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Bob Brundage - This is Bob Brundage and today we're having a nice conversation with Al Stevens who is in Germany and I'm still in Albuquerque. The date today is June the 25th, 2003 and we're talking by telephone to Al and Al, we'll like to start the way we usually do. Tell me a little about life before square dancing. Where you were born and brought up, etc.
Al Stevens - Was there?
BB- I hear you.
AS - I was born in Waltham, MA. I grew up in Derry, NH. I went through school, through high school, attended the NH College of Accounting and Commerce in Manchester, then shortly after my sixteenth birthday, I had just received my driver's license and I had a younger brother who was signed up for square dance lessons at the Grange Hall in Sandown, NH. And I of course, being a young whippersnapper fresh out of high school and in college and had a driver's license. My father broke the news to me that he couldn't take my younger brother to the square dance lessons and wanted to know if I would, and I did, and in the parking lot I saw a lady walking up the steps, the Grange Hall steps and I thought I recognized her as a school mate of mine and I called her name. She stopped, came down the steps and came toward the car and the closer she got to the car the more I realized she wasn't the school mate I thought she was. I sat there with egg on my face and apologized and she said, "Oh, are you here to take square dance lessons too" and I said, "No, I'm here to drop my brother oft" and she said, "Well tonight is our last open house. You don't need to know anything about the activity. Why don't you come in and dance with me". And my father was an uneducated man but had told me when I was young, that he would whip my butt if he ever found out I turned down a dance with a pretty woman, or a free beer. And that was the start of my involvement in the activity. that was back in March of 1958.
BB - There you go. OK. And then you went on to school or into the service or what?
AS - Yeah. I graduated from high school, I was in college, when the Viet Nam war broke out. Of course, back in those days we had a draft and I found out, through my next door neighbor who works at the Draft Board in NH, that my name was coming up close to the top of the draft so I decided to, instead of being forced to join the Army, I decided to start looking at the recruiting stations. I went and visited the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army recruiters, thought the US Air Force had the best offer. Joined the Air Force and spent twenty years and a couple of months working for Uncle Sam.
BB - OK, so, and you wound up in Germany.
AS - Eventually, yeah. My Air Force career started in, well I was enlisted in Manchester, NH, and went from there to San Antonio, TX, Lackland Air Force Base for basic training. Then I was sent from Lackland to Keesler Air Force Base in MS to Travis Air force Base in CA, from there to Tripoli in North Africa. From Tripoli, North Africa I was sent to Diluth, MN, Diluth to Cameron Bay, Viet Nam, Cameron to Hawaii for five gorgeous years, Hickham Field in Hawaii to Langley Air Force Base in VA for five beautiful years and I ended up in Ramstein Air Base in Germany for five years before I ultimately retired. And all this time I kept my finger in the pot calling.
BB - Right. OK. Well, following your square dance classes way back in NH, then you continued dancing there and how did you get into calling?
AS - That's funny. My, the club I belonged to was a teen age club. It was called the Sundown Shufflers and our club caller was a man by the name Eddie Deveau and one day he had a barbecue at his house, it was in April, and it was a beautiful spring day I recall. It was on a weekend and in April he had us over to his place for a barbecue. He had been doing, back in those days, Bob, as you probably recall, lessons weren't as long as they are today. We went three open houses and then we learned how to dance and I think the entire duration of time was less than ten, twelve weeks. And we were graduate dancers. We had this barbecue. He had been doing a singing call throughout the lessons called, "We're Drifting Further and Further Apart". It was on the Bogan label many, many years ago. And I asked him, I said, "Mr. DeVeau, would you call Drifting Further Apart, I just love the song the way the tune is put together. He said, "AI, I am so tired of calling that, if you want to hear it, you call it". And I said, "OK", and I did.
BB - I'll be darned.
AS - It was the start of something interesting. From there, I decided I would like to get involved, more involved in calling. I kind of liked what I heard at the end of the singing call, the sound of two hands coming together in rhythmic applause was overwhelming and coming from a musical background anyway I had dabbed with playing guitar and singing in a Rockabilly band in high school and enjoyed music and I saw a flyer advertising a callers school done by Mr. Jim Mayo. And I applied in writing for the callers school and on the questionnaire was a few statements I had to answer and one of them was, " How long have you been dancing?" and when I put in months, I should have put in years, Jim came back with a very diplomatic letter and explained that his prerequisite is that you should be dancing at least three years before you get involved in calling. And he thanked me for my interest but did not allow me in his callers school. So, I taught myself.
BB - All right, OK. Then did you eventually wind up in a callers school or not?
AS - Eventually, yes. Yeah I had a knack for music and singing was no problem for me, singing calls became no problem. Once I found the trick to, once I found out that the modules are contained in a singing call can be interchanged, all you had to do was you know, plug and play like we do today with Microsoft. But once I found that it was very easy for me to adapt and I learned from talking to people who came through about patter. I recall talking to Marshall Flippo one time he came through New England and I asked him what success was, what the key behind the success of calling patter was and he said, "How many in a three hour dance" he said, " how many tips do you usually call ?" I figured, well, close to eight and he said, "OK, if you call eight tips" he said, "you have eight singing calls and eight patter records, right?" and I said, "Right". He said, "Do you know the singing call figures that are contained in each singing call that you have?" And I said, "Yes". He said, "Good". He said " What I'd recommend is that you take the figure from singing call # 8 and use that in your patter # 1. Tip # 1". And he said, "instead of Swing Corner and Promenade, just Allemande Left and Come Back and Promenade and insert a circle break periodically to avoid being, boring the dancers". I thought that over and said, "Man, that's cool, that's, you know, that's easy". And then the figure for singing call # 7 put in patter # 2. I said, "Damn, that's easy" I said, " Isn't there going to be a period in the evening where you're going to come together?
BB - Where the twain shall meet.
AS - He said, "Sure is", but he said, "Hey, where do most clubs, when do most clubs have their refreshment break?" I said, "ah ha", he said, "There's your answer".
BB - OK. Leave it to Marshall, right?" OK. Well that's great. Did you recall any other mentors along the way?
AS - Boy, did I, too numerous to mention. My first open dance that I soloed in was the fourth Saturday in April, 1958 and I, shortly after that I, like I mentioned, I had to join the Air Force. I found myself out in California and California had a training program that is, in my estimation excellent. It was a mentor system that they had and I was graceful enough to be mentored by Bill Castner, the late Bill Castner. And I learned an awful lot from him. Of course, I had also been a very staunch fan of a lot of people in the New England area, names that I can recall. Jim Mayo, of course was an icon that still exists, your brother, AI was an icon of mine, Gloria Rios was, Mal Cameron, Mal Yikes Cameron, were all influential in my development. It was when I was stationed in Hawaii I had the pleasure of hosting a dance for your brother AI. He brought a tour group over there. He and I did a dance together. I sponsored, my club sponsored a dance for him at Fort DeRussy in Honolulu and we advertised it as "An AI of an evening", AI Brundage and AI Stevens. We had a good time and he personally invited me to a Callers Seminar for experienced callers that was held by Deuce Williams in Troy, New Hampshire. The first year I couldn't attend because of military commitments. Then I found myself the following year stationed in Virginia and I got a, I sent AI a letter and told him I wouldn't be able to make it the first year but the second year I could attend if he had that school again and he sent me an another invitation, I attended the school and that was the start of my career as I know it today. I learned a lot from that school.
