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This specification covers dry cleaning-grade perchloroethylene suitable for use in the dry cleaning industry. Materials shall be tested and the individual grades shall conform to specified values of appearance, water content, residual odor, specific gravity, non-volatile residue content, boiling point, dry point, acid acceptance, and copper corrosion.
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This is part one of a series of articles leading up to the DC Bachata and Kizomba Congress 2014 to take place next week Aug 14- Aug 18, 2014 at the Washington Hilton Hotel located at 1919 Connecticut ave nw wdc
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Part two will tell you about all the new additions this year including Fashion shows, Comedy shows, R and B concerts Beauty Pageants, and Education Seminars, giving back to the Community projects and so much more .
It's so much going on this year I do not know where to begin but I can tell you it is is my favorite eventsof the year and I am so excited I cannot wait until it begins. I know I will meet and have a chance to take workshops and a chance to dance with thousands of new people from all over the world and have an experience like no other.
First of all there are no people I know who know how to throw an event like the Producers of the DC Bachata Congress .
From the beginning , each year the DC Bachata and Kizomba Congress has grown and just when you think it cannot grow anymore the Producers Lee " El Gringuito" Smith and Kat " La Gata" Aguilar prove us wrong . This festival is now the Largest Latin Dance and Music Festival in the World States and with this year's additions it is the only one of it's kind in the world.
What started out as huge Bachata and Salsa party in Arlington in 2008 has turned into something words cannot describe. You really have to be there to experience it to really understand it. Each year thousands of people come from all over the world and converge in Washington, DC for this one of a kind affair featuring all types of dance workshops , Live concerts and performances by some of the world's best instructors. musicians and performers.
The mission of the DC Bachata Congress is to promote the growth and development of community involvement and diversity through Latin music and dance, interacting with all sectors of society to celebrate culture, music & well being. This year the festival celebrates 6 years & they are are going to do it bigger then ever! Their goal this year is to give a first rate Latin Dance Festival bringing together the World's Best Dancers, Musicians & Patrons for a week in DC you will never forget! This year we will be hosting an unprecedented 12 Ballrooms representing totaling 90,000 sq ft in dance space.There will be Ball Rooms featuring World's Largest Bachata Ball Room, *Authentic/Traditional Bachata Room Sponsored by Bachatu, The Salsa Mambo ChaCha Cha Ballroom hosted by StuckOnSalsa which has hosted the Salsa Ball Room all 6 six years of the Festval's existence, the Semba Ball Room., the Zouk/Caribbean Zouk Ballroom Hosted by DC Zouk Festival. The Tango Ball Room , The Kizomba Ball Room, The Brazilian Ball Room , The International Ball Room and more. I guess you get the picture, basically there is going to be something for everyone .
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TC TO EDWARD FITZGERALD ; 1 October 1842; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18421001-TC-EF-01; CL 15: 112-114
Chelsea, 1 Octr, 1842—
My dear Sir,
Thanks anew for your new Sketches and Details:1 you have anticipated nearly all I wanted in the Sketch way; had I my Sketches Nos. 2 & 3 safe back, it were about all right on that side. Pity, indeed, that those two are on the same paper,—somewhat. One might spread out the whole on the table at once, and construct for oneself a perfect panorama of the ground from them.— You have proved yourself, I must be allowed to say, a most brave Investigator in this matter: had I anticipated any such harvest of results, I should certainly have gone with you, rain and all.
Your Marston-Trussel graves are very likely to be authentic. The chase lasted all the way to Harborough: the King, feeling himself unsafe there, fled on to Ashby de la Zouch that night; and even then rested only a few hours. There was no "ravishing of women";2—far other fish to fry on that occasion: besides the Fairfax soldiers were no ravishers; even the stealing of a goose was punished with instant hanging. Prince Rupert's chivalry indeed— But you can judge whether they would be in a ravishing humour on that occasion!
That you could not see Burrough Hill from Guilsborough is all as it should be; for Sprigge's error in that name is manifest, and the place he means, there can be no doubt even from his own context, is Kislingbury: it was from the environs of Flower (near Weedon),—somewhere between Flower and Kislingbury,—that Fairfax, on the Friday morning early, saw the King's forces hurrying away from Burrough Hill and their huts on fire. He got to Guilsborough that night,—and if "Gilling" be not a misprint or mistake for that, it is to the present Antiquarian clearly a nonentity, having totally vanished out of that region.
The Cold Ashby tradition is likewise very credible, almost probable.3 For Ireton with light horse hung all that Friday morning upon the King's rear, scuffling with them; finishing off his dayswork at Naseby, on Langdale's Northern Horse. It is as good as certain the King would go thro' Cold Ashby,—I suppose he was marching on all the practicable roads that led up towards Harborough; Ireton keeping him close company on the main road. Ireton therefore we conclude was the saviour of the Ashby bacon: he would not eat it without paying for it! The two sitting skeletons of troopers would most likely be killed in this skirmishing pursuit;—and the chance rather is, since they were not stript, that they might be soldiers of his own; buried by their friends, pushed into any hole, and at least hidden from insult? Or perhaps not so? One would have liked to see the traces of the inscription on their caps! The "bridle-chains" were probably chin-straps for keeping their helmets on.— Fairfax, as I interpret, would not go thro' either Thornby or Cold Ashby, on Saturday morning, from Guilsburough; but straight up by the nearest road and roads he could fall in with. He took two hours: from 3 till 5 in the morning. By the way, there was no sermon at Naseby; but there were exhortations, prayers and psalm-singing: that text from Joshua may well enough have been in many mouths and hearts that morning.4
On the whole I am really much gratified with the fruit of this little antiquarian campaign of yours; and have, for my own share, a real obligation to you for it. But a man who owns Naseby Field in 1842 ought verily to know what is knowable about that bit of ground in 1645. Few more memorable spots are on the Earth's surface,—I do not say England's surface alone: perhaps nowhere else in the world, at no other time in the world, was such a Host gathered together as that of Fairfax, with such a cause as theirs. Charles called them "Rebels"; but he was very far mistaken in that word. It was he, poor Scarecrow, that has been found now to have been rebelling—rebelling against God Almighty and the whole true Universe, little as he dreamt of that!— — Finally tho' I advise no man to become an Author, I again say that if you drew up those details into due shape, and studying the matter effectually, made a Treatise of it, and printed it, you would do not ill, but well. At all events I will preserve what you have written to me, as a valuable thing.
And so farewell till we meet again,—if this is to be the last of Naseby at present.5 I will commend myself heartily to the brave Thackeray, Fitzboodle,6 or whatever he is called, and wish him and you a speedy reappearance here.———
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Scott Southmayd is in his 14th season with the University of Iowa football program. He is in his second year as director of player personnel. Southmayd served as Iowa's quality control director for eight years (2006-13) and administrative assistant for four years (2002-05).
As Iowa's director of player personnel, Southmayd is involved in many facets of the football program; with the focus being on assisting with Iowa's recruiting efforts. His main responsibilities include prospect identification, roster management, and on-campus recruiting.
As Iowa's quality control director, Southmayd assisted the recruiting coordinator with the administration of the recruiting process, hosting prospective student-athletes during their visit to campus and gathering information on recruits. He also served as a liaison with other University administration and support areas.
As Iowa's administrative assistant, Southmayd assisted the coaching staff in compiling statistical information, gathering information on opponents and recruits and assisting in the day to day operation of the football office.
Iowa has participated in 12 bowl games since 2001, including the 2014 TaxSlayer Bowl. The Hawkeyes won bowl games following the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons, defeating ranked opponents in both 2009 and 2010. The Hawkeyes have ranked in the final top 10 of both major polls four times in the past 13 seasons.
Iowa has appeared in seven January bowl games since 2001. The Hawkeyes have won 6-of-12 bowl games under Kirk Ferentz and his staff, including four January bowl victories. The January Bowl wins have come over Florida (2004 Outback), LSU (2005 Capital One), South Carolina (2009 Outback) and Georgia Tech (2010 Orange).
Iowa has won 104 games over the past 13 seasons, including 61 Big Ten games. The Hawkeyes earned a share of the Big Ten title in both 2002 and 2004 and tied for second in 2009. Iowa has finished in the Big Ten's first division in 12 of the past 14 years.
Prior to coming to the University of Iowa, Southmayd was a student coach at Central College in Pella, Iowa from 1998 to 2001. While at Central, he coached the receivers and worked primarily with the offense. In that time span, Central won three Iowa Conference football championships and participated in four NCAA Division III playoffs. In the summer of 2001, Scott served as an intern with the University of Northern Iowa football program.
Southmayd graduated cumma laude from Central College in 2002 with a B.A. in general studies. While at Central, he was the recipient of the Marjorie Giles Leadership Award. Southmayd earned a master's degree in recreation sport management and leisure studies from the University of Iowa in December, 2004.
A native of Readlyn, Iowa, Southmayd attended Wapsie Valley High School and played on a state championship football team coached by his father, Jerry Southmayd. Scott was awarded the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Iowa High School Scholar-Athlete Award in 1998.
Southmayd was born in Waverly, Iowa. Scott and his wife, Elizabeth, have a son, Landon, and a daughter, Hannah.
Iowa DPP, 2014-Present
Iowa QC, 2006-13
Iowa AA, 2002-05
Central College SA, 1998-2001
"It is a great honor to be a part of the football staff at the University of Iowa under the direction of Coach Ferentz. As a native Iowan and graduate of the University of Iowa, I have a great passion and enthusiasm for this University and Hawkeye football. The Iowa football program is built on hard work, integrity and a "people first" approach. This is a direct reflection of the leadership provided by Coach Ferentz and the entire coaching staff.
Coach Ferentz exemplifies all that is great about college football. He is one of the best teachers and motivators there is. He has a sincere interest and genuine concern for all of the people associated with the program, especially the players. Although there has been much documented success of the Iowa players' development on the field, Coach Ferentz' impact goes well beyond football. Coach Ferentz truly cares about the players' personal lives, helping them to grow as students and young men.
The Hawkeye football players are outstanding young men. They too demonstrate a great work ethic, high character and deep passion for football. Combine this with the stability, loyalty and leadership from the coaching staff and this makes for a very special team.
Our players and coaches are very appreciative of the support of the Iowa fans. The administration, the faculty, the students, the alumni, the state of Iowa and the Iowa City community have great pride and support in Hawkeye football. Whether it is the 70,000 strong at Kinnick or the 40,000 Hawkeye fans that travel to bowl games, Iowa fans will follow the team no matter where the game is played. Hawkeye fans truly are the #1 fans in America!
This is an exciting time in Hawkeye football history. The University of Iowa is truly a special place and the people associated with this program are committed to being the best. I am very fortunate to be a part of the Iowa Hawkeye football family."


