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If it weren't for the wood-carved sign welcoming you to Sprague Farm & Brew Works, you might think you've made a wrong turn and intruded on a working farm.
In a way, you have, but you're more than welcome, three days a week, to do so.
On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, you can find your way into an old dairy barn, wind your way into what used to be a haymow and belly up to the bar. There you can taste and quaff homemade brews served from one of eight taps.
There's no Bud Light, not even a Yuengling. All they serve are Sprague-brand brews made on site, in the depths of the old barn beneath your feet.
Your beer will be served in a Mason jar. Pace yourself. You're at home now, or should feel that way. Settle into one of the mismatched chairs and take in the surprisingly cozy warmth of the newly christened "Bierhalla" (Think Valhalla), a cavernous space now warmed by deep yellow paint up to the vaulted ceiling.
Smooth wood floors, aged copper panels on the walls and nostalgic tchotchkes hand-picked from auctions and flea markets by your hosts Brian Sprague, 55, and his wife, Minnie, 54, will draw you around the room.
The Bierhalla is lined with nooks and crannies where you can sit out of the way and take in the scene. On a recent Friday night, the joint was jumping by 6:30 p.m., when Salmon Frank took to the small stage to belt out some upbeat tunes, not too hard, not too soft.
"The brewery is more like a public, community gathering spot," Brian Sprague said. "Not necessarily a bar.
"It's a spot where people can hang out. There's no rush. ... If you want to come for an hour or four hours, that's fine."
If it's nice outside, you can step out onto a small porch filled with more secondhand mismatched chairs, and take in the view of the rolling landscape, where Sprague and his cohorts raise the hops and barley used to make your beverage.
If you get there soon, you can catch some rays setting fire to autumn's splendor a few acres away. But you can enjoy the Sprague atmosphere any time of year. The Bierhalla is outfitted for all seasons and features a balcony, a quiet hallway and a charming little side room from which you can order your beer while sinking into an enormous leather love seat.
The beer
Ah yes, the beer. Jack-of-all-Sprague-Farm-trades Kenny Brown, 61, said the Sprague team makes something like 30 brews, though only eight are on tap at any given time. They're delightfully diverse. One highlight is the Fighting Scotchtoberfest, a dark but refreshing brew with depth and character, labeled "Scotch Ale."
Other Sprague staples include Hellbender porter, their first offering; as well as Rust Belt Amber Ale; Spraguer Lager; and Spruce Lee Estate Ale.
Other brews make rotating appearances.
The names are more entertaining than edifying, so feel free to ask for small, shot-sized tastes of whatever they're pouring before you order.
Seven of the 30 beers, labeled "estate," are made with the hops and barley grown on the farm.
Minnie Sprague has her own personal summer wheat beer, Ale Mary Wit, which Brian Sprague created because she didn't like the porter. It's an easy sip, but it's hard to say if it'll be available as the weather cools off.
Stuff of dreams
Brian Sprague, a former body builder, a current chain-saw sculptor, and by day a gas company supervisor, started making his own beer in 1978, when the craft beer trend was still 30 years away. (He admits he was underage.)
He saw an article in Mother Earth News about home brewing and began a process of trial and error that continues today.
His first foray didn't go very well.
"I tried to make malt," he said with a laugh. "The oven caught fire, and I burned it, so that was a total failure."
His skills have since aged, fermented and mellowed.
"With more knowledge and more age, I got better," he said.
Even after decades of beer-making experience, opening their own brewery was a pipe dream for the Spragues.
"It was always in the back of my mind," Brian Sprague said, as he eyed the farm property. In 2004, he dove in, and "friends and family just kind of showed up."
Minnie and Brian Sprague have been a couple since they were in high school at General McLane. They married in 1981 and moved into a small house near the farm. There they made friends with the dairy farmer who owned it. After he went into a nursing home in 1997, his daughter had to sell the farm. She honored a handshake deal her dad had made with Brian Sprague to give him the first chance to buy it.
They did, but couldn't start building the brewery until 2005.
"If we were going to do it, we said, 'we're going to do it now,'" Minnie Sprague remembers.
They finally opened to the public in 2006.
Minnie Sprague said she was behind her husband's brewery dream.
"We like beer," she said with a laugh and a shrug, as if that explained their living in a renovated dairy barn managing a bar/restaurant and brewing beer at all hours.
These days, the Bierhalla, to the people who love it, is much more than a bar.
"It's well worth the trip," said Jerrad Rimel, 40, who showed up after work on a recent Friday with friend George Travers, 38. "I love the space, and the beer is outstanding. It's run really well ... really down-to-earth."
Brian Sprague said they work hard at that.
"We treat people like family and good friends," he said. "It's a spot where people feel no rush. We don't have to turn the table over once an hour to make money."
One thing is certain: You can't go there with your buddies to watch the game -- and you never will.
"There are intentionally no TVs," Brian Sprague said. "It's a place to sit down and have a conversation."
Gathering place
Sprague and company have done an enormous amount of work turning the old farm into that gathering spot, but they're far from "done." They recently built a separate party hall that can be rented out for weddings, reunions and such.
Brian Sprague recently got a deal on a brick pizza oven, so some guys are building a shelter for it. If you order a pizza, a guy goes outside and makes it and brings it back in. Your choices include Margherita (mozzarella, tomato sauce, basil, garlic and olive oil) or buffalo chicken.
Hungrier? Try the Barnyard Platter of cured meats and cheeses. Munchies? Soft pretzel with beer cheese. That's about it. The "kitchen" is about 10 by 8 feet, housing a small grill and a window.
While you munch, someone will collect your empty Mason jars and bring you full ones. Starting at 6, musicians turn a quiet night into a mellow party, which is over at 9 p.m. There isn't a party-seeking 20-year-old in sight.
"This is our first time," said Nancy Kohn, 60, waiting for a beer with her husband Bill, 63. They drove from Hamburg, N.Y. "I've heard about it several times, so we just wanted to stop.
"It's amazing. We can get microbrews there (in Hamburg), but it's nothing like this," Nancy Kohn said.
If you're really lucky, and it's not too busy, Brown can give you a tour of the inner sanctum, including the upright piano that once housed a few kegs and taps as well as huge kettles and vats of beer ingredients and endless pumps, pipes, valves and kegs.
Visitors can see where the beer is hand-stirred with an enormous paddle for several hours at a time. Guides are proud to explain the process, and nothing is off the record -- except Sprague's recipes.
On your way through, you might catch a glimpse of Brian Sprague's gym: Weights and exercise equipment lie in wait in what used to be the milk house. Rumor has it he's down there every day at 4 a.m., just like that old dairy farmer must have been.
