text: Achievements & Recognitions GENERAL Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite American Heart Association, 2015 The American Heart Association has identified Rochester Regional as one of an elite group of recipients of this important initiative. With the Gold distinction, Rochester Regional has made significant steps in recognizing the importance of a healthy work place as well as creating an environment of wellness by supporting our employees. #2 in New York State for Overall Hospital Care CareChex – Comparion (fka Delta Group), 2014 CareChex is a nationally recognized hospital quality rating service that provides an objective standard for comparing the quality of hospital care. A hospital's most recent three years of public data are analyzed using evidence-based peer-reviewed methodologies. TOP Performing Hospital Premier Healthcare Alliance, 2011 The Premier Healthcare Alliance includes 2,500 U.S. hospitals and maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information. In naming Rochester General Hospital a TOP Performing Hospital, Premier noted that in the three years ending December 2010, RGH safely reduced the cost of care by $7.2 million while saving 183 more lives than statistically expected. Community Value Five-Star Hospital Cleverley + Associates, 2013 Cleverley + Associates provides consulting to healthcare leaders. The firm's Community Value Index is comprised of ten measures that assess a hospital's financial viability, cost structure, charge structure and quality. Those hospitals with aggregate scores in the top twenty percent in the nation are designated as "Community Value Five-Star Facilities." Cleverley & Associates is now in its tenth year of publishing the Community Value Index. Nurse Magnet Re-designation American Nurses Credentialing Center, since 2006 The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is the world's largest and most prestigious nurses credentialing organization. The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes healthcare organizations that provide the very best in nursing care and professionalism in nursing practice. The program also provides a vehicle for disseminating best practices and strategies among nursing systems. The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program is the gold standard for nursing excellence. Top 100 Integrated Health Networks SDI Health, 2007-2012, Becker's Hospital Review, 2013 IMS Health, a leading national analytics firm, has been evaluating the ability of health systems to operate as unified organizations since 1997. First published by IMS-predecessor SDI Health, and more recently by Becker's Hospital Review but still using rankings from IMS, the Top 100 Integrated Health Networks list includes those health systems with the highest aggregate scores for integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization and physicians. Better Together Exemplar Hospital Institute for Patent- and Family-Centered Care, 2014 The IPFCC's Better Together campaign calls on all hospitals to welcome families 24 hours a day and to transform their approach to care so that patients' families and loved ones are included in care and decision-making. Studies and hospitals' experience show that unlimited access to family and loved ones reduces patient complications and stress, and improves the patient's experience of care in the hospital. The Joint Commission recommends that hospitals accommodate access to a patient's support person to encourage safer care. The IPFCC recognized Rochester General as one of twelve hospitals nationwide that exemplify success in eliminating restrictive visiting policies and are changing the concept of families as "visitors." NOVA Award American Hospital Association, 2011 The AHA NOVA Awards honor effective, collaborative programs focused on improving community health status. RGH received the NOVA Award for its involvement as a partner in the Rochester Youth Violence Partnership, which works to keep teenagers from becoming repeat victims of gunshot or knife wounds. The Rochester Youth Violence Partnership was 1 of only 5 national award winners in 2011. NICHE Designated Hospital Hartford Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2005-2011 The Hartford Institute for Healthcare Improvement's NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders) is a leading organization designed to help hospitals improve the care of older adults. Baby-Friendly Hospital World Health Organization The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFH) is a global program which recognizes hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimal level of care for infant feeding. Rochester General provides mothers with the information, confidence, and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies or feeding formula safely. Nationally Recognized Hemophilia Center National Hemophilia Foundation RGH is a Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation and a NYS Diagnostic & Treatment Center providing treatment, education, advocacy, research and supportive programs to people affected by hemophilia and other inherited disorders. CARDIAC SERVICES #1 in New York State for Cardiac Care and Heart Attack Treatment CareChex – Comparion (fka Delta Group), 2011- 2014 CareChex is a nationally recognized hospital quality rating service that provides an objective standard for comparing the quality of hospital care. A hospital's most recent three years of public data are analyzed using evidence-based peer-reviewed methodologies. National Top 100 Cardiac Hospital Thomson Reuters, nine times Few hospitals in the nation have received this prestigious honor more often than Rochester General Hospital. The designation speaks to the highest quality of care an superior outcomes in Cardiac Care. Top Quality Rating - Cardiac Surgery Performance Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2010 Founded in 1964, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons is a not-for-profit organization representing more than 6,300 surgeons, researchers and allied health care professionals worldwide who are dedicated to ensuring the best possible outcomes for surgeries of the heart, lung and esophagus, as well as other surgical procedures within the chest. INFECTION PREVENTION Exemplar Hospital - Infection Prevention Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2011 IHI, an independent non-profit organization, focuses on motivating and building the will for change; identifying and testing new models of care in partnership with both patients and health care professionals; and ensuring the broadest possible adoption of best practices and effective innovations. RGH was named an exemplar hospital by IHI for its work in infection prevention. Sustained Improvement Award U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011 RGH was honored by HHS as part of a new national awards program designed to highlight successful and sustained efforts to prevent healthcare-associated infections, specifically infections in critical care settings. The awards recognize critical care professionals and healthcare institutions for their efforts to reduce, and eventually eliminate, ventilator-associated pneumonia and bloodstream infections associated with central intravenous lines. STROKE Top 50 Hospitals for Stroke Care The Women's Choice Awards, 2015 The Women's Choice Awards was created by Medelia Inc., an organization that was founded by Delia Passi, former publisher of Working Mother magazine. Medelia works with Fortune 500 companies to support their efforts to increase sales and loyalty among women. Rochester General was one of two hospitals recognized in the state. The rating comes from a variety of performance metrics including: accreditation from the Joint Commission, patient satisfaction scores and the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines performance measures. Primary Stroke Center Designation Joint Commission since 2003 NYS Dept of Health since 2005 Rochester General Hospital has been certified a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission since 2003, and designated a Stroke Center by the NYSDOH since 2005. Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award Target Stroke Honor Roll American Heart Association / American Stroke Association, since 2011 These awards recognize Rochester General's commitment and success in implementing excellent stroke care for patients in accordance with evidence-based guidelines. RGH is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the country for providing aggressive, proven stroke care. WOMEN'S HEALTH Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology AAGL, 2012 Rochester General Hospital's Women's Health division and six of its associated physicians have been recognized as a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology by the AAGL. Originally known as the American Assoication of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, the membership of AAGL now encompasses more than laparoscopy alone and is proud to count among its members the foremost authorities in gynecology and pioneers in technique and procedures. SURGERY Breast Center of Excellence National Consortium of Breast Centers The Breast Center at Rochester General Hospital has been recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence by the National Consortium of Breast Centers. The designation as a Breast Center of Excellence must be reaffirmed each year, and is awarded after meeting 33 National Quality indicators. Bariatrics Center of Excellence Surgical Review Committee / American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Rochester General Hospital's bariatric center, Bariatrics of Western New York, has been named a Center of Excellence by the Surgical Review Committee (SRC) in conjunction with the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). ASMBS is the largest organization for bariatric surgeons in the world. Hip and Knee Replacement Gold Seal The Joint Commission Rochester General Hospital has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™ for total hip and knee replacements performed at its Center for Orthopaedics. The certification award recognizes Rochester General Hospital's dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission's state-of-the-art standards. Blue Distinction Center+ for Hip & Knee Replacement Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, 2013 Rochester General Hospital's Center for Orthopaedics has been designated a Blue Distinction Center+ by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, in recognition of its expertise in quality and cost efficiency. Blue Distinction Centers+ demonstrate better quality and improved outcomes of patients, with lower rates of complications and read-missions and their peers. Blue Distinction Centers+ are also more than 20 percent more cost-efficient.


