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Domestic & Imported Cheese cheese varieties country of origin cheese accompaniments serving suggestion cheese facts
cheese varieties
Blue-Veined: Blue-Veined cheese is made by adding Penicillium Roqueforti to the milk. The cheese makers insert holes into the wheels to allow oxygen into the interior of the cheese thus encouraging mold growth and enabling carbon dioxide produced by the mold to escape.
We have over 15 varieties of blue cheese, from double cream to triple cream, soft and creamy, to aged and crumbly. Bristol Farms has a blue cheese for you. We carry American Artisan blue cheese, as well as imports from around the world including countries such as Spain, France, New Zealand, and beyond.
Soft -Ripened: This category is home to Brie and Camembert. Their curds are cut into large, 1-inch cubes to help retain moisture. The milk and surface are treated with Penicillium Candidum, a beneficial mold that develops a distinctive soft, velvety growth on the surface (known as bloomy rind).
At Bristol Farms, we take pride in bringing the best to our customers. With over two dozen soft- ripened cheeses, we are sure to find a favorite for you. Choose from double cream, triple cream, stuffed with truffles, or wrapped in a puff pastry. We also offer soft -ripened cheese made from goats milk, sheeps milk, and mixed milk. Dont forget to ask your cheesemonger for suggestions on condiments to compliment your cheese selections.
Semi-Soft: Semi-soft cheeses are usually higher in moisture than firm, hard cheeses and the flavors range from mild and buttery to pungent and earthy. Some of the fuller flavored cheeses are known as washed-rind or surface-ripened. This category is home to Gouda, Havarti, Jack, and Port Salut.
Washed Rind: Surface is treated with a special bacteria and yeast at close intervals to encourage growth of the smear. This variety ripens starting from the outside. Washed Rind cheese can be treated with beer, wine, oil, brandy, cider, or brine. These cheeses generally have a soft or semi-soft interior, and the aroma can be quite pungent. This category includes Limburger, Tallegio, and French Muenster. The washed rind category is not limited to semi-soft cheeses; there are several varieties of soft-ripened, semi-hard, and even hard cheeses that are washed rind.
Semi -Hard: These cheeses pick up where semi-soft cheeses end and span into the hard or firm category. Most of these cheeses begin soft in texture and with aging from months to years become more firm. This category contains rindless, dry rind, and washed rind cheese varieties. Curd is cut small promoting a firmer body. These cheeses age well, and the flavor, body, and texture change over time. This category includes Cheddar, Emmental, Gruyere, and Swiss.
At Bristol Farms, we offer cheddars aged from 9 months to 10 years (check store for availability). You can choose from a mild creamy cheddar, dry crumbly cheddar, or flavored cheddar.
You cant have cheddar without a great Swiss! We have your everyday sandwich Swiss to the more extravagant Gruyere and Emmental. These are perfect for adding variety to your cheese platters, melting on a gratin, and of course, fondue. Ask your cheesemonger for a sample today.
Fresh: These cheeses are not cut, pressed or ripened (with the exception of feta, which is pressed to form). Example: goat cheese, ricotta, cream cheese, mascarpone.
Pasta Filata: Pasta Filata cheese varieties originated in Italy. The term pasta filata translates to spun paste and refers to the way the curds are kneaded and stretched during production. The curds are dipped in hot water then kneaded until they resemble pulled taffy. Curds are molded into a variety of shapes. Cheese is placed in brine briefly before packaging or aging. This category includes fresh mozzarella, mozzarella, provolone, Burrata, and string cheese.
At Bristol Farms, we have a wonderful assortment of fresh cheeses. We have your traditional fresh mozzarella, imported buffalo mozzarella, and several fresh goat cheeses. Dont forget about our wonderful Burrata! Made locally here in Southern California, we have the freshest Burrata available. Soft, creamy, and decadent, all you need to do is drizzle it with olive oil and cracked pepper, and you have an incredible appetizer.
Hard Cheese: This category includes Asiago, Grana Padano, Kasseri, Reggiano Parmesan, and Romano. Hard cheeses have lower moisture content than soft cheeses. They are generally packed into molds under more pressure and aged for a longer time. Hard cheeses are good for grating and make a nice table cheese.
American Artisan
For those of you who do not understand what an Artisan cheese is, let us explain. The word artisan or artisanal implies that a cheese is produced primarily by hand in small batches.
Over the years, American cheese makers have been hard at work. They have developed several outstanding cheeses that can go up against any imported cheese. Here at Bristol Farms, we take pride in our artisan cheese variety. We have beautiful soft- ripened cheeses made from goat or cow milk, as well as aged cheeses made in a very traditional way.
Farmstead Cheese
Farmstead cheeses are also very special to us at Bristol Farms. These cheeses are made with the milk from the farmers own heard or flock on the farm where the animals are raised. The milk used in the production of farmstead cheese cannot be obtained from an outside source.
Specialty Cheese
Bristol Farms has a great offering of imported specialty cheeses. These cheeses are flown in from all over the world every two weeks. We have a beautiful triple milk, soft-ripened cheese from Italy, made with goat, cow, and sheep milk. Covered in a white mold, the inside is creamy, soft, and full of flavor. From France, we offer several items including an assortment of mini cheeses made from cow, goat, or sheep milk. Selections may vary, so be sure and ask your cheese monger about new and upcoming items.
Specialty Butter and Yogurt
At Bristol Farms, we carry several imported butters. We offer an award winning Occelli Butter from Italy, as well as butters from England, Ireland, France, and Germany! We also carry a great assortment of specialty yogurts, from 0% to 10% fat.
Traditional Cheese
At Bristol Farms, we have over 400 varieties of cheese including imported specialty products as well as your every day variety. Below is just an example of the more traditional cheeses you may be aware of:
- Boursin
- Jarlsberg Swiss
- Alouette Spreads
- Tillamook Cheddar
- Polly O Ricotta and Mozzarella
- Supreme Brie

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During the Civil War, the Union Army seized a cotton merchant's house on Euterpe Street, and for years afterward it was used as an office for the Freedmen's Bureau, the government body that helped former slaves and refugees rebuild their lives.
Earlier this year, students and faculty with the Tulane School of Architecture Preservation Studies program used their expertise in traditional plaster and limewash to help renovate the historic house, putting a fresh face on a neighborhood landmark.
The students, led by professor Heather Knight, repaired the lime-based plaster that had crumbled off the double gallery house's exterior walls in large swaths, because of both basic wear and tear and damage from Hurricane Katrina. The repairs were made possible by a $45,000 federal hurricane recovery grant administered by the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism's Office of Historic Preservation.
Homeowner Mary Len Costa knew the house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as "contributing to the historic value" of the Lower Garden District neighborhood, and she had heard of its use as a Freedmen's Bureau office. In applying for the preservation grant, she and her husband, Jacob Louis Costa, dug into the home's rich history.
The house was built in 1847 and sold seven years later to cotton merchant John Thornhill, who owned two other houses on Euterpe as well as a row of townhouses on Gravier Street, said Mary Len Costa. When Thornhill refused to sign an oath of allegiance during the Union Army occupation of New Orleans that began in 1862, his properties were seized and he was given 24 hours to vacate the house, Costa said.
Thornhill and his family fled, first to Cuba, then to Virginia, for the duration of the war. "The house, by all reports and by family history and oral history, was used a Freedmen's Bureau office," Costa said. "The Union Army occupied many houses in our neighborhood at the time. It was one of their three facilities. They operated a school, a hospital and this administrative building."
