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Although I personally don't get the fascination with running races through mud, these days lots of people do.
A few years ago, my two daughters did a mud race together. My oldest daughter, Alison, said the obstacles freaked her out and she doesn't like climbing cargo nets and was leery of leaping over fire.
"Otherwise, the mud was fun," she said. "Once you commit to being muddy and know you're going to feel gross and will be cleaning mud out of your ears for weeks after, it's just plain fun."
There is a saying that the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, and the second best time is now.
Earlier this spring, state leaders joined with local Scouting organizations and utility companies to begin bringing that saying to life, and to do it in a way no other state has ever attempted. Their long-term goal, known as "Kentucky's 20/20 Vision for Reforestation," is to plant 20 million seedlings over the next 20 years.
Do you ever feel like you are on your last nerve and dragging through your daily activities with low energy? You may have stages of adrenal exhaustion. Weakened adrenals effect hormones since the adrenals are involved in balancing the hormones. Men and women need a regulated amount of estrogen and a balance of estrogen and progesterone. Most of the estrogen is produced by the ovaries before menopause and later by the adrenals, so healthy adrenal function is especially needed to keep the hormones regulated in older women.
Somewhere in central Florida, Jesus is in a tree.
Shortly before Easter, a woman called the newsroom and left me a message about a tree in her yard and how she can see Jesus in it.
I had taken the week after Easter off, and by the time I returned to work I had lost the woman's number and forgot about Jesus in her tree.
But I remembered this week when I came across a Christianity Today report, "Why Everything Looks Like Jesus" – the face of Jesus in a piece of toast or in a cloud, a slab of marble, a slice of pizza.
Memorial Day may be the unofficial kick-off to summer, but as we ready for the upcoming holiday weekend, it is vital that we never forget it is much more than that. It is also a time when we as a nation pause to mourn and to reflect upon those men and women who paid the ultimate price defending our freedom.
The holiday is nearing its 150th anniversary, and given that it came about in the wake of the Civil War, it seems appropriate that there is still some debate between the North and South about its exact origin.
When I was a new Christian, I discovered a portrait of Jesus called the "Laughing Christ" at a Christian book store.
At the time I was attending a serious church, a church where the thought of Jesus laughing was most likely frowned on. Maybe Jesus smiled at babies and puppies, but telling jokes with his friends? God forbid.
Consequently, because the serious people at that serious church were so serious about their Christian faith, they presented Jesus as serious too. Serious equals somber and sober, which equals humorless and kinda mean.
Traditionally, the last day of a legislative session is set aside just to consider any vetoes the governor may make. Recently, however, the General Assembly has also used the time to wrap up a few lingering issues, and this year is no different.
While several issues remain unresolved, the General Assembly completed its biggest task early last week when it overwhelmingly approved a budget to run state government for the next two years.
In many ways, this legislation mirrors the proposal the House voted for last month. It gives our elementary and secondary schools, for example, their first real increase since 2008. There is also significantly more revenue for such things as textbooks, school safety measures and teacher development.
As you survey your life, tune back into the healing quality of love and the fulfillment it brings. Your body lets you know through your physical symptoms when and where there is trouble. Listen to your body's signals of trauma and emotional duress and be more aware of your own inner knowing to feel what is transpiring in your own body systems. You need this same awareness of sensitivity to accurately deal with your relationships with others.
As I mentioned in last week's column, here at the paper we never know what kind of conversation we'll have when the phone rings.
Recently, as I picked up the phone a woman blurted out, "Do you believe God talks to you through your dreams?"
My first thought: Is this a trick question? Does she believe it or does she believe it's hocus pocus hooey balooey?
My second thought: I hope she didn't dream that God wants her to run me over with a forklift.
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Washington, D.C. – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released their 2013 Report Card for America's Infrastructure, awarding the U.S. an overall grade of D+ on infrastructure.
According to the report, U.S. roads, bridges, public transportation networks, water and sewage systems, school facilities, power grids, and other basic but essential public support assets have diminished to the point that a $3.6 trillion investment is needed to rescue our near-failing infrastructure systems by 2020.
"It's time to stop duct-taping this problem," said LIUNA General President Terry O'Sullivan. "Chronic underinvestment created the current crisis and continued failure to adequately invest in our nation's infrastructure needs only widens the gap and increases the final cost."
The ASCE report found that America's highways face a 42 percent congestion rate, costing the economy an estimated $101 billion annually in wasted time and fuel. Deficient and deteriorating transit systems drained $90 billion from the U.S. economy in 2010 alone. The cost of congestions and delays at our national airports was nearly $22 billion in 2012 and will rise to $34 billion by 2020 and $63 billion by 2040.
"We wouldn't want our kids to come home with a D+ and it's not acceptable for our country. It's time for Congress to put the duct tape away and put America back to work building a safe, efficient and effective U.S. infrastructure system that will pay dividends to our national economy and the American workforce for decades to come." said O'Sullivan.
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If there's one show that guarantees a good time, it's Chicago. The Broadway musical revival has been a hit for many years, with six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, and now it's playing at the Buell Theatre in Denver through March 23rd.
While other musicals dazzle the audience with over-the-top props, set design and costumes, Chicagodoesn't need any of that. This classic is all about the music, and a great story.
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Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the musical is a satire on the corruption of justice, and celebrity criminals. The plot focuses on two women accused of murder, Velma Kelly (who killed both her husband and her sister) and Roxie Hart (who murdered her lover and convinced her husband it was a burglar). Both women become tabloid regulars, and actually compete with each other for fame.
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Neighborhood of the Week: Downtown Knoxville Condos & Lofts
This week Neighborhood of the Week heads to the center of the city to explore an area it's shied away from until now – Downtown Knoxville.
The main reason I've not covered downtown condos and lofts until now is that it's a fairly daunting task. Not only is there a good bit of history and intrigue surrounding all of those building and developments, but there are also just an awful lot of them: roughly 80 active listings on the north side of the river in over 14 different developments. I've simply been torn about whether to try and feature them each separately or to just lump them together somehow. That is until tonight.
Tonight I was in the Sunsphere – for the first time since '82 no less – talking to some folks about the general state of the Knoxville real estate market when the conversation turned to downtown and how it's faring through all of this. Was it doing better than the rest of town? Worse? And how much are all those places selling for anyway? Can anyone actually afford to live there?
And that's when I thought to myself, "Self, why not just give your friendly AAKT readers a general overview of how the downtown condo scene is doing and then worry about breaking each development down individually later?"
So that's what this week's NOTW is all about – giving you guys a rough idea of what's selling – and what's not selling – in downtown K-Town. My plan is to go back and cover individual developments in the very near future, so if any of you live somewhere in the downtown area you think is worth featuring here, please give me a shout. I'd love to have some juicy insider info to pass along.
