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Gourmet, New York, Calabrese pizzas planned for Al Calderone Club in Shorewood
The family that founded the Calderone Club restaurants now plans to open a pizza takeout and delivery restaurant in Shorewood, offering different types of pizzas -- including the family matriarch's Calabrese-style pie.
It will be called Al Calderone Club, which was the name of the original restaurant on the east side, started in the mid-1970s at N. Bartlett and E. Bradford avenues. It's a tribute to the family patriarch, Antonio Fazzari, who died in September, said his son Carmelo. Carmelo Fazzari operates the Calderone Club in Fox Point; brother Gino operates the Calderone Club downtown. »Read Full Blog Post
Project Runway contestant Miranda Levy explains breach of military uniform standards
Milwaukee artist and "Project Runway" contestant Miranda Levy posted an open letter to her fellow service members in the military this evening, explaining the circumstances around a breach of uniform standards on the first episode of the fashion-driven reality TV show. She is the first veteran to compete on the series.
Levy, who posted the letter to Facebook and within minutes had a string of supportive comments and "likes," creates designs that are often inspired by the trim and precise tailoring of military uniforms. "Project Runway" airs on Lifetime on Thursdays. Here is Levy's letter in full: »Read Full Blog Post
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10 more reasons to love the State Fair cream puff
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'One on One with Ryan Braun' no longer on WISN-TV
WISN-TV will no longer air its "One on One with Ryan Braun" segment, the station said Tuesday.
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Della Wells embraces family's past through art dolls
When Milwaukee artist Della Wells was a little girl, she and her mother saved cereal box tops and sent them in to get a free doll. The doll was like a little pillow, stuffed and easy to cozy up with. She also remembers getting her very first black doll. Her aunt gave it to her.
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ORANGEBURG — S.C. State hit the field Saturday for the first of 25 preseason football practices as the Bulldogs prepare for the 2013 campaign. Approximately 90 players participated in the two-hour workout drills.
Bulldogs head coach Buddy Pough, now in 12th season at the helm, said it was a typical start of camp.
"It's always a little shock of being back and ready to get things going," said Pough. " You have to figure out that the same hard work is out there, and you have to prepare yourself to play at the level you want to play at."
The Bulldogs will conduct their second practice Sunday beginning at 9:30 a.m.
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Walt Lancaster of Charleston recently captured a gold medal and three ribbons at the National Senior Games (U.S. Senior Olympics) in Cleveland.
The biennial National Senior Games began in 1987 and feature 19 sports. Nearly 11,000 male and female athletes, ages 50 and up, competed in 23 venues.
Lancaster, competing in the 70-74 age division, won gold in the 4x100m relay, and placed fourth in the 50m dash, seventh in the 100m dash, seventh in the discus, ninth in the 200m dash, ninth in the triple jump and 10th in the javelin.
Other local participants included Brian Stockmaster (50-54) and Bernard Ditter (80-84).

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Surviving The Nap WarsEmily Malone
I'm having a pity party today. Care to join me? It has been one of those weeks where no matter how hard I've tried to fit it all in and stay flexible, it feels like everything has blown up in my face.
How is it possible to have an almost-10-month-old and still have days where you feel like you have absolutely no idea what you're doing? We're having some serious nap wars over here. In case you're wondering, I am losing.
Cullen's naps are suddenly all over the place. My predictable sleeper is now wired and cranky, which has left me tired and…also cranky. Here's what his napping looked like up until last week:
- 6-6:30am– up for the day
- 8:30-10:30am — morning nap
- 2:00-3:30pm — afternoon nap
- 6:45-7:00pm — bedtime
Obviously there is some give and take there, and I don't try to hold him to any specific times or schedule, but he almost always falls into these patterns on his own. I'm guessing that our current nap issues are caused by a few different changes he's going through right now.
For one, he just started sleeping through the night. I know, I know — sleeping through the night and now here I am complaining about naps! But he was never the "get up and stay up" type at night — just woke, cried, ate, and immediately went back to sleep. So he's not actually getting much more sleep now, it's just more consistent. It is also amazing.
He has also started walking. And everything I heard was right: once they start they literally do not stop. He is into everything. He hates all of his toys, and is only entertained by trash cans, cords, phone charges, remotes, the toilet, the steps … you name it.
I know this is normal for his age. I also know that we hang out with a lot of other babies, and I seem to be the only mom literally running in circles to keep up with a 9-month-old maniac.
A few days ago, after chasing him down the hall to chew on the toilet base (WHY?) 50 times, I finally drug out the pack n' play and tossed him in with a few toys. He was not amused. This was also the same day that he took zero naps. ZERO. Finally, somewhere around 7pm, we both crashed. I spent the rest of the night in a fog wondering what the hell just happened.
The next day was a little bit better. His morning nap was routine and predictable, and he even snuggle up on my chest for a bit before hitting the crib. I'll take it as an apology for the day before.
But now? We are back to the nap wars.
Now that he's sleeping straight through the night, he's waking earlier than he used to, which is fine (and understandable) since we're both getting more consistent and restful sleep. But it seems that because of this he's inching out his naps times, or even trying to just drop down to one? (Please tell me it's too early for that!)
This morning he got up at 6. We played, ate breakfast, went for a walk, played some more, nursed, got a clean diaper — the works. By 9am he was rubbing his eyes and giving me all the signs that he was, indeed, tired. So we did our nap routine, I put him into his crib, and I walked out.
He stood at the side of the crib alternating between screaming and chewing on his crib rail for about 45 minutes. Meanwhile I paced the kitchen, slurped coffee, and stared at the monitor. The whole "put him in the crib and walk out" thing doesn't feel like a break to me. I struggle to relax until I see he is actually asleep.
Once a long while had passed and the crying had intensified, I went back in and rocked him for a bit. He still seemed sleepy. I put him back in and left again. He crawled around the crib. Played with a few hanging toys, practiced his walking from one end to the other…
And just when I was literally ready to give up hope and move on with our day, I looked down and he was flat on his back eyes closed.
90 minutes after our original nap routine began, he was asleep. And he's continued to sleep as I typed out this ridiculous rant. So now what — when will his afternoon nap happen? Will he take one? Am I brave enough to attempt to leave the house?
All of this feels a little bit dramatic and absurd. Just typing it out has made me feel a bit better. I know that stuff with babies is always changing and unpredictability is the name of the game, but eventually it just wears me down.
I love that Cullen is so active and that he's thriving so well, but all this activity doesn't leave me time for much else. We have baby-proofed out the wazoo, but he still manages to find little (dangerous) things to get into constantly.
Eating the door stop typical.
Casey's work hours have stretched so that I'm now on my own from wake up to bedtime, so I count on those naps for my sanity. When he skips them, I do crazy things like freak out on the internet.
I'd really like to hire some help to give me a break and allow me to get a bit more work done, but I'm not sure when to tell them to come since his sleep times are jumping all over the place. I keep putting it off for "one more week" in hopes that things will settle into some sort of predictable pattern.
And with that this nap is over! Sorry for the dramatic pity party today. And please understand I have not lost perspective. I know there are many, many worse things to be dealing with than an an active, healthy baby who is too excited about life to sleep. I am lucky to be home with him to pull leaves out of his mouth and get big slobbery kisses. It has just been a long week.
Read more from Emily on her personal blog Daily Garnish, where she creates healthy vegetarian recipes, recaps her latest running adventures, and chronicles life as a new mom to her son and two crazy dogs. You can follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest too!
