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All things Mother Earth Living
by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor at Large
school lunches, food
Amid much fanfare, President Obama this week signed into law the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The White House declared the act "a major step forward in our nation's effort to provide all children with healthy food in schools." The legislation aims to provide the more than 31 million children who receive school lunches with healthier food options and teach all kids to make healthy food choices and develop healthy eating habits.
That's the good news. The bad news? The law also calls for school lunch prices to rise, which could force out kids from families that are struggling financially but who don't qualify for free lunches, Ed Bruske writes in his blog The Slow Cook.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act will help remove processed, chemical-, fat- and sugar-laden foods from school lunches. Photo By Ben+Sam/Courtesy Flickr.
As is usually the case, the best way to address the school lunch issue is at the grass roots level. I was horrified when I realized that public schools in Boulder—the very hub of the healthy, organic food movement—serve kids highly processed, chemical-, fat- and sugar-laden food from the same distributor that supplies our prisons. Concerned parents were told it was impossible to change this system because pre-made heat-and-serve meals were delivered and warmed up in kitchens that don't have proper stoves or cooking utensils.
Three years ago, Boulder parents demanded better—and we're making it happen. Under the leadership of Boulder Valley School District director of nutrition services and Food, Family, Farming (F3) Foundation founder Ann Cooper, The School Food Project is raising money to build five new regional kitchens where meals are cooked from scratch. The new kitchens will also implement good green practices such as replacing disposable serving items with reusable plates, utensils and trays.
"Boulder is a bellwether community for the nation on so many levels—especially healthy lifestyle," Cooper says. On this issue, I hope the rest of the nation follows suit. Meantime, you may want to send your kids to school with a BPA-free plastic Yubo lunchbox packed with healthy, nutritious snacks.
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You never know unless you try…
I have been playing video games all my life from the Atari to now. Most recently I am playing the Xbox 360. I am a huge fan of their live system and use it everyday.
I am also a part of the C.O.O.L. Jaycees of Honolulu as the Membership Vice President and a member of the board. Recently we were reviewing events we would like to do for the year. For a long time I have had an idea for resurrecting the online play for older games that were once popular. I was fortunate to be able to play these games often at a friend's house using a Land Area Network. Using a L.A.N. means that I would only be playing with my friends and in one house. I needed something more… complex.
I thought "Why not?" and I sent a proposal to Microsoft for a Retro Game Night as part of their Xbox Live Community Events. I selected a list of Xbox Box Original games that I knew were backwards compatible. They were also older games that you could download off the network. The idea is this: when you go on Xbox Live, there are never enough people to play older games. Some people would play Crimson Skies or Return to Castle Wolfenstein but you would find only four or five people playing, at the most. I wanted to coordinate these older games and show people how great these games were when they were new. At the same time, I wanted to introduce the online community to what my club was all about and potentially get more members.
I proposed my idea to my group. To begin, I suggested Crimson Skies, a game that, like the Halo series, had both a well done single player mode and also a dynamic multiplayer mode. Most importantly, it could support a total of sixteen players per room. After many Question and Answer discussions, the game was approved. I sent Microsoft my decision. Happy in my labors, I went to bed feeling accomplished.
When I awoke, I checked my email and my fellow board member had informed me of Microsoft's decision to faze out the system that would have supported Crimson Skies and other games on my list. This wasn't a setback but just meant that now the idea needed to be retooled.
I was on Xboxlive.com and confirmed that, in fact, my idea would have to be adjusted. I could still make it work. On the site there are listings of all the downloadable content. The system allows you to start the process of downloading content so that the next time you start your Xbox, it starts downloading the content right away. It showed me all the older games I could still use in their Arcade section. Keeping to my original idea, I was able to put down twenty games that could be played on the current system. Turtles Arcade , Fatal Fury and Marvel versus Capcom 2 to name a few. At our next board meeting, I proposed the list starting off with Marvel versus Capcom 2and the board approved. I presented my tweaked idea to Microsoft and they approved.
In conclusion, on Sunday, July 18, 2010, 3-6pm Hawaii time, 8-11pm eastern, I will be hosting The Honolulu C.O.O.L. Jaycees participation in an Xbox Live Community Event starring Marvel Versus Capcom 2. For any further information, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Judge Joe Brown is Up for an Emmy!
*We've been watching the court shows for many years and we have way too many to choose from. We had Judge Judy, the People's Court, Divorce Court, Judge Mathis, even Judge Wapner's Animal Court. But, there has been one old school judge that stands above the rest … especially this year. It's time for the … Continue reading Judge Joe Brown is Up for an Emmy!


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Harold Bradford has been with Warren Rural Electric for 53 years.
Co-workers say Harold's dedication is exceptional - its not only quantity but quality that defines his character.
Through the years, Harold has inspired a sense of work ethic to both those older and younger at the company.
Harold didn't think twice about coming back to work even after he was shocked while working on electric lines years ago.
He says knowing thousands of people depend on him for their electricity makes his job a passion and the dedication follows effortlessly.
Harold's dedication to his family is also unfaltering.
This Kentucky native is the youngest of twelve children and has two daughters of his own. His drive to excel at work has never stopped him from being there for his family.
Warren Rural Electric says although Harold will be dearly missed, he has left a legacy that will never be forgotten.
Harold says he plans to fill his time by voluteering for various community organizations.
He also plans on traveling, his first destination is Ireland.


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Weavers (Ploceidae)
Gola Malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni) - HBW 15, p. 193
French: Malimbe de Ballmann
German: Ballmannweber
Spanish: Malimbo de Gola
Other common names: Ballman's/Tai Malimbe
Taxonomy: Malimbus ballmanni Wolters, 1974, between Cavally and Keibli Rivers, north-west of Tai, south-western Ivory Coast.
Sometimes referred to as M. golensis, but this is a nomen nudum. Has been thought to form a superspecies with M. racheliae. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme E Sierra Leone (Gola Forest) and adjacent W Liberia; E Liberia and adjacent W Ivory Coast, and recently located in extreme SE Guinea.
