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The following is a projected look from the Louisiana High School Athletic Association at a breakdown of schools created by Proposal 18 authored by Winnfield Principal Dr. Jane Griffin and five other principals that if passed would separate the football playoffs basically along the lines of public and non-public schools.
The public school portion dubbed "Non-Select'' would follow along the traditional lines of Classes 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A.
The non-public school side would create two divisions of "Select'' schools defined as non-public, charter, magnet and university lab schools that have an admission policy to select students. Dual curriculum schools that draw 25 or more percent of their enrollment as select admission students from outside of their traditional attendance zone also would become Select schools.
Division I would be comprised of Select schools that compete during the regular season in Classes 5A, 4A and 3A while Division II would be created from schools that compete in the regular season in Classes 2A and 1A.
A total of 32 teams traditionally advance to the playoffs in each bracket.
Division I Select Schools
(32 schools listed from largest enrollments to the smallest)
Jesuit, Byrd, Catholic-Baton Rouge, Brother Martin, St. Paul's, Rummel, St. Thomas More, Holy Cross, Karr, Easton, Shaw, O. Perry Walker, St. Augustine, Ben Franklin, Vandebilt Catholic, St. Michael, Teurlings Catholic, E.D. White, St. Louis, Parkview Baptist, Lusher Charter, Loyola Prep, Thomas Jefferson, De La Salle, Clark Prep, Notre Dame, St. Charles Catholic, University Lab, McDonogh, Evangel Christian, John Curtis, Miller-McCoy.
Division II Select Schools
(48 schools listed from largest enrollments to the smallest)
Cohen, Haynes Academy, St. Thomas Aquinas, Carver, Catholic-New Iberia, Episcopal-Baton Rouge, Sophie Wright, Holy Savior Menard, Calvary Baptist, Riverside, Pope John Paul II, Newman, Northlake Christian, Dunham, Hannan, Westminster Christian, Opelousas Catholic, Madison Prep, St. Martin's Episcopal, Sacred Heart-Ville Platte, Christian Life, Ouachita Christian, Redemptorist, Country Day, Catholic-Pointe Coupee, Delhi Charter, Cedar Creek Vermilion Catholic, False River, Lafayette Christian, Southern Lab, Ascension Catholic, Hanson Memorial, St. Frederick, Grambling, St. Edmund, Central Catholic, St. John, Ascension Christian, Ascension Episcopal, Ecole Classique, Highland Baptist, Covenant Christian, St. Mary's-Natchitoches, Houma Christian, Hamilton Christian, Ridgewood, Crescent City.
Class 5A
(53 schools listed from largest enrollments to the smallest)
Lafayette, West Monroe, Denham Springs, Dutchtown, Comeaux, Sulphur, Barbe, St. Amant, Ponchatoula, Mandeville, Ehret, East Ascension, Airline, Acadiana, New Iberia, Fontainebleau, Chalmette, Slidell, Covington, Walker, Hahnville, Bonnabel, Northshore, Zachary, Higgins, Destrehan, Thibodaux, H.L. Bourgeois, Scotlandville, Natchitoches-Central, East St. John, Pineville, Hammond, Terrebonne, Woodlawn-Baton Rouge, McKinley, Southwood, Central Lafourche, Captain Shreve, Central-Baton Rouge, Ouachita Parish, Carencro, Alexandria, South Lafourche, Live Oak, Grace King, Sam Houston, West Jefferson, Ruston, Parkway, Broadmoor, Haughton, Helen Cox.
Class 4A
(46 schools listed from largest enrollments to the smallest)
Westgate, East Jefferson, West Ouachita, South Terrebonne, Tara, Assumption, Bastrop, LaGrange, Lakeshore, Salmen, Northwood-Shreveport, Neville, Ellender, Belaire, Tioga, Minden, Riverdale, Benton, Beau Chene, Franklinton, Breaux Bridge, Belle Chasse, Leesville, Plaquemine, DeRidder, Huntington, Fair Park, Opelousas, Cecilia, St. Martinville, Woodlawn-Shreveport, Franklin Parish, Northside, Pearl River, Morgan City, Grant, Lutcher, McDonogh 35, Crowley, Peabody Magnet, Washington-Marion, Rayne, Eunice, Bolton, Wossman, North DeSoto.
Class 3A
(49 schools listed from largest enrollments to the smallest)
Bossier, Abbeville, Loranger, Jennings, Albany, Carroll, Farmerville, West Feliciana, McMain, Northwest, Livonia, Richwood, Marksville, Brusly, Glen Oaks, Erath, Jewel Sumner, Buckeye, Westlake, Avoyelles, Port Barre, Iowa, Kaplan, North Webster, Berwick, Independence, Amite, Patterson, North Vermilion, Bogalusa, Jena, Rayville, Madison, South Beauregard, Church Point, Vidalia, Baker, Booker T. Washington, Pine Prairie, Iota, Donaldsonville, Ville Platte, Caldwell Parish, Franklin, Port Allen, Mansfield, West St. Mary, Green Oaks, Sarah Reed.
Class 2A
(36 schools listed from largest enrollments to the smallest)
Winnfield, St. James, Istrouma, DeQuincy, Mamou, East Feliciana, Pickering, Sterlington, Northeast, Red River, Kinder, Rosepine, North Caddo, Springfield, Pine, Many, Welsh, Oakdale, Loreauville, Lake Providence, Lakeview, Lakeside, Ferriday, Bunkie, Fisher, St. Helena Central, Delcambre, Lake Arthur, Vinton, Capitol, Homer, Jeanerette, Jonesboro-Hodge, Oak Grove, South Plaquemines, Mount Hermon.
Class 1A
(27 schools listed from largest enrollments to the smallest)
East Beauregard, Mangham, Kentwood, Grand Lake, Delhi, Varnado, Oberlin, Northwood-Lena, Logansport, LaSalle, Block, Basile, Pointe Coupee Central, White Castle, West St. John, Haynesville, Montgomery, North Central, Tensas, Arcadia, Merryville, Ringgold, Elton, Gueydan, East Iberville, Plain Dealing, South Cameron.
Source: LHSAA


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When former Piston Antonio McDyess signed with San Antonio, it seemed like the perfect fit -- a veteran big who could rebound, defend and hit a 15-footer would compliment Tim Duncan quite nicely.
Things haven't gone so well in San Antonio this season, and Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski (sorry to keep linking him, but dude is all over traded talks) says the Spurs are already trying to deal him:
The Denver Nuggets could be a match for McDyess, who played six seasons there. Nevertheless, it's less likely the Spurs would want to do that deal with another Western Conference contender. The Bulls have been shopping (Tyrus) Thomas, and are trying to get expiring contracts and a good first-round pick for him.It's not that McDyess has necessarily played poorly -- his per-minute production and shooting percentages have been solid as always, and he's still a good defender. But the Spurs major weakness is athleticism, and their interest in Tyrus Thomas would certainly give them a dimension they haven't had. Plus, the emergence of Dejuan Blair as a great rebounder off the bench has reduced the need for McDyess.
I enjoy that Denver is interested in McDyess -- had they kept him instead of buying him out last year, he might have put them over the top in the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers.

