.
"I paid for my lifelong childhood friend and his wife to have In vitro fertilization," said Feiss.
He paid for that with money that was never his. Now all the lending, borrowing and stealing bought him a pair of handcuffs and a new home behind bars.
The judge sentenced Feiss to ten years and eight months in jail followed by ten years of probation. He also barred Feiss from taking any position, volunteer or for employment, that would put him in charge of money.
To this day, Feiss says he cannot account for how each penny of that more than $700,000 was spent, and neither can forensic detectives hired by the prosecution. The prosecution used that information to insinuate that Feiss may have a secret stash of cash. The defense argued that Feiss was just really bad with money and did not keep records, and that's why he cannot account for every purchase made over the years.
Feiss was taken into custody immediately after the sentencing.
UPDATE: June 19, 2012
Robert Feiss receives 10 years 8 months prison time followed by 10 year probation.
Robert Feiss is addressing the court with his story of how he says he ended up swindling the elderly and a little league. He told the judge a tearful story of years of actions that dug him deeper and deeper in debt.
When he could take it no more and could not see a way out, he planned his suicide. But his wife found his goodbye letters and after seven hours on the phone she was able to talk him out of it.
He's accused of stealing almost a quarter of a million dollars from two elderly State Farm customers, where he worked. And then he's accused of laundering that money through the Chaires-Capitola Little League, of which he served as treasurer. He pleaded no contest in May.
Feiss received 10 years 8 months prison time followed by 10 year probation.
May 8, 2012 by Julie Montanaro
Robert Feiss has entered no contest pleas to grand theft, money laundering, exploitation of the elderly and fraud.
He faces up to 190 years in prison.
Feiss is accused of stealing more than $700,000 from two elderly customers at the State Farm office where he worked. He is accused of laundering the money through the Chaires-Capitola Little League.
Sentencing is set for June 19th at 3pm.
UPDATED 1.20.2012 2pm by Julie Montanaro
A Tallahassee man is accused of stealing nearly three quarters of a million dollars from elderly insurance customers and deputies say he was laundering the money though the Chaires Capitola Little League.
In December 2011, Leon County Sheriff's Detectives arrested 42 -year-old Robert Feiss for grand theft and estimated losses to his employer, State Farm, and the little league at roughly $10,000.
Detectives seized three of Feiss' computers and the little league's financial records and continued to investigate.
They are now charging Feiss with grand theft in excess of $700,000, money laundering, fraud and exploitation of the elderly.
Detectives say Feiss sold fake certificates of deposit from State Farm Bank to a 94 year old man and a couple in their 70's.
Deputies say on seven different occasions Feiss went to the home of the 94 year old man. Each time, they say, the man handed over a signed, blank check with which to buy the Cd's.
Detectives say Feiss never bought those Cd's and from August 2009 until March 2011, Feiss stole $224,000 from the man.
Detectives say the couple in their 70's met Feiss at their bank on three different occasions and handed over cashier's checks to Feiss. Those cashier's checks totaled $500,000.
Deputies say Feiss deposited all of that money into the Chaires Capitola Little League account - where he served as treasurer - and would then write personal checks to himself or would transfer the money to other accounts.
Detectives say Feiss used at least $292,500 of that money to make improvements at his home on Summerlin Drive.
We have a call in to Feiss' attorney to see if he has anything to say about this week's arrest.
The couple who was victimized did not want to comment on Feiss' arrest or their loss of $500,000.
We are trying to reach the 94 year old man for comment.
We are also trying to reach State Farm Agent Tom Graham for comment. He is Feiss' boss and the first to discover and report the discrepancies to the Leon County Sheriff's Office.
Note: Probable Cause Attached Above
Tallahassee, Florida - January 20, 2012 by Julie Montanaro
The Leon County Jail booking report shows that Robert Feiss, who was accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Chaires Capitola Little League in December 2011, has been arrested again.
This time, Feiss is facing charges of money laundering, grand theft in excess of $100,000, exploitation of the elderly, and fraud.
We are waiting for more information about the victims of these crimes and the outcome of Feiss' first appearance.
LCSO Release:
During December of 2011, Leon County Sheriff's Financial Crimes Detectives arrested Robert G. Feiss after a fraud investigation involving the Chaires Capitola Little League. During that investigation, detectives located information and evidence that indicated Feiss may have been responsible for committing additional acts of fraud.
