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Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin nearly completed his Sprint Cup Series trifecta at Daytona International Speedway, crossing the finish line as the runner-up to Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Sunday's rain-soaked season opener for the series. Hamlin won the non-points Sprint Unlimited on Saturday, February 15th as well as his Budweiser Duel qualifying race on Thursday, February 20th.
Hamlin's JGR teammates Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch finished sixth and 19th, respectively.
Hamlin started the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry in the fourth position Sunday before the rains came just 38 laps into the race. The six-hour-plus rain delay led to a restart under the lights, but Hamlin was having radio difficulties on the restart, limiting his communication with his spotter. In spite of the radio problems, Hamlin remained in the top 10 throughout the night.
"Any other year I probably would have been like jumping up and down," said Hamlin of his finish. "We can hardly finish these races much less have a shot at a victory…I felt like our car wasn't as strong as the week progressed. The competition definitely caught up, for sure. Then, honestly, me not being able to drive to my ability because I was being conservative, trying to spot for myself, that's not a way to race. Track position was so important, I couldn't come in for a radio change when it went totally dead. You know, I'll be happy tomorrow, I think. But right now a little disappointed."
Kenseth's No. 20 Dollar General Toyota started next to Hamlin in third, with pit road problems causing a headache for the two-time 500 winner. Heavy traffic in the pits early in the race caused Kenseth to spin backward into his pit stall; his crew barely missed a beat as they performed the pit stop on the reversed car. He restarted the race post-rain delay just outside the top 10, but made his way back toward the leaders when the green-white-checkers finish ended the race.
Busch's No. 18 M&Ms Peanut Toyota had an up-and-down day – literally. He started 37th after problems in his qualifying race on Thursday, but just five laps into the race was looking at the top 10. Busch led the field at the red flag on Lap 39, but his pit stop just after the race restarted put him back in the pack again, as he dragged an air hose out of his pit stall; the ensuing penalty left him a lap down. It took a while, but Busch did finally earn a Lucky Dog with the caution on Lap 146, and put himself right back in the thick of things. The end of the race looked like it was going to be a strong top-10 run for all three JGR cars, until Busch got caught up in the final-turn "big one", relegating him to a 19th-place finish.
"I thought we had a pretty good M&M's Peanut Camry," said Busch on his website. "We had the early penalty and we were fortunate to get the lucky dog, and here at Daytona, that puts you right back in it. I was able to work my way back up there, but I didn't want to see that last caution. On the restart, we got shuffled out, but I was still hoping we could bring home a decent finish. I think the 4 (Kevin Harvick) was on the inside of me and came up and got us in the right rear and kept us from a good finish."
Brad Keselowski finished third, followed by Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson.
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The Friday, Aug. 8 premiere of the newest Cinemax series "The Knick" is promising. It introduces us to the staff of the Knickerbocker Hospital (hence the series' title), setting up what is likely coming in the rest of the show's first season. (It has already been renewed for a season 2, so there's no reason to be worried about getting too attached, only for it to end in 10 weeks.)
"This is madness, yet there is method in it."
Like we stated above, "The Knick" is very promising. It's dark, it's gritty, it's raw, it's bloody and it's very honest about the time they're in and what that means for race, wealth (and lack of it) and surgical practices. It does get off to a bit of a slow start, but all it takes is one gunshot and the hospital board to get down to business for the show to do the same and take off. The premiere also introduces you to quite the list of characters, but so much of it is focused on Clive Owen's Dr. Thackery that it's hard to really formulate an opinion about any of them.
This is a series that doesn't shy away from the lack of medical advances at the time, meaning it gets bloody. In fact, the premiere begins and ends with blood and cocaine, which helps show that this is a time when it's so easy to give into the hopelessness in the medical field, and that's what Dr. Christiansen does. Continuing on with what works, enough cannot be said about the look of the show. It is simply amazing, which is one of the most important parts of creating a series set in another time. If the atmosphere, the location and the clothing don't seem authentic, the show won't either.
You find yourself rooting for Dr. Thackery in the surgical theater – in there, there is no one better – but that's about it. He uses his friend's funeral and eulogy to toot his own horn. He's a cocaine addict, and without the needle, he's about as useless as Barrow would probably be in surgery. He hasn't been set up as a character you're going to love, but he is a character you want to see more of, and that's because of Clive Owen's performance. He embraces the role, and
Because he must try so hard to prove himself simply because he is African American and Thackery just doesn't want to deal with what an integrated hospital staff would mean – he knows patients would object to being treated by him – Edwards is fleshed out a bit as well, as someone who knows what he brings to the table and isn't willing to waste his time somewhere he's not wanted. That said, he recognizes brilliant work when he sees it, and after seeing Thackery in surgery, he resigns his resignation and declares that he'll be staying until he learns everything he has to teach. They may be trying to get ahead of their time in the medical field, but it's not so easy when it comes to race in 1900.
As for the other characters, "Method and Madness" very clearly wants to show the audience that Cornelia Robertson is a woman who refuses to cave to the wills of men. She gets what she wants, and if the hospital wants electricity, they have to accept Dr. Edwards as the new Deputy Chief. However, it's Sister Harriet and the way she handles the loudmouth ambulance driver Cleary that stands out in the premiere. Gallinger has been set up as the one who will be the most upset to have Edwards around since he has been given the job he had been expecting – and that had very nearly been his after Edwards declared he'd resign. On the other hand, Chickering seems to be the almost too nice doctor, who tries to assure the new staff members and accepts everyone, regardless of skin color or experience.
In a show about the dark reality of their world, where the doctors can be almost too cold at times, like with Thackery calling Nurse Elkins out on her mistake and Gallinger and Edwards arguing about the right course of action for their dying patient in front of the patient, there is an innocence, and it doesn't come from the young daughter of a woman dying of tuberculosis. Instead, it comes from the new nurse on staff, Nurse Elkins, who is the most innocent character on the show, even more so than that young daughter, who must leave her mother's side to go off to work. That innocence doesn't stop her from being determined, just like every other character is about something, as we see when she climbs through the window to get into Thackery's place and injects him with cocaine to get him up and moving.
When it comes down to it, this isn't a show for everyone, especially the squeamish because in a way, the blood shown is worse than what's in series like "The Walking Dead" because there's a realness to it here that's not present when it involves zombies or some sort of supernatural creature. However, it is good television and it is something worth staying in Friday nights to watch.
"The Knick" airs Fridays at 10 p.m. on Cinemax. What did you think of the series premiere?

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With 29 color and black & white panoramic photographs taken with the rare Spinshot 35S camera, the Fuji G617, and the Holga this book is all about EXTREME panoramic photography.
Heather Oelklaus has been exploring traditional black and white photography, night photography, long exposure photography, lightning photography, and Polaroid manipulation and emulsion lifts.
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Examiner.com was on the scene for a special Tribeca Film Festival pre-reception celebrating the film "Match," which premiered later that evening at BMCC. The intimate event was held at Supper Suite by STK and was presented by FIJI Water, Murvidedro Bodegas and Maestro Dobel Tequila. The film was written and directed by Stephen Belber and stars Matthew Lillard, Carla Gugino and Patrick Stewart, all of whom attended the party. It is an adaptation of Belber's play of the same name, which audiences enjoyed on Broadway.
Film Synopsis: Seattle couple (Matthew Lillard and Carla Gugino) travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi (played with remarkable dexterity by Patrick Stewart) for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true nature of the interview is called into question. Based on the Tony Award-winning play of the same name, Match moves effortlessly between riotous wit and delicate poignancy in this story of responsibility, artistic commitment, and love.
Carla looked fabulous in a Dolce&Gabbana dress and Cascadai shoes. She graciously took some time to give us an exclusive interview. Read it below:
How did you get involved with the film?
My manager Jason Weinberg called me ... what's funny in fact is that I had read the screenplay maybe a year before and there was an incarnation where it was going to go, and as you know with these tiny beautiful films, they are so hard to get financed and oftentimes they come through many incarnations, and I had loved it the first incarnation. And then I went off to do something and the movie never ended up getting made and then he called me and said "This movie is being made again and they're really interested in you playing the role" and Patrick Stewart is attached and Matthew Lillard. I just thought it was such a beautiful boon and great timing, because I was able to do it and that's really how it came about.
Tell us about your character, who is she?
I am married to Matthew Lillard's character, we're husband and wife, and they are going through a really tough marriage which we don't reveal the nuances of until later in the film, but we go to New York to interview this teacher at Juilliard, because I'm doing a thesis, or so we think, on dance and the history of dance. Ultimately what you find out is that there are other reasons that we're there, and the three of us actually end up actually opening the doors for each other unwittingly to some real discoveries of our lives that will change the course of our future. What I really love about it is that it all predominantly takes place in a diner and in Patrick's character's (Toby's) apartment, and so all of the roller coaster nature of it, all of the compulsive action oriented nature of it is emotion, and there's no big car explosions, no big fancy stuff to distract you, it's sort of these tumultuous emotional lives of these characters and how when they come together its really combusts.
What was it like collaborating with the legendary Patrick Stewart?
It was an exceptional and very organic experience is all I can say. I have to say I think that when I get to work with people who are masterful in their profession, oddly there is something that feels, I guess that's why I use the word organic. It's like I think always the greatest actors are the ones who are really doing what all good actors are doing which is trying to find their character and trying to make the best piece they can and all ego is thrown aside. It was just a really amazing experience and Matt and Patrick and I just became this little family very quickly and somehow, we were able to implicitly trust each other from the start. So I feel like I always learn from working with people that I admire and respect and certainly I learned many things from him, as an actor, but more than anything, we got to play together and that's such a gift.
Speak about collaborating with the director Stephen?
There's always something wonderful about working with a writer/director and I've worked with many, is that they have a sense of the character that is deeper than a lot of directors do, oftentimes a director just comes onto a project, they're looking to you to bring an incarnation of this character to life and then they'll figure out how to adjust that. In this particular case, what was great is that Stephen had lived with it in the writing of it, in the incarnation of it as a play and then I think all of us have brought very different takes that had ever been done in these characters before, so there was a lot of freedom allowed, but anytime you had a question, a very specific question about the history of the character, he always had really interesting smart answers.


