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"I'm not going to buy any presents this year. We will go shopping as a family for these homeless teenagers, and I'll try to be honest about the equivalent I would spend on my own children on the commercial holy days if I believed in them. I report this in some hope of feeding a little rebellion I sense many of us are quietly tending. But I also make it public to be sure I follow through."
~Krista Tippett on "Why I Don't Do Christmas"
Krista (@kristatippett) isn't a big fan of playing the "Christmas game" of obligatory gift-giving. As a matter of fact, she's a bit of a Bah Humbug character.
I confess to my inner Scrooge - how I think Xmas has come to distort us; how I'm seeking recovery this year.
She's not alone. Diane Warren commented:
"Thank you for expressing so eloquently what I feel. It is always good to know there is connection, and through that validation, with others on an internal level that is so deep it is not often expressed. Belief systems are tricky; even to oneself."
People aren't just stewing in their "Scrooge-friendly juices" though. People are telling us about the many good works going on: an Episcopal church sponsoring a "diaper ministry," an artist helps save local wildlife by selling paintings of tigers (inspired by Alan Rabinowitz), an adolescent working on his Eagle Scout project buys new undergarments for others less fortunate because he put himself in somebody's place and thought "I would want to wear new underwear and socks."
Check out the hundreds of comments on our Facebook page, our blog, and on Twitter (@beingtweets). Read, share, and discuss "Why I Don't Do Christmas" with your friends and family.
Native Detroiter Gloria Lowe, whom you might remember from our show "Becoming Detroit," echoes Krista's sentiments. How about these closing lines from "Turning To Instead of Against Each Other":
We are facing an economic and spiritual crisis that threatens our survival and our deepest humanity. But it also an opportunity. It is an opportunity to create a more just way of living. In earlier, more dangerous times we created families, villages, places of worship and respect for one another. We have that creativity within us still.
Let us all celebrate this holiday season through the eyes of a "beloved community," turning away from wanting things to valuing people. We can turn to one another and ask what kind of community we can create together.
Take a few minutes and read the rest of Gloria's essay. You won't regret it.
Anger is a moral response. But the exacting measure of our humanity is how we wield and transmute it - the legacy we give it in the world.
Like many of you, we are still thinking through the horrific tragedy in Connecticut. We heard from many kind listeners who thanked us for broadcasting Krista's interview with Kate Braestrup as a response to the unfolding news. Though it was not our intent, it was the right conversation during some of our country's darkest hours. I offered a brief explanation about why we chose last week's program.
As we plan the next season of The Civil Conversations Project, we're thinking about how we can foster a better public dialogue. But what's our approach? As Krista said to me this morning:
"How do we talk about gun violence without it devolving into the same old debate? If we try to turn this into a discussion that draws on our shared humanity, surely we'll find a way to bring in subjects like mental illness."
How do you think about our national conversation on these subjects? Who would you like to hear in dialogue wrestling with these important issues? Write me at email@example.com or @trentgilliss.
On a bit of a lighter note, this image by C. Edward Brice paired with Carl Sagan's words really grabbed our readers this week:
"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff."
Two shows we're working on for 2013:
Editing last summer's interview with the wonderful Roshi Joan Halifax @upayazen - the embodiment of "engaged Buddhism." Will air in Jan.
Talk about unforeseen adjacencies, Roshi Joan quotes this week's subject:
"We have gravely underestimated the human spirit." ~Teilhard de Chardin, "Evolution proceeds towards spirit."
And a conversation we recorded last week:
Lovely, unusual interview yesterday with Natalie Batalha of @NASAKepler - on exoplanets, love, and the future of space.
"What we observe out there is that nature is creative, prolific, robust." ~Natalie Batalha, Kepler Space Telescope Mission
Here's wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!


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LSU's Anissa Young named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America announced today that LSU's Anissa Young (Fontana, Calif.) has been named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week for the Week of April 4-10. With a sweep of then-No. 1 Alabama in a three game series, LSU leapt from unranked to the No. 19 position in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll, also released today by ASA. Young's performances secured the first sweep of the Crimson Tide in 57 series, dating back to 2004, with the last sweep also coming from LSU.
The junior infielder had a weekend to remember as the Tigers pounced Alabama, a team that had been ranked No. 1 since March 22. In the longest game in LSU program history, Young cranked a solo walk off blast in the 14th inning to claim the series opener, 2-1. This made Young the 29th player in program history to collect 100 career hits.
"This is certainly a fabulous and well-deserved honor for Anissa and our program. Our games with Alabama are always a battle to the end, and I give her all the credit for making the necessary adjustments during both at-bats to win those games," said LSU Head Coach Yvette Girouard. "What she was able to do provided memories for a lifetime not only for herself, but her teammates as well."
Her encore performance during Game 2 of the series was just as dramatic. Young belted a two-run shot in the 10th inning off three-time All-American and reigning SEC Pitcher of the Year Kelsi Dunne to extend her hitting streak to a career-long eight games. Young accounted for two runs in the 3-2 victory along with two RBI.
"I'm extremely happy, humbled and honored to win an award like this. I couldn't have done it without the support of my teammates, and the atmosphere provided by the Tiger fans. The Alabama series is something I'll never forget for those reasons," said Young. "Both times at the plate I was just trying to get on-base because our team needed base runners. It was an unbelievable feeling to run around the bases and was very emotional to meet my teammates at home plate."
This is the first-time honor for Young and first of the year for LSU.
The Top 25 Finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be announced Wednesday at 3 p.m. CT. The winner of this prestigious award will come from the list of the 25 and be announced at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2011 NCAA Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.
About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation's largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 76 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 210,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of the only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won nine World Championship titles including the last seven consecutive as well as claimed four World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.

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I have been hearing a lot of chatter regarding this place lately. In fact, at a dinner with my family last night, my uncle asked me if i had been to DeNino's. When I said "No, is it good?", his reply was "For my last meal I would have pizza, and it would be from DeNino's". So, I dragged my wife there for lunch today I thought it was very good compared to other places in the area. The one drawback about the pie was that they must have cornmeal mixed with their bench flour because not only can you feel it on the underside of the pie, but every once in a while I would get a bite of burnt cornmeal which was not pleasant. I tried to get a peak at the guy making the pies, but the way it was set up i was unable to see Has anyone else had DeNino's in Brick or Staten Island?