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This article was first published in the June 2013 International edition of Accounting and Business magazine.
The insurance sector in the GCC, the six-member regional bloc in the Middle East consisting of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, is recovering fast since the global financial crisis and gearing up for growth. For most of the GCC insurers, evolving global regulatory and reporting requirements will present challenges to their business models, cost structures and how they communicate with stakeholders.
Key challenges on the minds of GCC insurance CEOs are how to achieve growth in this fast-changing environment, coupled with an equally fast-evolving regulatory and governance landscape in the region.
The GCC insurance sector is taking steps to enhance insurance regulation with a view to developing as a global financial centre and providing an international standard infrastructure, regulatory environment and necessary support for innovative solutions.
This includes a move towards risk-based capital, risk, governance and reporting environment – upcoming Phase 2 of the IFRS 4 insurance contract project. GCC insurance sector CEOs recognise that the changes over the next few years are not only complex, but also broad with implications on underlying system changes, processes for which most of the GCC insurers are not prepared and which raises open questions in the minds of GCC insurance CEOs, including how to prepare and transform their business and embrace the change at the same time as extracting value.
The new state of play is summarised below in four key components.
Regulation and capital management
The unrelenting pace of regulatory reform across the financial services sector continues and important insurance initiatives, such as the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), Insurance Core Principles (ICPs), the insurance contract project of the International Accounting Standards Board, the review of takaful (insurance compliance with Islamic principles) accounting standards of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), will be a key focus for many insurers for the next few years.
As insurance supervisors in GCC countries begin to examine how best they introduce the new IAIS/ICPs requirements, a growing strategic challenge for insurers is how best to accommodate compliance and reporting requirements and extracting value. It is difficult to remember a time when the region's insurance firms were facing so many regulatory pressures from so many sources.
Opportunities for growth
- Proactive discussion with insurance supervisors regarding the timing and plans for incorporation of revised ICPs and impact on local regulatory reporting.
- Gap analysis to identify areas of improvement and identifying business implications.
- Identification of eligible capital instruments under new regime and consideration of future capital allocation.
- Broad review of data and training requirements.
Products and markets
Changing demographics and environment are likely to have a positive impact on demand for insurance and takaful products in the region. Ambitious infrastructure projects are going to be a major growth driver for the region; therefore, a larger role for insurers is expected to support this growth.
Growth opportunities
- Demand for insurance products will grow with a changing environment, such as urbanisation.
- Products need to keep pace with shifts in lifestyles and needs.
- Opportunities arising from the rollback of state support.
Distribution and operations
Customers increasingly expect to access services where, when and how they want, using smartphones and tablets. Forward-looking insurance firms are starting to explore the growing impact of using social media to communicate with customers, cater to evolving buying behaviours and mine a rich source of customer insights.
Growth opportunities
- Aligning customer interaction with evolving preferences for greater use of mobile technology, including cloud computing.
- Using social media to enhance interaction with customers, sales agents and intermediaries and other stakeholders through democratisation of information.
Governance and people
The approach of many supervisors continues to build upon the G20 concepts of 'treating customers fairly and customer outcomes' and includes some key lessons from recent insurance conduct issues.
The new approach moves away from the traditional focus on point of sale and places the regulatory lens squarely on product design and customer value; in particular, the product development process and governance, product features and customer needs, and whether products are suitable for the intended consumer market.
Growth opportunities
- View social media as an opportunity to engage and reach new customers, rather than a damage-limitation tool.
- Easily understandable and transparent policy terms and conditions to attract customers.
- Maintaining a strong risk management discipline that helps to identify and address potential challenges to the business, whether operational, credit or financial.
- Gap analysis to identify areas of improvement and identify business implications, as well impact on existing and future disclosure requirements and alignment of internal management reporting.
New state of play
The GCC insurance sector is undoubtedly vibrant and well placed for the new state of play. GCC insurance companies that wish to stay ahead need to adopt an international perspective and strategy to build the tools and capabilities to cut through the complexity and to implement a successful strategy for the future.
Good and bad
- High level of infrastructure development projects.
- Two-tier onshore/offshore regulatory environment (UAE and Qatar) to support requirements of business with commitment from supervisors for best-in-class regulatory environment.
- Shortage of reinsurance capacity (in particular sharia-compliant retakaful capacity) for large industrial and speciality risks.
- Competition in direct insurance.
- Low-level of retentions within insurance/takaful carriers.
- Low-level insurance penetration especially life insurance (in particular Saudi Arabia with significant local population).
- Growing popularity of sharia-compliant products, eg takaful.
- Customer awareness/understanding of takaful theory is lesser compared to other segments of Islamic finance.
- Takaful market is not considered ready to adopt fully fledge takaful theory, ie operator is only an agent of the policy holder.
Regulatory changes
Accounting change – insurance and Takaful
- The IASB's insurance contract project is ambitious in its final stages, with the aim to develop a single comprehensive measurement model for all types of insurance contracts.
- The AAOIFI has also taken up a project to review its guidance for takaful contracts to bring existing standards up to speed with the latest international standards within Islamic sharia principles.
IAIS Insurance Core Principles (ICP)
Revised ICPs were adopted in October 2011 and since the adoption many insurance regulators have spoken about reform agendas that seek to capture and align themselves with the IAIS standards.
ICPs are in the form of 26 standards with guidance papers covering governance, legal, solvency, valuation and group supervisory requirements.
Risk management framework
Risk management requirements for insurers are evolving with an emphasis on stakeholders, and there is a long way to go to meet the expectations of both CEOs and CROs by sufficiently aligning overall risk appetite with monitoring and enforcement on the ground.
Adeel Mushtaq FCCA is a senior manager within KPMG Assurance and Advisory Services, based in Bahrain


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122l Futura able to carry 9.0m2 Code Red?
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Thanks for your answer PG. But I wonder why Starboard markets the range as 5.5-9.0m2 then, if 9.0 will definitively overpower the board? Also, 9.0m2 will definitively overpower, but 8,5m2 might work out? Is it really so "exact science"?
I'm not trying to pick a fight here, just trying to understand. Wonder if anybody around my weight has actually tried the combination? Do you have first hand experience?
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Emily Chaney, Joshua Hillard
TORONTO – Jim and Betsy Chaney of Toronto announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Elizabeth, to Joshua Rodger Hillard, son of Steven and Jacquelyn Hillard of Grass Lake, Mich.
The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Edison High School. She graduated from Kent State University in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in justice studies. She is a deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service in Dayton.
Her fiance is a graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in social science. He also is working with the U.S. Marshals Service as a senior inspector in Dayton.
The couple plan to be wed in 2014 at the Walt Disney World resort in Orlando, Fla.


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AbstractYugoslavia, a multinational state in southeastern Europe, is the creation of the post-world war I era. During the second world war it felt prey to Nazi occupation but managed a secure its liberation after a stubborn resistance led by Marshall Broz Tito. Although. The Yugoslavian people had borne the brunt of the ward of liberation the assistance by the Soviet Union to the patriotic struggle had also been instrumental in their ultimate victory. Stalin's objectives in supporting Marshall Tito, a fellow Communist, were those of an ideological and strategic nature. Since the extension of Moscow's influence to Yugoslavia would give Russia a position of vantage against capitalist west in an oncoming struggle for the mastery over Europe. But Marshal Tito could not accede to the status of a satellite as he rejected the subordination of the Yugoslav Communist movement to the C.P.S.U.(Communist Party of the Soviet Union). He objected to the fiat of the Cominform, thus asserting an autonomous status in the Communist World.


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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof By Tennessee Williams. Directed by Tony Bird. This award winning play is the story of a Southern family in crisis. Big Daddy is a magnate. His son Brick is a closeted ex-footballer with a drinking problem. Brick's wife Maggie is a second-rung society girl measuring her success against all the other families and the number of babies they have. Big Daddy is dying and somehow or other Maggie and Brick have to conceive the next generation… Tennessee Williams is one of the giants of twentieth-century drama and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is his Lear. Performance Dates: April 22, 23, 24(twilight), 28, 29, 30, May 1(twilight), 5, 6 7 BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ORiGiN™ THEATRICAL, ON BEHALF OF SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde Directed by Emma Barber The Importance of Being Earnest is the most renowned of Oscar Wilde's comedies. It's the story of two bachelors, John 'Jack' Worthing and Algernon 'Algy' Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Ernest. The pair struggle to keep up with their own stories and become tangled in a tale of deception, disguise and misadventure. Performance Dates: Aug 12, 13, 14(twilight), 18, 19, 20, 21(twilight), 25, 26, 27
Last Cab to Darwin
Last Cab To Darwin By Reg Cribb. Directed by Stephen Barber. This Australian drama/comedy is based on the true story of taxi driver, Max Bell, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer in the early 1990's. Max decides to end his own life with dignity, so he sells up everything he owns, says goodbye to his neighbour and good friend Polly drives from Broken Hill to Darwin, where he can take advantage of the controversial Northern Territory's Voluntary euthanasia law. On his journey he does things and meets people who force him to re-evaluate his life. Performance Dates: Nov 11, 12, 13(twilight), 17, 18, 19, 20(twilight), 24, 25, 26 BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE YELLOW AGENCY
Play in a Day 2016
Play In A Day (PIAD) is raw, exciting, and innovative theatre – where it takes only 24 hours to create, write, direct, rehearse and perform a series of short plays. A group of 42 people meet for the first time on Friday evening and within the space of 24 hours, they will have written, directed, rehearsed and performed a series of six 10 minute plays. This year STC is pleased to announce that PIAD is being run in partnership with Peridot Theatre Company Inc and we look forward to yet another success with this event. Date: Saturday 19th March. Ticket Bookings open mid January 2016. Tickets $15.00 Want to be involved in Play In A Day, as a writer, director or an actor??? Submissions for participants open 22nd January . Cut and paste the application details on the Play In A Day page.
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Helen Czeczele
Helen Czeczele, 83, of Bellevue, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at The Bellevue Care Center.
She was born Aug. 27, 1930, in Bellevue to the late Michael and Mary (Bella) Czeczele Sr.
Helen is survived by her sister, Irene Canode of Bellevue, and nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers Basil, Michael Jr. and Joseph Czeczele.
Friends will be received 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 31, at Foos and Foos Funeral Service, 151 Yorkshire Place, Bellevue. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church, 231 E. Center St., Bellevue. Burial will follow at Bellevue Catholic Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Immaculate Conception Church.


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Kerala HSE Result 2016
Result of 12th class exam conducted by Higher Secondary Education, Govt. of Kerala (DHSE) declared on May 10, 2016.
Kerala Board HSE result 2016 can be checked online on following websites:
Boardexamindia.com wishes all students to get good marks in the HSE board examination.
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Here's today's cartoon.
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I've been occupying my time by attempting to teach myself to do animated editorial cartoons.
To my shock and amazement, it's not nearly as easy as I assumed it would be. I made flip books when I was nine, it can't be much harder than that, can it?
Oh, yes. It can. In fact, it's ridiculously technical and hard. Exposure sheets, audio tracks, keyframes, bitmaps, and vector graphics....blech.
I swear, I'm going to get the hang of this and produce some nifty animations. You'll be able to enjoy them in 2010.


