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In my new role as Acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, on Thursday, I had the chance to meet with almost 500 citizen diplomats in attendance at this year's National Council of International Visitors' (NCIV) annual meeting. I thanked them for the role they play in supporting our U.S. foreign policy goals by building trust and respect between the people of the United States and the citizens of the world.
NCIV has a national network of more than 80,000 dedicated volunteers, in over 90 regional chapters. In 2011, the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) brought over 5,000 visitors to the United States on 811 projects from over 170 countries. This would not be possible without the NCIV network of volunteers who open their homes to these international visitors, show them around their communities by taking them to visit cultural venues and to meet with local government representatives and business leaders. The annual meeting is a chance for NCIV members to connect with Department leadership, and for the Department of State to thank volunteers and emphasize the critical nature of their work.
We talked about the front page story in the Washington Post of Vice President Xi's visit to Iowa that very day to reunite with an American family he spent time with 27 years ago, when he was a provincial agricultural official leading a delegation to the state -- that long-ago friendship is still helping to build a better relationship between the United States and China. And it's a perfect way to illustrate how citizen diplomacy works -- which happened to tie in well with the annual meeting's theme: "One Story at a Time: The Impact of Citizen Diplomacy." It captures the essence of international exchange and why we do it.
International visitors come here with a specific focus, but they leave with a deeper and broader understanding of the United States. They also enrich our communities, and open our eyes to new and different human experiences. That is the power of the IVLP.
Although NCIV members do not always see the impact that they have when visitors return home, I have had the opportunity throughout my career as a Foreign Service officer to witness the long-term effects that these exchanges have on the international visitors. Whether in China, Northern Ireland, the former Yugoslavia or Korea, I still remember those international visitors who went on the IVLP program to the United States. I especially remember how the visitors to the United States returned to their home country with lots of their own stories to tell, an added confidence and a renewed sense of purpose. Those IVLP participants and, many others, frequently move into positions of leadership in their countries, not just in government, but in every field. This, in turn, helps us reach broader networks to better achieve U.S. foreign policy goals.
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U.S. Women to Hold Three Red-Blue Scrimmages in May
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 13, 2013) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team will compete in three Red-Blue intra-squad scrimmages on consecutive Friday nights in May. All three contests will be open to the public free of charge.
The first scrimmage will take place May 17 at Santa Monica High School's North Gym in Santa Monica, Calif. The Red-Blue scrimmage series moves to Los Angeles where Windward School will host the match on May 24. Irvine Valley College will host the May 31 match in Irvine, Calif. All three matches will begin at 7 p.m. PT.
U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly plans to incorporate additional Red-Blue intra-squad scrimmages during the summer as a means to provide match-like competition for all athletes training and to build community relations with the Southern California area. The City of Anaheim serves as the official host city of the USA Men's and Women's National Teams.
Later this summer the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team will renew a long-standing, friendly rivalry series with Japan as the two teams take part in the inaugural USA Volleyball Cup with three matches scheduled for the Southern California market in July.
The USA Volleyball Cup series opens July 10 in San Diego on the campus of UC San Diego, followed by a July 12 contest at the Walter Pyramid on the campus of Long Beach State University in Long Beach. The two teams conclude the series on July 13 at JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano. All three matches have start times of 7 p.m. PT.
General admission match ticket prices for the USA Volleyball Cup series are $20 for adults and $5 for youth ages 18-and-under for each match, online or at the door. Children 3-and-under will be admitted free. VIP tickets, which include pre- and post-match hospitality, VIP parking, special court-side reserved seating and a chance to meet Coach Kiraly and some of the U.S. Women, will be sold for $150.
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Building on a rich and lengthy history with legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Ronnie Scott's is delighted to welcome the Wynton Marsalis Quintet back to the club this summer for 6 exclusive shows over 3 nights...
Wynton Marsalis is arguably the most influential jazz musician of the last 40 years. His take on the music's history, his virtuoso trumpet playing, sense of tradition and leadership as the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center has inspired a new generation of 'young lions', putting him at the very forefront of the music internationally. In addition to winning nine Grammy Awards, he was the first jazz musician to receive the Pulitzer Prize for music. His international accolades include honorary membership in Britain's Royal Academy of Music and the insignia Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, France's highest distinction. He has more than 70 albums to his credit, which have sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.
Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture. He has had an enormous impact on jazz over the last 40 years, being one of the first artists to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. By creating and performing an expansive range of brilliant new music for quartets to big bands, chamber music ensembles to symphony orchestras, tap dance to ballet, Marsalis has expanded the vocabulary for jazz and created a vital body of work that places him among the world's finest musicians and composers.
Marsalis has graced the world's greatest venues from the Lincoln Centre and Carnegie Hall to London's Barbican Centre and Royal Albert Hall. Almost seven years ago, in August 2006, Marsalis marked the opening of the revamped Ronnie Scott's Club. We're delighted to welcome the iconic trumpeter back for what promises to be an exhilarating week of music. Marsalis will perform two shows a night for 3 nights starting July 22nd in what looks to be this summer's hottest ticket.


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An intelligent system that could before long enable cars to tell mechanics which of their parts need servicing has been unveiled by engineers here at the Department.
20 Aug 2007
Seventeen third-year students from the Department have taken part, for the first time, in Constructionarium.
15 Aug 2007
Manufacturing Engineering students at the Department's Institute for Manufacturing held their 2007 Design Show last month.
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A "coming of age" party marked twenty-one years of materials selection software at Cambridge University and Granta Design earlier this summer.
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A team of surgeons and engineers including members of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge recently won the Best Surgical Technology award.
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Teenagers from across the UK were offered a rare insight into the exciting and dynamic field of Nanotechnology.
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A series of 'Discover Engineering' family workshops, have been a resounding success here at the Department.
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Dr Tom Hynes, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering, is one of eleven University of Cambridge lecturers who have been recognised for their excellence in teaching.
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The Department's Professor Malcolm Smith has been working on steering compensation for high-performance motorcycles.
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Professor Ian Hutchings gave the Staudinger-Durrer lecture at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) where he was awarded the Staudinger-Durrer Prize and Medal.


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Pollux Black (1912 – 1990) was a pure-blood wizard, the eldest child of Cygnus Black II and Violetta Bulstrode, the brother of Cassiopeia Black, Marius Black, and Dorea Black, the husband of Irma Crabbe, the father of Walburga Black, Alphard Black, and Cygnus Black III,[1] the grandfather of Sirius Black, Regulus Black, Bellatrix Lestrange, Andromeda Tonks, and Narcissa Malfoy, the great-grandfather of Draco Malfoy and Nymphadora Tonks, and the great-great-grandfather of Teddy Lupin and Scorpius Malfoy.
Like many members of the Black family, the name Pollux comes from a star. It is the brightest star in the constellation Gemini. The name refers to Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda in Greek mythology. The name is traditionally thought to mean "much wine", since astrologers associate Pollux with prosperity and celebration with wine. Pollux's sister Cassiopeia was named after a constellation.
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- On the Black Family Tree, it states that Pollux and (possibly) Irma were thirteen years old when they had their first child, Walburga. This is most likely one of the numerous mathematical mistakes made by J. K. Rowling (who frequently admits that maths is not her strong suit). Then again, it's possible Rowling is discreetly showing us that teenage pregnancy is as common in the Wizarding world as it is in the Muggle world.
- Based on a statement by Horace Slughorn, Pollux may have been a member of the Slytherin House. This is likely due to most of the Black family (with the exception of Sirius Black) being in the aforementioned House. However, he attended Hogwarts c. 1923 - 1930, which slightly proceeds Slughorn's fifty-year tenure from around 1931 - 1981.
- Pollux named his last son (Cygnus Black III) in honour of his father (Cygnus Black II).
- At the beginning of the tree Licorus Black is depicted with a green hat, who is very similar to Pollux, but Pollux on the image is wearing a red hat.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears on Black family tapestry)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game) (Mentioned as Walburga Black's father)


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We previously discussed our greatest TEA for the month of April. I just realized I never shared my pick. So, please feel free to continue to discuss the GREAT topic ... I will be.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Churng was wondering, upon tasting, did a tea ever make you "cry?" Or maybe laugh, smile, uncontrollable grin, sad, happy, etc? Please share, great topic!
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Teen faces third charge
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. – A Gladstone man was recently charged with a second count of attempting to flee police in connection with a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle in Wisconsin last month.