So without further ado, here's downtown Knoxville by the numbers –
Downtown Knoxville Condos/Lofts*
Current On-Market Listings -82
Average Asking Price: $347,285
Median Asking Price: $319,950
Average Sq Footage: 1459
Average Asking Price Per Sq Ft: $238
Most Expensive: $1,250,000 (3 BR, 3 BA, 3400+ sq ft Penthouse in The Holston building)
Least Expensive: $163,460 (1 BR, 1 BA, 700+ sq ft in The Commerce Lofts)
Middle of the Road: $320,000 (2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, 1800+ sq ft in The Lerner Lofts)
Current Pending Sales -13*
Average Asking Price: $254,355
Median Asking Price:$308,925
*10 of the currently 13 pending sales are in The Commerce Lofts and many were put into pending over 5 months ago, so I'm not sure what the real status of these is.
Closed Sales – Q3 2007 – 9
Average Asking Price – $273,744
Average Sales Price – $267,656
Average Closed Price Per Sq Ft – $183
Median Sales Price – $208,000
Average Days on Market – 137
Closed Sales – Q3 2008 – 7
Average Asking Price – $315,243
Average Sales Price – $299,436
Average Closed Price Per Sq Ft – $225
Median Sales Price – $234,000
Average Days on Market – 213
*Data taken from KAARMLS on 12/08/08 does not include adjacent subdivisions, condos, PUDS, or multi-family units.
As always, if you want any more information about any of these properties just give me a shout.
If you would like to receive a full list of properties for sale in this neighborhood, or if you would like to be notified of new listings, send me an email with either "Current Downtown Condo Listings" or "New Downtown Condo Listings" in the subject line and I'll take care of the rest. Save the spammy for your mammy.
Know of a great community that would make an equally great NOTW? Let your voice be heard in the comments.
Special thanks to AAKT's in-house photographer, Robert Stockdale. Without him, NOTW would be just a bunch of boring text. Find out more about Robert's work here.
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Have lived in Cherokee Lofts for past year while home in Sequoyah Hills is renovated. Now it's time to move back — and we find we have fallen in love with downtown living and don't want to go back to the 'burbs! But, with the state of the economy, not a good time to sell . . .Downtown living is magical! We encourage others to do it. In the Cherokee, six of the 10 residential units are sold. All 10 are 1 bed, 1 bath, but finishes are very high end. Come join us! (We're keeping the loft. Call us crazy.)
I currently have a downtown condo for sale. It is on Clinch Ave. It is the perfect place – 2200 square feet, penthouse rooftop, granite countertops, hardwood floors and only two units in the building. It is very private while still in the heart of the city.
please email me all new downtown locations for sale. especially in the pembroke at 508 union ave
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This may be literally true, according to Harvard researchers who suggested in the July 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that obesity, or the trend to thinness, is socially contagious, "spreading" through social ties.I don't know about obesity, but my family members are experts at spreading aggravation. For more on this research, listen to this chat with New York Times reporter Gina Kolata. Or, check out this video via the New York Times:
"This reinforces the idea that because people are interconnected, their health is interconnected," said study author Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis, a professor at Harvard University. "It takes seriously the embedded-ness of people within social networks and gives new meaning to the concept of public health."
While this may cause people to look differently at their friends and acquaintances (both overweight and thin), the real value of the research is in pointing to new ways to combat the growing epidemic of overweight and obesity, experts said.
"Trying to address the problem on an individual level has been so hard, and it may be because we're not addressing the network, which could be family, neighborhood, community, school," said Dr. Julio Licinio, chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. "This is a fascinating way to look at the problem, and it may be a very good reason why treatments have been so difficult, because we're only addressing one member of the network."


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The Tokyo-based company, which is the largest pachinko hall operator in Japan in terms of number of halls, had considered listing in Singapore and South Korea, but picked Hong Kong instead as its springboard to expand its business in Asia, Mr. Sato said in an interview.
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Graduated from Balashov Military Pilot School, 1964. Graduated from Gagarin Military Air Force Academy, Monino,1978. Cosmonaut training November 1965 - December 1967. Withdrawn from cosmonaut team for medical reasons. Call sign: Duna (Danube). Senior Instructor, PO Automation, Science and Technology, Moscow. Died as a result of complications from surgery.
Birth Place: Sinen'kie, Saratov.
Status: Deceased.
Born: 1942.
Died: 2005.09.29.
Spaceflights: 1 .
Total time in space: 2.01 days.
As Chelomei had complained, Soyuz had no reserves or backup systems for repeated manual docking attempts and had to be recovered after a two-day flight. The state commission found that the Igla docking system of the Soyuz needed serious modification. This could not be completed before Salyut 3 decayed. Therefore the planned Soyuz 16 spacecraft became excess to the program (it was later flown as Soyuz 20 to a civilian Salyut station, even though over its two year rated storage life).
Officially: Conduct of joint experiments with the Salyut-3 orbital scientific station.


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December 1, 2011
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There are three types of people in this world: those who bike wearing helmets, those who don't, and those who bike with helmets on their handlebars (to those who don't bike: bear with me. A helmet's like a seatbelt in a car). We'll go over each individually.
Those Who Wear Helmets: 'The Smart Ones'
These are the rational ones. They shun needless risks and accept the fact that no one looks good in a bicycle helmet, no matter how hard you try (notice they never print pictures in magazines. Yes, you do look that dorky, sorry). These people are also the more serious bikers. They know the consequences, they've been stained and bloody and found it wasn't that fun, or they have an iota of common sense. They also do riskier things (or at least are entitled to). Problem is, that's not really how the cookie ends up crumbling.
The (Helmetless) Rebels
People in this group are kidding themselves if they think they've never crashed before and that they never will. Enough with the self-denial! One problem with the road is that there are people on it considerably less careful than you. Maybe you won't make a mistake, but the 18-wheeler behind you might and by the time they scrape you off the road and carry you to traffic court in a plastic bag it won't really matter.
Paradoxically, these rebels are the people that flaunt laws the most. They bike up the wrong sides of busy roads, ride at night without lights, wear all black and regard traffic lights as suggestions rather than binding rules. Admit it: you know someone like this and it pisses the hell out of you how they always manage to get away with it. Trust me, their time will come. If you happen to do this on a motorcycle ('donorcycle') then multiply those insults by a factor of ten. If helmets are good enough for Charlie's Angles, they're good enough for you.
The Danglers: "God, give me strength…"
This is the pits. By leaving your helmet dangling serendipitously from your handlebars you declare to the world, "I own a helmet and probably have a fairly good idea that this is stupid, but can't be bothered to lift this life-saving device the necessary two feet to attach it to my cranium and prevent my brains from ever being strewn along the tarmac like a dead squirrel corpse (the sad part is, no one will know the difference after the first week)."