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Keyes Can't Believe Gays Will Be Allowed In the Military While Birthers Are Going to Prison
Alan Keyes says hope for America is fading fast now that we are on the verge of allowing gays to take over the military while simultaneously sending "honorable" Birther soldiers to prison ... and it is all part of President Obama's plan to "destroy the American constitutional republic":
Though portrayed as a matter of rights for homosexuals, this is really an issue of coercion again those who conscientiously reject homosexual activity as a matter of faith and morals ... In true Machiavellian fashion, this will of course empower homosexuals to accuse and by accusation to destroy the careers of other service personnel at will ... It will give extraordinary authority to the protected practitioners of homosexuality, who will become the de facto censors of the sexual attitudes of others. It will contribute to a military culture hostile to the fundamental precepts of natural right, precepts without which liberty and constitutionally limited government cannot rationally be maintained. A military imbued with such hostility (under the formal and informal influence of individuals personally motivated to resent the doctrine of natural law that historically stigmatized the sexual gratification they prefer) becomes the ideal instrument for those who mean to discard constitutional government, and by force impose policies upon the people that disregard and trample upon their natural and therefore unalienable rights. The result will be a military force questionable in its defense of the Constitution, but most reliable in enforcing laws that ignore or trample upon the political rights it was framed to respect and preserve.
It is no wonder that on the same day the Obama faction Democrats in the House passed the legislation meant to inaugurate this new military culture, an unjust court-martial rendered its verdict against an honorable officer whose only crime was seeking reassurance that the Constitution of the United States has been respected in the disposition of the office of commander in chief. This is the harbinger of the sorry truth. If the Obama faction and its GOP fellow travelers like Scott Brown (and, by the way, Ron Paul who voted with the Obama faction in the House) impose their will, soon there will be no place in the military for those who treat their oath to defend the Constitution as a matter of conscience. The honorable tradition of true citizen service will altogether yield to the mercenary and ambitious mentality of those who seek above all to gratify their own pleasure and ambition.
With the election of Barack Obama, we saw the advent of the political leadership suited finally to destroy the American constitutional republic. Once the culture of law-imposed homosexuality takes hold of the military, Americans will live in the shadow of the military force that corresponds to it. God help us.
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KEANSBURG – Two Keansburg residents were arrested after police said they tried to scam someone into renting an apartment that was already occupied.
Rafael Medina, 31, and Yanira Lopez, 28, were charged with multiple offenses on Tuesday, police said. Medina allegedly told the victim, who was looking for an apartment to rent, that he had a place on Oakwood Place that he was renting out for the owner and showed it to the victim, police said.
The Oakwood apartment was actually being rented out by Lopez, police said, who knew about the scam.
Police said Medina then told the potential renter to call Lopez, who gave a false name. Lopez told the victim she was the owner and the rent and security deposit was $2,400 and that he could move in on the first of the month, police said.
Lopez also instructed the victim to give the money to Medina, police said.
When the victim went to move into the apartment, Lopez was living at the apartment with her children, police said, and told the victim she was the rightful tenant of the apartment.
At this point, police said the victim reported the scam to police.
Lopez and Medina were each charged with theft by deception, conspiracy to commit theft and criminal simulation, and bail was set at $10,000.
Police said Lopez was released on bail and Medina was taken to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold in lieu of bail.
Authorities are asking anyone who was scammed out of renting an apartment to call Keansburg police at 732-787-0600, and said all calls would be kept confidential.
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The Natural History Museum, London
Since people have been going to the sea, they have been in awe of sharks. Their formidable jaws and teeth seem to invoke in us an irrational fear that turns any shark attack into front-page news worldwide. Yet their powerful, streamlined bodies are also an inspiration to ship and submarine designers and their immune system may hold the key to fighting human diseases.
Michael Bright's exploration of the latest findings from research groups worldwide reveals sharks to be much more than just mindless, killing machines. It shows how they are the product of over 450 million years of evolution, honed to perfection as some of the sea's most sophisticated predators. Spectacular photographs help turn a creature that scared us into one that inspires.
Stunningly illustrated throughout, Sharks is an accessible and vivid introduction to these fascinating and often misrepresented animals.


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Intentional Wrongdoer's Indemnification of One Who Negligently Failed to Prevent the Wrong
Edward H. Cooper
University of Michigan Law School
www.LegalEssays.com, 1999
Section 24 of the proposed new Restatement (Third) Of Torts provides for joint and several liability when a tortfeasor is liable for negligently failing to protect a plaintiff from the specific risk of an intentional tort, even in a jurisdiction that has otherwise abandoned joint and several liability. In this essay, Professor Edward Cooper argues that a negligent tortfeasor should have a right to indemnification, not mere contribution, from an intentional tortfeasor when the only negligence was failure to protect the victim against the intentional tortfeasor's act. The intentional tortfeasor who pays more than the allocated share of responsibility should not have a right of contribution against the one who negligently failed to prevent his wrong.
In a companion essay also found on www.LegalEssays.com, Professor William Powers replies to Professor Cooper's essay.
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Bacon, Potato & Cheddar ChowderJulieVR
New potatoes are in season – we're pulling them from the dirt in our yard, and getting them in our CSA boxes. I can't get enough of the thin-skinned little beauties. They're delicious smashed, roasted, in salads – but also make a fantastic summery chowder with bacon and cheddar. Add corn, too, if you get your hands on some late August cobs – scrape the kernels off the cob and add them along with the potatoes.
This simple soup is perfect for rainy days – to switch it up, try adding curry powder or paste in place of the thyme, crumbled Italian sausage in place of the bacon, or a spoonful or two of tomato paste along with the stock for a tomato-esque kick.
Bacon, Potato & Cheddar Chowder
6 slices bacon, chopped
1 Tbsp canola oil
1 onion, chopped
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tsp fresh or dried thyme
1 L (4 cups) chicken or vegetable stock
2-3 thin skinned potatoes, unpeeled and diced
1 cup half & half
1 cup grated old cheddar
In a largish pot, cook the bacon over medium-high heat until crisp; remove with a slotted spoon and set aside in a bowl. Add the canola oil and the onions to the pot and cook for 5-6 minutes, until soft.
Sprinkle the flour and thyme over the onions and stir to coat, cooking for a minute. Add the stock and potatoes, bring to a boil and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.
Add the half & half and cheddar and cook for a few more minutes, until the cheese is melted. Stir in the bacon and season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Las Fallas 2010 ProgrammeLas Fallas 2010 is on it's way!
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In the middle of the 18th century, the fallas were just one part of the events held to celebrate St Joseph's Day (19 March). During the morning of 18 March, rag dolls called peleles were strung across city streets from window to window, or small platforms were set up against walls displaying one or two figures (ninots) that referred to an event or to certain individuals that were particularly deserving of public derision. Throughout the day, children and young people collected objects to be burnt on bonfires called fallas. All were burnt the evening before St. Joseph's Day in the midst of much celebration.
The next day, devout Valencians and carpenters attended their local churches in honour of their patron saint. Families also celebrated the saint's day for anyone called José (also known as Pepe) with cakes, fritters and anisette. It was a time of widespread, neighbourly festivities.
The first documentation we have concerning the fallas is an official letter sent to the mayor of the city of Valencia prohibiting the placing of monuments (especially of a theatrical nature) in narrow streets close to facades. This measure adopted by the city's police for the purpose of fire prevention led the inhabitants to set up their fallas only in wide streets or at crossroads and in squares and, unexpectedly, led in the long term to an important transformation. Although the fallas continued to have a horizontal, theatrical structure made up of two parts (a platform and a scene arranged on it), they started to be placed on wheels so that they could be moved to the centre of a street or square. As they were no longer placed against a wall, the design changed to make it possible to view them from all sides. This created much greater freedom of construction and invited the inclusion of messages all round them.