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Children cheer as Santa arrives at City Hall
Published: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 10:31 a.m.
SOUTH DAYTONA - Lights, cameras and Santa arrived Friday evening, sans reindeer, on a bright red fire truck for the city's 18th annual tree lighting ceremony. Children cheered as Santa, escorted by Ivy Evans, recreation program coordinator, made his way into City Hall where he listened to dozens of wish lists.
"Children and families, this is what the season is all about," said Mayor George F. Locke III just before throwing the switch to light the tree on the lawn outside City Hall with City Manager Joe Yarbrough and members of the City Council spreading good cheer. Later during the evening the mayor took his opportunity to sit on Santa's lap, making the children laugh.
Felicia Wentz of South Daytona has been to the tree lighting ceremony many times before, but this year it had even more meaning because she brought her great nephew Nathan Nuzzi, 2 1/2.
"This is Nathan's first time seeing Santa, so it makes it more exciting for me," Wentz said.
Police Chief Bill Hall, who was raised in South Daytona, recalls many tree lighting ceremonies and says he looks forward to it every year. He also has memories of snafu's recalling that not every year went off without a hitch.
"There were years when the lights did not come on when the switch was thrown, a tree that didn't always look as nice as the one today, too cold to stand outside, too warm to want to, and Santa being recognized...but all in all it has been a wonderful event," Hall said.
Entertainment for the night included Christmas caroling from Baileys Best, Song of The Coast Chorus, Kristi's Rhythm & Dance, and the Surfside Barbershop Chorus. Girl Scout Troop 1384 hosted the arts and crafts table for the children.
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Final Score: No. 9 Washington State 69, California 64
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The Cougars drop to 44-68 in the all-time series against the Golden Bears...27-26 at home.
WSU ended its seven-game winning streak at Friel Court which dated back to March 1, 2007.
The tie at 35 at halftime marked the first time this season the Cougars have been knotted after 20 minutes...WSU is 1-1 under Bennett when tied at the half.
WSU was outscored in the second half for just the second time this season.


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Arizona's nightmare season came to a close Thursday with one last gasp for an upset.
The 12th-seeded Wildcats lost to No. 5 USC, 59-54, in the first round of the Pacific-12 Conference Tournament in Seattle, after leading 44-43 with 11 minutes remaining, to wrap up 2013-14 at 5-25 and 1-17 in the league.
In her final game, senior Kama Griffitts led the Wildcats with 13 points and seven rebounds, while senior Carissa Crutchfield scored 12 and freshman LaBrittney Jones added 10 points. The third senior for Arizona, Erica Barnes, walked away from her college career with eight points.
Ariya Crook led the Trojans (19-12) with 19 points, Kate Oliver scored 12, Alexyz Vaioletama grabbed 12 rebounds, and Cassie Harberts recorded 11 rebounds, but was limited to six points –about 10 below her season average. USC, in its first season under Hall of Fame player Cynthia Cooper, will play No. 4 Arizona State in the quarterfinals at 3:30 p.m. MT Friday. In their lone meeting, ASU won 94-86 in OT Jan. 10.
No. 9 Colorado defeated No. 8 UCLA, 76-65, in the other early game Thursday, and the Buffaloes will play No. 1 Stanford Friday.
A mostly injury-plagued season left Niya Butts' Arizona team with an eight-woman rotation. It began with senior Alli Gloyd and freshman Dejza James suffering year-ending ACL tears, and Barnes also missed the first four games with a concussion.
There is no doubt the highlight of the year was defeating the Sun Devils Feb. 9 in Tucson, 68-49, at a time when ASU was ranked No. 11 in the nation and just five days after a 60-36 loss in Tempe, of which Arizona blew a late-first half lead. It would be the Cats' lone conference win.
After two overtime losses to tip off the season to Iona and Michigan, Arizona would defeat UC Santa Barbara, Texas Tech, UC Riverside, and Arkansas-Pine Bluff, four teams with single-digit win totals. Even once-powerful Texas Tech is 6-23 and in last place in the Big 12.
The positive is it can only get better, as next season Arizona welcomes what is described in its media guide as "its best recruiting class in history." JaLea Bennett, Charise Holloway, Cherice Harris, Chy Cunningham, and Taryn Griffey will lace up for the Wildcats next November. You might have heard of Griffey's father, Ken, who should be getting a plaque in Cooperstown about midway through Taryn's career in Tucson. The last daughter of a baseball player turned out pretty well for Arizona, in Davellyn Whyte, who was inducted into the program's Ring of Honor Jan. 12 and can be seen in her second season with the San Antonio Silver Stars this summer.