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Animal rights advocate Jenny Brown gave up a successful media career to protect neglected farm animals.
Jenny Brown, 41, of Woodstock, N.Y., is proof that following your dreams can lead to incredible things. Years ago, Jenny gave up a flourishing career in TV production in order to dedicate her life to caring for abused and neglected farm animals. A tireless animal rights advocate, she is a powerful voice for the voiceless and vulnerable�largely because Jenny, too, has experienced great suffering in her life.
Growing up in Louisville, Ky., Jenny was 10 years old when bone cancer forced the amputation of her right leg below the knee.
�It was a terrifying time,� Jenny says of the two years she battled cancer. �But through the love of my family and a special relationship with a small adopted cat named Boogie, I overcame the cancer and the loss of my leg.�
Following her illness, Jenny refused to let her disability prevent her from being just like any other child. �I wanted to shed the �sick, one-legged girl image,�� she says.
And she did so with gusto, dancing, doing gymnastics and even cheerleading on her artificial limb throughout her teenage years. Later, as an aspiring TV producer breaking into the media world, Jenny once again transcended her physical challenges.
Jenny says, �At first I found it hard to get work in the camera department, especially since there was a lot of schlepping of gear through woods and up hills. So I started working my way up the production ladder focusing more on production management.�
Jenny thrived in the film industry, working for such heavy hitters as Errol Morris and PBS�s Frontline. But in 2002, a life-changing experience motivated Jenny to reevaluate her career goals. After a week-long trip filming farm animal abuse in Texas stockyards, Jenny was profoundly moved�and angered.
Jenny had always been an animal lover, but seeing the cruelty with her own eyes really struck a chord with her. �My experience with cancer as a child has made me particularly sensitive to suffering, especially the suffering of the innocent: children and animals,� she says.
Unable to ignore the systematic abuse inherent in animal agriculture, Jenny decided to quit her job and dedicate her life to caring for abused farm animals.
She says, �Everything I did in my decade working in production was meaningless once I realized my soul�s purpose in life, and that is to rescue and be a voice for farmed animals�the most exploited and abused beings on earth.�
That same year, Jenny relocated from Boston to rural Watkins Glen, N.Y., to live and work at an animal shelter. Two years later, she and her husband Doug co-founded Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, a non-profit organization located in the Catskill Mountains that cares for more than 200 neglected, abused or abandoned farm animals.
Jenny shares her inspiring journey in her new memoir, The Lucky Ones, in which she introduces readers to many of the lovable animals she cares for at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, such as Albie, the three-legged goat. With her book, Jenny hopes to raise awareness about the plight of farm animals�an issue that is often swept under the rug, she says.
�When it comes to animals, we don't even talk about the plight of farmed animals,� Jenny says. �TV never shows the images of animals languishing on factory farms or severely confined in crowded pens or cages.�
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At the end of the day, Jenny not only accepts her disability but embraces it, recognizing the ways in which her personal story has generated interest in her cause.
�My disability�although I never think of myself as having one�is actually one of the best things to have ever happened to me,� she says. �Years ago I would have never said that. But I am living my dream by working fiercely for a cause I care deeply about. That�s a blessing. So I now I see my disability as a blessing or rather, a good thing, a thing that has brought many opportunities.�
For more about Jenny Brown and the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, please visit http://woodstocksanctuary.org/.


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Canadian Heritage Committee on May 15th, 2012
Evidence of meeting #31 for Canadian Heritage in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was heritage.
A recording is available from Parliament.
On the agenda
MPs speaking
Also speaking
- Steven Clark Director, National Remembrance Day Ceremony, Royal Canadian Legion
- Steven Heiter Secretary, Dominion Ritual and Awards Committee, Royal Canadian Legion
- Marcel Beaudry Inspector of Canadian Forces Colours and Badges, Department of National Defence
- Guy Turpin Directorate of History and Heritage 3, Department of National Defence
- Warrant Officer Alain Grenier Directorate of History and Heritage 3-2, Department of National Defence
The Chair Rob Moore
Good afternoon, everybody. We have a little bit of upkeep for the committee. The first hour, when we were going to study our report, was cancelled. So we will be studying Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations on Thursday for two hours.
Our study today is pursuant to our study on the review of national protocol procedures. We have with us witnesses from the Royal Canadian Legion and the Department of National Defence. Welcome. This is going to be the last meeting where we're going to be hearing from witnesses. Then we'll move to drafting our report on the issue of national protocol procedures.
The way the committee works, gentlemen, is that each group has 10 minutes for opening comments. Then we move into a period of questions and answers.
We'll begin with the Royal Canadian Legion. We have Steven Clark, director, national Remembrance Day ceremony, and Steven Heiter, secretary, dominion ritual and awards committee. The floor is yours.
Steven Clark Director, National Remembrance Day Ceremony, Royal Canadian Legion
Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to the Royal Canadian Legion to appear before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage to speak on national protocol procedures. On behalf of our dominion president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Patricia Varga, it is our pleasure to be with you here today.
As the chairman said, my name is Steven Clark. I'm director of administration for the Royal Canadian Legion dominion command and director of Canada's national Remembrance Day ceremony. Joining me is Mr. Steven Heiter, who is with the dominion command ritual and awards committee.
As the guardian of remembrance in Canada, the Royal Canadian Legion works tirelessly to keep alive the memory of the 117,000 who have fallen in the military service of Canada. Commemorating is more than providing Canadians with the opportunity to stand in collective reminiscence of our fallen comrades on various occasions throughout the year.
Commemoration is an appreciation of the past, an understanding of how past actions in wars, missions, conflicts, and peacetime will affect future generations. We recall our moments of triumph and tragedy, of excitement and despair. It is this understanding and appreciation that enables us to remember and honour our veterans.
While there's no question about why we need to remember, we are often queried about how to do so properly. The Royal Canadian Legion recognizes the importance of and the need for established protocol procedures. While we will make specific reference to commemorations today, you can apply a more global application of our basic philosophy to other functions and ceremonial events. Functions may differ, but proper planning remains a constant.
Instrumental to effective commemoration is understanding the etiquette, formalities, and traditions that form a prescribed order of service. Respecting these customs and traditions is paramount, but so is achieving a positive result. That achievement is realized through expert advice and by following an established format that outlines correct or suggested procedures. It's natural for organizers to want to do things in an accepted way, because nobody wants to offend. Uncertainties can be reduced by providing guidance.