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To Citizens of West Virginia:
May 24, 2012 I am writing to correct misinformation which has been circulated in print and social media, relating to the appearance of a convicted felon, as a candidate for United States President, on the recen... more »»
Local veterans thank supporters
May 15, 2012 For the past 15 years, the Harpers Ferry/Bolivar District Veterans Association has proudly co-sponsored, with the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, the "Music In The Mountains" military band... more »»
May Day Celebration Was A Grand Success
May 15, 2012 Shepherdstown Music and Dance would like to thank the Corporation of Shepherdstown, the Town Council, Mayor Jim Auxer, Shepherd University, the Shepherdstown Police and the Bavarian Inn for their... more »»
Beautiful Spring
April 27, 2012 What a springtime sight last Saturday on Morgan Grove Road! Anderson Electric LLC, road adoptive leader, led its corp of crew workers, wearing safety vests of bright orange and yellow, including... more »»
Choose BOE candidates carefully
April 27, 2012 Election to the Jefferson County Board of Education is conducted during the May 2012 primary. There are two seats to be filled and there are five candidates. more »»
Event again a success
April 27, 2012 Once again the Friends of Shepherdstown Library have staged a wonderfully successful "Left of the Bank" and once again it's time to thank the many people who helped make it so. more »»
Thanks for a great weekend
April 20, 2012 Thank you Shepherdstown for a wonderful Easter weekend. We had our daughter and husband and three grandchildren here and we all had a great time. more »»
Planning for visitability
April 20, 2012 I'm sending this out to just about everyone who has expressed to me even the slightest interest in making Shepherdstown a more comfortable and mobility friendly community. more »»
Osbourn, Kable worthy of votes
April 20, 2012 The purpose of this letter is twofold. The first is to thank the voters of Jefferson County for their past support which has enabled me to serve two terms on the Jefferson County Board of Educatio. more »»
Poem matches editorial
April 20, 2012 I was very interested in your editorial in the April 6 issue of The Chronicle. In January, I wrote the enclosed poem with the same premise and thought your readers might be interested in it. more »»
Ad Draws Response
April 20, 2012 Imagine our surprise when we opened our copies of last week's Chronicle (Friday, April 13), to see in bold poster-size print (and without any attribution), a half-page headline: "YES to safe... more »»
Letter to Editor Lewis
April 13, 2012 On Saturday, March 31 the Jefferson High Football Boosters delivered over 5,000 bags of mulch to local residents. more »»
Letter to Editor Burgoyne
March 30, 2012 My purpose in writing concerns the fact that my former colleague in law enforcement, Ed Boober, has filed as a candidate for Sheriff of Jefferson County. more »»
Letter to Editor Rorrer-Miller
March 30, 2012 It never ceases to amaze me how completely and obliviously rude and insensitive people can be. The foremost issue I have is that of safety. more »»
Letter to Editor Austin
March 23, 2012 On a recent weekend a local resident who lives near Morgan's Grove Park confronted a group of men who were cutting dead trees. more »»
Letter to Editor Suttenfield
March 16, 2012 Diana Suttenfield Shepherdstown In 1911 the United Confederate Veterans, Jefferson County Company, No. 123, published "Military Operations in Jefferson County,Virginia(Now West Virginia) 1861-1865". more »»
Letter to Editor Schlitz
March 9, 2012 Ted & Jan Schiltz Harpers Ferry The Jefferson County Planning Commission meeting will be held at 7 p.m., March 13 in the Betty J. more »»
Letter to Editor Austin
March 9, 2012 Mike Austin SCC member Last Friday's Compatibility Assessment Meeting conducted by the Jefferson County Planning Department on the Twin Oaks Subdivision request for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP)... more »»
Letter to Editor Loftin
March 9, 2012 Kathy Loftin Harpers Ferry Imagine buying property in a rural residential neighborhood, only to find out that now hundreds of tourists could be dumped off practically in your front yards and your... more »»
Letter Austin
March 2, 2012 We are advised that the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Department will hold a meeting at 10 a.m. more »»


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This Utah Utes football team is one of mystery. Its projected starting quarterback Travis Wilson was finally medically cleared by doctors to play again. That didn't happen until after the Utes had lost five of their last six games last season--limping home to win the season finale against Colorado.
Such a poor display led to Utah missing out on a bowl game--the second straight year the Utes had come up empty. Yet hope remains eternal, season ticket sales are good and the Utes, well, they still play in the big, bad Pac-12 Conference--which also happens to play in the BCS, which will now be known as the College Football Playoff.
But the schedule released on Wednesday, July 9 will probably dim Utes' fans hopes for any playoff--or bowl game--because it's ugly.
It's as if the Utes and their mighty band of men showed up to play six years too late in the Pac-12. Three years in this conference have equaled one seven-win season, two years of 5-7 ball, a quarterback who got knocked back into the middle of last year and countless dreams falling by the wayside in the forms of dropped passes, missed reads, blown coverages and missed assignments, tackles and well, everything.
In between that jumble of memories Ute fans would love to forget from last year are the good times. A thumping of rival BYU, the last game the two will play til 2017 and of course, the Stanford game. The game where everyone and their dog thought the Utes had finally arrived in the Pac-12.
And they did. They just got a target placed on their foreheads, was all. After that abomination of a game the Utes lost the next five and got the U decals knocked off their helmets--whether it was red, white and blue or just plain red didn't matter.
Opponents were seeing red and Utah lost their next five by the combined score of 167-104. The Utes only surpassed the 21-point threshold once.
The game where every Utah fan stormed the field in a sea of red and glee--or the Stanford game--was later determined as the season went on to be that of confusion. Ute fans could not believe what they were seeing. Their dreams of getting back to a BCS bowl game were lost in the shuffle of more athletic, faster and stronger legs trampling over them as they reached out for a piece of the proverbial goal post.
And more of that same attitude, of being overwhelmed by a seemingly impossible task, is already haunting fans. They can't believe that Utah took BYU, a sure-fire win that would have gone towards that magical six-win plateau, off the board--and replaced it with a game at Michigan.
Sure, Idaho State comes rolling into town to open the season as a warm-up game for the Utes--but then the Utes get defending Mountain West Conference champions Fresno State the following week at home. The good news is Utah does get Fresno without all-America quarterback David Carr, who is now thankfully in the NFL. Utah State found out how good Carr was in the conference championship last year--and the answer is very.
Then comes the game at Michigan. Why on Earth the schedule makers would put this game, during this point in the season, on the Utes slate of games is beyond anyone's comprehension. Utah could easily be 3-0 had it retained BYU--or even added Utah State--on the schedule.
Instead, the Utes will roll the dice and travel to Ann Arbor and a cavernous 110,000-seat stadium--along with a fan base counting the days until Michigan fans get to play again.
So instead of being undefeated the Utes could be 2-1 going into a revenge game against Mike Leach and Washington State in week four. It's a revenge game because the Utes got whacked last year in the Palouse, allowing 49 points to a team that shouldn't have scored 49 points in the first place.
If the Utes manage to get past Wazzu and Coach Wacko Leach, then it's just a leisurely trip down to UCLA and the Rose Bowl. If the Utes don't outlast Wazzu, they could be 2-2 (or worse yet, 1-3) by the time Brett Hundley and the Bruins--a team some have picked as a preseason No. 1--do battle.
And then, the Utes get to go to Oregon State, a place that has not been kind to Utah teams with a quarterback and frankly, a team that is always faster, bigger, stronger and better than Utah. Did anyone mention UCLA is probably better than Utah, too?
So if--IF--Utah is 3-1 by the time it plays UCLA, chances are beyond solid that the Utes will not be at four wins by the time they play UCLA and OSU in weeks five and six.
The only prayer Utah has of getting to six wins is by knocking off one of the juggernauts coming to Rice-Eccles Stadium in the second half of the season. (More about that in a minute.) Consider this: had Utah defeated Oregon State in overtime in Salt Lake City last year, we'd all be talking about the bowl game Utah went to--and possibly won.
Instead, we're talking about how the Utes can avoid going bowl-less in three years. That's how small the margin of error is in the Pac-12.
If Utah can get help from anyone, it will have to come from the fans, the rabid bunches in red that inhabit Rice-Eccles Stadium like blood-thirsty savages. Some drink too much, others swear too often and still others sit calmly in their seats--but all have one thing in common: they don't like to lose.
Not only do they not like to lose, they aren't used to losing. Well, they're becoming more and more accustomed to it in the Pac-12, but you get the idea. Another team that isn't used to losing--but has lost more than it cares to--is USC, the Utes' seventh opponent on the schedule.
Former BYU quarterback Steve Sarkisian, a despised man now in two places, brings his Trojans into Rice-Eccles for what should be a track meet. You have new OC Dave Christensen's high-octane offense going up against Clancy Pendergast's stingy, NFL-like defense. If the Utes can get to 4-3 with an amazing upset win over USC, all the better since it would be over Sark, too.
Utah's work still won't be close to done, however. The Utes will then board a place the next week for sunny Tempe to take on Arizona State, the team that temporarily bid adieu to Travis Wilson's thinking cap and the Utes in a grimy 20-19 win at Rice-Eccles. Chances that the Utes return to Salt Lake City at 4-4 overall are beyond good.
That brings us to quite possibly the most intriguing match-up to that point of the season when Oregon comes to Rice-Eccles. If the Utes are in bowl contention by this point, you can guarantee a nationally televised game will be broadcast. If not it will still be entertaining because both teams can throw the football and the Ducks have Heisman candidate Marcus Mariota and a slew of All-Stars.
