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Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
1. "The Best Life Diet" by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
2. "Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Books for Young Readers) (F-H)
3. "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press) (NF-H)
4. "Plum Lovin'" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press) (F-H)
5. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards (Penguin) (F-P)
6. "Honeymoon" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Warner Books) (F-P)
7. "Point Blank" by Catherine Coulter (Jove) (F-P)
8. "The Best Life Diet Daily Journal" by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster) (NF-P)
9. "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
10. "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama (Crown) (NF-H)
Wall Street Journal Best-Sellers
1. "Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
2. "Plum Lovin'" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)
3. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
4. "You Suck: A Love Story" by Christopher Moore (William Morrow)
5. "Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
6. "The Hunters" by W.E.B. Griffin (Putnam)
7. "Dust: A Richard Jury Mystery" by Martha Grimes (Viking Adult)
8. "The Suspect" by John Lescroart (Dutton Adult)
9. "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
10. "Next" by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins)
1. "The Best Life Diet" by Bob Greene (Simon & Schuster)
2. "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)
3. "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama (Crown)
4. "Younger You" by Eric R. Braverman (McGraw-Hill)
5. "What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful" Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter (Hyperion)
6. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Simon & Schuster)
7. "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
8. "The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief" by Gregg Braden (Hay House)
9. "Little Gold Book of Yes! Attitude: How to Find, Build and Keep a Yes! Attitude for a Lifetime of Success" by Jeffrey Gitomer (FT Press)
10. "Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich" by James Cramer, Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster)
Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers
1. Plum Lovin'. Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, $16.95
2. For One More Day. Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $21.95
3. Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99
4. You Suck. Christopher Moore. Morrow, $21.95
5. Next. Michael Crichton. HarperCollins, $27.95
6. The Hunters. W.E.B. Griffin. Putnam, $26.95
7. The Suspect. John Lescroart. Dutton, $26.95
8. Dear John. Nicholas Sparks. Warner, $24.99
9. Shadow Dance. Julie Garwood. Ballantine, $25.95
10. Bad Blood. Linda Fairstein. Scribner, $26
1. The Best Life Diet. Bob Greene. Simon & Schuster, $26
2. You: On a Diet. Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. Free Press, $25
3. The Audacity of Hope. Barack Obama. Crown, $25
4. The Proper Care & Feeding of Marriage. Laura Schlessinger. HarperCollins, $25.95
5. The Innocent Man. John Grisham. Doubleday, $28.95
6. Marley & Me. John Grogan. Morrow, $21.95
7. Jim Cramer's Mad Money. James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason. Simon & Schuster, $25
8. The Secret. Rhonda Byrne. Beyond Words, $23.95
9. I Feel Bad About My Neck. Nora Ephron. Knopf, $19.95
10. The God Delusion. Richard Dawkins. Houghton Mifflin, $24.95
1. Honeymoon. James Patterson and Howard Roughan. Warner, $7.99
2. Point Blank. Catherine Coulter. Jove, $7.99
3. Slow Burn. Julie Garwood. Ballantine, $7.99
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"In the last month, we've had more buyers out there trying to take advantage of this $8,000 credit," said Eve Wolfe of RE/MAX Real Estate Partners. She noted the credit can be taken at the act of sale to help defray closing costs.
During the summer, most lawns and gardens show well, especially in the sub-tropical climate of the greater metropolitan area. The grass is green, the shrubs are in good shape and smart sellers will have blooms in the gardens to add a punch of vibrant color for buyers to admire.
"Our climate makes summer a wonderful time to market a property," said Merritt Lane of LATTER & BLUM, Inc., Realtors. "Annuals are blooming, the grass is green and the sun is shining making for good curb appeal.
The warmer, longer days also give sellers extra hours to make the outside of the home look its best. Summer is an excellent time to make any repairs needed or to wash and make the home sparkle.
And don't forget to pressure wash hard surfaces. They can add tremendously to the curb appeal of a home.
For sellers marketing a home with a pool or water feature, these elements are most attractive in the summer months, blending the senses of sight and sound together for extra drawing power.
But make certain they look their best for potential buyers and that safety features are in order and in evidence.
Before the true heat of the summer sets upon the city, have air conditioning and heating systems checked. Buyers will appreciate knowing the ventilation system is in good working order and the seller will appreciate having a system that keeps them cool while they pack to move.
It is also a good time to check plumbing and roofing issues. An easily repairable project can make a difference for buyers who don't like do-it-yourself projects. With the wide selection of homes, there is usually something in the neighborhood that is a turn-key domicile needing no work for the owner.
Keep the house in competition with others by making repairs.
In the same vein, sellers should work closely with Realtors to set a proper price for their property. Professionals in the business note that the first month to six weeks are the most visible for a new property. Priced properly, the home can attract more interest and more buyers.
For families looking to relocate, summer is tailor-made for finding a new home before the school term begins.
Transferees entering the greater metropolitan area can find the time to get into an area or neighborhood that suits their employment and education needs. But for those moving into the area, Crescent City families have for years traversed the region for schools, often staying loyal to generations of alumni.
More daytime also makes for more search time for new home buyers. They can still enjoy several hours of light after normal working hours to see neighborhoods and how they function when folks are home.
The summer also provides time for families to resettle before the fall begins. The extra daylight and vacation from school can sometimes help when putting down new roots.
On the flip side of the equation, homes become available during the summer months as families relocate to other areas, making properties available for buyers.
With the healthy supply of available homes, buyers have a wide assortment of options throughout the metro area for a place to live.
With most of the signs pointing to summer as a good time to sell or buy a home, people might think they have to get things done before Labor Day or the opportunity will be lost.
Not so, say the home gurus.
One real estate expert advised buyers and sellers against setting unrealistic goals for closing the deal before the calendar heralds fall.
Real estate sales happen in every month of the year.
The added pressure of setting artificial time frames is no help to anyone.
A Realtor can help work out a reasonable timeline for buying and selling a home.
And timing is important.
Real estate professionals note an upswing in interest in the past couple of weeks and some interesting figures.
"The activity in the past two weeks has really gone through the roof as far as buyers looking at properties," said PRUDENTIAL GARDNER, Realtors' Glenn Kirby. "The sales have exceeded the amount of price reductions."
So, the time to buy or sell is . . .
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Blythefield Country Club went back in time 80 years June 13.
Right down to the hickory golf clubs.
The private club celebrated its 80th anniversary and its June 14, 1929, debut, which included a celebrity foursome featuring golf legends Walter Hagen and Horton Smith.
"Blythefield has a storied history, and not all the new members, and especially the golf public in general, knows about it," Blythefield manager Patti Butcher said.
"We had the old cars out there, a really nice gathering for members and their families."
The event included 100 members in a golf outing with 80 sets of hickory clubs from Play Hickory Inc.
"It was more than just a celebration of the past, too," Butcher said. "Our cash flow at the club this year is way ahead of last year, so it was not only a celebration of our past, but our future. Blythefield has a bright future."
Glenlivit, a single malt scotch company, was a sponsor and helped provide a highlight when Richard Sidell won a drawing for a special golf bag.
"That was really fun when that happened," Butcher said. "He joined in 1949."
The club's history was presented to members and included references to its rich history of players, which includes pros John Barnum, Marvin Stahl and Buddy Whitten.
Each is a member of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.
Blythefield's history also includes PGA Tour golf. It hosted the Western Open in 1961, which Arnold Palmer won over runner-up Sam Snead. Palmer shot a 63 for a winning total of 271.