BB - Right. Well I know your travels, I know you must have bumped into a lot of different situations. You been stationed so many different places. But I'm primarily interested in your association with Callerlab. I know you've been very active with Callerlab Board of Directors and so forth. Tell us a little more about that.
AS - OK. In Hawaii, Jack Lasry and Ron Schneider brought a tour group over. We worked a dance together. They encouraged me to join Callerlab. I didn't know what Callerlab was, they explained it to me and back in those days, the, you were invited to become a member by written invitation. I believe each of the members had so many invitations that they could extend. I was extended a written invitation by Jack Lasry and that was to attend the very first Callerlab convention in 1975 in Chicago I believe. However, again, due to military commitments I couldn't attend that convention. I subsequently was asked the following year, by Jack to attend the convention and I did. I joined Callerlab in 1976, been an active member since. In 1992, I was elected to the Board of Governors of Callerlab and remained in that position now. Have been active on various committees, an active member of the Mainstream and Plus committee and Chairman of the Overseas Advisory Committee. And take an active roll in the activity more so than before, especially after retired. I don't have much time to play golf. The weather is not conducive to good golf playing here in Europe so I better do something else.
BB - You'd better move to Albuquerque. We play here all year round but, be that as it may. Well, when was it you actually retired from the military, AI?
AS - The first of October '83.
BB - Oh, that long ago
AS - I put in twenty years.
BB - I didn't realize that.
AS - That's life when you're having fun.
BB - Yeah. Well, then somewhere along the line you met your bride.
AS - Yes, I sure did. We met in a square dance class that I conducted here in Germany. Took us a long time to break the ice and get together. I've always had a philosophy that I should not mix personal life with business and I had kept this philosophy all my personal career. I had been married in the past. I had married someone who was not a square dancer and got her involved in square dancing. We ultimately did some recording together on the Windsor label years ago. Then that marriage didn't work out. I had decided not to, or have always decided not to mix business with pleasure. However, when my wife came along and I had her in a class, she had studied in the, at the University of South Carolina in America for three years. I was just dumbfounded at her, the way she mastered the English language. That coupled with my butchering of the German language, just fell right in, you know. We began to date and we ended up getting married.
BB - Oh, that's great.
As - And I broke my promise to myself not to get involved.
BB - I hear you. Right, we, of course since then, you've become sort of the head honcho in the European Circuit if you will. I know one of the questions that I been asking everybody and this might be a good place to put it in, where do you think square dancing has been and where do you think it is now and where do you think it's going?
AS - Bob, I can only answer from my perspective here. In Europe the activity is extremely alive and well. I only hear of problems that have developed in other parts of the world, and I don't speculate, I just hear about these things and I, for the life of me, I just don't understand. I want to back up just a tad and mention that, when I first arrived in Frankfurt, Germany I was a I was sent here by the United States Air Force. When I got off the airplane in Frankfurt I was met at the airport by an Army Major, an Army Warrant Officer, Chief Warrant Officer and an Army E-9 and their respective positions were, the Army Major was the President of the European Callers and Teachers Association. The warrant Officer was the Training Director for ECTA, and the E-9 was the Secretary of ECTA. And they were there to roll out the red carpet, not because of my calling attributes but because I was the first member of Callerlab to hit the European Theatre. And at that particular point in time Callerlab was revered. Callerlab was an organization that established and set the policies for where the activity was going. They made recommendations that I encouraged the European Callers and Teachers Association to pick up, and we adhered to the recommendations that Callerlab made. We made very good use of the entry level. We made sure that our callers did not call off the program. We made sure that what Callerlab recommended we took as gospel because of the reputation that Callerlab had. And in my estimation we had proven that what Callerlab recommended really does work. The activity has grown in the short time I have been here. I was, I spent ten years on the Board of the European Callers Association the last five years of which I was President and since my tenure on the Board of the European Association and today the activity has more than quadrupled. We have four times as many callers in the activity today than we had back then. We have five times as many clubs involved in dancing today than we did then. The entire activity has on a completely, you know, we're still growing. And I still maintain that what the wisdom that Callerlab bestowed upon us really does work.
BB - Well, I imagine a lot
AS - Unfortunately we can't force every caller in the world to join Callerlab and to abide by Callerlab's philosophy. And that's, to me, where the biggest problem lies today.
In America there is another organization that has cropped up that is providing a lot of competition for the organization and it's unfortunate that the people don't adhere to Callerlab's recommendations.
BB - Right. Well, part of it today, I sort of assume and you verify or dispute one of the rules that you have been able to keep intact is the fact that people should stay in one program for an extended period of time before they go on to another.
AS - That was exactly what Callerlab recommended. They recommended that people dance in one program for a specific point, you know period of time before they advance to another program. And each caller here in Europe abides by this. We looked at the Mainstream program as our entry level and I still don't know of many callers, I don't know of any callers who would take their people out of graduation and put them in a Plus class.
BB - Right. Yes. Well, that's obviously part of, a good part of the success which has been mistakenly done here in the United States. We may be coming down near the end of the tape, this may be a good time for me just briefly stop for a second, long enough to turn the tape over so, I'll be right back. OK, we just took the time to turn the tape over now we've got another half hour we can chat. OK, so in your estimation around the world where do you think square dancing might be going? Of course, from your perspective it might be considerably different than anybody else's.
AS - Yeah, this is, you know, this is what I say it is hard to portray where the activity is going, when the activity is still thriving. We're not involved with the aches and pains that other parts of the world are encountering, so we're still going up. But I can't speculate as to where the activity is going elsewhere in the world because, you know we're still enjoying a very good growth. I've got a graduation exercise to perform tonight, and we've got twenty-eight people that are graduating in my class. Last year's class we did forty-six.
BB - There you go. Well, do you feel confident that at least in Europe you can do, keep from making the same problems that we had here in the U. S? You know, a lot of people, the Rush to Plus type of thing.
AS - Yeah. We've heard about this Rush to Plus, we don't know what it is. We're, you know, we're going to continue to place our hat or hang our hat on the peg that says, hey, what we're doing is obviously working. Is there any foundation in what we're doing? You know, and as long as we can we can keep the masses in believing that then we'll continue.
BB - Right. Well, AI a little earlier you mentioned you recorded on Windsor. Any other recordings you've been doing?