Then comes the rubber match of all rubber matches, the game at Stanford. The problem with having to play a team you upset one year is that you usually have to play them the next. The Cardinal were in position to have a great and perfect season until the Utes spoiled it. Don't look for a repeat performance this year.
So now the Utes could be at 4-6 overall, placing them in a similar situation as last year. Of course last year's game 11 was that trip to Pullman--and a 49-37 loss at Washington State. The year before that, game 11 was a 34-24 loss at Rice-Eccles to upstart Arizona. Both came somewhat unexpected.
So guess who has a chance to spoil the Utes quest at a second bowl game in four years? Arizona. And this one is also at Rice-Eccles. It's like Groundhog Day every two years for these Utes--but they're looking to change their fortunes this time around.
A win against a vastly improved, speedy Cats team coached now by legend Rich Rodriguez would mean so much to a Utes team--and to head coach Kyle Whittingham's future. A loss would doom Utah in all likelihood to another five-win season--provided it can beat rival Colorado.
A win over Arizona and a win over Colorado would mean everything to these long-suffering Utes. If they can win one big game against one of the Pac-12 juggernauts--and defeat Arizona and Colorado--they would go bowling for the first time in three years. Is it possible? Sure, anything's possible--it's just not likely with such a brutal schedule.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – March 8, 2007 – Kenan L. Schultheis and Edwin J. Simcox have been elected to the board of directors of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company. Schultheis is agent/principal of Schultheis Insurance Agency Inc., an independent insurance agency in Evansville, Ind., and Simcox is president of the Indiana Energy Association in Indianapolis, Ind.
Schultheis, 44, became an independent insurance agent in 1981 after attending the University of Evansville. He is currently vice president and treasurer of the family-owned agency. Schultheis, a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), is also a member of the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana and Society of Certified Insurance Counselors associations.
Simcox earned a degree in government and economics from Indiana University, and a Juris Doctor from the Indiana University School of Law. He served as Indiana Secretary of State from 1978 to 1986, prior to joining the Indiana Energy Association. Simcox, 62, is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar associations.
The State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company is a super regional property and casualty insurance company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, engaged primarily in writing personal and commercial insurance products through more than 22,500 independent agents associated with approximately 3,000 agencies in 28 states. State Auto Mutual is one of only 14 companies to be rated A+ (Superior) by the A.M. Best Company every year since 1954. Additional information can be found online at stateauto.com.
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CLOSE allies of ODM leader Raila Odinga are among a number of tight-fisted legislators owing the party Sh10.6 million in unpaid annual membership fees -- at a time when the party most needs loyalists who pay their dues.
According to a confidential internal financial audit on membership remittances, which is in possession of the Star, nonpayment of the membership dues has paralysed operations at Orange House and created an uproar.
A source within the party, who sought anonymity, told the Star the party's supreme decision- making organ, the NEC, will map out disciplinary measures against those in arrears, including sanctioning them in parliamentary committees.
With a total of 110 Members of Parliament and senators, the party should have collected Sh26.4 million since the MPs were sworn in after the March 2013 elections, but given the arrears and nonpayment, the party has only managed to collect Sh16 million.
Some 33 tight-fisted MPs and senators have not contributed anything to the mandatory Sh240,000 annual or Sh20,000 monthly membership contributions in accordance with the party constitution, while 35 others have made partial payments of as little as Sh60,000.
Raila's brother Uburu Odinga (nominated MP), MPs Paul Otuoma (Funyula), Isaac Mwaura (nominated), John Mbadi (Suba), Joyce Lay (Taita Taveta), Kenneth Okoth (Kibra), Millie Odhiambo (Mbita), and Thomas Mwadeghu (Wundanyi) are among the ODM legislators who have not paid anything to the party in the last financial year.
However, Kisumu Senator Otieno Kajwang', who is outgoing secretary general, and current joint secretaries Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba and nominated Senator Dr Agnes Zani are among notable figures who have cleared their dues.
The confidential fees audit report in possession of the Star was presented on Thursday during the ODM parliamentary group meeting by a committee appointed by the party's national executive committee headed by Shakeel Shabir of Kisumu East.
Members were particularly angered that those with arrears include several legislators who have been branding others moles within the party.
Other members on the list of MPs and senators in default include include Senators Wilfred Machage (Migori), Stewart Madzayo (Kilifi), Danson Mwanzo (Taita Taveta) and Abdullahaman Hassan (Wajir).
The list also names MPs Ahmed Ibrahim Abass (Ijara), Andrew Toboso (Butere), Charles Geni (North Mugirango), Dalmas Otieno (Rongo), Florence Mutua (Busia), Francis Chachu North Horr), Hassan Mwanyoha (Matuga) and James Gesami (West Mugirango).
In the damning list that has created a furore are MPs James Rege (Karachuonyo), John Waluke (Sirisia), Johnson Manya, Jones Mwagogon (Voi), Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis), Joseph Mwagwaga (Kaspul), Lawrance Mpuri Aburi (Tigania East), Nasra Ibrahim (Matsabit), Richard Onyonka (Kitutu Chache South) and Rose Auma Ogendo (Kisumu).
MPs William Kamoti (Rabai) and Silvester Anami conclude the list of legislators who have never made any payments as of the end of the financial year on June 30.
Eldas MP Adan Keynan, who chairs the powerful parliamentary investments committee, courtesy of ODM, has only paid Sh60,000.
Those who have also paid Sh60,00 include MPs David Ochieng' (Ugenya), Abdikadir Aden (Mbalambala), Andrew Mwadime (Mwatate), Abdullahi Diriye(Wajir South), James Nyikar (Seme), Enock Kibunguchy (Likuyani) George Oner (Rangwe), Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay town), Gideon Ochanda (Bondo) and Simba Arati (Dagoreti North), among others.
Contributions from party members and subscriptions are important revenue sources enabling a political party to fund operations, including paying salaries for secretariat staff.
ODM received Sh87.4 million from the political parties fund in the last financial year. The party spent Sh30 million on the botched February 28 party elections, while close to Sh18 million was shared between Cord coalition partners Wiper and Ford-Kenya
When contacted for comment, NEC head Shabir said, "It's a shame that we do not want to care how the party meets its financial obligations."
Sources said another audit will ascertain if members of county assemblies allied to the party are paying their Sh3,000 monthly contributions.


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Packaging of pharmaceuticals ensures protection of the product from various factors such as sunlight, moisture and other environmental factors. This in turn inhibits microbial growth and consequently extends the shelf life of the drug. Pharmaceutical packaging includes bottles, ampoules, blisters, pouches, vials, prefilled syringes and tubes among others. They exhibit various properties such as leakage avoidance, inhibiting the growth of bacteria and barrier against moisture.
Development of new packaging solutions which provide product protection, quality, patient comfort and compliance, and security needs are expected to increase consumer consumption. This in turn is expected to drive the market for novel pharmaceutical packaging. In addition, increasing global drug counterfeit market and the subsequent development of anti-counterfeiting drug packaging technologies and products is expected to boost the demand for pharmaceutical packaging over the next few years. Furthermore, introduction and implementation of numerous stringent regulations and standards for pharmaceutical packaging by regulatory bodies such as Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC), National Quality Forum (NQF) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to fuel the growth of the market within the forecast period. However, availability of raw materials and volatility in the price of raw materials is expected to hamper the growth of the market. Moreover, complicated registration procedure of packaging is expected to be a key challenge in the growth of the market.
Growing demand for pharmaceutical packaging from Asia Pacific on account of increased contract manufacturing, ageing population and growth of pharmaceutical industry are expected to open new opportunities for the market. In addition, shift towards nano-enabled packaging to enhance barrier properties against light, moisture, and mechanical forces is expected to open opportunities for the growth of the market over the next few years.