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Now that we're entering that time of year when various college and university art programs are cranking back into gear alongside their closed-for-August gallery counterparts (and the time of year when I'll be reassessing my weekly schedule to include drop-ins at McMaster University's senior-level art critiques on Thursdays), it seems fitting to have a think about the value of art education at the post-secondary level (with apologies to those students and their parents who have already paid their tuition up front for this little adventure).
The first two of our readings this week come via a post at View on Canadian Art, which has already done most of my job here by linking together two stories on the potential failures inherent in art education today. Though drafted primarily as a story about the Bruce High Quality Foundation's experimental free-academy model, Roberta Smith's NYTimes article is just as much a condemnation of art schools in general, particularly those that endorse training at the post-graduate level:
The professionalization and academicization of the art world has been lamented for some years, but lately they have become epidemic. The recent inflated art market has created the illusion that being an artist is a financially viable calling. Meanwhile art schools and universities — which often provide tenure (safe haven) for artists who may be taken seriously nowhere else — expanded to accommodate the rising number of art students and are now thoroughly invested in keeping these numbers high.
In this context the growing interest among art schools and universities (mostly abroad so far) in offering a Ph.D. in art makes the blood run cold. It also seems like rank, even cynical commercial opportunism. It's too soon to tell, but I'd like to think that the economic downturn is doing serious damage to this trend and maybe even put budding artists off graduate school entirely.
Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art (institution of choice for my highly expensive but undeniably sexy graduate degree)
As someone with both an MFA and nascent ambitions to pursue a PhD in the future (though not necessarily in studio art), I'm obviously approaching her opinion from an opposing shore, but even objectively I can't help but wonder if Roberta Smith's primary outrage over the financial exploitation of artists (granted, American schooling is prohibitively expensive) would be eased by the knowledge that, last I checked, the two Canadian universities offering PhDs in Studio Art (Western and York) both subsidize their candidates to such an extent that tuition is effectively free. And backward though such a critical move may be, removing money from the equation does force a deeper sort of thinking about the value of advanced studies in the visual arts. I suspect a text such as James Elkins' Artists with Ph.Ds: On the New Doctoral Degree in Studio Art presents a far more even-handed assessment of the phenomenon, and I look forward to reading it just as soon as I can afford to buy it.
Even so, I've yet to see much thought given to the prospect that the much-derided academy may well be nothing more or less than the institution that shapes today's art, much as the church did for hundreds of medieval years and the wealthy did from the Renaissance after until… well, very recently. The artist as both thinker and maker does change the form and function of art in ways that can be perceived as both positive and negative, but it is the nature of art to adapt itself to inhabit whatever space the world deigns to permit for its existence, be that the cathedral or the open market or the academy. That may not be either Good or Evil, it simply Is.
In the context of this discussion, Andrea Carson at VoCA provides a link to their (for some reason, Carson always refers to herself in the plural) article for The Mark on art schools that is equally dismissive of the academic context as vital incubator for developing artistic skill and thinking, but benefits from offering a balanced solution to the problem of green graduates being unleashed into a big scary art world ("market" is implied) with a dearth of potential for further growth. If art institutions are not providing their students with the means to take their work and ideas into the wider world, it falls to the inhabitants of that world – curators, collectors, fellow artists, among others – to provide a much-needed community of support:
What is needed is more support for emerging artists in the form of discussion and awareness of the importance and earnestness of art. I think we should encourage not collectors, but patrons of the arts, people with an investment in the creative process, rather than just the market. Patrons for whom the value of art is far beyond the commercial, who seek art's true meaning, not what a press release tells them.
Artists, critics, collectors and patrons should create communities where art is discussed. It seems clear that social networking opportunities could facilitate such discussions on a global level. Artists need to constantly question themselves: Where are they going, what are they doing? Whose ideas have merit, and why? Complacency is anathema to art.
While I'm not especially fond of Carson's unerring belief in the nebulous force of raw artistic talent to thrive without institutions – even talent is something that must be honed with work and, yes, study – her demand for a discursive space for constant artistic growth in a wider community of diverse players is something I can wholeheartedly endorse.
(Image from www.gearfuse.com)
To counteract all this cynicism, the last post I'd like to share today is an older one from Art:21 (and by older I mean maybe three weeks… oh, blogosphere, the way you distort time…) that despite the author's perceived intention presents a bolstering example of the amazing things that can be achieved by students in an institutional setting. In the first of an on-going series of teaching anecdotes (the second was posted today, for those who like their meat fresh), Joe Fusaro talks about his first attempt to teach installation art to a class of 7th Graders who respond so enthusiastically to the concept that they immediately set about creating their own interventions throughout the school. While Fusaro is far from self-congratulatory about the complaints he received from staff after some of the students succeeded in covering every clock-face in the building (including the one in the principal's office) with brightly-coloured dots, there's no denying that it was, albeit temporarily, a highly successful act of art that immediately awakened every person in that school community to the power of those clocks in their everyday lives. And it's the sort of work that would not have been thought of outside an institution.
I highly recommend reading Fusaro's complete retelling of the story, and his other teaching anecdotes here, particularly if you're one of the institution-bound artists out there needing to remember why this is all going to be worthwhile, someday.
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Nokia 5710 XpressMusic appears on Nokia's US website
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic is more than one year old, so the Finnish company thought it's time for a successor. Which is, apparently, the Nokia 5710 XpressMusic.
Previously appeared on a Chinese website, the 5710 is now confirmed by Nokia itself.
The new handset was spotted on Nokia's US portal, although it seems that it can't be found there anymore.
Design-wise, the 5710 is almost similar to the 5700. When it comes to features, it's said that the new XpressMusic brings a 3.2MP autofocus camera and support for microSD cards of a higher capacity (probably 8GB or 16GB).