Detectives continued to investigate financial statements and conduct interviews into suspicious activity which confirmed Feiss had sold several fictitious certificates of deposit since 2010. Detectives have
confirmed that a 94 year old man purchased $224,000.00 worth of fictitious bank CD's from Feiss. A couple in their seventies purchased $500,000.00 worth of the fictitious bank CD's. Feiss deposited these large amounts of money into the Chaires Capitola Little League account and then would write personal checks to himself or transfer the money elsewhere.
Sheriff Larry Campbell stated, "I'm glad the detectives continued to work diligently as this investigation progressed, but we are all deeply saddened to learn that one man could have taken so much from our
senior citizens."
December 15, 2011 by Julie Montanaro
A Leon County man is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Chaires Capitola Little League.
Leon County deputies say Robert Feiss stole money from the little league where he was served as treasurer and stole money from his employer as well.
Feiss was an office manager at a State Farm insurance office in town.
Deputies say they discovered Feiss was writing unauthorized checks on both accounts.
"Right now we're looking at about $10,000 being stolen from the two organizations, one of them being the Chaires Capitola Little League," said LCSO Spokesman Tony Drzewiecki. "Right now we are continuing our investigation, however more charges could be filed in the future."
We tried to reach the president of the Chaires Capitola Little League, but have not yet heard back. Another board member declined comment.
Robert Feiss' attorney, Ryan Davis, declined comment too, saying only that Feiss has entered a not guilty plea.
Feiss faces two counts of grand theft.


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this is a great dinner. the whole family loved it, and i added corn to even it out a little. it makes just enough for the 5 of us
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I'm wondering if anyone around here might have an interest in creating a map or maps for my D&D campaign world. There are two sites I've been meaning to develop but with my poor spacio-mechanical skills haven't had the time and I'm not sure how well I could pull them off.
One is just a simple wooden stockade fort. I was even just thinking of using the Steading of the Hill Giant Chiefs upper level for it, although I have in mind something more along the lines of a large American frontier fort.
Id also like to have a small, fortified port city that has a relatively small entrance to the harbor with a stone tower or stone rock outcropping towering over each side of the opening. If theyre rock theyd have stairways, rooms and windows carved in them to allow people to fire down at any ships that come near the opening to the harbor. A massive chain would run just under the surface to stop any unwanted ships from entering, but could be retracted to allow friendly vessels to enter (or leave). So in the rock on either side would have to be room for the chain to retract and for mechanisms to retract and extend the chain. (Im not even sure if thats physically possible, but it seems like a cool idea.) I was also thinking that theres a dungeon under the ground level, for storage, access to the chain and mechanism, with a secret underwater entrance which characters might use to access the one or the other of the towers by swimming or using an Apparatus of Kwalish.
I know there's a separate forum for designing cities and I might post there, but the harbor entrance might qualify as a structure or structures so I thought I'd try posting here too. I hope that's ok.
In my current campaign the pirate kingdom has seized the fortified port and one inland fort from the half-elven kingdom, and the king might send the party (which has reached 23rd-25th levels) to try to free one or both. I cant really have them do either though until I have the physical locations designed. So I dont know if anybody here might help with that or not, but it would be great if they did.
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Highway Patrol Wants Bridges Named For Fallen Troopers
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The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to discuss the request at an informal meeting on Thursday.
The patrol wants to name the Interstate 380 bridge over the Iowa River in northern Johnson County after Trooper Harold DeGear. He was struck and killed by a vehicle in 1954 while writing a ticket.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - After months of delay, the University of Iowa has called a hearing to consider whether a suspended radiology professor should be terminated for a pattern of abusive behavior toward colleagues.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A U.S. District Court judge in Sioux City has sentenced a Californian for hauling illegal immigrants across the country.
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I laugh everytime I come accross this and I just realized we never hit upon it here:
Microsoft's curious infatuation with Zimbra, redux | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs
I guess microsoft needs to revamp their defense:
hm, not anymore!Originally Posted by Microsoft
That's like saying "only I know what I'm thinking"Originally Posted by Microsoft
Well if you stick to a closed architecture...
An Antic Disposition: A File Format Timeline & Open Malaysia: Is VML in or out now, or was that a typo?
