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Summer has finally arrived and that means more of us will be taking night cruises.
Make sure you check your navigation lights (red, green and all-around white lights). Your navigation lights should be displayed from sunset to sunrise and in times of restricted visibility (rain or fog). Your lights should be tested and always working because you may be out later than you expected because of weather or mechanical problems with your boat.
Navigation lights properly displayed are the only means other boaters have of determining your position, direction traveling or if you are at anchor. While you are underway, a red port (left) light, a green starboard (right) and a white light (visible 360 degrees) are required. The red light should be visible for 112.5 degrees on your port side. The green light should be visible for 112.5 degrees on your starboard side.
These properly displayed lights enable other boaters to determine your direction and help stop collisions. On motorboats when you see a red and white light it means the vessel is crossing your path from right to left and you should slow down as you are the give-way vessel. If you see a green and white light it means the vessel is crossing you from left to right and you should maintain your speed and course because you are the stand-on vessel.
If you see a red, green and white light at the same time you are on a collision course and must take proper action to avoid a collision. If you see just a white light the boat is in front of you and traveling a similar course or it is at anchor. If you see just a red light or green light you are in a crossing situation with a sailboat and the same navigation rules apply.
Check your fixtures for corrosion, tight seals and true red and green lenses. Use an emery cloth to clean the contact points on your lights and bulbs. Always carry extra bulbs of the proper size in case they burn out. Remember, lights properly displayed and maintained will help prevent accidents.
Have someone on your boat help you as a lookout, keep looking for floating debris, wood and fishnets which are difficult to see at night. Remember distances are deceiving at night and the shore lights make it difficult to locate lateral markers.
Try to avoid looking at bright lights as you will lose your "Night Vision". Stay clear of tugs pulling barges as the tow line is very difficult to see at night. Never cross between a tug and a barge. Test your VHF radio to make sure it is working properly. Slow speed is best after dark.


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DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have not scored many runs in recent days. They scored just enough Thursday night.
Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Tigers pulled out a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
The Tigers scored their only other two runs on a bases-loaded single by Torii Hunter in the fifth inning.
Phil Coke retired the first batter he faced for the final out of the seventh inning, then started the eighth inning with nine consecutive balls while walking a pair of right-handed hitters. The first strike he threw in the inning -- a 1-0 fastball to David Ortiz -- was ripped into right field for a run-scoring single to give the Red Sox a 3-2 lead.
Alvarez pitched well in place of the injured Anibal Sanchez in his second career start. He allowed two runs in five innings of work and certainly pitched well enough to give the Tigers a chance to win the game.
Drew Smyly struck out the side in the ninth inning and finished with four strikeouts in two innings of work. His two shutout innings helped bridge the gap and set up Peralta for his heroics.
-- Jacoby Ellsbury hit the second pitch of the game from Alvarez to the wall in right field, but Torii Hunter tracked it down and made the catch as he bumped into the wall.
-- The Tigers put together a nice two-out rally in the fifth inning. They had a runner on first with two outs when Brayan Pena, Austin Jackson and Hunter strung singles together. Two runs scored on the third of those three singles, a blooper to right field by Hunter, to tie the game at 2-2.
-- Will Middlebrooks made a bid for extra bases to lead off the seventh inning in a tie game, but Jackson made an over-the-shoulder basket catch on a ball hit to straightaway center for the first out of the inning.
-- With two outs in the third inning, Alvarez threw nine consecutive balls and walked two batters in the process. He then threw two strikes to Shane Victorino before hitting him with a pitch on the foot to load the bases. Dustin Pedroia flied out to right field to end the inning.
-- David Ortiz hit the first pitch of the fourth inning over the wall in right field to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. The home run was the 15th of the season for Ortiz.
-- Hunter took a bad line on a base hit by Jose Iglesias in the fifth inning and essentially turned a single into a triple after the ball got by him and went to the warning track. Iglesias then trotted home on a single to center by Ellsbury to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.
-- The final pitching line for Alvarez: 5IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 3SO. He threw 85 pitches, 49 for strikes.
-- Luke Putkonen retired all five batters he faced in relief of Alvarez.
-- The final pitching line for Red Sox starter John Lackey: 7IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 5SO. He threw 98 pitches, 64 for strikes.
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Ask pretty much any economist or business leader to look into the crystal ball and see what 2012 will bring, and every answer boils down to one phrase: cautious optimism.
"God I hate the phrase, but we are starting to see some green shoots," says Robert A. Nakosteen, a professor of economics and statistics at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. "There seems to be some optimism in the air."
Such optimism could evaporate very quickly, though, due to continued economic problems in Europe, persistently high unemployment and household debt that keeps consumers from spending and keeps the economy from really taking off, Nakosteen warns.
The U.S. economy grew by 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, its fastest rate of growth in a year and a half. Massachusetts grew at a slightly slower rate, 2.3 percent, according to MassBenchmarks, a quarterly study of the state's economy.
That slow, but as yet steady, rate of growth is cold comfort to the 26,034 Springfield residents who were unemployed in December, according to the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Statewide, there are about 228,0000 people out of work.
And, executives seem reluctant to hire, even if they don't predict more layoffs.
An Associated Industries of Massachusetts survey issued in January found that 24 percent of the employers who responded to its monthly business confidence survey plan to add staff in the first half of 2012. Just 8 percent predict cutting their staffs. The remainder plan to stand pat.
In the Pioneer Valley, the optimism seems to be expressed in the new businesses opening in downtown Westfield.
Optimism is also being expressed in the $168 million Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, scheduled to be finished by the end of this year in Holyoke.
It's being expressed in companies like Titeflex, a maker of Teflon hoses with woven cladding and in Warren Pumps, a maker of pumps for the Navy and for the oil industry. One of the region's stalwarts, Smith & Wesson, also added manufacturing jobs in 2011 as it moved its Thompson-Center production here from a plant that closed in New Hampshire.
Just last month, Agawam's Microtest labs announced it will manufacture a new vaccine designed to combat celiac disease. The vaccine is part of a $20 million project by ImmusanT Inc., of Cambridge. Microtest has about 80 employees.
Baystate Medical Center plans to open the first phase of its $296 million "Hospital of the Future" in March.
There are three separate proposals for a single casino license that will be awarded in Western Massachusetts under the terms of the state law passed in 2011 following decades of debate. The winner could be in Holyoke, Springfield, Brimfield or Palmer.
Allan W. Blair, the president and chief executive officer of the Western Mass Economic Development Council, says it is the signature event of 2011, a series of tornadoes that cut a 39-mile swath of destruction from Westfield to Sturbridge in June, that will provide the biggest economic development opportunity of 2012.
"I hope 2012 is not a story of planning," Blair said. "I hope it is a story of project implementation where we keep rebuilding from the storms and we start taking advantage of the Holyoke computer center."
Manufacturing, particularly high-precision work, is a continued strength of the region's economy, Blair says.
But demand for real estate, both commercial and residential, is still very low, he said.
Polina Vlasenko, an economist and research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, predicts more slow, steady growth in the national economy for 2012. That's especially good news if one remembers that there was talk a year ago of the potential for a double-dip recession.
"Now 8.5 versus 9 percent unemployment is not dramatic improvement, but it is going in the right direction," Vlasenko said. "The most important thing is that government no longer seems to be the primary driver of this thing, as it was back during the stimulus."
Government stimulus of the economy can't last forever, however, Vlasenko said; eventually the starter motor has to kick off, and the engine has to start chugging on its own.
"When the consumers spend and business produce more, that can go on forever," she said.
Consumer spending is up, but income is not, Vlasenko added. "This is worrisome because it leads to consumer debt, which eventually lowers consumption," she said.
When the consumer is in debt, "he behaves differently when he gets more money," Vlasenko said. "When you have debt, especially debt you are worried about, if you get more income, you just pay down your debt."
This year's presidential election won't help either, according to Vlasenko. All those competing ideologies won't let businesses plan, and Congress will be afraid to pass anything for fear of upsetting voters, she said.
"But the election will be over in November," she said. "European debt will stay."
Most economists assume Europe is already in a recession. Beside being a trading partner for Massachusetts-based technology companies, Europe is also woven into the U.S. banking system.
"If something were to really go badly there in terms of the banking system, it will probably spill over here."
Europe is also a major source of private investment capital for businesses looking to either get started or grow, said Michael D. Goodman, a professor of public policy at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
"Here is a factoid that should keep you up at night: Europe provides $5 trillion a year in credit to in the United States, a figure equal to our traditional banking system," Goodman said. "Our fate is very much in the hands of our policy makers both in Washington and in Europe."