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Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification: From Yalta to Maestricht
February 01, 2006, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Frédéric Bozo, Professor of Contemporary History, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III, and comments by Samuel F. Wells Jr., Associate Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Dr. Frédéric Bozo will discuss France's role in ending the Cold War, with special emphasis on François Mitterand's views toward Europe's emancipation from communism, the unification of Germany, and the disintegration of the USSR. Dr. Bozo's book, newly published in France and soon to be translated into English, seeks to shed light on the scholarly debate regarding France's role at the end of the Cold War: did Paris seek to resist changes in Europe, or was it an eager participant, playing a significant role in the transition from the Europe of Yalta to the one of Maestricht? In Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War and German Unification: From Yalta to Maestricht, Dr. Bozo pieces together a framework for understanding the choices of Mitterand as well as French politics in this decisive period.
Frédéric Bozo is Professor of Contemporary History, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III and an associate researcher at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI).
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Andrés Wines has a VQA empire in British Columbia and soon, a new name
By John Schreiner
August 21, 2006
Founded in British Columbia in 1961, Andrés Wines now is a national wine company and is Canada's largest domestically-owned wine producer now that Vincor is American-owned.
Next month, the company will ask its shareholders to approve a name change to Andrew Peller Ltd. He was the founder of the company now run by his grandson. He named it Andrés 45 years ago for two reasons: it was close to his given name of Andras in its Hungarian original; and he thought the name's French sommelier ring was good marketing.
Today, Canadians are just as impressed with their own wines as they are with French wines. Andrés does not have much application today as an image builder and may, in fact, have a few negatives attached to it. The name change makes sense, especially since the company has used Peller Estates since 1994 for its more premium wines.
Over the years, British Columbia had fallen off the radar screen for the company's Ontario-based managers. But that changed dramatically last year when the company three Okanagan producers: Calona Vineyards, Sandhill Wines and Red Rooster.
During the past month or two, I have worked my way through many of the VQA wines from the Andrés stable. The results show that Andrés made smart buys. Calona's wines generally represent good quality for the money while Sandhill's wines, only a few dollars more, generally are high scoring wines. Red Rooster has not quite gotten over the erratic results its wines showed under previous ownership, although the 2005 wines show improvement. As for the Peller wines, the brand's middling performance is being addressed by the Calona/Sandhill winemaking team that Andrés retained after buying the wineries.
The wines:
Calona Chardonnay Artist Series 2005 ($13.49): The British Columbia artist who did the label for this wine, Danish-born Ann Thinghuus, painted a classic coastal sunset. As the winery says in its notes, the painting "is a rich, ripe, juicy swirl of colour and movement that evokes the very essence of the flavours in our Chardonnay." Okay, the copy is a bit purple but this is a wine one would like to drink while watching the sun set; and one can certainly afford to do so. This is a delicious, fruit-forward wine with just a minimal amount of oak-aging and lees-stirring. It has aromas of citrus and apples, with flavours of pears, green apples and lime. The acidity is just right: the wine has life and it wakes up the juices in the mouth without being overly tart. The finish is quite refreshing. 87
Calona Gewürztraminer Artist Series 2005 ($13.49) This wine represents the popular, easy-drinking styling with this grape. It begins with dramatic aromas of spice and rose petals and flavours of lichee and mango. The wine is finished with what the winery says is a "small amount of residual sugar." The result is a balance that makes the wine a useful aperitif but a challenge as a food wine. But given that many consumers talk dry but drink sweet, the style is just right for the wine's target market. 84
Calona Merlot Artist Series 2004 ($13.49) This is an immensely fruity wine with an adolescent youthfulness, as though the winery set out to make a Beaujolais-style Merlot. The aromas include blackberries, blueberries and even creamed corn. The flavours show blueberries and black currants, set on a firm structure. 85
Calona Pinot Blanc Artist Series 2005 ($13.49) :The whimsical beach cottage on the label of this wine is from a painting by Nanaimo artist Brittani Faulkes. Calona's copywriter suggests that the art is like the Pinot Blanc: "playful and crisp." Crisp, yes, but playful does not come to mind for a Pinot Blanc approaching the character of the winery's Chardonnay. The wine began by pressing whole clusters, a gentle approach amply rewarded in the fruit flavours that have been captured. There seems to be is a bit lees stirring here that broadens the palate and adds complexity to a varietal than can be neutral. 87
Calona Pinot Gris Artist Series 2005 ($13.49): Calona Vineyards has retained the style of its legendary award-winning Pinot Gris ever since the 1999 vintage was best of class at Los Angeles County Fair. This vintage – and 2005 was the best white vintage of the decade - is a charmer, with aromas of melons, flavours of pears and cantaloupe and peaches and with a refreshing finish. 87.
Calona Sovereign Opal Artist Series 2005 ($12.99): In the Okanagan's superb 2005 vintage, Calona was able to make the classic Sovereign Opal: floral aromas of rose petal, along with spice and dill notes. On the palate, the wine tastes of peaches and apples touched up with exotic spices. The core of Muscat spiciness provides a nice backbone and ties up the wine's pleasingly off-dry finish. 86
Calona Cabernet Merlot Artist Series 2004 ($13.99) Dark in colour, the wine has aromas of vanilla and red berries. The flavours include currants, plums and chocolate. The long ripe tannins and the plumpness of the Merlot in the blend provide a rich middle palate. 85 points.
Peller Estates Heritage Series Cabernet Franc 2004 ($12.99) The wine begins with aromas of berries, spice and mint. The earthy, rustic flavours show plenty of red currants, with the classic minty greenness that Cabernet Franc can show. The tannins are firm. The wine shows best with a barbecued steak. 85
Peller Estates Heritage Series Chardonnay 2004 ($11.99) Light gold on colour, the wine has aromas of citrus, butter and corn. It is full on the palate, with a note of oak, and with a slightly alcoholic warmth on the finish. 83
Peller Estates Heritage Series Pinot Grigio 2005 ($11.99) The value-priced wine, fermented only in stainless steel, is described by the winery as "light-bodied" – but the wine in my glass had a generous texture, expressing good fruit flavours of pears and bananas, with a fresh, fruity finish. One might argue that, with 14% alcohol, it should be labelled Pinot Gris, since the typical Pinot Grigio from Italy is lighter and lower in alcohol. 87
Peller Estates Private Reserve Pinot Grigio 2005 ($17.99) This wine had the modified Chardonnay treatment. Traditionally, Peller has barrel-aged this wine for six months on oak. In the 2005 vintage, time in barrel was reduced to just one month. Even that limited time in barrel imparted notes of caramel and vanilla to the flavour and slight bitter note to the finish. Happily, there is a lot of fruit – flavours of apple and citrus. The winery is considering no oak aging at all for 2006. Again, the alcohol is 14% -- too high when a wine is called Pinot Grigio. 85.
Red Rooster Pinot Gris 2005 ($16.90) This is a bold, ripe wine with appealing aromas of pineapple and flavours of ripe pears and guava. The texture is full, giving a richness to the dry finish. 87
Red Rooster Riesling 2005 ($14.90) This wine is surprising because Red Rooster is not known for Riesling. Yet here is a delicious wine with aromas of apples and apricots, leading on to flavours of citrus and peach, with lime flavours on the finish. A touch of residual sugar ensures a popular appeal. 85.