12:05 p.m.
Steven Heiter Secretary, Dominion Ritual and Awards Committee, Royal Canadian Legion
The format for ceremonies and other occasions observed by the Royal Canadian Legion is outlined in our Ritual and Insignia Manual. This reference manual provides guidance on initiation and installation ceremonies, Remembrance Day ceremonies, dedication of a memorial, and order of divine service in the official opening of a Legion hall. It offers advice on the manner in which funeral and memorial services are conducted and have to properly pay homage to a departed comrade through a Legion tribute service. These protocols have been in place since the formation of our organization in 1926. A significant benefit of having such a reference is that it provides standardization and a procedural uniformity that can be implemented by every Legion branch, regardless of the location of the event.
A copy of this manual is provided to each of our more than 1,450 Legion branches across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Mexico. It is also available on our website.
As thorough as this reference is, it is impossible to account for every possible situation or address all potential variances. It is our position that protocol procedures cannot be overly rigid or narrow. It is essential that such procedures provide for a proper way to plan and conduct commemorations and events while still allowing for flexibility and adaptability as the situation warrants.
12:05 p.m.
Director, National Remembrance Day Ceremony, Royal Canadian Legion
For example, the central element of Remembrance Day ceremonies is the two minutes of silence. Also important are the traditions of wearing the poppy, the recitation of the act of remembrance, and the sounding of the Last Post, Lament, and Rouse. We unite to show our comrades they will never be forgotten. These traditions are sacrosanct and form part of every Remembrance Day ceremony, whether local, provincial, or national in scope.
There are also suggestions, like the suggested order of precedence for the placing of wreaths and the suggested order of march for the parade. We encourage Legion branches, where possible, to conform to the general format of the national Remembrance Day ceremony as they prepare for their local commemoration, while remaining cognizant, however, of the potential for adaptation.
Any procedural reference must also be mindful and respectful of format variances that are steeped in tradition that may exist between concerned organizations. For instance, in Remembrance Day ceremonies conducted by the Royal Canadian Legion, the Rouse follows the Lament. This order is reversed for ceremonies organized by our military partners. We acknowledge that over time social transformations or other reasons may necessitate amendments to practices and guidelines. While procedures may change, what remains most important is that those for whom we gather to honour, remember, and thank during Remembrance Day ceremonies remain constant.
Once developed, national protocol procedures become an education in communication activity. Without an awareness campaign and information flow, this resource would not be as effective as it could and should be. It is essential that individuals and organizations are provided with knowledge and guidance necessary to ensure ceremonies and other events are conducted in the most dignified manner possible.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Royal Canadian Legion extends its thanks to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage for this opportunity to express our views on national protocol procedures.
12:05 p.m.
The Chair Rob Moore
Thank you, sir.
We will move to our second set of witnesses. From the Department of National Defence, we have Lieutenant-Colonel Marcel Beaudry, inspector of Canadian Forces colours and badges; Major Guy Turpin, directorate of history and heritage; and Chief Warrant Officer Alain Grenier, directorate of history and heritage.
Welcome to the three of you. The floor is yours.
12:05 p.m.
Lieutenant-Colonel Marcel Beaudry Inspector of Canadian Forces Colours and Badges, Department of National Defence
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members.
My name is Lieutenant-Colonel Marcel Beaudry and I work at the Canadian Forces Directorate of History and Heritage. I'm joined here today by Major Guy Turpin and Chief Warrant Officer Alain Grenier, both from the Dress and Ceremonial section.
The directorate of history and heritage is maintained to preserve and communicate Canada's military history and to foster pride in a Canadian military heritage. One active way of projecting this takes place when we conduct or participate in events such as military burials, commemorative ceremonies, or military ceremonies. Our sailors, soldiers, airmen, and airwomen are very cognizant and proud of the fact that we are highly visible and in the public eye, especially since we are in uniform at the time we participate in these activities.
Our main references for planning these events are: Canadian Forces Publication 200—The Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces; Canada Forces Publication 201—Canadian Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial; and Canadian Forces Publication 265—Canadian Forces Dress Instructions.
These are updated on a regular basis, and we adjust to recommended changes where necessary. These publications are not available on the Internet, but all our regular partners possess hard copies so they can do their own research. We now have a plan for making these publications available shortly on the Internet.
We also have an outstanding team of historians in our arsenal and a section devoted to heritage that assists us in our research and planning. If they do not have the answer at their fingertips, they can access the in-house archives or conduct research at Library and Archives Canada.
Regarding commemorative ceremonies here in Canada and abroad, our main partner is Veterans Affairs Canada. We work very closely together and provide ceremonial advice and support. As an example, we recently provided support for the 95th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge in France, where we deployed a Canadian Forces contingent of approximately 100 personnel.
During all of these ceremonies, our Canadian Forces personnel across Canada provide direct support in the various regions.
For royal tours, funeral honours, state visits and ceremonies involving the national flag, our principal partner is Heritage Canada. We consult each other on a regular basis and share our knowledge and expertise. Our Canadian Forces publications are highly specific in identifying which dignitary is entitled to which honour, which makes things easier for the event planners.
We also work with the Royal Canadian Legion in planning the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies, including the main event here in Ottawa at the Canadian War Memorial.
Clearly, where there is established national protocol governed by, in most instances, the Department of Canadian Heritage, our job is to ensure that the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces adhere to that protocol. Because we work overseas at times, especially with our partners in Veterans Affairs, we need as well to understand the protocols of other nations so that we can see to a harmonious marriage, if you will, of sometimes dissimilar practices.
Internally, within the Canadian Forces, we have our own protocols, which we usually describe as customs, traditions, and heritage, most of which are governed by our own internal regulations and orders, and at times we need to be careful to ensure that well-intentioned interventions by those outside the Canadian Forces do not conflict with time-honoured ways of doing this.
At this point, rather than speak to a myriad of disparate issues in a prepared talk, perhaps it is better to say that we are happy to answer any questions you may have.
12:10 p.m.
The Chair Rob Moore
Thank you.
Now we'll move to our time for questions and answers. These are seven-minute rounds.
A reminder to members: that's seven minutes for the questions and for the answers. You're responsible for your own time.
Mr. Calandra.
May 15th, 2012 / 12:10 p.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Thank you.