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During the MAMGA parade on Mardi Gras Day, Feb. 24, Dominic Tyer fell head-first into the corner of a ladder on a float.
Tyer has not filed a lawsuit, but he hired an attorney who has indicated that legal action is imminent against MAMGA and the Mystic Stripers, the owners of the float.
Nautilus Insurance Co. filed a civil action last month, asking a judge to declare that its policy does not apply to Tyer's injury.
J. Allan Brown, an attorney for Tyer, said he believes Nautilus' action is premature because there has not even been a lawsuit, much less a judgment to pay. He also said it appears the company is trying to exempt itself from covering the very type of event that the organization got insurance for.
"The law, as I understand it, just doesn't allow that," he said.
Attorneys for the insurance company did not return several phone calls last week.
Brown made an insurance claim on behalf of his client for $2 million or the limits of the policy, whichever is less. He acknowledged that a ruling in favor of the insurance company would complicate efforts to collect on a successful lawsuit.
MAMGA for decades has rented floats from the Stripers and, in turn, leased them to various organizations. Tyer, a 37-year-old Mobile man who works for a real estate company, was riding on a float leased to Darees Hair Salon.
Brown said his client was helping a woman down the ladder after the parade when she fell, pushing his head onto the corner of the ladder.
"Health-wise, he's doing OK," Brown said. "Eye-wise, he still has problems."
Ben Laffitte, the president of MAMGA, could not be reached for comment.
Brown alleges that the design of the float was flawed, and noted that when he visited the Stripers float barn in August, the ladder had been removed.
"They had changed the whole back of the float to an ascending staircase," he said.
Gary Alidor, an attorney for the Stripers, said the change was part of a regular and ongoing process to redesign all of the organization's floats.
"We weren't even aware of" the potential lawsuit, Alidor said.
He noted that maskers from the Mystic Stripers rode on the same float two nights earlier, as they have for years.
"And no one's ever been hurt," he said.
Alidor said his organization's own insurance carrier has also taken the position that the policy does not cover the accident. At any rate, he said, the matter appears to be a dispute between Tyer and MAMGA.
"I don't see how this relates to us," he said.


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Long ago, I suppose, I reached geezerdom, but still, it really hit me when I edited a story this week about the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration under way all year. This Sunday would have been Reagan's 100th birthday. Wow! It doesn't seem that long ago that Regan was president. Yet, it's been more than 22 years since he left office.
Stewart D. McLaurin, the executive director of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, a native Alabamian and a University of Alabama graduate, writes in Sunday's Viewpoints section in The Birmingham News that it's a good time to introduce Reagan's legacy to a new generation. McLaurin writes about one of Reagan's campaigns: "The theme ... was 'Morning in America' -- an idea that resonated with so many of my generation who had grown up during the 1970s when no one was particularly optimistic about the future. Well, except for Ronald Reagan."
I remember that time well, and what a boost Reagan's campaign was to the country. "Peronally, the most important aspect of this centennial year," writes McLaurin, "is to introduce to the next generation of Americans -- those college-aged and under -- a president they never knew while alive."
Also Sunday, Adam B. Lowther, a research professor at the Air Force Research Institute at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, discusses the importance of having military bases in Alabama and across the nation. It's more than simply the economic impact of those bases on their communities. "They are a critical link between the military and the American people," Lowther writes. "This is an important point that is often overlooked." The military bases allow ordinary Americans to interact with American military personnel. That's a value which is hard to put a dollar figure on.
Randy Fuller, superintendent of Shelby County schools, makes the school system's argument for extending the 30 mills of property taxes in a Tuesday vote. This isn't a property tax increase, Fuller points out, but, rather, renewing existing taxes. News editorial writer Eddie Lard discusses similar political and fiscal dilemmas faced by Jefferson County and Birmingham. The common denominator in both is a Legislature that refuses to act in the county's or city's interest, Lard says.
All of this is in Sunday's Viewpoints section. Pay for a copy of The News, and you get a free copy of Viewpoints inside.
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We are finally expecting a girl after three boys. I never thought I would be so picky about the name, but alas, I am.
Our boys are Mason, Jackson (usually call him Jack) and Owen. We have a trend of two syllable ending in 'n' names that I would like to continue.
We have kinda narrowed it down to Lauren Marie or Allison Marie. My sisters name is Allison Marie but that isnt the reason we chose that as one of our top names. We just really like the name Allison. But we also really like the name Lauren. AHHH! I am so torn. And we are still open to other names. With all of the boys, once we heard the name, that was it. We knew that was their name, no questions asked and no second guessing. This time, I just dont know.
So what are your guys' opinions on the names?
Allison Marie or Lauren Marie.
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Supermarket retailers are responding to parental preferences by giving candy less exposure at the front end. Increasingly, retailers are using at least one candy-free checkout per store. Some stores even use the strategy for several or all of their checkout lanes. "This is a trend that will pick up steam," said Don Stuart, a partner with Cannondale Associates, a Wilton, Conn.-based marketing and sales management firm. Stuart noted that the tactic doesn't appear to be adversely affecting ...
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FENTON, Michigan -- More than a year -- and $356,400 -- later, an Argentine Township man is still waiting for his big payday.
Authorities say the local businessman thought he was making an investment to buy raw steel and sell it as a profit to a giant pharmaceutical company based in Tennessee.
Instead, authorities say the man was victimized by a serial con man who still hadn't paid back money he owed from a previous embezzlement conviction.
"He got taken," said Genesee County Prosecutor David S. Leyton.
The man apparently previously had done business with David J. Broecker, 51, of Orion Township.
Broecker reportedly claimed he had to pay cash for the steel and that the plan was to turn around and give to an unnamed machinist who would produce steel parts for a King Pharmaceuticals plant.
Without a signed contract in hand, the businessman allegedly wrote Broecker a $10,000 check at a bank inside a Fenton grocery store.
That first check in April 2008 was followed soon by more checks and cash, police said.
The businessman apparently began to have second thoughts after four months of handing over money but kept the checks coming after Broecker agreed to some promissory notes.
The final straw came in January, when the investment still had not yielded any profits.
When the businessman tried to back out, however, Broecker allegedly told him the deal would lose $250,000 a day if the steel parts weren't supplied.
Finally, in April, the businessman went to police for help.
Fenton police opened an investigation and discovered that Broecker had been convicted of embezzlement in Wayne County in 1999 for a kickback scheme in Dearborn.
In that case, Broecker stole $129,000 from an industrial supply company by inflating commission on sales that had never taken place.
Two years later, Broecker was again convicted of embezzlement in Oakland County after he was caught in another bogus sales scheme involving stainless steel rollers that he claimed were for Ford.
In the latest case, police found that Broecker never had any contract with King Pharmaceuticals for any steel and that King didn't even list him as one of its vendors.
The company also told police that its steel purchases were a small fraction of the inflated figures that Broecker had allegedly boasted in selling the Argentine businessman on the deal.
It appears that the money Broecker reportedly took was never used to buy steel, said Fenton Detective Scott Townsend.
A spokesman for the Tennessee-based King Pharmaceuticals could not be reached for comment.
Investors need to be careful when they hand over money and should research both the investment and the person taking the cash, Leyton said.
"(The businessman) was approached with the ultimate free lunch," Leyton said. "There is no free lunch."
So far, no money has been recovered.
Broecker was arrested this month and is charged with obtaining more than $20,000 under false pretenses.
The felony carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and, in this case, a $1 million fine.
Broecker could not be reached for comment, and court records indicate he has not retained an attorney.
He is free on a $20,000 bond pending a preliminary hearing Wednesday.