AS - Oh yes. I've, I just did a release on C Bar C, my seventy-first individual release. I've recorded with, I was on the Windsor label for three or four years. I went from Windsor to Dance Ranch, Norm Merrbach's own label. Then I went from there to a German label called CW. That was in existence for a couple of years and then I went from, when they closed their doors, there was a new recording company in Sweden called Sting that had opened their doors. I recorded for them for a while. Then I went with MacGreagor for a while then, I'm now with C Bar C out of Australia.
BB - Great, great. Had you gotten involved in round dancing at all?
AS - As a dancer only, and not as a cuer.
BB - Right. How about contras?
AS - I have used contras in my class. I use a contra, an easy contra on those evenings when a full moon comes out, you have the full moon effect. And I usually don't, I'll break up the monotony of the constant learning process with showing an easy contra. And I have two or three that I do on a regular basis, but I would not by any means call myself a contra prompter.
BB - OK. Well, that's really great. Along the line AI, do you have any regrets, anything you wish you had done differently in the square dance world?
AS - Yes, I would, if I had it to do over again, I think I would have stood up to my boss in Hawaii and mentioned that I really would like to go to the first Callerlab Convention, and get on board in Callerlab earlier. If I had to roll back the hands of time I think I would like to get involved in dancing earlier. I got involved in 1958 but once I found out how much fun it really was I really sworn myself for not getting involved earlier. It's such a wholesome activity and such a wonderful activity that we, that I do regret not starting earlier.
BB - Right. Well, you have a unique experience in the fact that you were active in square dancing in so many different places around actually around the world, you know, most of us were born and brought up in one place and stuck there and practically their whole experience was in one geographic area. Yours has been a very unique experience.
AS - Yeah, it sure has. I had the pleasure of calling a dance in every state in the Union. I got my 50th state oddly enough on my 30th anniversary. I was stationed here in, I was in Germany living here and I was calling a festival dance in Stockholm, Sweden and there was a visitor from a club in Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. And she asked me if I would be interested in calling the Spring Fling in Fairbanks and I mentioned 'Yes, I would be" and she, oddly enough that year they had Ron Eberhart who was a recording artist with Mountain label I believe, and he was the featured caller for that convention and they asked him if he knew me and of course he was there in Frankfurt to roll out the red carpet for me. And he said, "Oh, of course I know him" and they asked if I was a caller for the, you know for them. And he said, "Sure". The contract was signed and everything and I was elated at the fact that the weekend that they chose was the fourth weekend of April, 1988, exactly thirty years after I had soloed. I called in my fiftieth state and along with that I have added twenty-seven foreign countries to my credit.
SS - There you go. Well, that's really great. Just in passing, I, have you been a mentor for other people who have come along into the activity.
AS - Yeah, quite a few. Mentor in many, many different ways. Callerlab's Accredited Caller Coach program, I became the first caller outside of the North American Continent, I believe Gloria Rios Roth was the first Canadian, to become accredited. And then, after she became accredited, I pursued accreditation, became accredited, then Martin Mallard from Canada became accredited. But I was the first outside North America to be accredited by Callerlab. And since then, I had set my sight on retirement from calling when I got at least two other accredited caller coaches accredited in Europe, to make sure that the professional standards that we abide by would be continue after I retired. It didn't take long before Kenny Reese and Lorenz Kuhlee in Germany became accredited, and they attended my caller coach school. Now I have caller, I have accredited caller coaches that have gone through my training program from Sweden, from Great Britain and recently at the San Antonio Convention, Jeannette Staeuble from Switzerland after written, oral examination and became accredited so I changed my retirement date three or four times.
BB - I can imagine. You and quite a few others, as a matter of fact. Yeah, I can remember a fellow who was not deeply into in the activity who swore he was going to retire at least thirty years ago and the last I knew he was still calling. Well, I just happened to think, did you ever bump into Cal Golden over there?
AS - Oh yes. I brought Cal over to do my caller's school. I did not bump into him when he was active duty. He had retired before I came over. His name was synonymous with squared dance excellence in Europe and I knew that and when I became accredited, the first thing I wanted to was of course, honor those that that had preceded me and helped me quite a bit. Your brother was the first one that I worked with over here. He encouraged me to pursue accreditation. Bill Peters was the second. Then Cal was the third. Since 1983, I have been importing an accredited caller coach from America to come over and do my school with me each year. I run three schools a year. Usually in October I have a beginner's school, an intermediate school and an experienced school. And it's the only one that has another accredited caller coach imported every year.
BB - Yes. Well so, at the moment then you're not, don't have any specific plans for retirement?
AS - Not, not in the near future. I want to try to get in place an accredited caller coach in each country where square dancing is alive and well. Right now, I lack Denmark and the Czech Republic has nobody emerging as yet but I'm still working. I won't give up.
BB - You're still having too much fun.
AS - Yes.
BB - That's right. Well, I can hear the golf course calling me.
AS - Lucky you. I just got a fax from my wife said "Your line is busy".
BB - There you go. Well so, I think we've covered just about everything AI and I remember the last time I saw you was, we were enjoying a cocktail in Germany with your old friend Dave Taylor.
AS - Correct. Yes, you were at the hotel when I swung by.
AS - Yeah, I met you at the World Convention I believe.
BB - Yes, it was at the World Convention in Karlsruhe.
AS - It was an honor.
BB - Well, I thank you again AI and I, if you think of anything else you'd like to add to this tape before we call it a day.
AS - Not really, I will look forward to meeting you in person again. I know you have attended Callerlab Conventions.
AS - Our paths have crossed a few times there. Hopefully, the Good Lord willing and if the creek don't rise, I'll be able to attend the Reno convention. I had to give up the San Antonio
BB - Yes, I hear you did.
AS - convention because of the Gulf War.
BB - As a matter of fact I was planning to have a lady caller named, Kris Jensen interview you at the last Callerlab Convention and you were unable to make it but
AS - Yeah. I received a waver from the requirement, attendance requirement because of the war.
BB - But this
AS - But we're going to look forward to attending in Reno.
AS - If you're there we'll look forward to seeing you again in person and getting together.
BB - Right. Well, thank you very much.
AS - It will be an honor and a privilege and I'll look forward to our next meeting, Bob.
BB - OK Al, thank you very much for your time and effort and
AS - Hit 'em hard but not too long and not too often.
BB - Not too often, that's the problem. OK. So, we'll call this the end of the tape and thank you very much again.
AS - You take care.
BB - OK. Bye, bye
AS - OK Bob. Bye, bye
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And some analysts on Friday question why Jos. A. Banks would choose to buy Eddie Bauer, which some believe is past its prime, over Mens Wearhouse.
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By comparison, Mens Wearhouse and Jos. A. Banks cater to different customers, but they offer similar types of clothing: suits and sport coats.
