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Franklin Delnoa Fleming (better known as Frank Fleming) was born in Bear Creek, Alabama in June of 1940, the fifth of seven children.(1) His parents were tenant farmers who raised corn and cotton and Fleming experienced a typical farm-boy childhood surrounded by animals and constantly outdoors. As a child, Fleming stuttered, and as a result of being teased by other children, he often turned to animals for company. He has said he felt more at home with animals than people as a child.(2)
Though both Fleming's parents had grown up illiterate, the Fleming children were sent to school. Upon his graduation from Bear Creek High School, Fleming was awarded a scholarship to Florence State College by Alabama Easter Seals so that he could receive speech therapy. Because of his love for animals, Fleming originally planned to be a biology major, but when he took an elective course in art and discovered his talent, he decided instead to get a BA in art. After graduation in 1962, Fleming took a job as a technical artist doing paste-up work for the aerospace program at the Huntsville Space Flight Center. In 1968, Fleming returned to school at the University of Alabama to train as an art teacher with the help of a scholarship for Master's students in ceramics.
Fleming graduated with his MA in 1969 but was unable to find a teaching job. He was eventually appointed Supervisor of Art in the Huntsville region where he was charged with introducing art programs to twenty-two rural Alabama schools. He resigned the position after two years and returned to the University of Alabama on another grant to study for his MFA. Midway through the program in 1972, he came in contact with the works of Peter Voulkos and David Gilhooly. Impressed with their nonfunctional and sculptural ceramic work, Fleming decided to experiment himself, despite opposition from some of his teachers. In spring of 1973, he graduated and tried again to find a teaching job but found nothing. Finally, Fleming put aside his teaching ambitions and moved to Birmingham where he began making functional and decorative pottery, continuing his sculptural work on the side. It was during this period that he began to use white porcelain with only a clear glaze.
In 1974, Fleming had his first one-man show at the Birmingham Musem of Art and he sold his first few pieces. Around the same time, some of his works were accepted for the Crafts of the Americas exhibition in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Encouraged, Fleming began to send out work to juried exhibitions around the country. Recognition of his work was slow. In 1976, Fleming was selected as one of the artists in the traveling juried exhibition 35 Artists in the Southeast. In 1979, he was offered a one-man exhibition at the Morgan Art Gallery in Kansas City and exhibits in Washington, D. C. and New York City soon followed. By the early 1980s, Fleming was exhibiting in one-man shows across the United States. He was also participating extensively in group exhibitions. Some of his more prestigious venues include the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian and the National Museum of American Art.
Fleming's works also have appeared in a variety of publications on contemporary crafts and American ceramics including The History of American Ceramics by Elaine Levin, Art Now: From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism by Edward Lucie-Smith, and numerous journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.(3) His works also can be found in a variety of public, corporate, and private collections including the Five Points South Museum in Birmingham, Alabama, the Salt Lake City Museum of Fine Arts, the Smithsonian, the Landon Collection in Coral Gables, Florida, the Federal Express offices in Memphis, Hewlett-Packard headquarters in Palo Alto, California, the Frederick Weisman Collection in Los Angeles, and the American Ambassador's Residence in Bangkok, Thailand. Fleming has lectured extensively at workshops, local colleges, and craft organizations as well as larger universities such as Pennsylvania State College, the Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, the University of Georgia, and the University of California at Davis. He currently lives and works in Birmingham.
Fleming prefers to work in porcelain, particularly Tennessee porcelain, but has recently also tried bronze casting in his work for the sculpture garden and Till Fountain at MMFA, as well as the Five Points South Museum in Birmingham and Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. His ceramic pieces are entirely hand-built because, during his early training at Florence State College, he had no access to a potter's wheel. Fleming rarely does conceptual sketches of his works before he begins, preferring to watch his compositions evolve as he works. During his time at Florence State College, Fleming used paints and colored glazes but switched to clear glaze over plain white porcelain when he began to produce pottery professionally (c. 1973). Eventually, he came to leave the surfaces of his works unglazed in order to make surface textures more palpable and immediate to the viewer.