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In today's Penn State football news, Joe Paterno continues to demand attention. lehighvalleylive.com reports on a startling poll which indicates that a great portion of the United States believes the former PSU was accused of molesting children.
StateCollege.com discusses the problems of what it calls "Paterno-blame," and Time and CBS New York pan the Paterno biography.
Elsewhere Graham Spanier spoke out twice yesterday. The New Yorker published a lengthy interview with the former Penn State president while CNN promoted a television talk. Video available at the link below.
On the football field, the Carlisle Sentinel profiles Christian Kuntz, Lions247.com looks at C.J. Olaniyan and the 50-Yard Lion examines the Matt McGloin hate.
Finally, Lions247.com reveals that the PSU players have something in common with Nittany Nation: they wish the season could start right now.
Only 55 percent of Americans say Joe Paterno was not accused of molesting children, according to recent poll [lehighvalleylive.com]
The Problem with Paterno-Blame [StateCollege.com]
Penn State Nittany Lions want season to start now [Lions247.com]
Trinity's Kuntz back on the field and fighting for his spot [Carlisle Sentinel]
McLovin McGloin: Why so much hate for Penn State's quarterback? [50-Yard Lion]
C.J. Olaniyan looking to break through [Lions247.com] Penn State Football: Offensive line competition on-going in camp [The Patriot-News]
Video: Attorneys blast Freeh report as Spanier speaks out [CNN.com] Former Penn State President Graham Spanier Speaks [The New Yorker]
Bad Timing: Sizing-Up The Joe Paterno Book [Time]
No Jolt from Joe; 'Paterno' Biographer Whiffs On Scandal [CBS New York]
The Top 10 things Penn State football needs to succeed in 2012 [Rumblings From Beaver Stadium]
Rob Bolden's road to LSU a 'blessing' [LSUreveillie]
Silas Redd's transition from Penn State to USC is 'very challenging' [Los Angeles Times]
Penn State great Dave Robinson is senior nominee for Pro Football Hall of Fame [Post Gazette]
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MADISON COUNTY, Alabama -- Opponents to a rock quarry have not given up, despite the Alabama Department of Environmental Management approving permits to operate at Gurley Mountain.
"Our options are to ensure the rock quarry meets all the requirements of the law. And ADEM is just one part of that whole process," said John Harrison, a Huntsville attorney and member of the East Huntsville Madison County Homeowners Association.
There are other regulatory agencies, such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state and federal highway departments and Federal Railroad Administration, that could still have a say in whether Vulcan can safely operate at the site near U.S. 72 and Norfolk Southern Railroad, he said. The Legislature also can enact laws that either prevent quarry operations or limit negative impacts, he added.
Lastly, Harrison said, citizens can become watchdogs to make sure Vulcan is the good neighbor it promised to be.
"If it is going to proceed, we need to ensure that that quarry obeys existing laws," he said. "We expect to educate and inform the schools, school boards and homeowners about how to protect themselves from damage and injury.
"We don't just need to let (Vulcan) monitor themselves. That's like leaving the fox in charge of the hen house," Harrison said.
ADEM gave permit approvals to Vulcan last Thursday, and Vulcan began operating Friday morning at an old quarry site abandoned decades ago. The communities of Gurley, McMullen Cove and Hampton Cove had begun forming combined opposition since ADEM announced Vulcan had applied for permits in December.
Residents voiced outrage and desperation at a public meeting last month, saying they feared the blasting, increased heavy truck traffic and defacing of the mountain would damage homes, worsen air pollution, endanger lives and lower property values.
Gurley Mayor Bob Sentell said the general reaction around town is people are upset and many, including himself, are wondering how Vulcan was avble to get ADEM to approve the permits so quickly.
"I think this permitting process was pushed through and I don't know why.," he said. "Barring the permit being overturned by state courts or the government of AIabama, I guess we'll have to adapt to it. They (Vulcan) say they want to be a good neighbor, and I guess we'll see how good a neighbor they want to be."
As one of the ways residents can keep Vulcan to its word, Harrison said some residents already indicated they will purchase seismographs and others are informing residents how to create and maintain an inventory of dated photos of their homes and foundations in case blasting causes damage.
Rita Grub, an administrator with Alabama Waterwatch, said residents also can become certified to monitor water quality of Hurricane Creek and Flint River and create a database to ensure Vulcan is not polluting streams.
ADEM doesn't have the staff to monitor the 77,000 miles of rivers and streams in Alabama and will accept data from certified samples, she said.
"The methodologies are very specific. We all use custom test kits, so everybody is using the same equipment, same chemicals and procedures," Grub said. "But it takes a commitment. You have to be diligent about watching them all the time."
Certification requires a five- to six-hour long class, for a nominal fee, she said. And a group can share a test kit, which costs about $280 and has enough chemicals to test several sites for a year or more.
Harrison said allowing the quarry to operate in close proximity to densely populated subdivisions and schools is a "stain" on the Madison County's image as having a high quality of life necessary to attract Fortune 500 companies and future Army base realignments.
Besides hurting property values, he said the quarry site and truck approaches being next to long curved train tracks and highway create traffic dangers; being along a flood plain and flood way could create water quality issues; and airborne pollutants, mainly crystalline silica, created from blasting and crushing can cause respiratory health issues for anyone who has to breathe near the quarry.
"Our view, is yes. Our culture needs limestone and crushed rock," Harrison said. "But it's a relative issue to where it should be located. It should be an intelligent and rational decision. This is not a good choice for a dozen reasons."