And thank you again to the witnesses. I know this is your second attempt to be here, so I do appreciate it.
We've heard from a big cross-section of people. One of the things that we seem to consistently hear is that there's a divergence of opinion from those who are tasked to interpret protocol and those who are asked to carry out events based on protocol.
I'll start with the Legion. You have actually written down, using historical references, your suggested procedures. You also mentioned that there can be a great degree of flexibility. How much of an obstacle, if any, has this manual been in being flexible when it's required for you to be flexible? Does the manual get in the way of that?
12:15 p.m.
Director, National Remembrance Day Ceremony, Royal Canadian Legion
It does not get in the way of that. What it does is provide the guidance for those organizing the commemoration, what they need to follow. There may be instances, however, where things may be addressed or referenced in the manual that may not be applicable to a local ceremony. For example, for the national Remembrance Day ceremony we have representation by the Governor General. A local ceremony is not going to have that. Of course, when you're referencing the manual, you are going to be able to adjust your ceremony. It's the same thing with the Silver Cross mother. We have the national Silver Cross mother. In all of our locations across the country, it's not always the case where we have a Silver Cross mother present to place a wreath on behalf of the mothers of Canada, so a representative is designated on her behalf.
It provides the structure that those people in the local communities need, but it is not so restrictive that it would prevent the ceremony from taking place.
12:15 p.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
When you are looking at updates to your procedures or even to the manual, how do you go about consulting, and how do you ensure accuracy to a Canadian tradition or a Canadian standard, if that's an appropriate question?
12:15 p.m.
Secretary, Dominion Ritual and Awards Committee, Royal Canadian Legion
We update this manual on a regular basis, usually right after our biannual convention. The information that comes back to us from convention, through resolutions, we apply to the revising of the manuals. We take input from any of our branches or members who have a comment about it, compile that information, and on a regular basis revise the manual to adjust it to ongoing changes in society, changes in need. We go back and look at things that we've done before, just in terms of trying to keep it up to date.
12:15 p.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
I think for the most part Canadians would assume—and probably correctly—that the armed forces are one of the biggest guardians of our traditions when it comes to ceremony and protocol.
How much of what you do is actually in manual form, and how do you make sure Canadian traditions are maintained?
12:15 p.m.
LCol Marcel Beaudry
The military has to be seen as acting as one. A body of men and women has to act as one. Everything from basic drill to a more complex ceremony is written down, so that a pace is always 30 inches, cadence of march for quick march or for slow march doesn't change, and people have to be dressed the same, so we achieve the common look people expect of us. Necessarily, everything is written down, and traditions date back from the British Army and the Royal Navy.
Our Manual of Drill and Ceremonial covers everything from basic standing at attention and standing at ease to battalion ceremonial guards, sentries, escorts, freedom of the city, retreats, tattoos, sunset ceremonies, and street lining. This manual is about an inch and a half thick and it's in English and French. Right now it's in English and French in side-by-side columns, so we can't post it on the Internet. We have to separate out the English and the French and have graphics for each version, so we can put the English-only version on the English website and the French-only version on the French website. That's in progress.
This manual doesn't change very much. It will change when we change weapons, because the weapons drill we do is based on the safe handling of the weapons we currently use. When we change weapons, there will be some minor modifications to the weapons-handling aspects.
The other manual on heritage covers things that don't change very much—flags, colours. Badges and mottos will change to limited extents. Things like flag protocol and forms of address and royal and vice-royal dignitaries and heads of state come from Canadian Heritage. They don't change very much. This is another volume that is about an inch and a half thick.
The third volume is our dress manual, and it's a little less lengthy, but it changes a great deal, and every six months we have a meeting and there are changes that come out.
I hope that answers your question.
12:20 p.m.
The Chair Rob Moore
Mr. Nantel.
12:20 p.m.
Pierre Nantel Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank all of you for coming here today. No one is in a better position than you to tell us about protocol, with the possible exception of Ms. O'Brien, our principal clerk at the House of Commons, who has much to say on the subject. Lord knows it is all about protocol in that case.
My first question is addressed to Mr. Clark and Mr. Heiter, from the Royal Canadian Legion. In my riding of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, I celebrated Remembrance Day with the people of Boucherville. It was the Sorel chapter of the Royal Legion that looked after organizing that magnificent event, which was certainly quite ceremonial.
I was wondering how we could maintain these traditions of honouring the memory of people who were involved in all these conflicts. Unless I'm mistaken, the Royal Legion has practically disappeared from the Longueuil region. How would you explain this decentralization? Does this not imperil ceremonial traditions of the legion?


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JAMESTOWN – Without their critically important volunteers, the Audubon Center & Sanctuary would not be able to accommodate the more than 3,000 schoolchildren who visit every spring.
Audubon's Education Staff invites community members to become these vitally needed trail guides who assist with Discovery Walks during this busy season. While they take walks in the woods, notice the flowers, watch a frog by the pond, and listen to the birds, they will be offering a wonderful service and earning the staff's great appreciation.
Those interested are invited to come to Audubon on Wednesday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to noon to meet with Audubon's naturalists and learn how much fun it can be to help young students explore nature, overcoming their fears and misconceptions.
Attendees will learn more about the trails, what it takes to lead a class of children along them, and the natural history found there. After a brief presentation indoors about the protocols and procedures for a Discovery Walk, the naturalists will walk the group along the most popular routes of the walks. They will share activities, information, and hints to make the walk go smoothly.
While this training is designed for new trail guide volunteers, experienced guides are welcome as well.
Participants are reminded to dress for the weather as most of the program will be outdoors. Everyone is invited to stay for a catered lunch and an optional hike afterward to learn more about what's happening in nature in early spring.
To RSVP for lunch, by Monday, April 8, call 569-2345, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or use the on-line form by following the links from Audubon's home page at jamestownaudubon.org.
To learn more about what being a trail guide entails, visit the Trail Guide Training website at trailguidetraining.wordpress.com or call Jennifer at 569-2345.
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When the danger is great one must not run away. For that reason, now is certainly not the time to resign. Precisely at a time like this one must stand fast and endure the difficult situation. That is my view. One can resign at a peaceful moment or when one simply cannot go on. But one must not run away from the danger and say that someone else should do it.
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Yau, John
John Yau 1950-
American poet, critic, and short story writer.