Fleming's sculptures are notable for their extreme veracity of detail which makes them highly realistic. The disjunction between the careful detailing and colorless surfaces of his works, however, lends a bizarre, and many times surreal, atmosphere to his pieces. Most of Fleming's works center around anthropomorphized animals, human-animal hybrids, and other organic hybrids (e.g. trees with hands), though some are simply realistic animals, plants, or vegetables.(4) Fleming's animals dress and behave like people and are often posed in groups which suggest myths, folklore, or fables.(5) Many works reflect particular people or events in Fleming's life. Humor is a common undercurrent in many of his works which is sometimes ironic, sometimes whimsical, and sometimes directed at Southern culture, such as his Heart of Dixie series. Other works address moral, social, and political issues, like his anti-war protest Guernica series, but these are never openly didactic. As Janet Koplos has said "These are not tracts to lecture us, although they variously focus on moral, social and political issues...They become richer with repeated viewing because they are packed with suggestion and possibility rather than statement."(6) Fleming's ceramic sculptures fall within the figurative tradition rather than being concerned with problems of space or mass.(7) His works are rooted in a sophisticated awareness of the history of art and an interest in contemporary issues. Fleming also has emphasized the importance of his upbringing in the South as an influence on his work.(8)
(1)Bibliographical information has been compiled from the following sources: Edward F. Weeks, Frank Fleming: Personal Mythologies, Birmingham Museum of Art, 1982; Margaret Lynne Ausfeld, Frank Fleming, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, 1983; Janet Koplos, "Frank Fleming", American Ceramics 4/2, April 2, 1985; Frank Fleming, "Personal Mythologies", The Georgia Review, Vol. 39 (2), Summer, 1985; Julia Harwell, Society for the Fine Arts Review, Vol. 7 (3), University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, Fall, 1985; Ethel Moore, Three Approaches to the Figurative: Fleming, Gatewood, Koegel, exhibition organized by Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina, Southern Arts Federation, 1986; Who's Who in American Art 1993-94, 20th edition, R. R. Bowker, New Providence, New Jersey, 1993, p. 371; Stephen Smith and J. R. Taylor, "Snakes and Salamanders and Frank Fleming", I Cover the War, April, 1993; artist's vitae and other information on file at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, 1996. See also Ceramics Southeast: The Figure, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1986. For a recent study of Fleming's career see also Patricia Lane Cooper Lowrimore, Frank Fleming: A Change of Attitude, MA thesis, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1992. (2)Ausfeld, 1983; Harwell, 1985; Smith and Taylor, 1993 (3)See, for example, the articles listed in note 1 above. (4)Koplos, 1985, p. 24 (5)Koplos, 1985, p. 24; Smith and Taylor, 1993, p. 6 (6)Koplos, 1985, p. 28 (7)Koplos, 1985, p. 24. (8)Harwell, 1985, p. 4. "My roots are very important. They made me what I am. My inspiration, ideas, work ethic all came from being raised in this part of the country. I'm still drawing from it"
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The Energy Department on December 12 announced $150 million in clean energy tax credits to build U.S. capabilities in clean energy manufacturing. The credits will go towards investments in domestic manufacturing equipment by 12 businesses. Through the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program (48C Program), these awards will help create thousands of jobs across the country and increase U.S. competitiveness in the global clean energy market.
The awards include domestic manufacturing of a wide range of renewable energy and energy efficiency products, from hydropower and wind energy to smart grid technologies to fuel-efficient vehicles. Carrier Corporation received $5.1 million in 48C Program tax credits to expand production at its Indianapolis facility to meet increasing demand for its eco-friendly condensing gas furnace product line. Corning Incorporated received $30 million in tax credits to expand the manufacturing capacity of its diesel emissions control products facility in Erwin, New York. And Natel Energy Inc. received more than $2 million in tax credits to equip a manufacturing facility on California's former Alameda Naval Air Station to produce low-head, high-flow hydroelectric turbines.
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Last night was a must-win moment for Mitt Romney and he came through. He was prepared and gave GOP supporters and undecided voters reasons to reassess his candidacy. Curiously, the president seemed prepared for a debate format with buzzers, strict time limits and scripted questions, but seemed totally unprepared to engage directly with Romney in a free-style confrontation.
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Case in point: the $5 trillion tax cut. As I understand it, the $5 trillion number comes from the impact of lowering the tax rates,ending the AMT and estate tax and extrapolating those numbers out over 10 years. Romney would say the actual number would not be that large because it would be offset by eliminating or capping deductions and loopholes and the overall dynamic effect of a growing economy, a move he signaled a week ago in his 60 Minutes interview.
Obama's comeback should have been a clearer "are you putting everything on the table, including the mortgage deduction – which is the largest "loophole" or tax expenditure and, as memory serves me, is about a $500 billion hit to government revenue. And if the answer is yes, then Obama's next line would be to explain how this would hurt home ownership at a time when the real estate market is beginning to recover.
Put in the same situation, Bill Clinton might have countered math with math and subtly questioned Romney's motivations as the former president did at the Democratic Convention. And Ronald Reagan would have smiled at the camera and said " There you go again," which defanged Jimmy Carter's very aggressive critique of Medicare. Obama did neither, appeared distant, unsure and at times, petulant.
As I tweeted last night, Romney reinvigorated his campaign, and Obama missed a major opportunity to talk to the American people. He failed to look at the camera to drive home how Romney's would impact average Americans. Instead, he turned the rebuttal into an broad academic response that lacked passion and specifics. I asked myself, if I were sitting in a classroom, listening to their separate lectures on Economics and Government 101, which guy would give me a full notebook of notes. And on this count, the answer is Romney.


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An AI clustering system, Cobweb, has been applied to fault diagnosis, bridge design, and human gait analysis. These projects suggest lessons for those interested in engineering applications of clustering.

Doug Fisher, Ling Xu, James R. Carnes, Yoram Reich, Steven J. Fenves, Jason Chen, Richard Shiavi, Gautam Biswas, Jerry Weinberg, "Applying AI Clustering to Engineering Tasks", IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol.8, no. 6, pp. 51-60, December 1993, doi:10.1109/64.248353


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Roger will take a 7-0 record and the fervent support of a sellout hometown crowd into his Sunday final with Jarkko Nieminen at the Swiss Indoors.
"It's an almost perfect scenario," said Roger as he looked ahead to Sunday's final. "I'm really happy with how the week has gone after a bit of a scare in the first round."