Stifel Nicholauss Richard Jaffe said the fit of a Jos. A. Banks-Eddie Bauer combination is much easier, but the benefits are less clear cut.
Jos. A. Bank said it has been identifying possible acquisition candidates over the past two years and that Eddie Bauer was one of the first buyout targets it considered.
While the two brands plan to run independent of each other after the transaction is complete, Jos. A. Bank CEO Neal Black told The Associated Press that both brands should learn from each others strengths.
He plans to expand Jos. A. Bank, which has 629 stores in 44 states and the District of Columbia, into markets outside the U.S. Hes also hoping to expand Eddie Bauer, which sells mens and womens clothing and accessories in 270 stores in the U.S., Canada and Japan, by opening about 50 stores a year.
The combined company is expected to have more than $2.1 billion in revenue in 2014 and adjusted earnings of $3.20 to $3.40 per share. Jos. A. Bank anticipates 2015 revenue of more than $2.2 billion for the combined company, with adjusted earnings in a range of $4.65 to $4.90 per share, including the impact of $25 million of savings.
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Susan Combs came to Amarillo on Thursday to say her office is trying to do better.
"We're trying to do things simpler, smarter and faster," said the state's comptroller.
From making government spending more transparent to providing businesses, economic developers and government agencies with the information they need, the comptroller's office is evolving.
"Tell us how you want the data crunched," she told about 30 people representing government, schools, economic development and agriculture at the downtown branch of the Amarillo Public Library.
The office provides information such as energy audits to be used in decision making, said Robert Wood, head of local government assistance at the comptroller's office.
"We have a pilot project in '08 targeting dairies because they're large energy users," he said.
Other analysis the office can provide could look at the financial impact of school districts granting tax abatements.
"It might help direct your negotiations," Combs said.
Local government management reviews will be changing. The reviews are shifting to self-assessments comptroller employees walk local employees through, speeding the projects up.
Buying supplies for state agencies is a new responsibility for the office, and Combs expects to save money if she can gather all the different agencies together.
"We're going to herd all those cats in," she said. "In my office, we had five separate contracts for toner."
The margins tax, the new form of business tax, is a surprise waiting to happen. The money won't be coming in until May 15, 2008, but the total collected probably will require "tweaking" by the Legislature after everything is in.
"We think it will be roughly 8 to 15 percent lower than what they thought it would bring in," Combs said.
The office is moving many of its services and publications onto its Internet site to save money and improve access.
Last week, Combs unveiled "Where the Money Goes," a page that reports the spending of state agencies.
There are two options for examining expenditures. The first is "The Big Picture" where the spending of almost 200 state agencies is shown under broad spending categories like salaries or travel.
The second option is "A Closer Look." This area provides detailed spending for more than 20 agencies. Eventually, all state agencies should have the accounting tools that will allow their spending to be shown in this form, Combs said.
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Bringing You Cooking Supplies, Bakery Equipment & More
Wasserstrom carries one of the most diverse and comprehensive restaurant and kitchen product lines in the foodservice industry, offering a wide range of inventory, such as:
• Tabletop items, including service and storage products
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As the nation's leading distributor and supplier to the foodservice industry, our buying power gives us the ability to provide a full selection of quality products at competitive prices. We offer an innovative "one-stop-shopping" approach which has been unmatched by anyone in the industry and separates us from our competition.
An Unmatched Inventory by Manufacturers Like Nemco & Hatco
Wasserstrom prides itself on providing the largest inventory of smallwares in the industry. Our extensive product line includes a wide variety of items, ranging from bakery supplies to catering supplies and beyond - all from your favorite leading manufacturers, like Nemco, Hatco and others. You'll save time and simplify operations by partnering with Wasserstrom, the single supplier that stocks more than 35,000 different items.
We'll Even Custom Make Your Smallwares If You Can't Find What You Need
Even with more than 35,000 items in stock, sometimes you may not find exactly what you need. In that case, Quadra-Tech, one of the Wasserstrom affiliates, can custom design and manufacture any sheet metal or wire item to your specifications. They do this by using state-of-the-art equipment and CAD systems. All products are backed by an absolute guarantee and come with the finest personalized service available.
Some examples of custom materials and finishes include steel or stainless steel, aluminum, wire, plastic, wood, electro-polishing, powder coating, zinc, anodizing, plastisol coating and nickel chrome plating.
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Wasserstrom is the restaurant supplier and distributor you can depend on. Get started now and shop for your restaurant-quality cooking supplies, bakery supplies and other foodservice and restaurant equipment today.
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Select Seating Group, a Wasserstrom company, is your total source for the highest quality restaurant booths, wood table tops, table bases, table levelers and millwork. SSG can custom fabricate seating to your precise specifications, design a solution optimal for your needs or offer you a host of seating options.
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Wasserstrom's endless selection of custom and standard stainless steel products, ranging from stainless steel shelves to replacement stainless steel legs for tables, provide the quality, durability, versatility and other performance features you need. From state-of-the-art facilities, our seasoned engineers and craftsmen use only highest grade stainless steel, the finest fabricating equipment and the strictest quality control to design and manufacture your perfect stainless steel restaurant supplies. We can even combine stainless steel with wood for the ultimate in looks and durability.
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Wasserstrom's large, powerful distribution network ensures timely, accurate delivery of your restaurant equipment to any location worldwide. With more than 100 years of experience, Wasserstrom continues to be the foodservice industry's most diverse and comprehensive restaurant equipment company, providing superior, dependable and cost-efficient restaurant supplies, ranging from hot dog equipment to deli equipment.
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Along with experience and knowledge, innovation remains a benchmark of Wasserstrom's reputation. If you can imagine it, we can build it in our own state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Arizona, Ohio, South Carolina and Venezuela - whether it's basic nacho equipment or complicated deli equipment. From stainless steel to millwork, our skilled craftsmen can create kitchen equipment with any look, for any foodservice operation. You can expect the highest quality in materials, including durable stainless steel, sturdy woods, attractive solid-surface materials and a vast selection of laminates and finishes.
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The first impression is a lasting impression. That's why you need Wasserstrom to help create the perfect interior for any foodservice operation. Wasserstrom provides a wide selection of custom and stock restaurant booths , table tops, wood table bases and wood high chairs to create the ideal atmosphere.
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Not only is Wasserstrom one of the top names in restaurant booths and seating solutions, we're also the leading designer and manufacturer of custom kitchen equipment items, like hot dog equipment and condiment stands, beverage counters, food bars, trash receptacles, divider walls, planter caps, comment boxes, nacho equipment and anything else you need.
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Wasserstrom has been working with restaurant developers since our inception. We understand the need to bring everything together. It all starts with communication. One of the most important elements Wasserstrom brings to your project is an understanding of the need for total communication. The general contractor, architect and store operator all need to understand how everything fits into the big picture. At Wasserstrom, we know that it's both our experience and expertise that provide the ability to support communication between all these parties working together to get the store completed on time and on budget.