Red Rooster Meritage 2004 ($29.90) Dark in colour, with aromas of berries, spice and plenty of oak. On the palate, there are flavours of black currants (sic), blackberries, minerals and liquorice. The texture is firm and concentrated, suggesting that this wine will reward a few more years in the cellar. 87
Red Rooster Merlot 2004 ($19.90) This dark wine has aromas of spice, cedar, berries and oak. On first pass, the oak seems a bit bold; with breathing, it begins to integrate well with the fruit, suggesting this wine will benefit from some cellaring. The wine tastes of plums and red currants, with a concentrated, chewy texture. The wine has a wild, rustic appeal to it, the sort of wine one would enjoy with pepperoni pizza. 86
Red Rooster Blanc de Noir 2005 ($14.90) This wine is made entirely with juice of Pinot Noir. The wine has a lovely bronze blush colour and an appealing fruit aroma. On the palate, there are gobs of flavour: strawberries, peaches, pink grapefruit. The wine has an off-dry finish. A pity because it could easily have been dried out. Still, this is a very popular and appealing style. 86
Sandhill Pinot Gris 2005 King Vineyard ($16.99) This is a crisp, tangy white wine, with aromas of pears and melons and flavours of green apples and honey dew melons. The "mouth-watering" acidity – to quote the back label – gives the wine a lean, crisp, even tart finish. Definitely a food wine. 86
Sandhill Gewürztraminer 2005 Seven Mountain Vineyard Sandhill winemaker Howard Soon produced an intense, almost austere interpretation of the variety, with whole cluster pressing, minimal skin contact, fermentation in stainless steel and no malolactic fermentation, thus retaining good acidity. The wine presents aromas of rose petals, orange peel and spice. The flavours carry through this spiciness, with a hint of grapefruit. The finish is quite dry, with an exotic spicy signature, reminiscent of Alsace. 900 cases were made. 87.
Sandhill Cabernet Franc 2004 ($18.99) The wine spent 16 months in a combination of American and French oak before being bottled. The result is a firm, full red with aromas of blackberries and vibrant brambly, earthy flavours, with hints of plums and chocolate enhanced by the spice from the oak. The good shot of Merlot in the blend fills out the wine very nicely. 1,700 cases were made. 88
Sandhill Cabernet Merlot 2004 ($18.99) The wine begins with spicy oak and berry notes on the aroma. The flavours include black currants, cassis, and cherries. The structure is firm and disciplined, with just a hint of bitterness (tannins perhaps?) on the finish. This wine will reward the consumer who has the patience to cellar it for a year or two. 6,000 cases made. 87
Sandhill Merlot 2004 ($18.99) This single-vineyard wine – Sandhill makes only single vineyard wines – is rich and deep in colour, with aromas of vanilla, chocolate, blackberries, plums and mint. The long ripe tannins contribute to a full-bodied and generous texture. The wine shows a complex array of flavours, including spiced plums, black currants, a touch of blueberry and hints of minerals. This is a bold and satisfying Merlot; 6,500 cases were made. 89
Sandhill Pinot Blanc 2005 ($16.99) The American oak imparts attractive spicy sweetness to the aroma and the flavour. Lush in texture, the wine offers a medley of fruit flavours, including apples, pears, ripe pineapples. The stated alcohol is 14 percent but there is plenty of fruit to carry that alcohol. The winery released 6,800 cases. 87
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A quartet of big-apple-centric stories by Tardi including "Cockroach Killer" and "Manhattan."
Many years ago, Jacques Tardi was introduced to American audiences with Manhattan, a grim and grimy story of depression, madness and suicide in New York City whose appearance in the premiere issue of RAW magazine was instrumental in defining both that magazine s virtuoso aesthetic and its dark sensibility. Three decades later, New York Mon Amour collects Manhattan and three other tales of the Big Apple rendered by Tardi with just as much panache and you-are-there detail as Paris or the trenches of World War I in his other books in one spectacular volume.
Aside from Manhattan, the centerpiece of the book is the graphicnovel Cockroach Killer, written by Benjamin Legrand. This violent,surreal conspiracy thriller, starring a hapless exterminator namedWalter, features a striking two-color black-and-red technique uniquein Tardi s oeuvre, and remains one of the cartoonist s most startling,confounding works. New York Mon Amour is rounded off with two shortstories written by Dominique Grange: It s So Hard (starring JohnLennon but not that John Lennon and never before published inEnglish) and The Killing of Hung (a story of revenge andredemption).
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MARTINSBURG - As part of her campaign tour through the Eastern Panhandle, West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant met with seniors at the Berkeley Senior Center on Wednesday to learn about their concerns and issues.
Calling senior centers the "hub of a community," Tennant said she chose to visit the senior center because of the number of issues that touch seniors, including Social Security, Medicare and economic issues.
"One woman said 'why can't people just get along?' Well, that's what we should be doing, that's how I grew up, and that's what I'm taking to Washington, D.C. So, it renews my spirit, and it also grounds me (to visit senior centers)," she said.
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West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant speaks with seniors at the Berkeley Senior Center during lunch Wednesday on the different duties of her office and the issues that concern them.
"This is a race about who is going to represent West Virginia and our values, and where do I get my values? From my dad who's 85 years old," Tennant said.
The trip to the senior center, and Berkeley County, was part of Tennant's 55-county "Talk with Tennant" listening tour to discuss statewide issues and local residents' concerns. Tennant is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by longtime Sen. Jay Rockefeller.
"We appreciate (elected officials) recognizing seniors, because it seems like seniors are the easiest forgotten of the folks who need services in the community, so we appreciate that they're aware seniors are important, they have needs and that there are some areas where they can help address those needs," said Linda Holtzapple, executive director for BSS.
Holtzapple said elected officials are always welcome to tour the senior center, although since the organization receives government funding it, cannot allow any campaigning.
While at the senior center, Tennant discussed her duties as secretary of state and spoke with seniors about the issues that concern them.
"It's not just senior issues that we talked about here, there were economic issues too, because these seniors have family members who know the struggles of working on a minimum wage, they know the struggle of getting the bills paid and unemployment insurance rates," Tennant said.
"This is just a center where the voice of a county and the view of the people and the values can be seen," she said.
Tennant also visited Jefferson and Morgan counties Wednesday.
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The Omm Bomm Ba Boom Tribute To Amiri Baraka honors the man who, as poet, playwright, activist, influenced American thought, theater, poetry, politics and social progress from the 1960s until his death on January 9, 2014. As musicologist, Baraka perhaps knew more than anyone else about the history and heart of the American classical music known as Jazz. As a life-long resident of Newark since his birth, excluding his times in the Village and Harlem, Baraka embodied and gave voice to the genuine, concrete roots and deep soul of New Jersey's largest city. This fact gave birth to his son Ras who is now a leading candidate for Mayor of Newark. Amiri Baraka's reputation and presence around the world have long been established, especially in Italy where, he once told me, he loved to read his poetry. In a real sense, Baraka remains part of the continuing renaissance of contemporary poetry and theater in Italy and in Europe. Back home in America, Amiri Baraka not only influenced and encouraged the true expression in poetry and theater of people of all races, he touched people deeply with his fierce courage and refusal to go along with any official or unofficial lie. As he exhorts his beloved African American people in "Wise 1," "If you ever find/yourself, some where/ lost and surrounded/ by enemies/ who won't let you/ speak in your own language/ who destroy your statues/ & instruments, who ban/ your omm bomm ba boom/ then you are in trouble/ deeptrouble/ humph!/ probably take you several hundred years/ to get/ out!" With Baraka's help, that time frame not only has been shortened but the individual freedom he helped so many to achieve is the reason for this humble tribute.
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Tuesday Night Lights: Playing Catch with My Son for the Very First TimeSerge Bielanko
The other night I popped a beer and sat down in front of the TV to watch a little Wicked Tuna, which, if you have two kids under 4, then you know that is pretty much the same thing as me saying, "The other night I died and went to a glorious penthouse Heaven on the back of Scarlett Johansson's Harley."
I took my first sip just as a dude hooked into a fish. I was genuinely happy for him and ready to sit back there on my brown leather and let the ocean and a couple reality show producers tell the story when: here comes Henry.