(I know, it's not mail specs but humor me)
MS isn't even ready for it's own formats: Steve Caravajal's Ramblings : Excel 2007 Add-in for Syncing with SharePoint
Oh really!?! Clearly they need to reword-because I guarantee that people here migrated from other products.Originally Posted by Microsoft
Did MS mean to infer "How would you migrate back to exchange?"
Why would I? (stuff is already in standards compliant formats on Zimbra) Are you expecting that Zimbra engineers build Microsoft a converter tool?
MS office formats are not even compatible with their own old or new stuff: An Antic Disposition: Compatibility According to Humpty Dumpty
Are you saying that you think it's a lock-in format? Cuz you have SUCH a proven track record there: http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowa...00/PX02991.pdf
(You seriously have to read that it's just a paragraph)
This part is great:
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Free Zimbra gear if someone can guess how many MS IP's download Zimbra on a regular basisOriginally Posted by Matt Asay


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|Nicole Brandt to tour with New Way Singers
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Summer vocal tours are becoming a tradition for HHS student Nicole Brandt as she prepares for her third year with New Way Singers.
Having enjoyed performing with New Way Singers the last two years, Brandt decided to audition again last March. Singing two songs and a couple scales as well as an application and references were all part of the selection process.
Brandt is excited to return to the group and noted her summer would be a little "lame" without it. She said she will be reunited with vocalists she performed with in previous tours, explaining about half the group are also returning choir members.
Brandt and 50 other high schoolers will gather on June 15 for several days of practice at Nebraska Christian College in Papillion, Neb before their first concert on June 19. In preparation for the performances, Brandt is required to memorize all music before arriving for practice. Here vocalists will learn techniques to improve their vocal skills as they perfect songs for the tour.
In addition to the vocal aspect of the tour, participants will also engage in small group Bible studies throughout their time together.
With concerts June 19-28, the tour schedule includes 10 stops in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska as well as a free day in Chicago, Ill. Brandt will be staying with host families and noted she is excited for the fun times on bus rides.
"Be Still" is the theme for the concerts which also feature prayers, expressive Bible readings, testimonies and even some interpretive dance in addition to the songs.
As a soprano in the HHS concert and select choirs, Brandt has grown in her vocal abilities because of her experiences with New Way Singers. "What I've learned there has taught me to sing better in regular choir," said Brandt.
This is hopefully not the end for Brandt's New Way Singers adventures as she hopes to participate again next summer for her fourth year in a row. She is continuing the Brandt tradition as her father, Jerry Brandt, also performed with the New Way Singers for three years when the group was just beginning to gain popularity.
Nicole is the daughter of Jerry and Debbie Brandt of Holyoke. She will be a senior at HHS in the fall.


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but whose fringe ideas will be adopted? ours of the Koch brothers?
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[P]olitics are subject to rules very different from the implacable mathematics of petroleum depletion and net energy. At some point in the not too distant future, the political system of the United States of America is going to tip over into explosive crisis, and at that time ideas that are simply talking points today have at least a shot at being enacted into public policy. That's exactly what happened at the beginning of the three previous cycles of anacyclosis [definition*] I traced out in a previous post in this series. In 1776, 1860, and 1933, ideas that had been on the political fringes not that many years beforehand redefined the entire political dialogue, and in all three cases this was possible because those once-fringe ideas had been widely circulated and widely discussed, even though most of the people who circulated and discussed them never imagined that they would live to see those ideas put into practice.
Yes, it's about time:
1860 - 1776 = 84
1933 - 1860 = 73
2013 - 1933 = 80
Very interesting post on "the commons." Can the market state manage a "commons" successfully? I doubt it. Readers?
NOTE * I"m very dubious about this framework. Wallerstein and Arrighi seem to have gotten hold of the right end of the stick.
but whose fringe ideas will be adopted? ours of the Koch brothers?
One thing, though, is that in a legitmacy crisis I can't see the mainstream press keeping its legitimacy either.
JMG's definition of government
...the core purpose of government in the American tradition is the maintenance of the national commons. It exists to manage the various commons and commons-like phenomena that are inseparable from life in a civilized society, and thus has the power to impose such limits on people (and corporate pseudopeople) as will prevent their pursuit of personal advantage from leading to a tragedy of the commons in one way or another. Restricting the capacity of banks to gamble with depositors' money is one such limit; restricting the freedom of manufacturers to sell unsafe food is another, and so on down the list of reasonable regulations. Beyond those necessary limits, government has no call to intervene; how people choose to live their lives, exercise their liberties, and pursue happiness is up to them, so long as it doesn't put the survival of any part of the national commons at risk.