Yau is considered to be a major Chinese American poet. Critics praise the complexity and originality of his poetic style as well as his bold exploration of identity politics, racial stereotypes, and the process of ethnic identification. A prolific and influential author, his work has been perceived as providing a new direction for Chinese American poetry.
Biographical Information
Yau was born on June 5, 1950, in Lynn, Massachusetts. His father, Arthur Lau, was a half-Chinese American who had lived in China for several years; it was there he met John's mother, Jane Chang, who descended from a prestigious Shanghai family and never fully adjusted to life in the United States. Although his parents spoke Chinese to each other, they refused to teach it to their children. Therefore, Yau felt alienated from his Chinese heritage, and was often a victim of discrimination in the world around him. This sense of cultural dislocation has influenced Yau's poetry throughout his career. After two years at Boston University, Yau transferred to Bard College and received his bachelor of arts degree in 1972. During his junior year, he was involved in a serious car accident and was hospitalized with severe injuries for eight months. In 1975 he began studying for his master of fine arts degree with the renowned poet John Ashbery at Brooklyn College. Ashbery proved to be a profound influence on Yau's life and career, encouraging his student to pursue an interest in art criticism. In 1976 Yau published his first collection of verse, Crossing Canal Street. In 1977 he received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and has been the recipient of two Ingram-Merrill Foundation Fellowships (1979-80, 1985-86). In 1988 he received a New York Foundation for the Arts Award, a Lavan award, and a General Electric Foundation award. He has been the curator of several important art exhibitions, and has written numerous essays and books of art criticism. He has also been a visiting critic at the Pratt Institute and the Maryland Institute as well as a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in New York City.
Major Poetic Works
Critics identify Yau's explorations of racial and cultural identification as the central theme of his poetry. They contend that he not only explores such thematic concerns as cultural dislocation and assimilation, racial stereotypes, exile, and discrimination, but he also strives to incorporate Chinese history, mythology, culture, and literary traditions into his work, creating an innovative blend of Asian and American styles. For example, in his first collection Crossing Canal Street, Yau features allusions to Chinese poetic form and imagistic verse to capture everyday experiences in New York's Chinatown. In "An Old Chinese Gentleman Drops in to See His Cronies in a Coffeeshop (Mott Street)," five old men sitting a coffee shop in Chinatown are transported to a mystical countryside in ancient China where poets are gathered before their exile by the government. Yau's use of Chinese American imagery and experience has developed within the context of racial identification in modern American culture. His poetry has also become more autobiographical in nature, although critics have pointed out that it differs from the confessional mode of poetry that has become popular in the late twentieth century. Instead, Yau experiments with syntax, sound, and the structure of language to explore issues that are significant to Asian Americans and transform the ways in which language has been used to oppress and exclude minorities. Perhaps his best-known poetry, the "Genghis Chan: Private Eye" series, blends his distinctive use of language with his concern about identity construction to subvert Asian American stereotypes in popular culture. In these poems, Yau creates the character of Genghis Chan—an amalgamation of the fierce warrior Genghis Khan and Charlie Chan, the Hollywood stereotype of a Chinese detective—to disrupt the process of Asian American identification by eschewing conventional racial markers which would allow readers to decode the speaker's racial identity. Moreover, critics contend that by experimenting with the identity of "I" in his poems as well as by his word choices in the poetic series, Yau reflects the pervasive racism experienced by Asian American immigrants.
Critical Reception
Yau's work has garnered critical attention for its innovative poetics as well as its focus on cultural and racial identity. Reviewers have found his explorations of the relationship between language and subjectivity, as well as between representation and identity construction, to be compelling and thought provoking. Others have taken issue with his representation of Chinese American culture and have questioned his racial authenticity. Critics have commended his use of parody, cinematic techniques such as film noir, and his experimentation with language. Yau's stylistic innovations have led to many of his verses being categorized as prose poems, in that they eschew traditional poetic form and blur the lines between poetry and prose. As a prose poet, he has been placed within the context of other American poets who have explored the relationship between prose and poetry, such as John Ashbery, William Carlos Williams, and Robert Creeley. His interest in art and art criticism has also been viewed as an influence on his verse. Commentators contend that Yau's poetry is not easily categorized, and his verse has been discussed within the poetic traditions of modernist, postmodernist, multiculturalist, and language poetry, as well as the New York School. The influence of Ezra Pound's translations of T'ang Dynasty poems in Cathay has also been a frequent topic of critical discussion. Because of his transgressive approach to Asian American poetic traditions, Yau is regarded as a distinctive voice in contemporary American poetry.
Principal Works
Crossing Canal Street 1976
The Reading of an Ever-Changing Tale 1977
Sometimes 1979
The Sleepless Night of Eugene Delacroix 1980
Broken Off by the Music 1981
Notarikon 1981
Corpse and Mirror 1983
Dragon's Blood 1989
Radiant Silhouette: New and Selected Work, 1974-1988 1989
Big City Primer: Reading New York at the End of the Twentieth Century [with Bill Barrette] 1991
Edificio Sayonara 1992
Postcards from Trakl 1994
Forbidden Entries 1996
I Was a Poet in the House of Frankenstein 1999
My Heart is That Eternal Rose Tatoo 2001
Borrowed Love Poems 2002
A. R. Penck (criticism) 1993
In the Realm of Appearances: The Art of Andy Warhol (criticism) 1993
Hawaiian Cowboys (short stories) 1994
Ed Moses: A Retrospective of the Paintings and Drawings, 1951-1996 (criticism) 1996
My Symptoms (short stories) 1998
James Castle: The Common Place (criticism) 2002
Peter Sihjeldahl (review date spring-summer 1981)
SOURCE: Sihjeldahl, Peter. "Cabin Fever." Parnassus: Poetry in Review 9, no. 1 (spring-summer 1981): 294-95.
[In the following excerpt, Sihjeldahl offers a favorable assessment of The Sleepless Night of Eugene Delacroix.]
John Yau's intense, high-strung prose-poetry [in The Sleepless Night of Eugene Delacroix] makes use of the Borgesian conceit that pastness equals ancientness. This conceit is a remarkable survival of the pre-Romantic European "picturesque"—all those late-eighteenth-century pictures of overgrown ruins—given a second life in nineteenth-century popular literature and a third in the poetics of modernist lostness and irony. It has...