The plastic bottles product segment dominated the pharmaceutical packaging market in 2011 owing to the increased demand in North America and Western Europe. Plastic bottles accounted for over 20% of the market in 2011. However, parental containers are expected to show the fastest growth within the forecast period due introduction of new injected therapies. In addition, the label product segment is expected to show significant growth within the forecast period on account of growing number of regulations.
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PD: Dozens of cats removed from Gilbert home
GILBERT, AZ - Authorities say 79 cats were removed from a Gilbert home Monday.
A spokesperson for the Gilbert Police Department said officers were called to a home near Ray Road and Val Vista Drive Monday afternoon.
Police said investors who bought the home at an auction were starting renovations. The investors were removing cabinets, carpet and furniture from the home when the previous owner, a woman in her 50s, came home. She was supposed to move out of the home, but didn't.
#Gilbert PD getting boxes ready to remove potentially dozens of cats from a house. #abc15 #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/pkFAnQs9r8— Nohelani Graf (@NoheG) July 22, 2014
Police said the woman did go down to the police station willingly and surrendered control of the cats to animal officials.
Arizona Humane Society officials were using nets and boxes to collect the images.
Police said the cats will be taken to Maricopa County Animal Care & Control and evaluated for possible adoption.
Neighbors said cats have roamed the neighborhood for a while and police have been contacted before, but nothing could be done unless someone had been injured by one of the animals.
Three neighbors said they have contacted their homeowner's association, but nothing was done.
No charges have been filed, but authorities say the woman could face animal cruelty charges.


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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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These way-cool floor-to-ceiling, blue glass sliding doors make this kitchen something worth blogging about. -Living Etc.
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Gorgeous glass and I think it's really neat how the kitchen countertop extends to become the dining table.
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Are immigrants better at putting deconstruction to work?
As an immigrant myself, I think I understand Jacques Derrida because he was also an immigrant. The immigrant experience—mine, to be sure—is one of becoming decentered and of finding one self in a foreign place where one has to introduce one self (and to be introduced) as a representative abstraction of another culture and as a brief (and textual) identity. If deconstruction acts as the de facto method put to work by many postmodern (or hipster) writers, then dislocation acts as a biographical trope for the radical multiplication of readings.
To strategically essentialize based on my experience, I would agree that ESL poets see and hear English from the outside as a strange and awkward medium because learning to communicate with a new language demands more sensitive attention to its materiality than it does for native speakers. The shock of the idiomatic phrase delights the foreign tongue because the foreigner hears (as does John Ashbery) in the wisdom of slang and clichés the horded culture of a people, a zeitgeist or an essence of a place in time, a myth of origin. The foreign poet takes delight in these loaded everyday dictums and listens with his tongue. (Tanta 29)
Poetry is dead. Rumors of poetry's still being alive have been greatly exaggerated and greatly promulgated in the service of war profiteering. The future of poetry is Creative Nonfiction. Verse or the breaking of lines into discrete acoustic, visual, semantic, breath, or idiomatic units is as over—and as quaint—as the villanelle was to Walt Whitman. Having said the above, the quicksand of narrative with its immersive pleasures—readily commodifiable by glocal capital—stands bloated and waiting to be exploded by the raw teeth of form. Content comes and content goes, but only form will break the bones of our assumptions.
Musing on our mania for the new, Andrei Codrescu writes: "The most valuable commodity, right after human energy, is style. If styles don't change to arouse us to trade in yesterday's model for today's, the world collapses. Style feeds capital, and so it can never be allowed to devolve into the familiar, it must aspire to multidimensionality, to complexity … to poetry.†(94-5) Codrescu's critical observation points to the troublesome wedding between kinds of aesthetic progress (that feeling of forward motion in cultural time) and profit-making schemes.
Deconstructing the host language and host culture and host food ways, the newcomer waffles between acculturation and assimilation. In banal and extravagant ways the immigrant has to choose between remaining a kind of billboard for national excess and blending in. The immigrant poet has to choose between representing and ignoring her or his location-trouble. Somehow, the immigrant is forced to be hip in that she or he has to create a network in order to survive, to thrive, and eventually to erect a white picket fence around a set of habits commonly known as an identity.
Performing the categorical violence in deciding what's hip and not hip remains today—as it ever was—relative to the degree of innocence afforded by various conceptual and material comforts. In the end, the choice of contemporary American hipster poets to be aware or innocent of the difficulties of mindfulness has got to be left with the individual.
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Codrescu, Andrei. "The Poetry Lesson.†Princeton UP, 2010.
Tanta, Gene. Unusual Woods. Buffalo: BlazeVOX Books, 2010.
Chicago Art in Pictures: New Capital
May 20, 2013 · Print This Article
This week, independent of one another, Chicago-based writers Caroline Picard and Jason Foumberg both raised questions related to sustainability in the art world. Within the context of Bad at Sports, Picard wondered about communal failure, ethics, and Utopia, particularly as those political concepts concerned the field of social practice. And at the alternative weekly publication Newcity, Foumberg offered a comparative overview of local, economic models in gallery practice.
Six months earlier, the proprietors of Chicago's New Capital Projects, Ben Foch and Chelsea Culp, began a twenty-five day round-the-clock closing event for their gallery. Foch and Culp had, from the outset, planned a limited, two-year run of public exhibitions at their venue. And having reached the end of their finite schedule they threw open the doors to everyone interested in one last collaborative endeavor entitled "24HRS/25DAYS." Whither came the funding for such a spectacle? In 2011, the Propeller Fund announced that Foch and Culp were recipients of a 6000 USD award.
Rather than being a survey of contemporary programming, this installment of Chicago Art in Pictures is a historical offering. If New Capital Projects' success (and it was a success) seemed contingent upon its engagement with artists, its monetary subsidization, and its relatively brief public existence, then maybe too it was the case that only an informal, ethical consensus allowed for a momentary sort of Utopia within the city's crumbling West Side.
While planning what might be possible for the future, it's helpful to remember what has worked in the past. And so, some of the activity surrounding New Capital Projects in the year 2012 is suggested by the imagery below. A full schedule for "24HRS/25DAYS" is still available at New Capital Projects' website. All artwork copyright original artists; photography copyright Paul Germanos.
Above: Ben Foch, left, and Chelsea Culp, center, with ACRE's (Moustache Phil) Philip Kaufmann, right, at New Capital Projects on a hot summer night, June 30, 2012.
Above: Estonian performance collective NON GRATA's "Force Majeure" in Chicago, at New Capital Projects, March 4, 2012.
Above: Meg Noe in "I, Who Have Known the Horror of Mirrors" on December 6, 2012, in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: Elena Katsulis and Erin Peisert in "The Longer I had to Stand There" on December 6, 2012, in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: A four second exposure of Jeff Harms' laminated wood sculpture on December 2, 2012, in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: Estonian performance collective NON GRATA's "Force Majeure" in Chicago, at New Capital Projects, March 4, 2012.
Above: KLOSS/STOLTMANN at New Capital Projects, June 30 – August 5, 2012.
Above: Nandini Khaund, foreground, and Melina Ausikaitis, background, on November 16, 2012, performing in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: Matthew Lane in "Lane/Sirianni" at New Capital Projects, March 16 – April 7, 2012.
Above: Michael Sirianni in "Lane/Sirianni" at New Capital Projects, March 16 – April 7, 2012.
Above: Matthew Lane, left, speaking to Stephanie Burke, center, at New Capital Projects, March 16, 2012.
Above: New Capital Projects' courtyard on a summer night, June 30, 2012.
