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Niagara Relicensing Agreements Include $12 Million for Habitat Improvement Projects in Erie County
Connie Cullen
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September 30, 2005
LEWISTON—Various fish and wildlife areas along the upper Niagara River corridor in Erie County will be restored and enhanced by wetland and aquatic-habitat improvement projects once the New York Power Authority (NYPA) receives a new 50-year license for its Niagara Power Project here.
NYPA announced this week that agreements with interested parties involved with an alternative licensing approach for the 2,400,000-kilowatt hydroelectric project include $12 million in NYPA funding for eight Habitat Improvement Projects (HIPs) in Erie County.
The aim of the projects is to address conditions resulting from fluctuating water levels in the Niagara River. The levels are affected by precipitation and other natural influences, as well as power generation on both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the Niagara River, and international treaty requirements on water flows over Niagara Falls.
The Power Authority conducted a study on the effects of the variable water levels on aquatic, terrestrial and wildlife resources. The study was undertaken in consultation with various stakeholders, including the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the U.S. Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service), Friends of Buffalo-Niagara River, and the Niagara River Environmental Coalition.
Based on the findings of the study, NYPA and stakeholders agreed on the construction of eight Erie County HIPs, along the Niagara River, identified as: (1)- Strawberry Island Wetland Restoration; (2)- Frog Island Restoration; (3)- Motor Island Shoreline Protection; (4)- Beaver Island Wetland Restoration; (5)- Control of Invasive Species: Buckhorn and Tifft Marshes; (6)- Osprey Nesting; (7)- Common Tern Nesting; (8)- Installation of Fish Habitat/Attraction Structures.
Details on the planned HIPs follow:
Strawberry Island Restoration: The proposed HIP will create additional complex marsh and high-energy wetland habitats for fish and wildlife, complementing recent habitat enhancements undertaken by the DEC. The improvements will create approximately seven acres of new diverse wetland habitat for fish, wildlife and water birds on the state-owned island. The improvement project includes measures to protect downstream shallow water habitats that may be affected by erosion caused by severe storms. Recreational opportunities, i.e., fishing, hunting and bird watching, will also be enhanced.
Frog Island Restoration: Creation of approximately five acres of diverse habitat conditions at the site of a former island in the Niagara River. The habitat will be created in a high-energy environment consisting of coarse (boulders, cobbles and gravel) and fine (muck, silt, clay and sand) substrate at variable depths that will support fish and wildlife.
Motor Island Shoreline Protection: The HIP will include the establishment of shoreline aquatic habitat and riparian vegetation up to the water's edge to help stabilize shoreline erosion for the state-owned island, which is managed by the DEC for protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife.
Beaver Island Wetland Restoration: Consists of the removal of fill placed at a former riverine wetland and site grading, and invasive species-control to help restore hemi-marsh and shallow pools to the Beaver Island shoreline. Diverse native vegetation will also be developed, providing food and cover for wildlife.
Control of Invasive Species-Buckhorn/Tifft Marshes: The improvement project will control exotic and invasive plant species, including purple loosestrife and common reed, in Tifft Marsh in Lackawanna and Buckhorn Marsh on Grand Island. These measures will promote growth of diverse wetland vegetation and improve wetland functions.
Osprey Nesting on the Niagara River: The HIP will increase the availability of suitable nesting sites in the Upper Niagara River. Osprey nesting will be improved by installing pole-mounted platforms in wetland areas at or near Buckhorn Weir, Beaver Island State Park, Strawberry Island, Bird Island Pier, and Tifft Farm Nature Preserve.
Common Tern Nesting: In consultation with DEC, the improvement project will create and enhance nesting sites for common tern—a threatened species in New York State—with possible locations at Buffalo Harbor breakwall and Buckhorn Marsh. The work will be facilitated by adding gravel-nesting substrate, removing vegetation, installing gull- or cormorant-exclusion devices, perimeter fencing, and the possible deployment of tern-nesting rafts or barges.
Installation of Fish Habitat/Attraction Structures: Since the bottom of the Niagara River provides limited cover for fish, the HIP will include large-object (boulder) cover in selected areas along the bottom of the upper Niagara River where fish can find shelter from water velocity, and be able to forage. Among the species that will benefit are muskellunge, northern pike, walleye, and largemouth and smallmouth bass.
In August, NYPA submitted a relicensing application for the Niagara Project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and supporting documents that included the agreement on the habitat improvement projects.
The agreement with the state and federal resource agencies and environmental groups for the HIP funding fall under NYPA's FERC licensing commitments. It's one of a number of licensing and non-licensing commitments made by NYPA as part of the alternative licensing process, which provided for a greater role for stakeholders during the pre-application phase.
Additional Agreed-upon Funding
Erie County communities also stand to benefit from agreements by NYPA to establish a $16.2 million fund for future HIPs in the Niagara River basin.
The Power Authority is also committed to make annual payments, over the 50-year term of the new license, of $1 million for a Niagara River Greenway Ecological Fund, amounting to $50 million (for projects in both Erie and Niagara Counties) and $3 million for a New York State Parks Greenway Fund to support rehabilitation of parks, recreation and related facilities, amounting to $150 million, (for projects in both Erie and Niagara Counties).
Further Funding Proposal
NYPA's offer to provide an additional $2 million in annual funding for Niagara River Greenway projects in Erie County is currently being discussed with interested parties.
The Niagara Project—New York State's largest source of electricity—produced its first commercial power in 1961, and provides some of the least cost electricity in the state, supporting more than 43,000 Western New York jobs, including over 36,000 in Erie County alone. Its current license expires August 2007.


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Handbook for Principal Investigators
This manual has been prepared by the Office of Research Services (ORS), Coastal Carolina University, to help faculty and staff in the preparation and submission of grant proposals and the administration of grant awards. Material contained in this manual is relevant to any kind of project or granting agency.
The most current information such as fringe benefit rates will be posted to this site as soon as they become available and may be downloaded to keep your manual up-to-date. The site also includes other grant related information as well as grant funding opportunities and links to other universities and funding agencies. If you choose to print this manual from the Web Site, be aware that it includes links, which you will need to ignore in the printed version.
The staff of ORS is pleased to have an active role in working with faculty and staff in the complex process of proposal preparation, submission and award and strive to provide the best possible service to the Coastal Carolina University community.
I. Preface
II. Introduction
III. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ sheet)
IV. Proposal Development (Pre-Award) Activities
A. Idea Generation and Development
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E. Organizing and Writing the Proposal
1. Title Page
4. Project Narrative or Description
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d. Methodology
e. Evaluation
5. References
6. Budget
a. Personnel/Salaries and Wages
d. Equipment
e. Travel
g. Publication
h. Subcontracts
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2. Application Instructions/Guidelines
C. Proposals Requiring Special Review
D. Site Visits
E. Declination
VI. Post-Award Grant Administration
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1. Rebudgeting
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c. Change of Grantee Insitution
APPENDIX NO. 1. Office of Research Services / Provost's Office Organization Chart
APPENDIX NO. 2. Pre-Award Step Summary
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APPENDIX NO. 7. Post-Award Responsibilities - How-to Action Matrix
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APPENDIX NO. 9. Important Information about Coastal Carolina University
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The state Legislature has come under fire in recent years for its varying forms of illegal and unsavory behavior. It should also come under fire for not pulling the trigger on easy decisions like repealing the Scaffold Law.
The Scaffold Law stipulates that whenever a worker falls from a certain height, the contractor or property owner is legally at fault for the injury. It doesn't matter if the worker is actually at fault for the fall. Legally there can be no defense mounted. The only purpose of a court case is to determine how much to pay the injured worker.