For a long time, the term falla was used indistinctly for the torches, bonfires, rag dolls and platforms, but gradually the term came to be restricted to the satirical pyres that exposed vices or prejudices to public scorn. These fallas gave rise to great expectation and the local inhabitants came en masse to view them. The structure was usually prismatic and erected on a square, wooden base decorated with painted frames and canvases or panels to conceal the combustible materials underneath. The figures included in the scenes were usually dressed with old clothes. As with the popular theatrical performances of the miracles of St. Vincent, these satirical fallas usually came with verses that were hung on nearby walls or on the pedestals and that related to the subject of the falla. By the middle of the 19th century, these verses started to be printed and bound, giving rise to the booklet called the llibret. This made it possible to develop the subject much further.
The special characteristic of the satirical fallas is that they represent a reprehensible social action or attitude. They have a specific subject and aim to criticise or ridicule. They are more than mere bonfires or pyres because they show scenes referring to people, events or collective behaviour that their makers - the falleros - consider should be criticised or corrected. The two most popular subjects for falleros in the 1850s were eroticism and social criticism.
In 1858, the falleros in the Plaza del Teatro were officially prohibited from erecting a moving falla with a direct allusion to social inequality with verses written by Josep María Bonilla, but they went ahead all the same the following year. The press gave the name of "erotic falla" or "anti-conjugal tendency" to the many fallas that alluded to racy or risqué subjects with verses using double-entendres that reflected a hedonistic, lewd mentality. Bernat i Baldiví wrote llibrets on such subjects but the best-known is that written by Blai Bellver for the falla in the Plaza de la Trinidad in Xativa in 1866. This was called "The Cross of Marriage" and was severely condemned by the Archbishop.
Throughout the 19th century, the Town Council and the authorities in general tended to disapprove of these fallas. Their policy of repression, which aimed to modernise and civilise the city's customs by eradicating popular celebrations such as the Carnival and the Fallas, was applied with rigour during the 1860s when heavy taxes were levied on permits for setting up fallas or playing music. This led to a reaction in defence of local traditions and, in 1887, the magazine La Traca awarded prizes to the best fallas. The initiative was continued by an association called Lo Rat Penat. This explicit support from civil society provoked competitiveness amongst the different neighbours' committees, stimulating fervour for the fallas and encouraging artistic creation. Criticism did not disappear from the subjects of the fallas (in some cases, it was politically radical) but a new trend arose favouring formal structural and aesthetic concerns.
Eventually, though rather reluctantly, the City Council of Valencia took over from Lo Rat Penat and awarded the first municipal awards for the fallas at the end of the festivities - one for 100 pesetas, and another for 50 pesetas. The social climate was not only in favour of this initiative but demanded it. A wide range of organisations was involved - cultural, recreational, civic, sporting, political and for workers - and all of these helped to promote the fallas during the first decade of the century. In return, the fallas increasingly devoted their attention to exalting local values, resulting in a growing association between the festivities and Valencia as their centre. From the start of the 20th century, the fallas no longer maintained the dual structure of platform and scene. A new concept took over in which the figures were no longer the most important part. The fallas now basically comprised three different elements - a low base with various platforms for the different scenes, a central body holding up the monument and a top.
The latter usually comprised a large, allegorical figure, condensing the topic of the whole falla and summarising the scenes below it.
The falla did not only contain a scene set against a background but content was expressed in the whole of the sculpture and had to be deciphered by walking all round the falla looking at it from top to bottom. Fallas had become lavish, majestic and imposing - large enough to be seen from a distance. The competitiveness introduced by the awards meant that the artists strove to produce monumental, elaborate creations.
In 1927, the Valencia Atracción association for the promotion of tourism organised the first Falla Train to bring emigrants from Valencia living in other Spanish provinces back to their home town for the festivities. This was so successful that Valencian society became even more devoted to its fallas and the number of monuments constructed grew and grew. The festivities soon came to require better organisation. The General Association for the Valencian Fallas and the Central Fallas Committee were created to represent the commissions and to organise the celebrations.
An article published in 1935 by Y. Llopis Piquer and entitled "How the fallas are prepared" describes the production of a falla in detail.
"The most important elements are: cardboard, plaster and wax, without forgetting the wood of the frames and the metal mesh covered with sacking for the large figures."
Using these simple materials, the Valencian artists emulate the large, long-lasting creations of sculptors, showing their skill in the production of grandiose monuments.
The most difficult and complex task is the construction of moulds for the heads. These are based on clay models which are then cast in plaster and subsequently in wax to give heads that are then completed by adding a moustache, a squint or a sneering expression to give a non-human touch and turn them into the characters featured in the falla.
The bodies are easier to build. The cardboard is pressed while wet onto plaster moulds and then shaped, an essential skill for any up-and-coming falla artist. And a further clay mould is made resulting in yet another human incarnation which will then be completed with physical distortions and material additions. This is the basic method used for turning out the multiple characters of the fallas.
The most difficult part is to paint the wax. There are few artists who are capable of injecting life into the figures by the use of colour but, by dint of experience and perseverance, miracles take place. What still remains to be done? The bodies are then placed on a wooden strut which serves to attach lightweight materials such as straw, cloth, sawdust and wax. The figures are finally erected on the actual day of the plantá when the fallas are placed in their final locations and the frames and mouldings are hammered on. Once in the streets, the figures blend with city life and, in the night-time darkness, observers can be forgiven for not being able to distinguish between what is real and what is fantastic.
Texts: Antonio Ariño
Las Fallas
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The Fallas festivities are the expression of a unique kind of art using large wooden structures covered with painted papier-mâché. Recently, however, other materials are also coming into use.
This festival is also a satirical and ironic vision of local, provincial, national and even international problems and themes.
The Fallas criticize almost everything and everyone imaginable, although they do so with tongue in cheek. Over 370 full-scale fallas and 368 childrens fallas are mounted throughout the city, and some of these reach extravagant heights, although they do not usually exceed 20 metres.
Each falla elects their own Fallas Queen from among the Fallas maidens who form the court of honour of that particular Falla. Towards the end of the year, they present one of these lovely ladies - not necessarily their Fallas Queen - to the competition from which the judges will chose the thirteen Valencian women who will make up the court of honour of the main Fallas Queen of the entire city of Valencia. Childrens fallas follow the same process.
For many years, the Fallas Queen of Valencia was chosen by the Mayor, who was the honourary president of the Central Fallas Committee called the "Junta Central Fallera", responsible for coordinating all of the Fallas commissions. For this reason, the election of the Queen would often correspond to women belonging to the most representative families of the city. Thus the Fallas Queen roster contained many illustrious surnames such as Franco, Suarez, Fernández de Córdoba, and others.
In 1961 this process changed when Lolita Alfonso Sánchez, an orphan from the House of Goodwill, became the Valencia Childrens Fallas Queen. This marked a new starting point for the selection of Fallas Queens among Valencians.
Today, the election of the Fallas Queens of Valencia is governed by democratic vote among the candidates being presented.
The nominees public presentation, which follows their proclamation by the Mayor in the Chamber of the City Hall, is a solemn event in which all Fallas commissions and much of Valencian society take part. The ceremony was held for many years in the "Teatro Principal" (main theatre) of the town, but today the Palau de la Música (or the Music Auditorium) has taken over as the annual venue because of its larger capacity.