Though Costa has not been able to find much additional information about the building's use, she has compelling evidence in the copies of letters written on Thornhill's behalf to President Andrew Johnson, asking for the property's release from federal custody.
"There was some sort of decree that if you owned property with a value of more than $20,000, you had to petition the president to receive its release," Costa said. "(Thornhill) said, 'I'm a son of the South, but I did not use my fortune in support of the South.' "
The Thornhills returned some time afterward and eventually moved back into the Euterpe house, becoming popular figures and hosting lavish parties in New Orleans' arts and culture scene, Costa said. Thornhill even sent envoys up the Mississippi River to track down paintings and furniture that he claimed had been stolen by Union soldiers.
The house stayed in the Thornhill family for nearly 90 years until it was sold in 1940, and in the time since, the only repairs to the exterior plaster were done with cement -- a common mistake abhorred by preservationists, who say cement provides virtually no porousness for the ebb and flow of a tropical climate's humidity.
The Tulane preservation students removed nearly all of the old plaster and, through analysis of the samples, generated a formula to replicate the original, Knight said. The triple-coat application was blended seamlessly with the existing plaster, leaving the Costas' walls plumb, smooth and fresh.
"A lot of plasterers would have come in and knocked everything down," Knight said. "But my approach is to try to do a patchwork, because this plaster is more than 150 years old. There's still a guide under there."
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Today's River Region forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a high near 82 degrees, the National Weather Service reports.
Here's the rest of the two-day forecast:
Monday night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy skies, with a low around 68. East wind around 5 mph.
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I don't think I'm wrong about this. EDIT
When my husband was a kid he broke his arm. He was 3 (he thinks, not sure the exact age.) He fell off the slide. Now, here is where our opinions differ. He finds the following funny while I find it awful. After he fell, his mom gave him a bath before taking him to the hospital. His arm was broken but she wanted him to be presentable in stead of worrying about her child's pain. It bothers me that he just thinks it's funny. It isn't funny to me. Who cares if he was dirty? He was playing in the park. His arm was broken and she should have immediately taken him to the hospital regardless of his cleanliness. Do you agree with me, or him? Is it funny, or not?
Superdad, lol.
Quoting hayliedlr:
yeah I hate them too. My family was just getting home from church and I was about 7 and stood in an ant hill and they started crawling all over me and biting me. I started screaming and my dad swooped me up and threw me in the tub to get them off of me. I didn't need the doc or anything but they hurt bad
my dad became my hero right there lolQuoting jendawgrox2004:
Ugh. I hate fireants. My 1yo crawled through an ant hill that came up over night. We were plaing in the front ard. He cried and I ran and the damn ants were all over his leg. I swatted them off and they tried to hide in between his toes and any little crease they could find. Luckily, he didn't swell and I put some anti itch cream and he didn't need the hospital. I did take him to the doctor and they gave me some cream, but I just hate those ants. Sorry. That was my ant rant. Over now!
Quoting hayliedlr:
Just remembering something, a friend of mines dd, she was about 2, got bit up by fire ants. I mean head to toe and I told my friend to just take her in her diaper. That's what she was wearing when she was playing. The little girl was starting to swell. My friend said heck no, she went and cleaned her up and put her clothes on. Shirt, pants, socks, shoes etc.. Later I asked her why and she said that she was afraid of CPS. It made sense but still seemed strange to put her shoes and socks on her especially if her feet were swelled. This was about 15 years ago.
I think I would make my husband buy me something nice to make up for that.
Quoting hollydaze1974:
Yep, she was! His birthday was the day before mine. Mom had made a huge deal, big food dishes , heavy cleaning, guests ... The whole shebang. She knew in the party that I was "knocking " they laid down at ten. She woke him up at ten thirty and told him about the contractions. His response? " oh , Linda, can't it wait? I'm soo tired!"
Mom wandered the house contracting and at midnight, basically shoved him out of bed, Get up! It's midnight. Take me now or I'm calling an ambulance! Hmmm how much does that cost???
He whined again, I believe she was close to beating him. :-) He finally got her there, and she was in active labor for quite sometime since I was born at one thirty seven that afternoon.
She does laugh, but I do here the resentment in her voice mixed with the laughter.
Quoting jendawgrox2004:
It was a long time ago, so now they can laugh about it. I can see your point.
I would have been pissed if I was your mom. lol
Quoting hollydaze1974:
It's funny THIS far into the future. It's all on context. Families can make questionable decisions when we are kids, as long as there isn't any permanent damage, they do become funny stories later... That's how it works.
I mean my dad made my mother wait until midnight to go to the hospital when she'd been in active labor since 8 that night, but he didn't "want to pay for an extra night at the hospital"
Lol, yeah sounds pretty harsh , but I have a bazillion stories of my dad's penny pinching ways... They are funny, although I assume my mother was highly pissed, she laughs now.
My mom would finish cooking dinner and have us eat before taking my sister or I to the ER. I don't find it odd. She would hand us an ice pack and tell us to sit down while she finsihed up. I think it doesn't really matter. If is arm is broken it will still be broken in an hour when they get to the hospital.
Quoting JTriches:
I agree with you. Perhaps he has to view it as funny or it would be abuse. No child wants tothink of their parent like that
I know each parent is different, but I could never do this with my kids. I'd be way too worried about them being in pain, especially them being so little.
Quoting coala:
My mom would finish cooking dinner and have us eat before taking my sister or I to the ER. I don't find it odd. She would hand us an ice pack and tell us to sit down while she finsihed up. I think it doesn't really matter. If is arm is broken it will still be broken in an hour when they get to the hospital.
There are tiny fractures, when you're not even sure that it's broken at all and there are big breaks where the bone is practically coming through the skin, I think it's kind of a funny family story.
Yeah, not funny. I don't get why... like WTH? I can't imagine taking my kid home to clean them first O.o


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PITTSGROVE TWP. — Bill Stotz saw his great-great grandson scamper about the same room in which he mingled Saturday afternoon.
The peppy blonde-haired two-year-old was one of many relatives who came to the Centerton Country Club to celebrate Stotz's 100th birthday, which fell on March 4.
Whether they've known him for decades or a few years, no one seems untouched by the tall, spirited centenarian. They include descendants of the family that took him in as a child so long ago.
Stotz's parents were among the more than 600,000 Americans killed by the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. One or more unusually viscous mutations of the virus killed perhaps 50 million people worldwide.
Originally from Newark, NJ, the boy was taken in by Upper Deerfield farmer Jacob Fort, the great-great grandfather of Woodruff Energy president Robert Woodruff Jr.
Stotz was a "bound boy," an orphan or child of impoverished parents bound to work for a family for a period of time. The family would feed and house him and provide him with an education and perhaps a trade.
Stotz moved on to Warren Woodruff's farm when Fort died, and in essence he's never left the family since. He worked for Woodruff Energy in several capacities for 82 years before retiring.
He still lives in the Centerton Road house he built about 70 years ago.
"I still go in to Woodruff Energy every day," he said during Saturday's celebration. "The family took me in. I enjoyed working for them, and they're the same as my own family."
"I'm exceptionally grateful that people would respond like this to my 100th birthday," he continued. "And I'm honored to think they would take the time to observe it."
Stotz started with Woodruff in 1927, selling coal door-to-door. He went on to learn heating and air conditioning design and worked in sales and supervisory positions.
Alan Woodruff, who also worked many years for the family business, said Stotz was always an inspiration. He worked with Stotz in sales and customer communication.
"In addition to all the major things he's known for, he brought a work ethic that influenced two to three generations of co-workers," Woodruff said.