"Today's match was a lot like my (7-6 7-6) match against Karlovic in Montreal with very few chances to break. Now I just hope the home crowd can help push me to the finish tomorrow."
Roger held his nerve in a steady win over huge-serving Ivo Karlovic, holding the Croatian to just 16 aces to advance 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5) in today's semi-final. He will next meet Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, who earlier had posted a 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 triumph over Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus.
"Roger's the favourite in every match he plays," said Nieminen. "I have lost to him seven times so I'm going in with no pressure. I have nothing to lose. I'll give my best and hopefully the match will go well for me."
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1.1 [usually as modifier] Galvanized iron or steel, especially as the material of domestic utensils or corrugated roofs: a zinc roof
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SIKESTON -- Sikeston's wrestling squad upped its dual record to 5-4 on Thursday, rolling over Dexter 58-18.
The Bulldogs were able to pin their adversaries in 10 of the 13 matches, with most coming in a relatively short amount of time.
"I halfway expected us to come out sluggish, because we've really been practicing hard this week," said Sikeston coach Chris Hodgkiss. "But the guys came out with a lot of intensity and got some good pins."
Cody Ryan (112), Adam Miller (119), Kyle Weeks (125), Cleveland Anthony (130), Justin Keller (140), Tony Reynolds (145), Scotty Keenan (152), Jackie Cowley (160), Scott Heuiser (189) and Joe Johnson (Hwt.) were all able to pin their opponents.
"Even though some of them were quick pins, they still got some good work on the mat in that short amount of time," said Hodgkiss.
In the 215 division, Sikeston's Stuart Carraway won a 10-1 decision over Dexter's Josh Robinson.
Sikeston also won Thursday's junior varsity match, 42-36. Sikeston winners were Max Hansen (112), Josh Holmes (119), Daniel Klimmek (125), Travis Cummins (130), Derris Butler (135), Kirk Butler (140) and Andy Croxford (189).
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Jackson School Board members have approved restructuring about $55 million of the district's debt in hopes of reducing payments and improving its credit rating.
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4 Questions from the Community
The Moen 3372 recomented handle and trim is T4171 (BN) for Brushed Nickel.
What handle and trim can I get for this valve? I'm installing a Moen iodigital shower control.
A. The Moen 3372 recomented handle and trim is T4171 (BN) for Brushed Nickel.
There is not a handle that will match the Kingsley collection for the Moen 3372.
Can ou get a handle to match nthe Kingsley collection for this valve?
A. There is not a handle that will match the Kingsley collection for the Moen 3372.
The Moen 3372 will work with the Moen TS4172 transfer trim kit.
Is there a handle and trim kit in the 90-degree collection for the MOEN 3372 Xfer valve rough-in?
The Moen 3372 will work with the Moen TS4172 transfer trim kit.
The Moen 3372 is not available in IPS, only Copper-to-Copper.
Is this valve available as IPS?
The Moen 3372 is not available in IPS, only Copper-to-Copper.
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Since he visited Israel and wrote a positive article about it, the prizewinning Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been threatened, blacklisted and defamed. But he refuses to express contrition or flee his country. Now he wants to promote cooperation among all writers − Arab and Israeli.
By Sefy Hendler, Haaretz
Israel lies at the heart of a storm that has been buffeting Sansal for months. The Algerian writer decided to visit Israel, returned "joyful" and even said so in writing. Since then, his life has been turned upside down.
Islamism and Nazism
His decision to become the only Arab writer living in an Arab country who did not boycott the Paris Book Fair in 2008 − at which Israel was the guest of honor − did nothing to enhance his domestic image. The situation deteriorated sharply that same year, when he published his most controversial book to date: "Le village de l'Allemand ou le journal des freres Schiller." (This is the only novel by Sansal that is available in English. Translated by Frank Wynne, it was published in the United States as "The German Mujahid" and in England as "An Unfinished Business.") The novel tells the story of two Algerian-born brothers who, after their German-born father is murdered by Islamists at the height of the civil war in Algeria, discover that he was a Nazi war criminal. Sansal displays high sensitivity for the unique tragedy undergone by the Jewish people in the Holocaust, and simultaneously, through the moral qualms of his protagonists, posits an equation − not easy to digest − between extreme Islam and Nazism.
Doesn't that equation justify crimes perpetrated by the Algerian authorities against the Islamists in one of the most blood-drenched wars the Arab world has seen in recent decades?
Sansal ponders the question in silence before responding. "There were some who were surprised by the equation," he admits. "They thought that extreme Islam is only a tougher version of the Islamic religion. They expected me to explain the issue in depth. And I had to remind them, for example, of the story of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in World War II [Hajj Amin al-Husseini, who collaborated with the Nazis and met with Hitler].
"But even after I provide these explanations, people tell me, 'All right, it's violent, but it's not Nazism.' Of course. I never claimed that extreme Islam is Nazism, but that there is a thin line. Nazism was born in industrialized German society, which possessed the means to put its madness into practice. The Iranian leaders are crazy, but that is not so dangerous as long as they do not have an atomic bomb. My contention is that extreme Islam has not yet found the way to develop the strength it needs to achieve absolute hegemony, militarily and ideologically."