Since the old 5700 is offered by T-Mobile in the US, the 5710 might be hitting North America via the same carrier – but there's no word on when this could happen.
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I would like to check a statement about Schauder bases in $C([0,1])$ to be sure that I don't lie to my students on Monday. The statement(s) that I would like to check are:
The family of monomials $\{1,t,t^2,t^3,\dots\}$ is a topological basis but not a Schauder basis in $C([0,1])$ because there's not a unique choice of coefficients converging to a given continuous function. (An example I thought of: there's a polynomial approximation of $|t|$ on $[-1,1]$ using only even polynomials, but then that's a polynomial approximation of $t$ on $[0,1]$ with zero $t$ coefficient.)
Ditto for trigonometric polynomials.
The reason I ask is because when searching for this on the internet, I came across a statement claiming that trigonometric polynomials weren't a Schauder basis because in general (there's that phrase again!) Fourier series don't converge uniformly for continuous functions. That seems to me like a load of dingo's kidneys (not the convergence statement, but the deduction from it) but - and here's the clincher - the statement was made by someone whose answers on MO I've found to be generally reliable. (To be clear, the statement wasn't made on MO and was somewhere fairly obscure and I'm not going to "name and shame" because I don't want to embarrass that person - if I'm right - or myself - if I'm wrong.)


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Sam Burchfield has finally released his long anticipated debut EP, which has subsequently taken over the internet. Within minutes of its release, hundreds of friends and fans flooded social media sites with their support. In only two days the 22 year old has already landed highly competitive featured spots on various national and international music sites. After listening, it doesn't take long to realize why Where to Run is something to talk about.
Going down the new record, every song feels like a different genera. From folk, to blues, to jazz, and even gospel, this EP has it all. Over the course of seven tracks, over 15 instruments were mixed together to uniquely paint every emotion and every word. The arrangements are stunning; in no small part due to the incredible musicians Burchfield asked to work with.
It is interesting to know that almost all of the musicians on the EP have played with or had a personal connection with Sam before the record. For example, Sam met the incredibly talented horns and keys players, including the well known Richard Sherrington, during his time playing in a wedding band.
It's cool because everyone who was apart of this was either already my friend, or they became my friend during the process. It was amazing to have people I really care about be on it.
Three of the seven songs, Here Tonight, Moses, and Kings, clearly show the influence of Burchfield's faith in his music. However, his lyrics have a very real universal appeal. In Kings, he sings about the fight of being a slave to the things that make us less than who we want to be.
Its kind of abstract… 'we used to be Kings, everything was great till you came along'. You know… even if you're not Christian, it's just about the bad in the world. It's about freedom. It's a song about freedom from that.
The infectious beats and witty lyrics of She Got Your Love and Monopoly will be stuck in your head for days, while the softer swoons of Sister are likely to stir up memories of your childhood.
Doctor became a University of Georgia favorite after Burchfield played it at the TedxUGA conference last year. The comical song about falling in love with your doctor was written for his long-time girlfriend and pre-med major Rebekah Anders.
Cause that golden hair was made to wear a wild flower threaded through
So on the first of May, I asked her to stay and be my month of June...
Every song on the EP feels unique and personal. It was crafted the way all good records should be with a cohesive passion that moves flawlessly from track to track.
Check out Where to Run today on iTunes on Bandcamp and let the Examiner know what you think in the comments below! To keep up with Sam's music check out his website. You can also find him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter.


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Rain Strikes Again During Silverstone World Superbike Superpole
Team Althea Racing secured two places on the second row of tomorrow's SBK race grid at Silverstone. Riders Davide Giugliano and Carlos Checa both crashed during this afternoon's Superpole but despite these difficulties managed to record the fifth and seventh fastest lap times respectively.
Conditions were cloudy but dry for the start of the second qualifying session this morning. Both Althea Racing riders went straight out on track and for Davide it was especially important that he record a fast time in order to qualify for Superpole after yesterday's results.
Fortunately, conditions allowed almost all riders, Davide included, to improve on their best times set yesterday. Towards mid-session, the young Italian went well over a second quicker than he did in first qualifying, registering a best of 2m06.4 which put him in twelfth for the Superpole.
Carlos recorded the tenth fastest time of the morning but the aggregate results of both qualifying sessions meant that he qualified in overall fifth position for today's Superpole.
Superpole 1: today's Superpole was declared wet after heavy rain fell just moments before the session opened. Checa was pushing hard right from the start, lowering his times with the passing of each lap. In the final stages he made further improvement, consolidating his position at the top of the timesheets with a best time of 1m22.5.
Giugliano made constant progress throughout the session before making a big step up in the final minutes, with a time of 2m22.9 which took him from twelfth to second position, just four tenths of a second behind team-mate Carlos'.
Superpole 2: the rain returned between the first and second sessions but this did not prevent Giugliano from recording a very fast time, projecting himself into first place with a lap time of 1m21.9.
Unfortunately, pushing perhaps a little too hard in the final stages caused the Italian to crash and he lost out on a front row start as a result, closing in final fifth position. Almost immediately Carlos, lying in third, also crashed when he touched the slippery white line.
As a result he too missed out on an almost certain front row position, losing a few positions in the final minutes and qualifying in eventual seventh place for tomorrow's races.
In the end two Ducatis ended up on the front row but neither were of the Althea variety. Jakub Smrz took his second Superpole of the session on his Liberty Racing Effenbert Ducati whilst former team mate Sylvain Guintoli was 3rd fastest on his Pata Ducati debut.
Carlos Checa: "In the Superpole I went long and didn't expect the white line to be so slippery – there was no way I could avoid the crash. It was a pity because I know I could have made a good lap and a good result. So that's that, we lost the front row, but at least we know that we have a pretty strong pace in all conditions, whether wet or dry. We've worked hard all weekend and I'm confident. Two dry races would be preferable for us riders and for the fans I think but from what we've seen so far it's all a big unknown as far as racing conditions are concerned."
Davide Giugliano: "The weekend hasn't been easy for us at all, what with the crash yesterday and then some small problems with the bike. I haven't been able to put together all of the necessary elements. In the Superpole I had quite good feeling in the wet and if it hadn't been for the crash I could definitely have been on the front row, perhaps even in pole. But anyway, we are tough and we go on. We'll see what we can do tomorrow. One positive thing to come out of the Superpole is that we've shown that we have pace in the wet, so if conditions are similar tomorrow I think our chances are good."