"He was there first and he was there last, and he led by example," he explained. "He was a staunch church member and someone you could always count on."
Stotz also served on the Upper Deerfield Board of Education for eight years.
Ron Coggins of Landis Avenue, who has worked for Woodruff for 43 years, has likewise seen much of his older colleague in action.
"He's been quite energetic over the years," Coggins said. "He's forgotten more than most of the young guys know."
More than 100 guests conversed over cocktails in the Country Club's grand ballroom.
Relatives came from seven states other than New Jersey, including California and Washington.
The lively two-year-old great-great grandson, Matthew Henry, came with his parents Heather and Gary from the Los Angeles area. His older brother Patrick is also among the youngest progeny.


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One step at a time... that's what it takes. One step, one day at a time. Every day you awaken to new possibilities. Each day can bring you closer to new horizons and fresh possibilities. But how do you get started? How do you stay on track and not get lost?
It's hard to make forward progress when temptation is pulling you back. The road can be difficult and lonely. That's where YANAA comes in. You are not alone anymore.
YANAA recognizes that the road to recovery is easier when you surround yourself with people who have the same end-goal in mind: sobriety.
The Birdie Turner House for Women was established as a 3/4 house to give alcholics and substance abusers a safe, clean, low-rent housing environment from which to "work the steps" to sobriety. We know it won't be easy, but you don't have to do it alone.


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A pair of Pro competitors made their way to the finals and jumped past the division points leader at Atlanta Motor Speedway's seventh week of Friday Night Drags, allowing them to gain the points advantage entering the second half of the season.
With points leader Matt Mayber absent, Eddie Chapman and David Sisk matched up in the Pro class finale for a sprint to the finish with a direct impact on the division points standings. Entering the Pro class finals, Chapman sat in second among Pros by trailing Mayber by one point (10-to-nine), while Sisk sat just one-point behind Chapman in third with eight.
Sisk roared to the finish first by utilizing a tremendous jump from the start. With the win, Sisk garnered three points and jumped past Mayber for first with 11 points. But, by virtue of his second-place finish, Chapman claimed two points to sit tied with Sisk for first among Pros.
With just seven weeks of points racing remaining, the Pro class now sits in a near dead heat and the season's end should feature a spectacular points race among Pros. Chapman and Sisk each hold 11 points, while Mayber has 10.
Points will be awarded each night during the 13-week points season in every class except the Domestic, Truck and Sport Compact classes. Each division winner will take home three points, second-place two points and the rest of the participants will be awarded one point. The competitor with the most points at the end of the season wins the championship title on September 11. In the event of a tie, the competitor with the most wins will be awarded the title.
Below is a complete list of the July 17 winners:
Super Pro: Frank Taylor (Gray) in a 1993 Chevrolet Lumina
Pro: David Sisk (Fayetteville) in a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro
Pro Four: Thomas Collavo (Lawrenceville) in a Toyota Corolla
Street Outlaw: Daryl Stiles (Williamson) in a 1969 AMX
Sportsman: Bill Hatfield (Hampton) in a 1993 Ford Mustang
Truck Advanced: Terry Queen (Stockbridge) in a 1968 Dodge Truck
Truck: Rick Moody (Rex)
Domestic Advanced: Steven DeFayette (Sharpsburg) in a 1988 Mazda RX7
ATV: Brad Brand (Loganville) on a 2006 Yamaha Banshee
Domestic: Frank Collins (Zebulon) in a 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS
Sport Compact: Josh McIntyre (Jonesboro) in a 2001 Chevrolet Camaro
Tuners: Jose Samaniego (Jonesboro)
Super Bike: Michelle Ewing (Senoia) on a GSXR1000
Motorcycle (Cruiser/Dirt bike): Jordan Collins (Zebulon) on a 1979 GS1000E
The Show N' Shine competition featured everything from new imports to classic muscle cars. Below is a complete list of the July 17 winners:
Showroom Current (1973 through current): Mark Castilla (Fayetteville) in Ford GT
Runner-up: Mike Lozano (Jonesboro) in a 2006 Mercedes CLS 55
Third-place: Richard Doughty (Griffin) in a 200 Dodge Durango
Showroom Classic (1972 and prior): Adam Wallace (McDonough) in a Chevrolet El Camino SS
Runner-up: Keith Liles (Stockbridge) in a 1969 Camaro Z28
Third-place: Doug Dunbar (LaGrange) in a 1961 Chrysler 300G
Tuner (all sport compact vehicles): Brandon Glow (McDonough) in a 1997 Nissan Maxima
Runner-up: Bryan Scott (Alvaton) in a Ford Focus
Third-place: Sean Deloach (Yatesville) in a 1994 Acura Integra
Current Custom (1973 through current): Joy Jones (Jackson) in a Ford Mustang GT
Runner-up: Sharon Doughty in a Chrysler PT Cruiser
Third-place: Richard Fleming (Flovilla) in a 1988 1500
Classic Custom (1972 and prior): Ron Wiese (McDonough) in a 1964 Kaiser Mutt
Runner-up: Greg Thompson (Macon) in a Chevrolet Camaro
Third-place: Lanier Perry (McDonough) in a 1938 Plymouth P13
Motorcycle: Steve Laniers (Morrow) on a 2008 Harley-Davidson
Runner-up: Matthew Winn (Riverdale) on a 2009 Yamaha R6
President's Choice: Billy Poore in a 1951 Ford Victoria
Mopar Owner's Rally: Ken Barros (Fayetteville) in a 1969 Road Runner Plymouth
Atlanta Motor Speedway's Friday Night Drags is held Friday nights through September 11. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and nightly drag race eliminations start after 9:00 p.m. Friday Night Drags' eighth week of points competition will feature a Foreign Car Owners Rally as the special Show-N-Shine class. In addition, week eight is Ride Along night, giving fans an opportunity to ride as a passenger in lower divisions.
Entry to drag race or for the Show N' Shine is just $20 or competitors can purchase a combo ticket for $30. Spectator tickets at Friday Night Drags are just $7 for adults and children under six are free. More information can be found at www.atlantamotorspeedway.com.


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Lighthttp version of mod_rewrite?
Im not very technically minded about these kinds of things, But I've got lighthttp setup on my image hosting server, but In the future I'll be using an account system.
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CHICAGO -- In the first few minutes of a training-camp practice last week, Dave Tollefson's pulse began to race. He felt light-headed and, though it was hot that day, he knew he wasn't just fatigued.
So Tollefson turned to defensive tackle Barry Cofield and told him something was "not right." Cofield called the Giants' trainers, who whisked the dehydrated Tollefson away to the locker room for an IV that restored his fluids and got him feeling good again.
Here's what wasn't "right": Tollefson's diet.
"I didn't eat a big lunch," the fourth-year defensive end said the other day, as the Giants were preparing for Saturday night's preseason game against the Bears. "I'm just weird man. When I get in a zone of playing football, sometimes I forget to eat. I'm so focused on watching film and stuff. It's weird, I know."
Maybe not so much weird; perhaps a sign of the focus it takes for a former seventh-round pick to continue sticking on a team and at a position that's been loaded with higher draft picks, Pro Bowl selections and, two years ago, a future Hall of Famer.
Plus, hunger pangs are no match for the pain Tollefson ignored last season.
In the Giants' preseason finale against the Patriots, Tollefson was hit in the knee with a cut block from a New England player. For weeks, he disregarded the aches behind his kneecap, thinking they were the result of a simple hyperextension and that they would eventually go away.