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Carla A. Chase, Kathryn Mann, Sarah Wasek, Marian Arbesman; Systematic Review of the Effect of Home Modification and Fall Prevention Programs on Falls and the Performance of Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Am J Occup Ther 2012;66(3):284-291. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2012.005017.
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In an address that was as much pep rally for fearful Ohio voters as a State of the State speech, Gov. Ted Strickland repeatedly proclaimed Tuesday that he believes in Ohio -- in the evident hope that Ohio will believe in him this November, when he'll be asking for a second term.
Strickland's annual address made clear that he will play offense, not defense, against Republican challenger John Kasich.
Strickland also told the Republican-run Senate and the Democrat-run House that Ohio has 5,021 fewer state employees than when he took office in January 2007, and that the state now has "fewer state employees than at any time since Ronald Reagan was in the White House." On spending and taxes, his implicit challenge to Kasich was, "Bring it on!"
Strickland proposed a raft of creative ideas that won't break the bank but could improve Ohio's jobs picture. Good politics? Sure. Talking up jobs, in good times and in bad, is what Ohio governors do.
Unfortunately for the governor, with more than one in 10 Ohioans wanting work and unable to find it, creative ideas don't pay the rent. Expectations are high.
Governors also talk up Ohio's strengths. Strickland cited steady export growth and a finding that Ohio's education system is the nation's most innovative.
All in all, Strickland tried gamely to gloss over the hard times with a positive speech. Maybe that's not a bad thing in a state suffering almost as much from a crisis of confidence as it is from a crisis in the economy. There is something to be said for positive leadership.


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Jerome Melvin said he never really gave any thought to retirement. "Growing up, I never really knew anyone who retired," he said. "What happened was they would get ill, and then they would have to stop working."
Melvin, 77, who retired July 29 as superintendent for the North Syracuse school district starts work Thursday as the interim superintendent at Central Square school district.
Melvin said he feels great and doesn't have any plans to stop working in the near future. "I enjoy what I am doing," he said. "There are times when I say to myself, 'Wow, do I really want to do this?' But I think the challenge of it all supercedes that. I'm really, by nature, a positive person, and I always believe that things can get better even in this terrible, terrible economy."
Melvin said he has worked through tough economic times in New York before.
"In the early 1990s, it was terrible financially, but by the end of 1992 you could see the economy was turning around," he said. "But this time the economic indicators are just not what we want them to be. When you look at the amount of people who are unemployed and the lack of state aid, that's pretty challenging and it's pretty scary."
But Melvin said he likes the challenge and will stay at Central Square as long as they need him.
Melvin's teaching career began in 1959 when he worked as a high school teacher in Warwick, R.I., his hometown. He worked several teaching positions and began working his way up the ladder as a school administrator.
He received his doctorate from the University of Connecticut and held two superintendent jobs, in New Hampshire and Connecticut, before taking the position of superintendent at Liverpool Central School District in 1978.
"Liverpool was a tremendous opportunity," Melvin said. "I thought I would be back in New England in three or four years, but here I am 33 years later."
Melvin led Liverpool from 1978 to 1992. He left the district to take a job as the head of the North Syracuse Central School District in 1992. Melvin retired for the first time from North Syracuse in 2000.
"When I retired from North Syracuse, I never thought about doing interims, but after a while I realized I missed it," he said. "I wasn't ready to walk away."
Between 2001 and 2004, Melvin held interim superintendent positions at these school districts: Onondaga Central, Rome city , Stockbridge Valley Central, Union Springs Central and Canastota Central. He also was interim high school principal at Rome Free Academy before returning to North Syracuse in Aug. 2005.
Melvin was a mentor to almost everyone he worked with, said Jessica Cohen, superintendent of the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES. "He is the person that we all turn to for advise on how to handle issues around education," she said. "He always has thoughtful, wise and practical help."
Stewart Amell, the superintendent for Sandy Creek school district, said he learned a lot from Melvin and called him the master of all superintendents. "I look up to him," said Amell, who was the principal of Cicero-North Syracuse High School when Melvin was superintendent. "He really understands the position of superintendent. He's very well respected and his No. 1 priority is the kids."
Melvin, who retired from North Syracuse for the second time in July, said he was worried about the district during these difficult economic times. "There was one part of me that really wanted to stay and deal with this, because I think this year is going to have major problems," he said. "But there was another part of me that felt that it was time for someone with a new perspective to step in."
Kim Dyce Faucette, from the Rochester Central School District, took over North Syracuse on Aug. 1. Dyce Faucette loses Wayne Bleau, the district's assistant superintendent for management services, on Nov. 30 when he retires.
Bleau said he actually plans to retire and relax, but he said he respects Melvin for continuing to work hard for education. "I learned a tremendous amount from him," Bleau said. "He had a philosophy to always be open and upfront with people and share information. He was an open book. He was very willing to help people."
Melvin will make $600 a day as interim superintendent at Central Square and said he is collecting about $53,000 a year from his pension. He lives in Cicero with his wife, Patricia Melvin, who works for the Syracuse City School District as a school psychologist. When he's not working, he said, he enjoys running, swimming and biking.
When it comes to settling down and relaxing, Melvin said he's not interested. "I have no plans at the present time," he said. "I will work as long they need me and want me."
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The championship wasn't on the line, but $50 grand was. Still, it was a disappointing night for Red Bull KTM's Taddy Blazusiak. With the title already wrapped up, he still came into Vegas as the only rider with a chance to nab the Triple Crown but his bid for the win at the AMA/GEICO EnduroCross finale was thwarted on the first lap after he was taken out by a hard-charging Ricky Dietrich. Making his return to the series after recuperating from a foot injury, Monster Energy Kawasaki's Dietrich showed his dominance on the extremely technical course, chasing down Christini KTM's Geoff Aaron for the overall win.
Aaron held on for second and Damon Huffman joined his Kawasaki teammate on the podium, taking third for the evening. Lucas Oil Kawasaki rider Colton Haaker finished fourth and Blasuziak was only able to salvage fifth after struggling through the rest of the main with an injured knee.
Destry Abbott – fresh off of the Baja 1000 – grabbed the holeshot in the main event and led the early charge, but it wasn't long before Aaron got by for the lead. He and Dietrich were the only two to get away clean from a first lap hang-up (the result of Dietrich center-punching Blasuziak). Aaron jumped out to a commanding early lead, but Dietrich didn't waste time reeling him in. The two went back and forth a bit before Dietrich secured the point and built up a comfortable gap of his own, taking his lead all the way to the checkered flag.
Aaron's second-place finish credited him with second overall in the championship followed by Huffman, who ends the year in third followed by Haaker and ZipTy Husqvarna's Cory Graffunder.
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- Deep tillage benefits depend on soil conditions
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- Benefits depend on soil
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"Your goal is to create fracture, so the soil has to be dry enough to shatter, not smear. To see if you're achieving this, dig between the shanks with a spade and see if the soil is loosened. If you bring up huge clods, the soil isn't shattering and it would be better to wait until it's drier. Straight shanks are going to cause the least amount of soil disturbance," Presley said.
Also, keep in mind that certain areas of the field are more compacted than others, she said. Those areas might not be ready for deep tillage at the same time as the rest of the field because compacted areas tend to stay wetter, longer.
"A case in point is a recent trip I made to a producer's farm. I observed soil shattering from deep tillage across the entire 30 inches between the shanks in the average part of the field, but in the end rows where the grain cart was driven, I dug up clods that were about one cubic foot in size, most likely because the more compacted areas were wetter."
Is deep tillage economical? "Only if a root-limiting layer is really present, and even then this is a costly operation (because) it requires a lot of power to go deep. Deep tillage is slow-going and the implements are not very wide. As a result, deep tillage requires a lot of operator time, diesel fuel, and usually a few shear bolts!" Presley said.