Ray Gidean-John Potter, 18, was arrested on Jan. 6 on one felony count of attempted fleeing from police and one misdemeanor count of criminal damage to a police car. The two charges were authorized in Sheboygan County after he was arrested for leading police on a multi-county vehicle chase.
A third count of attempted fleeing from police was recently authorized in Manitowoc County where Potter is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in circuit court on Monday, according to court records. The felony carries a maximum punishment of three and a half years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Potter is scheduled for a plea hearing Feb. 28 in Sheboygan County on the original charges of attempted fleeing from police and damage to a police car. If a plea is not made, Potter is scheduled to be tried before a jury beginning March 12.
According to police, Potter was driving a stolen Ford Mustang when a Sheboygan County Sheriff's deputy attempted to stop him because the car was reported to be seen weaving in traffic in Ozauke County. The deputy pursued Potter on Interstate 43 with speeds reaching 120 miles per hour.
The pursuit went into Manitowoc County where state police took over the vehicle chase and later apprehended Potter in Brown County after police and a canine pursued him on foot. Potter was turned over to the Sheboygan County deputy who initially tried to pull him over.
Potter remains lodged in jail.
Following the Jan. 6 incident, Potter was also arrested on a bench warrant as a fugitive from justice because he failed to show up in Delta County Circuit Court in Escanaba on Jan. 3. He was scheduled to be sentenced in Delta County on a conviction for receiving and stealing stolen property as a second-offense habitual offender.
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Apple's $500 Close: It's Not Manipulation!
Anyway, I did not plan on writing another article until Tuesday morning, but somebody must step in to bring clarity to the hysterical inanity that reoccurs regularly regarding Apple (AAPL) and the related options market concepts of maximum pain and pinning.
I covered this -- in depth, in 2011 -- when I wrote for Seeking Alpha . You can find the source articles here and here.
However, I'm going to give you all of the information you need right here at TheStreet to prove that ...
Apple's $500 close has nothing to do with market manipulation so stop with the conspiracy theory nonsense and learn something! A small subset of readers will believe what they want to believe no matter what type of information gets placed in front of them, but remember this is coming from one of Apple's biggest defenders as of late .
It was a shooting star! No, it was a UFO . It was a shooting star! No, it was a UFO . Shoot me now.
The big money is not sitting in a room changing the hands of a clock or rolling back miles on an odometer on Friday afternoon to make sure that, magically, AAPL closes where they want it to be. Sorry.
There's a perfectly logical explanation, illustrated in plain English, as told to me by Neil Pearson, University of Illinois Professor of Finance and Harry A. Brandt Distinguished Professor of Financial Markets and Options, back in May 2011.
I researched the subject and contacted the professor to authoritatively counter the pure crap "opinion" that options traders work together to get AAPL to close wherever they want it to close on options expiration day (which is today).
It's almost two years later and I must regurgitate the same information.
Excerpts from Seeking Alpha links listed on Page One:
Rocco Pendola : Please define pinning and the theory of maximum pain.
Neil Pearson : "Pinning" and "maximum pain" are closely related. Pinning refers to the phenomenon that on option expiration Fridays the prices of optionable stocks tend to close on or very near to option strike prices. This is not to say that this Friday AAPL will necessarily close on or near to an option strike price, but rather that AAPL is more likely to close on or near to an option strike price on Friday than on any other day of the week.
The theory of maximum pain goes further, saying that the stock price will tend to move toward the price where the total value of options contracts, both puts and calls together, is the lowest. This theory thus identifies the specific option strike price that will tend to attract the stock price. If the stock price closes at the strike that minimizes the total value of options contracts, this minimizes the value received by buyers and paid by option sellers when the options expire. Because this benefits option writers, some market participants claim that the stock price movement is caused by option writers manipulating the stock price to create profits for themselves and losses to option buyers.


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Libby Claerbout, Minot
I am thankful to the N.D. Legislature for addressing the child care crisis with HB 1422, but I am deeply concerned over the bill's wording that loosens licensing regulations and that omits financial assistance to child care centers.
Our family underwent the stress of finding new daycare for our daughters in August when the YWCA center closed due to financial strain. The task of locating alternative care was nearly impossible. For five weeks, I repeatedly called every child care center and home provider I could find, and was told over and over that there was either no openings, or that we would be added to waiting lists of 50-plus children. I am scared to death that the center we were lucky enough to find will soon close its doors for the exact reason that the YWCA closed.