By Week 5, Tollefson was still hurting, so he went for an MRI that revealed a partially torn posterior cruciate ligament, which connects the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia). It was an injury that prevented him from running full-speed and doing a lot of leg exercises.
With his time in the weight room limited, Tollefson's weight dropped from the 260 range to about 240 by season's end. As his weight declined, so did his production. At the halfway point of the season, Tollefson had 3 1/2 sacks, which is the total he would finish with.
"Plus, I play a lot of special teams, and on special teams, you need to be able to run, which I couldn't do fully," said Tollefson, who was active for 13 games last year. "Usually, if I dress or don't dress it's because of special teams. And when I don't dress, it kills me."
If any of these injury details sound new, it's because they are. All of last season, Tollefson didn't mention anything about the injury that was hampering him.
The reason dates back to his college playing days at Northwest Missouri State, where he was slowed by a shoulder injury in the 2005 season.
"Coach says, 'Why aren't you playing well?'" Tollefson recalled. "I was like, 'Coach, I'm hurting.' So he says, 'If you're going to play hurt, you can't use that crutch. You either can't play or you play hurt and you don't talk about being hurt.'"
Tollefson listened to his coach, but he didn't quite get the message fully until he watched a postgame press conference of a guy he'd soon be chasing all on the field: Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.
McNabb was suffering from a sports hernia that greatly affected his play that season and had the notoriously tough Philly fans calling for him to be benched. But during that press conference Tollefson watched, the injury never came up.
"He's hurt and everybody knows he's hurt," Tollefson said. "But not once in that press conference did he ever talk about being hurt because if you're hurt and you're going to play, you can't lean on that crutch."
Now healthy, Tollefson hopes he can have a much more productive season. And even at a crowded position, he has scrapped the goal he's had over the past three seasons -- to simply make the final roster -- for a much loftier goal.
"I'm trying to elevate myself," Tollefson said. "I'm not just trying to fend people off; I want to get better. I'm getting into the prime of my NFL career. I want to prove to myself it wasn't just an aberration I'm here, that I wasn't just a blip on the radar. I want to be a guy that plays some years. I want to be part of that 45 (active game-day roster)."


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Things to do in Union County on Saturday, Feb. 1
• The next session of Books & Bagels, the Cranford Public Library's monthly book chat program for adults, will take place from 10:15-11:15 a.m., in the library's Raddin Room. Bring a few favorite reads and tell the other members of the group what you like about them. The books can be new or old, fiction or non-fiction, classic or contemporary. Refreshments will be served. Registration is not required. The library is located at 224 Walnut Ave., Cranford. For more information, call Sally Hanford at 908-709-7272, ext. 2104, or email email@example.com.
• The Friends of the Cranford Public Library will sponsor "Beatles & Bubblegum," a one-hour children's concert that will take place at the Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Avenue, on Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. Admission to the program is free but tickets are required. Free tickets are available at the Cranford Public Library. The program is a fun and interactive performance for kids and families that explores the music of the Fab Four and the bubblegum artists of the 60s and 70s. For questions about the program, call 908-709-7272, ext. 2103, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
• The fourth grade Girl Scout Troop 40894 is making all natural dog treats to be donated to the Raphael's Life House / St. Michael's School Goods and Services Auction, taking place in the St. Michael's Gymnasium, Cranford. The annual event includes live and silent auctions, tricky tray, and 50/50. Sandwiches, desserts and beverages are provided. BYOB and bring snacks and appetizers. Credit cards and checks accepted for all items at the event. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. To donate an item, purchase a ticket, or to purchase a 50/50 raffle ticket (winner need not be present), call Edie Coogan at 908-276-8226 or Terri Hunsinger at 908-272-7535. Visit biddingforgood.com/RLHSMS for daily auction item updates.
• The Westfield Historical Society will be hosting a special exhibit of Victorian Valentines the first two weekends in February at the Reeve History and Cultural Resource Center, 314 Mountain Ave., Westfield. The valentines and postcard exhibit was loaned from a larger collection by Jean Groszmann, who has been collecting them for over four decades. The collection spans the period beginning in 1840 through the 1920's and includes German, English and American produced valentines including penny post cards. The exhibit will be open from 1-5 p.m. and also on Feb. 8 and on Feb. 2, 9.
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TEAM GOALS: "We have two more meets this season, and if we win the last one we will finish the season undefeated at home. That is a goal we are aiming for."
PERSONAL GOALS: "I would like to do well at state individuals and I would like to fence more outside of school after this year."
START IN FENCING: "When I got to high school some of the guys I used to know from Boy Scouts were into it and they said it was fun, so I tried it and I liked it."
BEST THING ABOUT FENCING: "I really like being part of a team and being able to compete individually at the same time. I like the sense of accomplishment I get from the sport."
STRENGTHS: "My teammates tell me I am fast. I think I am good with my distance."
WEAKNESS: "Sometimes on defense I feel my footwork could be better."
IF I WASN'T FENCING: "I'd be running. I do cross-country in the fall and track in the spring."
FAVORITE FOOD: Ribs and steak. "I'm half-Brazilian, so I like Brazialia Churrascaria."
FAVORITE TV SHOW: "The Big Bang Theory." "I'm a little nerdy too and I think it's funny."
FAVORITE MOVIE: "Inception."
FAVORITE BOOK: "Ender's Game," by Orson Scott Card.
FAVORITE SUBJECT: Physics. "I want to be an engineer."
IF I COULD HAVE A SUPER POWER IT WOULD BE: "The ability to stop or control time. I'm busy and never have enough time in the day."
ONE THING TO CHANGE IN THE WORLD: "A lot of people in the world don't have enough food or water. I would like to get them what they need."
FOUR FOR DINNER: Albert Einstein, engineer Nikola Tesla and Muhammad Ali. "I think they would all be great because they all were really passionate about what they did."


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After missing in action for the first 40 minutes, the Boston Bruins came back to life in the final 20 with four unanswered goals onto a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center Thursday night.
Defenseman Andrew Ference led the charge at 3:01 in the third as he ripped a shot from the left side of the blue line past Devils veteran netminder Martin Brodeur who didn't react until the puck laid on the ice behind him.
Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell scored 35 seconds apart to give the Bruins a 3-1 lead with 12:15 remaining in the period and Chris Kelly sealed it with an empty net goal at 19:13.
The energy line of Daniel Paille, Campbell, and Shawn Thornton compiled half of the Bruins points. Thornton had two assists, Paille tallied one, and Campbell had his first career Gordie Howe hat trick - a goal, assist, and a fight.
Tim Thomas finished with 30 saves to snap a two-game skid as he lost back-to-back games for the first time since Oct. 22-27 against San Jose and Montreal.
So what happened during the second intermission in the Bruins locker room, which led to their offensive explosion?
Ference appeared on the Dennis and Callahan Show Friday morning and said it was Patrice Bergeron who set the tone.
"Bergy got everybody fired up. We're mature enough and have an experienced enough team to know to do better than what we were doing, to let the frustration kind of use up all our energy," Ference said. "So, it was just a matter of instead of complaining about the reffing or complaining about this or that, just going out and doing our jobs and doing them well and taking pride in it. Nothing too complicated. But you have to kind of hit reset every once in a while and get everybody on the same page."
Though Bergeron didn't contribute a point on the scoresheet, his speech contributed two points in the standings as Boston remained in the No. 2 spot of the Eastern Conference standings and first in the Northeast Division with 61 points, which is one point behind the conference leading New York Rangers.