It says, "My parents forced me to bring this helmet with me, but I'm too damn stubborn to listen despite the glaringly obvious fact that a) it's the law and b) it can save my sorry ass."
The worst part—they don't even have the chutzpah to just leave the helmet at home. If you went to all the trouble of biking to school day in and day out it with it swinging from your handlebar and tangling your spokes, why not just lug it on your head? The Dangler's motives are a complete mystery. Perhaps they actually believe having a helmet anywhere but your head has some remote effect on safety, or maybe it's the opposite; they have to flaunt their cavalier nonchalance for all to see: "I need to constantly remind you that I'm a badass who doesn't wear a helmet. Look! I'm making a conscious decision to screw myself over!"
When asked, people will usually try and squeeze out a rather sheepish, "I forgot it was there" or "I like the feel of the wind through my hair" or "I'll never crash, so what does it matter?" I've no doubt that every single biker you know has crashed, and will crash again in the future. Heck, Lance Armstrong crashes all the time and I'm fairly certain he's spent more time on a bike than you have. So give us a break and put the darn helmet on. No, you won't appear startlingly attractive to a member of the opposite gender, or feel the rush of the wind through your hair but you might, just might, live to see your next birthday. I think that's enough, don't you?


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Limits to Micromechanical Resonator Performance
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Ilya Gurin and Clark Nguyen
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This project aims to explore the ultimate performance attainable by micromechanical circuits (e.g., phase noise in oscillators, insertion loss in filters), as dictated by physical limitations. Initially, it will study energy loss from MEMS resonators by the propagation of waves through anchors and supporting structures. Energy transfer will be rigorously investigated with analytical models and finite-element simulation, followed by experimental verification on fabricated MEMS devices. This extensive model of anchor loss will be able to predict many performance limitations of micromechanical resonators for signal-processing applications such as filters and oscillators.
Mechanical resonators, such as quartz crystals and SAW devices, have been widely used for filters and oscillators in communication circuitry, but their further miniaturization and integration are limited. MEMS resonators, on the other hand, can be easily miniaturized, can be combined with CMOS processing, and can achieve low cost through batch fabrication. Recently, MEMS resonators, in particular silicon devices, have demonstrated excellent long-term and temperature stabilities, as well as resonant frequencies in the gigahertz range, and have started to replace quartz and SAW devices in industry.
One advantage that has enabled MEMS resonators to compete with quartz and SAW devices is their high quality factor (Q). This important parameter determines many circuit characteristics, such as phase noise and insertion loss. In the past decade, many energy loss mechanisms that determine the quality factor of MEMS resonators have been revealed, including air damping, surface loss, thermoelastic dissipation, motion of defects, carrier drift loss, and anchor loss. Among these, anchor loss often dominates, particularly in high–frequency, bulk-mode resonators such as disks and rings. Some attempts have been made to model and predict the anchor loss of MEMS resonators, but they have not produced convincing results. It is known that, for edge-supported resonators, quarter-wavelength supports yield high Q, but the magnitude of this effect cannot yet be predicted analytically with sufficient accuracy. This work aims to remedy this.
Figure 1: A 60-MHz wine-glass-mode disk resonator. This device was fabricated in the most recent Nguyen Group fabrication run. This layout aims to test different support beam dimensions (this device has support beams 1.5 μm by 4 μm).
Figure 2: ANSYS finite-element simulation of a wine-glass-mode disk with two supports. The heavy lines show the mode shape, and the light, dotted line shows the undeformed outline.


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STARKVILLE, Miss. - HailState Hoops hosts the first of two February luncheons Tuesday, with MSU softball head coach Vann Stuedeman as the guest speaker.
The luncheon, which will be held in the Mize Pavilion reception area, is open to the public with doors opening at 11:30 a.m. Cost for each luncheon is $12 at the door.
For more information on the HailState Hoops luncheons, contact the MSU women's basketball office at (662) 325-0198 or email@example.com.
In addition to a meal and Stuedeman talking about the Bulldogs' 2013 softball season and a meal, the luncheon will also feature head coach Vic Schaefer and Bulldog players and coaches reviewing back-to-back wins against Arkansas and Missouri and previewing Thursday's game at Ole Miss and Sunday's "Think Pink" contest against LSU.
Stuedeman's second Bulldog edition jumped out to a 3-1 start at last weekend's Bulldog Kickoff Classic. MSU heads to Louisiana-Lafayette Wednesday before returning to the MSU Softball Stadium this weekend to host the Bulldog Battle.Following this week's games against Ole Miss and LSU, State hosts Alabama on Feb. 21 and heads to South Carolina Feb. 24 before holding the season's final luncheon on Feb. 27.


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What is health? Putting the Principles of Holistic Care into Veterinary Practice
Are you and your pet healthy?
It's an odd question, which you'll probably answer depending on how you feel, especially if you're suffering with, say, a cold or a broken leg. And if your pet is currently having treatment, it's easy to say that he or she isn't healthy, but would that automatically be the case? Is a contented cat with well-controlled hyperthyroidism any worse off than a depressed horse? Is a puppy with a rash any healthier than a very old dog without any obvious issues?
Defining health is like trying to catch fog in a net. To start, there are lots of different viewpoints of what it actually means, and it soon becomes apparent that perfect health is an impossible ideal, faced as we are by so many challenges every second of our lives. Unless you're holding your breath, you'll have breathed in a lot of germs just since you started reading this, one of which may make you ill next Tuesday. How depressing – unless, of course, you were hoping to avoid that work meeting next Tuesday, in which case the world is suddenly a brighter place.
Context matters with these things: a gut full of bacteria is normal; a lung full of bacteria isn't. Worms aren't something you'd want to have, but it's not that long since diet pills for ladies contained tapeworm eggs, in order to maintain that 'healthy' figure. We spend more time, effort and money on polyfilla to mask signs of ageing than we do on exercise and decent diet, because we think that a wrinkle-free face on an unfit body is healthier-looking than someone who looks their age only from the neck up.
So what might it mean to be healthy? Is there one theory which brings it all together? Can it be defined without a blood test? More to the point, how does your vet define it, and can he or she explain it to you? I'd like to discuss three theories of health which could really alter your perception of what it means, for you and your pet. They might seem complicated to look at, but in reality they're very simple, like all the best ideas:
- Biomedical Health
- Activities of Living
- Self-Care Deficit
Biomedical refers to the presence of disease: imagine if I had a Star Trek type scanner, which I could wave at you and it would tell me if you were biomedically healthy in terms of infection or organ function. But I wouldn't have a clue about how happy you were, how many friends you had and whether you played sport last Saturday. Aren't these important as part of a healthy life?