But some said that if only a thin line separates Islamism and Nazism, that is enough to justify de facto the massacre of extreme Muslims by Arab regimes, and first and foremost by the Algerian army.
"Really, does a military dictatorship need that argument to carry out suppression? They have always exercised suppression − suppression is their natural mode. They rule thanks to suppression and force of arms. They will go on protecting their regime with every means, as Assad is doing now and Gadhafi did before him. These are violent regimes that were established on foundations of violence. They don't need me. And anyway, they never believed in the Holocaust. They were always sympathetic to the Nazis."
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Sansal's decision to visit Jerusalem in broad daylight, in full view of the world, should be seen within the context of his unorthodox willingness to tackle issues that are taboo in the Arab world. Still, he admits that he thought long and hard before deciding to accept an invitation to attend the 2012 International Writers Festival in Jerusalem.
"From the outset, it wasn't neutral: an Algerian in Israel," he says, but finally he decided to go. And also that he would not hide the decision. He announced publicly that he would visit Israel. Three weeks before the start of the festival (which took place in mid-May), Hamas denounced Sansal's decision. For Sansal to go to Israel, the Gaza-based organization said, was "a crime against a million and a half Algerian martyrs who gave their lives for freedom." The aggressive statement "severely unnerved me," he says. "I talked it over with my wife. I told her that things would certainly happen − if not now, later. Let's say the Arab Spring comes to Algiers [and the Islamists seize power]. We would have to leave home that same evening."
Nevertheless, his mind was made up.
Not only did you come to Israel, you also spoke in public and sent the flames soaring even higher. What was the aim?
"Before me, there were some who visited secretly, which I think is terrible. You have to speak out and act in the light of day. When you do it secretly it solves nothing, but only causes problems. On my way back from Jerusalem I told myself: If anyone needs to speak out in the service of the Arab community and Muslims around the world, it is the intellectuals. After all, we will not ask a bricklayer to work in Israel and give a speech about it when he comes back. But for an intellectual − that is his profession. The Arab intellectuals do not merit that epithet. They take no responsibility for anything. They are afraid."
Sansal found his visit to Israel a stunning experience. Immediately afterward, he published a short item on the Huffington Post website's French-language edition under the headline, "I went to Jerusalem − and returned joyful and enriched." The text, which appeared toward the end of May, a little more than a week after the end of the journey to Jerusalem and back, generated fierce outrage across the Arab world. He received an "unimaginable number" of comments in reaction to the post, which relates how he went to Paris to obtain a visa at the Israeli consulate, flew to Tel Aviv and went on to Jerusalem.
"What a journey, what a welcome," he wrote. He reserved his warmest words for Jerusalem, which enchanted him. He described it for his readers in the Arab countries, few of whom are likely to get a chance to visit the city: "A true capital city, with clean streets, well-scrubbed sidewalks, solid buildings, cars, hotels and affable restaurants, neatly trimmed trees and so many tourists from all over the world − apart from the Arab states. They are the only ones who are not coming or cannot come to this cradle of civilization, where their religions were born, be that Christians or Muslims."
Isn't your take on Israel overly naive?
"I wrote about that in the post. It was an impression from a five-day visit. It was a feeling of being in a wonderful place. Tel Aviv is a marvelous surprise. Jerusalem floods you with powerful feelings. I spent evenings there with marvelous friends. It really was very good, very moving, and I told myself that these things needed to be spoken."
What riled his critics in the Arab world most − other than his manifestly politically incorrect sincerity − was that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman lavished praise on Sansal amid the storm unleashed by the visit. "That was the umpteenth proof of my dark ties with Israel," Sansal says and, by now used to preposterous accusations, bursts into raucous laughter. Lieberman, who met in July with his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, declared that Sansal should be protected in the wake of the ruckus.
Does the public support of the Israeli foreign minister bother you?
"I understand that everyone plays his part. Lieberman makes no secret of his approach and uses the means available to him. It does bother me, because it taints my image and is liable to cause a breakdown of communication. But that's life: One image undercuts another. At the same time, allow me to draw a comparison. Hamas, too, used my visit to Israel and uttered a threat that was directed at all the intellectuals in the Arab world, namely: Caution, it is essential to support us and remain united, because otherwise ... That is how they exploited my visit; Lieberman exploited it in his way. All in all, I prefer Lieberman's exploitation over that of Hamas, which always threatens death. After all, Lieberman could have said, 'Why should I give two hoots about an Algerian intellectual coming to Israel as a tourist?' He could have shrugged off the situation, but chose not to."
In any event, Sansal promises with his characteristic sincerity, he will be happy to meet both Lieberman and [Gaza Prime Minister] Ismail Haniyeh, because "it is not for an intellectual to close doors." As of this writing, there has been no invitation from Gaza City or Jerusalem.
Tell me about your response to the fury in Algeria.
"It was extremely rough before the visit, while it was taking place and after I returned. Since then I have been living with very great anxiety. There are two aspects here. First, I live in an Arab country and I went to Israel, thereby betraying the religion, the Arab world and the martyrs. Second, reactions in the Western world were also very harsh. The anti-Semitism in the West is incomprehensible. There is a great deal of hatred. Many people no longer speak to me − Europeans who read me in the past. I see what is being written about me in blogs all over the web. It is very simplistic in terms of the arguments, but the hatred never ceases to surprise me."