Boston will square off with New York for the first time this season in a Saturday matinee showdown at TD Garden, which could be a preview of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Rangers are looking to bounce back from a 4-1 defeat to the Pittsburgh Penguins Thursday.
It was good to see Boston finally wake up and play its style of hockey, which has been lacking the last three games at Carolina (4-2 loss), Florida (3-2 shootout win), and Tampa Bay (5-3 loss).
The B's schedule isn't getting any easier as they travel to Philadelphia Sunday and Washington Tuesday. From there they'll have the next week off before hosting Ottawa Jan. 31.
RUSTY RETURN: Brad Marchand returned to the lineup after serving his five-game suspension and seemed to be out of sync, which is to be expected, but Bruins coach Claude Julien said that he was "pleased" with his performance.
"For a guy who hadn't played in over a week - a week and a half - I thought he played well, he played with some energy," Julien said. "As he said after the game, when you haven't played in a while, you think you're skating a lot, and you think you're keeping yourself in shape, but there's nothing like playing the game."
Marchand missed a couple of breakaway opportunities with linemate Tyler Seguin, one particularly in the third period where he whiffed twice - on a forward and backhand pass.
He finished with 16:40 of ice time (none on the power play) with no shots on goal.
KELLY MISSING: Boston Bruins forward Chris Kelly was missing from Friday's practice held at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington.
Julien confirmed it was only a "maintenance day".
CARON AND KAMPFER SENT DOWN: Boston Bruins forward Jordan Caron and defenseman Steven Kampfer were both sent down to Providence Friday morning.
Zach Hamill remains as the extra forward.
Caron last saw action Tuesday at Tampa Bay and received more playing time during Marchand's suspension. In 17 games with Boston he has two goals and two assists.
Kampfer last played Dec. 14 at Ottawa and has appeared in only seven games with one assist and a plus-6 rating.
Editor's note: Tune into 105.5 FM (WEEI Springfield) tonight at 6 p.m. as Amanda Bruno will talk Bruins hockey on "Hockey Night in Springfield" hosted by John Hennessy.


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It was a closed practice, and windows in the entry ways were taped over with brown paper to shield the players from prying eyes.
UO coach Chip Kelly, freshly back from a recruiting blitz through California, said the practice was productive.
"We got back into the swing of things," Kelly said. "It was a long practice for us -- three team periods, seven-on-sevens, things like that."
It was the first practice since Monday for the No. 2 Ducks (12-0), who play No. 1 Auburn (13-0) on Jan. 10 in the BCS championship game in Glendale, Ariz.
"This was full-go, one of the longer practices we'll have," Kelly said. "That's what it will be like until the 21st. We put in part of our game plan, and worked on our base fundamentals -- blocking, tackling, everything that you need that, if don't do on a regular basis, if you take a couple days off, is going to slip."
Kelly has been on the run since the Ducks concluded the regular season with a 37-20 victory over Oregon State in the Civil War, both making the rounds on the awards circuit and doing in-home recruiting visits. He wasn't aware that Oregon's all-male singing group "On the Rocks' had failed to the make the final of the NBC contest, "The Sing-Off."
He is, however, a fan.
"I saw them last spring," Kelly said. "They're pretty good."
While on the subject, Kelly listed his favorite television shows.
"I watch "24," "Entourage," and SportsCenter," he said. "Until they (On the Rocks) are on that, I'd have to see them in person. I apologize, because I do like them."
Middle linebacker Casey Mattews was back at practice for the first time since the Lott IMPACT Trophy award show on Sunday night. Matthews was a finalist.


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KALAMAZOO -- Vicksburg resident Bill Novess remembers attending the Street Rod Nationals North event in 1983 on Woodward Avenue in Detroit and the envy he felt as he studied the thousands of classic autos.
"I'd always had a passion for cars, and not long after that, I started setting up at swap meets and old-car shows," Novess said. "I took the plunge in 1987 ... I bought a 1934 Ford Model 40 sedan from a guy in South Dakota."
WHAT: The National Street Rod Association's 30th annual Street Rod Nationals North show.
WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday; 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
WHERE: Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairgrounds.
TICKETS: $14 for adults, $5 for children 6 to 12 years. $2 discount for seniors 60 and older, military personnel and NSRA members.
TRADE SHOW: More than 110 manufacturers and dealers of specialty automotive equipment will be on hand to sell parts, accessories and supplies in the exhibit buildings. A special section billed as "Women's World" will feature arts and crafts. A swap meet also will be taking place.
ON THE WEB: www.nsra-usa.com.
Novess joked that neither his weekends nor his garage have been the same since, and this weekend will be no exception.
A member of the Rod Benders of West Michigan auto club, Novess and 2,300 other car owners are expected to be a part of the 30th annual Street Rod Nationals North event, starting today and ending Sunday, at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairground. The event is one of 12 stops on a national tour staged by Memphis, Tenn.-based National Street Rod Association.
Organizers said 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the NSRA North show and its 23rd consecutive year taking place at the Kalamazoo site.
Jerry Kennedy, NSRA special event director, said not long after he took over the event, it was obvious "Detroit just wasn't working out."
"I was told there would be nowhere else in Michigan to go, but Kalamazoo proved a lot of people wrong," he said. "The community received us well from the beginning, the restaurants and hotels stepped up, easy access to the site all helped make this a natural location and I hope to continue coming back to Kalamazoo for as many years as we can."
Greg Ayers, president of Discover Kalamazoo, said he and his staff have worked diligently to partner the event with area hotels to ensure those who don't choose to stay in recreational vehicles or camp overnight at the fairgrounds have a place to stay.
Proof of the success of that partnership with the Greater Kalamazoo Lodging Association can be seen on hotel-room card keys that have been made specifically for the event. They feature the NSRA logo and are being used by hotels that are part of the association.
Ayers said the logo card keys will make nice mementos commemorating the event.
The Kalamazoo "anticipates visitors to Kalamazoo as a direct result of the NSRA show will spend about $1.7 million," Ayers said, noting hotels, restaurants and several additional area businesses will benefit from the thousands of visitors.
Kennedy, meanwhile, said 18 to 20 cars at this weekend's show will head to next week's event in Burlington, Vt.
Frank Dorethy, of Portage, said he will be attending with his 1930 Ford Model A coup, which he purchased in 1998 and had in show-ready condition in 2005. Like most other car-restoration buffs, he found the process is never-ending.
"You're never completely done with the restoration. ... I've got my want list here in my back pocket," Dorethy said. "I'm retired, so it's a good hobby for me. We always start out with the Dust-Off in Mendon, we make it over to Frankenmuth and we hit some other area shows, but this is the biggest event of the year as far as shows go."


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Raihan, Salma (2001) STUDIES ON MECHANISM OF BACTERIAL RESISTANCE TO CADMIUM AND NICKEL. PhD thesis, University of Karachi, Karachi.