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If your truck has the fog lights there are 6 bolts (4 bolts w/o fogs) to remove the bumper. You need to remove the grill for access to the two big bolts that go through the frame. Then the fun starts. There are probably close to 40 bolts and clips holding all the bumper pieces together. I took mine apart on the carpet in the living room to prevent scratches. There are 2 white plastic clips per side that the bumper endcaps snap into that break really easy. Be careful prying on these. You will see them once you start taking it apart. I don't have a pic of them.
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Growing is an act of faith and foresight. Faith because you plant these seeds, tiny embodiments of life, small parcels of potential, and you trust that with the proper conditions and care, they will grow. Foresight because in farming and gardening, you are always thinking seasons ahead, anticipating the earth's next rotation.
We choose varieties and plan successions while the days are short and the thermometer practices nose-dives. We sow our first seeds in the greenhouse with snow blanketing the ground. But we know that the seasons will change, and this is why, even in the height of summer, when our fields are frantic with growth, we need to slide our attention briefly to focus on planning for harvests in the waning light of fall.
There are many crops that can be planted in mid- to late-summer for fall harvests. Crops like carrots, broccoli, cabbage, kale, and cauliflower thrive under fall's cooler growing conditions and can withstand light—and in some cases even heavy—frosts. However, timing is essential in ensuring a successful fall harvest.
Determining Planting Dates
As a first step, it is important to know the date of first frost in your growing area. If you don't already know when this is, talk to other growers or check out a previous blog article on Fall Planting Guides By Region. It is also important to remember that plants' growth rates slow down as the days get shorter; crops that you had a hard time keeping up with in the spring will be noticeably slower to mature in the fall.
Virginia Cooperative Extension has a handy formula to help you determine when to plant for fall harvest:
- Take your first frost date for your area
- Subtract the number of days from seeding or transplanting outdoors to harvest (this is the days to maturity)
- Subtract the number of days from seed to transplant if you start your own seed
- Subtract the average harvest period (this is the length of time you expect to be harvesting your crop)
- Subtract the Fall Factor (about two weeks)
- This equals your fall planting date
So, for example, if we say that here in Northern Vermont, our first frost date is October 1st and we want to figure out when to plant De Cicco broccoli for fall harvest, we could approach it like this:
The High Mowing Organic Seeds catalog lists the days to maturity for De Cicco broccoli at 48 days from transplant. So, we need to add another 4 weeks, or 28 days, for the time from seed to transplant. De Cicco has a long harvest window, so let's say 21 days for the harvest period.
- 48 days to maturity
- 28 days seed to transplant
- 15-20 days harvest period
- 10-14 days Fall Factor
So, about 100 days before October 1st means that you'll want to seed your fall broccoli around June 15th.
Some Stand-Out Varieties for Fall Harvest and Storage
Yaya F1 carrots – Sweet, uniformly straight and cylindrical. Yaya F1 is a beautiful carrot variety and is perfect for the fall for several reasons. One is that it is a quick growing variety, so it works well for fall succession plantings or later planting dates. Another is that it has been a stand-out in our carrot storage trials for sweetness.
Deadon F1 cabbage – Deadon F1 is a savoyed cabbage with gorgeous color: purple-red blush on the outer leaves overlaying a lime green interior. This variety is amazingly cold tolerant and can withstand several frosts or freezes, which only make its flavor sweeter. Deadon F1 is a late maturing variety so does require some advance planning.
Impala F1 cabbage – Impala F1 also takes a long time to mature, but this is our longest storing cabbage variety – up to 4-6 months! It's a round, green cabbage that can be used for fresh eating, cooking or kraut.
Primax cabbage – If you still want cabbage in your fall garden but you don't have time to plant Deadon F1 or Impala F1 then Primax is a great choice. It won't store as long, nor will it tolerate freezing temperatures, but its eating quality is more tender and juicy.
Fiesta F1 broccoli – This is a quality variety that does very nicely in the fall. The harvest window is fairly concentrated, which is great for CSAs, an end of season market splash, or a fall vegetable processing party!
Siberian kale – Most varieties of kale will tolerate cold temperatures and frost well, and develop more sweetness for it. However, Siberian kale has shown itself to be a particularly cold hardy variety.
Bandit leek – A stout shorty of a variety but one that withstands cold temperatures and frosts very well. With mulching, this variety can hold in the field through much of the winter.
Renegade F1 spinach – Heavy leaves on Renegade F1 give this variety a lot of weight, and as a result this was the highest yielding variety in our overwintering spinach trials. It is also fast-growing, deep green and tasty!