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A violent person, especially one involved in crime.
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What The What? Jason Reitman courting Sandler, Garner and Diaz for Labor Day' follow-up
Being nominated for four Oscars before celebrating your 35th birthday can sure mess with your head, which appears to be the case with director, producer and writer Jason Reitman.
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Citizenship Preparatory Class
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This free, five-week course is designed to provide a roadmap to citizenship for local immigrants.
The students assist and tutor a class of more than twenty immigrants, helping them better understand
US history and government. The program helps fulfill the organization's mission of education and public service.


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Which Crumbs Locations Could Reopen?
Since emerging last week as Crumbs Bake Shop's would-be savior, investor Marcus Lemonis has vowed to relaunch the cupcake chain in some fashion and hire back laid off employees.
But as Crumbs's bankruptcy kicks off this week, it's already clear that many of the chain's recently shuttered cupcake shops will remain dark for good.
In a request made Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey, Crumbs asks a court's permission to reject 21 leases that it says "represent an unnecessary expense and contribute no value" to its bankruptcy estate. Through bankruptcy, companies are often allowed to ditch leases and other contracts to help lessen debts.
The leases to be rejected represent almost half of the 49 stores that Crumbs still operated last Monday, before abruptly shutting its doors and laying off virtually all of its 455 employees.
The list brings good news for cupcake lovers in big cities—none of the Crumbs locations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago or Washington, D.C., are among those being cut.
Instead, the list includes many of the company's mall outposts in the Northeast, including four Massachusetts locations, stores in New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, and six New Jersey shops. Click here to see if your neighborhood Crumbs is among those being targeted.
A judge will consider the lease request Wednesday afternoon as Crumbs makes its bankruptcy court debut.
Crumbs hopes to exit bankruptcy by selling itself to an investor group that includes Mr. Lemonis—the CEO of Camping World and host of a reality show centered on saving small businesses—and Dippin' Dots owner Fischer Enterprises.
Mr. Lemonis says he intends to combine Crumbs with other dessert brands that he owns to create a "sweet and snack destination." The deal still needs a bankruptcy court's blessing and could meet resistance from creditors.
As Mr. Lemonis said during a CNBC interview earlier this week, "it's going to be a herculean effort to make this work."
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SIKESTON -- It's a hot topic: are Internet forums for area cities a great place for community discussions or just a way to anonymously slam people and businesses and get away with it?
In what some might see as ironic, a caller to SpeakOut -- the Standard Democrat's forum for anonymous comments -- suggested Sikeston should "start a petition ... and get rid of Topix in Sikeston."
"It's nothing but a gossip site," the caller stated. "To be able to put people's names in there and say what you want, which is usually no truth or partial truth, is wrong."
And many agree.
"I think it's a bad thing," said Tim Wall, a Sikeston resident and business owner.
Wall said he has personal experience with the nasty side of Topix.
"My name has been blasted all over that thing," he said. "Since being bashed, I have gotten on there and monitored it. They bash everybody and it's just downright mean. Unfortunately people get on there and read that and believe it to be true even though most intelligent people would see it and know (the posters) just have an axe to grind."
"We get thousands of comments every day," said Chris Tolles, chief executive officer of Topix. "Certainly there will be some controversial material appearing now and then."
Tolles said Marshall McLuhan, who coined the phrase "global village," said that "what ties together the global village is gossip."
"There is a very large amount of online engagement going on," Tolles said. He said the "vast majority" of posts are not problematic and that it is actually a "small amount of stuff that has people up in arms."
As of press time, there were just over 1,000 "threads" or topics on the list for the Topix Sikeston discussion forum alone. Subjects range from discussions on national topics to local events.
The titles of many threads name businesses and individuals, however, and "opinions" included in those discussions range from complimentary and informative to vulgar and even what appears to be libelous.
"I think some of these things are very hurtful," said Dennis Ziegenhorn, county commissioner. "I don't want to take away the freedom of press but if someone has a problem with me I would rather they come to me than write something where I don't know where they are. If they have a problem with someone, tell them."
Ziegenhorn said he isn't a fan of SpeakOut for that matter either, but noted that SpeakOut comments are at least screened and statutes are in place for newspapers.
"Reporters that have to report the news report facts," he said. "With the Internet there is a lot of positive but there's a lot of negative that goes with it."
"There is nobody on there to check that stuff," Wall said. "They should at least have sort of moderator."
"We certainly have controls in place," Tolles said, but added that these controls are "under the surface" and not advertised. Algorithms are used, Tolles said, to filter offensive material from the site.
Asked about the Topix policy of not requiring registration to post, Tolles said they researched registration and determined there is no feasible way to authenticate identities.
Tolles said their statistics on complaints tell them non-registered users get 50 percent more banned posts but are contributing five times as many posts.
Topix is still able to ban users by IP address and domain, Tolles said, and "people who are problematic for us are banned" regardless of whether they are registered or not. "We have a full time moderation staff that look at every complaint," he said.
Wall said he has reported posts and nothing happened -- the posts remained in place. "The posts I reported were very inflammatory and libelous," he said. "Just bashing for the sake of bashing."