So three very clever people called Roper, Logan and Tierney came up with the Activities of Living. These are twelve basic activities (since expanded by other theorists), ranging from eating, drinking and breathing, through social interactions and sexual expression, to dying, as normal parts of a healthy life. It's not enough to be free of disease: in order to be truly healthy, one has to be able to take part in all of the activities (even dying, but hopefully only at the end of a long and fruitful life).
Dorothea Orem produced the wonderful Self-Care Deficit Theory, which simply means that anything you can't do to look after yourself is called a self-care deficit: so if you can't put your own socks on, that would be a deficit. Orem considered that where a deficit was identified, enough help should be given to overcome it, but no more. So, when my collie Juno was recently struggling with getting out of her basket after a vestibular attack, she got just enough support to make it happen, but that was all. She had to make some effort herself, and that meant that she overcame the problem more quickly.
These are brilliant theories, but what really made them great was combining them and incorporating them into medical care. You often hear the term holistic applied to alternative therapies and lifestyles, but its true definition has its roots in this kind of care: veterinary medicine shouldn't just be about curing disease, but about enabling patients to live as full a life as possible. The veterinary profession has identified with this ideology since it first evolved, but the recent introduction of these theories into the education of young vet nurses and vets has cemented their importance. So, there's now a very good chance that your local vet practice is already putting the principles of holistic care into practice:
- We do, of course, look at your pet's health from a biomedical point of view
- Then we may go further and look at how they get on with the Activities of Living.
- If there are any that they can't manage (apart, usually, from sexual expression), we may look at their inability to do it – or self-care deficit – and work out how we can help to put it right.
In this way, health is about more than just a negative lab test, and the common presentation of "he's just not right" can be looked at more fully.
If Tiger, the car-chasing cat, is hospitalised with a broken pelvis, his care won't just be about pain relief: it's possible to put food into a cat even against his will, but the real trick is to make him happy enough to want to eat it. So the team will look at what activities would make him a whole, happy cat again, and what his self-care deficits for each activity are. And they'll give him the help to bridge those gaps: so if he can't self-groom all over, they'll do the bits he can't reach; if he can't wee, they'll take care of that. When the gaps between what he can do and what he needs to be able to do have dwindled to nothing, he'll be healthy again. A lot of that work can be done at home, so when Tiger is discharged, there should be a good chat about what can be done to carry on the process.
If Tess, the old Labrador with arthritis, has lost her spark even with painkillers, the practice may have ways to get that spark back – finding new ways to play and to interact, stimulating (as though a Lab would ever need it) interest in food and people. We should look at her expectations out of life – and she won't want to run for ten miles in the rain each day – and make sure that she's not being limited by her routine.
And for concepts designed for a rabbit, look no further. Rabbit welfare in terms of general lifestyle and care is one of the most pressing problems we face in veterinary medicine: the lives of some (but by no means all) of these creatures are simply miserable. So if you've got a rabbit stuck in a small hutch all day, dig out a copy of the Activities of Living and see how you score as an owner.
We're pretty good at keeping our pets free of disease. Where we might need some work is in making sure they're truly healthy. Dogs can't tell the difference between a cheap collar and an expensive one, but they do know all about quality time and the importance of a good play session. So it might be that looking at our pets' health helps us to look at our own, and who knows where that could lead?
If you are worried about any aspect of your pet's health, talk to your vet or use our Interactive Symptom Guide to help assess the urgency of the problem.


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Valentine's Day is fast approaching and the aisles of stores are growing increasingly plumper with pink foil-wrapped chocolates, fake, real, and chocolate roses, and teddy bears holding hearts that demand "Be Mine." These are all fine options for a 16-year-old teenager with a crush or a middle-aged businessperson with little patience who's in a hurry. But the bulk of the population can do a little better than this with just as minimal effort: a bottle of wine, alone or as an accompaniment to dinner, jewelry, or other thoughtful token. Not just any bottle, a bottle with a label that exudes emotion, romance, or love.
Judging a bottle by its label is a fun way to pick out a wine. Often, there can be found humorous labels, ironic ones, or ones with very beautiful artwork on them. Even a connoisseur will be drawn to an appealing label; the sense of sight is the first sense that must be attracted to the consumer, long before the sense of smell and taste get their chance.
In the case of Valentine's Day, a group of appropriately themed labels have been selected to make your shopping experience painless and simplified. Following are several Valentine themed bottles.
The first is Alvaro Palacios Camins del Priorat 2007. According to Binny's description, this red is similar to a sexy Pinot Noir, with its silky feel and berry flavors. The label depicts a vintage-style print of a delicate pink flower, perfect for showing your love in a sensitive, loving way. It's a 90-point wine and is $21.99 at Binny's in McHenry.
Next is the less discreet, Naked brand. For many, the gift giving and wine imbibing of Valentine's Day is figurative and literal foreplay to the nitty-gritty of the holiday. Get this point across immediately with the Naked brand, made by Snoqualmie. While the makers there are referring to the organic grapes and "au naturel" processes used to make the wine, the label screams "Naked" and that serves the romance theme just fine here. According to Leslie Sbrocco, author of The Simple & Savvy Wine Guide, the Gewürztraminer is "romance in a glass." For $11 a bottle, that's a cheap date.
"Folie a Deux" is translated as two people, who together share the same fantasies. Of course the French, the language and country of love, have an expression to describe exactly this, and a California wine maker made the notion into a wine. Two people holding hands are frolicking upon the label, perhaps celebrating how delicious the Zinfandel is. Made from some of the oldest vines in Amador County, Napa Valley, and sold at Binny's for $14.99, this is a great deal.
Show the burning fire in your heart with Garnacha de Fuego. This Spanish grenache is a robust red and full of cherry & pepper flavors. Not overly sweet or fruity, this wine is basic yet bold. It's rated 89 points and is only $7.99 at Binny's. This wine will definitely heat up your night.
If you're proposing marriage this Valentine's Day, perhaps you want to drop a subtle hint before you brandish the ring. Red Diamond Cabernet Sauvignon has cassis, liquorice, leather, and oak flavors, and the label couldn't be any more obvious with its red diamond on a black background. At only $8.99, it can be afforded after the purchase of the white diamond. It can also be found at Binny's.
Finally, if your husband neglects to get you gift you always wanted, or he forgets Valentine's Day altogether, there's always the Mad Housewife Chardonnay that you can buy yourself. The label reflects a perturbed woman in 1950's attire. It has melon and Fuji apple flavors and can be found at Walmart in Crystal Lake for around $5, where you might also be buying a box of Kleenex and sappy movie.


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Should I let my baby stay overnight at his grandparents' house without me?
My mom and mother-in-law both want my 6-month-old to spend the night at their house. My mom lives two hours away and only sees her grandson once a month; my mother-in-law sees him several times a week. I'm not sure he's ready for sleepovers. What should I do?