Fallas is the culmination of the work and efforts of an entire year. The whole city mobilizes itself and contributes to the Fallas, which also enjoy the institutional support of the City Council. The authorities set up their own falla and help to give the festivity an exceptionally attractive air.
It is no exaggeration to say that almost every street corner has its own falla and fallas commission. During the festivities, Valencian women wear their best traditional clothes and parade through the streets in colourful pageantry under their fallas standards to the sound of regional music.
At midday, each falla stages its own sound fireworks display, harmonizing the booming sounds of rockets with the smell of gunpowder.
At night there are spectacular fireworks displays that brighten up the nighttime sky.
In the Fallas casales (places where fallas celebrators gather) there is no time for sleep. It is fiesta time for five whole days.
The flower offering to the patron saint of Valencia, Our Lady of the Forsaken, is staged on two consecutive days. Thousands and thousands of flowers are placed over a wooden structure that serves as the framework upon which her image is formed. This is located in front of the Basilica and the entire Plaza is perfumed with the fragrance of endless bouquets of flowers.
Almost 100,000 Valencians take part in the procession. And of course, every day at five o´clock in the afternoon there is an important bullfight within the framework of the March Bullfighting Fair.
On the night of the 19th, Valencians burn down their creations, saving only what is known as the "Ninot Indultat", or the reprieved figurine, which becomes a museum piece. The childrens fallas are burnt at ten in the evening, with the exception of the first prize in the childrens category, which is set alight at ten thirty, and the city council childrens falla, which goes up in flames at eleven.
At twelve oclock midnight, preceded by a grand fireworks display, the large fallas are set to the torch.
The entire city is filled with flaming fallas. At twelve thirty the first prize Falla is burnt and at one o´clock at night the Falla in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento is set alight, symbolically finishing for another whole year this semi-pagan, semi-patriotic, semi-religious fiesta that stirs the hearts of the Valencians.
On the day after the night of fire, a few marks on the asphalt is all that remains of the falla that stood so proudly the night before. On this very same day, the next fallas campaign gets under way.
The fallas fiesta was born in Valencia and quickly spread to other towns in the region, even outside the immediate area.
As a traditional Valencian festival, it is in the capital city Valencia where the Fallas command the most colour, participation and their greatest impact.
From the end of February, Valencia starts its fiestas with the so-called Crida, which is the call to action, followed by the Ninot Parade, the splendid Parade of the Kingdom, the "Song of the Kindling Wood" and the Ninot or figurine exhibition.
As for the origins of the Fallas, they seem to be connected with the pagan celebration of the spring equinox. It is said that in olden days craftsmen toiling throughout the wintertime would extend their working hours by using a light perched on a stand which they called a parot, something like a large candelabrum with various arms or wooden appendages. When spring came, they would celebrate the lengthening of the days that made their parots superfluous by taking them out of doors and burning them in the street on the eve of St Josephs day. Logically, this custom was initiated by the carpenters of the city.
Today we know that since 1497 carpenters have been celebrating this Patron Saints day with a feast. There is a curious document still preserved from the 15th century which refers to the day on which the joiners burn the pole. Later on, the stand was adorned with old garments, much like a scarecrow, and was burnt in a bonfire along with odds and ends and leftovers from the workshop. After this, the stand was given a human visage intended to mock a well-known personality in the neighbourhood. Thus the Ninot, or doll-like effigy, was born. It soon became a fundamental element in the Fallas feast, no longer used on its own, but accompanied by a whole pageantry of figures.
Another important advance was made with the appearance of the subject or theme of the Falla, generally something satirical or critical, expressed in humorous verse, although perhaps bearing on historical fact or some aspect of local life. These rudimentary representations gave birth to the llibret or explanatory book written in the Valencian vernacular. After propping the figurines on full-scale pedestals in the 18th century, the creation of the Fallas festival was almost complete.
The name of the fallas was not originally given to the figurines or to the entire monument itself, but rather to the fire which was supposed to consume the whole construction. The scholar Carreres i Zacarés discovered a quote on the fallas dedicated to San Vicente: in 1596 one Pedro Toralba was paid the sum of 74 pounds, one shilling and 6 pence for the possible use of his grills on which he burnt the fallas which are made on the feast day of the Glorious Saint Vicente Ferrer.
The fallas dedicated to St Joseph quickly obtained the overall applause of the modest working neighbourhood, but was snubbed by the upper class, and the more puritanical. Thus, the journalist José Ombuena in his book on The Fallas of Valencia took note of a complaint made by a devout Christian. This reproof appeared in the Newspaper of Valencia in 1792, and included the answer given by the same periodical to a certain vexed priest called Traggia: Sufficient reason you have as the good Christian you are to be full of sorrow when you observe our streets and plazas full of pyres and figurines all ridiculously dressed, entertaining the great majority of the populace, who on days such as these fully forget their obligations and lose much of their otherwise productive workdays. Not many years later, in 1808, the Frenchman Alexandre de Laborde became acquainted with the Fallas of Valencia and described them in his book Itineraire descriptif de la Espagne in the following manner: Every year on the 18th of March, the eve of St. Josephs Day, cabinetmakers and carpenters come out onto the streets, each in front of his own workshop, to build truly theatrical representations of life-size figurines, covered with the clothes of the character they wish to represent. They are built with very light wooden structures, a mask forms their faces, their clothes, headdress and adornments are of paper - quite often done with great ability. These figurines are set up on a huge pyre which is usually well hidden, and surrounded up to its full height by a thicket of mock adornments all artistically positioned. He also mentions that fine sights could be seen: at nightfall these figurines were set alight, and in an instant the entire representation goes up in flames. These representations are called the Fallas de San José... The importance of the feast was described as follows: People press thick against one another, persons of a higher position mingle with the masses; people come from miles around and forget all they may have on their minds however important their affairs may be. It seems that fallas were adorned in those days with all kinds of erotic paraphernalia, with much symbolism using the shapes of fruits and vegetables, in addition to extending criticisms of all their neighbours and the town authorities.
Perhaps this was the reason why the Fallas were outlawed in 1851 by the Mayor of Valencia, the Baron of Santa Barbara. In 1883 the City Council stamped a tax of 30 pesetas per falla on the festivity, and that year only four fallas were set up. In 1885 the tax rose to 60 pesetas and only one falla went up in flames. In 1886 the city had no spring festivity whatsoever, after which lively protests were heard. The following year the tax was reduced to 10 pesetas and twenty-one fallas were built.
The first llibret was written by Bernat i Baldoví in 1855.
Criticism and burlesque provocation became the keynote of the fallas as they came closer and closer to becoming artforms in the 19th century. Artistic skills began to be exercised to the full. Painters and sculptors were brought in to help. Soon afterwards an entire school of fallas artists began to burgeon, presided over by Antonio Cortina, Andrés Cabrelles and Regino Más. The fallas grew in complexity to become enormous monuments, and an entire industry was born under the auspices of the Guild of Fallas Artists.
The Fallas are a feast to which people from all walks of life can contribute. No one, even if they try, can come to Valencia during this time of year and stay on the sidelines. The catafalques are there in the street. The parades never end, whether the falleros happen to be marching to collect their prizes, offering flowers, coming to the deafening midday sound fireworks sessions, seeing fireworks at night, or listening to outdoor concerts in the streets. Food and drink are everywhere, with typical pastry stands on every corner. The noise is sometimes too much for people used to quieter quarters, but there is no doubt about it. Valencia welcomes everyone with open arms and encourages all to join in the feast.