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Working in a Korean Grocery Store Is Such a 'First-Generation Job'
And other reasons Korean-owned stores are dwindling.
Two months after a Korean business leader declared that "green carts are cannibalizing Korean-American grocery stores," the Times takes a look at ... the decline in Korean-owned groceries. Oddly, here the carts, those mobile fruit and veggie stands meant to bring fresh produce to more neighborhoods, are hardly mentioned. Instead the paper cites "rising rents, increased competition from online and corporate rivals, and more scrutiny from city agencies that impose fines." Also, many immigrants who've spent their lives making early morning runs to Hunts Point market and toiling on long shifts don't want their children to have to do the same. One Korean-supermarket owner's daughter, now studying law at Boston University, puts it this way: ""I think it's about time that [Korean groceries] fade away ... It's more of a first-generation job." [NYT]


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Veterans utilizing the Post 9/11 GI Bill® (Ch. 33) must pay for class registration fees within three (3) business days of registering for the classes or the classes will be dropped from your schedule. Once the VA has sent in payment for your fees you will be reimbursed those fees even if your fees were waived through a Board of Governors Fee Waiver or CAL VET Fee Waiver. VA payment received between the 1st and 15th of the month will be reimbursed by the last day of that month. VA payment received between the 16th and the 30th of the month will be reimbursed by the 15th of the following month. These dates correspond with PCC's disbursement schedules.
Once you have verified your enrollment (monthly verification) on the Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (W.A.V.E.) website, allow two weeks for payment. VA Benefit checks are sent direct deposit or to the address indicated on your VA application. Payment is based on actual class meeting dates according to the class schedule. Payment of benefits usually occurs between the 1st and the 15th of each month and is paid for the previous month. The VA Regional Office does not consider checks to be late until after the 10th of the month. Payment inquiries should be made directly to the VA Regional Office by calling their toll free number: 1-888-442-4551. NOTE: Federal holidays may delay student verification of enrollment and/or your check.
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Pay Status
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Processing Time
The PCC Veteran's Office usually processes and submits certifications to the VA, on-line, within one week; during peak periods the process may take up to two weeks. Initial VA processing takes appropriately 8 to 12weeks, so be sure to plan ahead. Continuing student processing may be shorter.
Monthly Verification
Veteran students who will receive benefits under the Montgomery G. I. Bill (CH. 30, 1606, and 1607 only) must verify monthly enrollment. You have the option of calling in your monthly verification or using the internet to verify.
- The toll-free number is 1-877-823-2378.
- The website is www.gibill.va.gov/wave
Student Attendance and Avoiding Overpayment
- If you do not attend class, you are not entitled to benefits.
- If you stop attending a class, you must drop officially online at LancerPoint and report the drop to the PCC Veteran's Office. Federal law requires that students report any change in enrollment status, which might affect VA educational benefits. Be aware of drop deadlines in the academic calendar.
- Any withdrawals or class changes may result in an overpayment. In order to prevent the possibility of an overpayment, promptly notify us of any changes in your enrollment. If you are overpaid, you will be required to pay back the overpayment immediately. The Regional Office in Muskogee will contact you by mail on what type of payment options are available.
- When there is an overpayment, the VA will generally withhold future payments or ask for repayment of the overpaid benefits. Depending on the situation, they can take you to court, charge interest, as well as withhold future tax refunds, attach wages, put a lien on property or deny home loans.
Although the PCC Veteran's Office monitors student attendance, it is imperative that you report any change in enrollment immediately.
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- When receiving VA Educational Benefits, you may be concurrently enrolled at more than one school during the same semester. The school where you are receiving a degree will be your "parent school." The other is the "supplemental school." The courses you enroll in at the supplemental school must be approved by your parent school in order for you to receive benefits.
- You must complete a concurrent enrollment form at your parent school's VA Office. The form indicates that the parent school will grant credit toward the current major for the course(s) taken at the supplemental school. You are responsible for informing the supplemental school where your parent school is located and in requesting certification for the classes you are enrolled in at their institution.
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Veterans' educational benefits are subject to termination if the student has been on academic probation for two consecutive semesters.
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Exception: Some courses require a specific minimum grade for successful completion or transfer. In this case, you will have to fill out the "Request to Repeat a Course" form to petition retaking the course.
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- There is more than 30 days between terms and break pay will not be paid.
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Kipyego Seeking Second Medal in London
Former Texas Tech great Sally Kipyego earned silver in the women's 10,000 meter and will look to medal again in the 5,000-meter.
Aug. 9, 2012
LUBBOCK, Texas - Exactly one week after winning silver in the women's 10,000-meter run, former Texas Tech great Sally Kipyego will have the rare opportunity to medal once again at the 2012 London Olympics.
Kipyego, who won an unprecedented nine NCAA Championships while at Texas Tech, is scheduled to run in the finals of the women's 5,000-meter run Friday afternoon at 2:05 p.m.
"She has always overachieved," Texas Tech head track and field coach Wes Kittley said. "It just shows the quality runner she is and how tough she is. She has always been a person that comes through."
That's exactly what Kipyego did last week. The Kenyan native came through on the largest stage the sport has to offer as she won silver in the finals of the women's 10,000-meter run with a time of 30:26.37. With silver in hand, she became the first Texas Tech athlete to medal in an individual event on the Olympic stage in school history.
In a tightly contested battle for the top three spots, Kipyego took the lead with an impressive push entering the final 1,500 meters of the 10,000-meter race. But she was overtaken by defending gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia on the final lap.
"She just showed tremendous courage," Kittley said. "That was what I was impressed with. She went ahead and had the courage to take the race out and no one wanted to do that, but she knew she had to."
On Tuesday, Kipyego turned in yet another impressive performance by finishing third overall in the qualifying round of the women's 5,000-meter run and thus securing her spot in Friday's finals. There, Kipyego will square off with Dibaba once again as she finished first overall in the qualifying round of 5,000-meter run.
Kipyego, only 26 years old, has certainly made her mark on both the collegiate and Olympic stage by cementing herself as one of the top distance runners in the world.
However, she also excelled as student at Texas Tech as well. Kipyego was accepted into nursing school after transferring from South Plains College and eventually earned her degree in 2009.
"She was just always a tremendous student-athlete," Kittley said. "She really exemplified what your wanting a student-athlete to be. We couldn't be more proud of her."