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When Nathan Wasserstrom founded the company more than 100 years ago; he established a reputation for providing the highest level of customer service in the restaurant supplies and equipment industry. That's why Wasserstrom offers timely delivery and expert installation services to every customer. Wasserstrom is the ideal partner for any size operation, from setting up a single independent to a multi-unit rollout, or equipping a small remodel to an expansive multi-use complex. Our trained team is your guarantee that your entire purchase of restaurant equipment will be properly delivered and installed on time, every time. Know that it's our experience and expertise that provides the ability to support communication between all these parties working together to get the store completed on time and on budget.
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• Cluster Seating
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Volunteers barred from feeding stray cats at a Paihia reserve have been given a temporary reprieve so they can find another location.
The Far North District Council says it is sticking with its intention to have the cat colony's feeding station removed from a public reserve in central Paihia - but it's not rushing to force the issue and will allow time for the cat benefactors to find an alternative site.
In-house legal counsel John Verry said the council had a responsibility to act on a resolution by the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board calling for the feeding station to be removed and the "unlawful practice" of feeding the cats on the reserve to stop.
However, the council was mindful of animal welfare concerns and wanted to give the volunteers reasonable time. "The council is, in fairness to all parties, offering an opportunity for those responsible for feeding the cats on the reserve to seek other alternatives which are lawful," Mr Verry said.
The real issue appeared to have been lost in a highly emotive debate that had raged over the cats internationally and had involved cyber bullying.
The issue for the board was whether permitting a cat feeding station on a recreation reserve was lawful.
"The remedy is now in the hands of the cat benefactors. A constructive way forward is for them to find somewhere other than a reserve for their cat-feeding activities."
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Things I've Learned So Far at Microsoft
I have been an employee of Microsoft for three days. For my first day on campus, all new hires went through New Employee Orientation (NEO), a glorious 9-hour session where experienced employees explained our benefits to us and got us up to speed on the technical ins-and-outs of working at the company. Since then, I've just been soaking up as much information as possible, trying to ramp up for the exciting projects I have in the weeks ahead (and which I hope to explain to you eventually, when the time is right).
In the meantime, I present a few stray observations I've made during my extremely short time here so far:
The People - Over 45,000 people work at Microsoft's Redmond, WA campus, well above the number that populate many universities. The diversity of individuals is insane. There are FTEs (full-time employees) and contractors and vendors, recent college graduates and grandparents, people from every state in the U.S. and from dozens of countries all around the world. All types of viewpoints and personalities are well-represented, but there is one thing that everybody has in common: They are all extremely frickin' smart. From what I heard about Microsoft back when I was at Harvard Business School, the interview/recruiting process is designed to winnow down the pool of candidates to only the best of the best. The intellect of the employees here is palpable, and there's a really empowering sense that one gets from knowing that one is working with some of the most skilled people in the world.
The Benefits - My colleague at Microsoft described their benefits as "the Mercedes Benz of benefits." I'm inclined to agree. In learning about our benefits, I feel very much like Alice in Wonderland; just when I think I've reached the bottom of the rabbit hole, I continue tumbling down. In a word, the benefits are astonishing. People's lives can change due to the benefits they receive here. You can finally get surgeries done that you'd once deemed unfeasible. You can lose that weight you've been angling to get rid of. Most importantly, you can see IMAX movies for $3 a piece! When I learned that I'd be receiving an offer from Microsoft, I felt like I'd won the lottery. And while I don't think that sentiment has changed, learning about the benefits here is like learning I just won the Power Play component of the lottery too.
The Cause - Nearly all the people I've met are not only more than competent, they're also passionate about what they're doing. They love this company. They love what the company is doing, and they love what it stands for. Ultimately, Microsoft is all about harnessing technology to make people's lives easier. And while we all may struggle occasionally with an Excel spreadsheet or agonize over a Word doc, nobody reading this can deny that their lives have in some way been touched by the work that Microsoft has done over the past few decades (most likely for the better!).
People are doing things here that will change the world. They want to surprise and delight their customers. They want to take technology to its fullest potential.
I can't wait to jump in.
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So excited for you! And all your Instagram posts have been fascinating and informative. Can't wait to find out what you're working on, and still shocked that you managed to get a Harvard degree while doing all your great film criticism and podcasting :)
You had me at $3 IMAX movies.
"You can lose that weight you've been angling to get rid of."
Dave, I can't stress how important this is while working at Microsoft. If you haven't noticed already, there is food and soda EVERYWHERE on this campus. I gained 25 lbs. after the first two years of working here. Take advantage of that Pro Club bennie and the many great outdoor trails here.
Redmond should be absolutely beautiful today. I used to deliver to the Microsoft site. I'm the guy that introduced himself and fiance in Costco. Sounds like things are going great for you and I enjoy reading your blog, I'm jealous of your way with words. Keep up the good work!
Congrats and all the best..:-)
My dream is to work in MICROSOFT ....and i will..:-)
that's freakin awesome. looking forward to the updates/instagrams/misc stories via podcasts.


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The "most helpful" review of the Horton Scout HD 125 on amazon.com states that this crossbow is "excellent for both hunting and taking down Walkers without attracting too much attention." The writer gave the weapon five stars. Below that, a four-star review states that the buyer desired one "because it was the one used on The Walking Dead and is a great tool for hunting." Some kickbacks should be in order—for Norman Reedus, that is. Because, for three seasons, the man who plays Daryl Dixon—the moderately feral, insanely popular star of The Walking Dead—has used a Scout 125 to dispatch deer, squirrels, and especially Walkers, and thus is the person most responsible for inspiring actual product reviews that conflate real life with a show about the zombie apocalypse.
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"We take it back like Daryl's got some superstrength," Reedus says, and when it's suggested that he's deceiving America, he laughs. "I think people who use crossbows know that." In most cases, he says, the bow he's holding isn't even strung—or, if it is, it's strung loosely, because Reedus doesn't fire real arrows. "The actual arrow you see on TV is digital," he says.
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Reedus, 44, pushes a strand of sweaty hair out of his face, revealing its jagged framework; it's the kind of face that already tells you what he'll look like when he's old. He's just arrived by motorcycle on this independent studio lot outside Senoia for a day of rehearsals; and though his actual voice sounds nothing like Daryl's—there's no drawl—he looks very much like his character, with a faded black tee standing in for the sleeveless shirts that have become Daryl's signature. Earlier, when he'd gone to retrieve the crossbow from the prop room, Reedus had spied—among the piles of weapons and rounds—a monster of a knife with brass knuckles on the handle and a blade as long as his forearm. It looked like a knife that could slice a tree in half. "Who gets this?" he asked the prop master, then slashed the air. "This seems appropriate for Daryl."