Building trades officials have been lobbying for the Scaffold Law to be repealed for nearly three decades. Perhaps a new study released last week by Cornell University will provide the final nail in its coffin. The study states New York incurs an additional 677 workplace accidents each year because of the Scaffold Law. At the same time, the Scaffold Law diverts at least $785 million of public money away from schools and local governments toward lawsuits, legal costs and insurance. The picture is even more ugly for private sector builders, who lose an estimated $1.487 billion each year in associated legal costs, workers' compensation payments, medical costs and other expenses.
In short, the Scaffold Law is a drain on the economy while at the same not protecting anyone except lawyers and insurance agents. Repealing the Scaffold Law could even help the economy, according to the Cornell University report, to the tune of $150 million in net gain to the economy and 12,000 jobs as the public and private sectors would have more money to build things by paying less for liability insurance.
New York can't be open for business, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is so fond of saying in his television commercials and news releases, as long as the stupid regulations like the Scaffold Law are still in effect. The state Legislature should take a step in the right direction during this legislative term and repeal the Scaffold Law.


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I bought one from Jesse a couple months ago and obviously 20wpc is not gonna cut it for MrHorsepower...lol So Jesse turned me on to another one with low hrs on ebay. I tell you what though just one by itself in stereo mode is very very impressive. Kind of lively and quite musical. They sound alot like a lightstar of course with out the low end grunt.
One problem I encountered with the ebay amp is the mono/stereo switch. Long story short it appears to be wired backward. In stereo it runs mono out the right channel/in mono it runs stereo just fine. Which is exactly opposite of what the manual says. The one I got from Jesse works exactly as its supposed to. I am currently running the (backward wired) one on the right channel with the switch flipped to stereo, as a mono block and it works perfect.
Has anybody else seen this issue?
BTW the turn table sounds s.w.e.e.t. with them mono blocked giving me 40wpc!!!
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (54 votes).
In short: Nice sized field, supportive atmosphere, interesting course. Great organisation.In full: This is everything I want from a half, and as long as you don't favour the massive corporate-type events, I'd be amazed if you didn't think so too.Date of review: March 12, 2013
In short: Well organised and very friendlyIn full: My first time and definately worth the trip. An interesting course with a few hills, but nothing too challenging. I'll be back next year. Date of review: March 12, 2013
In short: Well organised race in the lovely Worcestershire Countryside, ran like clockwork with thanks to the organisers and marshalls in challenging weather. Will be back next yearDate of review: March 11, 2013
In short: A lovely race, very friendly organisation. In full: Many thanks to all the marshals for being so supportive and for standing so long in the cold. Date of review: March 11, 2013
In short: Friendly, small, interesting. Unreservedly excellent.Date of review: March 10, 2013
In short: great raceDate of review: March 10, 2013
In short: Def Recommend this race, undulating pretty, the sting in the tail was challenging but love a challengeDate of review: January 23, 2013
Date of review: March 18, 2012
In short: Glad I chose this as my first half, very well organised and great route, the marshals were amazing :)Date of review: March 14, 2012
In short: Well-organised, great marshalls and water/gel stations, in lovely countryside, with a fantastic goody bag. I really enjoyed this race.Date of review: March 13, 2012
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Yuksek: I was born in Reims, France, and I studied music part time—normal school in the morning and music classes in the afternoon. I did this for nine years. Then I started making music with friends, from electro to harder stuff and pop projects. In the beginning Yuksek was more of a live project. There were no tracks, just sequences pasted together. Yuksek is the kind of guy who creates music for himself, and sometimes he helps people with their music—a director-remixer. The term is not used much, but that's what it is in the end. It's like how movies are made. Once you have some material the idea is to find the best order. It's what I did for Birdy Nam Nam, or like what I did for B*Witch: simplify the tracks to make them accessible. Not in a commercial sense, but for the ears.
Are computers essential to your production work? Has the technology you use to make and remix music changed over time or are you committed to a certain setup?
I'm a little bit old-fashioned when it comes to production. I do a lot of work with preamps, EQs, analog mixing desks, and real instruments. That didn't change much last year, and I don't think it's going change any time soon.
So what are your favorite pieces of equipment?
I love my old keyboards—the Memorymoog, the MS-20, the Prophet—even if I spend a lot of money repairing them frequently.
You recently participated in a special artistic collaboration that took place under the Louvre Pyramids. Can you tell us a bit more about that?
I received an offer from [French director] Ludovic Lagarde to be a part of an exhibition in the Louvre about the writer Umberto Eco. It included various performances, such as poetry readings and video pieces. I created a long track with my friend Clement from the band ALB. We used a bunch of old keyboards, bass, guitars, vocoders. It was something very progressive and psychedelic. It's hard to explain, but we really enjoyed working together again and playing in such an incredible place.
Have any artists or musicians in particular inspired you recently during your travels?
Everything inspired me last year. I saw many exhibitions in the countries I visited, and I saw many concerts and performances in many genres. It was really interesting to travel so much in the world and see so many things.
What do you have planned for 2010? Will you be releasing a second album this year?
I'm starting to think about it, but the album will be out in 2011. I need time!


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Gadd's contribution to the music of Paul Simon, Eric Clapton and Chick Corea was inspired and inspiring, causing no less than Buddy Rich to single him out for "elevating the art of drumming".
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Stewart Copeland
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Chad Smith
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Michael Miley
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Dan Flint
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Dave Grohl
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Keith Moon
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Buddy Rich
A quarter-century since his passing, jazz and big band legend Buddy Rich is still considered one of the greatest ever drummers.
Rich has topped just about every serious drummer's poll of the greatest ever sticksman, however since this isn't particularly serious, Buddy may not have the easiest ride in this tournament.
Billy Cobham
Pioneering jazz/rock fusion drummer whose work with Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra and on his own Spectrum album has been massively influential.
Neil Peart
After almost 40 years with Rush, prog drumming legend Neil Peart is still one of rock's most phenomenal and revered players.
Mike Portnoy
Since his shock decision to leave Dream Theater, the band he co-founded and had led for 25 years, the prog metal superstar has kept himself busy with plenty of new projects, from Avenged Sevenfold and TransAtlantic to Adrenalin Mob and Flying Colors.
Joey Jordison
Voted the greatest drummer of the last 25 years in a 2010 Rhythm poll puts Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison in the driving seat this time. But anything can happen!
The Rev
The late Jimmy Sullivan, aka The Reverend Tholomew Plague, was one of the most exciting sticksmen in modern metal until he passed away in 2009.
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Matt Halpern
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (54 votes).
In short: Cracking little run in the heart of EnglandIn full: Good fun, well marshalled. Only quibble is chip timing really does need a start and finish, not just a finish for the time triallers mid-pack and back :-)Date of review: July 2, 2012
In short: Glorious way to spend a sunny summer eveningIn full: Stratford AC run excellent races and this is no exception. Small-scale but very careful preparation and good quality marshalling, fine home made cakes, and beautiful surroundings. The course is mostly flat, but the final climb could give you a nasty bite if you haven't got much left. Date of review: July 2, 2012
In short: Lovely event with plenty of enthusiastic supportDate of review: July 1, 2012
In short: Lovely little race around the lanes near Stratford.Date of review: July 1, 2012
In short: Awesome little raceIn full: Throughly enjoyed this tonight having only decided to do it after a big club relay thing didn't happen. Great organisation a tough little climb towards the end and a lovely atmosphere throughout the course :)One to recomend to the rest of the club thats for sure :D Date of review: June 30, 2012
In short: 2nd year and enjoyed it all the more for that ... good quite challenging run in parts very scenic and friendly - definitely plan to come backDate of review: July 20, 2011
In short: LOVE THIS RACEIn full: I probably love it too much! Shouldn't have run after 2 days off ill with food poisoning but this race is so special. This year as well organised and marshalled as ever. I shall be back.Date of review: July 4, 2011
In short: great for my first 10k In full: Lovely and friendly people. Great course except for the hill at the end. Love the support from the locals - especially the kids who had made banners and were cheering. great motivation Date of review: July 3, 2011
In short: nice evening race,good support from locals and marshalls,hill at 5 miles was not as bad as i'd heard! well done every one Date of review: July 2, 2011
In short: Very well organised creating a good atmosphere and supportive. Good area for the run with some challengesDate of review: August 4, 2010
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I use IDY......if I may, I am assuming you liked "a better finished crust" with the bulk fermentation, how come you stopped. Can you explain to me in words what you mean by a better finished crust?Thank youJohn
John,By a better finished crust I meant the final pie that comes out of the oven. Perhaps it was bad terminology on my part.Why did I stop? I thought I'd try it the other way to see if it produces similar or even better results. but so far I'm not a 100% convinced.Hope that explains it.