TIMES (Superpole): 1. Smrz (Ducati) 2'20.8; 2. Camier (Suzuki) 2'20.8; 3. Guintoli (Ducati) 2'21.3; 4. Haslam (BMW) 2'21.6; 5. Giugliano (Ducati) 2'21.9; 6. Melandri (BMW) 2'21.9; 7. Checa (Ducati) 2'23.3; 8. Sykes (Kawasaki) 2'24.0
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude Chapter 19 Summary
- And just like that, Amaranta Úrsula comes back. Which makes sense, right? Seriously, there aren't that many characters left alive at this point.
- She comes back with her husband, Gaston, who is a Fleming from Belgium. (Hey, did you know that the singular of Flemish is Fleming? You do now.) Gaston follows her around on a leash. Seriously.
- Amaranta Úrsula is bursting with fresh energy, and immediately she starts working to clean and fix up the house. She is modern, very fashionable, and has no patience with all the old traditions and superstitions.
- Gaston assumes this is a temporary stopover before they move to Europe for good, so he doesn't stress.
- A year goes by, and most of Amaranta Úrsula's attempts to bring some life back to the place fail. Still, she's not giving up, and so Gaston takes up entomology (the study of insects), which was his college major.
- It turns out they have a hot and heavy sex life and get it on all the time in all sorts of crazy places. That's kind of the whole basis of their relationship, apparently.
- When they first met, she told him all these amazing nostalgic stories about Macondo and how wonderful and magical a town it was, obviously without realizing the horrible ruin it had become. (It's kind of strange that this is how she remembers it, since her childhood was that horrible five-year rainstorm and then playing with crazy old Úrsula.)
- So two years pass, and still Amaranta Úrsula shows no signs of wanting to leave.
- Gaston starts to hang out with Aureliano (II), who is interesting because he knows everything about everything.
- But Aureliano (II) is fundamentally a loner, and Gaston needs a new project. So he comes up with the idea of creating an airmail route into Macondo. Gaston is a pilot, so this is right up his alley.
- Meanwhile, Aureliano (II) has been turned upside down by being near Amaranta Úrsula. We know what you're thinking, and you're totally right: incest! Except in this case, Amaranta Úrsula and Aureliano (II) both think he is a foundling from the river, so they're not actually related to each other. The feelings are driving him crazy.
- He starts venturing out into the town for the first time and starts to sleep with a West Indian woman named Nigromanta. He translates Melquíades' writings by day and has sex with Nigromanta by night.
- She starts to fall in love with him, but he confesses his feelings for Amaranta Úrsula and ends up treating Nigromanta strictly as a prostitute.
- When he's home, he hears Amaranta Úrsula and Gaston having sex in the house. They seem to be rather loud about it. (Come on guys, have a little respect for your roomie.)
- The other thing Aureliano (II) does in town is befriend the owner of the bookstore, the Catalonian (meaning he's from Catalan, a region in Spain), and a group of four fun guys: Álvaro, Germán, Alfonso, and Gabriel.
- These guys take him to a very depressing new brothel where the girls are prostituting themselves to avoid starvation. Good times are had by all, especially when it comes to light that Aureliano (II) is pretty well-endowed.
- For the first time in his sad life, Aureliano (II) finally has friends. One of them, Gabriel, even remembers the war of Colonel Aureliano Buendía and doesn't argue about the banana plantation massacre. Why? Because he's the great-great-grandson of Colonel Gerineldo Márquez, making him Gabriel Márquez… wait a minute! (This is kind of a funny in-joke: Álvaro, Germán, and Alfonso were García Márquez's BFFs when he was writing the book.)
- The Catalonian teaches them all stuff about the classics, and because they are having so much fun, Aureliano (II) stops trying to puzzle out the parchments.
- In the meantime, he is still crazily in lust with Amaranta Úrsula. He also figures out that Gaston isn't the nice guy that he seems to be but is trying to wear out Amaranta Úrsula until she will submit to going back to Europe with him.
- Finally Aureliano (II) confesses his feelings to Amaranta Úrsula. She gets mad and tells him that she will be leaving the country soon.
- That night the fun-time gang goes to yet another new brothel, which is run by – wait for it – Pilar Ternera! She is over 150 years old at this point.
- Neither of them will ever know that she is actually Aureliano (II)'s great-great-grandmother. He fesses up about Amaranta Úrsula, and Pilar Ternera tells him that his crush is waiting for him at that very moment.
- Aureliano (II) rushes home, corners Amaranta Úrsula as she is coming out of the bath, and they end up having silent, amazing sex while Gaston is in the room next door.
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I just picked up a 1975 CJ-5...It needs a little work but started and ran alright will need a tune up...its been in a garage for the past 11 yearsThis should keep me busy for a while..
My new Hunting Rig!
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Posted 03 April 2011 - 08:04 PM
Sweet! They are a blast!
Posted 03 April 2011 - 08:10 PM
You'll have a lot of fun with that! I had a 1978 Jeep CJ-5 and we had a blast with it. What size engine does your Jeep have in it? Mine had the V-8, 3 spd, which is one of the reasons I sold it. (Rotten gas mileage). Have Fun!!
Posted 03 April 2011 - 08:30 PM
It's got a 258 straight six and a four speed...well really a 3 speed with a granny gear...has a rack for 2 jerry cans and gear...2 tops..winch...tow bar..i'm really happy with it..
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Posted 24 June 2011 - 07:13 PM
I'm on my 4th CJ/TJ jeep. I started with a '76 CJ5 like yours also-with the 258 six, 4 speed tranny. It lasted till I needed something larger and moved to an '82 CJ7, same engine with an automatic. You'll love those old CJ's. There's still tons of accessories for them on the market. I doubt they'll ever go away. Take care of her-she'll take care of you.
Posted 27 June 2011 - 07:35 PM
I had a 1969 CJ5, 283, 4-speed and 5.38 gears wasn't too fast but would climb a tree. I liked it a lot but went a little bigger with a 1970 Ford Bronco.
Posted 28 June 2011 - 07:54 PM
What does something like that cost these days, I had my 78 dodge engine,trans rebuilt so i don't want to get rid of it, but i have a 94 gmc with a diesel, been thinking about selling it to get a jeep, pre smog though. I just haven't looked, too busy with work
Posted 28 June 2011 - 08:25 PM
Cool Jeep! I've spent a minute or two around them. Just got back the one I learned to drive in, grandpa's '53 M38A1 (military CJ-5).Robert, sell the 94. I have a '71 CJ-6 ( 6 not a typo) for sale since I got the '53.
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The last time there was talk of another Rambo project it was when a television series was being developed, one that would see someone other than Sylvester Stallone take on the iconic character. That was nearly a year ago and with no movement at all on it, it looks like plans are again moving forward on a fifth Rambo movie.
Splendid Film dropped the news earlier today they've acquired the rights to Rambo V, which Stallone will write the script for as well as star in, presumably for the last time but you never know. Here's a translation of the German company's statement:
With 'Rambo V' Sylvester Stallone returns in his iconic role. This time he goes up against a Mexican cartel. Stallone, who has also written the screenplay, describes the new Rambo as his version of 'No Country for Old Men.' Like the last film, 'Rambo V' is produced by Avi Lerner ("The Expendables 1-3").