Interesting history
The history of Sprague's brewery calls to mind tales of Prohibition speak-easies.
When they made their first brews, they weren't licensed to sell it, but they were allowed to serve "samples," which they cheerfully offered in 16-ounce milk jars, Brown said with a laugh.
You can buy it here by the pint now, but you still can't take home a six-pack. If you ask nicely, someone might make you up a sealed mini-milk jar of something from the tap. The jar bears the Sprague Farm logo, so it doubles as a souvenir. You can also fill up half-gallon jugs called growlers.
Sprague Farm is not a place you go to once just to say you've been there. It's the kind of place that will be a little more charming and arouse a little more curiosity every time you go. It somehow straddles a comfy and homey oddball atmosphere on one hand, and constant striving and renovation on the other.
Just when you thought you had the place pegged as backwoods outpost, you'll find yourself reaching for a pair of breathtaking bronze door handles wrought into the shapes of hops vines worthy of Valhalla itself. A Sprague Farm stained-glass window promises more classiness yet to come.
JENNIE GEISLER can be reached at 870-1885 or by e-mail. Visit her blog at GoErie.com/blogs/loaves. Follow her on Twitter, @etngeisler.


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Tutorial: Text effects with masking
Masking allows an object to define the outline of a movie clip. This can be used to create truly hypnotic effects! This tutorial will explain how to create the Hypnotic effect with SWiSH Max4 and provides suggestions for possible modifications that will allow you to design your own effects.
The objects within the demonstration movie are shown in the Outline tree to the right.
The movie clip hypnotic contains the entire text effect.
The movie clip has the Use bottom object as mask option set in its Properties panel. This causes the bottom object, the text object Hypnotic, to define the visible area of the movie clip. Items that extend beyond the text object are not displayed.
The Shape object is an un-named rectangular shape with solid fill that defines the background color. In this example the chosen color is white (0xFFFFFF) although you could use any color. The shape object must totally obscure the text. Once drawn, use the option in the Outline panel to hide the shape from the display. (Click on the corresponding . underneath the eye symbol in the Outline panel.)
The ClipClone object is a component that has been used to create the diagonal lines. To use the component, drag it from the Utility component section onto the stage, set the number of items to 1 and replace the sample item with the item you wish to replicate.
The Clip clone component, allows a single item to replicated any number of times. In this case, a 45 degree black line with thickness 3 and overall dimensions of 200 x 200. The 45 degree angle can be forced by holding the shift key down while drawing the line.
The parameters used in the clip clone component are shown to the left. Note the B parameter is set to -190. With the ClipClone Horizontal and Vertical layouts, the B parameter defines the spacing between the duplicated items. As each line is 200 x 200, the use of -190 causes the lines to overlap with their centers offset by 10 pixels (200 + -190).
Finally it is necessary to add a move effect to the ClipClone component so that it moves to the right by 10 (or a multiple of 10) pixels. This effect is applied to the ClipClone component within the hypnotic movie clip. The Timeline and Effect panel settings are shown below.
Note that the Move Right by parameter is set to 20 (a multiple of 10). Setting this to 10 would slow down the movement, setting it to 30 would speed up the movement.
The speed can also be adjusted by altering the number of frames over which the effect is applied.
As there are no other effects applied to objects within the hypnotic movie clip and the movie clip does not have the Stop playing at end option set, the effect loops when it reaches the end.
This causes what appears to be continuous movement. In reality the lines are moved right by 20 pixels, then reset to the original position when the move is repeated.
The effect can be modified in a number of ways:
- Use different font types
- Use a different shape in the ClipClone object
- Apply different effects to the clip clone component
- Use the Random Color component (Component Effects | 2D | Random Color) to apply random colors to the background color or to the shapes within the ClipClone component.
- Overlay multiple clipclone components
- Apply effects to the objects within the clip clone component.
The example below demonstrates some of the possibilities.
The SWiSH Max4 swi files for both of the above examples can be downloaded from here.

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Last week, we showed you what it was like to go down the world's tallest water slide: the 170-foot Verrückt at Kansas City's Schlitterbahn Waterpark.
However, careful viewers will remember that, in the original video, the only things joining the camera on the record-breaking slide were a handful of sandbags. But now Schlitterbahn has released video of the ride's first human victims – err, test subjects – taking the plunge.
Much in the manner of a Greek myth, the two men responsible for the slide's construction were chosen to make the maiden voyage. Fortunately, waterpark designer Jeff Henry and ride engineer John Schooley survived their 17-story plunge, thus preventing them from joining the ranks of inventors killed by their own inventions.
Watch their journey above, accompanied by the dulcet tones of AWOLNATION's "Sail."
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LISBON - In Columbiana County Municipal Court Tuesday, Baltazar M. Baltazar, 39, Dover, was fined $475, had his license suspended for 180 days and was ordered to attend a three-day treatment program for physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated.
Ryan M. Powell, 28, Depot Road, Lisbon, was fined $350, sentenced to 20 days of electronically monitored house arrest and required 50 hours community service for failure to control and reckless operation second offense amended from hit skip on private property.
Lynette C. Davis, 43, McCalla Street, East Palestine, was fined $300 and required 60 hours of community service for two counts each of driving under suspension and expired tag.
Roy A. Jackson, 62, Sharp Street, Salem, was fined $300 and sentenced to 165 days in jail for domestic violence and menacing after he searched Salem Community Hospital on Aug. 26 attempting to find his girlfriend who was a patient there after being struck in the head with a baseball bat by Jackson on Aug. 25.
Justin M. Lamp, 35, Foundry Hill, Summitville, was fined $250 and sentenced to 22 days in jail for possession of a drug abuse instrument after Salineville police reportedly saw Lamp inside a Grand Am with a syringe in his hands ready to inject a brown liquid on April 9.
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Chelsee M. Heverly, 21, Walter Avenue, Washingtonville, was fined $250, had her license suspended for 180 days and required 50 hours community service for failure to control and reckless operation second offense amended from OVI first offense.
Brittany M. Chamberlain, 21, Berlin Center, was fined $150 for disorderly conduct after she was found intoxicated and stumbling through yards in the Guilford Estates trailer park on Aug. 11.
Kevin C. Blackburn, 27, state Route 9, Hanoverton, was fined $150 and sentenced to three days in jail for persistent disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence for injuries caused to his live-in girlfriend on May 2.
Jeffrey R. Sterling, 22, West Washington Street, Lisbon, was fined $150 for fictitious plate.