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Full Court Press: Practice Tips Off Friday
Oct. 7, 2010
The Oregon women's basketball team will tip off its first official practice of the season on Friday at McArthur Court.
Be sure to check back to www.GoDucks.com for a live blog during practice, as well as an official report, photos and video interviews following the first practice of the 2010-11 season.
PK Park Experience
In addition, be sure to mark on your calendar that the Oregon women's basketball team will be at PK Park on Thursday, Oct. 21, prior to the football game vs. UCLA. The team will be on hand at the PK Park Experience to greet fans and sign autographs. PK Park will open at 2 p.m., four hours before kickoff.
Open Practice
Last but not least, the Ducks will host an open practice on Oct. 23 at McArthur Court. Fans are invited to come and watch practice as head coach Paul Westhead prepares UO for the upcoming season. Following the practice, fans will be encouraged to come down to the floor for a meet-and-greet and autograph session with the coaching staff and student-athletes.
More information will be announced in the near future.
Get To Know Your Ducks
Also check out this sneak peek produced by Dana Guthrie for the 2010-11 Oregon women's basketball program.
If you haven't renewed your women's basketball season tickets, or if you would like to purchase season tickets call the ticket office today at 541-346-4461.
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Sharing ideas is the first step among team members when creating strategies and collaborating in business.
Google Drive allows users to sync between computers, tablets, and mobile devices. It is an easy way to share Word documents, Power Points, and a limited number of images. The ability to edit and add comments in real time makes it easy for multiple parties to look at a document and give input.
How it Works
Log into drive.google.com using an existing account or easily create one. The red create button in the upper left hand corner allows folders and various documents to be created like a Word-type document, a Power Point-style doc, a spreadsheet, a form, and a drawing.
Documents can also be uploaded from a hard drive and shared within Google Drive.
The share button in the upper right hand corner makes adding specific individuals an easy task and there is room to create a personalized message.
The first 15GB of storage is free across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos for uploading files. There is no storage limit for files created within the cloud-based drive.
Case Study
A marketing company hired me to write content for hotels and during an overnight site visit, I uploaded images and content to Google Drive. The images allowed the design team to get accurate visuals while I was on tour and an editor commented on the text.
It was bulky uploading many high res images so this function was limited. The editing process allowed us to quickly create a substantial document without searching emails and using the comment function in Word.
The application is effective for team members who are geographically distant or for vendors who need to share ideas quickly with others.
Security Issues
Companies like Cloudlock can secure files uploaded and created within Google Drive. After potential exposures are identified, a series of permissions can be added for security purposes.
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Cherries May Challenge Gout Pain
Targeting the triggers
The study included 633 people with gout who had experienced at least one flare-up within the year prior to enrolling in the study. Questionnaires about their health, diet, and activities in the previous two days were filled out at the beginning of the study and every three months for one year while they were monitored for new gout attacks. If they experienced a gout attack during the study, they answered the same questions about the two days prior to the attack to determine what they had eaten, what supplements and medications they had taken, and what activities they had engaged in.
A few cherries each day may keep gout away
As expected, gout attacks were more likely when participants ate large amounts of meats, drank alcohol, or took diuretic medications. Regarding cherries, here's what the researchers found:
- Eating cherries was associated with a 35% lower risk of having a gout attack; taking cherry extract was associated with a 45% risk reduction.
- Cherry's protective effect increased with the amount eaten up to 1.5 cups, or 30 to 36 cherries, in two days. Eating more than that did not appear to further increase protection.
- People who ate cherries and took the anti-gout medication, allopurinol, had the lowest risk of a gout attack.
The study authors concluded "…study findings suggest that cherry intake is associated with a lower risk of gout attacks," adding: "Should our findings be confirmed by randomized clinical trials, cherry products could provide a novel nonpharmacological preventive option against gout attacks."
Treat yourself to cherries
If you suffer from recurrent gout attacks, this study provides preliminary evidence that including cherries in your regular diet might help prevent them. Here are other steps that may reduce your chance of a flare-up:
- Watch purine intake. Purines are compounds found generally in high-protein foods. When broken down into uric acid in the body, it can get deposited in joints where it causes gouty inflammation and pain. If you have gout, staying away from poultry and meat (especially organ meats), seafood, and yeast might be helpful.
- Limit alcohol. Having more than one alcoholic drink per day, particularly beer, can contribute to gout flare-ups.
- Stick to water. Gout attacks can also be triggered by having too many soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup or sugar.
- Consider vitamin C. Several studies have shown that taking vitamin C can reduce blood levels of uric acid, suggesting that it might be helpful for gout prevention. Start with a small amount like 500 mg per day, since any sudden change in uric acid levels might trigger an attack.
(Arthritis Rheum 2012;doi: 10.1002/art.34677)
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So I have this theory. It applies specifically to my life, but could probably be manipulated to apply to others. Basically, I divide my life into three categories: School, Crew, and Social. School is essentially grades, projects, stress levels, etc. Crew involves everything: how practices go, if I get time in the launch, what boats I'm in, who is in my lineup, etc. Social is everything else. Mainly, how much free time I have, boys, friends, etc.
In my head, I have this picture of three equally large jars all lined up. I have a bag of sand that contains enough sand to fill up all three jars half way. The sand represents how much time I can devote to a particular category.
How much the jar is filled up represents my performance, I guess the outcome (?) of the category. It's kind of confusing I guess, but anyways... If I divide my time equally, then the jars are all halfway filled. This means that each category is functioning, but only at a mediocre caliber.
I need school to go really well and crew to go well too, so mostly, I'll allocate the sand from Social and stick 75% of it in School and 25% in Crew. I have to give up Social to get more School and Crew.
It's really weird, but I'll start to panic if I think Social is going really well because I know that means Crew and School's sand amounts are cut back.
Since it's summer, School is drained to zero. And I can put more sand into Crew and Social. Social is an absolute bust right now (=NO SAND). So, Crew is literally overflowing. I have more sand than I have room! I can't wait to fill you guys in later!!!
Oh, and along with that extra Crew sand came a super sweet sunburn. Epic.
UPDATE: After receiving several comments, I realized that I didn't completely explain myself perfectly. (My English professor this semester- LITTLE V & CALIFORNIA FUNK- would always get on me about assuming the reader understood my stream of thoughts... Apparently, I'm difficult to understand.) Anyways, I thought I should clarify.
The sand in the jars is good! Crew is going SO GREAT right now!!! It's overflowing with fantasticness- yes, I made that work up. I don't mean to sound like I'm complaining.... I feel so lucky and blessed that I can spend half of my summer vacation doing something I love.
Also, I'm not trying to sound like I'm the busiest person on the planet. I'm a pretty good time manager, multi-tasker, etc. But, there is a limit on how much someone can do something in a day. It doesn't matter whether you're the president or a homeless person: YOU ONLY HAVE 24 HOURS IN A DAY. Putting sand in the jars is simply my visual representation of how I choose to spend the 24 hours.
Hope this clears it up!


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SACRAMENTO They are a rare group, these three girls: identical triplets conceived the old-fashioned way.
Abby, Brin and Laurel Hepner were conceived without fertility treatments. A single fertilized egg split into three, producing three babies who look almost exactly alike.
They were born Nov. 22 at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento to Hannah and Tom Hepner, of Quincy.
"Identical triplets are anywhere from one-in-a-million and one-in-a hundred million," said Dr. William Gilbert, medical director of Sutter Women's Services and founder of Moms of Multiples Center. "It is so rare that it is hard to calculate how frequently they occur."
Said Tom Hepner, 33: "We are thinking of bottling the water in Quincy and offering it as a fertility treatment."
At birth, Abby weighed 3 pounds, 2 ounces; Brin was 3 pounds, 11 ounces; and Laurel tipped the scale at 4 pounds. Gilbert said those are good weights for triplets and that the babies are doing well.
"It is not unusual with identical triplets to have a difference in weight," he said. "They usually don't share equal amounts of the placenta, so therefore one gets a little less nutrition than the other. When you have a difference in weight, the little one does better after they are born because the stress of being little matures your lungs faster."
Once all three can maintain their body temperature, gain weight and eat properly, the triplets can go home. Gilbert said their mother experienced increased blood pressure several weeks before delivery.
But Tom Hepner said his 29-year-old wife is "quite a remarkable woman. She cruised through the experience. Hats off to her."
The couple found out early on that the triplets were identical.
"We understand that they are going to be individuals," Hannah Hepner said. "We look forward to finding out who those individuals are and helping them along the way."
She said the "one-in-a-million" description of the babies "loses its relevance when you are holding them. It did happen, and they are here."


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Documentation: Serious Car Accident in Shomron
Arutz Sheva has documented that an Arab car on Sunday attempted to circumvent another vehicle travelling on Route 60.
By Rina Tzvi
First Publish: 6/23/2013, 10:54 AM
An Arutz Sheva corresponded has documented that an Arab car on Sunday made a dangerous attempt to circumvent another vehicle traveling on Route 60, near the Jewish community of Shilo and toward the direction of Maale Levonah. The risky move led to a head-on collision.
Two Arabs were killed and four wounded in the incident.