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So it is for told that the mark and the beast would seas till it sees control
This veil was lifted from my eyes, I see around me shadows of death
If you're fallin failing victim .. from the right to the left,
Till there's nothing left.
This veil was lifted from my eyes, I see around me shadows of death
.. in the valley of the curse ..
That why I can't think for .. you won't be dead
You on my head upon these .. of these things that I've said
The things that I'm about to say about precious society
I'd probably be the mess that pressure likes the title way
But stay .. like no one, that's why we're living the crew ..
Here the provoque thoughts and the only Christ to ..
.. to tolerate democracy, yeah I said it, think you're not a slave,
You just can't see the chains, but I can see how we behave
More primitive than medicates,
but that's fictional that can never take away from heads to..
they try to dictate your.. and now they lose your brain
and as hard you realize this world is gonna say,
simple and blame, people living in pain,
but we got power to change but tell me who are we to blame,
Know me hold, she know from here where do we go,
Who'll be safe from destruction that ..
'cause now I know in power .. hours late,
There's no more time to the .. I think I'm the.. straight
Got thinking to the .. my soul, y'all won't live forever
So where the hell we blow,
Uh because assurance hell they're staying here
It's nothing that will satisfy my soul than the stress here
But this .. gratify search for light years,
See this become quite here, now we don't belong here
They don't wanna know what's wrong,
but that's 'cause they don't wanna hear the truth
But I don't care .. change all the proof I need and got this with me and then .. I was succeed
I was .. and if I gotta bleed nothing will ever repeat
Not even a .. nothing to stop me I barely see,
There's nothing I can prepare but face it with bare
and said it's scary running in the name of Christ
.. there's nothing with the ..
With the highest of the, I don't care Christ is another
So if it's a crime to bare the .. my wrist uncomfortable,
No matter what the cards 'cause I was always coming
You can even take my life, Lord knows I'm not bluffing.
So let's talk about what's really worth fighting for
And that's your God freedom, but it can see the word slaves,
And of course there's no need to be saved and so depraved
Prepare are the brave and let me in Babylon
And people just .. and carry on, what happens beyond the grave
Stand up to the evil way, we're living the last days.
2 x Hook:
.. told, no in a mark of .. see control
Don't be hold, but you know from here where do we go
Will be safe from destruction where the .. blow
.. in the fire no .. I don't know
Now I know the power low because the hours late
There's no more time to the .. God .. straight
God .. to feed my soul, y'all aint gonna live forever so where the hell do we go
Yeah, double O is flipped to get the mice,
Try to try new ways for your freedom to minimize
I see eye to deceive the one to deliver the .. time
Because I know it manual .. meet the hell
It's time 'cause .. open up the blind
If you would see the great snackle ..
These words I hope you ..
I only open up mine, is just work open mine
I was walk around dead like is where I step ..
Then we're taking time .. from my chest
Can you imagine, I can't even imagine where I'd be without the diva
Lord came to say mine, is like shine to .. mine,
My .. rehurse time, .. because of the pimp that I ride
And say .. I said I'll beat you at the finish line
Run 'cause there's no more time
The waste amazing grace, but I got faith it will send each straight
Got faith it will keep my soul,
We all gonna live forever so tell me where the hell we go
God faith it will keep my soul
We all gonna live forever so keep power low
Lord get your power low
Lord catch me ..low
We won't gonna live forever so .. low


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Meals from around the World | Best Cook
In 2009 Sarah Commerford and her 15-year-old son, Tim, watched the movie Julie and Julia together. Afterwards, Tim said, "Why don't we make a different meal from another country every week?" It was an intriguing and ambitious idea. Thus began an international gastronomic adventure, right there on a quiet side street in Holliston, Massachusetts. According to Google, the planet was home to 191 countries at that time. Sarah went alphabetically, and each week, she blogged about their journey, calling it "What's Cooking in Your World?" and describing the results of recipes from whatever country she and Tim were exploring that week.
Sarah used her blog and social media to ask people in each country what they liked to eat. And people from Azerbaijan and Iceland and Moldova would respond with recipes and stories. "I wasn't looking for the national dish so much as what an average family would sit down to eat on a normal day," Sarah explains. During her "trips," she made many friends around the world. Sarah works as an advocate for families with special-needs children, but each week for more than three years, she blogged about her discoveries in the world of foreign foods.
While we talked, Sarah, an animated, green-eyed woman with a mass of blonde hair, was cubing potatoes in her small but interesting kitchen, full of antiques she's picked up over the years at flea markets. She was making Slovak mushroom soup, a rich concoction that made her kitchen smell like the forests of Eastern Europe.
For her project, she'd bought a new laptop so that she could blog about her venture, like Julie in the film. That no-longer-new laptop sat on the counter between us, sticky with evidence of her trek through the culinary wilderness of the big world beyond her windows. "It's all messed up with food now," Sarah says. "I tried to cover it with Saran Wrap, but that didn't work …
"My family learned a lot about the world this way. For each nation, I had to research the country and the food. Then I'd do the shopping and the cooking, then plate the food and post it on my blog." Oh yes, and get around the table for that night's journey to yet another faraway place, sometimes impossible to pronounce. (How do you say Niue?)
It wasn't easy. Where do you find a durian (a Southeast Asian fruit) in the suburbs? She did manage to find one in Boston's South End, only to discover that its odor is so disgusting (compared variously to rotting onions or raw sewage) that it's banned from some airports. But, ever inventive, Sarah managed to make ice cream with it.
Sarah fed her family ostrich steaks, wild boar, and alligator, much of which was delivered by UPS. She started with Afghanistan (chicken and chickpea stew with rice) and ended with Zimbabwe (sosatie, marinated meat and apricots, skewered and grilled). She even dug a firepit to be true to African cooking: "My husband came home and saw me with this big fire out in the yard, and he was like, 'What are you doing?' I think he thought I was going to set the fence on fire."
While Sarah was in the midst of this project, the map changed. By the time she ended her journey in November 2012, the world had expanded to 193 countries. "I now have friends from around the world," she says, "and I really learned the global map in a way I'd never learned it in school."
And she can now make a mean chivito sandwich from Uruguay, piadina from San Marino, and doubles from Trinidad and Tobago. Not bad for a New England home cook in Holliston, Massachusetts.


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For those of us that grew up as elementary school children in the early 90s, we probably remember the classic movie called The Little Rascals. It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the 1994 film aired on television. The cast recently came together for a photo shoot hosted by 22 Vision.
The shoot was a fun and memorable one as the cast reenacted scenes from the flick, as well as the movie cover photo. In addition to the photo op, to commemorate the 20 year reunion, the The Little Rascals will be returning to IMAX screens this weekend for a re-release, but only for one week only. So, 90s babies, this is the perfect time to show your little ones a taste of what movies and TV was like when you were their age.


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Hearing for Canyons building this Thursday
Summit County Manager Bob Jasper will hold a public hearing this Thursday to discuss and potentially take action on the proposed Canyons ski maintenance facility on Canyons Resort Drive.
The maintenance facility's proposed location on Canyons Resort Drive near the Grand Summit Hotel was opposed by many nearby residents and was also given a negative recommendation by the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission. The current maintenance facility on Powderwood Drive must be relocated by June of this year to meet the timeframe for completion of the Canyons Golf Course by Sept. 30.
The first phase of the maintenance building project, if approved, would encompass 18,360 square feet, with the second phase utilizing the remaining 146,941 square feet. It would also feature a green roof and would be partially built into the ground. The facility's main purpose is for housing and conducting repairs on snow cats and other machinery.
Despite the planning commission's negative recommendation, the county manager can still vote to approve the project after hearing public input.
The public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, April 10, at 2 p.m. at the Sheldon Richins Building, 1885 W. Ute Boulevard. Additional public comment will also be taken at 6 p.m.
For more information, contact Tiffanie Northrup-Robinson at 435-336-3139 or via firstname.lastname@example.com .
Forest looking for Resource Advisory Committee members
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest is seeking individuals to represent a variety of interests on its Resource Advisory Committee (RAC), according to a Forest Service release.
The RAC allows local communities to work with federal land managers to recommend projects that will benefit federal lands. It is authorized through the Secure Rural Schools Act.
The Forest Service is looking to fill nine vacant positions and three alternates in the following categories:
May 16 is the last day that applications will be accepted, which must have an original signature and cannot be emailed or scanned. Applications can be mailed to:
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Attn: Ms. Loyal Clark
857 West South Jordan Parkway
South Jordan, UT 84095
To obtain an application, visit fs.usda.gov/uwcnf or contact Loyal Clark at 801-999-2113.
Great Utah ShakeOut is April 17
The 2014 Great Utah ShakeOut, a statewide earthquake drill, is coming April 17, with registration still open. As of Monday, the event had 760,000 participants scheduled to take part.
Led by Be Ready Utah, the Great Utah ShakeOut encourages everyone in the state to "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" as if a major earthquake is happening at 10:15 a.m. on April 17 and stay in that position for at least 60 seconds.
Be Ready Utah says that businesses, organizations, schools and government agencies can register and have their employees "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" or conduct a more extensive drill of their own.
For more information and to get earthquake drill and safety instructions, visit shakeout.org/utah.