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I found a site that I can log what I eat in a day and it tells me how many calories, grams of fat, carbs etc.
I'm wondering if there is a site that will also tell me my %'s as in, how much of what I ate was fat, protein etc.
I know I could take hours (for me anyway) to figure it out mathematically, but .....I'm too lazy and busy for that.
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Al Sharpton prepares for MSNBC's Essence coverage. TV tweet of the day so far. TV Tuesday.
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Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation," has attended every Essence Festival, so he has watched the event grow in stature on both the musical side and through the speeches and seminars that pack the parallel Empowerment Experience. So he was delighted to sit in on a recent discussion between Michelle Ebanks, Essence Communications president, and Phil Griffin, MSNBC president. The topic: MSNBC having a presence at this summer's festival, which launches Thursday (July 4).
"Phil is probably the most creative guy I know, and he could see the energy that we were both feeling," Sharpton said during a recent phone interview. "It's the vision of where he wants to go with MSNBC -- identifying people on the ground with real-life experiences in all kinds of communities. We are a diverse country, and this shows some of the diversity in the country.
"You've got to remember, when you're talking (Sunday Essence headliner) Beyonce, you're not talking a black artist anymore, you're talking about everybody's artist. There was a time when you had soul and rhythm-and-blues acts, and then you had pop acts. You had Elvis and James Brown. Beyonce now is Elvis and James Brown.
"This is something that Phil could really see and put his arms around. I don't think any of us had any idea he'd put this amount of investment in and have all of us, not just me. I think it's a testimony to his kind of commitment to bringing Americans to America."
Based on a set in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, MSNBC's coverage will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Sharpton's show will cap each weekend day at noon.
"I think we'll talk about issues we talk about every day," he said. "What's going on in the country, all the way from what comes out of the Supreme Court decisions to what's going on with the president, what's going on with jobs.
"Then we'll talk about motivational things, and what to do about family and what to do about gun violence. Things we talk about every day.
"If you watch my show or my colleagues' shows, we don't have a black show or Latino show. We have shows that everyone can relate to, because it's about Americans. I think the mistake people at the network have made in the past is that they've tried to give people a la carte rather than a smorgasbord."
That's the same approach that Sharpton, a veteran Essence attendee and featured speaker, would suggest to a festival first-timer.
"I think they should be willing to go and have the total experience," he said. "Don't just tour around and wait on the concerts. Go to the workshops and the speeches, and go to the showcases. Go to the exhibit hall. They're going to see major corporations doing things they have not seen. That's the whole Essence experience. It's not just a music festival. It's a life festival."
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Back in the days of segregation all the classes lived together in Black neighborhoods. No more. So if the Black middle class expands would that mean folk would expand away from Blackness itself and forget where they came from?
Essence was a magazine that said hell no. It was a lifestyle publication that spoke of Blackness in a middle class context that made it clear that here was no reason why the two couldn't and shouldn't fit together. Essence has served an important role in the community and I'm thankful they looked out for me when no one else did but they were helping me long before that.
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great video
hmmm, thanks.
My assertion (which I'm certain is correct) is that committing to the use of he or she-- however arbitrarily-- is more correct than using "they" in reference to a single individual, since that simply makes no sense.
In this particular context, in the few short months I've been playing the game, I've already discovered chess books that consistently refer to White as he, and Black as she. Of course, it would not have mattered in the slightest bit whether the inverse was used, but the point is it makes sense.
I often use "they" as a gender-neutral singular in place of he/she. Perhaps my reading comprehension is as deficient as my grammar, but I don't see a suggestion for improvement in your comment. As in chess, something is only a mistake if you can suggest a better alternative. I'd love to hear one on this question, as it is something I've thought about fruitlessly in the past.
Forgive me for being "that guy" but, Mr. Pruess, as you or anyone who has ever played is well aware, chess is not a team game. Therefore, referring to either of Black or White as "they" makes no sense whatsoever, and is just really lousy grammar.
I truly do not mean to antagonize you, so I hope no one in this thread will find my plea objectionable, but I simply find it distracting to repeatedly hear "they" in reference to a single individual.
The absence of a gender-neutral, singular pronoun in the English language is a tedious quirk, so I have no doubt very few other viewers find this bothersome. However, if we're playing the Royal Game, shouldn't we strive to speak the King's English?
At the beginning of the video I am using the same definition: the amount of squares the pieces have behind the pawns. The endgame situation is indeed a different one. There are no longer many pieces, so how many squares you have for them has become less relevant. Thinking it over again, it's more about "having advanced pawns" than about "having a space advantage" at that point. But this is one of the transitions you can make from a middlegame with a space advantage, to an endgame where you have some breakthrough possible with your advanced pawns, so it makes sense to cover it here.
IM Pruess is using 2 slightly different definitions of space. In his first video he said that space would be the number of save squares for your own pieces but in this video he uses space in the meaning of "how advanced the own pawns are".
Excellent vid, thanks
it is one of the standard uses of a space advantage :)
BTW David, I have never considered a successful breakthrough determined by a space advantage and I don't remember having heard something like that. Quite interesting! Is this the standard way of considering it or is it something like a conclusion of yours?
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I'm speechless. Being an IM or a GM is one thing, but being skilled enough to provide such learning material is something that few people are. Thanks, David!
Very well explained. I hope I will remember it when the time comes...
awwww, thanks!
upgrading my account just to see this video
hey Dave i live in CA to and awesome video
very welcome!
Great lucid explanations, David...thanks !
Thanks a lot! I think this will really improve my middle-end game! :D
Love yer vids dude!
you're welcome; glad you liked them!
I really enjoyed all of these videos and will be looking for more. Thanks Dave!
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In the climax to his mini video series on space in chess, IM Pruess summarizes for us what it really means to "build strength", displays the potential of a space advantage when it exists on one side of the board, and finally, he reviews two excellent examples that show the power of space (or advanced pawns) in the endgame.
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In the past, Alyssa Seaver of Rothbury braved long lines, insane crowds and sleep deprivation to get hot buys at huge discounts the morning after Thanksgiving.
• Electronics, warm clothing and smaller home appliances will be big sellers this year, says Frank Krol, manager of JCPenney in The Lakes Mall.
• The layaway is making a comeback. Both Kmart and Sears are marketing their layaway programs this season.
Friday is Black Friday, the biggest sales day of the year for retailers across the country. It's a day when retail budgets can go from red to black.
But getting up before the crack of dawn wasn't in the cards for Seaver and her husband, Terry. Not this morning.
They started Christmas shopping last week during a trip to The Lakes Mall.
The buzz items on their children's lists: An iPod, a Gameboy, a Nintendo DS and a Leapster.
"Electronics are big this year," Alyssa Seaver said. "We're definitely trying to put a dent in our Christmas shopping early."
As for getting up at 4 a.m. or earlier to join the throngs of shoppers, Terry Seaver said: "That's just crazy."
Meanwhile, the quirkiest gift of the year at retailers like JCPenney could be the Marshmallow Blaster, a gun that shoots marshmallows 40 feet.
"They're used at parties and fun times," said Frank Krol, manager of JCPenney in The Lakes Mall.
He said electronics, warm clothing and smaller home appliances like griddles will be big sellers this year.
"This is a different Christmas from most years because of the economy, we all know that," he said. "People are going back to the basics with flannel sleepwear, flannel sheets and warm coats."
He said sales prior to Black Friday were up for winter jackets, gloves and boots because of early snowfall.
"But as far as the hot, hot items, it's still going to be electronics," he said.
Another hot item is the a kid's digital camera for $18.88, he said.
On Black Friday, JCPenney gives away free Mickey Mouse snow globes to early shoppers.
"Everybody wants them because they're free," he said.
It's part of the many promotions retailers across the nation will be using to get wary shoppers into their stores.
Nationally, projections are not promising for retailers. The Dow Jones Newswire predicts holiday sales could be the worst in two decades, while gift card sales are expected to drop 5.6 percent.
Krol said his outlook is "conservative."
"People are changing their buying habits, we can see that now," Krol said. "I would say it's going to be a tougher Christmas, there's no way around it with all the unemployment going around."
Terry Strait, who manages Muskegon's Apple Avenue Kmart, said the big item at his store this Black Friday is the Nintendo Wii.
He expected the gaming systems to fly off the shelves.
"I don't know how many we have, but it's not going to be enough," he said.
He also expected a run on televisions.
Unlike many retailers, Kmart retained its layaway option -- a program many other retailers disbanded in the past because of lack of use. But with more people adhering to strict home budgets, national retail analysts expect to see more shoppers seeking the layaway option.
With layaways, a shopper puts money down on an item and can pay weekly or monthly until that item is paid off.
Both Kmart and Sears are marketing their layaway programs this season.
Many shoppers previously turned to same-as-cash financing -- meaning they can take merchandise home immediately and pay it off over time. Interest is charged only if shoppers don't pay off the items in a set period -- usually 12 months and 24 months for larger items.
But with credit qualifications stiffer, and more shoppers wanting to avoid delayed interest payments, Kmart's Strait said the layaway option "has been a big plus for us this season."
Yet, shoppers are continuing to use "plastic" as well, Strait said.
"People who have credit cards are still using them," he said. "We're doing a good layaway business this year because we're advertising it more, but I don't see it taking away from the number of people using credit cards."


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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in northeast Pennsylvania are investigating after a woman was found dead in her swimming pool.
The Lackawanna County coroner said Saturday that the death of 59-year-old Lisa Marie Adalian is considered suspicious.
Adalian's body was discovered Friday in the pool at her home in North Abington Township.
Coroner Tim Rowland tells The Times-Tribune of Scranton that an autopsy will be performed.
More from the Times-Tribune:
Ms. Adalian appeared in TV shows, such as "One Life to Live" and movies, including "The Entity," "Torchlight," and "A Bunny's Tale," all filmed in the 1980s. She's listed on Internet Movie Database under her maiden name, Lisa Marie Gurley.
Ms. Adalian's mother declined to comment on Saturday. Friends of Ms. Adalian said she was a talented, charismatic woman who loved nature, music and entertaining guests at her home on Manning Road.


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Northshore Chamber of Commerce begins membership drive
The Northshore Chamber of Commerce will launch their Membership Drive Jan. 30-Feb. 1. at GTE's Canyon Park facility. Team captains are Jim Mahar of Kenmore Chiropractic, Brad Norton of First Interstate Bank, and Bill Smallwood of American Mutual Financial Services. Businesses interested in joining the Chamber during the drive can call 486-1245 for information.
Woodinville Chamber holds Appreciation Dinner
Hollywood Schoolhouse will be the host for the Woodinville Chamber of Commerce 1996 Annual Appreciation Dinner, Friday, Jan. 26 from 6 to 9:30 pm. Featured speaker is Phil Smart Sr., Mercedes-Benz dealer, talking on "The Third Eight." There will be special award presentations and the installation of the 1996 Chamber Board of Directors. Call the Chamber, 481-8300, for reservations and information.
Broadcast for investors
Peggy Shannon-Brown, the Edward Jones investment representative in Bothell, will host a satellite broadcast for investors Jan. 31, with an interview with Andrew Grove, chief executive officer and president of Intel Corp. Call 481-4682.