This would be Stallone's return to the character after 2008's Rambo, which at the time seemed like a fitting end for the franchise. But when it cleared over $100M worldwide and was relatively inexpensive, that opened up the door for at least one more. And we've heard numerous ideas for what the story could be about, including Stallone talking about it as a "passing the torch" film. At other times Stallone has shot down the idea of doing more so who knows what his motivation will be like a few months from now. Comparing this upcoming project to the Coen Brothers' Best Picture-winner is a good way to guarantee a lot of attention, so clearly the intention is there at this moment to send Rambo into battle one last time.


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Only a few days after it got leaked, the Moto G Forte has been made official in Mexico today. Late last month when we first heard about it, we were wondering whether it was really going to be a ruggedized version of the Moto G, or perhaps just a bundle deal whereas you'd get a free case with a new (and 'vanilla') Moto G.
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Monuments and Symbols of Hollywood Cemetery
Program InformationProgram: Hollywood: Richmond's Garden Cemetery
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Year Produced: 2004
The people buried in Hollywood employed artisans to build iron or stone reminders that cleverly tell small stories about the dead and sometimes about the grieving. In its own way, each monument also contributes toward an overall effect on the landscape.
Richmond boasts a cemetery, named Hollywood because of the natural proliferation of holly trees on the grounds, whose history, beauty and tranquility have made it a local treasure. Hollywood Cemetery lives out its original intention for the living and the dead. It is a mature green space with a commanding view of the James River that serves the public as a natural retreat within the confines of the city. It is the final resting place for two U.S. presidents, the only confederate president, several confederate generals, a Supreme Court justice, writers and local celebrities - as well as many people who are not famous at all. In addition to its legendary status in Richmond and beyond, Hollywood remains a working cemetery.For more information visit: http://ideastations.org/hollywood
The people buried in Hollywood each have provided insight to who they were and what they did in life. They employed artisans to build iron or stone reminders that cleverly tell small stories about the dead and sometimes about the grieving. In its own way, each monument also contributes toward an overall effect on the landscape.
Betty Allen:
"A walk through Hollywood is really a walk through a nature center. It is a walk through an art museum. You'll find many, many very sentimental things here. But see these markers are put up at a time of great Romanticism."
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"You'll also find torches. If the torch is turned down that means the flame, the life was extinguished. And a wreath is a circle. There is no beginning and there is no end, and that's life, it's a circle. Usually the wreath will have perennial flowers in it. Perennial flowers die in the fall but they come back in the spring."
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"Charlie loved the dog so much, his father bought the dog for him. And then Charlie's little sister died. Her name was Bernadine Reese. And the dog was moved out here to the cemetery where little Bernadine is buried. And it's been standing guard for a long time now."
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Flashback, 6-5: Critics Cornered
Why we Review Dance
By Paul
Copyright 1998, 2006 The Dance Insider
(The Dance Insider
has been revisiting its Archive.
This article first appeared in the Winter 1998-99 print issue of
the Dance Insider, and is today posted online for the first time.)
I have always been leery
about reviewing. Reviews can wield clout -- from influencing you
about whether to see a show to closing one. While I am convinced
about dances that have uplifted me or enraged me, most of what I
see is in the middle. I can formulate opinions on these works, but
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your money.
Three recent works,
two recent reviews, and two pieces of advice have convinced me that
there is a gap in criticism, and the Dance Insider has an obligation
to try to fill that gap. The advice came from Sara Hook, a choreographer,
teacher, dancer, and our senior artistic advisor, and Boo Froebel,
who produces the performance series Phat Tuesdays. Sara, critiquing
an article I wrote, said it was full of interesting quotes but lacked
a clear point of view. She said I should not be afraid of giving
my opinion, and of revealing my passion in writing. Boo feels that
critics should advise and inform, rather than mandate, and that
some forget this.
Recent dance and recent
review #1 that made me change my mind involve Lar Lubovitch's "Othello,"
premiered in 1997 by American Ballet Theatre. Lubovitch shackles
his dancers in choreography that requires little more than simplistic
flailing. He wastes Desmond Richardson (who created the lead), dance's
best switch-hitter. Unlike theater, dance is not locked into words,
and when it is relating a story, it should use its architecture
to amplify the story as well as reveal its subtleties. Jose Limon
does this in "The Moor's Pavane," his 40-minute, four person "Othello"
in which the only prop is a handkerchief that cost volumes less
but speaks volumes more than the million-dollar accoutrements of
Lubovitch's Moor. In James Kudelka's "Washington Square," the heroine
conveys her timidity through expressive footwork. The New York Times's
Anna Kisselgoff executed some fancy footwork of her own reviewing
"Othello," avoiding addressing the lack of choreography by lauding
the production values. No matter how fancy the setting, this emperor
has no clothes, and someone needs to say so.
Review #2 which prompted
me to think our voice is needed was also from the Times. When the
Brooklyn Academy of Music this fall presented "The Mysteries of
Eleusis" -- a hybrid with the world's top Kathakali, Flamenco, and
Peking Opera dancers -- the Times sent a critic who ignored the
dance except to ask, "Why is the flamenco dancer even there?" Peter
Marks devoted his space to the type of sarcasm-masquerading-as-criticism
that reveals more about the writer's acid tongue than the work.
"Under cover of darkness," he said, "Large groups made mad dashes
for the doors, like the stealthy P.O.W.'s tunneling to freedom in
'The Great Escape.'"
If the Times would have
sent a dance critic instead of a theater critic, she might have
directed her spectacles to the stage instead of the exit doors.
Dance critics do not expect to have meaning spoon-fed to them and,
unlike Marks, are prepared to evaluate art outside their regular
brief. With theater and dance hurtling towards a merge lane, publications
need reviewers who are up to speed, and can comprehend both. They
should also make sure their critics are open to new ideas. Marks
was put off by the production's non-traditional spirituality. "The
New Age sets and lighting make (it) look (like) a rejected pilot
for yet another manifestation of Star Trek," he wrote.
"The Mysteries of Eleusis"
was not conceived on a Paramount soundstage, but in the Marcopoulo
mountains outside Athens. Performers rehearsed from 7 a.m. until
11 p.m., when their work was illuminated by the stars, and sometimes
blanketed by rain. If the production had an Achilles heel, it may
have been this immersion. While not "the most incomprehensible work
ever attempted in any medium," as Marks said, it was sometimes hard
to decipher. Director Vasilios Calitsis may have lost perspective
on how it might be comprehended by one who has not spent five years
immersed in the project. He needs a dramaturg. He -- and other artists
who are no less sincere because their infrastructure is faulty --
also need criticism that will not level but help them build better
work. We'll attempt to fill this function.