Tolles said Topix gets 150,000 comments per day from 20,000 cities and towns. He said their four full-time moderators are sufficient to address all the complaints.
"That doesn't mean we do everything people want," Tolles said. "That doesn't mean every time someone is unhappy we are going to take down the post."
Wall said that as he received no action from the Web site, he is taking it up with the Attorney General's office. "They are supposed to be assigning me an investigator," he said.
"We really haven't received a lot of complaints," said John Fougere, spokesman for the Attorney General. "Very, very few."
"Anonymous commentary and the ability to post a negative comment about someone is a part of the freedom of speech," Tolles said. "What the Internet does is provide a mass communication system."
Tolles said Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act states Web sites are not responsible for opinions of third parties posting on their site.
"We act to take down things that are clearly libelous," Tolles said. But, he added, "in terms of our legal liability, there is none."
Tolles said they do make efforts to assist law enforcement with their requests for information in the investigation of crimes as well comply with subpoenas for civil libel cases.
In the end, Tolles said, posts say more about the community than his Web site.
"This is Missouri entering the 21st century, this is the future, this is what it's going to be like. It isn't always going to be pretty," he said. "People want to talk about what they want to talk about. ... Who is to decide what you or I get to say? ... I'm just a platform providing a forum for people to say what they want. We're just a mirror."


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Wraps are a fresh way to enjoy your mince and beans. They work beautifully spicy or mild to suit the whole family.
What a Kiwi tradition - meatloaf but with a twist! Baked Beans and Tomato Sauce combined with a mince and sausage mix. They'll keep coming back for more!
Help make your Bolognese go further by adding baked beans – sure to become a family favourite.
Perfect for tacos, in burritos or spooned over a baked potato. Nothing will warm you up quicker than a hearty beef and bean mix like this one.
Here's a neat way to turn family favourites - Wattie's hashbrowns, Wattie's Condensed Vegetable Soup - and some beef mince into a fabulous pie.
Tasty and much healthier than normal pastry, not to mention easy and less mess. Easy as Pie!
Quesadillas are all the rage. A Mexican-style toasted sandwich with all our favourite flavours for an easy casual meal or snack. This Mexican Mince mix is not too spicy so all the family can enjoy it and if you like it hotter just add your favourite chilli sauce into your quesadilla.
Burgers are great fun food and teenagers love them. These ones - with salad and my super easy avocado spread - are the perfect weekend BLAT....
A family friendly cottage pie; make the plain one for the kids or add the chorizo and wine for the adults. Smiles all round!
Here's an easy barbeque idea. Burgers with a great kumara and orange salad on the side.
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Always a favourite for adults and children alike. These nachos are quick and easy and oh so tasty!
The classic and versatile meat and beans sauce can be served with nachos, on rice, on top of baked potatoes – or just about any other way you care to invent.
Give the dependable cottage pie an inspired lift with rich tomato flavours under a creamy cap of cheesy mashed potato.
Comfort food at its best topped with delicious pumpkin, which is available all year around!
Simple to prepare, this hearty cottage pie is sure to become a dinnertime staple. The breadcrumb topping is a yummy twist to a comforting classic.


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After months of rumour and speculation it's open! Wa-Bi Salon. "Don't call it a restaurant, I even had someone calling to book a table at the sushi-bar", grins Dominique Bouchet. "Baf. the journals, they print anything", he sniffs.
Alert readers know DB is a firm BP favourite, he's trained many chefs, Eric Ripert is one (www.le-bernadin.com). Some remember DB from his time at Robuchon, others from La Tour d'Argent, or Les Ambassadeurs at Le Hotel de Crillon, where he worked non-stop on "that giant cruise-ship", until he called 'basta' to not having a life, and got one when he bought a pretty little bistro on rue Treilhard. Bouchet said arriverderci to the star system, never looked back.
DB has more ideas before breakfast than you've had bialys. One of them is Wa-Bi Salon: in Japanese Wa is harmony – Bi is Beauty. Japan is his country of adoption, although he never forgets he comes from Cognac, bien sur, how could he? Cognac aside, in Wa-Bi's front of house there's a selection of Fukumitsuya sakés, (www.fukumitsuya.co.jp) fragrant teas from Shimodozono (www.shimo.co.jp) and must have ceramics by Kamachi Toho (www.kamachi.co.jp).
Wa-Bi means a new way of life, a new lifestyle. Read private cookery courses and Izumi Imamura's Ikebana floral art classes with tea and sake tastings.
It all began when the laundry next door to the restaurant became available, DB knew exactly what he'd do; transform it into a space where he could entertain, cook and showcase floral art, sakis, wines, and hand-made table-ware, for a chosen few. He spent months meticulously planning the handsome rough stone décor, the private kitchen, concealed behind high wenge wood doors, with central island, around which the chosen ones sit and watch DB at play, glean some of his secrets.
So how can I take part then? Call DB on the special number below and discuss what you both expect from the three hours you'll spend with him. He probably won't tell you what he'll prepare, there may be last minute changes if he can't get certain products, but he needs to know if you or the other 7 have allergies or hate certain products (it's only for 8 people, apart from the wealthy Japanese lady who booked the Wa-Bi session for herself, refusing to share with anyone else!)