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Decade: 1970-1979
Collection: Texas Fashion Collection
Date: [1971..1986]
Creator: Baghsarian, Arsho
Description: Pair of cream pumps. Designed with rounded toe, the shoes are of a cream mesh with embroidered with floral motifs, giving a lace effect. The high heel is covered in cream satin, and tapers to base. Stamped inside: "Arsho for / Shoe Biz" Stamped on soles: "Leather / Leder / Cuir / Made in Spain" and "7 1/2 B"
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Earrings - Banjara Festival Attire
Date: 1975/2000
Creator: Banjara Peoples
Description: Earrings. Pair of earrings for pierced ears. Each earring is composed of an inner and outer circular hoop. A single flat silver pendant is suspended within the inner hoop, while a fringe of 7 pendants of a bugle bead and a silver sphere hang from the inner hoop. From the outer hoop hang a long triangular pendant fringe of 13 graduated strands with bugle beads, terminating in flat silver teardrop forms.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1979/1980
Creator: Beene, Geoffrey
Description: Dress of olive green knit with long raglan sleeves. V-neckline with right side panel wrapping over to left and ending at left-front side. Skirt has panel wrapping over to right and ending at right-front side and creating a flap. Lower mid-length. Center-back zip closure with single gold plated button closure at back neck band. Padded shoulders. Unlined. Designer's label at back neckline: "Geoffrey Beene" Union label, cleaning instructions and size tag together at center back seam towards hem.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Day Dress
Date: 1975/1979
Creator: Berk, Gene
Description: Day dress of black, blue, gray and yellow nylon jersey knit. Elbow length, set-in sleeves are black with banded cuffs in gold, yellow, blue and black pattern. Rounded, banded neckline. Knee length. Natural waistline is slightly gathered at sides and back. Center back zipper with hook & eye. Unlined. Signed "Paganne" in pattern of dress. Designer's label at neckline to left of zipper: "Paganne Ltd. / by Gene Berk -8-" Care label at neckline to right of zipper.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Evening Dress
Date: 1970
Creator: Bessi, Averardo
Description: Evening dress of gray, aqua and pink Pucci-style printed silk surah in abstract swirl and circle design. Fabric has "Bessi" signature in fabric design. Flared, full-length princess-line seaming with high rounded neckline. Bracelet length, set-in sleeves with a box pleated shaping tuck between the elbow and wrist. Center back zipper closure with hook & eye at the neckline. Fully lined in ivory silk jacquard with the designer's name. Designer's label at right of zipper: "Bessi / Firenze Italia". Retailer's label at left of zipper: "Expressly / for / Lou Lattimore / Made in / Italy". Fabric/Care label below retailer's label: "To be dry cleaned / 100% pure silk / Made in Italy". Size tag below fabric/care label: "16".
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1970/1974
Creator: Bienen-Davis
Description: Handbag of canvas and brown leather. Adjustable shoulder strap with brass buckle attached with snaps and brass trim and hardware. Flap opening has snap closure and is trimmed with brass design resembling two overlapping circles. Interior lined in brown leatherette. Three interior compartments with one open pocket and one zippered pocket. Front-most compartment is of brown leather and forms a pouch. Designer's stamp: "Bienen -Davis"
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Ensemble - Vest and Skirt
Date: 1975/1980
Creator: Bisoulis, Becky
Description: Ensemble of mauve suede and feather-work, consisting of: Vest of mauve suede with elaborate feather-work at each side of center-front opening. Feathers include taupe, brown and silver ostrich plumes, pheasant and small dark brown and white feathers; the designs accented at bottom with leaf appliques in violet fabric and in gold metallic reptile. The vest has a round neckline; the slightly angled center front opening having four hook & eye closures. Slightly curved hemline. Unlined. Total length: 19 3/8" (49.2cm). Designer's label at center back neckline: "Becky Bisoulis" Retailer label at base of designer label: "Marie Leavell" and size "M" tag at base of retailer label. Skirt of mauve suede. Medium length. Straight, four panel skirt gathered to elasticized waistband. Deep, 11 7/8" (29.5cm) slit at lower left seam. Closure by invisible zipper at center back with large hook & bar on waistband. Lined with lilac silk crepe de chine. Total length: 27" (68.6cm). Designer's label at right side seam: "Becky Bisoulis" with size "8" tag attached to base of label. Retailer's label to right of designer label: "Marie Leavell"
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1974/1979
Creator: Blass, Bill
Description: Dress of ivory knit. Knee-length or slightly longer A-line dress, sleeveless, with rounded neckline. Narrow band of navy blue piping around armholes, neck-hole, and in an openwork section at top of right shoulder where piping outlines edges and is made to appear as if it is "laced" between the edges, with large floppy bow at top. Two slit side seam pockets, and two very thin navy blue string belt loops at sides. 6" slit at right side seam from hem upwards. Center back opening with zipper from neckline. Lined in cream. Designer's label at right inside side seam: "Bill Blass" Size label near designer's label: "8" Care label near designer's label: "Professional / Dry Clean / Only" Union label near designer's label. With matching string belt of navy blue piping, with small circular covered button at one end and loop at other.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Ensemble - Blouse and Skirt
Date: 1974/1983
Creator: Blass, Bill
Description: Two piece skirt ensemble of navy blue linen consisting of: Blouse with round high neckline having asymmetric bodice closure. Curved diagonal top edge extension with four purple plastic buttons and tailored buttonholes at left side and one button with snap at right neckline. Short sleeves with modified box caps (seams rather than tucks). Bodice cut short and full, with slight lower flare. Padded shoulders. Lined in dark blue silk satin. Length: 20 1/2" (52.1 cm). Length: Designer's label at center back neckline: "Bill Blass" Union label, cleaning instructions and size "6" tag at left side seam. Skirt of medium length, straight, two panel style, gathered to narrow fitted waistband. Inseam slit pockets at both sides, with invisible zipper closure behind left pocket and large hook at waistband. Fully lined in same silk fabric as top. No designer label. 23 1/2" (59.7 cm). Size "6" tag at left side seam.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
Date: 1978
Creator: Bohan, Marc
Description: Dress of black cotton net embroidered with red, white, tan, brown, green and gold floral designs. Gathered scooped neckline interlaced with narrow, pale green silk grosgrain ribbon and scalloped and embroidered organdy ruffling, which is also used at wrist, waist, hip line and hem. Gathered ankle-length skirt. Left side zipper with hook & eye on lining and snaps on outer net layer. Skirt has additional under layer of black net. Bodice and skirt lined with silk chiffon; black grosgrain ribbon petersham with hook & eye at waist. Designer's label at center back waist: "Christian Dior / Paris / Made In France / Printemps-Ete 1978" and stamped "0I0052" Label attached at base of designer's label: "Made In France" Neiman Marcus size and content label attached at bottom of previous two labels.
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Amy's introduction to a lifetime of entertaining occurred when she was 12 years old, at the magazine rack of her local supermarket. Smitten by the beautiful image of a chicken dish on the cover, Amy purchased the publication with her own money, studied the recipe and then prepared it for a party of 10 delighted family members. She has been stirring up inspired ideas for living ever since.
Today, Amy appears on her personal website, Inspired Ideas, along with a weekly radio show, "Amy's Table," on Q102 FM (101.9) in Cincinnati. She also is the Culinary Director of EQ at the Party Source in Northern Kentucky, plus offers regular lifestyle tips and recipes on the weekly TV show HomeWoRx.
Gold Star Sweet and Spicy Churros
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
3-4 minutes per batch. Dough can be made 2-3 hours ahead. Cover; Chill until ready to cook
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 2 teasspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon Gold Star Chili Cincinnati Style Chili Seasoning
- 1 cup flour
- 4 large eggs
- Oil as needed for frying
Spice Mix:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons Gold Star Chili Cincinnati Style Chili Seasoning
- In a heavy saucepan combine buttermilk, butter, sugar and Gold Star Chili Cincinnati Style Chili Seasoning; bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves and butter melts.
- Reduce heat to medium-low.
- Add flour; stir with a wooden spoon until a dough forms, about 1 minute.
- Transfer to the bowl of an electric mixer; cool 5 minutes.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Continue beating several minutes until a smooth, shiny, sticky paste forms.
- Spoon batter into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
- Pour oil to the depth of 2-3 inches in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat; heat to 350'F.
- Working in batches, pipe batter into 4-inch-long ribbons.
- Cut the lengths using scissors, carefully letting them slide into the hot oil.
- Fry until brown, about 2 minutes per side.
- Transfer to paper towels. Cool 2-3 minutes.


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Metro Phoenix should see warm temperatures this week heading into Easter weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
A high of 86 degrees and a low of 62 degrees is expected for Thursday, said Austin Jamison, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Temperatures should be above average this week by several degrees, Jamison said. Scattered high clouds are expected for the next several days but the week should be mostly sunny.
A high of 87 degrees and a low of 63 degrees is expected for Friday.
The weather should warm up a bit over the Easter weekend, with highs of 88 on Saturday and Sunday, Jamison said.
Temperatures in Northern Arizona are expected to be warm as well, with temperatures in the high 50s, reaching the low 60s by Saturday.