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The Swedish Democrats recently won big in the Swedish elections. They took 20 of the 349 seats in the country's assembly in September. It was the first time the Swedish Democrats won, denying the governing centre-right coalition an overall majority.
The Swedish Democrats have been one of the few brave political parties to speak out against the islamization of Europe and the goosesteppers. They have been mercilessly attacked in the mainstream media.
Predictably, they're charged with being "racist" and "neo-Nazi," and predictably, they're neither, as you can see from this pdf. They're actually a staunchly pro-democracy, pro-human rights, pro-Israel party that is making a strong stand against Islamization and the stealth jihad in Sweden. (Visual evidence of the party's actual nature comes in the photo above: Ekeroth is Jewish, and Assai an immigrant to Sweden from Iran).
Spencer spoke in Sweden at the invitation of the Sweden Democrats last July; you can see the videos here and here.
Spencer in Sweden last July with Kent Ekeroth and Daniel Assai of the Sweden Democrats
Now comes this horrible news: (hat tip Lisa)
A young municipal representative, David, of the party Sweden Democrats in Malmö was yesterday night kidnapped by two arabic speaking youths. They forced him to let them in to his apartment.Where they tortured him, beat him and abused him for twenty minutes.
They also cut out an swastiska in his forehead with a knife.
Before they left they also stole his computer and money.
All this because David is a strong guy that dares to criticise islam.
David was also knife-attacked by masked persons in March this year. And he is always using a protectionwest and protectionspray when he moves around in Malmö. Yesterday he just left his apartment to get rid of some garbage, and the attackers was waiting outside his house.
After the attack in March, David kept on with his hard work for Sweden Democrats. After yesterdays attack, he doesn´t know if he can do it any more. David is now hiding in a secret location.
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Masked man attacked the politician
MALMO. Knife proof vest and spray attack - everyday for SDU-politician David Von Arnold Antoni. The day before he was attacked by a political opponent in Malmo.
- He made a stab at me with the knife, but I jumped back. Otherwise, I had been hit in the stomach.
March 17, 2010 ambushed by knife armed man in the night
Tuesday was tough for David Von Arnold Antoni, Sweden Democratic ungpolitiker in Malmö two years ago.
- We had a stall at the Media School. All of a sudden it exploded. One student threw eggs. The atmosphere became aggressive and someone said "you never know what can happen when you are doing such things, it can end badly," said David Von Arnold Antoni.
He has grown accustomed to attacks, "he says. At public meetings, he carries a knife safety vest under your clothing that protects against stabs, cuts and blows. But in the evening, when he was on his way to Hemköp and took the road past St John's Church in Malmö to check out concert program for her mother, when he was normally dressed.
Sprayed the offender
- In addition to the church jumped a masked guy in me: "Stay away from our school, bloody racist." He made a stab at me with a knife and I jumped backwards.
David Von Arnold Antoni sprayed the offender with assault red spray in the face and then fled. He hid in a bush and called the police. The patrol came to the place searched with dogs, but lost track of Pildammsparken.
- I was pretty spoiled when. I was about to throw up when I sat in the police car.
No one suspected
No witness saw the attack. The perpetrator is probably colored red in one part of the face and hands. But Malmo police have no suspects for the assassination attempt.
- No, there is not much to go on, "said public relations officer Anders Lindell.
Agneta Nilsson, president of Media School, followed up the chaos on Tuesday.
- There was discussion, but that they have to have, that's why they come. But I have apologized for the sake of pupils of egg throwing, "says headmaster Agneta Nilsson.
David Von Arnold Antoni remains at number 13 on the SD list, the Malmö City Council.
- Lets you keep them on, they may decide. The society is headed in the wrong direction if you will not be able to say what you think.


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Ryan Hipwood
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At 27 years old Ryan Hipwood is one of the most well-respected and recognizable big wave chargers in the world. As an accomplished free-surfer, Hippo found his niche in the surfing world by discovering the art of Big Wave surfing. In 2009, Ryan was runner-up in the prestigious Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards for surfing a monster wave at Shipsterns, Tasmania that nearly took his life. And in 2012 he was nominated for Billabong XXL Ride of the Year for his massive backhand barrel at Cloud Break, Fiji.
Hippo is always pushing the limits and is constantly searching the globe on an endless quest to find the biggest, most perfect waves. It is this passion for chasing monster slabs and fearless nature that has made Ryan one of the most photographed and respected surfers in the world.


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That bobbled snap on an extra point looms large for Auburn at halftime.
Georgia leads 7-6, thanks to the bobble and Wes Byrum missing on a 42-yard field goal attempt into the wind with 23 seconds left in the second quarter.
One of the oddest sights has been tight end-turned-defensive end Gabe McKenzie playing tight end again...out of nowhere. He moved before the season started, but he's back on offense in Game 11. He even has a 6-yard reception.
Halftime stats:
Auburn 134 total yards, 51 rushing.
Georgia 203 total yards, 110 passing


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Carbon monoxide-poisoned Auckland family in stable condition
Monday 26 Nov 2012 4:08 p.m.
A family of five is in hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning after using a petrol generator to power the appliances in their house. They were found semi-conscious after one of them managed to ring a friend for help.
Neighbours are now questioning why they moved in before the electricity was connected.
Neighbours say the family of five had moved into their West Auckland home just hours before emergency services were saving their lives.
The family, believed to be of Indian descent and aged from nine to 53, were desperate for power and had spent the previous two days asking neighbours if they could hook up to theirs.
"He just out of the blue asked if he could borrow power," says neighbour Ian Campbell. "And I said no. It's illegal."
3 News has been told the power company wouldn't connect power at the new house until today. So yesterday, the family set up a petrol generator in their garage.
Mr Campbell said at 10pm the house was, in his words, "lit up like a Christmas tree".
"About two minutes later I heard a scream," says Mr Campbell. "I came outside and I thought they were arguing. At the same time I heard what I thought was a lawn mower. And I thought, 'That's strange. Who would want to mow the lawns at that time?'"
Two hours later the family was violently ill, vomiting and semi-conscious, poisoned from carbon monoxide from the generator.
One occupant managed to ring a friend, begging for help.
"It was a generator inside, a diesel generator inside," says Mr Campbell. "It is an accident waiting to happen. Any of them are lucky to be alive."
Mr Campbell is a builder. He said the house wasn't safe to live in.
"They don't even have a driveway. Go figure. The house isn't finished."
Mr Campbell believes the family owns the home. He doesn't think they'll be back. The house was being aired all day, while fire and police investigated.
The five occupants of the house are now in the North Shore Hospital in a stable condition. They will remain there for a few days.
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A Roselle Park resident was arrested just before 2 a.m. on May 14 following a motor vehicle stop on South Avenue near Thomas Street, police said.
Sandra Meo, 53, was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and issued motor vehicle summonses for failure to observe a traffic signal, failure to keep right, failure to turn, being uninsured and failing to maintain lamps, police said.
Meo was released with a Cranford Municipal Court, police said.