Nicole Gamble, 25, Market Street, North Lima, was fined $100 and sentenced 90 days in jail concurrent with her sentence for felony case 11cr338. Additionally, Gamble's license was suspended for 180 days and she was ordered to testify at upcoming court hearings. Gamble pleaded no contest to theft of $268 from Tina Spann's wallet on Aug. 2 and drug paraphernalia for a crack cocaine pipe on Jan. 23.
Jamie J. Rambo, 24, Pleasant View Drive, Lisbon, was fined $100, required 47 hours community service and sentenced to two days in jail for receiving stolen property for several hundred feet of copper wire cut from the poles in the Wayne Bridge Road area on June 5 and sold to HMF Recycling.
Allen Sheppard, 30, East Pershing Street, Salem, was fined $100 for persistent disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence for fighting with his brother on Aug. 19, during which his 6-year-old step daughter was knocked to the floor striking a cupboard.
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An Oct. 11 pretrial was set for Joshua J.L. Lapin, 23, East Fourth Street, Salem, charged with driving under suspension and receiving stolen property for allegedly selling 140 pounds of chain link fence to Downtown Metals for $12.50 on Friday. The fencing had been reported stolen from the Salem City Parks Department.
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A Nov. 6 pretrial was set for Breanne N. Little, 25, state Route 558, Leetonia, charged with OVI first offense, failure to control and a seat belt violation.
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This weeks WOD's are going to be a hopper style program, meaning each one of the trainers has created a WOD and we have randomly put them together to make a very unknown/get what you get kind of a week!
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An All Purpose Checklist for Project Closure
November 17, 2013 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Project Closure
An All Purpose Checklist for Project Closure
Kevin Sequeira
You've reached that point in the project where you stand at deployment and you are ready to shake hands with the project customer and move on to your next assignment. Do you just flip the switch, wave goodbye and ride off into the sunset? Is your job complete? How do you know…what is your yardstick for saying, "that's it, we're done here!"?
From my project experience there are some key steps and critical things to check on as the project is deploying so as to ensure that the engagement is over and the solution is ready for the project customer. I'd like I present what I consider to be a reasonable 'general' checklist for use at project close out to ensure you've dotted the I's and crossed the T's before moving on to your next project.
- Are all deliverables delivered?
Review the project schedule closely. Has your project team successfully delivered on all project deliverables? And just as importantly, do you have something documenting customer acceptance of each project deliverable? Is there a formal signoff in your project folder?
Are all invoices current?
Most projects either bill time and materials, by deliverable, or monthly. Look through all project invoices. Has everything that should be paid up till now actually paid? If not, now is the time to check with the customer to see if there are any outstanding invoice issues and work to resolve them quickly.
Has a lessons learned session been conducted or at least scheduled?
I'm a fan of conducting one or more lessons learned sessions before the actual point of deployment because it's hard to pull everyone together after the solution has been turned over to the customer and to support staff. But if you've not held a session yet, schedule that now with the client even if it's just a one or two hour phone call.
Have all user acceptance testing (UAT) issues been resolved?
How did UAT go? Were there any remaining issues to be fixed? Ensure that those have been acceptably resolved prior to deployment. Make sure that you have a formal UAT signoff in hand as well – a project that does not have a formal testing acceptance from the project client should not be headed for deployment.
Are all training issues completed?
Most customer solutions require some level of training to be conducted for the customer's end user community. Naturally, this would have been well laid out in the project schedule with specific tasks designed to ensure that this is accomplished. Review the schedule to ensure that all training tasks are complete – a customer who doesn't know how to use their newly deployed system will likely not be a satisfied customer who gives good references to other potential project clients.
Is a formal project acceptance signoff ready for the customer?
Finally, do you have a formal signoff document ready for the customer to sign upon deployment of the final solution? It's important that you've been accumulating 'official' acceptance signoffs on all deliverables up to this point, but this one is probably the most important of all as it signifies overall acceptance of the deployed solution to the customer. Any discussion of remaining outstanding invoices will likely begin and end with this signoff, so make sure that it is always part of your project closure checklist.
This is my practical checklist for closing out a project engagement. Readers – do you have other things that you would suggest adding to this list? What other items do you consider critical to every project to cover before considering the engagement closed out?
Kevin Sequeira is a Product Manager a Tenrox, the leading workflow-driven project management and professional services automation solution.
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I do love the idea of a 'lessons learned' session. Both with the client, and perhaps with just the team. Good checklist, Kevin!
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Forget the Philharmonic; Cellist Doug Lewis Is Schussing Toward the '88 Winter Olympics
Okay, so maybe he won't make you forget Pablo Casals. But on skis the kid is already a virtuoso. As racers go, he's got all the right stuff: thighs the size of tree trunks, catlike reflexes, a gyroscopic sense of balance—everything it takes to make him America's brightest hope for a medal in the downhill at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. Yet he hasn't exactly taken the European World Cup circuit by the ears. His best finish has been a fifth in Kitzbühel, Austria. Still, the season is young. And there's one big consolation. "Johnson," says Lewis, "is doing terribly."
That's Bill Johnson, the 1984 Olympic gold medalist from California, who is also Lewis' No. 1 U.S. rival and sometime antagonist. "Our personalities," says Lewis, "are very different.' When, during the last Olympics, 1976 gold medalist Franz Klammer dubbed Johnson an immature "nose picker," he was referring less to Johnson's nose than to his gold-medal mouth. The cello-playing Vermonter with a passion for Bach tends to be a bit more reserved.
Yet once he steps into those bindings, Lewis attacks the slopes. "Other coaches tell us we're lucky to have someone who's not afraid," says Theo Nadig, men's downhill coach of the U.S. Ski Team. "He's one of the athletes on the World Cup circuit who takes the most risks." And the risks are considerable, as Lewis has learned. In 1981, while hurtling down aslope at Aspen, he caught the edge of his ski and hit the snow upside down. He crushed four vertebrae and spent four months in a brace. "I was bummed," he says with a grin. "The accident didn't even make it to network TV."
Not all skiers on the circuit exhibit Lewis' sangfroid. When a racer is tearing along at 60-plus mph, a major bump can sling him 50 yards through the air. "You just see a rim of snow," says Doug, "and nothing but mountain peaks in the background. Some people freak out and freeze in midflight." While Lewis claims to enjoy going airborne, there is a practical imperative to his hang-it-out style. Now in his fourth season of international competition, he has learned that "taking risks is what separates the guys in the first seed from guys in the 30s and 40s. Those guys hold back a little." '
Away from the slopes Lewis can be equally venturesome. For one thing he's not afraid to crack a book. A tireless self-improver, he spent last season reading War and Peace and is currently immersed in The Iliad. Three summers ago he studied German to make himself less of a conversational dud on the circuit; last summer he took a course in English literature at the University of Vermont. "I talk gooder now," he says with a smile.