The third reason for
introducing reviews into the Dance Insider is that when we see something
we love, we should share it. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's September
show at New York's Kitchen is one such event.
De Keersmaeker's passion
was apparent from the moment in 1981 when, still in college, she
stepped onto the stage at Dance Theater Workshop to audition for
its Fresh Tracks series with "Fase." "The panel sat there stunned,"
recalls DTW executive director David White. "It was great: rigorous,
rehearsed, and she was just 19 years old. She stalked downstage
and said, 'Now I don't want to hear any shit about using Steve Reich.'"
De Keersmaeker returned
to New York in September for the swan song of "Fase." On its surface,
the phrases were like those I aver in Brown and other post-moderns.
But De Keersmaeker revealed to me what post-modern can be when danced
not with ironic detachment but joy. Swirling in a circle of light
for her Third Phase solo to violin, she was rhapsodic and virtuosic.
Far from being detached from the music, she allowed herself to be
swept up in it. She did not hold back, but shared her enthusiasm
with the audience. She was on fire. It was post-modern unafraid
of being exuberant in public. She finished by looking frankly out
at us before the lights blacked out. My first impulse was to go
backstage and interview her. Then I thought, no, I don't need to
own this -- I need to share it. That need -- as well as the need
to shout out when emperors have no clothes, and to advise and inform
artists and audience -- will guide our reviews.
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"The Last 3 Minutes" from Shane Hurlbut ASC
New video from Shane Hurlbut posted on his Hurlbut Visuals blog.
"The Last 3 Minutes" From Shane Hurlbut, ASC from Shane Hurlbut, ASC on Vimeo.
The main character in this short is William Turner, a janitor whose life seems mundane on the surface but as it develops, many interesting layers are revealed. We shot his boring existence in the present day at 24fps utilizing the new Canon 5D firmware.
As William's life unfolds from present day to the past, we shot with the Canon 5D at 30fps and pulled it in at 24fps to give it a slightly dreamy feel. The creamy Canon 'L' series glass delivered the period look that we were hoping to achieve.
Shane goes into a lot of detail on his blog including a photo of the Doggiecam so be sure to read the whole article.


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Student Home
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Math instructor receives national honor for teaching excellence
Cambridge Campus Hosts Winter Concerts, Dec 10 and Dec. 11
College Hosts Bi-Annual Student Art Sale Dec. 10-13
College Announces Cast for Upcoming Production of Las Hermanas Padilla
Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation Donates $25,000 for Nursing Scholarships at Cambridge Campus
MnSCU Board of Trustees to Adopt Recommendations in "Charting the Future for a Prosperous Minnesota"
Public Invited: Concert to Honor Veterans and Families, Dec. 2
World-Premiere of Concert to Honor Veterans and Families, Nov. 19
Two Rivers Reading Series Presents Reading and Discussion with Author Cary Waterman, Nov. 7
Apply to College for FREE at Anoka-Ramsey and Anoka Tech
Creative Writing Associate in Fine Arts Degree Now Offered
College Brings Tartuffe to Stage Nov. 8-16
Scholarship Fundraiser Partnership Supports Community College Students
Colleges/Community Unit to INSPIRE the Next Generation of Manufacturers
College Faculty/Artists Offer Public Talks about Craft
Seventeen Talented Students Cast in College's Fall Production of Tartuffe
Aligned Colleges Human Resources Department Earns All-Star Award from MnSCU
College Welcomes NFL Veteran, LGBT Speaker Oct. 9
College Foundation Awarded First Grant from MnSCU/MSCSA Golf Tournament
Golden Rams earns MCAC Volleyball and NJCAA Athletes of the Week Honors, Sept. 21
College Welcomes Visiting Chinese Faculty
College Offers Unique Opportunity to Study in Costa Rica in Spring 2014
Cambridge Campus Welcomes Inspirational Veteran Featured in Still Standing, Oct 9
Coon Rapids Campus Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
College Two Rivers Reading Series Presents Author Hornbacher, Oct 2
Documentary of renowned potter Warren MacKenzie to premiere Sept. 5
College Choir Welcomes Community to Sing-Along
In conjunction with National Coming Out Week, the Anoka-Ramsey Community College Office of Diversity and Multiculturalism and Counseling Services welcomes:
NFL Veteran and LGBT Role Model
Esera Tuaolo
Wednesday, Oct. 9
1 to 2:30 p.m
Coon Rapids Campus Legacy Room
The event is free and open to the public.
More About Tuaolo
Born on Oahu Island in Hawaii, Esera Tuaolo grew up on a small banana farm as the youngest of eight children. In order to get better exposure as a football player, he moved to California when he was in high school where he was noticed by college recruiters and went to play for Oregon State University (OSU) after graduating.
In college, he was the winner of the Morris Trophy given to the best defensive player in the Pac-10. In 1990, the Green Bay Packers drafted Tuaolo with the 35th pick. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 consecutive seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons (1998 Super Bowl contender team) and the Carolina Panthers. He was the first rookie in Packer history to start all 16 games and was a member of the 1991 all-rookie team.
As a gay man in the hyper-masculine culture of professional football, Tuaolo felt forced to hide his sexuality. The secret crippled him, leading him to drink excessively and even contemplate suicide. It also hindered his football performance. Tuaolo's autobiographical account, Alone in the Trenches with John Rosengren, tells his agonizing and compelling tale. His story exposes the behind-the-scenes world of professional football and what happens on the field and in the locker room.
After retiring from professional football, Tuaolo publicly announced his sexuality on HBO Real Sports, an experience he describes as "taking off a costume I've been wearing all my life." One of only three former NFL players to ever come out, he has received huge amounts of support from old teammates, the media, friends and family. Now, he brings his incredible story to the podium to inspire others to achieve their best by speaking to their individual truths without fear or intimidation.
For more information about public events at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, please call 763-433-1100 or visit AnokaRamsey.edu.


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Southerners from all parts of the south i savor the taste of collard greens. They are a dark, leafy green vegetable that is part of the cabbage family and closely related to kale. Collard greens have a slight bitter taste similar to turnip or mustard greens. This tartness loses its bite depending upon how long the greens are cooked and what ingredients they are cooked down with. Collard greens may be the most loved southern comfort food vegetables prepared. Here is a savory old-fashioned way to prepare this perfect side dish with a creamy touch that is topped with bacon that will have both cook and guest looking for more.
- 3-4 pounds of collard greens
- 10-12 slices of crisp crumpled bacon
- 1 cup of heavy cream
- 1/3 cup of butter or 2/3 of a stick
- 3 large cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 large onion, chopped finely
- 2 teaspoons of salt, divided
- ½ teaspoon of pepper
- Cook the bacon until crisp without burning.