John,Thanks for conducting your interesting experiments! Do you think you would always use the bulk fermentation method with 12 hrs. bulk, balling, and 12 hrs. refrigeration? Wouldnt that be hard to control for someone that might want to use that method in a business? I wanted to also ask you if you liked these results better than some of the Reinhart pizza you made in terms of taste of the crust, texture, and bottom crispness? All your pictures are great, and the pizzas do look very good, but I would like to have your opinion on which pizzas you might prefer, between the Lehmann and Reinhart.Norma
John,That pie looks superb! Thanks for sharing your experiments!
John, you have done a valuable service to us all. This was a really interesting experiment. I know I am going to pay more attention to when I reball the dough. Dough is sort of mystical in its properties, isn't it? Regards, TinRoof
NormaAs to your first question...In this 4 day experiment, one pizza was monumental...the one which was bulk fermented 12 hours, balled and refrigerated another 12 hours. This could have been a fluke..I don't know..so I guess I will try to duplicate it....and if I can..that should lead to another series of experiments using the 12 hour bulk ferment and 12 hour refrigeration as the base...varying times and such to see what this does to dough. I was very excited to taste that particular pizza....but I was even more excited about this experiment when I found that up to a particular point in time, every single bulk fermented dough was better than the balled from the mixer dough. By the way, I still have some bulk fermented dough in the walk in, and today, I took a piece, balled it up, and 3 hours later we had an excellent pizza for lunch.Your question about using the 12 hour bulk, 12 hour fridge method in business gets right to the heart of what makes it so hard to run a restaurant. That is why more experimentation will be done. But, for the pizza maker at home...that's another story...for he or she knows exactly when dinner time is.I was really excited to see that you asked about the Reinhart doughs. During dinner tonight I realized something kind of exciting to me. As you know I have been experimenting like crazy with Reinhart doughs over a year now...they have definitely been my favorites up till now...and you will recall you and I have had some conversations about the reballing of these doughs and of the necessity of the thing. I have even made the comment that without the reball, the doughs are unremarkable. Norma, take a look at one of Reinhart's recipes here:http://www.fornobravo.com/pizzaquest/instructionals/59-written-recipes/169-ny-style-pizza-dough.html Did you see it....he bulk ferments his dough. Most of his recipes are the same. All this time, even though I didn't bulk ferment the dough, I found through experimenting, they had to be reballed...and then I worked at the different timings of the reball to get the best crust. so, all this time I fell in love with a dough, thinking the magic was in the recipe, or the magic was in the mixing method.....but, I'm certain now that I fell in love with the dough because of the marvelous texture which is achieved by timing the reballs correctly. In fact, when I thought I was done experimenting, I played around with a recipe much lower in hydration, but using the methods learned from the Reinhart experiments....and the texture was still there. And from there it was making doughs with poolish, which adds great flavor, but it's the Reinhart method which delivers the texture i love. Anyway, my favorites are now the ones I make with poolish...and now I know that I don't have to use a high hydration rate to achieve what I want...and this makes pizza making even simpler. Best wishesjohn
Norma,You might recall that when you were using the Universal Bread Maker we had an exchange on the bulk fermentation method described by Peter Reinhart, at Replies 104 and 105 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,13668.msg143376.html#msg143376. With respect to your question about scaling the process that John described to a commercial level, you might recall that when I was playing around with the long-fermented dough that went out more than a couple of weeks, I wondered whether it would be possible to scale the process I used to a commercial level where, for ten-day old doughs, one could make dough every ten days. See, for example, my comments at the end of Reply 23 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3985.msg35370.html#msg35370. What I did not consider is that assuming that one had an average daily volume of 150 dough balls, that would mean that the pizza operator would have to make 1500 dough balls every 10 days. Since my method was based on keeping the dough balls as cold as possible, there would not have been a way to get the 1500 dough balls made fast enough to keep them all on the cold side, not to mention the large cooler capacity and efficiency that would be required to cool down 1500 dough balls. Maybe someone with a commissary with sophisticated temperature and humidity control could figure out a way to do this, such as a Papa John's or some other large operator, but it is unlikely that an individual pizza operator would be able to do it. In this vein, you might recall what you went through when you tried to make just five dough balls that would last eight days (Reply 241 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3985.msg85495.html#msg85495, and succeeding posts). Imagine if you had to make hundreds of such dough balls.I raise the above only to point out that not all home regimens can be scaled to a commercial one. In fact, I would say that many, if not most, of the recipes on this forum, particularly those that require intervention at one or more points during the preparation and management of the dough, are readily scalable to a commercial level where hundreds of dough balls are needed (although A16 did something along these lines some years ago). In my case, I was using a straight dough method without any intervention, and even then it is highly unlikely that it would be scalable to hundreds of dough balls. But, as John notes, this is not an issue in a home setting where people can control their processes for small volumes of dough balls. Nor was John making a claim that what he has been doing is or should be scalable to a commercial level. The point I was trying to make is that there are practical advantages in a commercial setting to do the dough division up front rather than later. Peter
John,I know you have been experimenting with the Reinhart doughs like crazy in the past year and I have enjoyed those results too! I didnt realize that Reinhart had been bulk fermenting his doughs before, until you pointed that out. I know when I experimented with different Reinhart dough I usually only made one dough ball at a time and you usually also balled the dough right out of the mixer. I think that is a big revelation in itself that you discovered that Reinhart really was bulk fermenting his doughs. I also found though my experiments that there usually was a reball needed, and the timing of the reball was crucial, as you also found out, but I never did a bulk ferment.Norma
John,Are you bringing the balls up to room temperature before sheeting?
Norma, the point I was trying to make regarding this matter (in fact, I started a thread on this alone), was that scaling and balling high hydrated dough right out of the mixer was almost the same as bulk fermentation because so little action is used to actually try and tighten the ball...most of the time, I just try to get the weights right, and with oiled hands try to get one mass of dough in a container. If my assumption is correct, than the doughs I was getting had to be pretty close to the same had I really been bulk fermenting the dough. And also if my assumption is at least close to true, the experiments done with the Reinhart dough were mini experiments with bulk fermented doughs. So, what I call a reball in my case, was simply the balling process when using bulk fermention and this was called for per Reinhart.John
Do you think it would be possible for me to make a better pizza now using one of those methods, or bulk fermenting now? As you already know I am always trying to make a better dough and pizza for market.