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> Hi all,
> I was mildly annoyed when rebooting my _headless_ internet gateway after a
> hotplug -> udev migration and witnessing it not coming up again,
> which turned out to be due to an eepro100 / e100 loading conflict
> since eepro100 supported both of my Intel-based network cards,
> whereas e100 only supported the "newer" one and entirely failed on ifup...
> (udev had somehow managed to tweak loading sequence as compared to
> a hotplug setup, which caused the drivers to probe differently)
> After investigating this e100 failure for half an hour it was obvious
> that it was failing in e100_hw_init() -> e100_phy_init() since the driver was
> prepared to handle MII-capable PHYs only, not certain older(?) MII-less
> PHYs such as 80c24 or i82503.
> Investigating some FreeBSD etc. drivers it became terribly clear that there
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> Thus I decided to add support for those:
> - after PHY init failure, try to detect whether the EEPROM lists one of
> the MII-less PHYs
> - if so, don't fatally fail PHY init function
> - avoid touching MII in various utility functions in case of MII-less
> PHY (FIXME: this may need review, it was a quick hack in some places)
> - add some proper logging on init failure
> Note that this is an initial, semi-rough patch only, would love to have
> it corrected/improved by the e1000 team.
> (I also added some spelling updates for good measure, these would have
> to be committed separately obviously)
> Frankly I'm quite uncertain as to why one would try to actively deprecate
> a driver which works for many cards with a newer one which fails to work
> for several card types and doesn't seem clearly superiour in hindsight
> after going through it...
> Oh, right, that's in order to brute-force people to report any
> nagging problems with the new driver, which is... errm... very
> understandable after all
> (I hope that me "reporting" this problem via a patch is ok
> For reference, I'm using a BNC/AUI/TP PCI combo card
> Intel 82557 645477-004 FCC ID EJMNPDEPR10PCTPCI
> This mail written using a reassuringly stable connection over the newly
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What to do when, sometimes, you'd like your dog to be able to defend its encapsulation, and other times you'd like it to lay down and let the vet commence slicing? The traditional solution is to provide multiple interfaces, some more privileged than others. But if your vet moonlights as a jewel thief this leaves you in a quandary.
Dereferencing Michael's analogy, the issue might be about library combination. The first instance I'm thinking of is mixing and matching STLs - I'm playing with bits of the M$, SGI and
STLs, and the gross division of their contents by namespace is sometimes inconvenient. What's really wanted is the ability to use some interfaces in some circumstances, and others in others, and for the libraries themselves to weigh proposals for use against some larger context. In short, an
An automatic solution for this requirement is not obvious, but an external market-mechanism could allow us to make the bones of interface-contention explicit and variable at run-time. The solution I'm playing with (and not in static-binding C++! :-) employs (of course) a
to control the function of and access to methods of each object. This goes a step beyond even the encapsulation violence of reflective architectures: not only could each object's innards be swallowed and swizzled on the fly, but actually re-implemented on the fly. Not only could interfaces be combined to provide one level of access to one user and another to another, but the users could contend directly at runtime for access to privileged interfaces.
Apart from resolving library contention, real applications of such techniques might include scheduling access to precious network resources, context-dependent thread prioritization, and optimization of memory usage. Of course there are other ways to do these things too ... this is very speculative work and YMMV. --
It would be interesting to have an automated system which would pick the Simplest (cheapest?) implementation by default, and then, based on feedback from the tests, try more expensive ones to see if it can find one which Works. Are static types degenerate (micro) unit tests?
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CARL "CUBBY" O'BRIEN NO longer wears a shirt with his nickname on it, but that doesn't stop people from recognizing him. "I'll get into an elevator and somebody will look at me and say, 'Are you Cubby O'Brien?' " he says. "I'll say, 'How did you know?' And they'll say, 'Oh, your eyes look exactly the same.' "
It may seem hard to believe that a bearded 51-year-old drummer could be instantly pegged as the 9-year-old TV Mouseketeer he was in 1955. But O'Brien not only revels in his early identity, he practically exudes it. Now living in suburban Dallas with his second wife, Terri, O'Brien spends much of his life on the road as a backup musician, keeping the beat for traveling musicals and performers like Bernadette Peters. But he still wears a Mickey Mouse watch. He still goes by his nickname—a gift from his mom, who thought the newborn looked like a little bear. And it doesn't exactly take a handgun to get him under a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. "A couple of the other Mouseketeers aren't too cool about wearing the ears anymore," says O'Brien. "But it's never bothered me." O'Brien believes his four years as a Mouseketeer gave him an edge in showbiz. He's toured, on and off, for 25 years with Peters, who says "the response is amazing when I introduce him. It's like he has his own fan club."
Through it all, he stayed in touch with many of his fellow Mouseketeers. "We were all really like brothers and sisters," O'Brien says. Mouseketeer Karen Pendleton, with whom Cubby was often paired in skits and songs, remembers once mischievously sticking her chewing gum in O'Brien's hair during a screening of Fantasia. "They had to cut it out and he had a big bald spot," says Pendleton, 51, who now counsels battered women in Fresno, Calif., and has been a paraplegic since a 1983 car accident.
O'Brien's wife, Terri, 46, says Cubby is "still just as squeaky clean as he was when he was 8 years old." The youngest of three sons born to Haskell "Hack" O'Brien, 83, a dance-band drummer, and his homemaker wife, Agnes, 82, O'Brien was reared in a San Fernando Valley home filled with instruments. (Brother Haskell Jr., 61, is a retired computer scientist at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Warren, 60, is a retired construction supervisor for the city of Los Angeles.) By age 8, O'Brien was in a kiddie Dixieland band that played a benefit attended by several Disney producers. Duly impressed by the pint-size drummer, they offered a tryout for The Mickey Mouse Club. When the show ended in 1959, O'Brien didn't miss a beat.
After two years on The Lawrence Welk Show, he began playing backup for the likes of Ann-Margret, Carol Burnett and the Carpenters. At age 19, he married his first wife, Marilyn. The six-year union produced a daughter, Alicia, 27, now a TV production assistant in L.A. Cubby met Terri, then a Delta flight attendant, in 1974, poolside at a hotel in Las Vegas. He says it took "about four hours of my best material" to convince her to go out with him. They were married in 1978; six years ago the couple, who have no children, moved from L.A. to Dallas, where Terri is assistant to the finance director of a nonprofit foundation.
Their three-bedroom, country-style house boasts memorabilia like an original pair of Mouseketeer ears. "I wish I had just stolen about 10 pair," says O'Brien. "I'd be rich now."
O'Brien recalls earning $700 a week when the show ended—enough for the down payment on his first house. The Screen Actors Guild recently filed a residuals and royalties arbitration claim on behalf of the Mouseketeers against Disney. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that claims for income from videos, CD-roms and other software could top $100 million.
The Guild won't say who initiated the claim, but it wasn't Cubby. With a lifetime pass granting free admission to Disney theme parks and a lifetime of good memories in tow, O'Brien is feeling flush. "If somebody thinks something needs to be fixed, that's fine," he says. "But it's not going to ever spoil the feeling I have for those times."
JENNIFER MENDELSOHN in Wilmington and PAULA YOO and LORENZO RENET in Los Angeles
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Toys 'R' Us has recalled 53,000 pacifier clips due to a possible choking hazard.
According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission, the spring in the pacifier clip can break. The small parts in the spring could then pose a choking risk to babies and toddlers.
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Toys 'R' Us has received two reports of the clips breaking, but no injuries have been reported.
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Jury awards $185,000 in suit against Erie company
A federal jury has awarded a western Pennsylvania woman $185,000 after finding that she was fired from her job as a Burger King restaurant general manager because her son was dying of cancer -- not because she violated a company policy as her employer maintained.