DB cooks everything sur place, although he preps the boring bits earlier. On arrival, at the front of house, there's a glass of chilled Pommery and warm savoury shortbreads. Then with a great amount of drama and a certain amount of pride DB slides open the doors, to reveal his dream kitchen, for three hours you are Bouchet's dream team.
Last week the first course was a light cream of cauliflower, with caviar topped ratte potatoes. Mikael Cives, the delightful sommelier, chose Le Chateau Isenberg, Les Troubadours 2004, a fruity wine from the Alsace. Then Tomato and crab charlotte, Granny Smith, avocado and balsamic. Courgette fleur follows, with coriander and marjolaine infusion. It's all do-able because it's so light. From the Mediterranean DB pans red mullet with olives and asparagus, from his own private grower.
"I wouldn't have Michelin anywhere near here", he mutters prodding his pan of potatoes, low cooked for six hours in clarified butter. "These potatoes make a fabulous meal on their own with a green salad, not fattening because I throw away the butter. I used to make them at La Tour d'Argent, they're from an old recipe called Pommes de terre Guelant and they are paired with the main of perfect pink plump lamb chops.
But hang on not so fast, before the main, there's turbot, steamed in Bouchet's shiny new oven, sealing in flavours. Capers, artichokes and dots of lemon escort this pure taste sensation, and fat macaroni stuffed with lobster. The red wine is La Croix Chevaline Laroche, even goes nicely with the pud, Sablé à la rhubarbe, crème brulée à la vanilla Bourbon, sorbet fruits rouges.
As he chops, stirs, tends to his pots and pans, DB chats. "This is great, I'm in the kitchen but I can communicate with people I really like", he grins. "I'm chez moi here, I can do what I like, eh! And I'm only next door to my main kitchen so I can keep an eye on everything. There's nothing wrong with a chef leaving his kitchen for half an hour, it's when they're absent for days or weeks that problems begin. Cooking is a pleasure, a passion. Even if we use new cooking techniques, discover new concepts we must never forget the star: the product".
Wa-Bi Salon,
9 rue Treilhard, 8th (Metro: Miromesnil)
200€ per person including wine – Booking essential
La Cuisine Wa-Bi by Dominique Bouchet
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Xu, YM; Qin, ZH; Shen, Y (2012). Study on the estimation of near-surface air temperature from MODIS data by statistical methods. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 33(24), 7629-7643.
AbstractSpatially distributed air temperature is desired for various scientific studies, including climatalogical, hydrological, agricultural, environmental and ecological studies. In this study, empirical models with regard to land cover and spatial scale were introduced and compared to estimate air temperature from satellite-derived land surface temperature and other environmental parameters. Aqua MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data and meteorological data obtained throughout 2005 in the Yangtze River Delta were adopted to develop statistical algorithms of air temperature. Four empirical regression models with different forms and different independent variables resulted in errors ranging from 2.20 degrees C to 2.34 degrees C. Considering the different relationships between air temperature and land surface temperature for different land types, these four models were evaluated and the most proper equation for each land-cover type was determined. The model containing these selected equations gave a slightly improved mean absolute error (MAE) of 2.18 degrees C. Then the spatial scale effect of this empirical model was analysed with observed air temperature and spatially averaged land surface characteristics. The result shows that the estimation error of air temperature tends to be lower as spatial window size increases, suggesting that the model performances are improved by spatially averaging land surface characteristics. Comprehensively considering the accuracy and computational demand, 5 x 5 pixel size is the most favourable window size for estimating air temperature. The validation of the empirical model at 5 x 5 pixel size shows that it achieves anMAE of 1.98 degrees C and an R-2 of 0.9215. This satisfactory result indicates that this approach is proper for estimating air temperature, and spatial window size is an important factor that should be considered when calculating air temperature. It is expected that better accuracy will be achieved if the different weights of pixels at different distances can be set according to high-density micro-meteorological data.
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RA winds up its year-end polls with the staff's take on the top tunes of the year.
The RA staff reveals their favourite long players of the past 12 months.
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Beautiful coat, not good for shorter girls! Buttons a bit garish but that is to be expected with Betsey Johnson. Overall great deal.
I absolutely loved this jacket! The pewter color and faux fur collar are wonderful. My only issue was because of the ruffle on the bottom of the jacket, it is on the long side. I am only 5'4" so it was too long for me. It would be perfect for someone who is at least 2-3 inches taller. All that said, I loved the ruffle too. Regretfully, I had to return it.
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Baraga, MI 49908
Mission, Vision, Educational Philosophy
The mission of Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) is to provide post-secondary education rich in Ojibwa culture, tradition and beliefs to support life-long learning. It serves as the principle higher educational institution for the L'Anse Indian Reservation and surrounding communities by providing quality academic programs rich in Ojibwa culture that empower students to fulfill their dreams of a superior education.