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As a recent wine enthusiast, I was curious why white wine goblets tend to be smaller than red wine goblets, especially since whites are served colder and would necessarily tend to have their aromas more muted. Is it more fashion, or is there function? Thanks!
—Bruce, Boca Raton, Fla.
Dear Bruce,
My guess is that originally, the differences in size between glasses meant for red and white wines was due to esthetics. People like having the variety on the table.
A more scientific reason may have to do with temperature control. Smaller glasses allow white wine to stay chilled longer. Temperature is very important in serving wine; chilling a wine will tone down its aromas, thin out the textures and accentuate any acids or tannins. Warming up a wine will soften it, exaggerate its aromas, and make it fatter and rounder. That's why a big, buttery, oaky Chardonnay tastes better with a significant chill on it.
On most occasions, I use the same type of glass for both red and white wines. It's a size and shape I find comfortable, and I prefer the consistency it provides in evaluating wines.
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Things got a little goofy on last night's edition of Boston & That Sports Babe.
We kicked things off with a moment of silence for the dignity of athletes during their fashion photo shoots (Thanks, LeBron).
Then after a brief foray into the world of international hoops… we talked a little trash based on the Ron Artest "war of words" with Doc Rivers. And then things got a little goofy.
We went into the whole Nenad Krstic fight (he was suspended 3 games for that, by the way), and I proposed a special exhibit for him in the Hall of Fame. Then we went into our favorite new game: "Who's dumber, David Kahn or…" That's where our bong baby came in. You'll have to listen to get the full effect.
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Hi all, I need help on basic file processing : I have to convert a file format, the program should read a input file and after processing (which counts the number of each term in each group, see below), yield a output file. Here is the format of the input file:
Group1: somo|112345478 somo|734567233 homo|233689876 Group2: somo|904686712 somo|891145662 somo|106736432 Group3: aomo|397634567 aomo|123446789 Group4: aomo|905672345 aomo|120846789 ........ ..
From the above input, the output file should look like (the numbers after the pipe should not be considered):
somo homo aomo Group1 2 1 0 Group2 3 0 0 Group3 0 0 2 Group4 0 0 2
I get stuck on this file conversion for sometime now and unable to figure it out. Any guidance is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.. Apologies if this post doesn't belong here...
The post belongs here, but it is unclear where you are stuck. Lets start with the import. Are you able to import the data and if not what is the current code and result.
The output table is not clear: It looks nice, but how do you want te represent this as Matlab variables? Is this a cell with 4 columns, of a struct vector with the fields GroupName, somo, aomo and homo?
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fid = fopen(FileName, 'r'); if fid == -1, error('Cannot open file for reading'), end
Data = cell(1000, 2); % Guessed pre-allocation iData = 0; while true s = fgetl(fid); if ~ischar(s) break; end iData = iData + 1; Data{iData, 1} = strtok(s, ':'); Data{iData, 2} = [length(strfind(s, 'somo'), ... length(strfind(s, 'homo'), ... length(strfind(s, 'aomo')]; end fclose(fid); Data = Data(1:iData, :); % Crop undefined rows
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Session 9. Cassini and Galileo at Jupiter Posters
Displayed, 9:00am Tuesday - 3:00pm Saturday, Highlighted, Tuesday,
November 27, 2001, 5:00-7:00pm, French Market Exhibit Hall
Radial Structure of the Io Plasma Torus from Cassini UVIS
A. Steffl, I. Stewart, F. Bagenal, N.M. Schneider (CU-Boulder, LASP)
Cassini Imaging of Visible Aurorae on Io and Europa
P. Geissler, A. McEwen (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona), C. Porco (Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado)
Distribution of SO
and other compounds on Io surface from regional and local NIMS observations (I24, I25, I27 and I31 orbits): links with volcanoes and eruption styles
S. Doute' (LPG, CNRS), R. Lopes (JPL, NASA), B. Schmitt (LPG, CNRS), R. Carlson, L. W. Kamp (JPL, NASA), Galileo NIMS Team
Cassini CIRS Observations of Thermal Waves on Jupiter
R.K. Achterberg (SSAI), B.J. Conrath (Cornell U.), F.M. Flasar, A.A. Simon-Miller (NASA GSFC), C.A. Nixon (U. Md.), B. Bezard (Meudon Obs.)
Joint Cassini, Galileo and Ground-Based Infrared Observations of Jupiter's Atmosphere
G. Orton, B. Fisher, L. Barnard, S. Edberg, T. Martin, L. Spilker, L. Tamppari, E. Ustinov (JPL/Caltech), J. Harrington, B. Conrath, P. Gierasch (Cornell U.), D. Deming, F. M. Flasar, V. Kunde, R. Achterberg, G. Bjoraker, J. Brasunas, R. Carlson, D. Jennings, C. Nixon, J. Pearl, P. Romani, R. Samuelson, A. Simon-Miller, M. Smith (NASA GSFC), M. Abbas (NASA MSFC), P. Ade (Queen Mary / Westfield Coll.), A. Barucci, B. Bezard, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten (Obs. de Paris), S. Calcutt, P. Irwin, P. Read, F. Taylor (Oxford U.), T. Owen (U. Hawaii), C. Cesarsky, C. Ferrari, J. P. Meyer (CEA Saclay), L. Travis (NASA GISS), A. Coradini, R. Prangee (IAS), K. Grossman (Gesamthochschule Wuppertal), J. Spencer (Lowell Obs.)
Cassini UVIS Observations of Jupiter's Auroral Variability
W. R. Pryor, A. I. F. Stewart, L. W. Esposito, A. J. Jouchoux, W. E. McClintock, J. E. Colwell (LASP/U. of Colorado), D. E. Shemansky (U. of Southern California), J. M. Ajello, R. A. West, C. J. Hansen, B. T. Tsurutani (JPL/Caltech), N. Krupp (MPAE, Germany), F. Crary, D. Young, J. H. Waite, D. Grodent (U. Michigan), J. T. Clarke (Boston U.), W. S. Kurth, D. A. Gurnett (U. of Iowa), M. K. Dougherty (Imperial College, London, England)
Cassini UVIS Observation of Occultation of Sigma Leo by Jupiter
J. E. Colwell (LASP, University of Colorado), R. A. West (JPL), D. E. Shemansky (University of Southern California), L. W. Esposito, W. E. McClintock (LASP, University of Colorado)
High color ratio and high temperature in Jupiter's auroral atmosphere
D. Grodent, J. Gustin, J.-C. Gérard (LPAP Université de Liège, Belgium), J. H. Jr. Waite (SPRL University of Michigan, MI), J. T. Clarke (DACSP Boston University, MA)
The orbits of Metis and Adrastea from Cassini Jupiter encounter imaging.
M.W. Evans, C.C. Porco (Southwest Research Institute)
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Mongo Santamaria: Life Of A Living Legend
Mongo Santamaria: Life Of A Living Legend
When Mongo Santamaría took "Watermelon Man" to the top of the pop charts in April of 1963, he joined a select group of jazz musicians who were able to achieve mainstream success without diluting their music. The fact that "Watermelon Man" rode a hardcore Afro-Cuban groove only makes it more of an anomaly.
"That song happened by accident," Santamaría explains from his Miami home where he lives in semi-retirement. "We were playing a place in New York City, and my regular piano player (a youngster named Chick Corea) didn't show up. One of the guys in the band brought along Herbie Hancock." Hancock started playing a blues he'd been working on based on the cries of the African American street vendors he remembered from his youth. "There weren't very many people in the club," Santamaría said, "so we practiced that song over and over." The next time the band played to a house full of paying customers, they went wild for the tune. "Everybody kept asking us to play it, again and again. My manager said we'd better record it, because it was going to be a hit."
"Watermelon Man" stayed on the pop charts for two months, peaking out at #10, and its success led to bookings in Las Vegas and other American cities in the heartland not known for their affinity for jazz, not to mention an Afro-Cuban band. "Cuban music is in my bones. I can understand why some of the younger guys might make it more commercial and try to have a bigger following, but that's not my way. I like the old way of drumming. I stick to traditional rhythms I learned growing up in Cuba."
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría – "Mongo" is Cuban slang for Ramón – was born in Jesús Maria, a black barrio of Havana, in 1922. Frank "Machito" Grillo had grown up in the same neighborhood, Santamaría says, but he'd already left for fame and fortune in New York by the time Mongo came of age. "My father worked in construction, building houses, doing everything, some carpentry, some plumbing, some electric work. My mom stayed home with me and my brother and sister."
Santamaría grew up surrounded by music and was soon drawn to the sound of the drum. "I was about eight years old when I thought first about playing. The way it worked was you would stand around and listen to the older men play, and if they saw you were serious, they'd let you sit down at one of the drums. Eventually, you could play with them, and they'd teach you."
When Santamaría told his father he wanted to be a drummer, his mother stepped in. "My mother thought music meant classical music, so she tried to make me play the violin, but we didn't get along on that. My thing was a rhythm thing. The violin wasn't me."
Eventually, Mongo's father saw the writing on the wall and bought his son a set of drums. "I had bongos, congas, timbales. I wanted to play them all, and [instruments] weren't cheap in those days." Santamaría had a ferocious musical appetite. He played for Santeria ceremonies, in street rumba bands, for guaguancó dancers, any situation that would further his rhythmic education.
At the age of 17 he dropped out of high school and got a job delivering mail. (Cándido Camero, a friend who also went on to fame and fortune as a conguero, used to help Mongo deliver the mail so they wouldn't be late for rehearsals.) After working all day, Santamaría would grab his drums and run off to a gig at the Tropicana or the Sans Souci. "I didn't sleep much," he says, "but I wanted to be the best, and when you're young, you have all the energy you need. I was also blessed with talent. I knew a lot of guys who wanted to play music for a living, but they didn't have the ability. Even when I was young, I could listen to a rhythm and play it."
One of the acts Santamaría worked with was Pablito y Lilon, a husband and wife dance team. In 1948 they decided to try their fortune in Mexico City and asked Mongo to go with them. When the gig in Mexico City fell through, Pablito y Lilon's next stop was New York. Once again Mongo tagged along with them. "There were problems of some kind with the bookings or the manager, so after a week, we had to go back to Cuba." But the Big Apple had made an impression on Santamaría. "Machito was already there, and Chano [Pozo] was famous for playing with Dizzy Gillespie. I wanted people to know my music too, so I saved my money. In the days before Castro, there were no regulations, so by 1950 I was able to come back."