- Once the bacon is cooked set the slices on paper towels to drain excess fat.
- After the slices cool, crumple them and set them back on another towel and set aside.
- In a large soup or pasta pot add about 2 quarts of water or fill the pot to the half way mark.
- Add 1 teaspoon of salt and set the pot on a high flame to boil.
- Once the water boils add the collard greens to the hot water and cook for 20 minutes. Press the leaves and stems down and stir occasionally during the cooking time.
- While the collard greens are cooking grab a large frying pan and melt the butter in it over a medium heat without browning it.
- Add the chopped and minced onion and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes until tender.
- Add the heavy cream, 1 teaspoon of salt and the pepper and stir.
- Cook the cream sauce for 3-5 minutes until it starts to thicken.
- Drain the green into a colander and run under cold water for about 2 minutes.
- Shake as much water as possible out using the colander.
- Then remove the stems and leaves and place on paper towels to drain completely and pat dry gently.
- Set the greens aside on a dry paper towel for now.
- Once the cream sauce is cooked remove it from the stove and stir in the collar greens.
- Mix well so all the pieces get coated.
- Transfer the creamed collard greens into a serving bowl and top with the crumpled bacon before serving.
- Enjoy!
- Great side dish served with fried chicken or fried catfish. These greens would also be great when Halibut filets are served for dinner.
- Salt can be cut back to one teaspoon to reduce on sodium intake.
- Always use fresh garlic, not the minced pieces sold in jars at the supermarkets. The oils to preserve the garlic will change the taste dramatically when used in this recipe.
Copyright 2011 Beverly Mucha / All Rights Reserved


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Cork Bits: ideas for your Napa Valley weekend
Another week has come and nearly gone. We've got a few fun events on the docket for the next several days, so read on to find out what we suggest you look into if you'll be in town.
Friday, August 6th
- From 5pm – 8pm in downtown Napa, Back Room Wines will host a summer tomatoes and wine pairing event. For a $10 per person tasting fee (no reservation required) you'll be able to enjoy sweet and juicy heirloom tomatoes with four wines to match. Call 877-322-2576 for more information
- It's the first Friday of the month, so that means Cheers! St. Helena will take place Friday evening in downtown St. Helena. Full details on the event can be found here, but suffice it to say it includes all the food, wine, shopping and fun you could ever want in a single evening. This month's event will include a 'social media lounge' that will be located on the East side of Adams street and even has its own Twitter hashtag: #CheersNV. Call 707-967-0900 for details
Saturday, August 7th
- At 7pm the Napa Valley Opera House will play host to the 2nd Annual Battle of the Bands event presented by Wandering Rose. For $12 per person at the door ($10 per person in advance), you'll get to hear (and judge) bands from around the Napa Valley. Call 707-226-7372 for more information
Happy weekend!
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Do you like to watch English TV shows and movies? Do you get nervous if you have to say the name of an actor? Don't worry! Even native speakers have trouble pronouncing some of these names.
In this video, I show you how to pronounce the names of 29 actors. Not all of these actors are from an English-speaking country, but this is how to pronounce their names in American English.
Dan Aykroyd
Christian Bale
Javier Bardem
Jim Caviezel
George Clooney
Sean Connery
Russell Crowe
Tom Cruise
John Cusack
Matt Damon
Leonardo DiCaprio
Vin Diesel
Laurence Fishburne
Zach Galifianakis
Ryan Gosling
Adrian Grenier
Jake Gyllenhaal
Anthony Hopkins
Heath Ledger
Taylor Lautner
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew MacFadyen
Ewan McGregor
Liam Neeson
Joaquin Phoenix
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kiefer Sutherland
Eric Szmanda
Denzel Washington


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I rode there from the Springfield Missouri Airport with my Ma, Lana Bartling. She lives North of Springfield, so she figured it would be easier to take me there directly from the airport.
Ma had seen ads for this resort on TV, so she was interested to see if it was as nice as it looked on TV. The last Indian Casino she had been to was in Flandrou South Dakota, which was some time ago, and that was a small and primitive operation compared to this more modern Downstream Casino.
It was easy to find right off the freeway, and had a nice private drive p to the resort. They were setting up fr an outdoor concert, and I didn't confirm this but someone told me it was Peter Frampton. If I had more time, I would have wanted to come back for that.The landscaping was nice, there was plenty of self parking. The buildings have a bit of a distinctive look to them. the architecture and materials have a retro look, like from the 50s or 60s maybe.
We hit the lunch buffet at the Spring River Buffet, and we enjoyed it. The desserts were the highlight--good cheesecake, pie, and other treats. The salad bar wasn't huge, but the fruit was good and fresh. I liked the chicken fried steak, it was very good, much better than what you would get at a basic chain diner. It was lot's of comfort food, and the staff was friendly and helpful.
In line for the buffet, spoke with a guy who drives 3 1/2 hours to get there, three times a week. He and his wife have a regular schedule. They stay overnight and have their room comped. So they are basically always either coming or going to the casino, it's practically their second home, since they stay there three nights a week. Ma wanted to know what you have to do to get free rooms three nights a week "Loose a lot of money" was the predictable reply. They play slots, blackjack, and some of the crazy "board games" like three card poker or whatever.
After lunch, I got Ma settled into a nice nickel video poker machine. Deuces wild. Then I went to the poker room.
There were two tables going, both 1-2 no limit games with a maximum buy in of $200. That's their basic game there. They also get a 2-3 going and from what I understand weekend PLO games. They also offer daily tournament. I locked up a seat, checked in with Ma, (she was hitting four and five of a kind on her deuces wild machine,e was up fifty cents).
Then I got my chips and sat down to play. There was a red flag right off the bat; about the third hand, I was in the big blind. I tossed in a red 5$ chip. The dealer, an older lady. didn't give me any change, three white chips. I was in the number one seat. I looked at her and asked her "don't I get some change." and she just seemed like she didn't' hear me. So they play the turn and then on the river, I said again "I should get some change", still no reaction. This guy wins with a pair of queens, and it looks like the dealer is about to push the pot to this guy and I say "Time!" and they are all startled, and this guy goes "It was a pair of queens". And I'm like, "yeah, I know, I want my three dollars change, that's why I called time." And the dealler is all confused doesn't seem to understand untill one of the players explained that I must have put our a red chip for the big blind. Later, some players were comenting that she had been struggling with dealing at the other table also.
The other red flag right away was some casual talk about the fact that green and black chips were not allowed in play because they had been "disappearing from the table". I'm always prety observant and carefull at the poker table, but I was thinking to myself "holy shit! First they try to scoop my threedollars change from the big blind, now talk about chips disapeering from the table, what the hell did I get myself into here?"