It still seems to me that the commons is best managed as locally as possible.
Much to ponder.
This strikes me as the libertarian fallacy, but maybe he defines "intervene" in a particular way. There's the obvious issue of infrastructure, both physical and civic. For example, as we should all know from the controversies of recent years, schools are not neutral environments. What does the state support in terms of physical facilities? What should we teach as science? According to one school of thought (to use the term loosely), teaching evolution is restricting some rights to exercising liberty. What kind of transportation infrastructure do we build? Just roadways?
How does a currency system work without government intervention beyond some definition of "protecting the commons"? Unless the government renounces fiat money and ties money back to precious metals or other underlying asset, it will have to act in ways that hurt some people (who will scream "unjustified intervention") and help others.
Of course, I'll be in total support if the argument is that so-called intellectual property laws are an illegitimate intervention into our lives, but then we will need some alternative way of providing support to artistic and scientific endeavors. I like Dean Baker's work on this, but it would constitute a government call to intervene.
For example, brook, stream, river, watershed. Planet.
I liked that definition. I don't see it as a complete one, but it's certainly one of the government's most important functions.
It still seems to me that the commons is best managed as locally as possible.
Mostly, though I think there will be times when federal-level decisions are required. Mostly, I'd expect the federal government to provide standards and financial aid, as needed.
This reminds me of the idea of subsidiarity in the EU. But if we built jurisdictions based on sheds, boundaries would look very different from how they look today. But I still think they would be fractal. My locality's responsbility not to dump sewage in a stream, but there needs to be a jurisdiction for the river as a whole and its watershed, and then perhaps for all water....
And how about boundaries between localities, where conflicts happen?
And how about boundaries between localities, where conflicts happen?
That's probably the biggest reason for both federal standards and financial assistance. Frequently, the "commons" is bigger than any particular local jurisdiction, even states. The localities know what they want to get out of the commons, but sometimes one of them will be the all the cows.
You can think of "all water" as a commons. Or all human flesh, for that matter.
Seems Greer looks for commonalities. And one common idea has been the possibilities beyond boundaries or boundaries themselves. By the 20th century Europeans had "conquered" most physical space on earth. The Europeans had seized a lot of territory. They established norms. But some people yearn for the "beyond" outside the norms "where new societies could be invented from scratch. ("The Pirate Organization" by Durand and Vergne p. 43.)
Well, if we can't expand to other planets then the only possibility for imagining a better world might be if we had some sort of collapse be it environmental, social, political.... And he'd like us all to work on alternatives when they happen. Very similar to David Graeber's "Revolutions in Reverse" and Dimitri Orlov. So far the only idea lying around here as Naomi Klein pointed out has been Miltie Friedman's shock doctrine.
So what will be the boundaries or should there be any boundaries at all? Like in cyberspace.


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"All other conditions being equal, a diver on Nitrox 36 will consume about 12 percent less gas than a diver on normal air." - Scuba Lab.
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i am new here, so hi everybody.
I am a consultant and have several clients. Each client has a seperate exchange account for me, and they like to use that one only, including the calendar of their domain. Kind of annoying, but oh well...
I have been looking for a solution to replace outlook and stumbled upon zimbra.
I downloaded the zimbra desktop client, and was thrilled with the features of how I was able bundle all of my accounts (especially email AND calendar) in the client. I simply signed up all of the exchange accounts, and voila, it all worked!!! So I want to use zimbra as an account hub.
Then I figurd, it would be the best idea to get a zimbra server, so I have all of this bundeling online, rather than on each device seperatly. After signing up to a few hosted trial ones, i realized, that this does not seem possible.
If I were to get a zimbra server (for my company) though, would I be able to get this done? (remeber, i cant change DNS or MX records, but need to sign into other exchange accounts)
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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Rockford Police are still looking for the man who may have prompted a shoot-out, turned car accident.
An autopsy determined 21-year-old William Patrick was shot to death. Police say he was in a car with three others on 15th Avenue early Saturday morning when he got into an argument with someone in another vehicle. Patrick and one other passenger were shot. Causing their car to crash.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers.