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Mermaid, Moon Waves win Oak Harbor City Council nod
After six months of painstaking work and controversy, the dust appears to be settling and just two of five recommended public artworks for downtown Oak Harbor will move forward.
On Tuesday, the city council unanimously agreed to fund the bronze mermaid, a crowd favorite by Oak Harbor artist Lawrence Marcell, along with the silvered-colored Moon Waves sculpture by Kevin Pettelle from Sultan.
Although the decision is a far cry from the recommendation of the Oak Harbor Arts Commission, which proposed a total of five pieces at a cost of $125,500, City Councilman Jim Campbell said he believed the outcome was the right one.
"I think what we're going to end up with is going to be just fine for the city of Oak Harbor," said Campbell, Tuesday night.
The price for both pieces will tally out to about $59,500 before taxes and will be paid for with money from the art commission's own budget, the Arts Acquisition and Maintenance Fund. The current balance is about $57,000.
The fund accrues money monthly and it's believed that there will be enough in the account before the bill comes in to cover the difference.
The council also agreed on a third piece, the procession of three bronze ducklings by renowned South Whidbey artist Georgia Gerber. However, because it did not go through the lengthy public vetting process the other pieces did, the council's approval was conditional.
It is to be sent back to the arts commission for public review. Once that's completed, it can then be sent back to the city council for final consideration. If approved, the duck sculpture's commissioning will be contingent on available funds, as it also would be paid for with money from the art commission's budget.
"That way we can have our duck and eat it too," Oak Harbor City Councilman Rick Almberg said.
Cost of the downtown art project was a major source of concern for council members. Initially, the plan was to fund four pieces within a budget of $80,000, which is 1 percent of the Pioneer Way project's total $8.35 million cost.
However, the art commission's recommendation to fund five pieces and spend $45,500 more than what was budgeted spurred criticism from both the public and elected officials.
The final nail in the coffin of the art commissions proposal came when city officials announced that their plan to fund the project with Real Estate Excise Tax money was actually illegal. That not only put the entire $80,000 budget in doubt but left city officials scrambling to find an alternative funding source.
Once the arts commission learned that it may only have $57,000 to spend, it prioritized and pitched two top picks, the mermaid and a basalt column with salmon surrounded by a courtyard and benches called Sea Life.
Choosing Moon Waves was an unexpected decision. The arts commission has been dinged heavily for going over budget and for not strictly adhering to the results of the public survey. Yet, the basalt column was cheaper and ranked higher on the survey.
"Someone must have really liked Moon Waves," said chairwoman Erica Schumacher, a few minutes after the council made its decision.
Under a revised estimate, Sea Life was priced at $22,500 and came in third on the survey. Comparatively, Moon Waves was estimated at $28,500 and placed fifth.
The council's decision may have been in part due the recommendation of city staff, which proposed the mermaid and Moon Waves for approval. As a result, Sea Life was barely discussed during the meeting.
"They (the city council) listened to staff because they sure didn't listen to us," said Fern Miller, an arts commission member.
Oak Harbor Planning Director Steve Powers said the staff's suggestion was an attempt to factor in cost, survey results, and the arts commission's recommendation.
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In February 2009, The Christian Century featured Daniel Bell's article, "God Does Not Require Blood" on their cover. The imagery found there was as evocative as the title, showing two band-aids placed in the form of a cross. The article itself was adapted from a chapter of the same name in God Does Not…, a 2008 resource published by Brazos Press challenging not only the demand for blood, but also conceptions of God as matchmaker, entertainer, cure-all, or as one in a hurry.
Bell's article begins with an accurate statement concerning the Christian aversion to blood sacrifice. Christians have not killed animals, or their firstborn, in worship of God, and have found such forms of sacrifice abhorrent and unnecessary. But despite the rejection of blood sacrifice as a Christian practice, Bell declares, the logic of blood sacrifice significantly influences first how Christians think about God, and then subsequently how they act. Herein lies Bell's concern.
Bell knows that we live in a violent culture, and he is deeply concerned that Christians, far too often, have allowed the notion of redemptive violence inherent in "the logic of blood sacrifice" to reinforce and perpetuate such violence. As examples of where such logic fails, he points to any Christian defense of capital punishment, Martin Luther's encouragement to peasants to "endure their affliction" and remain in their station, and pastoral counseling to battered spouses advising them to remain in those relationships. As far as the theological implications for such forms of redemptive violence, Bell states quite plainly, "All of this is wrong. God does not demand or require blood to redeem us. God neither inflicts violence nor desires suffering in order to set the divine-human relation right. In spite of its pervasiveness in Christian imagery, the cost of communion, or reconciliation and redemption, is not blood and suffering."
Bell further illustrates redemptive violence as the concept underpinning our national response to September 11, 2001 as well as the basic plot lines of most television action dramas, in which bad guys commit violence only to be overtaken by good guys who commit "good" violence. He notes government initiatives to wage war on drugs, disease, or obesity, and how most popular video games "revolve around apocalyptic levels of violence" as further evidence of our deeply ingrained propensity to seek blood.
But redemptive violence is not the only problem for Bell. On the flip side of the same coin, Bell names redemptive suffering and the associations made with Christian life and practice as equally troublesome. Bell is concerned for those that might suffer unjustly. As one example, Bell recalls how Martin Luther King, Jr. was urged to forestall his work by a group of white clergy, and thus prolong the suffering of both he and the African-American people. He would not wait and suffer redemptively. King understood that the time demanded action. In response, those clergymen received the now famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
From here Bell turns to the cross and the atonement. He asks, "Wasn't this the supreme act of redemptive violence? Isn't it the case that in spite of our visceral reaction against blood sacrifice, Christ was the ultimate blood sacrifice?" Here, of course, we meet Anselm, the medieval theologian charged with most clearly articulating the substitutionary or satisfaction theory of the atonement. Bell also introduces the governmental theory of atonement to cite an second example where Christ's death on the cross satisfies the payment for either our individual sins or our corporate transgressions "in order to uphold the integrity of the moral order of the universe."
It is at this point that Bell wrestles with the choice many have faced in wrestling with these dimensions of the atonement within classical Christian theology. He acknowledges that some, in their desire to reject the notion of a God who demands blood, have also had to reject the cross. He notes that this leads to a rejection of the cross as redemptive or central to God's redemption, an appeal to the love of God that renders a focus on sacrifice an error, or declaring Christ's death on the cross as some form of divine child abuse. After recognizing these pathways, Bell surprises the reader by refusing to accept them. He says, "I believe any effort to make the case that God does not demand blood cannot simply skip over the cross but must pass right through it."
Bell states:
I believe that Christ's work of atonement, when rightly understood, demands the rejection of blood sacrifice and the logic of redemptive violence. Christ's work on the cross is not about satisfying a divine demand for blood, but about showing us that God does not demand blood. Christ's work on the cross is the divine refusal of blood sacrifice, as well as any notion that suffering violence is or can be redemptive.
Bell goes on further to say that "This love of God expressed in Jesus saves us. It is the love that would rather die on the cross than give up on us." As we are joined to Christ, we then are "transformed (sanctified) and live our lives according to another logic." We love our enemies, forgive, and renounce violence. In the process we may suffer, but only "because suffering is the cost that humans in their sinful rebellion impose on other humans." Bell rejects the notion that such suffering could in itself be redemptive. It is simply a consequence of living in the world.
Bell's account is interesting, for it is challenging. But it does not seem right. The terms do not seem correct, as the idea that God "does not demand blood" counters an equally opposing idea that "God does demand blood."
I have listened to enough preachers (particularly Reformed and neo-Calvinist voices) whose rhetoric from the pulpit gives this impression, so I do see where such an idea might come from. And I believe Bell does support his claim by examining governmental and substitutionary examinations of the atonement. But as I consider the story of Christianity and Judaism found in the New and Old Testaments, to designate God as one who "demands" or "not demands" blood seems wrongheaded. The term "demand" appears to be misplaced.
I will state first that the commandments as they were given to Israel were regarded as gift and responsibility, not burden or obligation. Israel was given "teaching" or "instruction" to offer sacrifices to their God, and that practice included the shedding of the blood of animals. Any reading of the Old Testament account would find that sacrifice was not regarded as meeting the demands of a blood thirsty God, but was rather a way of remembering those narratives that were foundational for the constitution of a people called Israel. Through sacrifice, the people of Israel are reminded of God's holiness, otherness, and purity. As God is somehow distinct from his people, the people of Israel are to be distinct from the nations. In a sense, Bell is right in saying that God does not "demand" blood, but this does not mean that the shedding of blood does not have a place in telling the story of God.
When we turn to the New Testament, Bell's account of Christ's shedding of blood seems insufficient. Stated plainly, it is missing the eschatological claim that in the cross God put violence to death and constituted a people called to be God's peace. While in the Old Testament the people of Israel may have met their responsibility in their worship of God through the practice of blood sacrifice, in the New Testament we see God taking the sins of the world upon himself in the person of Jesus Christ, suffering crucifixion, and in the process declaring an end to violence. In Christ's death, we do not see Jesus of Nazareth meeting a demand for blood, but rather declaring victory over the powers through the gift of his obedience. In the New Testament as well as the Old, the language of "demand" does not fit the narrative.
Of course, who am I to question a professional theologian? My own understanding of the atonement needs strengthening. I have found the approach taken by Scot McKnight in A Community Called Atonement more helpful, as McKnight argues that the various theories are all necessary for a robust understanding of what happened in the cross. Bell's effort to dismiss substitution or governmental theories of atonement in favor of what appears to be a moral influence approach, in my opinion, fails because it is undertaken on the wrong terms, does not adequately fit the biblical narrative, and lacks the eschatological dimension necessary for any account of atonement.
Thinking about the atonement is important, and Bell's concern that accounts of Christ's death that depict God as a blood thirsty tyrant can have negative repercussions for how Christians think and act is valid. We would do well to heed his warnings, but must move beyond his account, I believe, if we are to speak of the atonement in a robust manner, a manner which includes regarding Christ's death as a sacrifice which does away with our sin, justifies us before God's throne, and inspires us to greater acts of love and sacrifice. Such a vision is possible, and, I believe, indicative of Christ's blood flowing through the heart of his body, the Church.