At two, my boy is really talking up a storm. He knows way more words than his older sister did at that age, which is typical from what I gather. Anyway, right on cue…mid-tuna…three minutes into my feeble attempt to unwind…Henry shows up with his foam football.
Of course, I had no idea what I was in for. The monumental moments of a lifetime don't send you a text before they pop in, do they? They just show the hell up when they feel like it.
They just unfold at random times disguised as inopportune moments and manage to change everything forever.
Henry was smiling at me, his Spider Man PJs hanging off his slinky frame. I smiled back.
"Hey dude!," I greeted him. "Whatcha doing?"
"Pway wif me, Daddee! Pway fooball!"
I stared at him hard as it sunk in, what he was saying.
You move through life thinking things are going to go one way according to all the Norman Rockwell crap rammed down your throat and all of the TV sitcom family b.s. that you have absorbed through your skin down through the years, by choice and by default; you get to thinking that maybe you are writing your own novel and that you are the protagonist, and that you might be able to steer your life, steer the mightiest/heaviest ship on the big bad sea, toward events that will unfold kind of like you pictured them in your mind.
But because we are humans, we are 100 percent fool at least 85 percent of the time.
Then, through my murk, it hit me.
My son was asking me to play catch with him. For the first time. Ever.
I put my bottle down and held out my hand. In my mind-novel I'd always pictured this whole thing as him and me out on the green grass of summer somewhere, in the yard or maybe down at the park. And, selfishly I guess, it had always been a baseball we threw during that first catch, him in his little Mizuno glove and me in mine, a slight hot wind coming down out of the sky.
He handed me the football. "Thwow it to me, Daddee! Thwow it!" I looked at the serious soul twinkling out of his eyeballs and I realized that this was it; the first catch was here and it wasn't leaving to come back later when the weather changed or anything like that; it was here and it was ready and I was holding an enormous three-ton monument to my life right there in my lap when I least freaking expected to be.
"Thwow it to me, Daddee!" His voice landed on me like it was dripping down off of the high side of a stack of the kind of pancakes you'd probably find God and Marlon Brando eating together first thing in the morning.
I flipped the ball at him, at my boy standing there three feet away from me.
The football did a few end-over-ends, like a punt, and hung from the invisible chandelier that hangs just a couple feet above our life together, no matter where we are or what we are up to. Then it slipped off the shelf of air and descended down down down
Henry was smiling so big when he closed his open arms; I'll always remember that.
The ball thumped against his the Spider Man on my boy's chest and went still.
He'd caught it.
I roared, of course, not for any reasons beyond the pure either. I could care less if he plays sports or roller skates to disco music or builds volcanoes out of mashed potatoes and car batteries or reads graphic comics or ballet dances or just stares out the back window and sketches the distant ridges for the next 25 years or so, just as long as he finds something, his very own something, and that it makes him happy. I'm gonna love that boy for the next two million years/I've already decided/ so that's that, really.
But, the way the story ends is the way that the story ends and he caught the damn thing anyway. Then I roared and grabbed him and pulled his overgrown armadillo-ass into my chest and kissed his hair as I ruffled it and told him how awesome of a catcher he was with my pale ale breath.
And I could feel him smiling against me, like a hot moon rock burning through my shirt.


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GIS perspective
Jackson: Short answer: to become a better engineer. But I don't recommend just attending a GIS conference; you should prepare to wholeheartedly participate, as it's the best place I know to see, ask, do, and discuss all aspects of geographic information systems. GIS professionals are great at sharing. After all, that's what GIS is all about — creating data and respective maps so they can be shared. Conferences are some of the best places I know to share your knowledge and experience with GIS professionals.
It's the best place I know to see, ask, do, and discuss all aspects of geographic information systems.
GIS technologies are changing quickly, and so are the complementary programs that use GIS as either middleware or as the end tool. Knowing how these technologies fit together is challenging. Often, conference vendors and information technology experts offer hands-on demonstrations of how their products work. A conference exhibit hall is the perfect time and place to ask competing vendors specific questions about your specific challenges.
Thinking about attending a GIS conference but don't know if your return on investment will be immediate? Then volunteer to do a brief presentation that highlights your successful engineering project that utilized GIS technology. With a little bit of planning, it's easy to get a roomful of prospective clients interested in how GIS applies to their engineering work. And don't forget that the time you spend at the conference is applied toward your continuing education hours. So get an immediate ROI — points for presenting and points for attending.
Janet Jackson, GISP, is president of INTERSECT (www.intersectgis.com), a GIS consulting firm. She travels the country talking about the importance of intersecting GIS with other professions to create effective solutions for clients. She can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Civil Engineer perspective
Jones: As I write this, I have just gotten off the phone with an engineer at a large international design/build firm. We were discussing a project management system the firm built using GIS technology. The conversation reminded me that I am continually amazed at engineers' creativity when presented with a new problem. It also reinforced my belief that GIS gives engineers new tools to enhance that creativity, and that a GIS conference is the ideal setting to explore the GIS tools available to engineers.
For example, GeoDesign (see "GIS Solutions," CE News, January 2012) provides a design framework and technology to leverage geographic information, resulting in designs that more closely follow natural systems. It is something that we engineers intuitively incorporate into our thinking. However, the supporting analysis models and systems of GeoDesign deliver a more scientific approach that can, for example, describe impact during the design process instead of calculating impact after a preliminary design is completed. At a GIS conference, an engineer can learn these new techniques to take further advantage of GIS technology.
About 80 percent of the ENR 500 firms have GIS. However, many of them do not incorporate GIS capabilities into the engineering workflow and miss out on the rich analysis tools GIS can add to the civil engineering design process. Again, attending a GIS conference is a great way for an engineer to learn the capabilities of GIS and how it fits within the engineering domain.
I am continually amazed at engineers' creativity when presented with a new problem.
Engineers spend considerable resources developing new clients. These clients are the operators of the infrastructure we design and build. GIS is used in operations and maintenance of infrastructure. Consider that almost all electric utilities with more than 100,000 customers use GIS to manage facilities. When we, as engineers, develop our GIS expertise, we are able to extend our services to those clients that we have spent our resources developing.
Brent Jones, P.E., PLS, is the global industry manager in AEC, Survey and Cadastre for Esri (www.esri.com). With more than 20 years of experience, he oversees worldwide strategic industry planning, business development, and marketing activities. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Thursday, July 04, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli pandering to the Virginia Tea Party
This is video of the last few minutes of Ken Cuccinelli's opening remarks at the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention in Richmond, Virginia, October 9, 2010. Once again, I apologize for the poor quality of the video--it was among the earliest of my experiments with video.
As I stood there among a crowd of extreme conservatives I realized that Ken Cuccinelli was going to stab Bill Bolling in the back. This speech really marked the beginning of Cuccinelli's run for governor of Virginia. It was clear to me then--as it is now--that Cuccinelli thought his path to the Governor's Mansion lay through pandering to the emerging Tea Party movement.
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I know this post is quite old ...but hope it will help others just arriving !
I have lived on the west side of fort worth on and off for almost 10 years now. Every time I try something else, I come back. Thats been twice I've moved away. Never lasted for more than a year. I love it!!! If you need any more information or help. email@example.com
For crime stats look at http://www.fortworthpd.com/crimestats.htm
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Wow, great job, really inspiring stuff everybody.
My Before/After Pics
Are you new here? Be sure to check these links FIRST, before reading anything on the forum! Succeed & PB 101
"I am a work in progress." -Ani DiFranco
Wow, great job, really inspiring stuff everybody.
Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth.
More terrific success stories and great photos!