If daycares in Minot are not granted some sort of relief soon, many will face the decision of closing their doors or significantly increasing rates. My husband and I both hold stable jobs with fair salaries. However, we cannot afford to pay what could soon be $2,600 per month for childcare. It would be terrible if an average, two-income family could not afford child care in Minot. Where would that leave individuals who are not as fortunate or who might be raising children alone? The financial aspect of this crisis is not being addressed in the bill's current form.
Relaxing childcare licensing regulations is also a frightening thought. I am especially troubled by higher child per staff ratios. Anyone who has ever cared for a baby knows that five infants are way too many for one person to care for at once. Blistering diaper rash because little bottoms can't be attended to quickly enough; wailing cries from hungry babies; daily incident reports filed because two teachers couldn't possibly keep 14 2-year-olds under control. These are the inevitable incidents with the proposed ratios. North Dakota's children deserve better quality care than this.
For the sake of our children and our families, I implore our leaders to amend HB 1422 to address these concerns before the crisis turns into an even bigger disaster.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (121 votes).
In short: Good 10k race.In full: Well organised. Quite challenging 10k. Good hill for last mile. Would reccomend it. Very wet conditions again.Date of review: June 12, 2011
In short: Just the right size. Good fun. Fab medal.In full: Not done this before, but really enjoyed it. Plenty of free parking if you got there early. Course = bit hilly in places, but some fine sights. Lovely medal.Date of review: June 14, 2010
In short: pleasant little local race...one which I would recommendIn full: A little more undulating than expected but this did make the course more interesting. Local good value feel good race with excellent organisation. Well done Aldridge Running ClubDate of review: June 14, 2010
In short: Another great event from Aldridge running clubIn full: My fourth time at this one and it was as good as ever.Excellent organisation again.Friendly atmosphere and brilliant to have chip timing this year too.My kids loved the childrens races again this year. Thanks to all the organisers and marshalls on the course. Well done Aldridge RC for another fantastic event.Date of review: June 14, 2010
In short: Challenging but a great community eventIn full: My first time at this event after reading good reports - it won't be my last. A testing course but nothing too severe, although that long final hill tests the resolve. Friendly and efficient stewarding and a good arena finish. Even the weather was ideal. Well done to the organisers Date of review: June 13, 2010
In short: Enjoyable undulating race with excellent organisationIn full: Finished in 69 minutes which was above expectation especially considering the undulating course. I can see what RW meant by "tough hills". Hobs Hole Lane is definitely going to remain in the memory for next time.The course is enjoyable and it is not a boring flat course. You have to think your way round which makes for an entertaining race.Marshalling was excellent and they did a fantastic job of controlling the traffic and encouraging runners. Sign posting to the venue was excellent and the dedicated free multi storey car park was a nice touch. Liked the finish arena too which prompted a sprint finish.My only suggestion for improvement would be to have mile markers in addition the km markers and if the budget allows for it then a t-shirt would be nice.Overall an excellent race and I look forward to coming back to try and get under the 60 min mark.Date of review: June 13, 2010
In short: good race well organised - can you order better weather next year?Date of review: August 12, 2009
In short: good atmosphere, well organised, challenging hillsDate of review: June 11, 2009
In short: very good run,and the hill at the end goes on for 2km and was a cracking challenge. Date of review: June 8, 2009
In short: Well organised Hilly Race but well worth completing if only for the free momento you receive for scompleting the event. Date of review: June 8, 2009
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No wonder Gahanna's holiday character breakfast is so popular: Where else can one get holiday spirit, a moral lesson and a chance to catch flying pancakes?
The main event is an opportunity to see a skit presented by jolly characters such as the Gingerbread Man, Penguin, Teddy Bear and Polar Bear, and interact with them afterward.
"I think of it more like breakfast theater," said Adam Bonner, co-owner of the Mascot Organization, which provides the characters and the skit storyline.
The event, in its seventh year, will take place Saturday at the Olde Gahanna Sanctuary.
Bonner got involved with the breakfast about four years ago, when the Worthington native thought it could be improved.
"I wanted to amp up the quality of the experience," he said.
The event will feature seven seating times, from 8 a.m. to noon, in 40-minute blocks.
Guests will start in a waiting area, where they can take part in activities such as face-painting, craft-making or listening to a reading.