Norma,I believe that you are better prepared today to repeat your prior test and thought to say so in my last post but I did not want to steer this thread in a new direction. However, I do think that you might be able to repeat what John has done with, say, five dough balls, although I don't recall seeing the sizes of pizzas that John has been making (I know you like thicker crusts for your NY style). But the dough formulation that John posted is really a version of the Lehmann NY style dough formulation, using a high-gluten flour, some sugar (which Tom recommends for long fermentations), and with an "effective" hydration of 61% when the 3% oil is taken into account. In your case, where the dough has to be made entirely at market because of the market's rules, you might have to adjust the amount of yeast and add it late in the process if you are to make the dough one day at market and use it about a week later, also at market. In effect, you would be adapting the dough formulation that John posted to a longer window of usability by using some of the methods I described in the thread at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3985.0.html. There is also no reason that I can see why you can't take the basic Lehmann NY style dough formulation that was adapted for use with a preferment and adapt it to take advantage of John's methods, especially the reballing. What I don't know is when you would be able to do the reballing after the bulk ferment. You would have to do that at some time where you are permitted to have access to the market. I also don't know if the end results would be better than what you are now getting at market with the preferment Lehmann NY style dough formulation. But, if a test along the lines discussed by John is doable, a few dough balls should give you the answer. Peter
I understood that Mike....can you explain to me what makes it a better finished crust..can you give me a description of what it feels like, looks like etc.Thank youJohn
I am not sure if I will go for a 8 day cold fermented dough again, but maybe a 5 day cold fermented dough with or without a reball on a Monday. I could also try a bulk ferment like John is experimenting with and reball the dough on a Monday, but wouldnt know when to make the dough to bulk ferment. When I am ready I will start a new thread so I wont mess-up Johns thread.
Norma, My recollection is that you are permitted access to the market on Monday through Friday, but not on Saturday or Sunday. If that is correct, you could start the bulk dough on Thursday, ferment it until Monday (4 days) and do the division and scaling on Monday also. Then use the dough balls on Tuesday (5 days). Peter
Do you have idea of how much yeast I should use when doing a bulk fermentation of 4 days, or should I just try to figure out what might work? Do you think the amount of IDY (0.50) John is using would be too much? I see John had a final dough temperature of 70 degrees F.
Norma,Is your refrigerator case at market where you hold the dough balls more like a home refrigerator than a commercial cooler in terms of its operating temperature range?Peter
Norma,I was thinking of a combination of about 0.25% IDY and a finished dough temperature of 75-80 degrees F. However, since I do not do bulk cold fermentations of dough, maybe John has an opinion as to the amount of IDY that you might use, given that he has made doughs with several days of cold fermentation in bulk. At the values mentioned above, I don't see a risk of overfermentation. And any weakness in the dough structure can be overcome during the reballing.Peter
John,A crust, especially the rim, that has an almost thin, egg-shell like exterior, a fluffy, airy and light interior and with the center crust of having a slightly crunchy bottom with a moist and light layer before it all melts into one goodness the minute you take a bite.


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I had been waiting for dates for a female freestyle course but none had come up which coincided with my availability so I had a choice: wait, wait and wait some more or take a plunge with the boys?
I have done mixed camps in the French Alps but not for a long time and never freestyle. I had heard much about the abundant, free flowing testosterone which can go into overdrive when competing with fellow 'campers' on such courses. So I was unsure if this was for me but I was prepared to give it a go………
I live in Newcastle and my nearest indoor snow slope is either Castleford or Glasgow, so I decided to combine seeing friends with my freestyle course and headed 'north of the border' for a two day weekend camp with Definition Camps. Gav Learmonth, former coach to the British Olympic Snowboard Team and owner of Definition Camps believes anyone should have the opportunity to learn freestyle.
I thought he may have a challenge with me as I never set out to participate in freestyle snowboarding but through a 'quirk of fate' had done a bit and really enjoyed it. I was keen to see how far I could go in 2 days and my aim was to overcome my anxiety around box rails (I fell backwards off a small rail in March this last season) and get enough air to enable a simple grab.
Saturday was an early start and we were on the slope by 9.15 am. There were 9 of us; 4 women and 5 men; we ranged from teenagers to 40 plus in age; and experience varied from dryslope learners to experienced mountain boarders with a love of freestyle. It was the most varied group of people I have ever learnt with either as a snowboarder or in any other sport. To say that Andy, the instructor, had his work cut out was an understatement!
In the morning we warmed up with a few runs and then concentrated on improving our general riding with Andy giving tips and coaching us individually. We then tried fakie or switch which is important to master, or at least feel comfortable with, so that 180s are achievable. Before lunch we moved onto a couple of small box rails: a straight rail and an A-frame. I found the A-frame easier as it was wider and everyone managed 50/50s. The more able and experienced boarders were taught and performed successful front side board slides. Inevitably there were falls but 'no pain, no gain' and everyone made it through to lunch.
After lunch those who wanted to had a chance to go on a rainbow box rail and this is where the afternoon's mishaps occurred: the apex of the rail was 4' from the ground so any fall would hurt. For a nanosecond I did consider riding the rail particularly after a number of people had negotiated it successfully, however there were two incidents within 10 minutes and the feature was shut. Caroline broke 3 ribs (I hope you're recovering well if you're reading this!) and Nico had a very sore leg when his board and body became separated by the rail – ouch!
There was never any pressure to do any feature which you did not want to do and there was always something else to practice. After these two incidents we concentrated on flatland skills which were very challenging and physically demanding but also fun. Andy showed us how to ollie, nollie, butter and do 180s. He also took some video to show us all at the end of the day. The big surprise is that I looked better than I felt and my mistakes were not as magnified in 'real life' as they were in my head. I returned to my friends tired but happy and in need of a glass of wine!
Sunday dawned with a cold looming and aching limbs: you could say I had better starts to the day. We also dropped in number with only 5 'campers' and the day was much less intense. Day two was all about kickers and practising flatland skills. The biggest challenge of the day was riding switch up the poma lift: apparently is shows how dominant your leading leg really is. I always thought I was pretty ambidextrous and sometimes ride switch on narrow cat tracks but this exercise made me realise that I really am a regular rider.
Andy taught us about pop and what it is: I had never been taught this before and when I managed to pop it did feel very different and much easier than what I was doing previously. We did more switch riding and also learnt how to spin. Once I got my head around how it actually worked it was really easy and I found I could spin the whole way down the slope although I was dizzy and felt sick by the time I reached the bottom! We started practising over a roller or mound of snow to try and get pop and air before heading onto the kicker. I did not want to injure myself or knock my confidence so late in the day so did not attempt the kicker, although almost everyone else did.
Anthony managed a great grab and Frank landed the kicker on the third attempt. Isla was 'up for it' and will be back I'm sure to master the sweet spot on landing. I practised getting faster and more air over the roller and started to try for a grab. Although I never fully managed a grab I was almost there which I was happy with. The day ended with some more video viewing and photo opportunities.
So was a mixed camp worth attending even if I really wanted a female dedicated course? An overwhelming yes it was: there were no egos; no evidence of testosterone in overdrive; only a supportive group of people all trying to achieve their own goals and improve their boarding. The main factor when considering a course such as this should be the instruction (Andy was helpful, knowledgeable and encouraging) and not the gender of the group. My fellow Scottish campers were good fun and supportive even though at times I struggled with the Glaswegian accent!
There were things I had not considered which were harder than I anticipated. An indoor slope does not give you a chance to rest between 'runs' as there is no chairlift to relax for a few minutes and freestyle uses different muscles to general snowboarding. The course was much harder on my feet and legs than I expected as lifting and bending a snowboard doing 180s and ollies and jumps means you do need some strength and flexibility in your body. However, I achieved my aims and despite a fallen metatarsal in my right foot (old, unsupportive snowboard boots) I can't wait to get back and try some more freestyle, albeit after a shopping trip to get a freestyle snowboard and some new footwear. No matter what the age, ability or gender mix I will definitely use Definition again.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Weekend Updates...
How was your weekend? Mine was so busy! Like I said, I'm still catching up with life after my trip and I've been so busy with makeup. As you can tell, I haven't gotten a youtube video up in 2 weeks. Sorry! I finally uploaded my Kat Von D tutorial last night but something was wrong with my sound. I removed it and I'll fix the sound and reload it tonight.