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Trust your instincts and be honest with yourself. My MIL has been nagging us to let her take our baby for the weekend, and we just don't want to do that right now, though we can't really explain why. (She is 12 months old). All we do know is that we just want to be with our child every day. Simple as that. Sue us! My MIL seems to imply that not letting her take her for the weekend makes us selfish because we DO get to see her every day. But I just don't understand--why does she need for us to be gone? We let her hold her the entire time she visits (and she visits often) and we never take her away from her. She acts as if it is her "right" to do ALL the childcare for a weekend and that it is a downright affront to her not to leave the baby with her alone. If you are going to miss your child terribly, don't feel obligated to do it! When your child gets older, you will probably feel more inclined to accept such offers (even though the offers come less frequently once they are no longer "cute" babies and toddlers). My husband and I have privately decided that NO ONE has the "right" to take our baby away from us--even a family member--even for the sake of it being considered a familial "favor." Again, this doesn't mean that my daughter won't SOME day spend the night away from us with grandparents. It will be special when she does. But we just aren't going to do that when she is a baby/toddler. There is certainly a certain amount of "sharing" that occurs when babies enter the world, but we decided that the way we will share her won't be an overnight or weekend way. Don't feel obligated to let a non-parent take over parental duties (especially to a baby) if you feel uncomfortable. I think it is sad that to some (my MIL included)this is considered "mean". My husband and I allow family members to visit us with our baby any time--and for the most part, as long as they want. We let them have "alone" time with her--but we are technically in the house, as well. This is our first child, and we may laugh about this later, but for now, it's important for friends and family to respect the boundaries set up by parents--particularly new parents, who need to feel support and to feel "legitimate." Parents who need to be allowed to parent--even if it seems absurd that we want to "parent" every day.posted 02/27/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
Honestly, do whatever YOU are comfortable with. But the fact that your mom and MIL feel the need to request this of you seems disheartening. They were moms once too, so they should put their own selfish motives aside and want to preserve the bond between you are your child. I could give you an entire list of reasons grounded in human physiology to tell you why I personally don't think it is a good idea, and fortunately I had breastfeeding as an excuse, so my family knew not to even ask. The fact that you are posing the question perhaps indicates your hesitance with the idea so keep that in mind when making your decision. I can't give you a clear answer, though, because everyone's family dynamics work differently, and in my family it took at least a year of being firm, before our extended family began to realize their place and stop trying to promote their own agendas at the expense of my immediate family unit (dd, dh, and myself). Ideally, I personally believe a child is not ready for a sleepover until they are at an age where it is something the CHILD requests.posted 01/09/2006 by Anonymous100,000
I think allowing my son to stay with his grandparents was a wonderful decision. He started staying with them when he was 3 months old. He spends one night per week with them and they have an amazing relationship. He's more social than most 3 year olds and has never had seperation anxiety. My husband and I have enjoyed having time together too. It's been wonderful. I think you should do what's best for you, but I wouldn't change our situation. He asks to stay with his grandparents and have them pick him up from pre-school. He loves and trusts them. It's a win-win for all.posted 12/28/2006 by Wildcat-Baby
I think that you should do whatever you and your significant other (if applicable) and your baby are comfortable with. The main thing here is, as other people have said, "don't let anyone make you feel that you have to do this or that".posted 06/02/2007 by ShelleyjusthadJacob
I understand your concern, and I feel void with the thought of leaving my daughter overnight with parents and in-laws. But, tomorrow is our 5th year anniversary, and it only comes once in a lifetime! I feel that because we have grandparents who love our daughter, I know she's in good hands, and it gives my husband and me some much needed alone time to catch up - after all, it's been a year since we've done that without baby. I look at it this way...time with your spouse gives you a chance to rekindle, and a happy marriage means a happy baby.posted 02/14/2008 by morgan90823
I personally could never imagine leaving my baby (7 months) with someone else at night for a long time to come! I am actually surprised to read that so many mothers do it. Even if the baby was fine I wouldn't sleep all night! I especially wouldn't do it if it wasn't me that wanted it but it was someone else that wanted it. When your babies grow older they will want to spend plenty of time away from you :( and one of the favorite places is their grandparents house.posted 05/06/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
My husband and i left our first son with his grandparents over night for our 2nd anniversary when he was 4 months old, i thought i would devestated to leave him, so bad we even stopped by later that night to give him a kiss goodnight and i brought a blankey with me to the hotel we were staying at, turns out it was the best thing we could've done! Granted, by a couple weeks old my son slept through the night, so this was no concern. Had he not slept through the night, i might not have done it. But he and my in-laws had a great time! And my husband and i couldn't have asked for a better night!posted 11/15/2006 by wbchristensen
IF A PERSON DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT ABOUT LEAVING THERE CHILDREN WITH GRANDPARENTS IN LAW WHO EVER IT MAYBE THEY SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO! END OF DISCUSSION!posted 07/11/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
I allowed my month old daughter to spend the night at her grandparents house and she had no problems waking up in a different place. As long as the grandparent(s) are willing to get up in the middle of the night with the baby, why not. It's a great time for you to catch up on some rest and alone time with your spouse. I think if you allow your child to be handled by other family members/friends then it will make them more comfortable with others and not be so attached to just you or your spouse.posted 04/02/2007 by hbird17
I can't believe the comments such as "When you become a parent, you are supposed to be a parent..." above. I waited a long time to become a parent, cut back on my full-time job as a teacher to be home more with my son (and would give up much more for him), and I love every minute spent with him. However, I do appreciate a break from him occasionally, along with some time to catch up with my husband. Is this wrong? I don't think so! Am I a bad parent? Certainly not. My son (8 mos.) has 3 sets of grand- and step-grandparents, all of whom love him very much and are totally capable of raising children - they have raised a combined total of 8 children. He has stayed overnight on 4 occasions (first time was 4 mos.), and has done just fine. One last note from me: there's a reason for the saying "It takes a Village to raise a child", and there's nothing worng with taking help. By all means, don't let anyone pressure you into leaving your child somewhere you are not comfortable, but certainly do not let someone make you feel guilty or that you are less of a parent if you DO feel comfortable leaving them! :-Oposted 03/04/2004 by KimYure
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Losing weight is never an easy task at any age. As a person grows older it becomes even more difficult to lose weight due to a slowing metabolism, medications and less muscle which helps burn calories. Don't fret however there may be a way to take off those extra pounds and all it takes is a few steps.
According to Livestrong.com, "A comfortable pair of walking shoes and a stretch of open terrain may be all you need to get in physical shape -- and to lose or maintain weight."
The key to better health is exercise and there is no better or low cost exercise than walking. To take a daily walk no gym membership is required, just a willingness to get healthier. There are also a lot of benefits to taking a brisk walk, lower blood pressure, when accompanied with a sensible diet, possible weight loss, better muscle tone, etc.