Above: Joseph Rynkiewicz' installation "Bonfire," on November 24, 2012, in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: Kavi Gupta's Joseph Rynkiewicz (at far right) with bonfire in progress on November 24, 2012, in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: The Hills Esthetic Center's Leo Kaplan on December 2, 2012, presenting "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday," in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: Northwestern's Sofia Leiby lectures Seth Sher at New Capital Projects, June 30, 2012.
Above: "A bowl of soup, a coffin, a door" installation by MCA's Karsten Lund, SAIC's Dana DeGiulio, Corbett vs. Dempsey's Julia V. Hendrickson, and Sofia Leiby, on November 25, 2012, in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: The Hills Esthetic Center's Michael Kloss, left, and ACRE's Emily Green, right, in AUSIKAITIS/KLOSS at New Capital Projects, September 1, 2012.
Above: Seth Sher, a/k/a Psychic Steel, left, and Meg Noe, right, at New Capital Projects, September 1, 2012.
Above: Conor Creagan in "Wonderful Tonight" on December 2, 2012, in "24HRS/25DAYS."
Above: Roxaboxen's (formerly) Liz McCarthy with Moustache Phil at New Capital Projects, June 30, 2012.
Above: Lynn Basa, left, shows "Burnt Journals" work to Sarah Weber, right, on November 24, 2012, in "24HRS/25DAYS."
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Episode 403: apexart resident Reymar Gacutan
May 20, 2013 · Print This Article
This week: Amanda and Richard talk to inbound apexart resident Reymar Gacutan as a part of our ongoing partnership.
Reymar Gacutan (b. 1972) is an artist and educator based in Quezon City, The Philippines, and currently teaches at the School for Design and Arts, De La Salle – College of St. Benilde. Gacutan started his path as an artist in 1985 after winning a painting contest, and was then invited by the Department of Education to take the entrance exam for a scholarship at the Philippines High School for the Arts. In 1997 he graduated from the University of the Philippines, College of Fine Arts, with a degree in painting. In addition to his studies, Gacutan served as an apprentice to Mariano Madarang, an artist and ex-dean of PWU, and Zotter da Lavant, an Austrian artist, and through this learned art restoration and conservation. After graduating from the College of Fine Arts, Gacutan worked as a CGI/3D animation artist at Imagineers, Toonworks, and Tooncity, but found little fulfillment and decided to focus on his art. Since then he has exhibited in both solo and group shows and has taught at several schools in The Philippines.
Week In Review: Practicing
May 19, 2013 · Print This Article
It has been a big week for sure! I've spent the last few days in Portland, at the Open Engagement Conference and many of my posts have covered that. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start from the beginning.
The week began with some real T courtesy of Bad at Sports' official Gossip Columnist, Dana Bassett, including E-Dogz upcoming, Â "Twends" Â spotted at the SAIC Fashion Show this year, an architectural study of the Bachman House, a WHO WORE IT BETTER and some sketch gifs by Elisa Hawkins. Once again, another Episode not to be missed.
Reporting on all things Social Practice, Mary Jane Jacob writes about terminology and the settling thereof:
"Social Practice†has caught on as a name, as well as a practice. I'm relieved to see relationship aesthetics (Nicholas Bourriard) dropped from the vocabulary list along with the litany of terms: new genre public art (Suzanne Lacy), dialogic art (Grant Kester), participatory art practices (Claire Bishop), more recently art of social cooperation (Tom Finkelpearl), and others of a collaborative, community, or group persuasion. Maybe it has taken us 20-some years to arrive at a name, not because we didn't try, but because the practice itself has been evolving and this name works.
Social Practice evokes Beuys' Social Sculpture, while practice is more open and active; it's also less cumbersome than socially engaged art practice. It can hold a variety of ways of working and making, thus avoiding the critic's urge to nit-pick definitions and lock in characteristics which inevitably shortchange the art and pigeonhole the artist into what amounts to a style. [Look for our exhibition in September 2014 at SAIC's Sullivan Galleries that will bring the social practice artistinto the gallery, not to document what happened out in the world but to engage the gallery as a still-critical space of, yes, "engagement.â€]
Thomas Friel writes about the unveiling of Mike Kelly's Mobile Homestead — and maybe it's the jazz station plays in the background on a friend's radio, but Friel's intro gives me the chills almost; it's so good it feels like it could be the start of a detective novel:
Walking up to the clapboard rancher surrounded by a sod lawn in front of a brick building whose facing side was painted a sky blue, an uneasy feeling of displacement crept up my spine. On one side was downtown Detroit, the other was suburbia. Except it was some sort of self conscious version of suburbia, reminiscent of the prosaic childhood setting so many of us are familiar with, but with an almost mythic nature as a newly fetishized art object. Originally "launched†in 2010 as an intricately choreographed performative sculpture, Mike Kelley's Mobile Homestead finally opened to the public on May 11, 2013 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit as a permanent fixture on the adjacent lot. As a recreation of the late artist's childhood home in suburban Westland, MI, the resulting structure is fairly straightforward. As an art work, it is extremely complex, a nearly uncatagorizable masterpiece, wholly embracing major themes of his life's work while barreling into new territory altogether in the most ambitious project of his far too short career. Mobile Homestead asserts itself as both public and private sculpture, focusing on community involvement and outreach, yet retaining a strong sense of privacy and secrecy inherent in homes by the elaborate basement labyrinth which will be kept off limits to the general public.
On Thursday, Thea Liberty Nichols interviewed the "indefatigable" Jodie Mack, whose "films traffic in the tropes and technical achievements of the history of moving image work while simultaneously canabalizing themselves in the process of their creation." In Mack's words:
On a fundamental level, I'm interested in the tension between form and meaning. Each one of my films studies some sort of tangible object or set of objects: colored plastic (A Joy), photo-negatives (Lilly), magazines (Yard Work is hard Work) junk mail (Unsubscribe 1-4), fabric (Harlequin, Rad Plaid, Posthaste Perennial Pattern, Point de Gaze, Persian Pickles, Blanket Statement), posters (Dusty Stacks of Mom), etc. The materials guide the messages; the results take on different forms, some looking more like pre-established genres than others. The role of abstract animation in cinema – its sensational and narrative possibilities – surfaces often in my films no matter the material I'm exploring. DSoM chews through the posters and digests them through a number of animation techniques; certain scenes emphasize representational aspects of the posters while others abstract the material. So, I'd say the depiction of representational imagery vs. abstraction in this film is both a focus of the piece and a by-product of the material at hand in this case.
Robert Burnier brings it all home again with this post about painting and craft —
I once had a penchant for the obsessive, compulsive traditions of certain Dutch painters like Paulus Potter, Adriaen van der Spelt and Jan van Cappelle, so whenever I was in an encyclopedic museum, I would always make my way toward those galleries. Afterward, however, I would go straight to where the modern art was and stand in front of a Cy Twombly or some other such work. In 2002 the Gerhard Richter retrospective, 40 Years of Painting, came to the Art Institute of Chicago. One salient aspect of this was to witness a similar kind of range more or less present in one artist; one who held up Reading, Grey Mirror, and 256 Colors as artistic statements of the same order. I see these memories as analogies for the way I continue to approach works of art, especially – though in a limited sense – when it comes to issues of craft.
"What is Open Engagement?" you might ask. Open Engagement (OE) is the socially engaged art conference I am at presently. In Portland, Oregan. AKA Paradise. I'm still here and it's still awesome. I have been interviewing a couple of artist and writing some blog posts about events that have taken place. I expect to be writing a little more about things, and posting some blog-format interviews down the line. But for the moment, you can read my first introductory post:
The first Open Engagement conference was the result of Jen Delos Reyes' thesis project at the University of Regina; Reyes wanted to create a "different kind of conference,†one platforming emerging and established artists while providing a site for both "production and reflection.†This is Open Engagement. Delos Reyes came to Portland State to co-direct the MFA in Art and Social Practice once she had finished her MFA, and in 2010 Open Engagement came to Portland State. To this day, the conference is the result of collaboration between MFA students, Delos Reyes and OE Co-director, Crystal Baxley. In her opening remarks, Delos Reyes remarked on the sometimes "unkempt" nature of the conference, highlighting that it was focused on an artistic discipline that by its very nature is influx, and sometimes messy. That directive affords a kind of experimental quality which is perhaps missing from what she refered to as a more "rigid professionalism."