This weekend was jam-packed with gigs. Saturday morning I had to travel to do the makeup for 3 clients that were having professional photos taken. One of them was a pinay! The three were pretty much little to no makeup wearers so they wanted to try something glamorous and new. It came out fabulously! All 3 decided to wear false lashes and it really made their eyes pop. Each gig I do, I try to learn something new so that I can improve myself for next time. One thing I learned is that if I am doing extensive eyebrow grooming, I need to charge extra and budget in the time as well. The first client took me an extra 30 minutes to shape her eyebrows. However, the 30 minutes was well worth it because the before and after was amazing.
I'm also going to invest in getting pencil boxes for my kit. Right now, everything is organized in labeled clear bags. I noticed that when I'm rushing, it's hard to get everything to fit back into the case neatly when I'm packing up. Pencil cases are harder and more compact, so they should be able to stack more neatly in my kit. I'll post pics of the shoot soon!
I finished the shoot around noon, then had brunch at Cracker Barrel with the BF. Afterwards I hurried home to get ready for my next gig. I was booked for a designer who was participating in a fashion show with other up and coming Atlanta designers. All of my models were men. The fashion show as at this luxurious mansion and their were tents set up in the backyard. They had the runway circling the pool which was backed by a large stone waterfall. Talk about gorgeous! All of the male models were really easy to work with. I got to hang out in the men's dressing area, woo hoo! I'll post pics soon!
Sunday, I had more makeup to do. I've been working with a photographer to develop both our portfolios. On Sunday I did a different look on three models. The first was a retro glam inspired look--false lashes, subtle eye and bold red lips. The theme of the shoot was sexy teacher. The second look was bright bright flourescent colored eyes and a really modern lip--think kabuki mime with a nude lip and a bright pink stripe down the center. The last look was very ethereal with golds, teals and white. They all turned out really well. I'll post pics soon!
Meanwhile, I'll get that Kat Von D Tutorial out asap. Thanks for being patient!
9 comments:
- yummy411 said...
it's always fabulous for a makeup artist to be busy! woo hoo! everything sounds amazing. for your gigs are they all paid services or do you do some volunteer for promotion? (i hope these questions don't sound intrusive.. just one blooming artist to another..)
in grooming brows, are you plucking, razor, waxing??
- June 9, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- spankedelic said...
so happy for all your success!!! keep up the good work. can't wait to see your pics!
- June 9, 2008 at 2:34 PM
- mina said...
That's great that you have a lot of business! Looking forward to seeing the pictures.
- June 9, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
hey yummy: i usually am paid for the regular makeovers...weddings and stuff...i did the fashion show for PR since i got to be interview for TV and put on the flyer...usually i'll do stuff for free that seems to help promote me...
for the eyebrows...i plucked and trimmed...i'm thinking about doing the lil razor though...have you tried this?
spankedelic: thanks sweety!
mina: thanks hon!
- June 9, 2008 at 4:04 PM
- Askmewhats said...
awww girl! you are so busy with your gigs but I am so proud and happy for you!!! It's something you really wanted to do and you're following your dream! Go PInay! :) We'll be patiently waiting for your updates!
- June 10, 2008 at 4:48 AM
- Vanessa said...
Can't wait to see pics sis! I am so proud of you!
- June 10, 2008 at 4:56 AM
- Fei said...
Aww, so proud of you! You're doing really well really fast!
- June 10, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- (g)ezebel said...
that's sooooo great your getting so many new clients and work!! congrats!!
looking forward to the Kat Von D review. i just bought her beethoven palette on sephora online.
- June 11, 2008 at 2:04 AM
- yummy411 said...
hey ren! yeh i learned to do brows with a razor (the plastic deals) but that's not my fav... my sis does it with a straight edge which is better, but i'm not as comfortable doing it. most people i've dealt with so far already have groomed brows so i opt for plucking and trimming if needed and the extra grooming that i do. kewlies! i'm so excited for you!
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On January 17, 2013, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Washington, D.C., and announced that the United States is recognizing the Government of Somalia for the first time since 1991. Secretary Clinton said, "Today is a milestone. It's not the end of the journey but it's an important milestone to that end.""Somalia's transformation was achieved first and foremost by the people and leaders of Somalia, backed by strong, African-led support. We also want to thank the African Union, which deserves a great deal of credit for Somalia's success," Secretary Clinton said. "The United States was proud to support this effort."
President Hassan Sheikh said, "Somalia is very grateful for the unwavering support from the United States to the people of Somalia. U.S. is a major donor to Somalia, which include humanitarian assistance and help toward security. We both have common interests and common enemy, which we must redouble our efforts to bring peace and stability in Somalia.
"Somalia is emerging from a very long, difficult period, and we are now moving away from the chaos, instability, extremism, piracy, an era, to an era of peaceful and development. We are aiming to make a valuable contribution to the region and the world at large."
Our "Photo of the Week" comes to us from the Secretary's official photographer, Michael Gross, and shows Secretary Clinton and President Hassan Sheikh shaking hands during this historic announcement. In recognizing President Hassan Sheikh's government as the Government of Somalia, the United States is committing to sustained diplomatic engagement with the Somali authorities.
In addition to meeting with Secretary Clinton, President Hassan Sheikh met with Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough, Deputy Administrator of USAID Donald Steinberg, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James Miller, and a number of other U.S. government officials in Washington. Today, he will meet with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan E. Rice. Read more about President Hassan Sheikh's visit to the United States.
Melissa in Maryland writes:
Now it's time to recognize Cuba.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
I support France President.
Many hostages died. The failed operation.
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Ali in Sweden writes:
First of all Somali is not recognized today nor yesterday,but 1969 apart from that,it is not a milestone.this new president is a man with words.
A man who denied hall nation who has power in Mogadisho,and want use the clan system and planing to make ministers only people from Beledweyn.
Somalian have been learning lessons,we will not accept more anything against humanity,no one will to tale us what to when to do,we are not slaves,USA want to give us a new government after what they have done in Somali,if the USA think they can give us the freedom and the peace in this day and age,no way,USA killed many young men children and women in 1993 and even after that,still innocent people are killed in Mogadisho everyday just to tale the world They are AL/shabab, The Alshabab was made,and this president is made also by the USA via Qadar and Ethiopia and so on.
I will inform here the new president full the people,but you will not full us all the time.
Bandir will be taken soon by the who belong to,you forget easy. are all other people ,and you think weapons are not hidden,you muste be silly.If the world want peace in Somalia the world must demand justice in Somalia especially in
Mogadisho, do not forget your Gabayre, he ended in fire,why was he killed? I did not ask you who killed,If my people do not get their rights you will never make a great leader so choose,you want this why then fine .the elders who represent me in Mogadisho they just take bribe from you,but how long? KARANLE


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Harry wrote:This is the greatest album EVER made and it only goes for about 35 minutes. An amazing feat this album was.
My sentiments exactly. This is the perfect pop album. 10/10...quite possibly for me the best album of all time. My favourite track, would be a tossup between Good Day Sunshine and Got To Get You Into My Life.... but I also love jamming along to Tomorrow Never Knows and recreating the backwards guitar solo, as it's very playable if you play it in an orthodox manner...of course, plenty of distortion helps!
For No One is another highlight...funnily enough, the songs I love the most on Revolver are the ones Paul chose to cover on the Give My Regards to Broad Street record.
Then again, there are pairs of perfect pop songs that go together well..such as And Your Bird Can Sing & Dr Robert..... and She Said She Said leading to Tomorrow Never Knows. It's so perfectly put-together. Rubber Soul is a great album too, but yeah for me this one is the icing on the cake.