Then there's the music. Susan Lewis insisted that each of her four children learn to play an instrument. Doug studied the cello for 12 years, earning a spot on the All New England Orchestra in high school. Though obviously his cachet as a skier is" his ticket of admission, he may get a chance to solo at the White House next spring, with the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in the audience. Maybe they'll even play a duet. But if Lewis is suffering from performance anxiety, it's not obvious. "I'm a classic at pulling things out," he says. First, he would like to pull out at least one World Cup race this season. "Then," he declares, "I want to win the Olympics." So eat your heart out, Carnegie Hall, this man has appointments to keep.
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Shop.org's parent, NRF, announced last week that consumers are expected to spend a full $18.6 billion to celebrate the mothers in their lives on May 13. The survey of 8,724 consumers conducted this month by BIGinsight showed also that online shoppers will contribute a fair bit to that total. In all, 1 in 4 Mother's Day shoppers will buy at least some portion of their gifts online this year, up from 1 in 5 in 2010 and 2011. Below are a few key trends that stand out with this year's online Mother's Day shopper.
Online consumers expect to spend 53% more on Mom than all shoppers across categories. Of consumers who plan to shop online for some part of their Mother's Day shopping, almost one-third (31.7%) expect to spend more this year than last – that's compared with about half that number for all adults 18 years and older. In all, online Mother's Day shoppers expect to spend a combined net average of $233.67 – or 53% more than the average for all adults.
Which products will catch the eye of the online consumer in emails, search, online ads and in social media? 4 out of 5 will spend close to $9 on greeting cards, three-quarters will spend an average of $32 on flowers, and 3 out of 5 will splurge on a special outing such as dinner or brunch, at an average of $56.75. That said, online Mother's Day shoppers also have their eye on bigger ticket items such as consumer electronics, jewelry, gift cards, clothing and accessories, and books and CDs. For example, an impressive 44.5% of online Mother's Day shoppers expect to spend an average of $116 on jewelry alone. As a retailer, have you updated your Pinterest presence to showcase your best products in these must-buy categories?
Online shoppers will research and buy across channels... This inclination to treat Mom is evident also in where online shoppers plan to buy their gifts – while one quarter will buy something in a discount store, that's actually less than all adults 18 and older (30.2%). Instead, expect online Mother's Day shoppers to not only buy online, but also to head to department and specialty stores. About twice as many online shoppers (15.7%) as all adults (8.2%) expect to shop in specialty stores.
…with smartphones and tablet devices firmly in hand to locate, research and buy. Among online Mother's Day shoppers who own a smartphone, 2 out of 5 will use their smartphone to research products and compare prices, almost one third will look up retailer information (e.g. location, store hours, etc.), and one quarter will actually buy via their smartphone. Not surprisingly, online Mother's Day shoppers who own a tablet device will use the tablet to even greater degree: over half will research products and compare prices on their tablet, close to a third will look up retailer information, and one quarter will redeem coupons. Close to half expect to use their tablet device to actually buy – and why not, with all that rich imagery and content to entice shoppers to hit the "complete purchase" button.
Online retailers should milk the week leading up to Mother's Day.Google notes that MasterCard SpendingPulse last year (2011) found that online sales hit their crescendo the Tuesday before the big day (this year, that's May 8), while in-store shopping peaked the day before Mother's Day (i.e. that Saturday). Retailers should harness email, search, site and social marketing to tout online shopping in the 5 to 8 days before Mother's Day, then switch to messages about buy online, pick up in store service and/or in store specials, events and associates' gift picking expertise.
Utilize cart remarketing to get consumers to commit - even if not on the first round. With cart abandonment rates continuing to rise, I would point retailers again to some highlights of the recent Shop.org webinar on shopping cart abandonment and cart remarketing. Per SeeWhy's research, one quarter of one percent (you read that right) will complete their purchase in their first visit to your site. Instead, focus on visitors who put something in their cart as hot leads who are unlikely to buy during that first visit, but are likely to buy – somewhere – within the next 12 hours. Timing (think 2, 4 or at most 6 hours after the cart is abandoned), tone, and personalization (greeting the customer by name, naming the product(s) in the cart, etc.) are the keys to effective cart remarketing . Considering how few retailers do much of anything to remarket carts in the first place (also per SeeWhy), you have every chance of capturing that sale – and cementing further your relationship with that customer for the long term.
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You can register at http://www.flashmobamerica.com/event-registration/
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Please sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get our latest announcements. You can always check our Event Registration page for an event in your city at http://www.flashmobamerica.com/event-registration/
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If you have registered for a specific event, you will receive an email as information becomes available. You will not get an exact location of the flash mob until you arrive at rehearsal on the day of your event. (It's a secret!)
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I'm a member of SAG-AFTRA or AEA. Can I perform in your events?
Yes. Because you are dancing in public as yourself, there is no union jurisdiction associated with dancing in our flash mobs. If our flash mob will appear on TV, we will let you know when union rules apply.
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We are very protective of our flash mobbers. We will never give out or sell your email to a third party. We only use it to send out our newsletters or information for any event in which you have signed up. You can cancel or unsubscribe at any time.
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Husband Hank Baskett plays for the Super Bowl-bound Indianapolis Colts, making for some friendly rivalry with Wilkinson's fellow E! reality star Kim Kardashian, whose boyfriend Reggie Bush plays for the New Orleans Saints.
Responding to an Internet report that Kardashian will be driving in a monstrous bullet-proof Armor Horse Vault XXL2 Limousine, Wilkson reveals what she'll be cruising in to her Feb. 5 party: "Budget renta car. Lololo."
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(July 27, 2012) The Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of Northern Berkshire will offer several public health clinics in the region in August. The clinics include blood pressure and blood sugar screening, medication reviews, heights and weights, and health teaching.
Public health clinics are offered Tuesday, Aug. 7 and Thursday, Aug. 9 and again Tuesday, Aug. 28 and Thursday, Aug. 30 at the VNA & Hospice's new headquarters, 99 Hospital Avenue on the campus of North Adams Regional Hospital in North Adams, from 3-4 p.m.