Wonder what's t(w)ending at OE this year? Ethics, Failure and Utopia, or so I suggest.
Do you have questions about terminology in social engaged art practice? Well OE did not and here are some remarks about that.
Open Engagement 2013 No. 03: Nomenclature
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Thus far at Open Engagement, I've heard no discussion around the terminology of social practice, or specifically what to call "social practice." The conference at large seems  presently unbothered by the nomenclature of its  discipline. It's quite refreshing, actually. Perhaps it means the terminology is settled, or perhaps because the conference is organized by PSU's Social Practice MFA Department, the department inadvertently sets a precedent for how artists define their methodology in this particular context. Earlier this week Mary Jane Jacob's made a similar observation on Bad at Sports, outlining a good list of terminology options, along with their point of origin, and thereafter drawing the conclusion that, "Maybe it has taken us 20-some years to arrive at a name ["Social Practice"], not because we didn't try, but because the practice itself has been evolving and this name works."
While suggested terms continue to crop up, (relationship aesthetics, new genre public art, dialogic art, participatory art practices, participatory art, art of social cooperation, live art, service media etc.) the discipline itself  continues to evolve as well. It seems possible that the artist practitioners might be less invested in the politics of terminology and more interested in what is at hand, what is commonly understood as the best term which will supply a shorthand meaning to a given listener: practically speaking, what term to use when applying for a grant?
I realize, very few people want to sit in a room listening to others pontificate on the benefits of one name over another — nevertheless, I find it interesting because Social Practice (as a discipline) is straightening out, in a way, becoming more and more compatible with the canon of art. As such, the terminology around it seems to be settling down as well. What was once a renegade discipline has reached a kind of young adulthood. The field is still wide open for experimentation and development, but some of its edges have been defined through consensus. The various MFA programs dedicated to Social Practice further reinforce that transition, as they are forced to codify-in-order-to-teach. Those programs are similarly invested in propagating their own terminology, to validate the significance of their program. And this too is what I find so interesting about names: while the artists themselves might be more interested in the activity of making, the administrators, curators and theorists flanking the discipline have a lot at stake in the theoretical baggage/leverage different names bear. I'll admit that for a while it seemed a little like the Wild West to me, where every year another artistic thinker would propose a new name for the discipline, like a cowboy opening a new shop in a small, as yet brand new town. Each new phrase brought with it a host of promises to be tested.
Regardless owhole settled things might seem now, I like to think there is something about Social Practice that resists a stable affinity with language. While it might adopt an umbrella term for practical ends, the artists working within this discipline continue complicate the labeling of their work with other qualifying terms. In one statement I read this week, for instance the artist said she "worked in social practice and participatory art," implying some difference between these two often synonymous terms; when presented side by side like that, the words feel somehow self-conscious and slightly uneasy as a reader has to trouble over their distinction. In other words, while I may be preoccupied with these terms, it would seem a number of participants here in Portland enjoy mucking up their terminology, culling from various lexicons and thereby creating  a unique assemblage of terms for themselves.


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The number of job openings in June was 3.1 million, essentially unchanged from May.
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From June 2010 to June 2011, the number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) increased for total nonfarm and total private. The number of job openings also increased in mining and logging, retail trade, professional and business services, and health care and social assistance. Job openings decreased over the year for federal government. Over the year comparisons for federal government are impacted by last year's elevated numbers of job openings, hires, and separations of temporary workers needed to conduct the 2010 Census.
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Ever wanted to play a stuntman, building dangerous tracks and taking your motorcycle for a spin ? If the answer is positive then Joe-Danger the upcoming game from the indie developers Hello Games might be for you.
The purpose of this game is to have fun, with it's childish graphics it doesn't attempt to be a realistic simulator.
Joe Danger is a racing, track-building, combo making, stunts game that will be released very soon and it will also be available for GNU/Linux as the build was already done.
You are Joe Danger, the world's most determined stuntman. You live to thrill the crowd and break World Records. Take on your friends or race against your rivals – the reckless "Team Nasty". You laugh in the face of danger, and it laughs back, as you bounce from boulder to boulder, on fire, towards that pile of mousetraps. Freeze the game at any point and edit your level however you want it. Once you are finished, share the joy.
Joe Danger aims to recreate the childish joy of the first time you took a toy motorbike, doused it in lighter fluid, lit it, and launched it at high speed over your carefully constructed ramp out a second story window, while all the kids in the neighbourhood cheered below.
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How to: Disk partitioning for Linux and Windows dual-booting
Finally, there is an Extended Partition for all the other Linux distributions I am trying out on this little netbook. The actual number installed varies depending on what I am doing. There are currently six different distributions installed there, and there is enough free space at the end to add one or two more if I want. The important thing here is that the Linux grub bootloader will boot either a Primary or a Logical Partition without requiring any unusual manipulation of boot files or partitions. Ok, that's enough - probably more than enough. I hope that what all of this showed was that installing Linux doesn't require complicated disk partitioning, it can actually be quite simple.
antiX 16 "Berta Cáceres" Linux OS Arrives without systemd, Based on Debian 8.5
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Tis Good to Be a Princess
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MOm tried to thank everyone - but lost track of where she started, so I thank each & everyone for my gifties & well wishes. We are happy to say that all the fish foods are gone. Mom only had a couple cans left & did not want to waste them. Tomorrow I go to every other day with the prednisolone, so I guess that will tell. I hope I don;t have any barfies. Keeping good thoughts..... Oh mom did have a sample, and I loved this so much, she bought a bag. It is by Whole Pet, freeze dried chicken breast. Nothing else. Made in the USA. You can eat it crunchy or even rehydrate it. She did not think I would like it, but I adore it! So this way I can still get a treat. Me & Felix are the only ones that seem to like it, but hey more for me! And I guess I will share with the usurper. He is kinda growing on me - I only hiss at him halfheartedly now, and not always. Well, that i all for now!
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Purrs that you continue doing well Maizy!!! No more fishy for you! Glad you like those treats. Are you sure it's Whole Pet or is it WholeLife? We eat the WholeLife ones.
I'm so happy for you, Maizy! Stick to meat if that makes you feel better. Glad you found some treats that work too! Felix is very cute. I couldn't get mad at him either if he were my little brother.
Those treats sound good!
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Congratulations to Dr. Robert Adams on his appointment to the editorial review board for the Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, a UK-based professional, peer-reviewed journal covering all of the current modalities specific to clinical oncology and radiotherapy. The journal aims to publish international research that encourages debate and the exchange of information and opinion from within the field of radiotherapy practice and clinical oncology.]]>
Dr. Robert Adams has been named an American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD) Fellow. Official recognition of new AAMD Fellows will take place during the Fellows Ceremony and Reception at the 2013 AAMD Annual Meeting on June 17, 2013, in San Antonio, Texas.
The honorary category of Fellow is bestowed upon members who have made outstanding contributions to the medical dosimetry profession and to the AAMD.]]>
Representatives from over 50 countries attended the meeting.]]>
Their article, "Survey of R.T.s with Doctorates: Barriers to Conducting Research," appeared in the May/June 2010 issue of Radiologic Technology. They received their award at the 2011 ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.]]>


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Between March and July 2003 we were living in a furnished apartment on the 19th floor of a colourful high-rise building next to Lake Ontario. Location: Toronto, Canada. From the window of our small apartment we could see ever changing mosaics in the waters of Toronto Harbour. The pictures are not only fond memories but time witnesses as well. And they are - in a charming way - reflecting the photographer's love for details. Due to the Blurb limit of 160 pages the series is divided into two books.