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FRANKFURT, Germany — Daimler AG saw its second-quarter profits swell by nearly a third though revenues came in below expectations amid signs of a growth slowdown in China.
In a statement Wednesday, the company revealed that net profit was up around 30 percent at $2.5 billion. Mercedes did well, posting its strongest quarter ever with operating earnings rising 14 percent, even as red-hot sales growth in China eased.
Sales of trucks in North America rose 47 percent from a year ago to 27,315, while orders for new trucks increased 66 percent, the company said.
Daimler Trucks North America, formerly known as Freightliner, is based in Portland. The company said last month it was hiring 1,400, including 155 at its North Portland truck plant, in coming months. It said it already had added 1,300 new positions in the first half of the year.
The company estimates its Freightliner and Western Star truck sales improved their market share slightly among Class 8 vehicles so far this year to 33 percent. But it said it's gained 6 percentage points among lighter Class 6-7 trucks in the first half of 2011 and now holds 34.7 percent of that market.
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, who also heads the Mercedes division, told a journalists' conference call, that Mercedes' growth in China slowed considerably, to 8 percent compared to the 82 percent surge recorded in the first quarter.
Mercedes' sales in China stood at 52,498 in the quarter, just shy of the company's longtime profit center in the United States, where Mercedes sold 54,193 vehicles. Mercedes earnings still rose thanks to high profit margins overall and a good model mix in China — tilted toward higher priced SUVs and luxury cars.
The slowdown in the Chinese growth rate may help explain why overall revenues rose only 5 percent. That was short of analyst expectations, and the company's shares slipped.
Daimler traded down 2.4 percent in morning trade in Frankfurt.
Nevertheless, the company said 2011 would turn out better than expected and that operating earnings would "very significantly exceed" last year's results. Earnings of €1.51 a share in the second quarter outstripped expectations of €1.43.
Stuttgart-headquartered Daimler and German competitors BMW AG and Volkswagen AG have turned in strong earnings in recent quarters thanks to rapidly rising demand in emerging markets such as China, along with the recovery in sales in the United States.
"With our excellent first half of the year, we are fully on schedule to turn 2011 into one of the most successful years in our long corporate history," Zetsche said in a statement.
Analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein said the company's profit margins of 10.7 percent at Mercedes and 9.2 percent at the vans business were "great" but that the company's earnings basically confirmed existing expectations for a good year.
"These are strong results, but we had hoped for more due to Mercedes regional mix (very strong in China)," they said in a note to investors.
Bernstein's analysts said that as good as they are, Daimler's margins may lag its peers. Volkswagen reports Friday while BMW releases its earnings on Aug. 3.
As well as a strong performance in the Mercedes Benz Cars division, earnings were also up at the company's separate truck, Mercedes van, and financial services divisions. Only its bus-making operation showed lower profits, but still made €61 million.
Zetsche said the company could do still better. "We're not in the highest gear," he said on a conference call with journalists. "We can do more."
The company is readying a new version of its smaller Mercedes B-Class car for the Frankfurt auto show in September.
-- The Associated Press; Brent Hunsberger contributed


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Now you don't have to join the squad to get the threads. This cheer-inspired skirt features classic pleat detail, elastic at the waist, and back zip/button closure. Unlined.
The Details
Waist: 30"/76cm
Length: 16"/41cm
Circa: 90s
Label: Tail
Marked Size: 12
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Color: Seafoam
Fabric: Polyester
Condition: Good vintage condition
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Save the Date! Maine Summit on Aging - Friday, January 17th, 2014
November 25, 2013
Date: Friday, January 17, 2014
Time: 8:30am - 3pm
Location: Augusta Civic Center North Wing
Click here to view a Save the Date flyer for the event
The rapid aging of Maine's population and workforce has significant implications for Maine's economic growth and is challenging employers, health and education systems, municipalities and state leaders to find innovative ways to attract and retain workers, create new housing and transportation opportunities for older adults, and deliver supports and services to keep people healthy and thriving in their homes and communities.
Maine has the opportunity to be a national leader in developing strategies to solve these challenges. This Summit on Aging will build on the vision and ideas generated by business, higher education, philanthropic and policy leaders at the Speaker's Round Table Discussions on Aging held this fall. Ideas generated at both events will be used to create a short-range plan to be implemented in the coming months and years. We need your participation and bright ideas to help Maine lead in the creation of an Aging Friendly Maine made up of Aging Friendly Communities.
Open to the public. Registration fee is $20.00; scholarships available. Anyone who is interested in the future of Maine's economy should attend, including leaders in business, finance, industry, public policy, higher education, health care, housing development, philanthropy, social services, public safety and local and state governance.
The agenda for the day will be available shortly. However, if you know you want to attend, you can register at www.maine4a.org/summitregistration.
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I wish to commend the community, the Mardi Gras Indians and the New Orleans Police Department for a very enjoyable and colorful St. Joseph's Day at Washington and LaSalle streets.
I was there for seven hours and enjoyed the beauty and the pageantry of the Indians. Each tribe seemed to appear from out of nowhere and from four different directions in their feathers accompanied by a drummer. It was magical.
The 6th District police, along with their commander, Capt. Robert Bardy, did a fabulous job of traffic and crowd control and mingled with the participants and parade-goers. It was an evening of great enjoyment for everyone.
Nowhere else in the country do people enjoy themselves in such unique ways.
Coleen Perilloux Landry