In Adams, clinics will be held at Barrett House, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 10-11 a.m.; Valley Street Apartments, Thursday, Aug. 9, 10-11 a.m.; at Millhouse Apartments, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 10-11 a.m.; and at the Adams Council on Aging, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 10-11 a.m.
In North Adams: St. Joseph's Court, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Holy Family, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 11 a.m. – noon; Village East, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 10:30-11:30 a.m.; and the Spitzer Center, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 9-11 a.m.
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Sidney Rice has retired from the NFL after seven seasons.
Eric Decker (shoulder) did not practice Thursday.
Jets coach Todd Bowles said the team will "make sure" Brandon Marshall gets the ball.
Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said the team has "thrown too much" in the last two games.
Jaguars OC Greg Olson vowed to "get this run game fixed."
DetroitLions.com's Tim Twentyman expects Dwayne Washington to see "an uptick in carries" against the Bears.
Cowboys WR Brice Butler said he is "more confident" in the offense this season.
Cam Newton said Kelvin Benjamin will not be held catch-less again after seeing just one fruitless target Week 3.
Ben Roethlisberger hinted that Le'Veon Bell could be used more often in the slot this season.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport says it is a "long-shot" Dez Bryant (knee) plays this week.
ESPN's Jordan Raanan reports Rashad Jennings (thumb) is unlikely to play Monday night against the Vikings.
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A sarcastic approach to fires
It should be clear to the Texas tea party and Gov. Rick Perry that we just cannot waste further money on the current firefighting efforts. What budget cuts has he proposed to offset these expenses? And inviting federal support merely gives President Barack Obama an excuse to print more money to support such frivolous "pet projects" as "emergency response."
Wasn't it Perry who promised to make federal government as inconsequential for us as possible? Why does he all of a sudden call in the feds and make them a central part of the wildfire effort? Getting the government involved merely teaches those ranchers and farmers to become dependent on government and its welfare.
We should cut their taxes so they can fight fires and rebuild themselves. We cannot spend ourselves out of a situation like this. The American people do not want government meddling in their lives.
Tea partiers, speak up with me now: If we don't have the money to pay for all the firefighting, let Texas burn. It's the fiscally responsible thing to do.


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Glazed Tofu Sandwiches With Jicama Slaw
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 15 mins
You won't miss the meat because the tofu is pressed, glazed with a sweet, spicy sauce and topped with a crisp slaw of jicama and carrots! Adapted from Food & Wine magazine.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 (14 ounce) blocks extra firm tofu, drained, split horizontally
- 2 tablespoons jalapeno jelly
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 teaspoon minced jalapeno
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 small jicama, peeled, julienned
- 2 large carrots, julienned
- 1⁄4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped mint
- olive oil, for brushing
- 4 kaiser rolls, split
- mayonnaise
- Place the tofu on a work surface and top with a cookie sheet and 2 or 3 heavy cans or pans. Let stand for about 1 hour, or until tofu is very firm and liquid has been pressed out. Pat the toful dry.
- In a small bowl, whisk the jalapeno jelly with the ketchup,soy sauce, sesame oil and 1 tbls. lime juice.
- In a large bowl, mix sugar with garlic and minced jalapeno. Using the side of a spoon, mash the mixture to a paste. Add the fish sauce and remaining 1 tbls. of lime juice. Stir in the jicama, carrots, cilatro and mint.
- Light a grill or turn on the broiler. Brush the tofu and the cut sides of the rolls with the olive oil. Lightly grill(or broil) the rolls, about 2 minutes. Grill or broil the tofu until lightly charred, about 8-10 minutes. Brush on the jalapeno jelly glaze and grill(or broil), turning and brushing until nicely glazed, 2 to 3 minutes longer.
- Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on both halves of each kaiser roll. Mound the jicama slaw on the rolls and top with the tofu steaks. Colse the sandwiches, cut in half and serve! Enjoy!
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This is a wonderful gourmet tofu recipe. This will be on my list of recipes for any pesco-vegetarian guests we may have over for a BBQ in the future. The only changes I made were to serve this on french bread, cut the amount of tofu in half (I'm glad I did that because otherwise I would have had 8 sandwiches instead of 4), and to grate the jicama and the carrots instead of julienning them.
I followed this exactly and loved every bite of this recipe. The tofu was outstanding, as I followed the method perfectly of de/watering the tofu, so that it was able to crisp up really well. Oh yes! I did make one change, I couldn't find jicama for the life of me. I *thought* we had places that usually had this vegetable, but I guess I was wrong. Instead I used a cabbage and mixed the same way, using the cabbage as I would of with the jicama. I can't say enough about the tofu and the jalapeno jelly was raining supreme. Oh if I had only known about this before! Will use this again, and hope to find jicama to bring the whole taste in order. Thanks so much, served with wedge tomato and onion. Terrific!
This was okay, just a bit different from our usual way of using tofu. A different meal though which we enjoyed. Thanks for sharing!


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You can do this in Win2000+ using IPsec to enforce machine authentication
via Kerberos/Cert/PreSharedKey and user permissions on the folder itself to
restrict access to the data on a per user basis.
For a more broad machine-wide restriction, you could modify the machine's
"Access this computer from the network right" via local or domain group
policy to restrict access to only 'Authenticated Users.' Auth Users
restricts access to only authenticated machines and users, and when combined
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access to the system in general...
In Win Vista and Srv2008, this level of machine + user authentication has
been integrated into a new protocol called authenticated IP (extension to
IKE/IPsec). With this implementation you can implement a very basic IPsec
policy that uses machine and user authentication and combine it with
authenticated Windows Firewall rules to restrict access to the applications,
services, ports, protocols or IP's that you want.
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Appointment Letter Doc, Sample & Format
A doctor's appointment letter is written to request an appointment with the doctor who may be quite busy. It is best to write in to request and confirm an appointment than to be turned away if one turns up at the doctor's office unexpectedly, unless in emergencies. A doctor's appointment letter should be confirmed to ensure the slot is assigned correctly.
Gerard M. Brown
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January 12, 2011
Dr. Joe Theodore
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Dear Sir
RE: Appointment Request for Follow up Consultation
It has been 5 months since my colostomy operation and I was made to understand that a check up after 6 months should be performed after such a major operation, although I feel well and have recuperated.
Nevertheless, I would like to take up the advice of a follow up consultation next month; that is, 6 months after my operation. Hence, I would like to make an appointment with you to be scheduled on February 20, 2011 at 10am if there is a vacant slot in your schedule.
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When a woman who you have no interest in ever seeing again is giving you oral sex, and you pull it out, turn her head, and release right into her ear.