Maybe some day I'll get brave and put up a couple of photos. But I've never been photogenic and I don't think being skinnier will make much of a difference
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Newcomers: If you haven't read the book, at least read this thread ... and all the links!
Jan. 1, 2011: 186.6 lbs PBSW Mar. 1, 2011: 175.8 lbs
CW: 146.8 lbs
GW 140 lbs
A proud member of PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals
Have been wearing a large t-shirt for more than 20yrs
Today I wore a medium
This thread will leave me dreaming of primal men tonight.
I'm wearing an XL shirt down from a 3XL and 42 size shorts down from 48-50s and 44 size pants down from 48s
Age: 28
Height: 6'1"
Primal start date: July 1st 2011
Start Weight: 275
Current Weight: 248
Stats below as of September 1st 2011 Tested via BodPod
Body Fat 25.4%
Fat Mass 63.721
Fat Free Mass 74.6%
Fat Free Mass 187.087
Goal weight: 180-200 lbs(Recommended weight is around 180 for my height but that sounds low)
Total lost so far: 27 lbs
Thanks chums!
Actually feels weird, like too tight. I'm so accustomed to the baggies these fitted shirts are going to take some time to get used to.
I figured I'd give everyone an update... I started changing the way I eat around 5/2010, so it's been about a year and three months since I "went primal"... SO in that time I went from 336lbs with a 46 waist and basically no strength:
to 255lbs with a 38 waist and some pretty decent strength
So basically, huzzah for coconut products, pork belly, collard greens, sprinting and weight lifting!


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Apptrailers lets you earn gift cards for free, This app allows you to watch trailers for apps mostly of games and stuff and earn points. After earning enough points you can redeem them for gift cards like PayPal, Amazon, itunes, Starbucks, Best Buy, Xbox 360, PS3, and many others.
I've already earned two gift cards it works but can be time consuming, the trick is to download and try out the app after watching the video to earn more points. if your bored just keep watching videos to earn points that will actually get you something.
enter ( karmathegreat ) for free bonus points after downloading, then share yours with your friends to help each other out.
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Earn free gift cards for Xbox360 and PS3 with your iphone, droid
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Posted 21 September 2012 - 01:20 PM
www.datsyuk13.com ^thanks Offsides^
[press] "When you have the puck, how many people do you see?"
Without smiling, Datsyuk answered, "18,000"
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I would be very hesitant to install an app without any privacy links on their homepage.
May sound great in theory but there has to be some downside included, advertisers getting your phone number and other infos would be my guess.
May sound great in theory but there has to be some downside included, advertisers getting your phone number and other infos would be my guess.
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SALEM — Tri-County Community Action Partnership is now accepting requests for emergency fuel assistance.
Included in this request are oil, wood, coal, propane, and kerosene. Tri-County is not accepting requests for emergency assistance for electricity and natural gas at this time.
To be eligible for emergency assistance, an applicant must be out of or nearly out of fuel.
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is designed to help low-income families and individuals meet home heating and medically-necessary cooling costs.
To be eligible for LIHEAP benefits, the applicant household must be responsible for home heating or cooling costs, either directly or included in their rent and have a gross income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Persons who live in public housing and/or receive rental assistance are not eligible for assistance unless they pay their own heating/cooling costs directly to the fuel supplier.
The amount of the LIHEAP heating benefit is determined by income, household size, fuel type, and heating region.
Clients must come into the social services offices to request emergency fuel assistance.
Tri-County has social service offices in Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.
Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The offices are closed 12 to 1 p.m. daily.
The Salem County Tri-County office is located at 14 New Market St. For more information on the program, call (856) 935-0944 or visit www.tricountycaa.org
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Women's Night Out is back with its annual spring renewal for the spirit.
"It's a program that we've been offering to our community for over 25 years," said Sherry Turchetta, UPMC Altoona community education specialist. "It's kind of a rite of spring, a celebration that we do in the spring to encourage area women to come together and just enjoy an evening with friends, family, co-workers."
The evening presented by UPMC Altoona's Healthy Living Club and held at The Casino at Lakemont Park includes dinner and guest speaker Tami Evans, a motivational speaker who "firmly believes laughter is a vital part of learning and living," according to her website, www.tamievans.com.
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Speaker Tami?Evans will be the special guest at UPMC Altoona's Healthy Living Club's "Women's Night Out."
"Laughter is one of the most powerful health care products available to us today," Evans said in an email. "Seriously, laughter has been scientifically proven to affect your body the same way as exercise, which helps improve cholesterol and blood pressure, decrease stress hormones, strengthen the immune system and create a desire for healthy foods."
Laughter can also make you a better employee, she said.
"There is a direct correlation between companies who have 'fun at work' and employee motivation, productivity, creativity, satisfaction and retention," she said.
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What: Women's Night Out
When: Arrival begins at 5:45 p.m., dinner at 6:45 p.m. April 24
Where: The Casino at Lakemont Park
Tickets: $40. To register online, visit UPMCAltoona.org/WNO. Tickets will be distributed at the door. For more information, call 889-2630 or 888-313-4665.
"Humor is a blessing in all our lives. I choose to look for humor in every day, I think it is a choice we can make, and I encourage everyone to develop it by interacting with people who also choose to find humor in life."
Laughter helps with learning, too.
Evans believes "laughter is the fastest most effective path toward learning," she said. "If you are bored trying to learn a new tool or concept, there is little chance you will remember it - however, if you are being shown the tool or concept in a humorous story, you are not only likely to remember it, but actually implement it into your life."
Evans is a member of the National Speakers Association, which named her as a top new speaker in 2012; and the Screen Actor's Guild, Actors' Equity Association and the Association for Television and Radio Actors, having appeared in "One Life to Live," Woody Allen films and off-Broadway plays.
"We are going to have such a fun night at the UPMC Altoona Women's Night Out," Evans said. "I am grateful and excited to present 'When the Chick Hits the Fan,' which helps the women to leverage levity for a lighter life. The program is a celebration of women, life, love and shoes."
Her only female-focused program "is a fun story-based humor presentation revolving around different aspects of being a woman," she said.
Other popular programs she offers include "Put the Show Into Business," and "Half Full of It: Activating Optimism and Other Hard Core Soft Skills," which is also the title of her new book, she said.
Friends of UPMC Altoona and the UPMC Altoona Foundation will sponsor fundraisers during Women's Night Out. Chances to win jewelry donated from Your Jewelry Box will be available for purchase.
Proceeds benefit women's health services at UPMC Altoona.
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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Last chance to talk me out of it
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> Last chance to talk me out of it
March 9, 2010, 05:31 PM
I'm going to order a Lee Breech lock anniversary kit and lee's reloading manuel for the great price of $95 from Midways tomorrow.
Speak now or never. Thanks
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March 9, 2010, 05:35 PM
IMO: Unless the Lee manual comes free with the kit?
Order the Lyman #49 reloading manual instead.
Much more useful for a wide variety of bullet types you can actually identify.
Lee is kind of pretty vague in the area.
March 9, 2010, 05:47 PM
I have the Speer # 14. Lee's was only 14.00 on site didn't look for Lyman #49 But will check it out, thanks for info.
March 9, 2010, 06:03 PM
Get the Lee kit and a Lyman 49th.
March 9, 2010, 06:07 PM
Kit and Lyman's it is. See how easy it's to talk me out of it,LOL.
March 9, 2010, 10:36 PM
Great deal, good press. Buy a bunch of the bushing. You will need 3 or 4 for each caliber you reload.
March 9, 2010, 10:45 PM
check the price at graf's. Compare the end cost there with the same cost from Midway....
And, for chuckles, do the same with Midsouth....
Jim H.