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Clayton Eshleman (review date 7 August 1983)
SOURCE: Eshleman, Clayton. "A Poetry of Omens and Memories." Los Angeles Times Book Review (7 August 1983): 3, 9.
[In the following favorable review of Corpse and Mirror, Eshleman contends that Yau's poetic abilities establish him "as one of the most genuinely gifted poets of his reticently emerging generation."]
Corpse and Mirror, selected by John Ashbery as one of the five "National Poetry Series" books this year, is John Yau's seventh collection. It is clearly the most experimental, and probably the strongest, book to appear in the series publishing five books each year, now in its fifth year.
One might begin to think...
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B. H. Friedman (review date October-November 1992)
SOURCE: Friedman, B. H. "Always Street-Smart." American Book Review 14, no. 4 (October-November 1992): 20.
[In the following favorable assessment of Big City Primer, Friedman describes the collaboration between Yau and photographer Bill Barrette.]
In these pages, in 1982, I reviewed the first six books of John Yau's poetry. I liked his work then, and I like it now, seven books later. His most recent volume, Big City Primer, is a collaboration between him and Bill Barrette, photographer and sculptor. Barrette's shifting vision—sometimes frontal, sometimes angular, always street-smart—and his technical ability to present the intense blacks and...
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Edward Halsey Foster (essay date March 1994)
SOURCE: Foster, Edward Halsey. "John Yau and the Seductions of Everything That Used to Be." Multicultural Review 3, no. 1 (March 1994): 36-9.
[In the following essay, Foster discusses Yau as a Chinese American poet, contending that "his work has much wider implications than such labels may imply."]
You ask. What words will return us to the words we were using yesterday? …
Instead of answering, I tell you that I have decided to return my hands to their owners, and begin packing for the journey to the bus station.
—John Yau "Big Island...
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Marjorie Perloff (review date summer 1997)
SOURCE: Perloff, Marjorie. Review of Forbidden Entries, by John Yau. Boston Review 22, no. 3 (summer 1997): 39-41.
[In the following review, Perloff surveys the broad stylistic and emotional range of verse in Forbidden Entries.]
John Yau has always cultivated the image of Angry Young Man. The picture of him on the back cover of one of his early books, Sometimes (Sheep Meadow Press, 1979) presents the poet, his eyes hidden behind sunglasses, slouching on a bench in old army fatigues, his long black unkempt hair, moustache, cigarette dangling from his unsmiling mouth, and matchbook open ready for the strike giving him the appearance of streetwise tough guy,...
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Juliana Chang (review date fall 1998)
SOURCE: Chang, Juliana. Review of Forbidden Entries, by John Yau. MELUS 23, no. 3 (fall 1998): 226-28.
[In the following evaluation, Chang examines the ways in which Yau utilizes racial identity and stereotyping in Forbidden Entries.]
The poetic and critical writings of John Yau present an intriguing site of investigation into questions of racial authenticity. Because Yau's writings in general do not address racialized identity in a straightforward, explicit manner, it is difficult for critics of multicultural literature to read his work as "representative" of ethnic/racial experience. What is remarkable, however, is that Yau's ethnic and racial authenticity...
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Tom Devaney (review date fall 2002)
SOURCE: Devaney, Tom. Review of Borrowed Love Poems, by John Yau. Rain Taxi Online 7, no. 3 (fall 2002) http://www.raintaxi.com/online/2002fall/yau.shtml.
[In the following review, Devaney asserts that "spilling over with formal mastery, Borrowed Love Poems is an utterly pleasurable collection."]
John Yau's recent Borrowed Love Poems is a dazzling exploration of deft and unforgiving openness. The poems engage the reader with a wide and wild array of characters, disembodied and otherwise, with an imaginative and capacious use of the lyric "I." It is a collection fed on a steady...
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Daniel Morris (essay date 2002)
SOURCE: Morris, Daniel. "'Death and Disaster': John Yau's Painterly Poems." In Remarkable Modernisms, pp. 41-60. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.
[In the following essay, Morris analyzes the relationship of Yau's art criticism and his poems "Electric Drills" and "The Telephone Call."]
John Yau's art writings illustrate the new modernism in that he revises the narrative history of painting in the United States since about 1940. Like Creeley and Frank O'Hara before him, Yau is also able to write ground-breaking poems because he is what Marjorie Perloff called "a poet among the painters," an author who adapts nonliterary means into his...
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Zhou Xiaojing (essay date winter 2004)
SOURCE: Xiaojing, Zhou. "Postmodernism and Subversive Parody: John Yau's 'Genghis Chan: Private Eye' Series." College Literature 31, no. 1 (winter 2004): 73-102.
[In the following essay, Xiaojing argues that Yau's "Genghis Chan" series "connects postmodernism in poetry to debates about postmodernism and Asian American identity in ways that engage larger issues concerning the relationship between postmodern discourses and minority American literatures."]
Alluding to critical reception of his poetry, John Yau refers to himself as "the poet who is too postmodern for the modernists and too modern for the postmodernists" (1994, 40). Yau's poems evoke...
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Further Reading
Allen, Frank. Review of Edificio Sayonara, by John Yau. Library Journal 118, no. 3 (15 February 1993): 168.
Describes the poems in Edificio Sayonara as a "meditation on contemporary urban realities."
Elman, Richard. "Three American Poets." New York Times Book Review (18 September 1983): 36.
Offers a negative review of Corpse and Mirror.
Finkle, Jori. "Having His Fling." San Francisco Bay Guardian (29 January 1997): n.p.
Considers Yau's use of language in Forbidden Entries.
McDowell, Robert. "Recombinative...
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The latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that Jackson County gained 1,190 jobs in the month of May. Retail trade sector gained 610 jobs, local government employment gained 180 jobs and construction gained 140 during the month. Nearly every published sector showed an improvement.
With that being said, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rates for Jackson and Josephine County remained unchanged at 10.5 and 11.5 percent respectively. Jackson County's civilian labor force grew by 785 from April to May.


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Last week on the show I talked about the notion that the new creationist tactic is to say they "believe in evolution" but describe a warped notion of evolution that is essentially indistinguishable from creationism. Closely related is the Intelligent Design technique of mostly accepting the science behind evolution but then insisting that some particular gap needs to be filled in by God.
This week The Onion takes up that theme with I Believe In Evolution, Except For The Whole Triassic Period.