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Think of ideal holiday destinations, and a country ravaged by war and plagued by terrorism in its aftermath is hardly likely to be high on the list.
But that is exactly what one travel company is offering, as it tries to get Britons going on its tours - of Iraq.
Fadhil Al-Saaegh, chief executive of tour operator Al-Rafidain, said the country was "120 per cent safe" and guaranteed to "put a smile on the face" of travellers thanks to its unrivalled archaeological attractions.
Mr Al-Saaegh, whose company's typical week-long package tour costs £1200 (NZ$2460), admitted: "Most people have a negative image of Iraq. They think of kidnappings and killings."
He insisted, though, that "this is not the case".
Scheduled passenger flights between Baghdad and London resumed in April, the first since the UN imposed sanctions on Iraq in 1990.
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I had not thought about this in awhile, but Solid State Drives (SSDs) are now less expensive than their hard drive counterparts. Sure, someone probably just did a bit of research and saw a SanDisk Extreme 240GB is $180 ($0.75/GB) while a 3TB Western Digital Red edition drive is $180 ($0.06/GB) and declared me insane. I would instead argue that a SSD is not competing with a slow as can be massive 3TB drive. Instead, we should be comparing the current crop of solid state drives to their spindle counterparts, 10K and 15K rpm SAS drives. Of course, one could add a 300GB Velociraptor in there to showcase fast spinning SATA drives and the result would be similar.
The Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F is yet another board from Supermicro for the dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 LGA2011 range of motherboards. Supermicro has an extensive dual LGA 2011 range at this point so a user does need to take care to select the right board for their application and chassis. Along with Tyan there is an ocean of choice now in the dual LGA 2011 category. The Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F motherboard got my attention as it has a good cooling layout and six PCIe 3.0 x8 slots.
With all the PCI Express 3.0 capable motherboards being released lately both on the Intel Xeon E5 and Xeon E3 series sides, it's time to use all that available bandwidth. The popularity of using SSD's in RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 to give high throughput has meant that the PCIe 2.x bus got saturated with data very quickly, especially since even consumer SSDs can push 550MB/s each. With the latest Intel Xeon E5 and E3 generations, the PCIe 3.0 bus has been moved to the CPU providing a higher bandwidth, lower latency bus than the typical PCIe 2.0 x8 electrical buses that are mainstream in the server industry just a year ago. The new crop of LSI SAS 2308 HBA cards hope to [...]
Supermicro is releasing a new dual LGA 2011 workstation motherboard which is very much a competitor to the ASUS Z9PE-D8 and EVGA SR-X Classified although it is clearly targeted at systems integrators who are also using a Supermicro workstation chassis. Since the EVGA SR-X Classified and ASUS Z9PE-D8 will not overclock the Intel Xeon E5-2600 series CPUs much if at all, those boards are now more comparable to the Supermicro offering. Let's take a look at what Supermicro's workstation lineup offers.


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I will consider it, thank you :) I do have a busy schedule since I'm about to graduate, but I will have more time to do something like that this summer! Iveh Yo! 15:05, April 9, 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I've heard a lot about you. Just saying hi. :) ❁ YatzSliversword Ah, spring...❁ 21:20, May 11, 2011 (UTC)
You seem to be a nice person. :) ❁ YatzSliversword Ah, spring...❁ 21:30, May 11, 2011 (UTC)
- 3 ❁ YatzSliversword Ah, spring...❁ 21:35, May 11, 2011 (UTC)
- Hello!! I was wondering if you could make you my cat Rushstream for me??
- Info on her:
- Name: Rushstream
- Gender: Female
- pelt: Long-haired white tabby has dark gray spots all over her body. Also has dark blue eyes.
- Rank: deputy
- For: Graystripefan102
- Graystripefan102 june 4 2011 9:29 pm
- Hello my name is Nightpaw I was wondering if you can make my cat Nightwind for me?
- name-Nightwind
- Gender-Female
- Pelt/Eyes-Long-haired black pelt with pale silver stripes,and sky blue eyes
- Rank-warrior
- For-Nightpaw
- Cool name. Nightpaw
- Hey,Phonixfeather, coolname by the way would you like to be my friend.
- Nightpaw
It's Alright
Ok that's alright. Live and learn I guess. :D I re-reserved it so it's no biggie. I'm just excited to do it. Light to the night sing the song of life 12:27, May 12, 2011 (UTC)
My buddy Rainwillow took care of it before I logged in. :P Thanks anyway for letting me know. Rainlegs 02:38, May 13, 2011 (UTC)
Hi if you would like a signature just ask me Oh no! emergency!CanyonsongCandypaw to the rescue!
is it your b-day? HAPPY B-DAYOh no! emergency!CanyonsongCandypaw to the rescue!
hey, thanks for undoing the revision. That was kinda weird how the wiki contributor removed my stuffTemplate:User:Lightningstorm311/Sig 22:51, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
Ohh, I know the contributer! I remember the IP adress. I Forgot the person though. Oh well! Friends?
Ill add you now!Template:User:Lightningstorm311/Sig 22:59, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
oh well sorry its late wanna be friends Oh no! emergency!CanyonsongCandypaw to the rescue!
what can I call you for short?Oh no! emergency!CanyonsongCandypaw to the rescue!
I can see you've been combating the vandal and you reversed their edit on my page, so thank you! I'll try to help if I see them doing it again. Iveh Yo! 01:44, June 9, 2011 (UTC)
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.... I'll go look into it. Rainlegs 01:15, June 10, 2011 (UTC)
I will never stop...Morningstar08 14:53, June 10, 2011 (UTC)
Fine I will stop only becuase Bluesky1 convinced me too. She said that my internet would be down? But whatever I just won't be on the wikia anymore. Morningstar08 20:46, June 10, 2011 (UTC)
leave it
look, Phoenixfeather, I who used to be a vandal can tell you this, they won't stop. Really all we can do is wait till they get bored or track them down and kick their butts:).bluesky1
Stop changing Dovewing's sprite it's annoying they ARE NOT apprentices anymore!
Hi Phoenixfeather! I was wondering if you would like to join Living on our own wiki. It's a warriors fanfiction site were you can create your cat, join a clan, and write fanfiction. Here is the link if you are interested http://livingonourown.wikia.com/wiki/Living_on_our_own_Wiki
Icewish 00:56, June 13, 2011 (UTC)
Okami FTW! Sunstripe Talk! 03:10, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
Re; Wanted to Tell You...
Well, it's not really my responsibility. But I left a message talking to her on her talk page. :3 Thanks xD ☄ℱrostheartϡ Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia 15:25, July 16, 2011 (UTC)
RE: Hello
Believe it or not, I've actually been considering what needs to be done in regards to the bases. They're constantly being found in other locations, and our staff spends far too much time fighting to defend them. For now, link all of the image pages you find on that wiki back to Warriors Wiki, with an attribution line. I've been considering proposing switching them to attribution, anyways, if only to cut down on the number of fights our staffers get in to defend them.
Kitsufox Den/CoSC 17:07, July 21, 2011 (UTC)
Hey! What's going on at WCRW? I met Birdpaw here yesterday, and she said a lot was going on, too much for words, but I didn't see anything abnormal going on. Loveleaf! "I'm just trying to help." 22:04, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
aw dude on warriors rpg wiki u banned me FOR LIFE? aw dude what did i do? ur wiki was the one that was bad. its ur fault we spammed u. u and wild and 4pinkbear.
Whatsit88 22:57, October 21, 2011 (UTC)
hey can u plz unban me from warriors rpg wiki? i really want to help on the wiki and roleplay.
Whatsit88 17:15, November 10, 2011 (UTC)
Look i'm sorry
For everything, i'm not mad at you i'm mad at Violet, if you don't want to talk, that's fine but i'm not ripping off you wiki, there are thousand like it out there, and i am truly sorry to YOU, not violet.
JackH.459 14:22, April 21, 2012 (UTC)
I know
that's why i'm leaving i'll be ack in a few on in a few months .....
JackH.459 14:27, April 21, 2012 (UTC), bye