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Game Notes -- Live Stats -- Video -- Audio -- Tickets
ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine football team (4-1, 1-0 CAA) looks to move to 2-0 both in the CAA and at home as it welcomes Delaware (4-1, 1-0 CAA) to Alfond Stadium Saturday at 3:30 PM.
- Maine last started 2-0 in league play in 2011, defeating Delaware 31-17 for its second league win of the year. Maine will be looking to start the season with at least five wins in its first six games for the third time since 2002 and the second time in three years.
- Delaware owns the career-series against Maine 23-9 but the Black Bears have won two-straight against the Blue Hens. The series has been tight as of late as Maine is 5-5 in its last 10 against Delaware. Maine won last season's game 26-3 at Delaware in which Wasilewski threw for 176-yards and three touchdowns.
- The Black Bears are coming off a thrilling 28-21 win at Richmond. In the game, Nigel Jones rushed for 115-yards and a pair of scores while adding one receiving touchdown. Maine went over the 400-yard (415-yards) mark for the third time this season. The game was the first win for Maine over a ranked opponent since defeating #15 Delaware in 2012.
- Marcus Wasilewski threw for 293-yards and a pair of touchdowns in the win. After his performance at Richmond, Wasilewski now ranks eighth all-time at Maine in passing yards (3,644)
- The Black Bear defense held Richmond to just 65-yards rushing and are giving up 136.8-yards on the ground after five games thus far.
- With a sack at Richmond, Michael Cole needs just 3.5 more sacks to tie Mike Denino's all-time sacks record of 27.5.
- Last time out, Delaware erased a 13-point deficit to defeat James Madison 29-22. Tight End Nick Boyle paced the offense with a pair of second half scores.
When: Saturday, Oct. 5
Where: Orono, Maine
Stadium (Capacity): Alfond Stadium (10,000)
Surface: Field Turf
Kickoff: 3:37 PM
Series Record: Delaware leads 23-9
Current Winning Streak: Maine 2
Maine: 23/23
Delaware: 24/25
Maine: Jack Cosgrove (Maine '78)
Career Record (Seasons): 115-119 (21st Season)
vs. Delaware: 6-8
Delaware: Dave Brock (Salisbury State '94)
Career Record (Seasons): 4-1 (1st season)
vs. Maine: 0-0
The home games will be broadcast live on GoBlackBears.com (.) Click on the "Audio & Video" tab near the bottom of the home page for instructions on how to watch live over the internet.
The game will be broadcast throughout the state of Maine on the Black Bear Sports Network. Rich Kimball (play-by-play), Bob Lucy (color) and Brittany Devane (sideline) will handle the call of the game. Kimball and Lucy are in their 17th season of calling Black Bear football, and Saturday's game will be the 190th Black Bear football game for the duo.
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The game can be heard live over the internet at www.GoBlackBears.com(.) Click on the "Audio & Video Tab" near the bottom of the home page to find a complete schedule of upcoming broadcasts for Black Bear football games. Live, in-game stats will also be provided at www.GoBlackBears.com(.)
Follow Black Bears football on Twitter for up-to-date and game updates, recaps, photos, videos and all information on Maine Black Bear football.


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The Akron Aeros ended the Binghamton Mets season opening, three game win streak in a big way on Sunday. The Aeros sent nine men to the plate in the sixth and seventh inning, scoring a combined nine runs on 12 hits and rolling to a 13-3 trouncing of the B-Mets.
Binghamton had won the first three games of the series, with their highest run output coming Saturday night in a 7-5 win.
Binghamton got off to a good start, plating two runs in the second inning. Wilfredo Tovar was hit by a pitch to start the inning. He moved to second one out later when Akron starting pitcher Paolo Espino balked. A Darrell Ceciliani double scored Tovar to make it 1-0.
Josh Rodriguez walked and came home one out later on a Blake Forsythe RBI double, making it 2-0.
B-Mets hurler Tyler Pill meanwhile was cruising right along in his Double-A debut. He pitched three scoreless innings, retiring nine in a row before a single by Jose Ramirez started the Akron fourth. Pill struck out five to that point, including mowing down the side in the third inning.
Things started to unravel in the fourth, as third baseman Richard Lucas committed an error and Ramirez later scored on a sac fly by Jesus Aguilar, making it 2-1. Pill limited the damage, but it was a sign of things to come.
After a 1-2-3 inning in the fifth, the B-Mets endured a three inning nightmare that they would not recover from.
Pill faced just four batters in the sixth, allowing all of them to reach. He left with the bases loaded, giving way Mark Cohoon, The Aeros greeted him rudely, as the first five batters reached including the three inherited runners all scoring.
When all was said and done, the Aeros sent nine men to the plate, scoring four runs on six hits. That turned a 2-1 lead into a 5-2 deficit and it would not get any better.
Pill was charged with five runs in five innings, striking out five and walking two.
Cohoon's struggles continued in the seventh. He allowed three more hits and three runs, before he left in favor of Adrian Rosario. He recorded one out, before giving up a two-run single to Quincy Latimore. Those runs were charged to Cohoon, who ended his day facing 10 batters, giving up eight hits and five runs.
Akron scored nine runs on 12 hits in the sixth and seventh inning and still weren't done. They tacked on three more in the eighth, helped by two Binghamton errors on the same play.
Binghamton's third run came in the seventh inning. Tovar led off with a double and came home on a Ceciliani single. Ceciliani finished 2-for-5 with two RBI's. Lucas and Tovar each had two hits as well.
Akron pounded out 15 hits in all, led by 3-for-4 days by Ramirez and Aguilar. Ramirez scored four runs.
For more info: Binghamton @ Akron boxscore
Binghamton (3-1) will look to get back on the winning side of the ledger Monday night, when they open a series against the Erie SeaWolves at Jerry Uht Park. Right-hander Erik Goeddel will make his Double-A debut on the mound for Binghamton, against righty Victor Larez.


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New burger joint coming to Ballantyne
People of Ballantyne, prepare yourselves for more burgers – 21 burgers, to be exact. Just more than two months after Mecklenburg County permitted work on the restaurant, Burger 21, a hamburger restaurant under the umbrella of Tampa, Fla.-based Front Burger Brands, will open at the end of July, according to a release from the company.