On Saturday, 03/16/13, shortly after 1:30 a.m. officers from the Rockford Police Department responded to the 1500 block of South 6th Street in reference to shots fired. When they arrived in the area, the officers located a vehicle that had crashed in the 1100 block of 15th Avenue.
Four people occupied the vehicle and two of the individuals in the vehicle had been injured by gunfire. The driver of the vehicle, 21-year-old William R. Patrick of Rockford, was pronounced dead at the scene. One of the passengers, 22-year-old Samantha P. Colson of Rockford, was transported to a local hospital where she is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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Authors Lisa Lucca and Mark Fiore will read from their book You Are Loved: An Email Memoir on Tuesday February 12 at 7:00pm at the Belmont Library. A wine and cheese reception will precede the event and a book selling and signing will follow.
About the Book
You Are Loved is the deeply personal true story of the intersecting lives of a man and a woman finding love, grace and meaning in a cynical world. Their chance meeting in 1982 sets in motion a lifetime connection amidst dysfunctional relationships, child rearing, and their quest for life purpose. As the years pass, their support and understanding of one another becomes the compass that navigates them through the changes and choices their souls yearn to make.
Told in nearly a decade of actual emails exchanged between them, their ongoing conversation delves into life's biggest questions with wry humor, heartfelt poignancy and brutal honesty.
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If you'd like to read a bit of the book before the event, you can preview it on the authors' website.
A New Favorite Epistolary Novel
Last year, I wrote a blog post about how much I love epistolary novels. I have wanted to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows for a while, so I brought it with me to Hawaii last month. I read most of the book in a day, sitting in a hammock right by the ocean. What an incredible, delightful book, perfect for a beach read! I became entangled in the characters lives and even though I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened next, I also wanted to read slower so I could stay in their world a while longer. I loved how the authors incorporated real historical events into the letters, while also developing the relationships between the various characters.
Annie Barrows spoke at the Belmont Library last month and she mentioned that the book is currently being developed into a movie. If you haven't had a chance to read this yet, I highly recommend picking up a copy at the library today!
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Joe Harris scored a career-high 26 points and Virginia held national scoring leader Erick Green without a field goal into the second half and swept the season series with Virginia Tech, 73-55, Tuesday night.
Harris matched his career high with five 3-pointers, all in the first half, and Akil Mitchell added 17 points for the Cavaliers (18-6, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their third game in a row.
Green, who came in averaging 25.3 points, missed his first nine field goal tries and had just one point at halftime as the Hokies (11-13, 2-9) lost their seventh in a row. He made his first field goal, a 3-pointer, with 16:26 to play and finished with 22 points, but on just 4-for-17 shooting.
He scored 35 points in the teams' first meeting, a 74-58 Virginia victory on Jan. 24.


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Liam Blake Morgan, originally from Rifle, turned 1 year old on Dec. 28 at his home in Gautier, Miss.
He celebrated with his parents, Blake and Courtney Morgan; paternal grandparents, Klaus and Leigh Minter of Rifle; maternal grandfather, Duane Vasten of Thomasville, Colo.; his Mimi, Sandy Morgan; great-grandparents, Lea and John Vasten of Thomasville; and his Aunt Mars and Uncle Kaleb of Rifle.
C.J. Vondette of Rifle was invited to compete as a barrel racer on the Colorado team representing the National Western Stock Show during the "Colorado vs. the World Rodeo" on Saturday in Denver.
Vondette was the Colorado champion and made it to the sudden-death showdown against the 2012 World Champion, Mary Walker, from Ennis, Texas. Vondette won $900 in the event, while Walker took home $10,000.
Influenza is hitting Colorado and U.S. residents hard this year. More than 500 flu-related hospitalizations have been reported in Colorado, and the number of cases rises each day. Six hospitalizations have been reported in Garfield County so far this season, and medical providers locally are treating more people with flu symptoms.
Such symptoms typically include fever, cough, body aches, upper respiratory congestion and fatigue. Those experiencing symptoms are encouraged to stay home and keep ill children home from school. Frequent hand washing and covering of coughs are very important preventative measures.
"The flu vaccine is the very best defense against the flu," said Laurel Little, nurse manager for Garfield County Public Health. "It isn't too late to get a flu shot, but, I recommend you get one the sooner the better, as it can take up to two weeks for the vaccine to be effective."