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A Mind To Kill -- Acorn Media has rereleased a box set of 11 DVDs titled "A Mind to Kill, Complete Collection." Its best feature is Philip Madoc as detective Noel Bain. Like his counterpart Barnaby in "Midsomer Murders," Bain is thoroughly likeable and works well with his assistants. But he is still trying to get over his wife's being killed by a driver who got off and to cope with raising his daughter Hannah (Ffion Wilkins).
Shot in Wales, the stories include the usual attractive female pathologist, Margaret Edwards (Sharon Morgan). Bain's dialogue with her and with his DS Alison Griffiths (Gillian Elsa) is quite droll, intelligent and often witty. His discussions with his daughter are aggressive now, wonderfully understanding then.
As I was watching one of the 21 episodes, I suddenly realized I had seen this plot before. Yes, it was a former "Midsomer Murders" episode. By gad! They are running out of original ideas! Well, of course they are. Someone once wrote that there are only seven basic plots for all fiction. How many fewer there must be for mysteries.
The last episode in this set does show some imagination by having three plots, each of which reflects on the other two. But it is overdone to the point of lack of credulity. On the other hand, it does bring closure to two of Bain's major problems.
My favorite sequence is the one in which is he is on the outs with Margaret and his daughter invites him to a dinner out, on her. He finds Margaret there instead and pays for the meal. He then tells his daughter that he expects her to pay him back. And that cash or check would be fine.
DS Griffiths has her own demons, but they are woven into the fabric of the plot and are not just so much padding as in other shows. And it is easy to predict that Hannah will wind up in the hands of a villain sooner or later. She does.
Each of the episodes in this series has a running time of about 95 minutes, the picture is in 4:3 full-screen format for Series 1 and 2 and in 16:9 for Series 3. The subtitles are most welcome. By the way, each scene was shot twice, once in English and again in Welsh. There is also a short clip from the Welsh-language version of one episode.
Foyle's War -- One of the most popular of British police series is "Foyle's War." Helped immensely by the acting of Michael Kitchen (Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle) is the action being set in Hastings, England, during World War II. Acorn Media has released the entire series in a boxed set that holds 52 episodes on 16 DVDs. The newly issued Series 5 has 13 more on four DVDs.
Foyle wants nothing more than to be a combatant, but his civil work on the home front is just as important. He is assigned a cute-as-they-come driver named Samantha Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks), and the two deal with espionage and good old fashioned dirty doings in and around Hastings.
Some of the episodes are directly linked to the war. The first one is about a rich man's German wife who was never interred because of family connections in the homeland. Others are straight crimes, mostly murders that could have fit in any time period, other than having the victims and/or suspects members of the military.
The Sets 5 and 6 are not quite as successful, as they take place after the war, and Foyle's rejoining with Samantha is somewhat forced and awkwardly developed at first.
Among the guest stars are Corin Redgrave, Robert Hardy, Charles Dance, Michael Jayston, Amanda Root, and Tim Pigott-Smith. The total running time is 37 hours, the picture is in widescreen, and Set 6 has subtitles. Those who missed it first time round, grab it up this time.
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Part II:
The American Tobacco Company was the largest and most powerful tobacco company until the early 1900s. Several companies were making cigarettes by the early 1900s. In 1902 Philip Morris company came out with its Marlboro brand.
They were selling their cigarettes mainly to men. Everything changed during World War I (1914-18) and World War II (1939-45). Soldiers overseas were given free cigarettes every day. At home production increased and cigarettes were being marketed to women too. More than any other war, World War II brought more independence for women. Many of them went to work and started smoking for the first time while their husbands were away.
By 1944 cigarette production was up to 300 billion a year. Servicemen received about 75 percent of all cigarettes produced. The wars were good for the tobacco industry. Since WWII, there have been six giant cigarette companies in the U.S. They are Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, American Brands, Lorillard, Brown & Williamson, and Liggett & Myers (now called the Brooke Group). They make millions of dollars selling cigarettes in the U.S. and all over the world.
In 1964 the surgeon general of the U.S. (the chief doctor for the country) wrote a report about the dangers of cigarette smoking. He said that the nicotine and tar in cigarettes caused lung cancer. In 1965 the Congress of the U.S. passed the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. It said that every cigarette pack must have a warning label stating "Cigarettes may be hazardous to your health."
By the 1980s, the tobacco companies had come out with new brands of cigarettes with lower amounts of tar and nicotine and improved filters to keep their customers buying and to help reduce their fears. The early 1980s were called the "tar wars" because tobacco companies competed aggressively to make over 100 low tar and "ultra"low tar cigarettes. Each company made and sold many different brands of cigarettes.
In 1984 Congress passed another law called the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act. It said that the cigarette companies every three months had to change the warning labels for the companies to rotate.
As mentioned above it was during WWII and into the 1940s through the 1960s that cigarette smoking really took off. It was during this period that women began to smoke - it was definitely "the thing to do." It was during this period that I attended a college (religious college) where girls were not allowed to smoke. Therefore, my friends and I had to open the dormitory windows (even in the winter) in order to lean out and enjoy a smoke. As it turned out, I really did not care for smoking - and I thought it was really a waste of money.
When moving to Marshall with our young family, I would entertain my women friends at our home in the afternoons for coffee and cookies. In those days we served coffee in a cup and saucer. Most of my women friends smoked. My 4-year-old daughter would go around to each of my friends, as they drank their coffee and smoked, and tell them: "Please don't leave your cigarette stubs in the saucer, because my little sister eats them."
In the early 1980s my father, who was an avid cigar and cigarette smoker as well as chewing tobacco, heeded the surgeon general's warnings about tobacco, and challenged my two brothers and my husband to quite tobacco use along with him. They all met that challenge, for which our family was really proud.
"Since the 1980s, the federal, state, local governments, and private companies have begun taking actions to restrict cigarette smoking in public places. The warning labels were the first step. Tobacco companies cannot advertise cigarettes on television or radio. It is against a law that was passed by Congress in 1971. Many cities across the U.S. do not allow smoking in public buildings and restaurants. Since 1990, airlines have not allowed smoking on airplane flights in the U.S. that are six hours or fewer. State taxes on cigarettes have increased.
As it becomes more difficult for tobacco companies to sell their products in the U.S., they are looking outside. U.S. tobacco companies are now growing tobacco in Africa, South America (Brazil and Paraguay), India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Greece, Thailand, and the Dominican Republic. Fifty percent of the sales of tobacco companies go to Asian countries such as Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan."
Source: History & Economics of Tobacco, the Internet.


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Miss Rachel Bright-Thomas obtained a first in medical sciences at Cambridge University and then did her clinical training at Oxford University. Rachel spent the next 13 years in surgical training, largely in London teaching hospitals, before moving home to the West Midlands.
As part of her training she did a masters degree looking at gene therapy in the prevention and treatment of cancer.
On the clinical front she spent her penultimate year in training in 1 of only 9 National Oncoplastic Breast Fellowships, learning how to use plastic surgical techniques to complement and enhance the results of breast cancer surgery. Rachel is fully trained in breast reconstruction and offers this as part of her regular NHS practice.
In 2006 Rachel was appointed as a Consultant Breast and General Surgeon at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and has been MDT and clinical lead. All her elective work is breast surgery as outlined above.
Rachel is married with two young children. She enjoys spending time with her immediate and extended family and socialising with friends. She has recently taken up playing the piano.
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Use sun power
Use sun power
A small town in the Midwest passed an ordinance sometime around 1900 mandating that "Anyone operating a horseless carriage in town must send a flagman 100 yards ahead to warn others of its approach. If at night, the flagman must carry a lantern."
Obviously, at the turn of the 20th century, the "horseless carriage" was not foreseen to be the ultimate form of personal transportation in America.
Solar power is the "horseless carriage" of the 21st century.
Not many people fully understand the power of our closest star-what it can do for us and what it cannot.
The Alabama Solar Association (AL-Solar.org) is trying to help people throughout Alabama learn how they can use the sun to meet most of their energy needs at less cost, guaranteed for the next 25 years, for less than the power company charges today.
Oh, by the way.
That small with the "horseless carriage" law was Detroit, Mich.
A. Morton Archibald Jr.
President, Alabama Solar Association
Huntsville, 35803
Uncontrolled spending
Conservatives who are honest will admit that the last administration spent way too much money for things that did not improve the lot of the average American.
Fighting two wars off budget (meaning on borrowed money) coupled with a huge tax cut along with an 'unpaid for' Medicare prescription drug program did much to damage the economy.
That said, the Democrats have done an even worse job in changing the direction of the country back to some kind of fiscal sanity.
The Bush administration added less than $5 trillion to the national debt in eight years.
Wars, tax cuts and unfunded benefits, even benefits and programs that help granny, were not and are not good fiscal policy.
The current administration has added, in just three years, another $5 trillion-plus to the national debt.
How did we let our government get so far out of control so as to threaten our very economic security?
We need another change in direction in November and conservatives need another chance to right the ship. Hopefully the TEA Party will keep the heat on them to do what is right."
Jeffrey B. Potts
Harvest, 35749
Too much big brother
New York Mayor Bloomberg wants to deny New York City residents their Big Gulp and energy drinks, saying anything over 16 ounces is unhealthy.
Why not beer and cigarettes? They are unhealthy for us. What about the thousands of people per year who die in auto accidents? Maybe the tax revenue is too great.
"PETA" says chickens undergo severe pain being slaughtered for our dining pleasure. What's next? Lethal injection for chickens?
'Show me the money.'
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Velma H. Shimabukuro, 92
Velma H. Shimabukuro, 92, of Wailuku, died at Hale Makua Kahului on April 10, 2013.
Private services were held. Nakamura Mortuary assisted with arrangements.
Mrs. Shimabukuro was born December 6, 1920 in Kaneohe, HI. She was a nurses aid for Hale Makua Kahului.
Predeceased by her husband, Robert Shimabukuro, who passed on Jan. 8, 2008, Velma is survived by her daughters Penelope F. (Norman) Fukumitsu and Susan (Edward) Asato; son Byron T. (Edna) Shimabukuro; sister Masako Higashide.
Velma was a strong Christian woman who was a member of Grace Bible Church, Maui. She loved the Lord with all her heart.