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Aug. 17, 2008
As I wake up and look on the schedule, I see that it is another two-a-day practice. Before I went to breakfast at 7:30 a.m., I took a few potassium and magnesium pills to help retain water in my body.
Heading to the Wilson Center, I was glad to see that there was cloud coverage. But when I came out for practice, I was disappointed to see that it was bright. Oh well, sometimes you just have to bear down and do what it takes to play in this game.
After we finished stretching, the clouds came back and that also brought a light breeze with it. The whole team was relieved because the first practice of the day is very physical and fast-paced. After practice I was excited that my body wasn't feeling tight and seemed to be in good shape for a second practice.
Because of the weather we went to an indoor, off campus facility for the afternoon practice. It was cool in there and the turf was pretty soft. We had practice for an hour where the defensive line worked hard in a drill before we had our first scrimmage of camp. I thought that I played okay in the scrimmage, and just tried to make sure that I ran to the ball and hustled.
After the scrimmage we had to condition. I was shocked that I had made it through my first two-a-day since I've been at Tulane. It took me almost five years, but I finally made it!!
They didn't hold us for meetings so Julian Shives-Sams and I went out to Copland's for dinner where I celebrated making it through the day. I think I celebrated too early because before I finished my meal I started cramping in my ribs. When I was able to get up I went back to my room and lied down.
Until the next time, I'll still be,
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Will Housing Stocks Continue to Drop?
Schaeffer's Investment Research
Looking at the charts, it's hard to stay bullish.
I noted
two weeks
ago that the overall sentiment on housing had gone from extreme doom and gloom to outright optimistic recently. What makes that dangerous is that the recent price action in housing stocks has been very weak. In other words, there are a lot of knife catchers out there. If things bottom at despair, we simply aren't seeing that in housing stocks here.
Getting right to it, the
iShares US Home Construction ETF
(NYSEARCA:ITB) has completed a very bearish looking head-and-shoulders pattern. In fact, it found resistance right near the neckline and formed a doji. There is not much to get excited about here if you are bullish.
How much further this group can drop is anyone's guess, but the path of least resistance is clearly lower until that neckline is broken. On
August 6
, I noted three concerns for the bulls. Now, add the action in housing stocks as another worry.
Lastly, ITB recently dropped 20%. This is now officially in "bear market" territory. That is all fine and dandy, but does it matter? It looks like more losses could be in the cards, based on history. There have been three others times it dropped 20% (ITB just started trading in 2006). One month and three months later, it was lower every single time. Going out more it bounces, but near-term concerns are warranted.
Overall, there are still many warnings out there that make being extremely bullish tough. It appears some more weakness or at least consolidation is in the cards.
This article by
Ryan Detrick, CMT,
was originally published on
Schaeffer's Investment Research
Below, find some more great content from Schaeffer's Investment Research:
Daily Game Plan – Retail Leads Relief Rally
Trading 101: A Quantitative Look
Analyst Upgrades: Salesforce.com, inc., Marvell Technology Group Ltd., and Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
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Roping Tension – Battle in the Saddle
July 9, 2010
An evening of roping includes heading, heeling, the World's Greatest Horseman Shootout and a to-the-wire finish in match roping at Battle in the Saddle in Oklahoma City.
By Larri Jo Starkey
Two of the top ropers in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association matched their skills in a tie-down competition July 9 at Battle in the Saddle in Oklahoma City.
Hunter Herrin and Fred Whitfield roped five calves each in a tie-down match before the junior team roping, with Hunter taking a slight lead in the $10,000 winner-take-all match.
After a quick drag of the arena, contestants in the World's Greatest Horseman Shootout took the arena for the steer stopping portion of the event. J.D. Yates, riding Bald N Shiney, owned by Nelle Murphy of Barneyville, Oklahoma, had the top score in that event with Clay Logan on WR Wired Wichita right behind him.
Then it was back to the team roping with senior headers and heelers before the match roping continued.
A speedy, rowdy calf running around the arena ate up a lot of Hunter's lead, before a broken barrier gave Fred the win on the three American Quarter Horses he rode.
To see photos from these Battle in the Saddle contests, watch the slide show below. Click on the photos to see the captions. To get complete results, go to www.battleinthesaddle.com
The American Quarter Horse Journal is your one-stop source for everything about the Quarter Horse. Don't miss a single issue.
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Welcome to Portland Marina
Our latest marina and we're proud of it. This one has all the usual berths, plus dry-sailing of sports boats and RIB's with our monster forklift system. Visitors are particularly welcome, and for rallies we can let you have a marquee with all the barbecue stuff. To find out more about us, download our latest newsletter, or pop in to see us!
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Get a younger audience excited about the new Skoda VRS.
Leveraging Skoda's sponsorship of crime drama on Channel 5, including their flagship show CSI, we transformed the humble sponsorship bumper from being a passive viewer experience to being an invitation to take part in an interactive treasure hunt to win a Skoda VRS.
Over a 12-week period, we aired 74 different idents, each one a new clue to an online puzzle. To further help our treasure hunters, we used Twitter, Google, Facebook and Youtube to give away extra clues and advice.
The competition ended with the car being presented to the winner at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, generating over 50 pieces of coverage across motoring, puzzling and lifestyle blogs and spreading across social media thanks to celebrity tweets from Radio 1 DJs and the CSI TV stars.
Over the course of the game being live, there were, 75% of all visitors to Skoda Puzzle took part in the game, totaling nearly a year's worth of game play and generating 370,000 Facebook impressions.


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T.T. Monday's debut unconventional baseball novel "The Setup Man" is a great fusion of America's pastime and the private detective novel. Monday has an ear for the game, and the pitcher batter confrontations ring true and authentic. The book is full of wit and humor, but it stands out and sparkles because Monday successfully marries the baseball novel with the private detective genre.
Some baseball players sell cars, some announce games, some coach and then there is Johnny Adcock, who provides services to his fellow ball players. Adcock is a relief pitcher, an eight inning specialist, who also moonlights as a private investigator. Adcock's team wants him as a closer and when that does not work he is traded to another team, where he has to pitch against his old team mates. He faces real pressure playing a game.
But in his sideline, he faces real life pressure. For ten years he has helped ballplayers who need to find out if there wife is cheating on them, or someone is trying to hustle them. Now, the young upcoming catcher Frankie Herrera has hired Adcock because he is being blackmailed by someone who has found out about his wife's sordid video past, and barely after hiring Adcock, the player is killed in a car accident with a young woman, not his wife, in the car. Adcock suspects foul play.
Adcock is challenged by Herrera's wife to find the blackmailer and the clues lead to an ingenious prostitution ring that is targeting ballplayers. Soon enough Adcock is ducking bullets and real gunmen, who want to make a lot of money and need to get rid of Adcock. Will Adcock be able to douse this fire?
Its a good baseball story, but more than that its a good mystery.
Its a winner in any game.


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Getting the Lead Out
the EPA recently instructed manufacturers of children's products to provide health and safety studies if any lead might be found in their products. John Heilprin explains:
The Environmental Protection Agency agreed in response to legal pressure to write up to 120 importing and manufacturing companies by the end of the month, instructing them to provide health and safety studies if any lead might be found in the products they make for children.This is good. You can never be too worried about keeping dangerous chemicals away from you and your children. Dr. Fuhrman talks about this in Disease-Proof Your Child. Take a look:
"Parents still need to be vigilant about the recalls on products marketed to children that might contain lead, and take those products away from children as soon as they are recalled," Jessica Frohman, co-chair of the Sierra Club's national toxics committee, said Sunday.
The EPA letters are part of a settlement it signed Friday with the Sierra Club and another advocacy group, Improving Kids' Environment. The agency also must tell the Consumer Product Safety Commission "that information EPA has reviewed raises questions about the adequacy of quality control measures by companies importing and/or distributing children's jewelry."
We must be careful not to expose our children to chemical cleaners, insecticides, and weed killers on our lawns. Chemicals used in pressure-treated wood used to build lawn furniture, decks, fences, and swing sets have also been shown to place children at risk. When young children are around, we must be vigilant to maintain a chemical-free environment.And here are a couple of posts on the subject:


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Housing Stocks: Taking a 20,000-Foot View of Relative Performance
Michael Comeau
From the Buzz & Banter: Housing is not at bubble levels quite yet.
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Housing stocks are booming in 2014.
iShares US Home Construction
(NYSEARCA:ITB), which is more housing-centric than the better-known
SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF
(NYSEARCA:XHB) is now up 5.6% after being ignited by this morning's better-than-expected January new home sales data.
However, I wanted to take a bigger-picture look back at housing's relative performance.
Below you'll see two charts.
They track the
(NYSEARCA:SPY) (bar chart) against the relative performance of housing (blue line), which I calculated by dividing ITB by SPY.
The first chart tracks the relationship year on a daily basis:
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This second chart shows it on a monthly basis going back nine years:
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Obviously, we're not remotely close to the bubble levels of 2006.
But note -- we're also not at levels seen in late 2012.
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Beyoncé is expecting her second child with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, sources confirmed exclusively to E! News.
READ: Beyonce Second Pregnancy Confirmed
The rumors have been swirling for weeks that the singer was pregnant after she canceled her Antwerp concert on Tuesday due to dehydration and exhaustion. She returned to the stage the day after.
Beyonce, who gave birth to her first child in January 2012, has been very open about her desire for more kids.
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"I would like more children," she said earlier this month during an interview on "Good Morning America." "I think my daughter needs some company."
Pregnancy: What To Expect During The First Trimester
No matter how well you prepare for your pregnancy, you may not be able to fully anticipate all of the different changes that are about to take place in your body. During the first trimester (the first three months after your last menstrual period), these changes will help your baby develop and prepare your body to nourish the baby.
Knowing what to expect can help you get ready for the months ahead and learn to distinguish between symptoms that are just uncomfortable and signs that there might be a real problem with your pregnancy.
Body Changes
Pregnancy is different for every woman. Some women glow with good health and vitality during those first three months; others feel absolutely miserable. Here are some of the changes you might experience, what they mean, what you can do to relieve any uncomfortable symptoms, and which signs warrant a call to your doctor.
Bleeding. About 25% of pregnant women experience some bleeding during their first trimester. Early in the pregnancy, light spotting may be a sign that the fertilized embryo has implanted in the uterus. However, if you have significant bleeding, cramping, or sharp pain in your abdomen, call your doctor. These could be signs of a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy in which the embryo implants outside of the uterus).
Breast tenderness. Sore breasts are one of the earliest signs of pregnancy. They're triggered by hormonal changes, which are preparing your milk ducts to feed your baby, and will probably last through the first trimester. Going up a bra size (or more) and wearing a support bra can make you feel more comfortable; you can go back to the lacy bras after your baby is finished nursing.