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Drosophila melanogaster is a fly, distributed world wide with the exception of extremes of altitude or latitude. Its claim to fame is that, for the last 100 years or so, it has been a favourite organism for biological research, initially in the field of genetics, but latter for the investigation of fundamental problems in biology from the fields of ecology to neurobiology. Systematically, D. melanogaster belongs to the large family of Drosophilae (with over 4,000 known species), a family of acalyptrate flies. By and large members of this family are specialized to feed, as larvae, on rotting vegetable matter that is undergoing fermentation due to yeast or bacterial contamination. It is these microorganisms that constitute the food of larval Drosophila. In the laboratory, however, D. melanogaster is grown on a flour-based medium gelled with agar and seeded with baker's yeast.
D. melanogaster is a commensal of humans, a history recently reviewd by Keller [18]. It is most commonly found in close association with human habitation, and is often found inside houses, especially in the fall where it is attracted by fruit and wine. Adults are often found drowned in a glass of wine left in a room overnight. The ecological versatility required to associate with human habitations, from the coasts of New Guinea to Manhattan, has predisposed D. melanogaster to be a very robust laboratory organism. The world-wide distribution of this fly is relatively recent, however. Its ancestral home is thought to be tropical West Africa. From there it spread to Euroasia, perhaps 6,000-10,000 years ago. It spread to the Americas only 500 or so years ago, probably on trans-Atlantic slave ships.
Although described in the scientific literature in 1830, by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764-1845) [1], these flies were known to the Ancient Greeks. The first experimental studies with D. melanogaster were done, just over a century ago, by F.W. Carpenter and by William Castle [2] in Harvard, for studies of the effects of inbreeding on fecundity. Castle's work showed that D. melanogaster was suitable for experimental work and brought it to the attention of Thomas Hunt Morgan, an embryologist at Columbia University in New York who wished to make an experimental study of evolution [see 3 for a historical accounts of the introduction of Drosophila into research and of the Morgan School]. His discovery, in 1910, of a white-eyed variant, and his demonstration that this factor showed sex-linked inheritance, was seminal to the then new field of genetics [4]. Over the next thirty years or so, Morgan's school and colleagues established the foundations of classical genetics, a fact recognised by the award of a Nobel Prize to Morgan in 1933 and to his student H.J. Muller in 1946, the latter being for Muller's discovery in 1928 that X-rays can cause mutations.
Today, there are about 7,500 researchers devoted to the study of fundamental problems in biology working with Drosophila. Many advances in our understanding of human development and human disease have come from this work, a fact recognised by the award in 1995 of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine to three Drosophila workers, Ed Lewis, Eric Weischaus and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard.
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Lawmakers agree to $11.6 million for mental health
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State lawmakers have reached a bipartisan deal to provide $11.6 million to counties to fund mental health services in the current budget year. Sen. Jack Hatch says Tuesday that Republican and Democratic lawmakers have agreed to the funding plan, which will help counties with expenses as the state transitions to a new regional mental health treatment system. The funding for services through June 30 is substantially more than Gov. Terry Branstad proposed, but not as much as counties requested.
The Legislature approved changes to Iowa's system last May, shifting from a system run by counties to a more regional approach in which counties pool their money. The new approach was meant to minimize differences between urban and rural areas.


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The Arctic Environmental Atlas has presented environmental information on the Arctic region in an interactive map on the Internet since December 2000. The map has been updated with a new interface, more extensive data themes and new features. It is accessible at:http://maps.grida.no/arctic/
Arendal, August 23th 2002New in this revision are an interface for desktop software to access the map, updated data on the human impact on the Arctic, access to a database on national parks, and much more.
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by John MacArthur
The genuine spiritual unity of saved souls is evident throughout the New Testament. And back then, just as today, that unity was manifest in the local gathering of believers.
Christians inherently bond together in common, shared spiritual life with those of like precious faith. Through the new birth of salvation, we have entered into a fellowship with other believers—a fellowship that's so wonderful, unique, and precious that Paul sternly warned the Corinthians to make sure there were no divisions among them that could threaten it (1 Corinthians 1:9-10).
The word we translate as fellowship—koinonia—essentially means partnership. Paul describes that partnership in Galatians 2:9: "And recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship." He and Barnabas were affirmed and welcomed into common participation in eternal life, as it is manifest through the visible life of the church.
That's exactly what happens in church membership—the individual believer is publically identified with the local body of believers and enters into an ongoing spiritual partnership with that congregation. It's a public affirmation of our unity in Christ, our care for each other, and our shared desire to grow together in the love and knowledge of God's Word.
That's why the modern trend of believers floating freely between congregations and never firmly planting in one place is a foreign concept to Scripture. What we have today is a model built on a consumer mentality—people go to church wherever their felt needs are addressed, and unplug and move on when those needs change or are better met somewhere else. That pattern is completely contrary to the one we find in God's Word.
In fact, it's expressly forbidden by Scripture. Hebrews 10:23-25 is unequivocal when it comes to the necessity of fellowship.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
How can the people of God "stimulate one another to love and good deeds" if they aren't regularly meeting together? It can't happen. Forsaking the fellowship of other believers cuts you off from a key, God-ordained source of biblical instruction, refining accountability, and spiritual growth (cf. Proverbs 27:17).
And the need for fellowship is even greater as we draw nearer to the return of Christ. The shepherdless flock won't thrive; it'll scatter. And the rogue sheep is easy prey for wolves. Faithful fellowship helps insulate you from the influences of a world that's sprinting to hell. Why wouldn't a Christian take advantage of that?
Instead, too many believers today approach church like a duty or a task—one that's quickly pushed aside and forgotten as soon as it's been accomplished.
I can't understand that attitude. I want to be with the people of God every opportunity I get. I want to share together in our common love for the Lord and His truth. I want to build and deepen friendships, bear each other's burdens, and extend comfort and encouragement to those who need it. I want to come together with a collective choir of believers to sing praises to the Lord. I want to pray and worship with people who love God's Word, and I want to see firsthand what His Word is accomplishing in their lives.
All of that is meant to happen in the church, not in spite of it.
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What John is saying is the ideal but not what we find out here in many parts of the US. We are working towards this. We would all like to be in a fully functioning church but this is just not the case. The thing that disturbs me is that John knows this but seemingly at times makes no allowance for the situation. I remember at least one sermon where he has said that most churches are the First Church of the Tares with a few weak stalks scattered in. Amen and Amen. But a little more sensitivity to those of us who are suffering because we can't find a church that is even headed in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
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Right now I am so frustrated! Because my husband and I have not been directed to a Bible teaching, obedient church. The ones that we have joined have been apostate. I receive what Pastor John is saying and I know that it is scriptural, so it causes me sadness. We will continue to pray.
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First of all let me say thank you thank you thank you to pastor John for these posts. As a pastor it is so disturbing that people just float about from church to church to meet their consumer needs. I do have a question as I have watched the responses to these posts. It seems that people from all over the country can't find a solid Bible teaching church. Not a perfect, every duck is in a row church. But a Jesus worshipping, Bible teaching fellowship. Where is everyone living and what exactly is keeping you from the churches? What (in your view) is making every church in your town or region apostate? That sounds like a very weighty accusation to be making, it sure seems to me that it needs to be backed up. I am concerned that many are not finding exactly what they want in the format they want. Not unbiblical issues just preferential issues. I find it hard to believe that across our nation there are such a great number of people churchless because "every church is apostate". I also find it hard to believe that so many pastors are apostate. Yes I know many are but lets define that word please. Maybe you could help us out pastor John. I know you are a fan of the local church and I would love to hear what your guidelines are for what to look for in a church. I know you have taught this before (I have listened to it) but it might be helpful for those reading these posts. Please help me understand....
I have also heard Pastor John say that if you can't find a local church that exalts Christ and upholds the truth of Scripture, start one! Amen?
It's so hard when the pastor fills up his sermons with downloaded videos and other such nonsense. We had to leave that church. There are next to none in our rural neighbourhood. We are devastated that we can't find a good church. Praying for new fellowship.