During his three years of shooting The Walking Dead, Reedus has become proficient with a number of weapons. He pulls back the right sleeve of his T-shirt to reveal a shoulder bruise from the recoil of an automatic shotgun known as the "street sweeper," which he'd recently fired at a range. "Holy shit, that thing kicks," he says. A .50-caliber machine gun also made an impression.


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The latest issue of Liver Transplantation investigates the risk of waitlist mortality in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and bacterial cholangitis.
Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis are at increased risk for bacterial cholangitis because of biliary strictures and bile stasis.
A subset of primary sclerosing cholangitis patients suffer from repeated episodes of bacterial cholangitis, which can lead to frequent hospitalizations and impaired quality of life.
Although waitlist candidates with primary sclerosing cholangitis and bacterial cholangitis frequently receive exception points and/or are referred for living donor transplantation, the impact of bacterial cholangitis on waitlist mortality is unknown.
Dr David Goldberg and colleagues performed a retrospective cohort study of all adult waitlist candidates with primary sclerosing cholangitis who were listed for initial transplantation between 2002 and 2012.
During this period, 171 primary sclerosing cholangitis patients were waitlisted for initial transplantation.
Before waitlisting, 39% of the patients had a history of bacterial cholangitis, whereas 28% of the patients with at least 1 Model for End-Stage Liver Disease update experienced cholangitis on the waitlist.
During follow-up, 18% patients were removed from the waitlist for death or clinical deterioration, with 47% developing cholangiocarcinoma.
Overall, 15% of waitlist candidates who ever had an episode of cholangitis were removed for death or clinical deterioration, whereas 20% of candidates without cholangitis were removed.
No patients were removed because of bacterial cholangitis.
In multivariate competing-risk models, a history of bacterial cholangitis was not associated with an increased risk of waitlist removal for death or clinical deterioration.
Dr Goldberg's team commented, "In summary, waitlist transplant candidates with primary sclerosing cholangitis and bacterial cholangitis do not have an increased risk of waitlist mortality."
"The data call into question the systematic granting of exception points or referral for living donor transplantation due to a perceived risk of increased waitlist mortality."
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RUSH: This is from Reuters: "British physicist Peter Higgs said on Monday it should soon be possible to prove the existence of a force which gives mass to the universe and makes life possible -- as he first argued 40 years ago. Higgs said he believes a particle named the 'Higgs boson', which originates from the force, will be found when a vast particle collider at the CERN research centre on the Franco-Swiss border begins operating fully early next year." By the way, it is this vast particle collider at the CERN research centre that they say could replace the Internet, with speeds so fast that you'll be able to download a high definition movie, a two-hour high definition movie in three seconds. They're going to use a particle accelerator and collider for it. "The likelihood is that the particle will show up pretty quickly … I'm more than 90 percent certain that it will," Higgs told journalists.
In other words, he's looking for a "God particle." He's looking for a particle to prove God. Dr. Higgs, please, just look out the window. You see that tree? You see the grass? Whatever is outside your window, all of it, it's God particles. Every aspect of it is God particles. "The 78-year-old's original efforts in the early 1960s to explain why the force, dubbed the Higgs field, must exist were dismissed at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Today, the existence of the invisible field is widely accepted by scientists, who believe it came into being milliseconds after the Big Bang created the universe--" there's no way that anybody could possibly know this. At any rate, "Scientists at the centre hope the process will produce clear signs of the boson, dubbed the 'God particle' by some, to the displeasure of Higgs, an atheist," naturally. Naturally it would be an atheist doing this research.
At any rate, what interests me about this -- (interruption) Well, now, wait. No, no, no, no, no, no. Mr. Snerdley just said to me there are a lot of physicists that believe in God. Be very careful. Ben Stein has a movie coming out that I have screened at my house, it's called Expelled, and it is about people, scientists who are being fired and shunned for their belief in intelligent design. These are Darwinists. Just for questioning Darwinism and just for being open to the possibility of intelligent design. These people fear God. These scientists, they fear God because God has the answers, God's smarter than they are. God's judgmental. That's one of the things that liberals and atheists hate about religion anyway is that it's judgmental. But regardless, I think you'll find some scientists, physicists particularly. I can't remember his name, there was one old coot who is close to death, and this goes back a year or two ago, but he'd been a lifelong opponent of the whole notion that anything here was created, that it was just random and miraculous but there was nothing intelligent behind any of this, and he's finally concluded, near his deathbed that an accident can't explain this. He wouldn't go so far as to say that there's a God. In fact, one of these guys in Ben Stein's movie, guy named Hawkins who's over at Oxford I think, Oxford or Cambridge, Ben Stein goes over and interviews him in this movie, Expelled. The movie hits April 12th or the 16th. And he said, "Can you explain the origins of life with Darwinism?" "No, we can't. Well, actually we can, but we don't."
Stein then asks him, "Where did all this come from? The guy actually says, "Perhaps an intelligent race from outer space landed on our planet gazillions of years ago and got all this rolling. But there's no way," says Hawkins, "it could be God, there's just no way. But it might be some people from outer space." And this guy is an elitist theorist and professor at Oxford and Cambridge. It's a fascinating movie. Eighty-two percent of the people in this country believe in God. Forty-one percent are Darwinists. Darwinists are more than just believing in evolution. Darwinists are now a very closed society, they do not allow anybody to disagree with what they think. They shun and fire anybody in their midst that is open to anything other than Darwinism. Darwinism is natural selection, survival of the fittest, actually eugenics. Darwinism seeks to get rid of people who are not up to par. Darwinists are not big tent people. They are not big tent people.


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We sense that music is much more than a pleasure technology or mere entertainment. Yet, the idea that our responses to music might be instinctual has only gained credence in recent years. Developmental psychologists have convincingly shown that before the age of one year, infants display a remarkable and rather subtle sensitivity to music. These perceptual abilities are similar, in many respects, to those displayed by adults. Humans appear to be born with processing predispositions for music. These musical abilities develop spontaneously, by simple exposure to music. The initial trigger appears to lie in maternal vocal singing. All mothers sing to their infants, in all known cultures. Basic musical skills are not only precociously acquired and universal, they are also old in evolutionary terms. Archaeological finds show a continuous record of musical activities in all human settlements, dating back at least 50,000 years. Thus, music seems to correspond to an evolutionary adaptation.
Neuropsychologists have accumulated evidence that shows that the human brain is specialized for processing music. Findings reveal that the human brain is equipped with neural circuitries that deal exclusively with music. Such circuitry is not only independent of language processing, but also of the melody of language (intonation). Thus, the functioning of the musical brain is relatively autonomous. Given such independence, it is possible that a person may lack music competence, through either some form of congenital or developmental disorder, while having all other faculties intact; or, on the other hand, retain the music faculty in the presence of other mental dysfunction. This explains why you may find brilliant and remarkable individuals –like Che Guevara—who experienced a life-long inability to recognize music. Conversely, you may be impressed by the musical virtuosity of some autistic individuals, who are otherwise severely handicapped.