Consideration of controlling environmental pollution has concentrated on the possibility of using multiple resistant bacteria for removal of heavy metals from polluted effluent or sediments through a form of bioaccumulation that would follow the different mechanisms of resistance. For this purpose thirteen metallotolerant bacteria designated as CMG51 to CMG64 were isolated from effluent of local industries that include P. aeruginosa, E. coli, Moraxello, Bacillus and Enterococcuis species. Selection of isolates were based on their high resistance to cadmium and nickel. All the isolates showed effect of pH, temperature, and growth media on metal resistance. Similarly metal concentration also showed a direct effected on colonial and cellular morphology as well as a growth retarding effect of metal salts was also observed. Studies on the mechanism of metal resistance showed that different mechanisms operate in different isolates. On the basis of these studies one of the isolates CMG52 showed the involvement of permeability barrier ie 11 metal resistance. and of thirteen, four isolates CMG58, CMG59, CMG61, and CMG64 harbored low molecular weight plasmids that was confirmed by curing, conjugation, and transformation to involve in metal resistance. Plasmid hearing isolates showed higher protein content when grown in presence of metal salts. Likewise, qualitative analysis showed presence of additional protein band in presence or plasmid whereas no additional band was observed in cured derivatives when grown in subinhibitory concentration of metal salts. Variations in molecular weights of protein suggested the possibility that these metallotolerant proteins might be adopted version of some pre-existing proteins. To have the practical application of the following study, lab. scale bioreactors were constructed by developing the biofilms of MGG4 on locally available support materials and successfully used for cadmium removal.
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THIS COSTUME, WHERE DO I EVEN START DX Lot needs to be reworked, being as how the humidity & heat at Otakon 2011 really took a toll on everything...but anyways, shirt is cotton, pants are twill. The white undersleeves are actually from my old Noitora costume, the gloves I bought and shortened. The greaves, arm wing-thingys, and the brim and blue wings on the helm are all wonderflex. Helm itself and the hoop blade are cardboard, rigid wrap, paper clay, and spackle (with bias tape on the blade handles). The arm armor is pvc plastic cut and shaped with a heat gun, attaches with industrial velcro to the harness (built up around backpack straps using leather, more velcro). The harness emblem is balsa wood and craft foam. Lot of reworking to do before I get this costume where I reallly want it but for a test run it did well.
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In one of my correspondence games 3d/move I did my move on Friday 12.8. my opponent should lose on time today, but his time was somehow restored to 2days (2days? if it really is two days that mean that i did my move today?) Hows that possible?
Hmm, maybe your opponent is a Premium member and went on vacation? As I understand it, the site will allot some vacation time from Premium members when their move time's about up.
Or if your opponent's a free range member, they may have manually chosen to use some vacation time to top up their remaining move time.
ps. Say, maybe only weekdays count? I've not played an "online/correspondence" game here of any duration, perhaps someone's noticed whether or not weekends do not 'count'.
There's a "bug" in the 24 hour minimum that erroneously contributes any unused portion of the 24 hours back to the game time if your oppoent comes off vacation early.
A little odd that it would show two days, but it's possible that:
Or the opponent could have gone on vacation two times in the intervening duration, in both cases coming back from vacation after a small amount of time, resulting in the remaining time from the minimum one day of vacation being added to all games.
Yes, definitely another possibility. Good catch.
sftac, NM ozzie_c_cobblepot and TheGrobe thanks for explanations. I know that there is vacation option for premium users but adding time? :D that's little bit unfair. But anyway there should be some limit of this vacation in one single game, this kind of waiting is really annoying.
Yeah, the way it "works" is definitely not right. Vacation time and game time are not the same thing and shouldn't be interchangeable like this.
blackjokercz, it helps to understand how they got here. I understand that it seems unfair. But read on.
Premium members get auto-timeout protection. In the simple case, this means that they get automatically put on vacation when they might otherwise lose a game on time.
Consider a very simple case, where a premium member has exactly 2 games going. And let's say that they have 7 days of vacation time remaining. Also, let's say they are winning one game and losing the other game. Here is the order of events in the "old" system.
The problem here is the difference between premium and non-premium. When you're a non-premium member, you have to explicitly "go on vacation". Seems reasonable enough. And when you return from vacation, you have to make a move in every game where it's your turn before you can go on vacation -- becaus the site enforces that you may not "go on vacation" if it is your move in any game. But premium members can skirt this issue.
Given that the site wishes to keep auto-timeout protection, they decided to make it so that every time you went on vacation, you must be on vacation a minimum of 24 hours. Here is the updated order of events.
Hope this helps.
ok, thanks :)
Yes, transferring the "unused" portion of the first vaction day to the real 3-day (or whatever) clock makes it seem like they're getting day after day after day of real time, but the long term-effect is their turn takes the same total number of days as if they had gone on vacation for as many days as they ended up having removed from their vacation balance. I think some of the stallers enjoy it more this way, though-- it makes them feel like they're more actively shafting the system.
I had a fun one a few weeks ago. The fellow was very cleary going to lose, and on the turn that he was being reduced to a lone King against my King and 3 pawns he couldn't prevent from promoting, he went on vacation. When he finally started playing again it wasn't like I was having to put much thought into my strategy and moves, so I promoted two of my pawns and set up series of conditional lines, which he would play out, one by one, after letting the clock go down the full 3 days each time. The final conditional line ended in forced mate with mate delivered by the promotion of my last remaining pawn to Queen. He played out all the conditional moves up until that very last move that would have triggered the mating move, and then went on vacation again.
Auto vacation is a cheap tactic and gives one player an advantage over the other. It is the polar opposite of the premoves and auto queen in bullet chess if one player uses that when the other does not it is an advantage that gets u more time. My bullet rating went up like 200 points after putting pre moves on.
Also vacation should not restore any time. If I am playing a 3 day per move game, and I have 1 day on the clock and then go on vacation it should not automatically give me another 2 days.
To those who think it is unfair to add the time: I take it you do not support the idea of minimum vacation time?
Why would you assume that? Another alternative is simply subtract a minimum 24 vacation hours with no time restoration to real game time.
Actually, I think this:
There are a number of issues with the use of vacation time on this site. Two of the biggest ones in my mind (if numerous threads on the topic are any indication) are the unfair and sometimes near impossible requirement that basic members must have moved in all of their games (while premium members are not subject to this restriction), and the tendency for premium members to repeatedly go on vacation without advancing their games.
I believe there's one elegant solution to both of these issues: Don't allow players, both basic and premium, to go on vacation unless they've advanced all of their games at least one move since their previous vacation (regardless of whether it's currently thier turn to move or not).
I am a diamond member i love to play but am sometimes taken away by work the dirty word it lets me use vacation time for those days I never use it to stall id rather play in person its toigh to get into someones head in cyberspace if you want the luxury of vacation whip out the 100 bucks ans support chess.com i love the lrssons the cpu analysis so i know how bad i suck
since i am new and this advance your noves thing is not something i know about could you explain
By "advancing their games" I just mean to have made at least one move in all of their games, regardless of whether their opponent has responded or not. Currently basic members must ensure all of their games are in a state where it's their opponent's turn to move -- something that can prove extremely difficult for those with heavy game loads, extremely active opponents or opponents who've set up conditional moves.
I like your suggestion, although I'm not especially bothered by vacation, even when used for stalling. I just play my other games. I was impressed/amused by my opponent I described above, though . . .
Yes but that is a bad implementation. You could also force a vacation-taker to use all of their 24 hours if you wanted. That's also not very good.
Isn't forcing them to take at least 24 hours very similar to the existing solution?
Personally, I think the current one is rather elegant. It just doesn't look right to those people who don't understand it.
Really? I find it clumsy as hell, and I really do question whether it was intentional.
Aren't all of these threads by those who "don't understand it" evidence of it's kludginess?
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With the flu widespread in the midstate, some midstate school districts are seeing a corresponding uptick in absences due to the flu and other bugs making the rounds.
Lower Dauphin School District had a 10 percent absentee rate this week at its middle school and Nye Elementary School, said Jim Hazen, district spokesman.
"It's running a little higher than it normally does. We have five or six different bugs going around, and the flu is definitely one of them," Hazen said.