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Shipley's Do-Nuts, which is a chain of donut shops, has been going strong in Stuttgart for nearly two months, offering a variety of donuts and coffees at 2103 S. Main St.
"The shop is open everyday of the week from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m.," manager Diamond Youk said.
Youk explained that the business also offers blended coffee and cappuccino, along with croissants and biscuits with gravy.
"We do have the famous donuts, with all kinds of toppings," Youk said. "We also have long johns and cream-filled donuts."
The top three donuts are the yeast donut, which can come with all kinds of toppings, the filled donut, which is filled with warm apple, cherry or lemon with a sugar glaze, and the cake donut, which can be plain with flavored icing, glazed or sprinkled with nuts or with coconut.
The shop has three other employees, who assist with the many tasks with making donuts and keeping the shop open.
Shipley's is open year-round with the exception Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
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Halloween Photo Contest Winner
October 31, 2010
More than 40 AQHA Facebook fans sent in photos of their Quarter Horses in costume.
For the month of October, AQHA asked our Facebook fans to submit a photo of their Quarter Horses in costume. The grand prize for the person who submitted the photo of the most unique and funny costume is a WeatherBeeta Orican Freestlye Detach-a-neck blanket. Second and third place winners will receive a $10 gift card to Quarter Horse Outfitters.
Thanks to every fan who submitted a photo. All the costumes were clever, and they were a blast to judge! Below is a slide show of all the entries. Click on each picture to see the description of the costume.
The winners were as follows:
First Place: Jennifer LeMere with the skeleton painted on Duces Eastor Wes, aka "Smokey."
Second Place: Lisa DeLuca and Poco Honeybee Bars dressed as a pinata.
Third Place: Laureen Fisher and Mr Jet Impress as the horse riding the cowgirl.
Here were the contest rules:
- The horse must be an American Quarter Horse.
- Include your name, address and your horse's full registered name with your entry.
- Only one entry per person.
- Explanation of costume must be 300 words or less.
- E-mail subject line must include "Halloween Photo Contest."
The first three photos are the first-, second- and third-place winners. After that, the photos are in a random order.


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With "River Road," Jayne Ann Krentz provides yet another romantic suspense novel for her legion of fans to enjoy. Krentz introduces a female protagonist, Lucy Sheridan, who has an unusual profession -- she's a forensic genealogist who creates family trees and tracks down heirs to estates for a living. Who knew there was such a profession?
"River Road" is touted as a classic tale of murder and revenge. The reader doesn't find out what the revenge entails until the end, when the mystery is solved.
In between, there is a fabulous male co-protagonist, Mason Fletcher, who is vacationing from his high-powered business by working at his uncle's hardware store.
Mason and Lucy shared one slightly less-than-passion-filled night when he pulled her out of an unsupervised teen party while Lucy was staying with her aunt. As much as she resented his action and proprietary manner (he was only three years older than she), she also viewed him as an angel-rescuer. And she kind of had a crush on him.
Fast forward thirteen years. Lucy's aunt has died, and she must deal with the estate. She learns a lot about what happened the night of that party, including the disappearance of the local bad boy -- a wild, rich kid who also happened to be a sociopath.
Was her aunt's death a car accident, as she had been told, or a murder? Lucy is determined to investigate, even when local feathers are ruffled. She is bringing back memories that many don't want resurrected, and she is running into danger.
Luckily for Lucy, her angel of thirteen years is in town and more than willing to help her. Of course, passion ignites between them, and it's obvious from the romantic scenes why Krentz is one of the most celebrated romance authors around.
Krentz also chose to set the novel in California wine country. It's a business that has greatly changed the small northern California towns. She grew up in northern California and says that she finds it fascinating that the old towns are still there if you look beneath the surface. "When it comes to keeping old secrets, nothing beats a small town."
Krentz is a versatile and prolific author. She writes paranormal romance (for example "Crystal Gardens"), contemporary romance, historical romance (under the name Amanda Quick), and futuristic novels (as Jayne Castle). Old fans and new readers will enjoy "River Road" as a light, enjoyable, romantic suspense novel.
Please note: This review is based on the final paperback book provided by the publisher, Avon, for review purposes.
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Suggested Links
- 'Crystal Gardens' by bestselling author Amanda Quick
- 'Dangerous Refuge' by Elizabeth Lowell: Romance and mystery fans will enjoy this
- 'Suddenly Royal' by Nicole Chase: For everyone who yearned to be a princess
- 'Bitter River' by Julia Keller: Murder mystery in small town West Virginia
- 'The Wrong Girl' by Hank Phillippi Ryan: Engrossing thriller


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For this installment of the "Back to Basics" series we are highlighting one of the most over-looked aspects of exercise program design: exercise tempo. Tempo is not just the speed of your favorite song on the radio- it also describes the speed at which resistance training exercises are performed.
At the gym it is easy to notice that exercise tempo varies greatly among strength trainers. However, the key to great results doesn't lie in knowing if slow is better than fast or vice versa; it lies in knowing how to apply this principle to your program.
First off, a little basic exercise science. Every repetition is made up of three actions or contraction types: a concentric action when the muscle shortens, an eccentric action when the muscle lengthens, and an isometric action when either the muscle holds a position or transitions from shortening to lengthening. Each one of these phases has a different functional purpose and for this reason, a different tempo should be applied to each of the three phases.
Exercise physiologist express tempo as a three number sequence written e/i/c where:
• "e" represents the number of seconds to perform the eccentric or lengthening phase
• "i" represents the seconds to perform the isometric or holding phase
• "c" represents the seconds for the concentric or shortening phase.
For instance, if you perform a biceps curl at a 4/2/1 tempo, you would take four seconds to lower the weight (eccentric), one second to lift the weight (concentric), and two seconds to hold the weight (isometric) either at the top or bottom of the exercise.
As for how to apply this information to your program, the following are scientifically-verified exercise tempos for different training goals:
• 4/2/1: best for developing muscle endurance, burning calories, and preventing injury
• 2/0/2: best for developing muscle hypertrophy (growth)
• Fast and explosive contractions (that can be safely controlled): best for developing maximal strength and power
If you are like most exercisers, you are probably lifting too fast for your goals. Slow down your reps, feel the burn, and enjoy your results!
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Lorain County teen makes miraculous recovery
Speaks for first time in six months
LAGRANGE, Ohio - Doctors said he'd never speak again. But a Lorain County teenager has proven them wrong.
Kyle Delligatti, 17, spoke his first words in nearly six months on Monday.
"All I hear is 'no way,'" his mother, Wendy Murray, said. "I knew that was Kyle's voice."
Delligatti suffered a traumatic brain injury in a February car wreck. He was on a snow day from Keystone High School and was on his way to the store for eggs.
His friends have been at his side every day since. They held a benefit volleyball game. They're also hosting a Color Run in September.
"He would do the same for me," longtime friend Amy Spanos said. "I want him to get better."
"It is God, Kyle's strength, family, friends, and community, the reason he is here with us today," Murray said. "He just won't let anyone down. He's just not that kind of kid."