The verdict for plaintiff Theresa Buffington, 40, of Ellwood City, was returned in U.S. District Court in Erie after a seven-day trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Maurice B. Cohill Jr.
The jury ruled Oct. 18 that Buffington's former employer, Erie-based PEC Management II, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act when it fired her from her job in November 2010 based on the belief that her son's terminal illness would interfere with her work performance. It is illegal to fire someone based on stereotypes or assumptions related to their association with a disabled person.
The panel awarded Buffington $70,000 in damages and $115,000 to compensate her for pay she would have received had she kept her job.
She will receive an additional $43,156 in back pay under an agreement between the parties.
PEC Management also must pay Buffington's legal expenses. Her lawyer, David B. Spear, of Pittsburgh, must file a request for fees and costs by Nov. 20.
Spear said Buffington was "thrilled with the verdict" and grateful to the jury.
"It was a complicated case factually and legally," Spear said. The jury, he said, "did a really good job staying with it and giving it their full attention."
PEC Management, which operates 34 Burger King restaurants in Pennsylvania and Ohio, was represented by Erie lawyer Matthew McCullough.
In response to the verdict, McCullough said, "I believe in the jury system, but I cannot disagree more with the outcome in this case. We are examining all options at this time, so it would not be appropriate to comment further now."
Through McCullough, the company issued this statement, "PEC Management strongly believes the jury verdict in this case to be an unfortunate misrepresentation of the company's policy and practice regarding the treatment of our employees and, in particular, our sincere efforts to work with our employees who may face difficult circumstances. We remain committed to providing a work environment free of all types of discrimination, and will vigorously defend our position as we explore all options."
According to court records, Buffington's son, Daniel Honneffer, was first diagnosed in 1999 at age of 2 with muscle and bone cancer. He died in 2011, eight months after her firing.
In 2010, his condition worsened and Buffington, who had worked for PEC Management since 2003, began to take more vacation and sick time to care for him. She said evidence, including e-mails, showed her supervisors believed that due to her son's illness, she would eventually be unable to perform her job as general manager of an Ellwood City Burger King, which at that time was scheduled to undergo a renovation.
She said PEC Management fired her in November 2010, three days after she asked a staff member to run an errand, and he was in a minor car accident for which the company was liable.
The company maintained Buffington violated a vehicle-use policy that said only managers could drive for the company. It said that was the sole reason for Buffington's termination.
Buffington, who had no other history of discipline, maintained others had not been disciplined for violating that policy.
She said when she was fired, her supervisor referenced her son's illness, telling Buffington that the company needed "someone whose head was all there" and that she should "go home and spend time" with her son.
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ENTER THE "RED ZONE" - THAT'S THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF COLLEGE, WHEN THEY'RE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF FALLING VICTIM TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAURA THOREN WENT TO U.N.M. TO FIND OUT HOW IT'S PROTECTING - AND PREPARING - NEW STUDENTS. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SOPHOMORE HEATHER BYRNE SAYS WHEN SHE GOES TO PARTIES - "I'm not going to lie - college students drink." SHE ALWAYS BRINGS A FRIEND. "Because if they're not people you know, or trust, that's when things start happening." SHE'S TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT. THE PROBLEM IS - MOST INCOMING STUDENTS DON'T KNOW THE GUYS AND GIRLS AROUND THEM. THAT'S WHY COLLEGES REFER TO THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF FRESHMAN YEAR AS THE RED ZONE. "For quite a while now, we've recognized the period of time from arriving back at campus and Thanksgiving - those are the peak risk." JOHN STEINER IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF UNM'S CAMPUS OFFICE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION. HE SAYS ALL ADVISORS WILL TALK TO FRESHMAN ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT DURING ORIENTATION. THOUGH HE ADDS THE CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS NEED TO TAKE PLACE EVEN EARLIER--WITH MOMS AND DADS. Laura Thoren: So what would you recommend parents do or parents tell their kids before they send them off to college? John: The data still says college students listen to their parents. HE SAYS THE BEST ADVICE? -FRIENDS SHOULD MAKE A PACT TO GO TO PARTIES TOGETHER AND LEAVE TOGETHER -KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR DRINK AT ALL TIMES -HOLD YOUR CHILD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN IT COMES TO DRINKING AND DOING DRUGS HEATHER BYRNE HAS ANOTHER TIP - "If you're not drinking and your friends are, you can be there for them." BECAUSE SHE SAYS IN HER EXPERIENCE - LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER IS THE BEST WAY TO STEER CLEAR OF THE RED ZONE. LAURA THOREN KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. ACCORDING TO U-N-M, ONLY 10 PERCENT OF STUDENTS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, REPORT THE CRIME. SO THEY HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE VICTIMIZED DURING THE "RED ZONE" TIME OF THE YEAR.
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The Surface Water Data Viewer (SWDV) is a Wisconsin DNR data delivery system that provides interactive webmapping tools for a wide variety of datasets including chemistry (water, sediment), physical, and biological (macroinvertebrate, aquatic invasives) data.
The new interactive web mapping application for surface water resources has nearly all the capabilities as the old version as well as a number of new features. One major difference between the old and new versions is that the new interface has tabs which group similar sets of tools (similar to MS Word or Excel). Turning on layers, panning and zooming are more seamless; with much shorter page loading times. Other new features include more drawing tools, the ability to add a CSV or Shapefile, and the ability to change coordinate systems.
Note: web browser requirements
To use these interactive maps, you will need Internet Explorer 8 or higher with the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in. If you do not have the Silverlight plug-in installed, Internet Explorer will prompt you to install it.
- Browsers Google Chrome (starting with version 45) and Microsoft Edge do not support Silverlight and these interactive maps will not work with these browsers.
- Windows 10 users with Microsoft Edge can choose to view this site with Internet Explorer 11. Open Internet Explorer from the "Tools" menu of Edge.
- Google Chrome version 44 and lower support the Silverlight plugin.
Launch Surface Water Data Viewer web mapping application
SWDV themes
The SWDV has seven different "themes" or versions. The default is the general theme in which you manually select the datalayers you would like to view. The other themes preselect datalayers for you. Learn more about and explore the following available themes.
- Wetlands
The wetlands theme portrays the state's wetlands and related information upon opening the application. The featured datasets include the Wisconsin Wetland Inventory (Digital version) and a Wetlands Indicators datalayer. These datalayers are designed to help users determine if wetlands are likely present at their site. To learn more information about each layer click on its title. To determine if on-line wetland inventory maps are available for the county you are viewing, click on the Wisconsin map in the left side margin to begin your search.
Layer use suggestions
- With the Find Location tool, search by either Township, Range, Section, or Civil Town to bring your area of interest into view.
- Use the Zoom In, Zoom Out, and Move buttons to narrow your focus right on the property.
- Click on Identify, then click on either an yellow area to find out what kind of wetland is there, or a pink area to find out what kind of soil type is there. Print maps to save for later reference.
- Visit DNR Wetland Regulatory Programs for more information about wetland permits, and Locating Wetlands for more information about finding wetlands on your land.
Launch Surface Water Data Viewer - Wetlands and Wetland Indicators Theme
- Dams
The Dams Theme portrays the state's dams automatically. This online interactive map allows access to the dams inventory in Wisconsin. As an added bonus you can also view Air Photos (for all but six counties) and USGS Topographic Maps. You can turn on or off other datalayers but the dams are the featured dataset. To download the dams datalayer, go to Dams data downloads.