I didn't want to tell her that she was too ugly for me to bone, so I let her down getnly by giving her a pearl earring.
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when a man releases his seed upon a female counterpart and, with the proper aim and well-timed loads, can shoot semen upon the bottom of the woman's ears, and have them drip down so as to resemble pearl earrings
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when your lying next to your old lady after she falls asleep on a nite she denies you some trim. you yank your pud and let loose in her ear, as the load runs down her earlobe and just starts to drip off, damn! looks like a pearl earring
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I suppose at its base this is a police procedural (although the police are on the wrong track all along). But Lisbeth and Mikael are quirky individuals and make up their detective work as they go, so it's hard to predict the story arc. It's also an advantage that the act…
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His friends call him Mr. Integrity. Opposing lawyers have dubbed him Darth Vader. In the context of the continuing Iran-contra drama, though, special prosecutor Lawrence E. Walsh might be called Godot—as in waiting for. It has been almost a year since Walsh, 75, once a federal judge, was recruited to head an independent investigation into possible criminal charges stemming from covert operations to send arms to Iran and cash to the contras. Yet even as rumors began to circulate that President Reagan might grant Thanksgiving Day pardons to Iran-contra principals, Walsh's staff was still not ready to hand up its first indictment.
Nevertheless the mere knowledge that Walsh and his team are holed up in a Washington high rise collecting the evidence that could land Oliver North, John Poindexter, Albert Hakim, Richard Secord and others in jail and not just on TV has been a palpable offstage influence on this public passion play. As North confessed to Congress last July, "I do honestly believe that they expected Ollie would go quietly, and Ollie intended to do so right up until the day that somebody decided to start a criminal investigation."
Since then North and his associates have been waiting—and waiting, and waiting—for the other shoe to drop. But, says Walsh, "in criminal prosecutions you learn not to rush unnecessarily. You rush once, you learn fast." So painstakingly does Walsh attend to details that he once reportedly kept staffers up all night to white out some unsightly spots on documents that had been poorly photocopied.
The son of a Queens, N.Y., doctor and his wife, a nurse, Walsh learned the prosecutorial art at the knee of Thomas E. Dewey, the legendary Manhattan district attorney and New York governor, who made war on waterfront crime and corrupt politicians. Walsh won his cases not through courtroom theatrics but through his mastery of the facts. A lifelong Republican who has moved back and forth between private practice and government service, he is widely regarded as one of the preeminent litigators of his era. And that is just what three federal-court judges thought they needed last fall when they were charged with naming a special prosecutor for a case that might lead to the White House. Their only reservation concerned Walsh's age. So Judge George E. MacKinnon, who headed the panel, summoned Walsh in for a chat. "I just wanted to make sure he was as sharp as I remembered him," MacKinnon has said. "We got over that hurdle fast."
Walsh must build a case under particularly difficult circumstances. Because the congressional committees granted limited immunity to some key witnesses, he is barred from using any evidence brought out in their hearings. So his team of 28 lawyers, 20 FBI agents and eight IRS investigators is laboriously poring over half a million documents and has conducted some 1,000 interviews attempting to develop their own evidence of criminal misconduct. To avoid any appearance of being influenced by media coverage or popular opinion, investigators must avoid all mention of the scandal. That was easier said than done last summer, when Ollie-mania was, briefly, a national passion. "One evening," says Walsh—who in 1981 moved to Oklahoma City with his second wife, Mary, and commutes there on weekends—"my wife came home and said, 'I don't know if I should tell you this, but a woman at the beauty parlor asked for a Betsy North haircut.' " Walsh shrugs. "You can't avoid the bumper stickers."
Nor can he avoid mutterings of official impatience. New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman, for one, has complained that the Walsh investigation, which has already cost more than $3.5 million, was moving at an "ad nauseam" pace. But the Swiss government did not relinquish crucial bank records until Nov. 3. When the Walsh team has thoroughly examined them, the special prosecutor may be ready to make his move—if not this month, possibly next month. Rest assured, Lawrence Walsh will deliver no indictment before its time.
One Deliberate Step at a Time, a Prosecutor Builds His Case
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There is little doubt that there is coming some serious heat from New York's growing number of hip-hop collectives. One of the most prominent ones, Queens' very own World's Fair, is currently prepping some big things for 2013 and gave a fair warning to the world with Prince SAMO's recently dropped Streets Viceroy-mixtape. We had the opportunity to have a conversation with the World's Fair affiliate and see where his mind is at these days and what his thoughts are about NYC's current rise in the rap game.
How did you get first affiliated with World's Fair?
I've known Cody B. Ware and Jeff Donna since elementary school. I met Children Of The Night about four years ago through Cody and we've been friends ever since.
Can you share some details about Streets Viceroy? What is its focus? What are its influences?
Streets Viceroy is a project that I've been working on for about two years now and I'm ecstatic to be able to give it to you guys now. The focus of the project is definitely a juxtaposition. A balance. A middle ground between elegance and rawness. It shows who I am and both sides of the coin. The influences are everything I've ever encountered in my life. Ever.
What is your favorite record and why?
My favorite record would have to be "Gojira." It's really a record where I let loose and let go of everything and just said whatever I wanted to say. No topic, no train of thought, just me saying whatever I wanted. It's great to let go on record.
How did you prepared for this record as this is a solo-effort compared to group projects with Worlds' Fair?
I didn't really do much prep work for this project, I just wrote and recorded. I love to do solo work because its all on me. Everything Is in my hands which makes it easier and harder at the same time.
What artist outside of the World's Fair family would you have loved to have as a featured guest on the project?
I worked with a lot of the artists that I wanted to for this project. The people I feel like I really enjoy their music and would love to work with would be ScHoolboy Q or Danny Brown. I'm a huge fan of both of those dudes.
How do you evaluate the current state of NYC-based hip-hop music? A lot of collectives from NYC have been causing some noise lately, how would you explain this development?
NYC hip-hop is in a great place right now I feel. A lot of great music coming out of the city and that makes me happy because I'm from here and it's nice to see your city back in the light it deserves. The collectives are a beautiful thing man. That was a big part in why NYC hip-hop fell to the wayside. The unity in the city, not only in each squad but between each squad, is really what's making the noise. I always said that if we all make noise together, there's no way that they can't hear us.
What is next for you?
Next for me? I don't know man. Not really focusing on what hasn't happened yet. I'm just trying to work hard now and make the best music I possibly can. Everything else will come, in due time.