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Vintage Hat Boxes filled with Ornaments
& Old Christmas Gift Boxes . . .
. . . Sit among the JunqueYard's Christmas Projects
The Snow Divas are back!
Wearing vintage bits of Christmas and B*L*i*n*G*
Mini Divas dressed in scarves
of vintage tinsel and sweater bits
Altered Bottle Brush Trees
embellished with Vintage Christmas
NEW to the line this year, are trees nestled on top
of Vintage lamp bases.
{More designs available with bases of Vintage DoorKnobs}
Ornaments decoupaged with Vintage Sheet Music & LEtTerS...
...And Vintage Buttons, Lace & Linen
Altered Christmas Paper to tag your special gifts. . .
Bells created to R*I*N*G . . .
. . . Candy Canes of Burlap to hang
TRULY. . . a Vintage Christmas in
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Posted byAlison Aten on 31 Jul 2015 | Tagged as: Arts
Peg Guilfoyle, whose new book Offstage Voices: Life in Twin Cities Theater, comes out in September, is fond of the Fringe Festival.
"It's such a scene!" she says. "Performing arts audiences love a kind of under-the-lit-marquee vibe, when people are crowding along a sidewalk toward the box office, standing on the street during intermission, clutching their programs and talking talking talking about the show. The Fringe is perfect for that."
The Fringe audience, passionate and opinionated, makes for great eavesdropping, especially at Rarig Center on the West Bank of the University, the home of the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance. Rarig contains four different theaters with a total of nearly a thousand seats; its vast and echoing atrium will be jammed with theater-goers, talking among themselves and to strangers about the shows they've seen and will see. The building will present forty-four different shows over the ten-day Fringe, none more than an hour. "It's deafening, and exciting," says Guilfoyle, "to stand in that space and watch these big audiences surge in and out." The Fringe also presents shows in twenty other locations in Minneapolis during the festival. Rarig is within easy walking distance of Mixed Blood and Theatre in the Round.
For her new book, Guilfoyle sat down with Fringe executive director Jeff Larson, who was clear about the unique nature of the Fringe experience.
"We have a lot of people who take off work and see fifty-five shows—that's the maximum you can see on our schedule. These people get more and more excited every year and they talk about it year round.
"We're growing the audience," Larson goes on. "We're a gateway drug. The tickets are inexpensive, it's easy, you can dress however you want. Theater is not intimidating; it's not something you should do to better yourself. It's just another form of entertainment. We're getting that idea into people's heads."
Larson adds that post-show conversation is built into the Fringe Festival experience: "What you want is the kind of work that you'll talk about at the bar afterward. The fantastic and the terrible really stick with you, and you cannot wait to get to the bar and say, 'Did you see that?!' We tell the artists to invite your audience to meet you at the bar; the bar is just as important to the festival as any of the art is."
"The Fringe is a great way to experience our wide and wonderful Twin Cities theater community," says Guilfoyle, whose new book includes interviews with forty leading artists from directors to actors to designers. "An incredible variety of work, presented at an incredible speed. What a summer treat!"
Posted byAlison Aten on 23 Mar 2015 | Tagged as: Arts, Authors, History
Saturday, March 28 at 7:00 P.M.
Fitzgerald Theater
The year 1865 saw inauguration, abolition, armistice, assassination, grief, celebration and reunion. The brand-new frontier state of Minnesota mourned and commemorated along with the rest of the nation. Minnesotans celebrated the return of the troops and got down to the business of building railroads and cities, sprinkling the countryside with farms and lumber camps and welcoming immigrants by the tens of thousands.
Dan Chouinard and an all-star group of friends gather to paint a Minnesota portrait of the times through songs, letters and newspaper accounts, in Civil War Homecoming. This live show at the Fitzgerald Theater on Saturday, March 28 is a co-production of the Minnesota Historical Society, MPR and the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force.
Featuring Kevin Kling, Maria Jette, T Mychael Rambo, Prudence Johnson, members of the Roe Family Singers, and the Brass Messengers as well as Eric Jacobson, Annette Atkins, Gwen Westerman, Mark Ritchie, Dean Urdahl, Pat Bauer and David Geister.
Additional information available here.
Interested in learning more about Minnesota and the Civil War? Visit www.mnhs.org/civilwar
Posted byAlison Aten on 09 Mar 2015 | Tagged as: Arts, Authors, Event, Videos
"This book tells the story of one of the most vital and important theater companies of our time."
Oskar Eustis, The Public Theater
Join us tonight for the Book Launch Celebration at Open Book in Minneapolis for:
All the Lights On: Reimagining Theater with Ten Thousand Things by Michelle Hensley
Monday, March 9, 2015
Open Book: 1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis
Doors open at 6:30 pm, short program begins at 7:00 pm, followed by book signing
Also available via HowlRoundTV today at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern via http://livestream.com/newplay
"Ten Thousand Things brings the best possible theater, plays of Shakespeare and Aeschylus and Beckett, to audiences who have seen little of it before, those in prisons and shelters and adult education centers and rural towns and housing projects and Indian reservations and chemical dependency treatment centers, as well as to enthusiastic veteran theatergoers in consistently sold-out performances for the general public, all performed in large bare rooms, with no stage, just right on the floor inside a small circle of folding chairs, with all the fluorescent lights in the room turned on. Our budget is modest, we don't need our own building, our set supply budget is little more than that of our very first show, but we pay our highly skilled artists on a par with the largest theater companies in town. We have even become Johnny Appleseeds of a sort, taking this unique model to other theaters around the country who are also eager to find ways to reach outside their buildings with excellent work. And all along this journey, the honest, openhearted encounters of our first-time audiences with our first-rate artists have led us to make wonderful discoveries about theater—pinpointing just what makes it thrive and flourish." Michelle Hensley, from All the Lights On
Posted byAlison Aten on 11 Dec 2014 | Tagged as: Arts, Children
Do you have a crafty kid on your holiday gift list? Keep them busy with our new craft book for kids:
Making History: Have a Blast with 15 Crafts
The book features projects that celebrate Minnesota's history and people. It includes crafts at four different skill levels, step-by-step instructions, free templates, and 180 color photos.
Imagine soldiers on the Civil War battlefield as you assemble a "housewife" sewing kit like those made by wives and mothers. Re-create the drama of a midwestern tornado when you build an automaton that actually spins, and celebrate the invention of water-skiing with a boat and skier that really glide.
Step-by-step instructions carefully guide you to make your own marionette, but it's up to you to stage the puppet show. The playful miniature scene of a Day of the Dead nicho offers a way to honor a loved one. A woodland hike will provide the twigs and leaves to make a troll. A walking stick in the tradition of folk artist Maurice Carlton inspires you to create art out of what you can find.
These projects and more generate hours of fun, not to mention useful pieces you'll want to share with your family and friends.
Posted byAlison Aten on 19 Aug 2014 | Tagged as: Arts, Awards, History, Videos
Minnesota in the '70s, our documentary co-produced with Twin Cities Public Television's Minnesota Productions & Partnerships (tptMN), is nominated for a 2014 Upper Midwest Emmy® Award by the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the Historic/Cultural/Nostalgic category!
More about the project:
The 1970s were more than big hair, mirror balls, and leisure suits. These were the years that bridged the chasm between the anti-establishment tumult of the 1960s and the morning-in-America conservatism of the 1980s. In Minnesota, this evolution unfolded in ways that defied expectations. No longer was Minnesota merely a vague, snow-covered outpost in the American consciousness. It was a place of note and consequence—a state of presidential candidates, grassroots activism, civic engagement, environmental awareness, and Mary Tyler Moore. Its governor appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Its city skylines shot up with uncharacteristic immodesty. Its farmers enjoyed some of their best years ever. Minnesota forged an identity during the 1970s that would persist, rightly or wrongly, for decades to come.
This is the second nomination for an MNHS Press/tptMN co-production. Last year, our Asian Flavors documentary won an Upper Midwest Emmy® in the Cultural category!
Posted byAlison Aten on 21 Oct 2013 | Tagged as: African American, Arts, Event, History
As part of the One Minneapolis One Read program, a new exhibit opens this week at Mill City Museum and Juxtaposition Arts with a panel discussion and opening reception on Oct. 24, 6-9 pm at Mill City Museum.
The panelists will include:
Archie Givens, President, The Givens Foundation for African American Literature
Robin Hickman, Founder, SoulTouch Productions' In the Footsteps of Gordon Parks Legacy Initiative and a great-niece of Gordon Parks
Wing Young Huie, photographer
Jahliah Holloman, Juxtaposition apprentice
Moderator: Daniel Bergin, TPT
Minneapolis residents will have a unique opportunity to view a collection of photos by Gordon Parks and join in a community conversation around his book A Choice of Weapons, this year's One Minneapolis One Read selection.
The exhibit will also feature approximately 30 photographs created by Minneapolis high school students alongside images by Parks, on loan from The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Taking inspiration from the book, the students worked with acclaimed photographer Jamel Shabazz at Juxtaposition Arts to create their own photographs. Shabazz will work with the students in early October during a week-long artist residency. (See feature in TC Daily Planet!)
For more information about these and other events visit the One Minneapolis One Read website.
About the Artist-in-Residence
Shabazz is an award winning photographer based in Brooklyn, NY, who has drawn influence from Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, Robert Capa, Chester Higgins and Eli Reed. Shabazz is also known for his community based youth work.
About the book A Choice of Weapons by Gordon Parks
One Read's goals are to promote through literature and discussion a better understanding of race and the impacts of racism on our communities. A Choice of Weapons is a compelling autobiography, first published in 1966, about how Parks struggled against extreme poverty to find his purpose as a photographer, writer, director and musician.
A Minnesotan who developed an impressive artistic legacy that included an extensive photographic body of work, Parks documented important African-American political, artistic, cultural figures as well as daily life.
A Choice of Weapons is available in paperback at local independent and chain bookstores, online booksellers and MHS Press. It's also available through the Hennepin County Library.
About One Minneapolis One Read
One Minneapolis One Read is presented by The City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County Library and Minneapolis Public Schools to promote literacy and respectful public dialogue. Minneapolis residents can play a positive role in their communities and explore important – sometimes difficult – issues that they face as a community by reading A Choice of Weapons and getting involved.
At its heart, One Minneapolis One Read is a community-driven effort with individuals, neighborhood groups, educators, businesses and nonprofits all coming together to make this a truly citywide read. Read the book. Join the Conversation.
One Minneapolis One Read is a collaboration of The City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County Library and Minneapolis Public Schools with support from Clear Channel Outdoor, Comcast, Gray Plant Mooty, Mill City Museum, Minnesota Historical Society Press, Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC), Pillsbury House Theatre and The YWCA of Minneapolis.
About Juxtaposition Arts
Juxtaposition Arts is a youth contemporary arts program, teen-staffed design firm and nonprofit cultural development center that anchors a diverse neighborhood in North Minneapolis.
Juxtaposition's mission is to develop community by engaging and employing young urban artists in hands-on education initiatives that create pathways to self-sufficiency while actualizing creative power. We envision the youth of north Minneapolis entering the creative workforce as dynamic innovators and problem solvers with the confidence, skills, and connections they need to accomplish their goals and contributed to the revitalization of the communities where they live and work.
Juxtaposition believes that the creative genius of youth is an underutilized community asset. Since 1995, the organization has nurtured connections between underserved Twin Cities' youth and artists and the region's vibrant art and design communities.
About the Minnesota Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. The Society collects, preserves and tells the story of Minnesota's past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and book publishing. Using the power of history to transform lives, the Society preserves our past, shares our state's stories and connects people with history.
Posted byAlison Aten on 01 Oct 2013 | Tagged as: Arts, Asian American, Awards, Cooking, Food, History, Immigration, MHS press
Our Asian Flavors documentary, co-produced with tptMN, won the 2013 Upper Midwest Regional Emmy® Award from the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) in the Cultural Documentary category.
Inspired by the book Asian Flavors: Changing the Tastes of Minnesota since 1875 by Phyllis Louise Harris with Raghavan Iyer, this thirty-minute documentary celebrates Asian immigrants who have left an indelible and flavorful mark on Minnesota's culinary, cultural, and economic history.
Congratulations to a winning team!
The Asian Flavors team:
Daniel Pierce Bergin, Producer/Director
Angela Barrett, Production Assistant
Fanique Weeks-Kelley, Production Manager
Jim Kron, Director of Photography
Jerry Lakso, Online Editor
Bob Tracy, Executive in Charge
Pamela McClanahan, Project Consultant
Phyllis Louise Harris, Co-writer/Project Consultant
Raghavan Iyer, Presenter
Shari Lamke, Senior Director-Supervising Producer
Lucy Swift, Vice President, MN Productions & Partnerships
Terry O'Reilly, Chief Content Officer
Posted byAlison Aten on 12 Apr 2013 | Tagged as: African American, Arts
We are honored to have one of our books selected as the One Minneapolis One Read title for 2013. This year's selection is A Choice of Weapons by Gordon Parks. (Last year's was Spirit Car by Diane Wilson, also published by MHS Press.)
For more information on the One Minneapolis One Read program, please visit
About the book:
This compelling autobiography, first published in 1966, tells how Parks managed to escape the poverty and bigotry around him and launch his distinguished career by choosing the weapons given him by "a mother who placed love, dignity, and hard work over hatred."
In 2010 we re-released the book with a new foreword by Wing Young Huie.
Gordon Parks (1912–2006)-–photographer for Life magazine, writer, composer, artist, and filmmaker-–was only sixteen in 1928 when he moved from Kansas to St. Paul, Minnesota, after his mother's death. There, homeless and hungry, he began his fight to survive, to educate himself, and to "prove my worth." Working as a janitor, railroad porter, musician, or basketball player in such places as St. Paul, Chicago, and New York, Parks struggled against poverty and racism. He taught himself photography with a secondhand camera, worked for black newspapers, and began to document the poverty among African Americans on Chicago's South Side. Then his photographic work brought him to Washington, DC, as first a photographer with the federal Farm Security Administration and later a war correspondent during World War II.
Posted byAlison Aten on 28 Mar 2013 | Tagged as: Arts, Authors, Civil War, Event, History
War can strain the bonds of love. No one understood that better than Minnesotans Madison and Lizzie Bowler. During the American Civil War, Madison and Lizzie courted, married, became parents, and bought a farm. They attended dances, talked politics, and confided their deepest fears. Because of the war, however, they experienced all of these events separately, sharing them through hundreds of letters. Discover how Madison and Lizzie maintained their steadfast commitment to one another, even as they struggled to balance extraordinary duty and distance with ordinary life and love in time of war.
Written by Minnesota playwright Victoria Stewart, this original play is based on the Bowlers' letters, held in the Minnesota Historical Society's collection and published in the 2008 MHS Press book Go If You Think It Your Duty by Andrea R. Foroughi. It is directed by Ivey Award-winner Craig Johnson, with popular and award-winning local actors Peter Hansen, Anna Sundberg, Dietrich Poppen, and Abby DeSanto. The play features live performances of Civil War-era music with original musical direction by James Lekatz.
There are two show times: Saturday, April 6, at 2 p.m. or Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. Cost is $15 or $11 for MHS members. Advance purchase is required and can be made by calling 651-259-3015 or online.
This program is made possible with support from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, voted into law by the people of Minnesota in 2008.
More information on upcoming Civil War-related events and programs.
Minnesota and the Civil War Exhibit
Posted byAlison Aten on 07 Dec 2012 | Tagged as: Arts, Native American
Order your beverage of choice at Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar while shopping at The Lowertown Neighborhood Holiday Bazaar happening tonight and tomorrow and view the "Saint Paul/Imniza Ska–A Dakota Place" exhibit at the cafe.
Based on the book, Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota by Gwen Westerman and Lowertown resident, Bruce White, the exhibit features a ceiling high mural by Owen McBride Platt depicting the history of the Dakota people in St. Paul.
Stay tuned for more info on events related to the exhibit.