Flu effects not only those who get sick, but the recent nationwide spread of the illness shows how important it is for vaccine use to protect others.
"We have data showing that about 30 percent of Garfield County residents get flu vaccinations. This is great, but the more people who are vaccinated, the better our entire community is protected against the flu," said Little.
Dr. Thomas Frieden of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 90 percent of this year's circulating flu matches the strains that are in the vaccine.
Garfield County Public Health still has plenty of vaccine available, and residents can call 945-6614 in Glenwood Springs, or 625-5200 in Rifle, to make appointments for vaccinations.


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The licensing of swimming pools and spas across northeast Colorado was a topic of conversation during the Dec. 16 Board of Health meeting, as members voted to implement the new swimming pool and spa voluntary program beginning Jan. 1, 2010.
At the boards' request, Carmen Vandenbark, consumer protection coordinator for the Northeast Colorado Health Department, reintroduced a proposal for the implementation of a new inspection program that would affect 35 swimming pools and spas across northeast Colorado. The program was first introduced during last months' meeting when board members, in an effort to avoid passing on mandatory fees to facility owners, suggested Vandenbark put together a plan for a voluntary program.
According to Vandenbark, public swimming pools and spas must adhere to health and safety regulations per state statute and federal regulations, but there is no agency in this area enforcing that those requirements are met. Those regulations cover things such as facility design and construction, operation and management, and the possibility of human and environmental contamination.
"What those regulations are there for is to ensure that public swimming pools and spas are operating as safely as possible," said Vandenbark. "This includes everything from making sure main drains are meeting safety code to ensuring that the water is safe to be in. Facilities that regularly follow and meet these regulations are helping to keep their customers safe by lowering the chances of entrapment drowning for young children and reducing the incidence of waterborne disease outbreaks."
Under the new proposal this voluntary program will offer public pools and spas the opportunity for licensure under NCHD. Any participating pool and/or spa would pay a yearly fee which includes biannual inspections for things such as inadequate disinfectant levels, pH concentrations and main drain visibility. The yearly fee would also include follow-up inspections as needed for discovered violations, complaint inspections as needed if a signed complaint is issued, and pool safety education. In addition the facility would be classified as being licensed and regularly inspected by NCHD.
Facilities that choose not to participate in the program would only be charged if NCHD received a signed complaint in regards to the health, safety and/or welfare of the public. In that instance, a fee of $30 per hour would be charged for all related complaint response and investigation, including follow-up inspections if necessary.
In other business the board:
—Accepted the November financials.
—Approved an amendment to the 2009 budget in the amount of $692,885. According to Shawn Alsup, NCHD's administrative director, the discrepancy comes from an increase in contract revenues that were received mid-year.
—Approved the proposed 2010 budget totaling $3.1 million.
—Approved a resolution that is good until the end of the year authorizing NCHD to borrow against their certificates of deposit to cover year-end payroll and other payables as necessary. As of the Dec. 16 board meeting NCHD had over half a million dollars out in aged receivables, most of it coming from contractual reimbursements. According to John Crosthwait, NCHD's district public health administrator, the matter is slowly being taken care of and is the result of numerous reporting requirements and changes in fiscal staffing at the state level.
—Approved a change to NCHD's personnel policy regarding meal reimbursement. Beginning Jan. 1 NCHD will no longer reimburse employees for meal expenses that were incurred during travel unless the travel cannot be completed wholly within one day.


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Have you been to SoCo, The South Coast Collection in Orange County yet? We've been spending some time there over the last 18 months and there really seems to be constant turnover. At one point a couple of years ago we were considering opening a custom drapery store in SoCo but we just couldn't pull the trigger. The tenants that were there were very high-end and consistent with what we would consider our "peers" but we just didn't see very much foot traffic. And, the traffic we did see were mostly Students from the surrounding schools including the Paul Mitchell School in SoCo itself.
One of the Tenants that seemed to be a "cornerstone" Tenant for SoCo was Pal + Smith. Pal + Smith is a Newport Beach based Design Firm who was one of the first to move into SoCo. I was surprised when I noticed they had moved out of their premier location just off the central courtyard. I understand that they have relocated out of SoCo to new location on Baker street in Costa Mesa.
The restaurants seem to be doing well at SoCo. I haven't been during dinner hours but I know when I stop during lunch time they seem to be thriving.