"In fact, scientific reasoning can explain nearly every stage of life from the Big Bang to the present day. I say "nearly" because the period that scientists claim lasted from roughly 205 to 250 million years ago, commonly known as the Triassic period, was quite obviously the work of the Lord God Almighty.
"Think about it: I'm supposed to believe that the same process that we know slowly changed us from simple bacteria into highly advanced reptiles over the course of the Paleozoic era is also responsible for turning us into highly advanced reptiles with different body lengths? Do these people ever pause to think how ridiculous they sound as they advance these theories?"


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Despite of relatively strong season, spot price of DDR3 memory is approaching $3 per 1Gb equivalent, according to DRAMeXchange market research firm. While usually first quarter sales are not high, it is likely that China-based makers of PCs are gearing up for Chinese new-year and the price of memory is increasing.
With the short-term ups and downs from mid-December '09, DDR3 1333Mhz 1Gb spot price has climbed 23% to $3.01 from $2.45. According to DRAMeXchange, PC shipment with DDR3 platform will reach 60% of total PC shipment already in Q1 2010, which is attributed by the aggressive migration plans by PC-OEMs. Besides, in Q1 2010 DDR3 demand will likely sharply rise since Intel plans to pull up the DDR3-support chipset portion to 60%. As a result, tight DDR3 supply will happen in the slow season and DRAM vendors expect DDR3 will have the sustainable upward pricing momentum in January.
Given the tight DDR3 supply in contract price market, DDR3 supply in spot market has come to shortage, while the price is up to $3. In contract market, PC-OEMs have claimed for extra demand to DRAM vendors with the concern for DDR3 shortage.
"DRAMeXchange expects the upward DDR3 pricing trend in January will likely happen. With the strong boosting DDR3 demand from the first-tier PC-OEMs, DRAM vendors take first-tier PC-OEMs as the first priority for the order fulfillment and hardly fulfill the demand from second and third PC-OEMs," said the DRAM market research company.


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STANTON TWP. – Jayne M. Johnson, 58, of Liminga, passed away in her home after a third battle with cancer on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, with her family at her side.
She was born Mar. 29, 1954, in Trenton, Mich. to Nedra (Moss) Johnson and Roy "Bud" Johnson. Jayne grew up in Lincoln Park, Mich., and graduated from Lincoln Park High School. She attended Eastern Michigan University earning BA and MA degrees in elementary and special education.
Jayne began her teaching career in the Wayne County Intermediate School District. She then moved to the Copper Country where she worked in the Houghton-Portage School District for 30 years as a special education and kindergarten teacher. She retired in 2010.
Jayne married her husband, Richard (Rich) Johnson in 1984, and together they raised three children, Erik (Becky) Johnson of South Range, Emily of Traverse City and Alex of Mt. Pleasant. She is also survived by two grandsons, Kameron and Kolby of South Range; her mother, Nedra of Jacobsville; and her brother, Jay of Las Vegas, Nev.
Jayne was preceded in death by her father, Roy "Bud" Johnson.
Those fortunate to have Jayne as a friend, knew her as a caring, funny, quirky person with a big heart and smile. She was full of spunk with lots of postitive energy. She was kind and forgiving and always had time for everyone. She championed the underdog and opened her heart and home becoming a second Mom to many. She loved teaching and her classroom was filled with activity. Her love of children and animals was notorious. She will be remembered and missed by many.
A memorial service officiated by Pastor Bucky Beach will be held at 1 p.m. next Sunday, Feb. 17, in the Houghton Elementary School gymnasium, followed by a celebration of Jayne's life at 2:30 p.m. in the Brownstone Hall in Atlantic Mine. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the school.
It is because of Jayne's love of animals, her family has suggested, in lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorials be made in her name to the Copper Country Humane Society, P.O. Box 453, Houghton, MI 49931.
Arrangements are being handled by the Mountain View Mortuary in South Range, Antila Funeral Service, Inc. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at antilafuneral.com.


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This is the only one of Justin's nut butteres that I have tried The honey flavour was just not there. Also... it was not very creamy at all. I found it too thick and hard to spread. I have had better results just blending peanuts on my own at home. I don't recommend.
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A little bland
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I usually don't buy pb with anything I added. I stick to the peanut butters that have peanuts only listed in the ingredient list. I decided to branch out and was unimpressed. If things are going to be added to my pb I want to be able to taste them. The texture was good. Very smooth and the oils mix well.
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"V" is for Vegetarian Ragout over Cheese Polenta with Red Pepper Coulis
- Red Pepper Coulis:
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
- 3 ounces (6 tablespoons or 3/4 stick) butter
- 2 roasted red bell peppers, seeded and peeled
- 1 clove garlic
- Polenta:
- 2 cups vegetable stock
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 cup grated Parmesan
- Salt and pepper
- Vegetable Ragout:
- 1/8 cup grapeseed oil
- 1 onion, medium diced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled and diced medium
- 1 zucchini, medium dice
- 1 yellow squash, medium dice
- 1 small eggplant, medium dice
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 1/4 cup kalamata pitted black olives, cut in 1/2
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 fresh plum tomatoes, diced
- 6 to 8 sprigs fresh basil
DirectionsFor the Coulis:
Whisk the cornstarch into the vegetable broth. Melt the butter over medium heat in a saute pan, and then add the chicken broth mixture, red peppers and garlic. Simmer 30 minutes. *Pour hot mixture into blender and blend until smooth to make red pepper sauce. While the pepper sauce is simmering, begin the polenta.
For the Polenta:
Combine vegetable stock and cream in a large heavy saucepan. Heat to a gentle boil over medium heat, being careful not to burn. While whisking constantly, gradually add the cornmeal. Once cornmeal is incorporated, keep heat low and continue to whisk until mixture is slightly thickened and creamy. Stir in Parmesan, and season with pepper. (Since Parmesan is salty, add salt only if needed). Set aside in a warm place.
For the Ragout:
Heat oil in a saute pan. Saute onion, garlic, carrot, zucchini, yellow squash, and eggplant, until they begin to soften. Stir in tomato paste, chopped fresh parsley, thyme, and let cook until flavors integrate, about 10 more minutes. Add olives and heat through. Season with salt and pepper, as needed. Remove from heat and stir in fresh tomato. Let sit to rest.