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No Property Bubble Yet in Australia, Says IMF
For years, pessimists have been calling an Australian housing bubble. Now, with prices back above their 2010 peak– when the central bank was raising interest rates to cool the market– those fears are again resurfacing.
But there's no cause for alarm, says the International Monetary Fund in a new paper. It backs up the Reserve Bank's necessarily optimistic view that Australia's booming property market hasn't yet become a threat to the nation's fragile economic recovery.
In its annual scorecard on the Australian economy Thursday, the IMF said recent sharp house-price gains were "regionally concentrated" in cities like Sydney and Melbourne and that lending to homebuyers remained "moderate."
But the IMF also warns against complacency.
"Attention should be paid to the risk…. that a prolonged period of rapid price growth could give rise to expectations-driven, self-reinforcing demand dynamics and price overshooting," its paper says.
Australia's economy appears to be recovering from a slowdown helped by eight rate cuts over the past two years that are spurring activity in sectors from housing to retail and manufacturing. Earlier this year, the central bank lowered the key rate to a record low 2.5% to help boost consumer spending to offset a downturn in mining investment.
Policy makers are also to some extent relying on the revival in house buying to support further improvements in other industries, including construction and retail.
Still, the central bank has expressed concern that the rapid gains in house prices this year are being driven by investment buyers rather than owner-occupiers—making the market more vulnerable to sharp sell-offs.
"There are potential risks it could become a bubble if it continues to be driven predominately by investors, as it has thus far, "said Saul Eslake, Sydney-based chief economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who estimates speculative buying accounts for as much as 60% of the increase in demand for housing finance since 2011, compared with a 40% longer-term average.
On Thursday, the IMF said it too was mindful of the dangers of a housing crash.
"A sudden house price decline, were it to occur—possibly triggered by a shock to household incomes and borrowing costs—could reduce consumer confidence and impact overall economic activity," it said.
But while rising house prices remain a source of anxiety, the central bank can't rein them in by raising interest rates without the risk of pushing the local currency higher—and hurting the nation's exporters.
That may help explain why the Reserve Bank, instead, has been trying to jawbone the Aussie down so it has more options at its disposal to control house prices. The IMF itself thinks the Australian dollar, which has traded near historic highs for much of the past three years, is about 10% overvalued.
Nevertheless, there are still some tools left for dampening the housing market if it heats up faster than policymakers feel comfortable with.
For one thing, many Australian banks are offering mortgages in return for deposits of as low as 5% of the value of the property. So, one possible measure could be to put a cap on loan-to-valuations ratios.
According to Shane Oliver, Sydney-based chief economist at AMP Capital, it would be surprising if that wasn't already being considered.