Arkansas Paul
March 9, 2010, 11:03 PM
Nah, I don't think I'll try and talk you out of it.
Welcome aboard and happy loading.
March 9, 2010, 11:38 PM
It's on sale for $82 til March 31! http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=423081
Includes the Challenger Breech Lock single stage press, 3 Breech Lock die bushings, a Lee Safety Scale, Perfect Powder Measure, powder funnel, lock stud and cutter, a Lee chamfer tool, primer pocket cleaner, a large and small Safety Prime and a tube of sizing lube. :D
March 9, 2010, 11:58 PM
I bought a "pre-Breech Lock" kit and wish it was available when I got mine. Bushings with dies preset to pop in and out - how great is that. Next, if you are like me, you will get a Lee Precision Classic Turret press - I got two kits and love them both but I got a "pre -Classic Turret" kit - so I missed out on both innovations. I would for sure get Modern Reloading by Richard Lee if you are using Lee Precision equipment.
March 10, 2010, 06:08 AM
Wait violet, don't do it... (In my best Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka voice)
Have fun. And... be prepared. I have not been able to bring myself to spend a penny on ANYTHING other then reloading supplies and equipment since I got the bug :)
March 10, 2010, 07:30 AM
Get the Lee book and the Lyman book. Lee will only set you back another $15.
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10 Best Places for BBQ in Atlanta
By Kelly Skinner
Atlanta Local Expert
Spoiler alert: Atlantans like barbecue. So, you can find a bunch of restaurants that serve it here, and serve it to your liking. Your job, reader, is to know exactly what kind of barbecue you prefer and go from there. Do you like vinegar-based sauces, mustard-based sauces, thick-tomato sauces? Do you prefer Kentucky barbecue, Texas barbecue, Tennessee barbecue or East Carolina barbecue?
Yes, Atlanta's got a string of hidden, run-down shacks producing moist, smoked barbecue. But then we also have several, newer, sit-down spots that are family-friendly in bustling, popular neighborhoods. If you're a fan of the latter, you'll be a fan of the large, immensely popular Texas-style barbecue joint, Fox Bros Bar-B-Q (our top pick) whose bustling space will seat–and generously feed–a big group of heavy eaters. If you just want to grab some food to go, check out the hidden gem, Miss Betty's House of Ribs in East Atlanta Village. This humble trailer dishes out incredible smoked meats and indulgent sides to match.
Ah, yes, and those sides... one must not forget creamy macaroni and cheese, sweet baked beans, spicy collards, fluffy cornbread, soul-warming Brunswick stew. They don't just complement the meal, good sides make the meal.
Read on for a few of our top 10 places for BBQ in Atlanta
Swallow at the Hollow
Housed in a rustic lodge with a tin roof and a covered front porch, this Roswell eatery is a lively candidate for one of the area's top barbecue spots. Throw back some cold beer and dig into a platter of pulled pork or beef brisket, accompanied by an order of macaroni and cheese, fried green tomatoes and three-bean baked beans. Meats are pit-smoked over hickory and fruitwood, creating a flavorful cue. Sides leans toward fresh and locally grown. The restaurant's onsite store sells produce, herbs and canned goods,so you can take the experience home with you. They also offer an extensive catering and to-go selection, perfect for parties, and have their own event facility (a favorite for weddings) next door. (678-352-1975)
Zeigler's BBQ
Zeigler's BBQ and Catering company is one of the lesser known barbecue restaurants in Atlanta, but they do quite a good catering business for both corporate and private events (which may be how you found out about them if you've already tried it). Zeigler's has won various awards over the past few years, including a State of Georgia Reserve Grand Championship in 2007. The simple pulled pork is some of the best in the city and is definitely the way to go here. They also have terrific sides. Whether you love potato salad, macaroni and cheese, cole slaw or baked beans, they are all wonderful sides to complement your meat of choice. ((770) 529-5227)
Big Shanty Smokehouse
True to its namesake, Kennesaw's family-owned barbecue joint is indeed located within a shanty. For a taste of the best the restaurant has to offer, order Steve's Sampler. This comes with ribs, brisket, sausage and pork. Notable sides are the potato salad and beans, which spend time in the smoker, taking on the smokey flavor. It takes time for the meat to reach the savory succulence that Big Shanty Barbeque is known for. The meat is smoked for 13 hours and retains incredible juiciness and flavor. The restaurant also caters events in the area. If you're planning on feeding a big group, you may want to consider ordering one of the smoked meat selections to go (like the 12-to-13 pound whole smoked turkey). (770-499-7444)
D.B.A. Barbecue
This bar/restaurant fills its menu with no-fuss plates like barbecue and burgers along with moonshine. The eatery is an easy-going place with TVs broadcasting sports games and a pretty bar. Spicy boiled peanuts, fried pickles, and fried green tomatoes are some of the other Southern starters you can find at DBA. But the bacon-wrapped shrimp is a must order. The best option for a hungry group is the sampler platter ($40) which comes your choice of four sides and a large portion of all meats: beef brisket, smoked turkey, pulled chicken, pulled pork, wings, spare ribs and baby back ribs. You better have at least four people with you if you're planning on going for it! (4042495000)
Daddy D'z
Yes, the place looks like a dump. But don't be dissuaded by it--the facade is part of its charm. Grab a seat and have your pick of gluttonous BBQ. For an appetizer, try the barbecue wraps, meat wrapped in crispy dough. Fried mushrooms, wings, chicken tenders, and shrimp comprise of some of the other appetizer choices. Order ribs by the slabs, barbeque plates with sides, or desserts. Cheesecake, cobbler, or cakes are available. For a taste of the South, try the shrimp and grits. On the weekends, the place attracts live blues bands. Check it out for a soulful show. (404-222-0206)
Community Q BBQ
Decatur's Community Q has customers lined up for their pulled pork, meaty ribs and mac 'n cheese. Fans love the pork with its smokey flavor and the meaty, slow-cooked brisket. The ribs are meaty, juicy and full of flavor and really don't need the help of the two sauces found on the table: sweet and vinegar based. Note that there is no table service here. Diners must place their order at the counter. Your food will be brought to you. It is almost important to note that the restaurant closes super early both during the week and on weekends, so enjoy your feasting early. ((404) 633-2080)
Sweet Auburn BBQ
Sweet Auburn Barbecue makes a home nestled among the permanent vendors at Sweet Auburn Curb Market in Edgewood and at its newly opened brick-and-mortar location in the Poncey Highlands (656 N. Highland). Meats are slow-cooked over hickory and apple wood and boast a distinct flavor. Go for traditional meat plates and sandwiches with entrees like the Memphis baby back ribs or the Sweet Auburn barbecue plate (which includes options of pulled pork, chicken or brisket with two sides.) For more inventive options order the coconut lemongrass pork spare ribs or the Korean-style short rib sandwich. The restaurant also has a food truck. (404.589.9722)
Heirloom Market
Heirloom Market packs them in during lunchtime. Don't let the crowd scare you away. There's excellent Korean-style barbecue in store. Despite the lackluster facade, greatness awaits you within. The Korean barbecue brisket and pork sandwiches are the things to get, though the pulled pork and ribs are solid, too. Go-to sides include collards, Brunswick stew and the Korean-spiced sweet potatoes. Even though the line is long, they get orders out quickly. Heirloom Market only has one actual table for seating, right in the middle of restaurant. The remaining seating consists of about 10-to-12 bar stools. You'd do best ordering your food to go. (770-612-2502)
Fox Bros BBQ
Traditional Texas-style barbecue reins at this Candler Park eatery, located off of Dekalb Avenue. It's hard to miss. It's a huge space that's very visible from the road--as is the crowd. It's always busy and always delicious. Portions are gigantic, so don't worry about leaving hungry. In terms of rankings, it's hard to beat this place. They get the food right, but the vibe and service are spot-on, too. Pulled pork and brisket are crowd-pleasers, as is the mac and cheese, Brunswick stew and St. Louis-style ribs. Additional menu items included smoked chicken and an adventurous "burger" (chopped brisket topped with bacon, tomato, red onion, pickles, melted pimento cheese and jalapeno mayo). ((404) 577-4030)
About Kelly Skinner
Kelly Skinner comes to Atlanta by way of sunny coastal city, Pensacola, FL. A lover of all things food, music and travel, Skinner found her perfect match in Atlanta in the food-centric hub of Decatur. A full-time freelance writer and editor, Skinner's byline has appeared in a range of publications including Paste, The Atlantan, Jezebel, Redbook, South and Living Intown. When she's not writing, editing and exploring Atlanta for the best places to eat, drink and play, Skinner loves doing yoga, running with her dog in Piedmont Park and scouring book stores and record shops for hidden treasures.