After a few hours, it all seemed fairly harmless. This game is mostly locals and regulars. Way more action probably on weekends, and at night.
The session I played, there was quite a bit of changing of players, and the game never settled down to a steady lineup.. A couple guys left shortly after I came in, taking about $500 each off the table. They game was pretty loose and aggressive. I'd come in first with a raise to $7, and get two or three callers behind me, plus at least one of the blinds, and I'd see flof with a rasied pot five way! And those guys would just fire away if they caught even a small piece of the flop, any pair for sure, under-pairs they pushed hard, etc. The kind of game I really love, and I could play that game every night and do pretty good.
I was down a little, after several busted draws on those five way hands. A guy with a short stack went all in ahead of me, about $40 is what he had. I looked at an Ace/Queen off suit. I put him on a weak hand to go all in with, a pair of sixes maybe, or even Ace/Jack or worse. So I go all in with about $120 to isolate him, and I'll be damned if this kid doesn't call me behind. The kid I was a little worried about him calling too, maybe he's got ace/king or something. The board comes a mess of small cards, like a 2, 4. 6, 7. 9 rainbow. I flipped over my Ace queen thinking I got whacked with a paiir of fives or threes or somehitng. But they both grimaced and mucked their hands. I was quite happy to more than double up with Ace/Queen after air-balling the board!
Ma wanted to go, so we did. I world have stayed al night, and expected to win at least a couple hundred dollars. They have a nice little card room at the Downstream Casino. It's clean, the rake was $4 I believe, a huge discount to what I pay in Arizona. They have the little no limit game that's just fine for beginners or experienced players alike. They play PLO. If I had more time to spend there, I might end up giving them a higher rating.
For now. I rate The Downstream Casino as "BET", the second highest rating out of four.
"CHECK RAISE" being the highest (Most recommended), followed by "BET", (definitely worth a look) then "CHECK", (limited appeal) which is third out of four, and finally "FOLD" (least recommended--avoid)
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The Story of Savannah's Candy Kitchen
From a mother's kitchen in Woodbine, GA to Savannah, GA, candy from the Strickland kitchen is still down home delightful.
The man behind the famous Savannah, GA Candy is, Stan "The Candy Man" Strickland. The story begins in Woodbine, Georgia. His mother worked in a candy factory known for their Pecan Pralines, Log Rolls, Glazed Pecans, Peanut Brittle and Divinity Candy. At home, she was always making candy and pralines, especially during the holidays. She was an old fashioned baker who measured with the "cup" of her hand and always used the best, fresh ingredients. For Stan's mother, cooking and baking was an art form. Stan baked with his mom in the kitchen learning how to make her spectacular homemade southern delights.
Stan decided to share his family's sweet southern delights with others at his Savannah, GA candy company. Over thirty years ago, Stan opened Savannah's Candy Kitchen on historic River Street. Visitors quickly discovered that Stan's kitchen was the place to experience and taste down home southern sweetness. In order to keep up with the demand for his candy, Stan had to expand; but he made sure to keep his recipes fresh and homemade no matter how big the kitchen grew. Now the original Savannah's Candy Kitchen store on River Street occupies over 4,200 square feet and every square foot is filled to the brim with the best candies, cakes, and confections in the South. He has also added new stores in Savannah's City Market, the Atlanta Airport, Charleston, and Nashville.
Our Savannah pralines have put us on the map and let us expand our candy selection to include all kind of wonderful Savannah sweets including Savannah cakes, pecan pies, pecan log rolls, glazed pecans, praline layer cakes, and much more. We are the largest candy company in the Southeast and we are proud of all of our creations. We are so confident of our products that we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you are unhappy with your item for any reason we will gladly refund your money or ship you a replacement at your request.


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Watley Named USF Head Cross Country Coach
Watley most recently served as a volunteer assistant cross country and track and field coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2010-12. During his tenure, Nebraska garnered nine national qualifiers, five all-region performers, four individual conference champions and 35 all-conference selections.
Since 2010, the men's and women's Cornhusker squads have finished no worse than runner-up in conference championships at each of the last five meets and captured conference titles in 2011 (Big 12) and 2012 (Big 10).
Watley served as a volunteer intern with the Cornhuskers in the spring of 2009, when he assisted with the day-to-day operations and administration at home meets.
"We are extremely happy with Grant's hire," said Assistant Athletic Director Kevin Hesser. "He has experience at the highest level of collegiate competition and we look forward to the impact he will have on our program."
In 2006, Watley was at Lincoln Lutheran High School where he coached for five years. He was a member of the coaching staff that guided LLHS to the 2008 boy's track and field Class C state title. While working with the Warriors' cross country team in 2007, he became the first coach in school history to take both the men's and women's programs to the state meet in the same season.
A product of Lincoln Christian High School, Watley returned to coach the Crusaders in 2005, when he led the boys' squad to a second-place finish at the state cross country meet.
Watley received a bachelor's degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University and recently completed a master's degree from the United States Sports Academy.
He is currently pursuing a doctorate of education in sports management from the United States Sports Academy. Watley is also a USA Track and Field Level 1 certified coach and has USTFCCCA Track and Field program management and coaching certification.
Watley and the Cougars will begin their 2012 season August 31 at Augustana's Twillight Invitational.


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The Department of Bible, Missions and Ministry Facebook group is always a good place to go to stay connected with the Bible Department. We hope you find this site helpful, and if there's anything you find lacking, don't hesitate to contact us at email@example.com.
Junior level acceptance
While we welcome all who desire to serve God, we view ministry and mission work as a high calling, demanding high standards. Therefore all students who want to receive a degree from the Department of Bible, Missions and Ministry must complete an acceptance process, usually during the sophomore year. This process is intended to ensure that ACU graduates are equipped for the demands of ministry. Requirements include demonstration of academic ability, satisfactory completion of psychological testing, recommendations from church leaders and ACU faculty, and a personal essay.
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Megan Fox is quite an adorable gal. She has graced the covers of countless magazines and is a daily fixture on many entertainment news sites and blogs. Her exposure on the web is so great that there was even a "A Day Without Megan Fox" that called for a boycott on news regarding the starlet.
Considering, she is very easy on the eyes and have been known to be very friendly to her fans, it is pretty insane when it comes of some of the stuff she has said on the red carpet and during interviews.
E! Online's Breanne L. Heldman beautifully complies a list of Megan Fox's "WTF did she say?" moments.
1. Golden Globes, January 2009:
"I am pretty sure I'm a doppelgänger for Alan Alda. I'm a tranny. I'm a man."
2. FHM, June 2007:
"I forget to flush the toilet. Friends will tell me, 'Megan, you totally pinched a loaf in my toilet and didn't flush.' "