The OC Mix which is part of SoCo is a very hip and unique concept. The Mix features a compilation of small "micro-showrooms" all under one roof. While originally most of the showrooms were all focused around Home Decor, I have noticed a more eclectic mix now ranging from designer sunglasses to beach cruiser bicycles. The even have a very trendy lingerie store.
We do really love spending time at SoCo, including the weekends when they have the Farmers Market take over most of the parking lot. Burnham really did a great job in re-purposing this once forgotten space.


text: Masks of all colors, shapes and materials were all the rage, as the Rifle Area Chamber of Commerce annual awards dinner at Grand River Hospital on Saturday, March 9, drew around 170 people.A masquerade ball was the theme of the evening, and many of the formally dressed ladies and gentlemen had fun hiding behind those masks.The evening also had a serious side; presenting awards for the person and business of the year, woman of distinction, plus a lifetime achievement award.Chamber President and CEO Frank Ladd said the awards denote the extra effort the winners made to make the Rifle area a better community."Volunteers don't have any more time than any of the rest of us, but they have more heart," Ladd said. "It's good for the heart and good for the soul to volunteer, and no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."The American Family Insurance Woman of Distinction award for 2012 was presented by the 2011 winner, Tami Sours. She said the award is given to a Rifle businesswoman who goes above and beyond her paid position to help the community."This woman acts with passion from the heart," Sours said before announcing the winner, Shelley Aibner, a massage therapist who is active in the New Ute Events Center and city recreation center efforts, among others.A surprised and emotional Aibner pulled her mask over her face a few times to compose herself."I love Rifle," she said to cheers and applause. "We've been blessed in so many ways, I had absolutely no clue. As I sat there and listened to that description, I thought, 'that's so cool'."Aibner said she and her family had to relocate to Rifle due to economic reasons 12 years ago."I didn't want to be here, but we made friendships and got to know the businesses and soon we thought 'what an exceptional group of people'."Aibner said while she is passionate about the events center and recreation center, "I hate tax increases [to fund them], I really do. But I really want an events center and a recreation center for the people and so our businesses can flourish."The Oran H. Harmon Person of the Year award was presented by 2011 award winner Helen Rogers, who said the 2012 winner was passionate about the Future Farmers of American organization and as the coordinator of the Community Counts organization that helps the energy industry and residents co-exist."She's always a voice of reason when things get tough and she always asks 'what can I do?'" Rogers said as she introduced Nita Smith, owner of NLS Business Solutions and the chair of the chamber board of directors."I had no idea about this," Smith said. "Although I should have had an idea when our sons and daughter-in-law showed up. I thought that was because my husband couldn't make it.""Rifle is near and dear to me and it's why I joined the chamber, to help the businesses here," Smith added.Business of the Year 2011 award winner Encana Oil & Gas representative Sandy Kent noted the owner of the 2012 winner was a Rifle High School graduate, had worked as a landscaper and a chimney sweep before Grady Hazelton opened WingNutz in 2005."We always try to be a part of the community," Hazelton said. "We appreciate being a part of the community."June Renfro, a past winner of the John B. Scalzo Lifetime Achievement Award, described the 2012 winner as someone who often worked in the background for the last 30 years."Hunter's tents, auctions, fair parades, he was always there," Renfro said.Coming to Rifle from Missouri in 1981 to work at the Unocal oil shale project, Renfro said he ended up working on the Glenwood Canyon project, then opened the Rifle Fireside Lanes bowling alley and was a Garfield County Commissioner for 12 years."Now he's enjoying motor homing in the winter, so he's not with us tonight, he's in Arizona," Renfro said. "Can you guess who it is? It's Larry McCown."Renfro said the chamber would present McCown with his award plaque at a future chamber event.The event also included a dinner and a live and silent auction of items donated by local businesses, followed by dancing.


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Soderberg Summarizes Legislative Session
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And with the pounding of the gavel the extended Iowa legislative session came to an end...three weeks past its original scheduled adjournment date.
Some, may say the Iowa legislature may be summed up this way...when all was said and done, everything was said, but little was done. House Representative Chuck Soderberg of Le Mars says he is glad to be home, but wishes the legislature would have been able to offer property owners some real relief in terms of property tax reform.