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{HUGS to all of you!}
I am considering offering some of my furniture for sale on my blog, too. A special piece here and there, just for fun.
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Hey guys,
I suffered a lower back injury in the summer of 07 after doing Tae Kwon Do and I guess dislocating something in my back. I didn't do anything about it till Jan 08. They said I had a "spinal subluxation." Ok.
I wrestled for 2 years before the incident, and did fine. But after the injury, wrestling was hard and my back hurt A LOT.
I had to quit twice. Now i'm back, and my back doesn't hurt, but I don't know if it hurts to wrestle.
Does my injury make sense? What should I do to prevent pain?
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Wrestling and lower back pain"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies." - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
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i injured my back in june 08, and i couldnt play soccer, volleyball, hockey or swim...but i joined wrestling not to long ago because my back seemed fine, and now its ****ed up again, and im out of wrestling trying to rest my back, i wouldnt go into it if i were you. you can try, but if its ****es up again its going to suck.train now, cry later
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Being in your wrestling stance and all of the pulling movements used during wrestling put a lot of stress on your lower back. You're going to want to do a lot of lower back strengthening if your really serious about getting back into it. You'll have to work on it for a while, though. You should also get it checked out by a doctor/therapist. Not to be a pessimist, but if you hurt your back bad enough, maybe your just not cut out for it anymore.
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I suffered a lower back injury in Ramadi from an IED going off and folding me over the turret of my humvee. It bothered me for about a year and I tended to shy away from lifts life squats and deadlifts. I finally bit the bullet and started deadlifting real light weight with perfect form (on the advice of a navy doctor) and It stopped bothering me after about a month of lifting. Go see a doctor and hit that deadlift brah!
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A place where harmony and understanding abound -- at least in images
The Coexistence Festival: Exhibition Coexistence
Where: Beginning in front of the Zimmerli Museum, 71 Hamilton Street, on the campus of Rutgers University and spread throughout downtown New Brunswick
When: Through May 20, with special festival events (including music, food, outdoor entertainment) Saturday and Sunday
How much: Free (though tickets are available for special appearances Friday and Saturday by Richie Havens, the Indigo Girls, Tiempo Libre, and many others). Call (732) 246-7469 or see StateTheatreNJ.org. For more information see www.CoexistenceFestival.org.
If you've been driving through New Brunswick over the past week you've probably noticed Exhibition Coexistence, part of a larger "Coexistence Festival," which includes a series of metal tripods hung with 9x15-foot vinyl banners emblazoned with simple designs by internationally known artists, like Yoko Ono or Seymour Chwast, invoking peace and goodwill. The 60-odd images are colorful and striking -- a white foot whose sole forms the silhouette of a black face, a photo of a pod with red, white, black and yellow beans under the legend "Human Beans," a puce-colored rectangle printed with the words "Left/Right/Left/Right/Left/Right BOOM!"
And they're hard to miss. Sponsored by Rutgers and its Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, with the help of the City of New Brunswick and local corporations, the Exhibition Coexistence is spread along Albany Street in front of the Johnson & Johnson headquarters, in the Voorhees Mall just to the left of the Zimmerli on Hamilton Street, and scattered around the nearby Old Queens College campus.
The Coexistence Festival was conceived by the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem, a contemporary art outfit, as a way to promote .¤.¤. well, coexistence, back in 2001 when it seemed (as it always does) in particularly short supply. The museum solicited banners from prominent international artists on that theme and set them up in Jerusalem. Since then, the exhibit has visited some 24 cities around the world, and it will be up in New Brunswick through May 20. This weekend, there will be a host of Coexistence Festival events on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus, ranging from a concert featuring the likes of Richie Havens, the Indigo Girls and Tiempo Libre, to a Health Fair and assorted Safe Kid programs. (See www.CoexistenceFestival.org for a complete list and ticket prices.)
The banners scattered around Rutgers represent the work of 44 artists. They hail from all over the world, from Israel and Japan to France and the United States -- but at every stop the festival has held a competition for a local artist to produce an image expressing coexistence, too. The winner in New Brunswick is New Jersey photographer David Magyar, who brings the whole idea full circle: Magyar has chosen a photo from a series he took shortly after the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001.
Yoko's banner is a drawing of two simple cylinders, in black and white, one labeled "sky" and the other "water"; it's her interpretation of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 6: "And God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters .¤.¤. ." Most of the banners have their own text block, too, like Yoko's Bible quote. American artist Armando Tejuca, who painted two identical figures, one in red and one in blue, casting a single shadow, chose a quote from philosopher John Rawls, about the relative justice of aristocratic and caste societies. Piotr Mlodozeniec, from Poland, chose a quote from Thomas Jefferson denouncing the way religious dogma has inspired "quarreling, fighting, burning and torturing one another" throughout time. His banner spells the word "coexist" with a crescent moon for the C, a star of David for the X, and a cross for the T.
Most of these banners are graphic images, more like advertising than art, intent on selling their message. But they often do it with a kind of stark indirection that makes the mind wander over the idea -- not so much like an ad, but more like a New Yorker cartoon.
Only, as a song made famous by Elvis Costello says: What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?
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Opportunities in the oil spill, Part 1: The Jones Act
June 23, 2010 - Mike Maneval
While it was White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who noted political leaders shouldn't let crises "go to waste," opponents of the administration have been as willing to heed the advice as the administration itself.
In the wake of the unfolding gulf oil spill crisis, a common complaint of many of President Obama's most persistent critics has stemmed from a law signed in the 1920s named the Jones Act.
Critics of the Jones Act like Dick Armey, Mother Jones magazine reports, fulminate over Obama's relunctance to suspend the Jones Act in its entirety "from day one." Columnist Deroy Murdock joins Armey in sneering at the law as "trap(ping) potentially helpful boats in overseas ports."
Of course, setting aside this "opportunity" and rejoining reality, one discovers, as reported by Stephanie Mencimer in that Mother Jones article, that Gen. Thad Allen, leading Coast Guard efforts in combatting the spill, confirmed on June 15 that 15 foreign ships were assisting in cleanup and containment work in the Gulf. And as Murdock himself begrudgingly acknowledges, the administration has granted case-by-case exemptions from the Jones Act before and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has indicated any necessary waiver would be granted as needed.
It is likely closer to the truth that the leading factor hindering foreign assistance is that the entities offering "assistance" are thinking about "opportunities" themselves. As the Associated Press reported on June 18, nearly every offer of assistance from foreign sources has come with strings attached. "These offers are not typically offers of aid," Coast Guard Lt. Erik Halvorson told the AP. "Normally, they are offers to sell resources to BP or the U.S. government."