In an article on SIFY Health.com, Parvathy R Krishnan says, "Walking is the safest exercise. Beginners, diabetics, those with anaemia or high blood pressure can set their own comfortable pace so as not to hike blood pressure and heart rate alarmingly. Walking can be accomplished anywhere anytime too and if you have company, it gets interesting."
Most first time walkers wonder how far they should walk. The answer, as far as the legs will allow but with a goal in mind of at least 10,000 steps. Why should the goal be 10,000 steps?
Wayne Curtis stated in an article in the Smart Set (an online Drexel University Publication), "Ten thousand is ... how many steps a day you're told to take if you want to maintain good health," and lose weight.
A 2004 study published in the Sports Medicine journal found there is, "growing evidence that 10,000 steps/day is an amount of physical activity that is associated with indicators of good health," including lower body fat and blood pressure.
Taking 10,000 steps a day sounds like a lot, it actually amounts to about five miles depending on a person's gait. Most people who are sedentary cringe at the idea of doing that much walking. Actually accumulating 10,000 steps a day may not be as hard as it sounds, if a person takes into account all the steps they take walking around work, up and down steps, walking around the mall, etc.
The key to getting to 10,000 steps a day is taking the first few steps and then adding more each day. The time is now to get healthier before it is to late.
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I'm so excited for today's post. This year, I participated in The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. This is the second year of the swap. The premise is simple, bake 3 dozen cookies and send them to three different bloggers. And in return, you get 3 dozen cookies from other other bloggers! Fun, right?!
I signed up without a clue of what I was going to make, I just knew I wanted to join in on the fun. After looking through 10 thousand different recipes, I settled on an old family favorite…Butterballs. Some of you may call them Snowballs. But, I call them Butterballs, so that's what we're going with here!
I bet you can't guess the main ingredient in these cookies…it's butter! Lots and lots of butter. So you know these are good. They are pretty simple to make. We usually just mix in some chopped walnuts in ours, but you can also add mini chocolate chips if you wanted.
I sent my cookies to three lovely bloggers: Linda of Tumbleweed Contessa, Carrie from Kiss My Whisk, and Kelli from The Corner Kitchen. Ladies, I hope these cookies made it to you safe and sound and that they were not in a million pieces!
Yield: About 2 dozen
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
- 1 lb. butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar (plus extra for rolling the cookies in after they bake)
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup finely chopped nuts (walnuts)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cream together the butter and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Sift together the flour and salt. Add the flour gradually to the butter and sugar mixture until well-combined.
- Blend in the vanilla and the walnuts using your hands. Chill the dough for about 30 minutes in the fridge or 15 minutes in the freezer.
- Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat. Form the dough into balls (or into crescent shapes) and place on the baking sheet.
- Bake cookies for about 14-17 minutes or until a very light golden brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool slightly. While still warm, roll each one in extra powdered sugar.
13 Responses to "Butterballs"
We clearly think along the same lines : ) I hope that my snowballs made it to you without breaking into a million pieces!
Ashley! Yes, we do! I have been meaning to stop by your blog. I laughed when I opened your package and saw you made snowballs! Great minds do think alike! :)
Don't you just love the Great Cookie Swap? Nothing beats gettign a dozen or more cookies in the mail! Your Butter Balls look tasty!!!
Tis the season for butter. Lots and lots of butter. These look so good.
I'm a frim believer that you can never have too much butter…
There look quite tasty! I love that your family calls them butterballs – so cute! I bet your cookie swap peeps were happy to get these!
I wish I could bake something so I can join this kind of cookie swap (in order to get someone's delicious baked goods!). Your butterballs look so pretty!
Pop.. pop.. pop… that's just what I would do with these into my mouth. My tummy would thank you…
These are one of the cookies that we make every single year and have been for…well, more years than I want to admit hehe. They are soooo good… buttery and sugary and and and… I think it's time to go make these now. :-D
YUM! Totally pinning this!!!!!
Oh my – these look dangerous to have around the house! I could eat a dozen of these and still want more!
I would definitely be happy receiving these cookies! My recipe is called pecan crescents, but I make them into balls, too! So yummy!
I'm sad I missed out on the swap this year – I was afraid I would be too swamped, but seeing all these amazing cookies is making me jealous :) Great choice, these look delicious!
What fun! Would love swapping cookies anytime and these butterballs looks so good..could imagine them melting in my mouth.. Happy holidays!!!!


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PR #226 June 4, 2007
Commerce Bank is taking the lead as title sponsor of the Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) Foundation?s 2007 Golf Classic, to be held Monday, July 9, at the Basking Ridge Country Club. Pre-registration is required for the fourth annual event, which begins at 11 a.m.
Other sponsors include PSE&G (golf wear sponsor), Verizon (reception), Video Corporation of America (photography) and Star-Lo Electric (beverage cart).
After a challenging round of golf, the participants will finish off the day with an elegant buffet dinner, a 50/50 raffle and an auction. Items to be auctioned include hotel packages, gift certificates to four-star restaurants, tickets to sports events and foursomes at area golf courses. Each player will receive a door prize.
Golf sponsorships begin at $3,500 for the Summa Cum Laude level. Other sponsorships?all of which include lunch, golf, tee sign, awards dinner, program ad and photo?are Magna Cum Laude at $2,500; and Cum Laude at $2,000. The cost for individual players is $475. Sponsors also can underwrite activities associated with the event.
The RVCC Foundation raises private funds to assist the College in providing affordable, accessible and quality educational and cultural experiences to the community. Proceeds from the event will support special programs through the College?s Civic Engagement initiative, The Theatre at RVCC and Art Gallery, workshops, speakers and scholarships. Last year?s event raised more than $65,000.
For more information about the Golf Classic or making a gift to the Foundation, contact Executive Director Betty Demy Hutcheon, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently reported that about 20 percent of the country's pubs and bars have disappeared over the past five years, a decline that is alarming to industry players, as these pubs are being replaced by pubs with electronic poker machines.
The preceding years have not been better considering the period 1997-98, when Australia had just less than 5000 pubs and bars, excluding a separate 3200 clubs. Now there are over 4000 pubs and bars and a little over 2000 clubs.
The number of country licensed clubs has been drastically cut by half to just 1300; as the number of urban clubs was also trimmed by half to a number that is now even less than 1000.
The same report also shows that local pubs in Victoria are being turned into poker venues at an alarmingly swift rate. In fact, between 2000 and 2005, at least 32 start-up bars (pubs and taverns, included) introduced poker or gambling machines or other gambling alternatives in their business offering.
Consequently, in 2004-05, the entire pub and club industry made a supposedly impressive $18.5-billion, which is a sharp increase from the modest $15.3-billion it collected in 2000-01. However, in 2000-01, money made at pubs, bars and taverns did not include earnings from gambling and similar activities.