Music is unique. Musical abilities flourish independently, without much assistance from other cognitive and affective systems. One sequaela of having a highly specialized musical brain is that a slight neural deviation may compromise its functioning from birth. Individuals that experience such a deviation, like Che Guevara, are commonly called tone-deaf. And for a long time it was thought that lack of effort or musical practice was responsible for their condition. Now, we know that this view is incorrect. These individuals suffer from a genuine musical impairment. The existence of a few "deviants" is probably the price to pay for having a sophisticated machinery underlying musicalsensitivity.
But why is our species so musical ? Two main evolutionary explanations have been offered. The initial account was provided by Darwin himself (1871) who proposed that music serves to attract sexual partners. However, the dominant view lies at the group-level rather than at the individual-level, with music helping to promote group cohesion. This bonding effect of music may well be initialized in the mother-infant interactive pattern created through maternal singing. The individual- and group-level roles attributed to music do not need to be mutually exclusive. Individuals taking the lead in gatherings by virtue of their musical and dance prowess can achieve leadership status in the group, a factor that contributes to reproductive success.
Thus, the universal appeal of music, which used to be considered as a social construct that varies from culture to culture, might be better conceived as an adaptive response of the organism. It seems that emotional responses to music can be aroused similarly in every proper functioning human as reflexes, by being the product of dedicated neural structures. Indeed, musical emotions occur with rapid onset, through automatic appraisal, and with involuntary changes in physiological and behavioural responses. This conception fits with the fact that we often experience emotions as happening to us, not as chosen by us. And this is exactly what should be expected from the operation of a musical instinct.


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Blueberry soured cream cake with cheesecake frosting
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- Can be frozen when uniced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal469
- fat29g
- saturates17g
- carbs50g
- sugars29g
- fibre1g
- protein6g
- salt0.93g
- 175g soft butter
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 3 large egg
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…
- 225g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
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Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 142ml carton soured cream
- 3 x 125g punnets blueberry
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Cheesecake frosting
- 200g tub Philadelphia cheese
- 100g icing sugar
Preheat the oven to fan160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4 and butter and line the base of a loose-based 22cm round cake tin with non-stick baking paper or reusable Bake-o-glide.
Put the butter, sugar, eggs,flour, baking powder and vanilla in a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes, or with a hand electric beater for 1-2 minutes, until lighter in colour and well mixed. Beat in 4 tbsp soured cream, then stir in half the blueberries with a large spoon.
Tip the mixture into the tin and spread it level. Bake for 50 minutes until it is risen, feels firm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed. Cool for 10 minutes, then take out of the tin and peel off the paper or lining. Leave to finish cooling on a wire rack.
To make the frosting, beat the soft cheese with the icing sugar and the remaining soured cream in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Spread over the top of the cooled cake (don't be impatient as the frosting will melt if the cake is too warm) and scatter with the remaining blueberries. The cake will keep in the fridge for a couple of days. Bring it to room temperature for about an hour before serving.
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Made twice now and both times cake sank shortly after removing from oven, even baked for ten Min more second time round and still sank! So disappointing as made for a leaving cake for work colleague and for surprise for partner. Tasted ok, but more like a sponge pudding than a cake. Won't make again.
I made this for a charity cake stall and it was a big hit. It was very easy to make, lovely & moist and tasted gorgeous. But it did take a lot longer to cook than 50 minutes. I used frozen blueberries which were ok in the cake but didn't look so good on top! I will definitely use fresh fruit next time. I also used a traditional "carrot cake frosting" (butter, icing sugar and cream cheese) and not the sour cream version stated. Yummy.
made this for my friend birthday, and everyone love it. but i reduce the sugar as our taste of sugar is lower here.
another friend of mine, took this recipe to make cupcake and it look so pretty and taste as delicious.
you can add in other berries like raspberry too for a more colourful decor and flavour
I made this with a mixture of raspberries and blueberries and it was delicicious! My mother in law asked me to make it for a coffee morning she was having and was asked many times for the recipe.
The fruit did sink a little so I tried coating it in flour and believe it made a small difference. If anyone knows another way to stop it sinking please post? Thanks
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Argentine football player Carlos Tevez watched helplessly as police impounded his prized white Porsche Panamera. This was done due to the footballer holding an invalid driving license while driving in the UK, Tevez, 28 was stopped by the cops in Manchester and was told that the driving license he was holding was not valid for driving in UK. The football star who earns £200,000 per week watched as his new Porsche Panamera was taken away by a tow truck.
The Panamera valued at £120,000 is now in police custody waiting for Tevez to sort out details and necessary paperwork which Manchester City officials are assisting him with. Tevez was still driving with an international license though he was told over a year ago that he needed to change it to a valid UK license. Tevez was stopped by police in Didsbury during a routine check on Palatine Road on early Thursday morning. The car was seized under section 165 of the Road Traffic Act as the driver was in possession of an invalid license.
Though Tevez is not arrested for this offence he still faces a three point penalty and a hefty fine. The footballer appeared for training in the morning following this incident and awaits his fate. In the meanwhile, he was seen in another white Porsche getting a lift home.


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Marking a key date for truckers, Saskatchewan's winter weights will come into force on Dec. 1 for all provincial highways.
Both primary and secondary weight highways have the same strength when the roadbed freezes in winter. Winter weights allow shippers to move heavier weights during the cold winter months
Shippers using secondary weight highways benefit the most, since winter weights offer a more efficient movement of goods from secondary to primary weight highways.
The winter weight season can start as early as Nov. 16 and generally remains in effect until March 14, though it may be restricted on a minister's order depending on weather and road conditions.
Up-to-date road restriction orders and related information may be viewed online at www.highways.gov.sk.ca/restrictions.


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Published: August 2nd, 2011 at 8:29 pm ET
Vermont finds contaminated fish as nuclear debate rages, Reuters, August 2, 2011:
Vermont health regulators said on Tuesday they found a fish containing radioactive material in the Connecticut River near Entergy's (ETR.N) Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant which could be another setback for Entergy to keep it running.
The state said it needs to do more testing to determine the source of the Strontium-90, which can cause bone cancer and leukemia. [...]
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Breguet's key position in the field of high-grade watchmaking is without any doubt due to its propensity for innovation. For more than 200 years the Manufacture's quest for greater precision has led it to develop revolutionary inventions improving the rate of mechanical watches. From the tourbillon to the Classique Chronométrie, Breguet invites Baselworld visitors to view these fabulous creations in a retrospective exhibition held at the Swatch Group Plaza on April 27 and 28, 2013.