09 Issue 2 Published March 14, 2016
09 Issue 1 Published October 23, 2015
Collages/collages Published June 05, 2011
Upper Vancouver Published May 22, 2010
5 Months in Toronto / Book 2 Published April 24, 2010
Getaways Published October 15, 2009


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Marine diterpene glycosides (MDGs) respresent a small but highly significant group of the much larger class of marine diterpenes. The three well-studied examples of MDGs are eleutherobins, pseudopterosins and fuscosides, all of which exhibit extremely promising biological activity. The eleutherobins...
Electrochemical studies of η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates of η6-substituted arenes and η6-heterocycles
Polarographic half-wave potentials for two reduction steps of 49 cyclopentadienyliron complexes of substituted arenes or heterocycles in dimethylformamide were determined. A fast cyclic voltammetry (10–40 V/s) was used to study the electron transfer kinetics of some of these complexes. After corre...
Solvent and temperature effects on the electrochemical reduction of some η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates of η6-polycyclic and η6-heterocyclic complexes
Electrochemical reduction studies of a series of η6-polycyclic and η6-heterocyclie arene-η5-cyclopentadienyliron cations were carried out in different solvents and at different temperatures. The complexes were reduced in two one-electron steps. Stability of the first reduction product was much hi...
The article provides an overview of the synthesis, properties, and applications of metal-containing polymers. The past decade has shown an exponential increase in synthetic methods, resulting in metal-containing polymers, their characterization techniques, and their potential application into a vari...
Metal-containing conducting polymers are a new and interesting class of materials that combine some of the redox properties of conducting polymers and some of those of the metal ions. In metal-containing conjugated polymers, there are several possible arrangements of metal group relative to the back...
Electrochemical studies of η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates of η6-substituted arenes and η6-heterocycles
Polarographic half-wave potentials for two reduction steps of 49 cyclopentadienyliron complexes of substituted arenes or heterocycles in dimethylformamide were determined. A fast cyclic voltammetry (10–40 V/s) was used to study the electron transfer kinetics of some of these complexes. After corre...
Time-dependent oxidation of η6-alkylaniline-η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates, 17–32, allows for the preparation of nitrobenzene complexes with alkyl 33–48 or keto 49 substituents. Alkylnitroarene complexes are prepared by the oxidation of their corresponding aniline complexes with ...
A new dilophol diterpene, eunicidiol (1), has been isolated from the crude extract of Eunicea fusca, a gorgonian coral collected from Hillsboro Ledge, Florida. This compound was purified, along with fuscol (2) and eunicol (3), using a combination of normal- and reversed-phase chromatography methods....
Assessing accumulation and biliary excretion of naphthenic acids in yellow perch exposed to oil sands-affected waters
Naphthenic acids are known to be the most prevalent group of organic compounds in oil sands tailings-associated waters. Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) were exposed for four months to oil sands-influenced waters in two experimental systems located on an oil sands lease 30km north of Fort McMurray Al...
Controlled radical polymerization has become increasingly important over the past decade and a half, allowing for the facile synthesis of specific macromolecular architectures with excellent control over the chemical and physical properties. This article presents an organized and detailed review of ...
We introduce the localized pair model of electronic structure analysis and propose the two-electron reduced density matrix as an important interpretive tool in chemistry. Interelectronic probability distributions in position and momentum space are calculated for individual localized molecular orbita...
Metathesis of N-silyl compounds with selenenyl chlorides. First preparation of a selenenyl azide and a triselenenamide.
A unique route to the synthesis of 2-alkyl-2-arylphenylsulphonylacetonitriles via the nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) of chloroarene cyclopentadienyliron complexes with 2-alkyl phenylsulphonylacetonitriles has been investigated. Reactions of chloroarene complexes (1a–d) with 2-alkyl phen...


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Hobbs Reservoir property
This fishing property is located about 1.5 miles southwest of the junction of SR-193 and US-89. From this junction travel west on SR-193 to 2000 East, then southeast to Deere View Dr. then south on 2125 East to Kays Creek Parkway.
Standard rules:
- All anglers must register
- Park in the designated area
- Do not drive off the roads
- Do not drive past the parking area
- Please pick up all trash (even if it's not yours)
- Please respect this private property
Special rules: No motorized watercraft allowed on the reservoir except to prior leasee who may use the reservoir for waterskiing on Tuesday, Fridays and if no angles are present on Saturdays. Signs will indicate this agreement.
When opened: Year round during the years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016; ending December 31, 2016
Anglers may harvest: All legal aquatic species, primarily rainbow trout, bluegill, and largemouth bass
Area to fish: 65 acres of Hobbs Reservoir
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While the seasonal opening of our sites is exciting, it is not really out of the ordinary. We expect our museums to open at this time of year. This week we are lucky to have a handful of events which would qualify as extra-ordinary. On Thursday and Friday, we are welcoming delegates from across the province to the Nova Scotia Built Heritage Conference. I have been part of the organizing committee for this event so I am very pleased to see things coming together. This should be a good conference filled with interesting sessions. On Saturday, we are marking the Sinclair Inn's 300th anniversary with a party in the afternoon. This event will have craftspeople, demonstrators, costumed animators and, hopefully, a great deal of fun.
Finally, on Thursday at 6pm, we will be hosting the official plaquing of North Hills Museum as it becomes a Provincial Heritage Property. While I am not fond of the verb form of the word plaque, it seems to be the correct word to use in this context. What I am fond of is the fact that the museum is officially being recognized for its heritage value and its contribution to the Nova Scotia landscape. This lovely saltbox structure has graced the Granville Road from as early as 1764. Home to the Amberman family from the 1780s until the 1960s, the building was donated to the province by Robert Patterson in 1974. Today the museum houses Patterson's astounding collection of Georgian porcelain, glass, paintings and furniture. Please join us for a plaquing, a BBQ and the chance to admire this beautiful building.
Because of all of the preparations needed this week, you are getting some recycled images from last season at North Hills Museum.
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Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Mount Cameroon Francolin (Francolinus camerunensis) - HBW 2, p. 503
French: Francolin du Cameroun
German: Kamerunfrankolin
Spanish: Francolín del Camerún
Other common names: Cameroon Mountain/Cameroon Francolin
Taxonomy: Francolinus camerunensis Alexander, 1909, Mount Cameroon.
Forms superspecies with F. swierstrai. Has been separated in genus Oreocolinus. Recently proposed reorganization of Francolinus places present species in genus Pternistis with 23 other species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Slopes of Mt Cameroon (W Cameroon).
- Endangered
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This is a collection of poems written by the author along with photographs he has taken over the years. They range from the dramatic to the sublime and are all thought provoking.
My wife Martha and I live on the north coast of California near the Redwoods. She works closely with me on my books and co-authored our latest work, "The Bear Family at Christmas." I enjoy reading, photography, hiking and watching classic films. We have just finished restoring our 1899 Victornian home and are looking forward to traveling around the country.
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Valentine's Day is the world's holiday of amour, so on this festive day where matters of the heart reign supreme, here are five love mobiles that will make Valentine's Day a memorable occasion:
1) The Ford Mustang is an American muscle car classic that has iconic appeal, excitement and superior power. With its rich history, throwback looks and modern efficiency, the pony car has continued to soar in popularity. Pulling up to any event in a Mustang is not only sure to cast looks your way but will make your love day an even more titillating affair!