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Reynolds Fellow Joshua Levin and professional chef and food critic Kengi Alt have launched Goodeater.org.
Goodeater.org merges conversations of food quality and enjoyment with food sourcing and sustainability. It's for the food lover interested in the complete perspective.Â
Kenji Alt is a staff writer for Cook's Illustrated Magazine, the #1 cooking magazine in the country by circulation, and a weekly contributor of restaurant reviews and recipes to the Boston Globe, Edible Boston, and The Boston Phoenix.
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Shawn Vinson talks to the Register-Guard about the kids he sees in Afghanistan, his desire to be with his family, and the economic straits that led him to sign up.
As for my second family, the people I work with everyday here. We look out for each other and we make sure that everyone will get home safe and sound. Its a bond that no one will be able to break and I am proud to be part of this group. I do not wish any person to do what i do, including my children.
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Visitors To Colorado Will Find Few Legal Places To Smoke Pot
Recreational marijuana has been on sale in Colorado for a couple days now. Residents of the state may purchase marijuana for their personal use at home. But it can be difficult for visitors to find a place to use pot since smoking in public is still illegal.


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Maple Grove senior Aaron Germain fielded the opening kickoff Friday night at his own 20-yard line, found his way to the sideline and sprinted untouched into the end zone for a touchdown.
The game was all of 11 seconds old.
It was just one of several big plays by the senior quarterback/defensive back.
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While teammate Mike Burns (58) looks to throw a block, Maple Grove quarterback Aaron Germain looks for some running room during Friday night's Class D football game. The Red Dragons defeated rival Randolph, 27-14. See additional photos at cu.post-journal.com.
P-J photo by Scott Kindberg
As it turned out, the Red Dragons needed just about all of them.
Sparked by four first-half touchdowns - three of which Germain was directly responsible - Maple Grove, the state's second-ranked team, raced to a 27-0 lead and then held on to down No. 16 Randolph, 27-14, in a Class D football game on the Dutch Hollow Road.
The win, which improves the Red Dragons' record to 3-0 in the division, didn't come without cost, however, as talented senior running back Oliver Simpson left the game in the third quarter with an injury that could keep him out of action for an extended period, according to Coach Curt Fischer.
But in a renewal of one of the state's fiercest rivalries, Fischer chose to concentrate on the play of Germain, who turned in a brilliant game that was jump-started by his kickoff return.
''I thought Aaron played a great game on both sides of the ball,'' Fischer said. ''He ran the ball well and he got his throwing back a little bit.''
All told, Germain rushed for 70 yards on 12 carries; completed 8-of-12 passes for 142 yards, including touchdown tosses of 35 and 42 yards to Simpson and Jason Seiberg respectively; and he intercepted a pass. Much of that versatility was on display in the first half when the Red Dragons seemed to have blown the game open.
After Germain's kickoff return, they scored touchdowns on three of their five first-half possessions. The first offensive touchdown came when Germain hooked up with Simpson for a 35-yard catch and run, while the second was the result of an 18-yard Simpson burst that staked Maple Grove to a 20-0 lead midway through the second quarter.
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Germain capped the half when he threw long for Jeff Tampe, but the ball was tipped as two Randolph defenders ran into each other and Seiberg came down with it and raced into the end zone to complete a 42-yard scoring play with just 33.6 seconds remaining before intermission.
Erik Olson tacked on the extra-point try and the hosts went to the locker room with a healthy, 27-0, lead.
''The first half was just a total disaster,'' Randolph coach Pat Slater said.
The second half was an entirely different story.
Cardinals senior Jordan Dowiasz fielded the second-half kickoff at his 14 and raced 86 yards for a touchdown. Micah Kehoe booted the first of his two extra points and Randolph (1-2) had regained some momentum even though it had yet to run an offensive or defensive play.
''The kids turned it up, they showed some character, we came back and we played good in the second half,'' Slater said.
When Maple Grove was forced to punt on its subsequent series, Dowiasz raced 55 yards on the Cardinals' first play, setting up the visitors with a first down at the Red Dragons' 18. But Maple Grove immediately stripped the ball from Jared Pitchford and Dalton Bolles recovered, thwarting a golden Randolph scoring opportunity.
It wouldn't be the last time the Cardinals came up empty deep in Maple Grove territory.
With Simpson on the sideline with an injury, the Red Dragons had trouble moving the ball consistently and were forced to punt. Aided by a pair of Mitchell Maycock-to-Alex Miinte passes totaling 40 yards, Randolph drove inside the Maple Grove 5-yard line. But on fourth-and-goal from the 1, the Red Dragons stopped Dowiasz for no gain and took over possession on downs. The Cardinals' faithful argued that Dowiasz, who after the play was blown dead spun off a pile of humanity and into the end zone, had not been wrapped up, but the call stood.
Randolph's final touchdown came midway through the fourth quarter when Maycock connected with Dowiasz for a 6-yard pass on fourth down. The Cardinals' last possesion ended when Maycock was intercepted by Tampe for the second time with less than a minute remaining.
Slater was still lamenting the missed opportunities after the game.
''Those are the ones you're disappointed about,'' he said. ''You can't get down to the one-foot line and not put the ball in the end zone.''
Fischer said he was proud of the way his team played in the ''tougher times.''
''The goal-line stand was really big,'' he said. '' ... When we lost Oliver we kind of got shellshocked and didn't really have the position filled quite the way we wanted to, but we'll get that.
''Our kids made big plays when they had to. ... I'm just really proud of them.''
NOTES: Before his injury, Simpson rushed for 57 yards on seven carries. ... Bolles led the Red Dragons with 12 tackles, while Tampe had nine to go along with his two interceptions. ... Dowiasz rushed for 96 yards on 12 carries, Maycock completed 8-of-19 passes for 107 yards and Nathan Beaver completed 2-of-3 passes for 67 yards. ... Cody Oldro had 12 tackles, Dylan Faust eight and Beaver seven for Randolph, which accumulated 281 yards in total offense. ... Fischer welcomed the return of senior Jon Scroxton, who missed the first two games with pancreatitis that landed him in a Buffalo hospital for a week in late August. He was cleared to play on Tuesday and started at right guard on offense and right tackle on defense. ''He's got the heart of a lion,'' Fischer said.
Maple Grove14 13 0 0 - 27
Randolph0 0 7 7 - 14
MG-Germain 80 kickoff return (kick fail)
MG-Simpson 35 pass from Germain (Simpson run)
MG-Simpson 18 run (kick fail)
MG-Seiberg 42 pass from Germain (Olson kick)
Ran-Dowiasz 86 kick return (Kehoe kick)
Ran-Dowiasz 6 pass from Maycock (Kehoe kick)


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Picking grapes at Perdido Vineyards is much like the fruit itself — small but satisfying. You and your date can wander the few rows of vines searching for and collecting grapes in the vineyard's bright blue pails, then pay just $1 a pound for your pickings. You'll leave with as many grapes as you can carry and can spend the rest of the day hand-feeding the tasty treats to each other.
Perdido Vineyards harvests a single kind of grape, the muscadine grape, a rotund and robust fruit that is often called a scuppernong — a Native American word for the "sweet tree" that is indigenous to the southeastern United States. Jim Eddins, who owns and operates the vineyard, has grown the white and blush grapes along his 50-acre property for more than 30 years. And if you stick around for a tasting after you pick your crop, you'll know why.On a recent Saturday morning, a vineyard employee proudly told a group gathered for a free tasting that muscadine grapes have some of the highest levels of antioxidants of any grape. "Not all wines can say they've got so many antioxidants," the employee told the group.
The tasting was educational. As the employee poured each person nearly a dozen different kinds of wine, each with its own story, she described the harvesting and production process and told of the vineyard's long history as one of four surviving vineyards in the state.
The employee said that each wine bottle made at Perdido Vineyards has a special name and bears a label designed by area artists. A goddess adorns Daphne, a dry white wine. Other wine names include the Elberta May Wine, a sweet German style, and Mardi Gras Wine, also a red.
In total, despite being served so many varieties of wine during the recent tasting, each person gathered probably drank less than a full glass — good news for when you have to drive home.
When asked if a tour was offered, the employee simply pointed the reporter toward property's two buildings and encouraged her to take a look around.
22100 Baldwin 47, Perdido, Ala. (East of I-65 Exit 45 in north Baldwin County)
On the reporter's visit, more than a dozen people had gathered at the vineyard by 10:30 a.m. to avoid the heat. Eddins told the reporter by phone that it's best to come when the vineyard opens, as early as 7 a.m., or close to its closing hour of 7 p.m.
The vineyard's ultra-casual attitude begs ultra-casual attire. The owner pre-warned a Press-Register reporter to leave open-toed shoes at home — the gnarled vines weave their way to the ground and can snag your feet as you approach the bushes.


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Organizers of The North American International Auto Show in Detroit announced today that Canadian pop-rock group Barenaked Ladies will perform at the auto show's black-tie Charity Preview on Friday, Jan. 18 at Cobo Center.
"We're thrilled to have the Barenaked Ladies perform at Charity Preview; it promises to be a stand-out event," said Carl Galeana, senior co-chairman for the NAIAS 2008. "We've also received word that some manufacturers plan to feature some A-list celebrities, adding even more excitement and glamour to our gala than ever before."
The auto show's Charity Preview is considered the top social event of the year in the Motor City. Millions of dollars are raised annual for a host of children's charities in the metro Detroit area.
Tickets for the event are $400 each; $390 is tax-deductible. For more information on the NAIAS 2008 Charity Preview or to purchase tickets, call 888.838.7500. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.naias.com.