Launch Surface Water Data Viewer - Dams Theme
- Floodplains
The Floodplain specialized theme portrays the state's floodplain mapping datasets including: Floodplain Analysis Data, Digital FIRMs (new format), FIRM Images (old format), Cross Sections, Base Flood Elevations, and FIRM Panel Index. This set of floodplain data, which is continually updated through federal-state partnership work, provides a detailed representation of the most up-to-date floodplain delineations in the state.
Launch Surface Water Data Viewer - Floodplain Program Theme
- Designated Waters
An additional specialized "theme" is one that portrays the state's Designated Waters (critical habitat and other sensitive aquatic resource areas). A Designated Water is a waterbody that has special designations that affect permit requirements.
Please note that Areas of Special Natural Resource Interest (ASNRI) waters and Public Rights Features (PRF) waters are also considered Priority Navigable Waters (PNW). Use the maps on this site to determine whether the lake or stream where you plan a project has a special designation.
How to find Designated Waters:
- Use the Zoom In, Zoom Out, and Move buttons to navigate the map.
- From the Find Location menu, select Waterbody Name and County to search for a named waterbody in a particular county.
- Click on the Identify button, then click on a waterbody on the map to access specific waterbody information and designation details.
- Go to Print to generate maps of your online information. Visit DNR Waterway and Wetland Protection for additional information.
Launch Surface Water Data Viewer - Designated Waters Theme
- Construction Permits
The Construction Permits Theme portrays the state's online permitting tool. This online interactive map allows access to the datalayers that are involved in proposed permits.
Launch Surface Water Data Viewer - Construction Permits Theme
- Fish Advice
The Fish Consumption Advice Theme portrays the state's existing recommended fish consumption levels. This online interactive map allows access to the datalayers that are involved in different levels of advice.
Launch Surface Water Data Viewer - Fish Consumption Advice Theme


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My Rules for My Kids at Play DatesJen at PIWTPITT
My kids have reached the age now where they have play dates with their friends and classmates without anyone's mother looking over their shoulder watching. It's awful. Now I have to not only discipline my own kid, I have to discipline someone else's kid, too.
That's assuming I'm hosting the play date. I feel just as bad for the mother hosting MY kid at her house.
Believe me, it's not like I think that when my kids go to their friends' houses they are angels. Far from it. I know they're not. As much as I try and drill my rules into their heads, I know that as soon as they're out of my sight, they're swinging from a chandelier like a monkey. (BTW, if my kid EVER swings from your light fixture, you have my permission to spank him/her. That sh*t is unacceptable.)
Actually, sometimes my kids don't even wait until I've left the building to be complete and total nightmares. For instance, last week we were invited to a friend's house for a water gun battle. Unbeknownst to me, Gomer arrived locked and loaded. We were waiting for everyone else to arrive, so I told him to put his gun down and have a seat. Within 5 minutes he'd soaked a friend. Are you kidding me, Gomer? You shot someone with a water gun in my friend's living room?!
His response? "I only shot him in the face, mom. I barely got any water anywhere else." Oh yeah, that makes it so much better.
"You know better," I hissed at him. He does. Or at least I think he does … yes, yes, he does. He knows all of my play date rules and now I'll share them with you.


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Let's not get into the reasons why I've not updated this website in just over a year (zzzz!) and go straight to enjoying a few snaps from a love-filled backyard wedding!
It was a real honour to photograph this intimate and private wedding. You know those rare people you meet in your life who you instantly warm to? These two souls, and their darling little girls, were definitely like that. So lovely!
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DAPHNE, Alabama -- Whether trekking through a haunted forest filled with ghouls and goblins or measuring fear in an experiment of terror, Halloween-goers are sure to enjoy fright-filled nights in anticipation of Halloween this year.
Daphne's Christ the King Catholic Church will again host "The Haunted Forest" for three nights and Robertsdale First Baptist will debut its "Fear Factor: Experiment in Terror" on Halloween night.
"The Haunted Forest is a haunted attraction held on the campus of Christ the King," Christ the King's youth minister Jami Graham said. "We have ghosts, goblins and witches. It's just kind of a mystery what you may find in the forest."
The Haunted Forest has become quite popular during its 12-year run averaging 500 visitors per night, Graham said. The three-night event is open 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 and 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights on Oct. 26 and Oct. 27.
While the reasoning for the original haunted forest is uncertain, Graham said the woods nearby probably factored into the decision to start the haunted attraction. Years later, the event has become a tradition in the community that the church plans to continue.
With a return to its original location off Main Street on the Christ the King campus, The Haunted Forest is likely to lure a larger crowd this year, Graham said. In addition to the scare out in the woods, Graham said that there will be a band playing all three nights in the gathering area, and concessions will be available.
Advance tickets are on sale for $10, and tickets bought at the event will cost $12. All proceeds go toward Christ the King's youth ministry in an effort to enhance the church's youth program.
"The money helps the youth ministry program, which is seventh through 12th-graders," Graham said. "It helps with retreats, mission trips, extra equipment and resources for our building. It really helps offset the program in a lot of ways."
Another frightening event, First Baptist Robertsdale's unique "Fear Factor: Experiment in Terror" will be open to the public from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Halloween night. The event will be housed at First Baptist Robertsdale, located off Alabama 104, just west of Alabama 59.
"It is something unique — we are not aware of anyone doing something like this," scriptwriter of the event, Craig Myers said. "There's a twist at the end that will give everybody an unforgettable Halloween experience."
Geared toward teenagers and adults, this 35-minute walk-through event will allow people to examine what they fear and why. With a creepy, scientific theme, behind each set of doors there will be scenarios sure to induce fear of all guests.
"The purpose is to examine what the type of fear is that will lead you to wisdom — to change you forever," Myers said.
While the event is free, Myers said the church is asking for everyone to register in advance at its website, www.firstrobertsdale.com to keep waiting times at a minimum.
In the past, First Baptist Robertsdale has featured "Judgment House," but this year's event will use more symbols, scenes and other things that prompt natural fear responses.
With a great deal of hard work put into the two events, both churches have relied on numerous volunteers. According to Graham, The Haunted Forest requires about 90 volunteers over the weekend, with at least 50 volunteers working each night. Myers said the Experiment in Terror will require more than 30 volunteers to kick off its debut event, which is expected to draw in 500 visitors.
Written by Correspondent Deirdra Drinkard-McCool.
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Trail: Anhinga
Park: Everglades National Park
Location: Homestead, Florida
Length: .8 miles roundtrip
Level: Easy
Peak Season: December through April
Dubbed "River of Grass" by those who fought for its protection, the Everglades is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, the largest wilderness area east of the Mississippi, and home to many rare and endangered species and more than 350 documented species of birds. The Anhinga Trail is named for one of those birds, a Southern swamp native also called Water Turkey (for its broad tail) or Snake Bird (for the bird's swimming style, with only its long, thin neck poking out of the water). Starting at the Royal Palm Visitor Center, the wheelchair-accessible path winds through sawgrass marsh. Wildlife viewing abounds, especially in winter. Look for alligators, turtles, herons, egrets, and, of course, anhingas.
Before You Go: Plan your trip according to the weather. Mild, pleasant winters make the Everglades a prime destination for escaping the cold elsewhere. June to November, expect high heat, humidity, a lot of rain, mosquitoes, and possible hurricanes. In other words, go in winter.
Bring With You: Water and insect repellent, especially in summer. Sunscreen is necessary year-round. Rain gear is never a bad idea in the Everglades, but an especially good idea June to November. Bring binoculars for viewing wildlife a little closer.