2) Ok, how can the Volkswagen Beetle aka the "Love Bug" not be included in the mix of love mobiles? The oh-so-cute, yet modestly sporty Beetle just brings out feelings of love, peace and happiness, emotions that fit in nicely with what Valentine's Day is all about. The Beetle's cool retro-inspired design and cozy/comfy interior which is an ideal love setting is sure to create a warm and fuzzy, fun, dating experience.
3) Who says pickups aren't sexy? The Ford F150 makes a big statement and no longer in a rough and tumble way. The pickup is smooth, luxurious, comfy, roomy and chockfull of creature comforts. Yet, the truck can haul, climb and tow because it's "built tough," so is there anything sexier than a can-do-all vehicle? Word on the street is that pickups drive women mad in a good way, so a vehicle like the F150 will probably take a man's sex appeal to a whole other dimension. Interested in kicking up your social life a notch or two especially on a night like tonight, try an F150 on for size!
4) Sexy is the Audi A5 sport coupe's middle name. Sleek, edgy, the premium ride is a head-turner. With a ride that is smooth and quiet, just the hush of the A5's cabin makes for love conversation that is meant to be had by two. More than just a pretty face, the A5 is sure to add just a touch of elegance to any hot Valentine's Day tête-à-tête.
5) Ok, station wagons aren't sexy? Says who? Well the Cadillac CTS Wagon gives you sexy every which way you peep it. Cadillac proudly broke all of the stereotypical styling cues associated with station wagons by producing the CTS Wagon, a luxurious caliber of vehicle that will make any couple excited to step into it on any date night. The CTS Wagon is practical, spacious, and comfortable with a soothing ambience. So powerful and road-ready, the car is certainly more than capable to transport folks with ease at ridiculous speeds. A Valentine's Day date in a sexy CTS Wagon, well, who wouldn't want to step out in one!
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April 3, 2014
EIU Big Blue Classic Live Results DeKALB, Ill. - While the rest of the unit gets the weekend off, the Northern Illinois University track & field team will send its distance group downstate to eastern Illinois for the EIU Big Blue Classic. While the meet starts on Thursday, the Huskies will not compete until Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m. with the 1500 meters. "We're looking forward to building off the strong performances we had last week at NC State," said NIU assistant coach Greg Hipp. "Our middle distance runners are really steeping up right now and we expect they'll continue to do so. We're also looking forward to seeing Ali Olson and Carly Pederson take their first career attempt at the steeplechase." NIU had a busy weekend last time out with athletes competing at three different meets - the Texas Relays, Bobcat Invitational and Raleigh Relays. In the Lone Star State, Latesha Bigby (Hanover, Jamaica/Butler CC) excelled in the 100 hurdles at Texas and Texas State, while Claudette Day (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) shattered the school record in the heptathlon with 4,741 points. Over in North Carolina, the Huskies collected personal-record performances from Ali Olson (New Auburn, Wis./Bloomer), Hannah Savage (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls) and Leah Raffety (Machesney Park, Ill./Harlem). In Charleston, Ill., the distance group faces a stacked field of the Midwest's top schools, including Missouri Valley Conference members Indiana State and Southern Illinois, Dayton, Lipscomb and Division II power Grand Valley State. Live results will be available on EIUPanthers.com.


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The man considered as a person of interest for the Marianna quadruple murders appeared in court today for sentencing on an unrelated charge.
Last month a Calhoun County jury convicted Wesley Williams for attacking a Blountstown man.
Twenty-two-year-old Wesley Williams was sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison today for felony battery.
On September 20 jurors found Williams guilty of felony battery in the beating of Delandon Reed.
Reed was supposedly beating his girlfriend when Williams stepped in and put Reed in a headlock.
Williams then went to his car, took something out, and began beating Reed with the object. Some witnesses say it was a gun.
Reed suffered a fracture to the skull.
The five-year prison sentence may not be the end of Williams' legal problems.
Marianna police say Williams is still a person of interest in the Marianna quad murders.
On March 17, 2005, authorities found 19-year-old Danielle Baker and her three young sons dead inside of her Cottondale Village Apartment.
Williams is the father of two of the dead boys. So far he's refused to talk to investigators about the case.
Williams will have to serve at least 85 percent of the five-year sentence he received today.
The judge also ordered him to pay $543.20 in restitution.


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Acer outs updated Iconia A1 and B1 Android tablets and Liquid Z5 smartphone
Also reveals refreshed C720p Chromebook
THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW (CES) is almost upon us, and Acer has been quick to reveal what we can expect to see from it in Las Vegas.
Clearly looking to prevent its new products announcements from getting lost in the CES madness, Acer unveiled updates to its affordable Iconia A1 and Iconia B1 Android tablets today.
Acer's updated Iconia A1-830 features a 7.9in 1024x768 display housed in a "premium aluminum" chassis, and it improves on the original with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Clovertrail+ chip under the hood. This comes paired with with 1GB of RAM, and Google's ageing Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean mobile operating system.
It also has 16GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, dual cameras, WiFi connectivity and 7.5 hour battery life. It will be offered along with Acer's optional Crunch Keyboard, which the firm boasts is only 5.3mm thick.
Acer AVP of the Mobile Consumer business unit Jerry Kao said, "Our fundamental goal when creating the Acer Iconia A1-830 was to provide our customers with an optimized Android tablet that stands out from other devices.
"Consumers expect more than ever from value-oriented products, and the Acer Iconia A1-830 tablet delivers much more than tablets in this class with its vibrant IPS display, premium aluminium metal finish and great performance and sound."
The updated Acer Iconia B1 is a cheaper alternative to the A1 tablet, touting a smaller 7in display, a dual-core 1.3GHz processor, WiFi and optional 3G connectivity. It will be available in grey and red versions.
The Acer Iconia B1 will be available mid-January from €129, while the Iconia A1 tablet will be priced at €169. Acer has not announced UK availability, but it told The INQUIRER that we can expect a UK release.
Acer also announced the Liquid Z5 smartphone on Friday, which will also launch in mid-January priced at €169. It will have a 5in 16:9 aspect ratio display, a dual-core 1.3GHz processor, 4GB of internal storage, a 5MP rear-facing camera and the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean mobile operating system.
Acer has also been keen to boast that the handset measures just 8.8mm thick and tips the scales at 147g.
Not content with two tablets and a smartphone under its CES belt, Acer also today revealed an update to its C720P Chromebook laptop, which is now available in a Moonstone White flavour, and said that its S3 Ultrabook is now shipping in the UK.
The firm has also spilled some details on availability of the Acer Iconia W4 Windows 8.1 tablet, which will arrive in Europe at the end of January priced at €299. µ
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How fan-barking-tastic are these puppies? The Dog Bone Paper Clips ($5) are shaped like little bones and are just as functional in fastening those important papers of yours together as needed. We love the second glance they make our boss take every time we put these in his inbox, we like to think it brightens up his day. After all, even the tough guy needs to smile every now and then.
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Aaron James Hawk (twitter: @OfficialAJHawk)
Position: LB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: January 6, 1984 in Kettering, OH
High School: Centerville
College: Ohio St. (school history) (Hawk college stats)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 59 (981st overall since 1950)
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Thomas Louis O'Malley
Position: QB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: July 23, 1925 in Cincinnati, OH
Died: June 11, 2011 in York, PA
High School: Hughes
College: Cincinnati (school history)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
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Mitt Romney is turning President Barack Obama's campaign message on its head.
The expected Republican presidential nominee says Obama wants to return America to "old-school liberal" policies of the past. Romney says he alone would guide the country in a new direction away from bigger government and higher taxes.
Obama has argued that Romney is the one who would take the country back to the past and to Bush administration policies. Obama and other Democrats say those policies didn't work and blame them for causing the recession.
Romney commented Monday during a campaign appearance in Lansing, Mich.
He also invoked Bill Clinton and said Obama should be more of a "new Democrat" like the former president who declared an end to "the era big government."