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SCHEV Extends Condolences to Virginia Tech Community
RICHMOND — The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) extends its sincere condolences to the Virginia Tech community as it mourns the loss of Officer Deriek W. Crouse. SCHEV also praises Virginia Tech for its quick action yesterday to ensure the safety of students and staff immediately following the attack on Officer Crouse.
Council would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and express gratitude to the campus safety officers across the Commonwealth who devote their professional careers to the students, faculty, and staff members at Virginia's colleges and universities. Their contributions are vital to maintaining Virginia's excellent system of higher education and we thank them.
SCHEV is the Commonwealth's coordinating body for Virginia's system of higher education. The agency provides policy guidance and budget recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly, and is a resource for information on higher education issues.
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This might help with the W clips.
Either I'm just lucky or I have the knack, but I just don't find those clips to be tricky at all. Just remember which way round they go, and they clip on and off easy. Press down and in on one side to remove - you might need something like a flat screwdriver, but usually can be done by hand. Put one side under the rim when replacing, then press in the other side - down and in.Mine is the Adjure unit, from UK supplier but same brand as NField Gear supply.The instruction sheet (scabby photocopy) mentions an "extended bezel trim ring" which is available if there is a gap between the lamp and the rim, but this doesn't apply to the G5 - just the centreing thing as I mentioned. I'm assuming the C5 has the same nacelle...?
The screw on top (12 0 Clock) of the rear rim opens up a clip which holds it all together. Same as the original light. Should be a straight switchover - everything goes back the same way as before. All that's changed is the unit inside.
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Ivory An Anchor For Cyclone Gymnastics
AMES, Iowa – When Iowa State's gymnastics coaches put together their line-ups , they have to answer one important question: Who will anchor the team in this event? This season, the answer has often been senior Milan Ivory.
"The first competitor we're putting up is someone we know is going to hit," head coach Jay Ronayne said. "The last competitor we're putting up is not only someone we know is going to hit, but someone that is going to hit with a very high score. What it says is that we trust she is going to nail something and it's going to be something special."
Ivory has often been the Cyclones' anchor this season, including their most recent meet against Oregon State, where she was in the No. 6 spot on vault, balance beam and floor exercise as the team posted a season-high score of 194.850. However, after an Achilles rupture just two years ago, Ronayne was questioning whether Ivory would ever be able to return to doing the dynamic gymnastics that she is capable of.
"I was on floor, doing my last pass and it just popped," Ivory said. "It was hard because coming back takes a year and being out for that whole year was depressing. It was frustrating having to take it slow."
Ronayne believes the adversity of such a devastating injury has actually helped the Marietta, Ga. native get to where she is now. He always knew Ivory was physically capable of great gymnastics, but her response to the injury and maturation during her year out of competition is why he often places his trust in her to anchor the team.
"It's like watching a daughter grow up," Ronayne said. "She really has grown up a ton in the four years that she's been with us. A lot of it was through adversity and her injury. Now she has the most confidence she's had in herself in her collegiate career."
Ivory, who posted a season-high score on balance beam at Oregon State with a 9.825, has continued to reaffirm the trust her coaches place in her this season.
"Having to go through that difficult time, it helped me," Ivory said. "Now being in the situation that I'm in and being able to compete and doing what I am doing for the team, I'm looking at things more positively, which is good after going through that rough start. It means a lot knowing that the team and the coaches trust me enough to put me last on those events."
For the Iowa State coaching staff, Ivory's comeback story is not only rewarding, but full of promise for more to come as the season progresses.
"It's great to see her realizing her potential," assistant coach Kristen Maloney said. "She has even more that she can reach for because she is so athletically talented. It's crazy. Getting her to believe that she can do more has been a process, but seeing her grow into that and believe in that has been fun."
The Cyclones will be back in action Friday at 6:30 p.m. as they return home to take on Big 12 foe West Virginia in Hilton Coliseum.


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Dear all
I encountered a strange case and would like to see anyone experienced before.
I am using Samsung Galaxy SIII - Android version 4.1.2 and using ActiveSync with Zimbra version 7.0. When I reply a email, the original message was trimmed and the receipient can only see text that I just reply. But I tried to connect to Exchange for test, and it has no problem.
Moreover, when I reply or new a email, it just show the username part of the email address as the sender name (For example my email is firstname.lastname@example.com then it just how alex in sender). But when I tried to connect to Exchange for test, and it can show my full name configured in the zimbra correctly.
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