At Lower Dauphin Middle School, 80 to 90 students were absent daily, while at the Nye building, it amounted to about 30 students, he said. Still, the illnesses are "nothing remotely approaching the swine flu," Hazen said, which affected the midstate in 2009-10.
In Mechanicsburg Area School District, three of six elementary buildings also saw attendance down about 10 percent compared with a random day in November, spokeswoman Krista Archibald said.
"The nurses and health room assistants are seeing a mixed bag of issues, not just the flu, including stomach virus, colds, ear aches, and fevers," she said. Secondary attendance was down last week, but affected by the fact some students were exempt from midterm exam study sessions, Archibald said.
Staff has been hit hard at Harrisburg School District, Superintendent Sybil Knight-Burney said. In fact, Knight-Burney said she doesn't have an updated student absence tally available because the student services administrator has been out with the flu.
"We have been encouraging parents to have their students get the flu vaccine and offer it in our schools for students and staff, " Knight-Burney said. "We also have lots of hand sanitizer and repeatedly reinforce the benefits of hand washing - especially with our elementary students."
The state Department of Health has not been notified of any flu outbreaks by school districts, said Holli Senior, department spokeswoman.
Camp Hill School District is seeing a slight increase in absences, but "nothing out of the ordinary for this time of the year," spokeswoman Lucy Gnazzo said.
Likewise, Cumberland Valley School District reports "a very minimal increase in the number of absentees" compared with the first week in December, spokeswoman Tracy Panzer said.
"While we have had some individuals throughout the district present to the nurse with flu-like symptoms, we certainly can't attribute the minimal increase to the flu alone," Panzer said.
West Shore School District reports attendance rates for students and staff "are typical for this time of year," said Ryan Argot, district spokesman and director of federal programs. "Schools generally have at least a 90 percent attendance rate," Argot said, adding this is normal levels for this time of year.
Derry Township School District hasn't seen increase any "widespread or unusual illness in our student body," spokesman Dan Tredinnick said.
Middletown Area School District also isn't seeing a rise in absences directly attributed to flu, Superintendent Lori Suski said. "We are experiencing the same level of absences as we typically do during cold/flu season," she said.
The state Department of Health hasn't sent any formal recommendations for this flu season to schools, but refers school health officials to state health department and Centers for Disease Control recommendations, Senior said.
State health officials said it's not too late to get vaccinated, since flu activity has not yet peaked and could continue until March.
Recommendations include proper hand-washing, having tissues in all classrooms and on buses, encouraging students and staff to get flu shots, and cleaning commonly used surfaces such as door handles, both in schools and on buses.
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This tip is about Phonsim Turlte Lake, so readers of my tips knowing the way my mind works, will already have divined that it is completely devoid of turtles. Not a one. What it does have are a host of fishermen, a few grazing beasts and a lot of wonderful views. It is a man-made construction, instituted for the purpose of irrigating the surrounding rice paddies. The local Tourist Board leaflet states, "It is still not frequented by visitors" and I can entirely believe that from the looks of the locals.
Whilst it does not look like it at times, it is possible to completely circumnavigate the lake on a scooter or bicycle, although I would not recommend it for a novice motorcyclist as there are a few tricky patches. Another word of caution. The tourist leaflet I mentioned indicates that there is another road back into Phonsim village. I followed the natural route and ended up on diminishing and less defined tracks until I decided to turn back. Whilst it was great fun and provided for some wonderful photo opportunities, it probably isn't that advisable. If you combine this with Boungva Lake, That Ing Hang and Phonsim village at a sedate pace it makes for a lovely day out in what is stunning countryside.
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Proper Lao rural life.
If you have visited That Ing Hang (see seperate tip) the chances are you will head straight back to the main road but I would urge you to do otherwise and carry on along the unpaved road past the That. There are two reasons for this, one is Turtle Lake and the other, the small village of Phonsim. I say small, and it is by my standards, but this is, in fact the largest village in the area and indeed used to be the Povincial town. It seems hard to credit it now, when you observe the sleepy pace of life here now.
Legend has it that Phonsim was founded in 1577 during the reign of Fa Ngum, the leader who united the Lane Xang empire. The original ihabitants are said to have migrated from what is now Northern Vietnam. The village derives it's oroginal name (Meuang Luang Phonsim) from the leader at the time Luang, and his good lady wife, Sim. I suppose it is as good a way as any to name a new town.
There are supposed to be a few ruins of the original place but I could not find them, and they do not appear to be signposted. I suspect they don't get many foreigners here as, when I took a slow ride round the "backstreets", I was met with looks of complete amazement most times. The youngsters playing petanque were a little less reticent and we had the obligatory non-verbalised joking session with my 10 words of Lao and their equivalent English.
In great measure, I travel not so much to see sights, intersting as that can be but rather to see how ordinary people go about their lives. I really am a great one for people watching. This village was just another opportunity, without prying, to have a little glimpse of what life is like for a rural Lao villager.
Follow the unpaved road away from That Ing Hang (away from the Highway) and it is about three miles down that road.
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Bungva Lake.
The very pleasant and tranquil Bungva (Boungva) Lake lies a mere few kilometres from Savannakhet and yet it seems a million mles away. This is truly rural Central Lao and is remarkably beautiful. Water buffalo quietly graze the lake floor, pigs rummage about on the shore and the only sound was the rather incongruous and slightly eerie sound of an unusually slow pop song drifting across the water from I know not where. I was half-expecting the Asian equivalent of an arm clothed in white samite to appear bearing a Lao version of Excalibur. There is not actually anything to do here except appreciate the natural beauty, altough further down the lakeshore I saw three rather aged pedaloes with no indication as to how they might be rented.
Local legend has it that about 1800, people from Palai and Phonsoung villages migrated in search of better land and stopped here. However, as they did so, the Gods took exception and an almighty storm began, which only abated on production of offerings and candles made of beeswax. Beautiful as it is, the lake itself is not the result of Mother Nature alone but assisted a little by man who enclosed it in 1976, upgrading the work in 2006.
If you are on your way to the nearby That Ing Hang (see seperate tip) this makes a very pleasant place to stop off. I visited on a scooter although it would be an easy cycle or you could even walk it if you felt like it.
Follow the signposted road towards That Ing Heng (towards Xeno) and it is beside the village of Ban Boungva.
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Salt, Forest and Temple - all in a day
Had a great day out around Savannakhet with a guide from the ecoguides unit (at the Provincial Tourism Office). We set out by 'tuk-tuk' and went first to a salt-factory, where huge salty pools evaporated slowly from shallow concrete vats. The concentrated residue was then shovelled into great iron pans with constant fires beneath, and finally, the dried salt was iodised and packed for sale. They were missing a trick here – I'd happily have bought a small pack (and paid way over the odds) to take home as a reminder of the vast snowy heaps of fresh salt and the smiles of the women who patiently showed us their work, no doubt astonished by our interest in something so ordinary to them.
After the salt-works we headed on foot into the Dong Na Tad forest reserve, threading along a narrow trail, stopping occasionally while a guide from the nearby village explained how trees and other plants were used. We ate a picnic of snacks from the local market and, while we raced the ants to the food, our guides related how the forest and its central lake were named: it involved a tragic tale of unfulfilled love between two young people.
We left the forest by a different route and stopped at a roadside stall for some young coconut juice - my favourite tropical drink. A short walk further was the That Ing Hang temple, one of the holiest sites in Laos because of its 9th century stupa. Coach-loads of Thai pilgrims from across the border descend here to pray and rows of seated, gold-painted Buddha statues testify to supplicants who have donated money. We wore borrowed sarongs from the gate-house and wandered respectfully round the temple grounds.