Breguet's inventive approach was already making an impression in the late 18th century. The learned watchmaker applied the breadth of his astronomical and mathematical knowledge to his vocation, quickly inventing a variety of ingenious devices that won him the recognition of his peers. His career got off to a flying start in the 1780s with the development of the selfwinding perpétuelle watch and the invention of gongs for minute-repeaters. In 1790, Breguet introduced the pare-chute, an outstanding shock absorber. Several years and a dozen inventions later Breguet achieved a masterstroke by patenting the tourbillon regulator. Its value and especially the complexity of its manufacture soon made the tourbillon the measure of a watchmaker's skill.
Today Breguet walks in the footsteps of its founder: the Manufacture maintains its pioneering approach by incorporating new technologies in its watches. In 2006 the brand presented the results of several years of research by unveiling the first silicon components. Silicon's low weight and other ideal horological properties enabled Breguet to present the Type XXII model, the first series-produced mechanical chronograph with a frequency of 10Hz. The use of non-magnetic silicon opened new avenues of research, leading Breguet to consider employing magnets in a watch movement to improve its performance. This is how the Classique La Musicale model came into being. This chiming watch is fitted with the first magnetic regulator in watchmaking history. The introduction of magnetic components, hitherto regarded as watchmaking heresy, opened new horizons. Then in 2012 Breguet unveiled a watch without precedent, the Classique Chronométrie. Protected by six patents, the watch incorporates a magnetically pivoted balance in a 10Hz frequency movement. This revolutionary solution relies on two endstones, each fitted with a micro-magnet, at either end of the balance staff. The aim is to improve the pivoting, oscillations and stability of the balance. The much enhanced regulating capacity of the balance that ensues allows Breguet to set another milestone in the history of watchmaking.
This year, the Classique Chronométrie is one of the stars of the public exhibition at Baselworld during the weekend of April 27 and 28 at the Swatch Group Plaza. After Basel, the retrospective of Breguet's innovations goes on a world tour with the tourbillon as its main theme. Entitled "Breguet the innovator. Inventor of the tourbillon", the exhibition travels from major European cities to centres in Asia, the Middle East and the United States.


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By: Buckey2745 , 1:54 PM GMT on November 10, 2013
It's finally here, our first snow of the season. No, it's not much, and it won't slow people down too much. But still... it's here!
No watches or advisories or certainly warnings with this one. As I've been saying for a while now a clipper system will move in Monday evening. A decent shield of precip will spread along the front:
They key to this system is timing. If the front approaches closer to sunset we could see much more rain. If it hits closer to midnight, like the GFS suggests, maybe we can approach over an inch of snow.
The GFS predicts roughly 1-2"
And the NAM predicts the same
You'll notice a 2-3" area closer to the Ohio River in the GFS solution, and that's because it has the system approaching Central Ohio later, so there's actually a chance to see more snow out of this.
It'll be a light accumulation, but I feel like this kicks off the beginning of an active winter. For us here in Canal Winchester I predict we see 1" of snow out of this.
Probably won't be much of a snow map for this one, but I'll post reported accumulations on Tuesday.
UPDATE: Sunday, 7:10pm
Kind of interesting to see the GFS bump its snow totals up to 2-3" across the board here in Central Ohio. I wouldn't get my hopes up though. I'm sticking with 1", as I just don't think this will be a huge accumulation.
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Definition of conference
1 a : a meeting of two or more persons for discussing matters of common concern b : a usually formal interchange of views : consultation c : a meeting of members of the two branches of a legislature to adjust differences d : caucus
2 less commonly conferrence play \kən-ˈfər-ən(t)s\ : bestowal, conferment
3 a : a representative assembly or administrative organization of a religious denomination b : a territorial division of a religious denomination
4 : an association of athletic teams
conferentialplay \ˌkän-fə-ˈren(t)-shəl\ adjective
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The organization held its annual conference in New York this year.
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Our boss called a conference to discuss the new changes.
He spent an hour in conference with the president.
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: a formal meeting in which many people gather in order to talk about ideas or problems related to a particular topic (such as medicine or business) usually for several days
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: a group of sports teams that play against each other and that are part of a larger league of teams
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: a meeting for discussion or exchange of opinions
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1 : a meeting for consultation, deliberation, discussion, or interchange of opinions <a conference on environmental law> — see also judicial conference, pretrial conference
2 : a meeting of members of the two branches of a legislature especially to adjust differences in the provisions of a bill passed in different forms by the two branches; also : conference committee
3 : caucus
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Ohio State junior Chelsea Davis won a national championship in the 3-meter springboard during the second day of the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Ohio State's McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion yesterday.
Davis won with a score of 365.82 while freshman teammate Bianca Alvarez (354.50) was runner-up.
"It is great to be able to show people what I can do here in the finals," Davis said. "And to win for Ohio State at home is awesome."
Davis applauded her younger teammate.
"I was so happy for (Bianca)," Davis said. "There was nothing I wanted more than to go one-two, either her or me."
Alvarez was in awe of the experience.
"There was so much adrenaline running through me," she said. "Seeing my teammate hit all her dives made me want to get up there with her. It was an incredible experience."
The University of Arizona extended its team lead to 361 points through 14 events.
Arizona set an NCAA and U.S. record in the evening's first event, the 200-yard medley relay with a winning time of 1:35.29. The Wildcats broke the record they set last season. Arizona also set an NCAA record in the 800-yard freestyle relay with a winning time of 6:58.69.
Stanford sophomore Julia Smit won the 400 individual medley with a 4:02.41, the third-fastest time ever in the 400 IM.
The championships will conclude today with preliminaries beginning at 11 a.m. and finals starting at 7 p.m.


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MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Mount Vernon's acting police chief was suspended this week because of " unprofessional behavior" with a female Knox County 911 dispatcher during work hours in a city vehicle, according to the letter notifying him of his suspension.
George Hartz, a 19-year veteran of the Mount Vernon Police Department, admitted to Mount Vernon officials that the accusations against him were true, according to his personnel file.
Hartz was suspended three days without pay starting Monday; he will return to work on Thursday.
Mount Vernon Safety Services Director David Glass would not elaborate on Hartz's conduct.
Hartz had been filling in for Police Chief Mike Merrilees, who is suspended without pay pending an internal investigation into his actions involving a former officer who has filed a federal lawsuit over his dismissal. Merrilees and another Mount Vernon officer, Sgt. Kit Morgan, were suspended on July 12.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is looking into their actions.
Richard Dzik, Knox County's 911 coordinator, said the dispatcher has not been disciplined because none of the conduct occurred during her work hours.


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Roberts, Donna, Orden, David and Josling, Tim, "Food Regulation and Trade: Toward a Safe and Open Global Food System"Reviewer: Herwig, Alexia (published: 2/16/2006)
Aksoy, M. Ataman and Beghin, John C. (eds.), "Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries"Reviewer: Gonzalez, Carmen (published: 11/29/2005)
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