Consistent with its mission, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College sets forth these purposes:
• Promote and preserve the Ojibwa culture by offering courses in Ojibwa language, history, and culture and an array of cultural activities;
• Provide educational opportunities leading to certificates and associate's degrees;
• Encourage and prepare students to pursue advanced degrees;
• Offer assistance for transfer to four-year colleges or universities;
• Provide occupational/career programs for employment opportunities in tribal organizations, governmental agencies, and the private sector;
• Provide instruction for students who desire to upgrade or enhance their skills;
• Provide community educational programs that meet the changing needs of the Keweenaw Bay Indian community and surrounding area;
• Prepare and encourage students through guidance, advising, and counseling to meet their personal, academic, and career aspirations; and
• Offer students job placement assistance.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community chartered KBOCC in July 1975 as a non-profit educational corporation. The corporation possessed authority to create post-secondary education and to regulate higher education on the L'Anse Indian Reservation. The college closed between 1980 and 1998, but reopened in fall of 1998.
KBOCC became a candidate for accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 2009. The Bureau of Indian Education and Bureau of Indian Affairs conducted a site visit in April 2010 and recommended the college for approval as a Tribally Controlled Community College/University. In addition, the U.S. Department of Education approved the college's application for Title IV federal student aid programs.
Geographic Features and Challenges
KBOCC is located on the L'Anse Indian Reservation in Baraga County, Michigan, on the southern shore of Lake Superior. The reservation's population totals approximately 1,100 tribal members. The nearest metropolitan area is 140 miles away, and the severe winter weather further isolates the community. The college plays an important role in providing educational opportunities for its local citizens, who would otherwise have to travel more than 70 miles to the university. Due to the isolation and lack of significant resources, the college has difficulty in attracting qualified faculty and staff.
Academics and Students
KBOCC offers two programs offering associate of arts degrees, one associate of applied science programs, and one associate of science degree program. Transfer credit agreements exist between Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College and Finlandia University, Michigan Technological University, and Northern Michigan University.
In the 2009-2010 academic year 101 students enrolled at KBOCC. Of these, 12 percent pursued their studies full time, with the remainder either enrolling as part-time students or as not yet degree seeking enrichment students. Eighty-three percent of students were Native American, and 82 percent were female students. In 2010, two students received associate's degrees, four transferred to four-year institutions, and one transferred to a two-year institution.
Other Outstanding Accomplishments
The college library, with its 4,000 books, magazines, newspapers and special Native American resources, serves as a valuable resource treasured by the entire local Ojibwa community.
The college's Niiwin Akeaa (Four Directions) Center similarly houses administrative and faculty offices, classrooms, computer lab, GIS lab, and also a fitness center that is open to the community.


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KIAMESHA LAKE — The Town of Thompson board Tuesday night approved a multi-phased development plan for the Concord and key zoning changes that will enable the developers to seek final approval by the spring for a $600 million resort anchored by a racino and harness track.
The board approved text revisions to the zoning that gives owner EPR Properties more permitted options within the planned resort development. For example, a civic center and an RV park are now permitted.
The revisions also essentially separates EPR's property from the original hotel site owned by Louis Cappelli's Concord Associates, freeing EPR to develop its property without Cappelli's permission.
The board also approved the comprehensive plan, the guiding document, for the entire site.
EPR Properties and its partner Empire Resorts can now seek final site plan from the Planning Board for the first phase, a racino, hotel and other amenities.
EPR controls 1,583 acres of the Concord lands in Kiamesha Lake.
"We want to get building and we want to get started soon," EPR's Project Executive Tim Lies told the board.
Earlier this month, the board accepted the final environmental impact study for the Phase I development and a generic study for the entire site.
Empire Resorts is planning to lease 186 acres and invest $300 million to build a racino with 2,150 slots-like video gaming machines, a 248-room hotel, a harness track and events center, among other amenities.
EPR has several other phases that include a major upgrade of the Monster golf course, a clubhouse and cottages. It plans to begin that phase in 2014. EPR also plans a themed water park, residential units and an Entertainment Village with a movie theater and 115,000-square-feet of retail.
The companies have not announced a ground breaking date. Empire is planning to announce by March the name of the resort, Empire's Executive Vice President Charlie Degliomini said.
EPR and Empire company executives have also said their plans do not depend on an anticipated referendum in November on legalized gambling.
During a public hearing beforehand, county legislator Ira Steingart and Partnership for Economic Development President Allan Scott touted the potentially huge tax, employment and tourism opportunities for the county.
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Kampong Glam
Although the town was comprised of a multitude of ethnic groups over the last few hundred years, much of this pristine town has been restored to its former beauty, with strips of colorful shop houses now home to modern businesses.
Among some of its other key features includes one of the most important mosques in the country, the Sultan Mosque. It also has a peaceful pedestrian walk called the Bussorah Mall as well as the recently opened Malay Heritage Center, which contains loads of cultural pieces and history showcasing the lives of Malay Singaporeans.
As a destination for foreign visitors, the town itself now has several local restaurants as well as art galleries textile and carpet shops to peruse.
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City Sightseeing Singapore Hop-On Hop-Off Tour
With great views from the top of the bus, strategically placed stops and an interesting commentary, this City Sightseeing tour is the best way to see the ... Read more
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Small Group: Singapore Bike Tour With a Local
Hop aboard two wheels and take in all the iconic sites of Singapore on this ultimate intro to the city! Pedal through the city's oldest neighbourhood, ... Read more
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Kampong Glam and Sultan Mosque Morning Walking Tour
On this award winning tour, visit the ancient burial grounds where the forgotten Tombs of the Malayan Princes rest. Highlights on this walk include the Sultan ... Read more
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)