We returned to Savannakhet by tuk-tuk. A lot of thought has gone into setting this trip up and it's well worth doing to get a look at the countryside and how people live.
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Loathed: Classical music organizations continue to struggle. Orchestras across the country, including the formerly Morristown-based Colonial Symphony, closed their doors this year. The New Jersey State Opera remains in debt and peril after an artistically compelling but overly ambitious production of the Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess," performances that were intended to resurrect the company as well as the neglected Newark Symphony Hall.
Worst trend: The anniversary celebrations of the births and deaths of Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Mahler and Liszt all seemed to go on far longer than the usual year afforded to deceased composers. With nothing but love for "Das Lied von der Erde" and certain ballades, the glut of honorary performances is no better than sticking to safe bets such as Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. Here's hoping to see more of a mix in the future.
Best surprise: New music directors are stepping up to transform New Jersey's orchestras. Jacques Lacombe has brought a fierce commitment to fostering top-notch musicianship and community to his inaugural season with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. And under Rossen Milanov, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra gave a spectacular opening concert this fall.
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Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R. Tolkien and executor of his father's literary estate, expressed disappointment in the films made of the books by Peter Jackson.
During his first interview in 40 years in June, with the French publication Le Monde, Tolkien, 87, said that Jackson "eviscerated the book by making it" into "an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25," he said of the "Lord of the Rings" films. "And it seems that 'The Hobbit' will be the same kind of film." »Read Full Blog Post(1)
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Crazy Water, 839 S. 2nd St., will be in the spotlight on Saturday; that's when Peggy Magister and Anthony Betzhold's restaurant will be on the Cooking Channel's "America's Best Bites" show.
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Markets are a bit lower today with Asian shares having taken a breather and finished mixed, with the leaders resting after tremendous runs (think Japan's Nikkei here) and European markets all red at this time. It is Friday however and we do have some economic news due out and we are at all-time highs so animal spirits can easily take over on a Friday (something we have learned about bull markets over the years, with the opposite being true during bear markets).
We are in the midst of earnings season and we should get a better idea of just how bad or good the economy is and the health of the consumer as well. Our thinking is that one should stick with the winners and ride them, while adding new positions to the portfolio diligently. We would not be buyers on one good quarter, but rather on a string of good quarters to de-risk any investment.
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The Nasdaq itself may not be at all-time highs, but it does have individual components at all time highs and the biotechnology space has most certainly been one of the drivers lately. The past few years have been impressive and it just goes to show that under the surface there are always bull markets to be found.
Chart courtesy of Yahoo Finance.
We have economic news due out today, and it is as follows:
- Retail Sales (8:30 a.m. ET): 0%
- Retail Sales - ex Auto (8:30 a.m. ET): 0%
- PPI (8:30 a.m. ET): -0.1%
- Core PPI (8:30 a.m. ET): 0.1%
- Michigan Sentiment (9:55 a.m. ET): 78.0
- Business Inventories (10:00 a.m. ET): 0.4%
Asian markets finished mixed today:
- All Ordinaries -- up 0.11%
- Shanghai Composite -- down 0.58%
- Nikkei 225 -- down 0.47%
- NZSE 50 -- up 0.59%
- Seoul Composite -- down 1.31%
In Europe markets are lower this morning:
- CAC 40 -- down 0.84%
- DAX -- down 1.22%
- FTSE 100 -- down 0.41%
- OSE -- down 0.60%
This morning we want to focus a bit on retail, especially as we have retail numbers due out this morning. Long-time readers know that we went bullish of Gap (NYSE:GPS) over a year ago and have since enjoyed a pretty spectacular run in the big retailer. Yesterday shares hit a new 52-week high and have bounced back from the sell-off down to the $30/share level a couple of months back as analysts and investors worried about their comps and whether their peers were catching up to them via their turnaround plans. The answer is an obvious no, and regardless of whether a good quarter or two is put together by the competition, it remains to be seen that they can hold it together for longer than that which means from season to season they are lacking in an ability to draw in customers via their new lines. Gap has found a way to keep their lines fresh and appealing which has led to fewer discounts and higher margins. Sales do not have to grow dramatically when margins are steady and increasing and one does not glut the consumer's closet with their goods at artificially low prices to meet Wall Street's expectations from quarter to quarter. We remain bullish of this story and continue to believe that adding on pullbacks is the way to play this name.
And we are now back to hitting new highs. Expect this trend to continue, especially as we believe the company further solidifies its position as the best performing retailer this quarter.
Chart courtesy of Yahoo Finance.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is Bed, Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) which seems to be stumbling in every way possible. Granted the company put together one of the more spectacular runs in the retail industry over the years, and even managed to dramatically outperform during the recession due to their strong balance sheet and being able to pick off the best assets from competitors who went under, but lately this has not been the case. Which we find troubling as the company's focus market is seeing a renaissance of sorts and competitors are flourishing yet the stores have lost their appeal to consumers. We have said numerous times that we are bullish all things housing, but this name is killing us. A store revamp might be necessary in order to reduce the clutter and make the experience more appealing to the consumer or increased 20% coupon distribution for the one item simply to drive traffic moving forward...the answer may not be so simple but we are beginning to get to the point where we simply do not understand the problem and when we do not understand something we are forced to walk away and that might be in order here if the recent results continue.
Investors in Rite-Aid (NYSE:RAD) have to be feeling that the latest quarterly results were in fact rad. It was the company's first profit since 2007 and adds credibility to this turnaround that has been taking place. Now that margins and sales are on the upswing, this no longer becomes a story centered on deleveraging or whether the company can even get the debt load low enough to begin to de-lever, but rather a growth story with a deleveraging kicker. We have stated numerous times in our articles and within the comments sections of those articles that we would move towards the bullish camp as the company proved its claims true, and this is another step in that direction. We may be tempted to purchase a small position on any pullback, but are not currently buyers above $2/share. We would target the $1.80 range on any pullback.
We told readers to watch out for Acadia Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD) after the positive results surrounding their late stage trial for their Parkinson's psychosis drug as there would be more good news to follow. Sure enough the Federal Drug Administration, FDA, has told the company that there is no need for a second late stage trial to be performed and instead the drug has been granted an expedited path to possible approval (see press release here). Acadia can file the New Drug Application and use data from other studies to substantiate the results from their recently successful trial. This will save them a lot of cash, a lot of time and give them more time to have the drug on the market with no generic competition. All bullish points and reasons why the shares rose $5.13 (64.37%) to close at $13.10/share on volume of 40.2 million shares yesterday.
It has been a huge run-up lately and with the recent moves by the FDA it certainly appears that there is great interest in getting this drug to market as fast as possible. This three month chart should make everyone say 'WOW!'.
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And just a thought...
We were thinking last night about this KPMG auditing issue with the engagement partner who appears to have engaged in insider trading in shares of Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) and maybe even sold some of his inside knowledge to others and were thinking how bad this was for the firm, an obvious loser in all of this. We also began to wonder who the winners were. Ackman does not really gain anything if Herbalife can find another Big Four accounting firm to take over was our first thought, but the chances that they are unable to find a new auditor are slim to none. Because of that we have to think that this is bullish, at least in the short-term, for the company as having a big firm agree to take you on and issue a report that says there are no going concerns (when they do issue the report) would add credibility to your claims as an entity that a pyramid scheme does not exist. Now there are always issues where all the big boys miss the problems when working on the same job (think HP and their UK buy not long ago and that huge write-off), but generally two sets of eyes are better than one.
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