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Volunteering: Try it, you'll like it
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One of the perks of being a Beaumont Hospital volunteer is a free meal. Another perk is making friends. From left, Joan Watts of the City of Grosse Pointe, Rodger Sulad of Grosse Pointe Farms and Jean McKeehan of Harper Woods. McKeehan has been a volunteer for two weeks and said she had a lunch date after a week.
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January 23, 2014
Editor's note: This is the third of a four-part series on improving health and lifestyles.
Whether delivering meals, interacting with patients and clients, stuffing envelopes, answering the telephone or providing suggestions to improve services, volunteers are revered by organizations' management.
"I have never seen people give so much and ask for so little in return than our volunteers," said Rick Swaine, president of Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe.
Swaine meets with a small group of volunteers once a month seeking suggestions on how to improve the hospital's efficiency.
"We are a fresh pair of eyes," Grosse Pointe Woods resident Fred Sahadi said.
The staff was asking Sahadi, a retired NBD employee, about the ideas he pitched to Swaine only two days earlier.
Swaine continued, "I have had the opportunity to work with our volunteers for the past six years. They are a dedicated group of individuals who bring unique backgrounds and talents to our hospital. Our volunteers come to the hospital and work their assignments because they truly want to be here and give back to the community. They are part of the team that is essential to the overall operations of this Grosse Pointe hospital."
There are three reasons volunteers spend time at Beaumont, said Betsy Schulte, the hospital's volunteer coordinator. The connections they make, to make a difference and give back.
"They touch every department," she said of volunteers who range in age from teens to seniors and streamline the hospital's details, including transporting patients between departments, visiting patients and making deliveries of cards and bouquets.
For the young people who volunteer, it's an opportunity to be introduced to a possible career choice, Schulte said.
"It's a great way to give back and learn. How am I with those skills? They get a lot of guidance here. The staff helps them on a positive career path," she said.
Three hundred volunteers help keep the hospital on track, but there are thousands of volunteers throughout the Grosse Pointes donating their time to schools, non-profits and clubs without a thought of payment.
"I'm giving back to the community and making friends," said longtime volunteer Rodger Sulad of Grosse Pointe Farms.
"This is so rewarding," said Tina Calisi of Grosse Pointe Woods and a Beaumont volunteer for seven years. "I do work at the front desk. When patients enter the hospital, we greet them with a warm smile. It's very important to me to smile, to be helpful."
Services for Older Citizens is another nonprofit benefitting from its 500 volunteers, ranging in age from 7 to 91.
"Our agency could not run without them. The volunteers provide over 47,000 hours of service to our agency each year," said Sharon Maier, Services for Older Citizens executive director.
"The main opportunity SOC offers volunteers is a chance to make a difference in their own community," Maier said. "There is a wide range of opportunities for individuals to get involved in. The volunteers find their work very rewarding.
"We have a group of ladies who makes blankets for children and seniors and they often comment on the friendship and purpose that volunteering gives them. The young people who volunteer for us love the chance to take on responsibility and help."
Scientific support
Scientific research has long supported the two-way relationship between happiness and general well-being — that is, happiness is often symptomatic of good health, but happiness also contributes long-term to one's physical resilience and immune response, said Rev. Ben Van Arragon of First Christian Reformed Church, Grosse Pointe Park.
"You are most likely to find 'a purpose and meaning outside yourself' when you're engaged in the lives of other people," he said. "We are most deeply happy when we are contributing our resources — time, energy and ability — to a cause that improves the lives of other people. Helping cultivate a neighborhood garden; packaging food for Gleaners Food Bank or Forgotten Harvest; building or repairing homes with Habitat for Humanity — these are all activities that are not only challenging and absorbing, but intrinsically rewarding because they're done for others.
"Even if you're skeptical about the personal benefits, you'll have made your part of the world a better place. The evidence strongly suggests that will do more for your health, and eventual happiness, than doing nothing — which is what many of us are tempted to do this time of year."
Kimle Nailer, a Harper Woods High School Winning Futures mentor, supports that thought by saying: "There is nothing more rewarding than to see my mentees open up and share about themselves and their goals. It is also life-changing to witness them put their plans in place, and have confidence that they can achieve them. It helps us all keep believing in what's possible."
The 20-year-old organization has more than 250 volunteers from various careers sharing their work experience and instilling the importance of education. Mentors are matched with three teens based on gender and students' career interests. They meet one hour a week for 12 weeks.
More than 95 percent of students participating in the program go on to higher education, said Ken Elkins, program and marketing director of the organization that began in Warren.
"Winning Futures has made me a better person and allowed me to make a difference in the lives of some special kids who deserve to succeed in life and who now have the tools and confidence to do so," said mentor Lee Shelby, Harper Woods High School Winning Futures.
New Beaumont volunteer Jean McKeehan of Harper Woods said there should be no hesitation to offer a few hours a week.
"This is a supportive environment," she said.
"Try it," Sahadi said.
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Sci-fi fans can now rejoice in the knowledge that Netflix has finally added the Prophets of Science Fiction series to the streaming library. Not only has it been added, but it is also available in HD. Looks like they at least got this one right.
My personal favorite of the episodes is the one on Philip K. Dick, but here is the full list of the visionaries covered in this wonderful series:
Episode 1: Mary Shelley
Episode 2: Philip K. Dick
Episode 3: H.G. Wells
Episode 4: Arthur C. Clarke
Episode 5: Isaac Asimov
Episode 6: Jules Verne
Episode 7: Robert Heinlein
Episode 8: George Lucas
Looks like it is time to squeeze another Netflix binge between Breaking Bad episodes!


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Most if not all of the modern advertising is the greatest driving force of ecologically and socially damaging over-consumption. In all types of media forms, advertisements persuade people to buy more and more things that promise to satisfy the deep-down-inside needs and desires they have. Convincing people to consume through advertisements has its beginnings with Edward Bernays during the time after World War 2. He understood that Sigmund Freud's psychological theories, his uncle, can be applied to public relations and advertising. If human dangerous and irrational desires and instinctive biological drives can be harnessed and channeled into following an ideological cause, as the Nazis did, they could also be used for something "safer and more economically productive", like consuming and producing. The historical context provided a population emotionally ready to live out their lives differently and with "a massive over-production capacity that needed to be met with increased consumption".
We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested largely by men we have never heard of. Edward Bernays
Our current historical context once again provides an imminent need for a different type of lifestyle. However, modern advertising has perfected and increased its techniques and channels of manipulating deep human desires and needs to sell people unnecessary stuff. It engages people to reflect on the real ways of fulfilling their higher needs, like spending quality time with friends, enjoying nature, exercising, and engaging in philanthropy. Then, it distracts them away from those needs and redirects them towards unnecessary consumption.
A bathroom cleaner advertisement shows glorious imaging of nature and then suggests: Enjoy the freshness of the outdoors in the safety of your house.
Arran Stibbe calls this type of general approach in advertisement "pseudo-satisfier discourse". Other advertising discourses he explores in the Advertising Awareness article in The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy, are dissatisfaction-manufacturing, convenience-constructing, and greenwash.
Pseudo-satisfier discourse: unrealistically representing a material product as a substitute for, or path towards gaining, something that will satisfy deep human needs." Arran Stibbe
It is becoming more obvious that the modern advertisement discourses work. Billions of products are produced and consumed around the world. Most of them have immensely destructive consequences for our ecology, society and individual lives. Most are: made from non-renewable and unsustainably harvested resources, containing toxic substances, produced with polluting sources of energy and with slave-like labour, designed with planned obsolescence, non-recyclable, non-biodegradable and plain useless. The consumption and implicitly the production of these material products is unsustainable and needs to stop. The process involves cultivating the ability to engage with advertising discourses that promote unsustainable consumption and change them by: "Recognizing the patterns; Exposing the underlying models; Reflecting on the consequences of models for sustainability; and Taking action."
If the understanding of the mental processes and social patterns of the masses can sell them products, how much more manipulation of the unseen mechanisms of society can be done by the relatively small number of people that posses that understanding?