Looking for more recommendations on trails and treks for all ages and ability levels? Download NPF's Happy Trails: 25 Unforgettable National Park Hikes, a must-have for planning the perfect national park adventure!


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on November 2, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Hochul is champion for women's health
I applaud The News on its recent editorials supporting policies that protect access to comprehensive women's health care and the advancement of sex education for youth. In these tough economic times, more women than ever need access to affordable, nonjudgmental health care, including access to birth control. That's why I am supporting candidates like Rep. Kathy Hochul – a proven champion for women's health.
Linda Ray
Board Member, Planned Parenthood
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INDIANAPOLIS - Statistics don't always tell the whole story, but they tell more than enough of it as far as the play of the 2012 Eagles' secondary is concerned.
The Birds gave up 33 touchdown passes, which not only was the most in the league, but also the most in franchise history.
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St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Names Associate For Extraordinary Nursing National Honor
Oxford Resident Receives DAISY Award
Recognizing Compassion, Service and Excellence
Pontiac, Mich.—St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) has named Pam Schlader RN, as the September 2010 recipient of the prestigious DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Schlader, who works in the SJMO Pediatrics Unit, was recognized for her clinical skills, compassionate care, exemplary service and extraordinary commitment to patient-centered care.
"Pam is an excellent nurse who always puts in 100 percent when caring for her patients," said SJMO Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer Kathy Coburn. "She is an asset to the hospital and her colleagues. This acknowledgement is the perfect recognition for her continued commitment to excellence in patient care."
This award is given monthly to outstanding nurses in more than 100 hospitals across the United States. Each award recipient receives a DAISY Award signature lapel pin, a certificate of recognition and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled, "A Healer's Touch."
The DAISY Award is a program of the DAISY Foundation. DAISY is an acronym that stands for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The DAISY Foundation was established in 2000 by the Barnes family in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura at age 33. The DAISY Foundation funds research to help fight diseases of the immune system and supports patients and their families.
Schlader has been an associate at SJMO since 2006 and resides in Oxford, Mich.
About St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
St Joseph Mercy Oakland is a 443-bed comprehensive, community, teaching hospital and a long-time leader in health care in Oakland County. Founded in 1927 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland has won numerous local and national awards for patient safety, quality and performance, and consistently ranks in the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide. A member of the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, St Joseph Mercy Oakland is a technologically leading hospital that combines advanced medicine and personal care to assist patients on their path to wellness. With dedicated physicians, nurses and hospital staff committed to providing quality care throughout the patient stay, St Joseph Mercy Oakland has truly personalized the patient care experience.
For more information about health services offered at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, please visit www.stjoesoakland.org.
About Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) is a newly expanded health care organization serving southeast Michigan. Health coverage spans six counties, including Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne. It includes 537-bed St. Joseph Mercy in Ann Arbor, 443-bed St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, 304-bed St. Mary Mercy in Livonia, 136-bed St. Joseph Mercy Livingston in Howell, 119-bed St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron, 113-bed Chelsea Community Hospital and 74-bed St. Joseph Mercy Saline. Combined, the seven hospitals are licensed for 1,726 beds, have five outpatient health centers, five urgent care facilities, more than 25 specialty centers; employ more than 14,000 individuals and have a medical staff of nearly 2,700 physicians.
A member of Trinity Health, the nation's fourth largest Catholic health care organization, SJMHS is committed to providing a remarkable patient experience by using leading edge technology in a comforting and healing environment. As a mission based organization, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System provides approximately $100 million in community benefit to the communities it serves each year.
For more information on health services offered at Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, please visit www.sjmercyhealth.org.
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The 46th Annual CMA Awards, 8 p.m., ABC The first in a long season of country music ceremonies stretching to next summer kicks off. We hear Taylor Swift may be involved.
30 Rock, 8 p.m., NBC The presidential election apparently hinges on Jenna's fans. You mean people who like middle-aged actresses who keep turning up in shows you like but aren't distinctive enough for you to remember their names? Those are exactly the people this campaign is speaking to.
Four Weddings, 9 p.m., TLC One of the brides is having a booze-themed wedding. And here we thought that was every wedding.
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GIEWS Update-detail
FAO/GIEWS Global Watch
30 May 2008
Wenchuan Earthquake - Impact on agriculture, livestock and food security in affected areas, and implications for China (Update)
An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 on May 12 rocked the south-western province of Sichuan in China, the worst the nation has experienced in 30 years. As of 30 May, over 68 500 people have been confirmed dead, more than 365 000 injured, and over 19 000 missing. About 5.46 million homes have been destroyed and an additional 5.9 million homes seriously damaged. More than 45.6 million people were affected and some 15 million people have been displaced in eight impacted provinces and municipalities including Sichuan (the province most severely affected), Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou and Hubei. The earthquake caused unprecedented destruction.
It is too early to assess the exact extent of crop and livestock losses, but based on a rapid assessment by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, over 33 000 ha of crops were damaged, more than 1.52 million pigs, 600 000 cattle, 1.78 million goats, and 14 million rabbits and poultry were killed, and over 8 000 tonnes of fish seedlings lost. Major agricultural infrastructures have been destroyed or severely damaged, including 2 380 dams and irrigation systems for some 100 000 hectares of paddy fields, and over 50 000 greenhouses. 7.3 million square meters of livestock barns, and 20 000 hectares of fish ponds have also been lost. In addition, phosphorus ore mines and fertilizer plants were partly destroyed. Sichuan is the fourth largest province in Chinas for phosphorus ore reserves, and home of many fertilizer enterprises.
At the time of the earthquake, harvesting of wheat, oilseeds and potatoes was underway in the most affected areas, and localized damage to these crops is severe. Harvesting has been delayed, and crops are at risk of being lost. As of 21 May, some 81 percent of wheat (1.113 million hectares) and 93 percent of oilseeds (0.831 million hectares) in Sichuan province had reportedly been harvested, while about 50 percent of wheat and 30 percent of oilseeds had reportedly not yet been harvested in the worst affected areas. Maize in the affected areas was in the early development stages and some, especially in the hilly areas, was damaged. The yield is expected to be reduced due to damaged irrigation systems and a tight supply of fertilizers and pesticides following road destruction. Paddy rice is in the transplanting stage and some seeding plots were destroyed or damaged; they will need to be reseeded or shifted to maize, which requires less water.
Most of the population affected by the earthquake is critically dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods and many are vulnerable to food insecurity. Therefore, food assistance is urgently needed since cereal stocks kept by farmers have been lost and their agriculture production and their income generation impaired. In the agricultural sector, there is an urgent need for inputs such as seeds for replanting, tillage and irrigation services, fertilizers for maize and paddy production, as well as pesticides, fuel, and small agricultural tools. There is also a need for feed and vaccines for livestock, and restocking of fish ponds.
Despite severe damage to crops in the worst-affected areas, the impact of the disaster on national grain output is expected to be limited due to the regions small share in national cereal production. At the national level, the output of winter wheat, which usually accounts for about 95 percent of annual wheat production, and was planted on an estimated 21.55 million hectares, is forecast to be slightly higher than the record level of last year, reflecting good weather conditions in major producing regions. However, the impact on national pork supply is likely to be large. Sichuan is Chinas largest pork producing province, and some major production areas have been impacted. In response to high meat prices and following the earthquake, the government of China has reduced the import duty on pig meat by 50 percent, effective from June 1 to December 31, 2008.
The overall food supply situation in China remains satisfactory; the country had net exports of some 5 million tonnes of cereals in 2006/07 and is expected to remain a net cereal exporter in 2007/08 and in 2008/09.
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