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The Fremaux Economic Development District approved a resolution Thursday night to seek state Bond Commission approval to issue up to $6 million in bonds to offset some of the developers' costs for the Fremaux Town Center retail development. The borrowed money would be repaid with revenue from the half-cent sales tax collected in the Fremaux Economic Development District, essentially the site of the development.
The resolution approved by the district's board, which is comprised of the Slidell City Council, calls for the firm Foley & Judell of New Orleans to be hired as bond counsel and says the repayment period cannot exceed 30 years.
Money from the bonds would be used to pay some of the costs of the project, including infrastructure work such as roads and utilities. Townsend Underhill, vice president of Covington-based Stirling Properties, one of the two companies developing the Fremaux Town Center, said the money would be paid to the developers for infrastructure costs they already incurred.
Underhill said the money to repay the bonds does not come from the government, but rather from revenues brought in by the tax in the district.
The first phase of the Fremaux Town Center, which includes a Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy, Kohl's and Dillards is slated to open next March, developers have said. Several restaurants are also part of the plan.
When the development was unveiled in 2008 by Alabama-based Bayer Properties, the City Council, as an incentive, authorized an additional 1-cent sales tax to be collected on purchases in an economic development district encompassing the site. The revenues would reimburse developers for some expenses, including infrastructure improvements such as streets, water and sewer lines and lighting.
But construction lagged and the council reduced that tax to a half cent in 2011 in a nod to the slumping economy. Since then, a joint venture of Covington-based Stirling Properties and Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CBL & Associates Properties has taken over the project and kicked it into high gear.
Site work for Phase II, which will include additional stores and restaurants will begin in February, with a targeted opening of March 2015.
The total investment could reach $150 million, Stirling officials have said.


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A sign for I-90 east noting the height of an upcoming pedestrian bridge has been turned the wrong way, reports a Road Rant watchdog. The yellow alert advertises the bridge clearance at 14 feet 7 inches. It's attached to a pole along I-90's inner lanes about 1,000 feet before the overhead walkway linking the two sides of Gordon Park.
"Somebody needs that sign," the watchdog said. "It doesn't do much good if they can't see it."


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This is a step-by-step guide to demonstrate to new students and alumni how to sign-up for GriffonLink, Missouri Western State Universities' (MWSU) job search board.
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How to Create A profile :
Navigational Explanations:
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Click the "Main Menu" button from https://www.missouriwestern.edu.
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As an alternative, click the link below or type the address in the address/URL bar and skip to step 5.
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Click the "A-Z Index" button from the Quicklinks dropdown menu.
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Click the "C" below the A-Z Index.
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Click the "Career Development" button. This will take you to the Career Development home page.
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Click the "Students & Alumni" button on the left side of the page.
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Click the "GriffonLink(Student Employment Job Board)" button.
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Click the "Done" button at the button of the GriffonLink page. This will take you to your GriffonLink profile page.
Once on your GriffonLink profile page, you will receive a message that says, "Attention! Your account is currently under review. You will not have full access to the system until an administrator approves your account."
You will be able to view job postings, but you will not be able to apply for jobs until the MWSU Office of Student Employment approves your profile. In order to get your profile approved, you must add a resume to "My Documents" on your GriffonLink profile.


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I'm honored and happy to share that Bargaineering was included in several categories and is up against very stiff competition. Many thanks to those of you who may have nominated Bargaineering but know that this site is as much a product of your contributions as it is my own. Without your comments, this place would be nothing more than my ramblings and would not be a place I've come to treasure. This recognition is as much a tribute to you as it is to me, so thank you.
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John Grace is an American professional kayaker, actor and voice actor who portrayed the characters, Patrick Napier and Homer in Silent Hill: Downpour. Aside from his voice acting roles, he has also starred in the independent kayaking film Raven Fork.
John Grace is originally from Indiana where his father introduced him to kayaking at nine years old. Upon graduating from Indiana University in 1998, John has since dedicated more than a decade of his life searching for adventure from his kayak. Accomplishments range from over 50 first descents in countries all over the world to being recognized by National Geographic as Adventurer of the Year. You can find John planning his next trip on the banks of the famous Green River in Asheville, North Carolina, where he presides over a video production company and produces LVM, a quarterly kayaking DVD.


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ArchBang vs CrunchBang
ArchBang and CrunchBang are Linux distributions that are designed to be light-weight and to include the latest free open source software. Both use Openbox as their Window Manager. Crunchbang is based on Debian while ArchBang is based on Arch Linux. Crunchbang was the original inspiration behind Archbang.
Both distributions include openbox. Their implementation lacks some of the features that full desktop environments typically provide - for instance, configuration utilities for what the computer does when the power button is pressed. Power saving by automatically going to sleep-mode is one feature that missing. GUI utilities to manage what programs run at startup are another. .
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The exact size will vary by version and/or processor type.
Archbang is a download of about 425MB; CrunchBang is a download of about 650MB.
Update Process[edit]
Crunchbang and Archbang use the repositories and update process of Debian and Arch respectively. Crunchbang / Debian's update process tends to be very easy and reliable - issue a couple of commands and the machine takes care of the rest.
Archbang, ideally, is even easier - one command downloads information about what packages are available and then installs them. In practice, it can cause problems in a couple ways:
- The first time you run an update, nearly all the packages may need to be updated. This can take a really long time.
- One broken package can block all updates - Pacman might say "error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)". One can force these files to be overwritten or upgrade other packages while avoiding the package whose update causes conflicting files.... but trying these solutions could cause the operating system to quit working.
If many files conflict, the recommended solution (renaming the offending files and then upgrading the package) may be very time-consuming to implement.
Cutting Edge software[edit]
Archbang uses the Arch repositories, and that means cutting edge software. A look at distrowatch.com shows that Arch repositories generally include very few packages older than the latest stable release. Comparing Debian (testing or unstable) on distrowatch reveals that many packages are behind the latest version.
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Hi Blanche, As I said, Classic is always bestOct 2nd, 2010 | By Nancy Andrews | Category:
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Hi Blanche,
As I said, Classic is always best so my recommendation is for you to do a round of Classic. My point was that given your age, your body will respond to any consistent exercise but if I were you, I'd do Classic. Lean is more aerobic and less resistance training but despite what the women's magazines lead you to believe, resistance training will both burn more fat and put curvy lean muscle mass where you want it. You will not get bulky unless you don't mind your diet. If you can find a quality whey protein that fits your budget, then get some and take a serving (20 – 25grams of protein) 30 – 45 minutes before working out. As you will be eating dinner shortly after working out no need to have a serving after working out.