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College Hockey:UNH Edges Providence 2-1
Wildcats Poised to Take Over No. 1 Ranking
DURHAM, N.H. — In a Saturday night hockey east showdown, The University of New Hampshire was able to defeat Providence College 2-1 at the Whittemore Center. Both teams were coming off of weekend splits, Providence with Maine, and UNH with UMass-Amherst.
This was the first time the teams faced each other this season. The last time out UNH knocked Providence out of a bid to the Hockey East Semi final game. The Wildcats won a three game best series, in double overtime.
Tonight's match-up was a definite back and forth battle between the two teams, most noticeable in the first period. The friars were able to strike first on a Cody Wild goal. Tony Zancanaro came in on the right side of Kevin Regan and passed the puck across the net, and Wild was able to put it past Regan to give Providence the 1-0 lead.
The Frairs would go into the locker rooms with the lead, although when the second period resumed, UNH would have a one man advantage after freshmen Chris Eppic was called for obstruction hooking at the end of the period.
Providence College's penalty ranks second in hockey east, and before tonight's match up had killed off 15 straight penalties. Those numbers proved to be too strong for the Wildcats as they were unable to convert on the man advantage.
Jacob MicFlikier would return to the UNH lineup after missing last weekend's series with a shoulder injury. The return of one of the 'Cats leading scorers was beneficial as he tallied one of the goals for UNH.
Brett Hemingway and MicFlikier would have a two on one breakaway. Coming strong into the net, Hemingway passed the puck to MicFlikier who was able to capitalize and score on Tyler Sims at 4:46 of the second period.
59 seconds later, UNH Sophomore Thomas Fortney would tip in defensemen's Brad Flaishans original shot to give UNH their first lead of the night. Sophomore Greg Collins would also get credit with an assist on Fortney's goal.
Providence had two powerplays after the UNH goal, but were unable to score. Also in the middle frame, the Wildcats had a chance to add to their lead as they had a two man advantage for 1:16, but the Providence penalty kill held strong yet again.
The third period was a defensive period for UNH as they tried to keep the one goal lead, while the Friars had eleven shots in the period in an effort to tie the game. Both coaches thought both the teams played a good match up.
"We've played very well the past two weeks and I thought it continued tonight.
I thought we played very well in the first period. The first ten, eleven minutes we played very, very well. I don't think we can play much better than a team like that (New Hampshire). It became kind of a tug of war and the shots were 13-14 in a pretty even period. I thought New Hampshire had the better of the play in the second period, and then in the third, they are protecting a one goal lead so the dynamics change," said Providence head Coach Tim Army.
UNH head Coach Dick Umile gave Providence the credit they deserved. "We beat a good team tonight and obviously it wasn't easy. We had to play better as the game went on because they are very strong at the transition game. It was a pretty even hockey game. Providence really played well."
The 'Cats improved their record to 19-4-1, 14-2-1 in Hockey East. Providence fell to 6-17-1, 5-11-1 in the league. UNH faces Maine next weekend, while Providence travels to Burlington to play two at UVM.
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Scientists at the University of St. Andrews announced last week that they now have the capability to detect fake whiskey with only a small drop from the bottle. Counterfeit whiskey is not generally a concern for the average person, but for the beverage industry as a whole, this is a huge problem.
How are they doing it? Primarily by examining the alcohol content which, for whiskey, must by 40% or higher. One might think that this can detect a counterfeit whiskey that has a lower content or has been cut with a different type of alcohol, this may still be susceptible to a counterfeit that still provides the minimum alcohol content without using the time-consuming distillation process. The scientists, however, are able to determine a great many things from the sample, including the ability to identify the brand, age, and even the cask in which a single malt scotch was stored.
What's perhaps most interesting is that it was three physicists that initiated the work - Praveen Ashok, Kishan Dholakia, and Bavishna Praveen. The work uses a transparent plastic card with optical fibers that are used to analyze the sample. The Raman signature of the sample is evaluated which allows the researchers to vet the sample's validity and provenance. Most importantly, this method should eventually be quite cost-effecient allowing the industry to do this kind of checking quickly, easily, and in many locations.
This should be a major impact especially to Scotland given the immense impact that scotch production and sales have. A 2010 study by the Scotch Whisky Association stated that scotch generated over £2.7 billion worth of revenue for the Scottish economy. One of the researchers, Bavishna Praveen, said:
"Counterfeiting is rife in the drinks industry, which is constantly searching for new, powerful and inexpensive methods for liquor analysis. Using the power of light, we have adapted our technology to address a problem related to an industry which is a crucial part of Scottish culture and economy."
Congratulations to the researchers on finding an economical solution using some new ideas to solve an age-old problem.


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Buzz Aldrin wants your memories for the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing
On this day 45 years ago, Apollo 11 launched the Saturn V rocket that would take three men to the moon.
It was July 16, 1969, when NASA launched Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins into space.
It would take the three men just 4 days to travel around a quarter of a million miles from Earth to the moon.
The launch was broadcast on all three major networks at the time.
Now, the second man to set foot on the moon has a new mission.
Buzz Aldrin is encouraging people to take part in a social media campaign under the hashtag #APOLLO45.
He has invited others to share their stories of the Apollo missions. He wants people to tell him where they were the day they jumped on the moon, or what the Apollo missions mean to them.
Many already have, on the Apollo 45 YouTube channel and on Twitter, including several celebrities.
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Fonogram Awards 2010 - nomination and performance
This year, MAHASZ organizes Fonogram - Hungarian Music Awards again. According to precedent, music business appreciates the most prominent musical performances of 2009 in many categories. This year, Fonogram gala is arranged on 10th February, at Millenáris Teátrum. Live broadcast is provided by Magyar Televízió 1 (Hungarian Television 1). This year, 11 musical peformances can be seen at the gala: Auth Csilla, Bin-Jip, Budapest Saxophone Quartet, Firkin, Turbó és Barabás Lőrinc, HOBO, Holdviola, Rúzsa Magdolna, Szinetár Dóra és Bereczky Zoltán.
Firkin's greatest honour so far was being nominated for 'Best Hungarian world music album' (http://www.fonogram.hu/?menu=jeloltek) The debut album, 'Firkinful of Beer' was published in may, 2009 by Universal Music, and since then, it has sold very well, and also, it has won the approval of the professional jury.
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DeKALB, Ill. - On Monday, NIU Assistant Athletic Director for Annual giving Tim Rice and Associate Athletic Director for Major Gifts Mark Muhlhauser took time to answer your questions about the new Huskie Athletic Fund, plans for "The Yard" at Huskie Stadium, the official pregame tailgate of NIU Athletics, new benefits, football parking and the new premium seating options at Huskie Stadium and the NIU Convocation Center.
Last week, NIU released its season ticket prices for 2014 and the new athletics development microsite at www.huskieathleticfund.com. This week, the season ticket renewal forms and 2014 donor renewals and guides will be mailed to all 2013 season ticket holders and donors. See the complete release with links here.
Thanks to all the fans who sent in questions today and sorry to any we couldn't get to in the hour and 15 minutes of time we had allotted. Below is the complete transcript of today's chat. In addition, we encourage you to read the FAQ now available at huskieathleticfund.com. We will plan another chat in the future so keep tuned to NIUHuskies.com!


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Juventus came from behind to defeat US Sassuolo in round 35 of the Italian soccer league on Monday afternoon. The final score of the match was 3-1 in favor of Juve, as the team took a step closer for a third consecutive title.
As reported by ESPN Deportes, the match between Juve and Sassuolo was played at Citta del Tricolore, Sassuolo's home. Despite the early goal by the home team, Juve managed to come back with three goals to take the victory.
The first goal of the match was scored by the home team in the 9th minute by forward Simone Zaza. Sassuolo scored too early against a strong team like Juve and was not able to hold on to the lead or add any more goals.
Juventus came back with three goals of their own. The first goal was scored by Argentine forward Carlos Tevez in the 35th minute. Tevez took a shot from the very top of the box and put it in the net.
The second goal came in the 58th minute via midfielder Claudio Marchisio. The midfielder volleyed the ball from a chip that came from veteran midfielder Andrea Pirlo that was sent to the middle of the box. Marchisio did not fall for the offside trap and beat US Sassuolo's goalkeeper to the ball.
The third goal was scored by Spaniard forward Fernando Llorente in the 76th minute. The ball was centered on the ground by Swiss defender Stephan Lichtsteiner from the right side. The ball was put into the net by Llorente with a right back heel, while defeating a defender and the goalkeeper.
The victory put Juventus one step closer to the Scudetto title which will be the third consecutively. Next week, Juve will host Atalanta for round 36 on a Monday. If Juve wins, the team will become the Italian Champions of the Serie A.