In 2004-05 pubs, bars and taverns earned $11.1-billion in income nationwide; this is an increase from only $8.9-billion in 2000-01. But the bulk of this income (60%) came from alcohol and other beverage sales, which went up from $5.6-billion in 2000-01 to $6.7-billion in 2004-05.
Greg Barber, spokesman for Victorian Greens gambling, said poker machines were putting an end to the regular neighbourhood pubs. "Pokies prey on the most vulnerable members of the community," Barber said.
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The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region, a non-profit that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities build better lives, will host its second annual Harford Hills Bike Adventure on Saturday, April 26, 2014. The scenic ride will feature several courses of varying distances winding through Havre de Grace and along the Susquehanna River.
The event builds on the success of last year's inaugural Harford Hills Bike Adventure, which drew 30 participants and raised more than $4,000. "Having avid cyclists ride alongside individuals with special needs during last year's Harford Hills Bike Adventure perfectly illustrates our mission and shows how the fabric of our community is strengthened when we all work together," says The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region development director Julie Chmura.
The ride will begin and end at the historic Steppingstone Farm Museum in Havre de Grace, Maryland and loop through the scenic vistas of Harford County and along the Susquehanna River. To accommodate all riders, participants can choose between a 54, 30, 15 or six mile route. All routes are subject to Harford County approval. The starting time for the Harford Hills Bike Adventure is at 8:00 a.m. and all riders are required to wear helmets.
Early registration is $35 per rider and will increase to $45 on March 8, 2014. All registered riders will receive complementary food, drink, entertainment and an event shirt. Following the race, riders and spectators can enjoy an afternoon of music from the band Electric Molly. Food and drinks including beer will also be available to all to purchase. The Steppingstone Museum will remain open for visitors at no cost during the event. To register, visit www.Active.com or www.arcncr.org.
Event sponsorships are still being accepted and start at $750 for a silver sponsorship. To learn more about The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region's second annual Harford Hills Bike Adventure, please visit www.arcncr.org. To become an event sponsor, please contact the Development Office at 410-879-6785, ext. 347.


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Just some random stuff today:
- I've lost track of all the many pods and vids in which I'm interviewed or featured. But I shall try to link to more of them in notes like this as they come up. Anyone who knows of others from this year, please add them in comments.
- Kim Ellington conducted a great interview with me on my historicity of Jesus research, and a little on the intersection of history, philosophy, methodology, and epistemology, for The Humanist Hour (Episode 161).
- Related to that and expanding on it is my interview by a renowned Jewish creationist and biblical literalist, Nehemia Gordon, in episode 13 of his show Hebrew Voices. I help him "sort out the genuine pagan influences on Christmas, from modern-day myths" that often stem from "dodgy scholarship." We touch on Tammuz & Inanna, Isis & Osiris, Mithra, and discuss ancient comments by Philo, Justin, Plutarch, Euhemerus, Plato and more.
- I spoke at a rally on the capitol steps of Boise, Idaho for this year's National Day of Reason, on behalf of the Treasure Valley Coalition of Reason. The video is now available (and I have provided a rough transcript here). My speech is an amusing and rousing demonstration that our Christian legislators are simultaneously trying to outlaw Sharia Law and enact Sharia Law—and don't know how democracy works, or the point of the Constitution, or that what they are doing is precisely what the Founding Fathers feared and denounced.
- It's well known that Luke used Josephus as a color source for his Gospel and Acts (see bibliography in OHJ, pp. 267, n. 26; and my summary of only some of the evidence here). In a new article, Lena Einhorn extensively collects even more evidence & bibliography on this (so those interested in that subject will find a lot of use there). But she discusses it in the context of her defense of a separate thesis: that Jesus was actually crucified under Claudius in the 40s, not under Tiberius in the 30s. This will be of interest to those who noticed that I document that there actually were early Christians who thought that (OHJ, Ch. 8.1). Of course, Einhorn's thesis doesn't argue for an actual crucifixion (she is presuming that it was an actual event), and as such it just as well supports the fact of Christian disagreement over when to place that event (and possibly the existence of lost Gospels that did).


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Local Colorado entrepreneur, Josh Strimbu, learned the art of woodworking from his dad, and today he's passing his love for the craft along to his own three kids. After visiting a renaissance festival with his children several years ago, where one of his sons pointed out a wand that he wanted, Josh decided to get back into woodworking and make the wand himself from scrap wood. He began selling the wands on Etsy, where they ended up being quite popular, until he earned the funds to start his own company: WoodRiver WoodCrafts.
Josh's company focuses on high quality, handmade cutting boards that make great gifts or decorations for the kitchen. We love that he makes everything from over 90% recycled scrap wood, and puts each piece together by hand – no small feat as a busy dad! We talked with Josh to learn more about his passion for woodworking, his growing company, and how he still makes family a top priority.
1. How did the idea for WoodRiver WoodCrafts Come to be?
I got back into woodworking several years ago. My equipment was limited essentially to one table top belt sander, so I set out turning pieces of scrap wood by hand on the belt sander into magic wands for my son. My first attempts were crude indeed. After sharing the dozen or more wands I had created with friends on Facebook I was encouraged to create a store on ETSY.com to sell them.
My first store was called WandsAndSwords and to my very great surprise my product actually sold! I used the proceeds of almost every sale to purchase new equipment and over time my quality increased and so did my sales. All good things must end however. When a certain historic movie franchise wrapped up its 8th and last movie, the market for magic wands dwindled. Now I had piles of scrap wood and was in need of a new direction. On a whim I threw together some of my scrap into a cutting board and now I had something truly unique; high quality, hand crafted, gourmet cutting boards made green from reclaimed scrap wood. I shy away from standard squares and rectangles, though I do make some, and craft boards in shapes such as Guitars, Apples, Wine Bottles, Hearts, Buffalo and more. My boards are truly functional art. My work can now be found locally in a couple stores and I'm hoping to expand that to several stores this year.
2. How do you find inspiration for designs?
I find inspiration in all I see around me. I make cutting boards in the shape of animals, instruments, Islands, and more. I aim to please, and many of my designs have come directly from my customers requests.
3. What is the biggest challenge in the business? Biggest reward?
My biggest challenges is balance. My company is largely a one man show and it is a challenge to meet the growing demands of increased exposure and the time I desire to spend with my family. I look forward to the day where my workload requires me to hire my first full time employee.
My biggest reward is being able to see my finished creations being used and enjoyed. I recently finished my largest project to date at Root Down DIA! I created all the table tops and an 18 foot half moon shaped bar top. The restaurant opened in July on concourse C and, as with all my work, they were made from over 90% reclaimed scrap wood.