I am a pastors wife and I agree with Nathan. We are a small congregation of around 100 people. My husband is pastor in the mold of John. I read the article on what should you look for in a church and why you should leave. My experience is that most folks want the perfect church - not so much in terms of sound faithful teaching and leadership - but rather in facilities and programmes. The reasons we have been given for folks leaving us : Your sunday school is to small. You dont have a youth church, your music is to conservative. The sermons are to long (40min). You cant expect me to live like the bible times (i.e - sexual purity). We dont believe anyone should judge someone else (in response to church discipline). There are to many black people in your church (we are racially mixed). I dont want to keep hearing about sin and hell. We want more postive messages. You need more technology in the service. You make non christians feel uncomfortable. Now of course I know that those are silly reasons. What many congragation memebers dont realise, is how much we love them and how deeply it hurts when they leave. And when they leave for reasons such as this - it is not only hurtful but also frustrating. By God's grace - we have never had anyone leave for any of the reasons John gave.
Kirk thanks for what you shared!! I am hoping that more guys will remember that rural areas need solid churches too!!
Nathan, you're right, it's not the shortage of biblical churches. I think it's because most of us Christians are looking for big churches that are biblical. But the truth is there are far more biblical churches that are small.
My heart breaks for those that have replied that they just can't find spiritually sound churches where they live. It is so true--it takes time to find one. Not everyone has access to a church sound in doctrine (like Grace Community). What the previous commenter posted about all the glitzy type of stuff that people are looking for is also true ... and very sad indeed. Right also is the comment 'there is no perfect church'. Thank you, Brother John, for a great post. My prayer is that everyone searching, by God's grace, will be directed to a place where they can grow and serve.
Though I respect Nathan's and others comments, why is all the responsibility for a church's state of 'musical chairs membership' or lack of Biblically grounded churches laid upon prospective members? Granted, there is this cult of personality mindset that a lot of people have these days... but when they do leave for issues that have more to do with their resistance to God's Word than anything, guess who's just around the corner waiting with open arms? Another so called 'Bible-believing" or "Baptist" church or even a non-denom church - Pastor (not to mention Co-Pastorettes, ie. the Pastor's wife whic is completely unscriptural IMO) waiting with arms wide open to tell all these new members whatever it is they want to hear.
It seems to me the blame goes to both so-called members as well as so-called Pastor's, I mean we are talking about spiritual babes here... how can we hold people new to Christ at a higher standard than those who profess to be an ordained minister?
But therein is the whole problem IMO - the professing church, will be the professing church - markedly different than the real church. Unfortunately, depending on where you live - specifically (and ironically) in densely populated areas, you're selection for a church that is truly, spiritually grounded can be quite limited. Pastors of churches that do tow the line can find a lot of resistance for simply being Biblical.
Of course this doesn't excuse someone from continuing to look, but it's not just a serious, unsubstantiated charge that these churches can be few and far between, sometimes it's actually the situation on the ground.
I believe prayer is the only resource to this problem, myself.
I think John is writing this to the "if the shoe fits wear it crowd". I have children who have "professed" faith, brought up in good, sound doctrinally churches, but are "neglecting" their opportunity to serve in the local church. With eternity"s values in view, is where John is coming from. There are many,many,professed believers, and real believers, who are close enough to good churches, but for whatever reason (God knows), they don't follow through as John exhorts here. My wife and I drive a half an hour, we hate to miss a service..because our Lord Jesus is lifted up, and fellow believers are there!
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Martin County gets ready for spring road work
FAIRMONT – While the calendar says spring and it still feels like winter, the Martin County highway department is planning for summer.
County commissioners on Tuesday awarded three bids and bought two pieces of equipment related to road work.
Beemer Companies of Fairmont won the Elm Creek channel realignment project Tuesday, bidding $152,809, or 26 percent less than the engineer's estimate. The project is being paid for with a state grant.
Another bid went to Reding's Gravel and Excavating for maintenance gravel production for $153,300, also 26 percent below estimate.
The third bid award went to Flint Hills Resources, a nationwide company, for supplying bituminous material for sealcoating. The bid was $324,391, or 0.74 percent above the estimate.
"I look at whether we need to do this with the price of oil," said Martin County Engineer Kevin Peyman. "But I still feel it extends the life of our roads. We have to protect that investment, even with the price of oil."
Commissioners also approved buying a tar kettle and a pull-behind packer for motor graders. Both will be needed when spring weather finally arrives.
The packer is pulled behind the grader on gravel roads to help pack down the dirt after the road has been smoothed. The board approved the purchase of a used 2007 packer for $13,043. The highway department had budgeted $21,000 for the purchase.
Meanwhile, the tar kettle is used year-round to fill cracks on blacktop.
"Our old one hasn't been operable for the past two years," Peyman said. "The parts are too expensive, and most tar kettles are designed to be best used for one type of material. We've rented the past two years just to see what we would want."
A state contract bid was sent out for the kettle, and commissioners approved a bid of $47,461.
Peyman said contracts for summer projects likely will be up for bid in the next four to six weeks. The two main projects on tap are putting blacktop on County Road 36 between County Roads 39 and 27, and resurfacing a stretch of County Road 36 between Highway 15 and County Road 39.


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Topic: need some help with shoulda unit test
I am writing some unit tests for my application to cover already existing functionality.
I'm using machinist to create my factories - in this case for AppUser.
when I write a test like so -
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should ensure_length_of(:password).is_at_least(6).with_message(/should be atleast 6 characters long/)
for a validation like so -
validates_presence_of :password, :if => :password_required?
validates_length_of :password, :minimum => 6, :message =>"should be atleast 6 characters long", :if => :password_required?
the test fails with the following message -
Expected errors to include /should be atleast 6 characters long/ when password is set to "xxxxx", got no errors
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A family that hikes together stays together
It appears the recent spat of fair weather has combined with the looming threat of a new school year to drive more than half the nation's population outdoors.
For those who have always been regular outdoor travelers, this trend is both a blessing and a curse.
Certainly there is safety in numbers, and if more people are utilizing the local woods and waters, the outdoor environment will continue to hold value and warrant protection.
There's also the widely accepted notion that people who are regularly exposed to natural surroundings are happier, healthier and more secure.
It makes perfect sense that families who regularly hike, bike or paddle together tend to stick together. After all, they are sharing a natural common bond that's been with mankind since the day we functioned as hunter-gatherers.
However, there appears to be a number of distinct differences between casual outdoor enthusiasts and the regular woodland wanderers. Not only are the differences a matter of the degree of use; they are also measurable in the degree of comfort and convenience.
For many, the sole purpose of visiting the forests and hills is as a simple way to escape the endless chain of mechanization and artificiality that bounds and binds their lives. In the woods or on the waters, we have an opportunity to temporarily escape the routine of our everyday existence.
However, some travelers find it difficult to leave it all behind. They often carry the same cautious attitudes and exhibit the typical unwelcome patterns of behavior that they seek to escape.
It is completely understandable. It is unusual for anyone to instantly reconcile with natural surroundings if they haven't been immersed in them for years. It is a situation comparable to taking a group of lifelong Adirondackers and dropping them off the bus in the middle of Times Square. Although generations of their ancestors may once have lived there, all they will likely experience is fear and awe.
Often, as regular outdoor travelers, we fail to recognize the fear factor that our comfortable surroundings can instill.
If they were stuck in the middle of Times Square, many local residents would surely be on alert for muggers or some other unfamiliar threat.
The same goes for many of the casual weekend wanderers when they are in our neck of the woods. This may explain their tendency to travel in tight groups, and to speak in tones that remain several decibel levels louder than necessary.
Such behavior is understandable and easily overcome, but it takes practice. Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for the average American to gain such experience.