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Cholesterol Drugs for Children?
Week of: August 4, 2008
Jonathan MacClements, M.D. Family Medicine Specialist
- Is it true that children need to be screened for high cholesterol?
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Marinated Chicken Bruschetta
- 3/4 cup Wish-Bone Italian Dressing, divided
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/2 lbs.)
- 2 medium beefsteak tomatoes, chopped
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil leaves (optional)
Pour 1/4 cup Wish-Bone Italian Dressing over chicken in large, shallow nonaluminum baking dish or plastic bag. Cover, or close bag, and marinate in refrigerator, turning occasionally, 30 minutes to 3 hours.
Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, onion, basil and 1/4 cup dressing in medium bowl. Cover and marinate in refrigerator at least 30 minutes.
Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade. Grill or broil chicken, turning once and brushing frequently with remaining 1/4 cup dressing, until chicken is thoroughly cooked, about 12 minutes. Serve tomato Mixture over chicken.
Recipe reprinted by permission of Pinnacle. All rights reserved.
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A teenage boy who suffered severe brain damage after a horrific hit-and-run car accident has miraculously recovered after taking mega-doses of omega-3-rich fish oil, his family told CNN.
Grant Virgin was mowed down by a car 16 months ago near his California home. The half-dead boy was immediately airlifted to a nearby hospital, where doctors discovered he had suffered a torn aorta, traumatic brain injury (including a fractured skull and brain bleeding), and numerous broken bones.
Doctors told Grant's parents, John and JJ Virgin, their son had little chance of survival, and advised them to prepare for the worst.
"They told us to let him go," said JJ Virgin. "It's like, how dare you not fight for my son's life? It really took us getting very aggressive and assertive to save our son's life, because they weren't going to do it."
The Virgins decided to take Grant's recovery into their own hands, and began rubbing progesterone cream into his skin after being told by friends that progesterone can relieve brain inflammation and promote neurological recovery.
Shortly afterward, Grant, now 17, emerged from his coma and uttered a few simple words like "Let's go" and "I love you."
The Virgins felt a flicker of hope at such seemingly minor progress. "When your kid is in a coma, and then coming out of a coma, you watch every nuance," said JJ Virgin.
Nine weeks after Grant's accident, his parents began administering mega-doses of high-quality fish oil intravenously after being told by friends this could fight brain inflammation and improve Grant's brain damage. The omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil have been shown to improve brain (as well as heart) health.
It's not surprising the Virgins opted for diet therapy to heal their son: JJ Virgin is a well-known nutrition expert who wrote the book The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days. She sought advice from Dr. Barry Sears, a leading omega-3 expert.
In 2006, Sears (author of the Zone Diet), consulted on a case where a miner, Randy McCloy, recovered from brain damage by taking high doses of omega-3 fatty acids. Sears said there are other cases similar to those of Grant Virgin and Randy McCloy.
"Maybe the work with Randy was just a lucky break, but we've now done it seven times," said Sears, a biochemist. "So far we're 7-for-7 in severe brain trauma."
Fish oil reportedly helps repair the brain by controlling inflammation (or damage). Sears isn't the only medical expert sold on the health benefits of high-quality dietary fats.
Dr. David Perlmutter recently told me a high-fat ketogenic diet can prevent and even reverse Alzheimer's, dementia and ADHD. Perlmutter, a neurologist, detailed his research in his bestselling book, Grain Brain.
Two days after Grant Virgin received the high doses of omega-3 fish oil, he was able to carry on a detailed phone conversation with his mom — something his parents called an absolute miracle.
"We had been told he'd never be able to recognize anybody, he will never be able to focus his eyes, all the grim stuff," said John Virgin.
Now, 16 months after the accident, Grant is doing well, and his parents are convinced he'll be better than ever. "We're not expecting Grant to get close to where he was before," said his father. "He's going to be better than he was before."
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Southern Illinois hosts the Panthers and Braves for their final home stand of the season.
Nov. 8, 2012
By Robin Thuringer
CARBONDALE, Ill.-- The Southern Illinois University volleyball team will host Northern Iowa on Friday night and Bradley on Saturday night in the final two home matches of the season.
Friday, Nov. 9 7 p.m.
SIU (19-6, 9-5 MVC) vs. Northern Iowa (21-8, 12-3 MVC)
Location: Carbondale, Ill. Site: Davies Gym
Saturday, Nov. 10 7 p.m.
SIU (19-6, 9-5 MVC) vs. Bradley (9-17, 3-12 MVC)
Location: Carbondale, Ill. Site: Davies Gym
RECAPPING LAST WEEK Southern Illinois traveled to Evansville last Friday for their only match of the weekend. The Salukis topped the Purple Aces in four sets to improve to 19-6 overall and 9-5 in the MVC.
ON THE HOME FRONT Southern Illinois returns to Carbondale this weekend for their final home stand of the season. The Salukis will welcome UNI on Friday for Maroon Night and Bradley on Saturday for Senior Night. SIU has posted an impressive 10-1 record at home this season and will look to extend that winning record to include their 20th win of the season.
SIU vs. UNI Southern Illinois traveled to UNI on Oct. 13 falling to the Panthers in three sets. Northern Iowa enters the weekend ranking second in the Missouri Valley Conference, one game behind Creighton. Krista Degeest leads UNI offensively. Degeest is sixth in the Valley in hitting percentage with a .305 clip. Molly Turk quarterbacks the Panther offense averaging 11.38 assists per set. Several players including Candice Burke defend the UNI backcourt and Amy Braun who tally 536 and 385 digs, respectively.
SIU vs. BRADLEY Southern Illinois and Bradley last met on October 12th in Peoria. SIU downed the Braves in three-straight sets. Alise Tupurtis and Amy Angelos captain the BU offense leading the team in kills with 277 and 269, respectively. Allie Falter is a force at the net tallying 98 total blocks this season for the Braves and Lauren Zerante leads in the back court with 456 digs.
SALUTE TO SALUKI SENIORS Saturday's match against Bradley marks the last time the four Saluki seniors will put on the Southern Illinois uniform to play in Davies Gym. Rachael Brown, Alysia Mayes, Laura Thole, and Bailey Yeager will be recognized in a ceremony following their final home match.
SEE YOU IN SPRINGFIELD Southern Illinois secured a spot in the 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Championship that will be held Nov. 22-24 in Springfield, Mo. The Salukis will make their 14th tournament appearance in 31 seasons, and the teams first since 2009. With just two conference weekends remaining, positions for the 2012 MVC Volleyball Championship have been locked in by six league teams. The seedings will still be up for grabs with room for maneuvering during the final two weeks of the regular-season.
20/20 VISION The Salukis recorded their 19th win of the season last Friday at Evansville. Southern is now one win away from their first 20-win season since 2002. The 2002 squad finished with a record of 23-10 overall and 12-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
HONORS ROLL IN The Missouri Valley Conference recognized Bailey Yeager on Monday with the league's MVC Leadership & Service Award. The award honors outstanding achievement in the classroom and in the community. Yeager was also named First Team Capital One Academic All-District Team. Alysia Mayes was named a Second-Team All-District Member. Yeager boasts a 3.92 GPA in speech communicatin disorders while Mayes holds a 3.76 GPA in exercise science.Yeager's first-team honor advances her to the ballot for Academic All-America honors, which will be decided in late November
IMMEDIATE IMPACT Saluki newcomers Taylor Pippen and Amy Drabant have played major roles in Southern Illinois' success this season. Pippen is an offensive threat posting the second highest team hitting efficiency this season with a hitting clip of .286. The freshman has totaled 197 kills to average 2.16 per set. Sophomore Amy Drabant quarterbacks the Saluki offense averaging 11.84 assists per set to total an impressive 1006 assists so far this season.
KILLIN' IT Senior duo Laura Thole and Alysia Mayes have captained the Saluki offense this season posting impressive numbers offensively. Thole leads the Missouri Valley Conference in kills with 345 to average 3.75 per set while Mayes follows ranking second in the Valley averaging 3.66 kills per set. Junior Jessica Whitehead also has been knocking in kills this season averaging 3.51 per set to place fourth in the MVC.
YEAGER DIGS IN Senior Bailey Yeager continues to move up the record book in career digs. The Brownsburg, Ind. native broke 1,000 digs on September 14 against Indiana State and now totals 1311 digs to place her fourth all-time in SIU history. Yeager is currently ranked 16th in the nation in digs per set.
MAYES MAKES HISTORY Alysia Mayes recorded a career-high 21 kills at Murray State on Oct. 2. She also broke an SIU single-match record in the same game with 14 block assists. On Friday Oct. 5, Mayes recorded 16 kills on 19 attempts to post a career-high hitting efficiency of .842. Mayes now ranks third all-time in SIU history for a single match hitting percentage. Mayes also ranks eighth all-time in school history in career block-assists with 269. The senior middle blocker also holds a spot inside the top-ten in block solos with a career total of 92 ranking seventh all-time.
HOW MAY I ASSIST YOU? Rollins College transfer Amy Drabant has been stellar for Southern in her first season as a Saluki. The sophomore setter is atop the rankings in the Missouri Valley Conference in assists with a total of 1006 to average 11.84 per set. The Wheaton, Ill. native is currently ranked 8th in the nation in assists per set and is on pace to enter the top-ten in assists in a seaon in SIU program history.
STATISTICALLY SOUND NCAA weekly statistics were released Monday and Southern Illinois is ranked with in the top-100 in six of seven categoires among all 328 Division I programs. Southern is ranked 35th in assists per set (13.13), 37th in match win-loss percentage (0.760), 44th in bocks per set (2.55), 51st in hitting percentage (0.243) and kills per set (13.95) and 96th in digs per set (15.90).
SALUKI VOLLEYBALL ONLINE All Saluki volleyball news, photos and statistics can be found online at SIUSalukis.com. Fans can also follow SIU volleyball on twitter @SIU_Volleyball or "like" Saluki volleyball on Facebook at facebook.com/SalukiVolleyball.
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