So why the sudden focus on the Jones Act, which requires the shipping of materials between U.S. ports be done by U.S.-flagged ships? The measure remains popular with maritime unions whose wages are protected from foreign depreciation of their work's value. And just as the financial upheaval at General Motors and Chrysler in 2008 and 2009 presented an opportunity to assail compensation levels for assembly-line workers, a political movement that wants America's middle-class to be more lowly-paid sees in the oil spill an opportunity to press for a policy change that would lower maritime salaries.
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Maybe they should put a flag of her in the rafters, since that who's she's really singing for.
The Wings get their chance on the same shift. No dice.
Guerin almost springs Kunitz on a breakaway.
Fleury looked shaky early on. Really shaky. Even Muhammad Ali was worried.
Brad Stuart hits Fedotenko when the puck's not there. No call.
Orpik eliminates Hossa at center ice when the puck's not there. No call.
Crosby lays out Zetterberg at center ice.
Red Wings break the ice with a bad-break goal.
By the end of the first period, you realize that the Red Wings are choosing to give Malkin room, as opposed to Crosby.
The Pens get the first real goal of the game.
Malkin sharks, picks off a pass, puts it on net.
Tenko there for the rebound.
Solid road period.
Pens get a chance like 8 seconds into the second period.
Kunitz and Guerin lurking.
Kronwall plays with fire and turns it over to a lurking Malkin.
Lebda jobs Talbot's stick. Pens get a PP.
Took a while to set up against a new team, a new PK.
Pretty much testing out the waters on that one.
But they were still able to get a solid chance. No clue what happened.
Samuelsson tries to pretend to check Staal.
But he just grabs his shoulder and yanks on it.
The game was possibly gonna hang in the balance on that PP.
The Wings commit three guys to the half boards when the puck's there.
It will eventually burn them, but not on that one.
Crowd doesn't even react to the kill.
Shades of Therrien as Crosby and Malkin are teamed together.
Therrien, in his living room, lifts his Diet Coke in celebration after they fail to score.
The Pens were ripe for a penalty call.
Gonchar trips up vaginal applicator. No call.
Crosby gets a chance off a bad change.
No dice for Bing.
The entire Red Wing team stops playing if they think there should be a penalty.
But then Hossa draws one on Adams. Wings PP.
Scuderi thwarts an early chance.
We really got a feeling for the Pens-fans presence on the kill.
Some dude with an unreal whistle vocalizes his appreciation on every clear.
No clue why the NBC team thought Cooke should get a penalty for a late hit there on Holmstrom.
The whistle hadn't blown.
The puck, for all intents and purposes, was at Holmstrom's feet.
Elbowing call should have been made, but not interference or something.
The Wings were finally getting pressure at the end of the period.
They force a tired Pens unit to ice it.
Disco breaks out the time-out.
Turns out to be moot.
Fleury unintentionally puts another one home for the Wings after a horrible bounce off the boards.
MAF tried to exorcise some demons after freezing it late in the period.
After the whistle, he fires the puck from his glove back at the boards.
This comes from a guy who heavily pets his posts after one gets rung off the pipe.
Horrible thing to happen after owning the play in the second period.
Time to start a big-time third period.
The Wings were 9-0 when leading after two periods in the playoffs.
Early on, Kronwall headhunts for Malkin. Misses.
Then Helm gets sent on a breakaway. Gill jobs him.
He puts it home when he gets half the cage open.
Letang gets a chance in the high slot and just rips it right into the crest. whatev.
Crosby gets a chance on Osgood. It lands on his back.
Zetterberg closes his hand on it in the crease.
Uphill battle.
Father Time tried to get into the Joe.
But a Red Wings fan walked in front of him.
It is so funny to hear the Red Wings and their fans complain about the NHL. They get away with more penalties than any team in the NHL.
Faceoffs = Wings
24 hours, life could change.
Pens had 19 shots in Game One last year. 32 this year.
Backs against the wall.


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Talia's Kosher Steakhouse is the premier Glatt kosher steakhouse on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. With a varied menu featuring premium cuts like Prime Rib for One or Two on the bone, Filet Mignon, and Butcher's Cut and many other options like chicken, duck, fish and even vegetarian dishes like homemade hummus, tahini, babaganoush, falafel. Talia is by far the best Kosher Steakhouse in New York
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Before Brad Pitt gave his Oscar-nominated turn as a man born old who ages in reverse, John Eaton was hard at work at his own version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
But when the latest curious case premieres on Tuesday, don't expect anything like the film version. Eaton, a North Bergen-based composer known for writing electronic and microtonal music and for innovative performance practices, has turned Button into a new opera. In his composition, he adhered closely to the original 1922 short story.
"Unlike the movie," he said, "it doesn't sentimentalize or modernize it — it just stays with the story, which I think is really a comic masterpiece. Fitzgerald uses it to throw an ironic light on things that still plague us today, in hospitals, schools, universities and family life."
With Eaton's daughter Estela as the librettist, the production also includes conductor Karl Kramer, director Marco Capalbo and the Pocket Opera Players. Eaton's signature POP productions call for smaller casts, with instrumentalists taking on theatrical roles, and tend to use projections, props and costume elements in place of more elaborate stage accoutrements.
For this performance, the singers will be baritones Chris Trakas and Dominic Inferrera sharing the title role, soprano Linda Larson as Hildegarde Moncrief and others, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Roderer in a variety of roles, tenor Tony Boutté as Roger and Roscoe Button, and bass-baritone Matthew Burns as multiple characters.
Eaton, who at 75 has won much acclaim as well as a MacArthur Grant, three Prix de Rome prizes and two Guggenheim Fellowships, has tried something new with his latest venture — the inclusion of older music.
"What I've done musically, I've never done in an opera before, and I've done 20 operas," he said. "I've always used just purely and simply my own musical language . . . in this opera, I thought it was very necessary — to show the passage of time — to use music that was current in the period."
Drawing on references like a John Philip Sousa march that fits into a scene from the Spanish-American War, Eaton said he has incorporated the music in a "deconstructed" fashion.
For example, he said, "When he goes to Harvard — when his apparent age is 20 although his real age is 50 — I have used ragtime, which was the idiom of that day, but the ragtime is based on a Harvard fight song."
As Eaton tries out his new tactic, he hopes to see continued innovation in opera.
"Opera has been the exploratory arm of music," he said. "Because it's tied to drama, composers can really take chances and have new music communicate, and that's been the case with some exceptions ever since it was founded.
"It was the form to which composers went to develop new musical ideas."
Currently, in the United States at least, Eaton doesn't see that tradition being continued.
"Most opera composers employ a kind of warmed-over Puccini or, in other words, use a musical idiom which is not really anything on the forefront of their sensibilities.
"New operas recently — with some exceptions — have been written as lollipops for the audience, written in a very conservative language.
"It's time that the people who run opera houses get a little courage and try something new."
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — The Opera
Where: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York
When: Tuesday at 8 p.m.
How much: $30 in advance ($20 for members, students and seniors); $32 day of show. Call (212) 864-5400 or visit symphonyspace.org.


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N.Y.N.H.&H.R.R. Freight House Waterford CT Plans and Drawings
Rear Elevation
Here are a group of seven original plans on vellum from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for their Freight House. Waterford Conn. Shore Line Division. Built 1905. These are original 8.5" x 14" copies made in the railroads print room and used by the buildings department of the railroad in maintenance and modification. These were actual working drawings so that minor soil, stains and creases are present. The appearance is superior to the scans we have provided on this page. (Stock number 003NYNHWaterford)
Elevation Track Side
South End Elevation - North End Elevation
Foundation Framing Plan | Floor Plan
Cross Section
Framing Track side - Detail of Door
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