Our once-comfortable culture has changed drastically in the past 30 years. The majority of Americans just don't travel outdoors anymore. The woods are no longer considered a good or safe place, and are viewed as intimidating or downright dangerous.
We've also become sedate, lazy, nervous and gullible. We've been conditioned to accept what we hear despite the source, and the unending 24-hour barrage of sensationalized news coverage now has half the population scared of their own shadows.
In 1969, more than 50 percent of U.S. children walked or biked to school. By 2004, less than 13 percent did.
The area in which children are free to roam has shrunk by 89 percent in the past 20 years. Parents are simply too scared to let children out of their sight.
There must be a way to reacquaint the average traveler to the outdoors. The forest has far greater entertainment value when it is viewed up close and personal, rather than through the tinted windows of an air-conditioned vehicle.
As David Douglas, a Scottish botanist explained, "The wilderness is a place of rest, not in the sense of being motionless, for the lure, after all, is to move, to round the next bend. The rest comes in the isolation from distractions, in the slowing of the daily centrifugal forces that keep us off balance."
Current research into the benefits of outdoor travel indicates the time spent in natural environments helps to restore our mental functioning in the same way food and water serves to restore our bodies.
The humdrum pace of our everyday life – dealing with traffic, decision making and interacting with the public – is depleting and distracting. Man-made urban environments wear us down, and natural scenes bring us back.
In fact, psychologists recently coined a term for the health benefits and unique curative properties provided by such simple woodland wanderings. It is now known as ART, the acronym for "attention restoration theory."
According to the theory, the unnatural urban environment continually drains our limited "direct attention" resources by constantly requiring us to direct our attention toward specific tasks, such as watching for street signals, listening to honking horns or avoiding traffic.
Since our survival instincts are constantly being called to attention, they eventually become overwhelmed. As a result, our responses are drained and the reflexes exhausted.
Fortunately, there is a more effective solution than just popping a few Valium or knocking back a martini. Psychologists now recognize that a simple walk in the park can do more to calm and restore the human mind than any drugs or other such stimulants that are currently available.
Many regular outdoor travelers have taken these effects for granted. They always knew they felt better and sharper after a hike, but they simply didn't understand why.
However, the British Journal of Sports Medicine recently reported on scientific research that provides the proof that walking in nature and spending time under leafy shade trees actually stimulates electrochemical changes in the brain. This all-natural effect permits people to enter into a highly beneficial state of mind described as "effortless attention."
Another term used in the study is "fascination," which describes another involuntary state that often occurs when a person is immersed in nature – whether it involves walking through the woods, hiking a mountain trail or simply staring at a waterfall.
Fascination is defined as a state of effortless attention that serves to wipe clean the brain's hard drive.
We've all experienced natural fascination while watching a brilliant sunset, witnessing a booming thunder and lightning storm or simply while being captivated by the coals of a once-crackling campfire, which is often described as a "drool-inducing, million-mile stare."
Such experiences have the capacity to alter an individual's emotional state and to help restore their mental balance. It appears the outdoor environment is naturally refreshing in more ways than most travelers had ever considered.
Researchers continue to study the cause and effect relationship of natural travel in an ongoing effort to quantify these unrealized benefits.
Parents of the baby-boomer generation seemed to understand the benefits of natural play quite well and they often preached, "Turn off that damn boob tube and go outside to play."
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The 13 athletes representing the United States at the Junior World Championships earned their berths at the inaugural Junior World Team Open earlier this year and 11 of the 13 boxers are returning to the U.S. Olympic Training Center after participating in a previous camp in 2013. Pinweight Jordan White (Waldorf, Md.), light bantamweight Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.), bantamweight Devin Haney (Las Vegas, Nev.), featherweight Michael Nelson (Mansfield, Ohio), lightweight Keoni Adric, Jr. (Haleiwa, Hawaii), light welterweight Brandon Trejo (Napa, Calif.), welterweight Javier Estrada (Palmdale, Calif.), junior middleweight Alexis Rocha (Santa Ana, Calif.), middleweight Eric Murguia (Mission Hills, Calif.), light heavyweight Suray Mahmutovic (Daly City, Calif.), and heavyweight Pano Tiatia (St. George, Utah) all participated in USA Boxing's mega training camp in the spring. Light flyweight Freudis Rojas, Jr. (Las Vegas, Nev.) and flyweight Joseph Cuellar (Tulare, Calif.) will both be participating in their first camp at the Olympic Training Center.
In addition to the Junior World Team members, several youth and elite male boxers will aid their younger counterparts in their preparation at the upcoming training camp. 2013 USA Boxing Elite National Champions Leroy Davila (New Brunswick, N.J.) and Kenneth Sims, Jr. (Chicago, Ill.) will join youth titlists Antonio Vargas (Kissimmee, Fla.), Alex Rincon (Carrollton, Texas), and Alexis Urbina (Phoenix, Ariz.) for the training camp. Bantamweight Dennis Galarza (Orlando, Fla.) and welterweight Erickson Lubin (Kissimmee, Fla.) will round out the group traveling to the Olympic Training Center next week.
The major training camp is the sixth of the year for USA Boxing, following critical training opportunities for the junior, youth and elite divisions earlier in 2013. With Coach Roque, the most decorated Olympic-style boxing trainer of the last decade, leading all the training activities of the new quadrennial, USA Boxing's top athletes have received valuable instruction ahead of several international competitions.
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NEW ULM – Eva Schiefert, 93, of New Ulm, and formerly of Gibbon, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 at her home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 16, at the St. Willibrord's Catholic Church in Gibbon with Father Jeff Horesji celebrating the Mass. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 9:30 11 a.m., Wednesday at the St. Willibrord's Catholic Church in Gibbon.
The Minnesota Valley Funeral home in Gibbon is handling the arrangements.
To leave an online condolence for her family or to sign the guest book go to www.mvfh.org.
Eva is survived by her daughter, Barbara Reinarts of New Ulm; grandchildren, Jorja and Scott Bleess of Lafayette, Scott and Mary Nachreiner of Canyon City, Colorado; great-grandchildren, Kali, Tyler, Dawson, Danielle, Jeffery and Tyler.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ben Schiefert; a son in infancy; sisters, Agnes Rubischko, Loretta Berle, Verona Rathmann; and by her brothers, Harold and Paul Weber.
Eva Frances Weber was born December 18, 1919 in Gibbon to Peter and Anne (Klement) Weber. She was united in marriage to Bernard "Ben" Schiefert on September 27, 1939 at the St. Willibrord's Catholic Church in Gibbon, After marriage they farmed in rural Gibbon until they retired and moved to Gibbon. After her husband's death, Eva moved to New Ulm in 2006. She enjoyed playing cards and ballroom dancing.
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Mach 1.23 pingpong balls?Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Mark French, a mechanical engineering technology professor, drew on his experience as an aeronautical engineer to create a device that blasts the lightweight, 2.3-gram balls through plywood or aluminum, or deeply dent steel. Online video shows the air-powered bazooka destroying pingpong paddles, VHS tapes, and a row of soda cans.
The secret? A pressure chamber connected to the vacuum tube via a convergent-divergent nozzle. "That hourglass-shaped nozzle is similar to what is used in fighter jets," French said. "When the pressurized air rushes through the bottleneck, it accelerates to supersonic speed as it helps propel the ball through the clear PVC barrel."
He says the supersonic speeds are surprising because the balls weigh so little, have such poor aerodynamics, and sport a high drag coefficient. The energy delivered is equivalent to a 125 mph fastball or a brick falling several stories.
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Video Tour: Behind the Scenes at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island
Dinner at the elegant Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island is one of the must-do experiences of a Northern Michigan vacation. Whet your appetite with this video. Then check out the story behind all that amazing food by purchasing the August 2011 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine.
Find it on newsstands through mid-August 2011. Or click to purchase online.


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