4. What do you most love about Colorado?
I was born and raised in Colorado. It is home. I love the snow covered peaks in winter time, the golden leaves in the fall, and all the mountains have to offer year round.
5. What is something readers would be surprised to know about you or your business?
All of my work is hand crafted, hand cut, hand sanded and hand finished. This is getting harder and harder to maintain as my company grows but I take pride in the hand crafted quality.
6. What do you like best about your line of work?
I like that I can find inspiration in the everyday, and in short order create a product that will bring beauty to someone's kitchen and put a smile on their face. One of my designs literally came to me in a dream and 24 hours later was being finished in my garage.
7. Tell us about the recent growth of your company.
I've opened up in a new store, Connexions, at the Colorado Mills mall. I'm also in negotiations to work on another restaurant that will open later this year or early next year in downtown Denver. The tables will be made from reclaimed wood from the building itself, which is over 100 years old. I also just recently hosted a local troop of girl scouts and enabled them to get their woodworking badges. Each girl, with my assistance, created a 6 x 8 cutting board from my stock of reclaimed scrap wood.


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In a potentially important step toward rheumatoid arthritis prevention, British researchers announced in 2008 that they will soon begin human testing of an experimental rheumatoid arthritis vaccine.
To make the vaccine, scientists at Newcastle University, in Newcastle-on-Tyne in the United Kingdom, will use steroids, vitamin D, and chemicals to turn a patient's white blood cells into specialized tolerogenic dendritic cells, which are believed to switch off the immune system.
The vaccine will then be injected into the knees of eight study volunteers with rheumatoid arthritis to see if it can stop the disease process.
"That would have to be something that would have to be individualized patient by patient, but I think that's acceptable when you're talking about autoimmune disease," said William H. Robinson, MD, PhD, assistant professor of immunology and rheumatology and director of the Robinson Lab at Stanford University.
Dr. Robinson, who is not involved in the Newcastle project, has been working to develop vaccines for autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis and type I diabetes. He says several research teams have tried, but failed, to develop a rheumatoid arthritis vaccine using the approach being tested at Newcastle.
"I'm not aware of any good data suggesting it might work in humans," Dr. Robinson said. "They're very much trailblazing that way."
The technique, turning the body's own white blood cells into a vaccine, has been tried before in cancer research, but this is the first time such an approach has been used to develop a rheumatoid arthritis vaccine.
In a university press release, John Isaacs, MB BS, PhD, a professor of rheumatology in the University's Musculoskeletal Research Group and the leader of the study, called the vaccine "hugely exciting."
If the shots seem to be safe and effective, this pilot study could set the stage for larger human trials and ultimately be a benchmark in rheumatoid arthritis prevention.


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Women's Basketball Helps Playoff Future With Win Over Mt. SAC, 64-62
The defending state champion Pasadena City College women's basketball team put itself in the position to again be one of the top four seeds in the upcoming Southern California Regional Playoffs by knocking off soon-to-be, South Coast Conference North Division champion Mt. San Antonio College, 64-62, Friday night before 200 fans at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
The state's 5th-ranked Lancers finished the regular season with a sparkling 23-4 record and will take second place in the SCC North at 6-2. PCC handed the No. 3 Mounties (21-6) their first division loss at 6-1. Barring an upset loss to East Los Angeles on Friday, Mt. SAC will clinch the conference crown by beating the Huskies on Feb. 19.
The victory avenged a 69-46 beating by the Mounties over PCC on Jan. 27 and all but clinched at least the No. 4 seed for the Lancers. Pasadena has wins over No. 1 Ventura (handing the Pirates their only loss at 28-1) and now No. 3 Mt. SAC. Mt. San Jacinto will likely get a No. 3 seed having beaten the Lancers earlier this season. Antelope Valley was another team trying to crack the top 4.
All the more important for the Lancers is their outstanding home record in playoff games. PCC has never lost a postseason game at the HP Gym, amassing a 14-0 mark since it opened in the 1999-2000 season. Pasadena hasn't lost on campus in the playoffs since Mar. 7, 1998 when it was beaten by Fullerton College in the third round of the regionals at the W-Building gymnasium.
Against the Mounties, PCC led 31-28 at halftime, but a 9-0 scoring run to start the second half allowed Mt. SAC to grab a 37-31 advantage. Pasadena tied it at 39-39 on a fast-break basket by guard Melissa Fudge. Mt. San Antonio responded with a 7-0 run capped by a 3-point bomb by Joanna Matthews to go ahead 46-39 with 14:25 left.
PCC stormed back with a 11-2 spurt with Kim Smith's spin and layup giving the team a 50-48 edge. The back-and-forth continued until Anna Shahinian's 3-pointer from the corner put the Lancers back in front, 58-56, with 4:06 remaining. Pasadena would not relinquish that lead, using free throws to maintain the upper hand and post the key victory.
After not being a factor in the first meeting between the squads, PCC freshman center Dominique Scott came up big for the Lancers in the rematch. Scott tallied 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. She made 8-for-13 from the free throw line as Pasadena converted 23 of 38 shots from the 15-foot mark.
In contrast, Mt. SAC only went to the line 14 times, making 7 shots. PCC outrebounded the Mounties, 43-33, thanks mostly to Scott's post play.
Aiding the Lancers' cause were Fudge (5 assists) and Smith (5 rebounds) with 13 points each. Shahinian contributed 10 points. Off the bench, sophomore center Cherisa Sellers complemented Scott with 5 points, 8 rebounds and 2 steals while guard Stephanie DeFrance delivered quality defense in making 6 steals. The freshman added 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
For Mt. SAC, Brittney Lewis totaled 20 points and Cecy Cuevas added 15.
In the last 13 seasons, Mt. SAC holds a 16-11 edge in the rivalry, but the Lancers have split the past four matchups at 2-2. Both teams have combined to win the past four state titles and the pair even played in the state championship game in 2004 (won by the Mounties).
[Photo--Cherisa Sellers goes up for the rebound during PCC's 64-62 triumph over rival Mt. San Antonio Wednesday night, image by Richard Quinton.]
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Sarah Palin shakes the hand of a woman as she signs copies of her book, "Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas," at Walmart in Wausau, Wis., on Thursday.
RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (AP) - Hundreds turned out for Sarah Palin's Christmas book signing at a Walmart in the Wausau area.
The former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate is promoting her new book, "Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas."
Carrie Kolbeck of Wausau was among those waiting Thursday to meet Palin. Kolbeck says Palin "just believes in standing up for religious freedom" and calls her "a very brave woman."
It was Palin's fourth stop on her national book tour. To meet Palin, fans had to buy her book at Walmart for $16.09.
Daily Herald Media reports Walmart declined to release the number of people who lined up to meet Palin or the number of books sold.
Palin's other books are the best-sellers "Going Rogue" and "America by Heart."
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