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Which is the champion of the sauces? Which you could least do without in your kitchen? We pitched 16 classic sauces against each other and asked leading chefs, if they had to lose one from their kitchen, which sauce they would keep and why. Tom Vaughan follows the action
Sauce vierge
Literally meaning "virgin sauce", it was popularised in the 1980s by Michel Guérard at Eugénie-les-Bains. The sauce can be plain, with just butter, lemon juice and some salt and pepper or can include chopped tomatoes, garlic and chopped herbs. It can be eaten cold or hot with shellfish or white-fleshed fish.
Originating in Genoa, the name pesto comes from pestâ - meaning "to pound" or "to crush", in reference to the sauce's crushed herbs and garlic. Large quantities of basil are ground with garlic, pine nuts and Parmesan cheese, with olive oil added gradually. It is served with pasta, fish, poultry or meats.
Demi glace
A rich brown sauce in French cuisine used by itself or as a base for other sauces. The term comes from the French word glace, which used in reference to a sauce means icing or glaze. The recipe, according to Escoffier, involves combining equal parts of veal stock and sauce espagnole.
Soy sauce
Used in China for the past two millennia, soy sauce is made from a fermented mixture of soya bean, wheat, water and sugar and comes in light and dark varieties such as tamari, a dark sauce made without wheat. It has the same nutritional value as meat extract, improves with age and is also used as a marinade.
Another French mother sauce, it first appears in cookbooks around the 17th century and, apparently, mimicked a Dutch invention. An emulsion of butter and lemon juice using egg yolks, it should be made in a well-tinned copper or stainless steel sauté pan as aluminium will turn it greenish. It also forms the backbone of classic dishes such as eggs Benedict and brill cherubin, and the foundation of other sauces including Chantilly, maltaise, Mikado and mustard sauce.
Bread sauce
Another bastion of the English table, the sauce is a sole survivor of the medieval bread-thickened sauces. Traditional British bread sauce is made with milk, butter or cream, and breadcrumbs, flavoured with onion, salt, cloves, pepper and bay leaf, with the fat from roasting often added, too. It typically accompanies turkey, chicken or game birds. The use of slightly stale bread is optimal, making it an economical way of using up leftover bread.
Sauce tomate
The sauce tomate of classical French cooking, as defined by Escoffier, consists of butter, salt belly of pork, flour, carrots, onions, bay leaves, thyme, tomato purée or fresh tomatoes, white stock, garlic, salt, sugar, and pepper. It plays a large part in Italian cooking, with varieties ranging from Puttanesca to Bolognese.
Velouté sauce
One of the French mother sauces, made by thickening chicken, white veal or fish stock with a golden roux. Not only does it provide the base for a whole host of other sauces, including allemande, caper, poulette and mushroom sauces but it can also be used to make smooth, fine but rich soups.
Espagnol sauce
Another mother sauce of French cuisine, Larouse Gastronomique defines it as a brown stock to which a brown roux and a mirepoix are added, followed by tomato purée. Cooking takes several hours and the sauce needs to be skimmed, stirred and strained. It is the basis for a large number of derivative brown sauces such as Robert, genevoise, bordelaise, Bercy, Madeira and Périgueux.
Gravy may seem as English as cricket but, in fact, it first appeared in Middle English as gravé and is a French derivation. The original medieval meaning was almost identical to today; the gravé consisted of the natural cooking juices that flowed from spit-roasted meat, although these days flour, wine, champagne, chicken stock are often added.
One of the mother sauces of French cuisine, béchamel, also known as white sauce, is a basic sauce that is used as a base for others, such as Mornay sauce. It was named after Louis de Béchameil (1630-1703), a rich tax farmer who based his creation on an earlier sauce made from cream. It is a big hitter with egg, vegetable and gratin dishes.
Known to practically every Briton since birth, custard has been a part of the English cuisine since the 14th century. Recipes for custards baked in pastry appear in early cookery books, while others include ingredients such as meat, fish and fruit. The French call it crème anglaise, and it's a mix of sugar, egg yolks and hot milk, often flavoured with vanilla.
The most likely etymology of mayonnaise is that it is a corruption of moyeunaise, derived from the old French word moyeu, which means yolk of egg. Mayonnaise is made by simply adding oil very slowly to an egg yolk, while whisking vigorously to disperse the oil. From it come a whole family of sauces, including aïoli, tartare sauce and ranch sauce.
Sauce gribiche
Sauce gribiche is a mayonnaise-style cold egg sauce in the French cuisine, made by emulsifying hard-boiled egg yolks and mustard with a neutral oil such as canola or grapeseed. The sauce is finished with chopped pickles, capers, parsley, chervil and tarragon. It also includes hard-boiled egg whites cut in a julienne. It is served with chicken and fish.
The word means "sauce" in Spanish. Mexican salsas were traditionally produced using the mortar and pestle-like molcajete. Salsas include salsa roja, usually made with cooked tomatoes, chili peppers, onion, garlic, and fresh cilantro and pico de gallo ("rooster's beak") made with raw tomatoes, lime juice, chilli peppers, onions, and cilantro leaves.
Béarnaise sauce
A classic hot creamy sauce made from egg yolks and reduced vinegar, whisked together over a low heat and mixed with butter, usually served with grilled meat or fish. Sauces derived from it, such as arlesienne, Choron and Foyot, involve extra ingredients. The name is probably derived from King Henry IV of France, who was born in Béarn.
VIERGE vs PESTO
Judge: Steve Love, former head chef, Juliannas at Cotswold House hotel, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
"I prefer sauce vierge for its fresh, light taste, it's a good option for people with dietary needs. Also my brassiere chef likes to put pesto on everything and losing that, if only for a short time would be good therapy for him."
Winner: Sauce vierge
SOY vs DEMI GLACE
Judge: Pete Weeden, head chef, Paternoster Chophouse, London
"Well for me it's simple, even for a British restaurant we need soy for those impromptu sashimi moments with our stunning Kernow Sashimi fish."
Winner: soy
HOLLANDAISE vs BREAD SAUCE
Judge: Martin Burge, executive chef, Whatley Manor, Wiltshire
"Guests would miss it big time and chefs would be scratching their heads with menus. Imagine no eggs Benedict for breakfast, or English asparagus without it. It's a great base ingredient too."
Winner: Hollandaise
VELOUTE vs SAUCE TOMATE
Judge: Will Holland, head chef, La Becasse, Ludlow, Shropshire
"Keep the velouté, definitely! A sauce like that from the classic repertoire is so important as a base in any kitchen, before any modern interpretation can take place."
Winner: velouté
ESPAGNOL vs GRAVY
Judge: Matthew Tomkinson, head chef, Montagu Arms, Beaulieu, Hampshire
"I don't think I have ever made espagnol but I make gravy every Sunday so not too difficult a choice! The gravy has to stay."
Winner: gravy
BECHAMEL vs CUSTARD
Judge: Henry Dimbleby, co-founder, Leon
"A total mismatch. Custard every time. Béchamel is the 'Walkman' of sauces - the height of refinement in its day, but now too heavy and not as much fun as it seemed at the time. Whereas custard is a timeless pleasure and surely a shoe-in for the final."
Winner: custard
MAYONNAISE vs SAUCE GRIBICHE
Judge: Andrew McLeish, executive chef, Chapter One, Farnborough, Kent
"Mayonnaise is the king of sauces, we make it on site here and from it we make the sauce gribiche. Bought mayonnaise is never a patch on the real McCoy - there is nothing better than dipping fresh prawns in mayonnaise."
Winner: mayonnaise
SALSA vs BEARNAISE SAUCE
Judge: Bjorn van der Horst, chef-proprietor, the Eastside Inn, Clerkenwell, London
"Salsa: I like to dance!"
Winner (dubiously): salsa
GRAVY vs CUSTARD
Judge: James Mackenzie, chef-proprietor, the Pipe and Glass Inn, South Dalton, Yorkshire
"It's got to be gravy. Where would roast beef and Yorkshire puddings be without that?"
Winner: gravy
MAYONNAISE vs SALSA
Judge: Shaun Rankin, chef, the Bohemia restaurant, Jersey
"I'm much more of a mayonnaise than a salsa man, because it's so varied. I use it a lot with seafood and you can spice it up, make saffron or herb mayonnaise, put in some wholegrain mustard. The eggs you use are very important."
Winner: mayonnaise
HOLLANDAISE vs VELOUTE
Judge: David Cavalier, director of food, Charlton House
"Velouté is more versatile and can be used for chicken, veal and fish. The traditional and more modern way of making it means it's very versatile. It can even be turned into soups."
Winner: velouté
SAUCE VIERGE vs SOY
Judge: Jason Atherton, executive chef, Maze, London
"Vierge was made famous by Marco Pierre White in the 1990s, yet soy has so much heritage that it's never going to fall out of favour - whereas vierge has to some extent. Soy will never stop being used, it will always be there even after we're long-gone off this planet!"
Winner: soy
GRAVY vs MAYONNAISE
Judge: Bruce Poole, chef-proprietor, Chez Bruce, Wandsworth, London
"Mayonnaise is quicker and more satisfying to make, whereas gravy takes donkeys' years. We always make it by hand with raw egg yolks, and it's pleasing to make because it's so quick. Nice quality white wine vinegar, decent fresh mustard and nice fresh vegetable oil are crucial and it's a nice vehicle for other things."
Winner: mayonnaise
VELOUTE vs SOY
Judge: Anton Edelmann, chef-patron, Anton's, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
"The winner hands down has to be velouté, just because of its versatility. Soy is very specific and you can only use it quite restrictively - with fish and marinades of course. Velouté goes beautifully with chicken, or even better, saddle of veal - it's delicious."
Winner: Velouté
VELOUTE vs MAYONNAISE
Judge: Alain Roux, chef-patron, the Waterside Inn, Bray, Berkshire
"So difficult, but mayonnaise. It goes with everything, vegetables, fish or meat - against velouté which might be more difficult as a combination - and it's got eggs in it and I love eggs. A cold mayonnaise makes a lovely accompaniment to cooked eggs, it can go with vegetables as a crudité or warmish vegetables cooked a l'anglais or with fish or meat.
It's brilliant for seasoning salads as well, and the beauty of mayonnaise is that you can use any oil and flavour it depending on what you're serving it with and what you're feeling is. You can do it very quickly by hand, you don't need any equipment or electricity. My favourite way is with asparagus or poached salmon, or sometimes just with French fries - obviously triple-cooked by Heston!" he laughs.
"It's the first sauce I learned to make when I was seven or eight years old with my mum, and now I'm the one teaching it when I go to the local school to teach the kids on my adopt a school' programme."
The route to the final: a team of top chefs were asked to judge which of our 16 classic sauces deserved to go through to the final. Béarnaise was unlucky to go out on a technicality in the early stages
"A flavoured liquid base for making a sauce, stew or braised dish. A white stock is prepared by placing the ingredients directly into the cooking liquid; in a brown sauce the ingredients are first browned in fat. Sauces made from white stock are always called white sauces, whether they are basic or variation sauces (for example, allemande, poulette, aurore or suprême); all sauces made from brown stock are called brown sauces (for example espagnole, bordelaise, Bercy or piquante)."
White stock recipe, taken from Larousse Gastronomique
Bone an 800g shoulder of veal and a 1kg knuckle of veal, then tie them together with string. Crush the bones. Place the bones, meat and 1kg chicken giblets or carcasses in a sauce pan. Add 3.5 litres of water, bring to the boil and skim. Add 125g sliced carrots, 100g onions, 75g leeks (white part only), 75g celery and 1 bouquet garni. Season. Simmer gently for 31/2 hours. Skim off the fat and drain through a very fine sieve or, better, muslin.
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