To plate:
place cheese polenta onto serving plate, making a well in the center. Top with vegetable ragout in the center, and spoon red pepper coulis over top. Garnish with fresh basil.
*When blending hot liquids: Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.
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Great start! Is that a Forno Bravo Andiamo 70 oven? I've been thinking about ordering that exact one! How is it working for you? Or is it too early to tell?
As Craig said, if that marinara is your D game, I might fear for the level of your A game as that is one good looking pie. The last pie looks a bit pale - was it due to fewer flames?
Your 'D' pies look just fine to me!I'm interested in hearing more about your journey and this oven. I've been considering Forno Bravo for some time, but it just seemed like a hassle to get a proper stand (and I'm not very handy!). I hadn't heard of this oven until seeing this thread, and if it's as "roll of the crate" easy as it sounds, and it gets hot and operates well, I'm very much looking forward to getting one, shipping charges be damned!Nice job.
Great pics, Fornographer! And thank you for your thoughtful response. I had a gravity feed smoker delivered on a semi a few years ago. I must admit, it's quite a sight to see a semi in front of your house just to deliver your cooking apparatus. And I must admit I'm thinking this delivery will make me even more giddy. Glad to see that using the crate sides is an option. I've got pavers all the way back to my patio, but thought it might be hairy rolling this beast on them. Using the crate sides was just what I was thinking, so I'm glad to see that's an option. Question: is it truly rollable once it's set in place? Not that I'd need to move it too much (I'm not planning on throwing it in the back of my SUV for parties), but I'm hoping a couple of guys can reposition it once the delivery guy is gone. Gas prices are crazy, but I've already got my quote. Now, more pics of pies?
Fornographer,Thanks so much for the delivery pictures of the Andiamo 70...one question: how did you roll the oven out of the crate?; it looks like it is 4 to 6 inches of the ground when you took off the side panel...did you jerry-rig a ramp?Thanks...Adam
Oh I forgot to mention that. Yes, I had to buy a heavy duty ramp since I will be using it often for other purpose in addition to moving the oven around. The ramp I bought is this: http://www.discountramps.com/folding-utility-ramp.htm You will need two for the Andiamo 70.
Maybe I'm not understanding, but why did you need the ramps to get the thing from the truck to your yard (or rather, out of the crate)? Or was that not the case. I need a ramp for my MIL, so this might be a good reason to get one.
Is that foil covering the door? I wouldn't have foil anywhere in a WFO. If it hits 1100ish, you'll have a puddle of aluminum.


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Commissioners nonplussed by tax proposals
MARSHALL – New laws passed this spring in the Minnesota Legislature would allow counties to raise more money for highway projects, county officials said Tuesday. The catch, however, is that it would mean raising taxes.
During their regular meeting, members of the Lyon County Board discussed the possibility of using wheelage taxes or a local sales tax to increase county highway funds. Commissioners agreed that, although the state would allow the taxes, they would rather discuss the issue with county residents before considering it.
Interim County Engineer Aaron VanMoer said the 2013 transportation appropriations bill included two possibilities for Minnesota counties to raise money for their highway departments through local taxes. One option was a wheelage tax of up to $10 per registered vehicle. Counties would be authorized to collect the wheelage tax through 2017. After 2017, counties could pass resolutions to keep collecting wheelage taxes of up to $20 per vehicle.
VanMoer estimated the county could collect more than $200,000 in 2014 with a $10 wheelage tax.
The second local tax option would be a .5 percent local sales tax, VanMoer said. The transportation bill allows counties to skip holding a referendum on the sales tax and instead implement one by resolution after a public hearing. If Lyon County implemented a .5 percent local sales tax, it could collect an estimated $3 million in 2014, VanMoer said.
It could also be possible for Lyon County to enter a joint powers agreement with other counties, he said. This would give counties access to a larger potential tax base, or raise money for large or shared road projects.
Commissioners had mixed feelings about implementing either tax option.
"I want to do some reading on this and talk to people," said Commissioner Steve Ritter. He and Commissioner Rodney Stensrud said they would like to see the board discuss the issue at a later meeting.
Commissioner Charlie Sanow said a wheelage tax would basically be a user tax for people who drive on county highways. However, he didn't think he could support a local sales tax to raise highway funding.
County Board Chairman Rick Anderson said it would be a good idea to have public hearings if the board seriously wants to consider the tax options.
"It probably isn't going to happen for 2014," he said, "but it would be good to talk about it."
A pair of items concerning the Lyon County fairgrounds were also brought before commissioners. Members of the Lyon County Fair board said the board had been offered $16,300 in state grant funding to build a hoop barn with a built-in stage at the fairgrounds. Several area groups had expressed interest in having the 60-by-80 foot structure built because it could be used for events at the fairgrounds.
However, counting the grant and local contributions, the fair board only had about $27,000 of the $49,000 needed to build the structure.
"We're sort of in a predicament," said board member Pat Verly. The fair board asked the county to consider funding the remaining $22,000 to build the hoop barn.
Commissioners voted to approve the funding request, with the intent of including it as part of the fair budget for 2014.
Roger Schroeder also brought forward a report on repair and update work needed at the fairgrounds grandstand. Schroeder said the grandstand will need some concrete and masonry work in its north ticket booth and electrical rooms, as well as new sidewalks, stairs and railings leading up to the grandstand. A cost summary for the structural improvements came to a total of about $274,000, Schroeder said.
In addition, Schroeder said the grandstand's roof would need to be repaired or replaced. Commissioners had questions about the cost of a roof replacement, and whether the grandstand structure needed a roof.
"The roof is the biggest thing," said Stensrud. Overall, the grandstand itself was very sturdy, he said.
Sanow said he would like to get bids on the roof work, to get an idea of what it might cost. Commissioners directed Schroeder to get more information on what repairs or replacement for the grandstand roof might cost.
Commissioners approved a revised construction agreement with Great River Energy to protect county roads during construction of the CapX 2020 power line project. VanMoer said a segment of the project is being built west from Redwood County to a transmission station near Marshall. At this time, it would mostly be Stanley Township that is affected by construction, he said.
The county had originally requested a letter of credit for $100,000 from Great River Energy, in case any Lyon County roads were damaged by the construction equipment. However, VanMoer said the developer couldn't provide the letter of credit and agreed to issue a $100,000 performance bond instead.
Commissioners voted to approve the updated agreement.