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Cockroaches are pesky bugs that typically inhabit homes, apartments and public structures all throughout the United States. It has been estimated that at least 78% of all homes located within an urban setting has cockroaches. This means that nearly 2/3 of the American population live in homes that are occupied by roaches. People who experience problems with roaches can get rid of them by using these 10 proven home remedies for roaches.
1. Certain Baking Goods Kill Roaches
Believe it or not roaches cannot survive off of every type of food that is available for human consumption. People sometimes use baking soda and confectioner's sugar for making sweet treats, but they can also use these products for eliminating roaches. Homeowners can mix these two common ingredients together to form a deadly roach toxin. Apparently, roaches will be attracted to the sugar and eat the mixture, but after they consume it the baking soda will mix with their stomach acids causing their insides to fail.
2. Bleach
Bleach is another common household item that many people have lying around. Bleach will kill roaches because of its chemical structure. You should pour bleach down drains, sinks and tubs to keep these critters from using them as travel routes.
3. Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum jelly is known for keeping people moisturized but it can also be used to destroy roaches. Homeowners should place some type of sweet treat inside of a jar and place some petroleum jelly around the inner rim. Once the roaches enter into the jar for the sweet treat they won't be able to escape because of the deadly petroleum substance they will encounter from the jelly.
4. Lemony Smell
Roaches do not like the smell of lemon and homeowners can squeeze four fresh lemons or use lemon juice and add it to water. Once they have created a lemon solution they can then wipe the solution over their counters, cabinets and around their kitchen sink in order to reduce the number of roaches in their home.
Also read: How to Get Rid Of Termites
5. Beer and Wine
Beer, wine and strong alcohol are all great substances for eliminating roaches or many other types of unwanted pests. Alcohol works well because most bugs cannot handle the effects of alcohol and when they consume the natural sugars from this substance, they will die by drowning due to intoxication. Pour alcohol into a bowl and set it in a dark concealed space. This method is very effective.
W-D 40 can be used for more things than your auto it can also help to "drive" roaches away. This substance works just as fine as an insecticide, but it is not as dangerous to the environment.
7. Hedge Apples
Hedge apples are unique pieces of fruit that grow along a person's hedge if they have this type of plant in their yard. These apples are not the same as regular apples and they act as a natural repellant to all sorts of bugs including roaches. As a matter of fact, one apple placed inside of a room can effectively keep bugs away for up to two months at a time.
Also Read: 10 Home Remedies for Flies
8. Get a Gecko
Geckos are lizards that consume bugs as a part of their natural diet. A homeowner can purchase a Gecko and set it free in their home during the night time hours in order to eliminate roaches. This is a natural way to get rid of pests, but homeowners should not use insecticides if they decide to go this route.
9. Keep a Clean Environment
Keeping a clean home might not complete do away with roaches but it will reduce their numbers. Good housekeeping habits go a long way with the elimination of roaches.
10. Apply Borax
Borax is potent agent that will eliminate roaches. Apply this substance in places that is out of sight from children and pets. Roach populations will decrease over time with the use of this product.


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After an epic Asbury Park 5K this past weekend, summer road racing continues with the 17th Annual Bradley Beach 5k to be held on Saturday, August 16, 2014 in the Borough of Bradley Beach, New Jersey.
The race has gained popularity among runners attracting large fields in the past several years and a field of about 1000 is expected this year.
Saturday, August 16, 5k, Bradley Beach 5k, Bradley Beach, New Jersey
The traditional start had been by the large gazebo on the promenade. Unfortunately that gazebo was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. But the promenade is intact and most of the ocean front has been restored to the way it was before the storm less the gazebo.
The course is flat and fast with the start and finish on Ocean Avenue. There will be awards for the top finishers and the top 3 in 10 year age groups. The Clarence Lurch Award will be presented to the first 80 year plus finisher. Participants can use their race bib number to get free entry to the beach on that day.
Kid's races are scheduled for Friday evening August 15, 2014 starting at 6:30 p.m.
Runners can get registration information on the Bradley Beach Web Site.
Registration will also be available on Friday, August 16th between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Bradley Beach Fire Department, 815 Main Street, Bradley Beach, N.J. Post registration will be available starting at 7 a.m. until 8 a.m.
2013 Race Recap - Start Photos - Finish Photos
Coming in first overall and for the men was Bradley Beach's own Patrick Casterline who finished in a time of 16:07. He was followed by Jarrett Kunze of Trenton, N.J. in 16:29 and then Marty McCormick of Arlington, Virginia in 17:17.
The top woman finisher was Dianne DeOliviera of Brick, New Jersey in a time of 19:07. She was followed by Amy Bernsrtein of East Windson in 19:24, Maggie Gousman of Bradley Beach in 20:00 and then Karen Charles of Wall in 20:05.
Registration is now open for a beginner's running group which will kick off later this month. It is a perfect way to get ready for many fall events.
Tuesday, August 26, Beginner's Run Class Orientation, Miles Ahead Sports, Wall, N.J.
More upcoming events can be found on the race calendar.


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Halo 4 achievements are revealed
There's quite a few of them
EXCITED GAMERS looking forward to getting their hands on 343 Industry's Halo 4 title have been teased with a bit more information about the sorts of achievements that they can expect to pick up.
Achievements are the gongs you pick up as you play through the game and are a sort of ranking system that appeals to completists and, let's face it, people that play games a lot.
Halo has always had a decent smattering of them, and Halo 4 will not be any different. 343 Industry has shown off a long list of things to aim for once the game is released this November, and if you are are worried about spoiling the surprise you probably ought to look away now.
There are a raft of them and they range from the simple, like creating a custom map, to the bizarre - the obscurely named Dongblainer.
"Gamerscore, and collecting the breadcrumb-like achievements that augment that magical number, has evolved into an integral part of gaming. Developing and designing these game-specific challenges might seem simple but is quite a bit more complex once you begin digging into the psychology of a gamer," says the firm in a blog post.
"Our primary goal when creating Halo 4's achievements was to reward milestones and increase replay value while balancing both difficulty and the breadth of game modes. Our secondary goal was to live up to Halo tradition with weird ass names for some of them."
Some achievements will likely to be easy to pick up, for example you will win one called Dawn for completing a mission on any difficulty. Others, like the Dongblainer, are a bit more involved and will task players with winning 20 War Games in matchmaking.
Skulls make a reappearance too, and are joined by Red vs Blue Easter Eggs. Finding these is likely to present a decent challenge.
Getting achievements results in points, anywhere from five to 90. The highest award goes to people who complete the Campaign solo on Legendary difficulty, the lowest to anyone that uploads a game video to the file share or shares a screenshot. µ
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I heard the word going around prior to last night's WWE Vengeance pay-per-view was that Mick Foley has signed with WWE. When Foley left TNA Impact Wrestling several months ago he figured getting back on with WWE would be easy. It didn't end up working out as quickly as he expected.
Sources with knowledge of Foley's latest deal tell me that one of the things that slowed his return to WWE was the influence of Triple H. Hunter now has much more influence on who is hired under his new executive position. Triple H has reportedly "had it out" for Foley going back to the late 90's. Apparently the issues aren't anything personal, just the fact that Hunter feels Foley doesn't look like a star and definitely shouldn't be a top guy.
On the other hand, I'm told The Rock has always been very pro-Mick Foley and all these years later he actually played a role in Foley's return. Triple H wasn't outright blocking Foley's return but one of my sources feels he was enjoying making Foley sweat. With the way Foley left TNA, Hunter didn't see that he had an option to go elsewhere and didn't see any reason to rush a WWE contract offer. The Rock ended up finding out about it and went directly to Vince McMahon. It's believed The Rock requested Foley be brought back which is why he is in the plans for 11/14 Raw Supershow (the go-home to Survivor Series) that will also feature The Rock.
I'm told The Rock even went as far as pitching Foley for his team at Survivor Series and had Vince McMahon's approval but apparently there are issues with Mick Foley's schedule on that day.


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Are you feeling that the odds are stacked against you when it comes to diabetes and heart disease? The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has developed a national program called CheckUp America® that helps people learn how to lower their risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, helping you beat the odds.
As defined by the ADA, risk factors include
The good news is that with the exception of having a history of gestational diabetes and age, race, gender, and family history you CAN control the other risk factors. Start to beat the odds and enjoy a happier and healthier life by following these simple tips:
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