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A DeBeer & Son "Official Clincher" softball is the unique canvas for this collection of nine Hall of Fame signatures. The blue ink signatures of Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams appear together on the sweet spot. The remaining blue ink signatures, scripted on two separate side panels, are those of Robin Roberts, Lou Boudreau, Luke Appling, Ralph Kiner, Enos Slaughter, Johnny Mize and George Kell. The signatures are all fairly uniform in strength, grading a virtually flawless "9." The ball is in Excellent to Mint condition. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $100. Estimate $200/$300. SOLD FOR $528.75
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First branchial anomalies embody a small subset of congenital malformations of the head and neck. Classically, they are duplication abnormalities of the external auditory canal (EAC) and can involve the middle ear and parotid gland. Herein, we describe a 5-year-old girl with unilateral microtia, autism, and Cayler cardiofacial syndrome (asymmetric crying facies and congenital heart disease). She also had a congenital pharyngo-oto-cutaneous fistula resulting in high-volume otorrhea of saliva and formula. We present our experience with surgical correction of this unique condition. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a congenital pharyngo-oto-cutaneous fistula involving a derangement of all 3 germ layers of the first branchial apparatus.
Figure 1. The malformation of the right pinna included an accessory auricle (arrow) composed of cartilage that appeared to be a remnant tragus. Lateral to the canal is a soft-tissue bulge (asterisk), which, when reflected anteriorly, reveals a fully mucosalized fistulous tract.
Figure 2. Coronal computed tomographic image of the right temporal bone. The right external auditory canal (EAC) and middle ear spaces are opacified. There is an absence of the inferior wall of the EAC and floor of the middle ear, with ossifications in the expected region of the floor containing 2 unerupted teeth.
Figure 3. A transoral view of the right lateral pharynx with an absent posterior pillar and tonsil replaced by aberrant lingual tissue. *Aberrant lingual tissue; †anterior pillar.
Figure 4. Elevation of the fistulous tract, with a free-floating tooth extracted from the tympanic ring remnant. *Tooth; patient orientation: †anterior, ‡posterior, §superior, and ∥inferior.
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text: The Latest on Smokefree Montgomery by Elizabeth W. on Thursday, November 7, 2013 The American Heart Association and our wonderful partners have been successful to date in recruiting and mobilizing thousands of supporters and advocates for Smokefree Montgomery. We are well on our way to seeing the capital city join the ranks of those municipalities around the state putting the health of its residents first. This month the campaign outreached to members of the faith-based community through a roundtable event, challenging them to make Smokefree Montgomery a priority. These efforts were met with great enthusiasm and thoughtful discussion around the dangers of secondhand smoke. No matter where you reside in the Alabama, the Smokefree Montgomery campaign is one you will want to keep a watch on and get engaged in. Why? It's our capital city as well as a vital and strategic step in the great progress being made at the local level to protect residents from the dangers of secondhand smoke! It'll be a tough road, but aren't you ready for a Smokefree Capital City? « Now share your story Share This


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By concentrating deliberately on simple, easy-to-master subjects when we feel scattered, we recover our ability to focus gradually, in small increments, thus empowering ourselves through practice to avoid distraction. A short attention span is often indicative of our being obligated to concern ourselves with objects of interest that are lacking in specific focal points. Since we are unsure as to where we ought to fixate our awareness, our thoughts flow in every direction. When we immerse ourselves in straightforward, uncomplicated activities, the focal point of the tasks and topics before us are easy to recognize. With practice, we lengthen our attention spans bit by bit, thereby regaining the ability to concentrate on highly detailed or complex subjects that demand the whole of our focus. The distraction plaguing you will lose its power over you today when you practice the art of concentration.
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Forest Insect and Disease Newsletter
Symptoms of Annosum root disease
By Linda Williams, Wisconsin DNR-Forestry, Green Bay
Pockets of mortality in pine plantations should be examined for the presence of annosum (Heterobasidion irregulare). If fruiting bodies are present they will be at the very bases of trees or old stumps from previous harvests. You may have to pull back the duff layer to see smaller fruiting bodies, which will look somewhat like a shelf fungus and will have a white or cream-colored lower surface which under magnification is pitted (photo below). Other symptoms can be quite variable but you may see the following:
- Understory species that are being killed by annosum, which can kill all conifers and some hardwoods as well. If understory is being killed you may be able to find fruiting bodies on these young trees.
- A pocket that may look like a "typical" pocket, with dead trees in the center and fading/dying trees on the edges.
- A pocket that may look like a clearly defined area of mortality that you might mistake for a lightning strike or a bark beetle pocket.
- Fruiting bodies, or you might find them only on old stumps, only on dead understory, or only on recently dead trees.
- Fruiting bodies that are large, shelf-like fungi, small popcorn-like spots, or the flat form (which I seem to find more commonly on white pine).
The point is, pockets of annosum that I have visited have had highly variable symptoms, so if you see dead pines I would highly recommend that you examine them more closely to try to determine if annosum was the cause of the mortality. If you find annosum in the northeast region please let me know.
Annosum, winter stump treatments – recently an email from the State Forester and an email from Kyoko Scanlon, the DNR State Forest Pathologist, were sent out addressing the questions of treating stumps during the winter to prevent new annosum infections. Although the risk of getting new infections of annosum is very low during the winter it is still possible and stump treatment should still be explored for all conifer harvests. The manufacturer of Cellu-Treat is in the process of changing the label to allow the use of an additive that will act as an anti-freeze, but until the label is changed what can you do? Here's what Kyoko suggests you consider:
- Explore the possibility of adjusting lines and the solution tank to keep the Cellu-Treat solution from freezing. The manufacturer of Cellu-Treat has suggested that a heat element be used around a tank and wires be placed near hydraulic line. Unfortunately, at this point, such attempts have made only limited success.
- Consider postponing the harvesting until the temperature increases above freezing (32F) when the solution will not freeze.
- Consider risk and economical benefit analysis. When the daytime temperature does not reach above freezing (32°F), and the forecasted temperatures for the next 10 days are not predicted to exceed 40°F, it is considered very low risk for infection. Especially if there is over one foot of snow on the ground, the majority of the conks will be covered under the snow and will not disseminate spores. Can a landowner/property manager accept low to very low risk and harvest pines this time of the year without treatment? It is important that a landowner/property manager understands the risks of introduction and benefit prevention to make a decision.
More information on annosum. Don't wait for annosum to show up in your stand or your county to take action!


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I mostly drink green teas; and when I first open the package, I knew that this was going to become a favourite green. It has a pleasant grassy aroma with a soft bite. It is green tea as green tea should be, simple and delicious!