The group will then move into the seating area to eat and watch the show.
To keep the event fresh, each year Bonner writes a new script with "a Mr. Rogers-esque feel."
In this year's show, he plays off the idea that Gahanna was named one of the state's best hometowns for 2013-14 by Ohio Magazine.
The script features characters decorating their homes for the holidays. They discover that Penguin doesn't have a home.
How that conflict is resolved will provide the lesson, Bonner said.
After the 10-minute show, children will be invited to help the characters decorate their homes, which will give parents a chance to take photos.
Laurie Jadwin, executive director of the Gahanna Convention and Visitors Bureau, said more than 500 children attended the 2012 event, and officials are anticipating a bigger crowd this year.
Advance registration is a good idea, she said.
"It was designed to create another activity to draw people to downtown Gahanna," she said of the event. "It just continues to grow in popularity, and we keep adding new things to it."
And the pancake tossing is literal. Cooks from caterer Chris Cakes lob freshly cooked pancakes toward children, who try to catch the flapjacks on their plates.
But every event has its limits, Jadwin said.
"I think this year, we may have to implement a 'three-strikes-and-Mom-will-help-you' rule."


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The Loews Miami Beach Hotel has a prime location and one of the best swimming pools in South Beach. But even if you're not staying at the hotel, you can indulge in a day of sun and surf by booking one of the hotel's luxurious SOAK cabanas. Located poolside, the cabanas are like miniature hotel suites and have full marble bathrooms with glass showers, air conditioning, iPads, flat-screen tvs, and butlers who arrive to mist guests with Evian and ply them with smoothies, fruit and mojitos. To book one, contact loewshotels.com.
With its soothingly Zen interior, The Restaurant at Setai—designed by architect Jean-Michel Gathy and decorator Jaya Ibrahim—is easily one of the most beautiful spaces in Miami. With its latest executive chef, Mathias Gervais (a protégé of Joël Robuchon), the Setai has a menu worthy of its surroundings. It's fun to watch the chef's team at work in the restaurant's expansive exhibition kitchen, which is equipped with a Spanish-style plancha used to create such Mediterranean dishes as pan-seared Florida spiny lobster and Gamberoni St. Remo. Or order a Saigon Gimlet and retreat to the Setai's chic courtyard, an oasis of serene pools, square banquettes, and Asian antiques. thesetaihotel.com
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IM finalizing sign ordinance
By LINDA LOBECK
Staff Writer
IRON MOUNTAIN – A new sign ordinance in the city of Iron Mountain is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Iron Mountain City Council members, at Monday's meeting, agreed to introduce the ordinance and establish a public hearing for March 18, at 6:30 p.m.
The Iron Mountain Planning Commission has been working on the new ordinance for several years, with several meetings between the council and commission resulting in more changes to the document. At the Feb. 4 meeting, questions about the section on overhanging signs came up with the city manager checking into it and coming up with a special condition to be placed in the new ordinance.
City Manager Jordan Stanchina said the special condition added to the ordinance allows the sign committee to consider larger overhanging signs based on certain criteria. One overhang sign is allowed for each commercial building in the city and are only permitted in areas zoned B-1 and B-2. The minimum height is 10 feet and the maximum height is 10 feet per story with a maximum area of 64 square feet.
The ordinance further states that "no part of an overhanging sign shall exceed the height of the building facade or extend more than 48 inches over a public right-of-way. No sign shall overhang or be within one foot of a traffic lane."
This is mainly for businesses in the downtown area in which the highway runs through and the right-of-way is a lot closer to the businesses.
Stanchina added that this special condition is a provision in the current ordinance. "It depends on the size of the building and should work for us," he said.
He noted that a couple of other changes to the document were made including the section for the metal signs used for promotional events, in which three are allowed per parcel. He also checked on the information about flashing message boards to correct it so that it reads that one message is allowed every six seconds. This makes sure that the new ordinance goes along with what the state allows for these signs.
"The new ordinance doesn't disallow anything that we allowed before. But it provides a better understanding of the different types of signs and some of the things we tried to correct to provide uniformity," Stanchina said.
Councilman Collin Jacobetti felt that overhanging signs in the downtown area are a concern and needed to be restricted due to the close proximity to the highway.
The ordinance also states the signs are "not to have an adverse effect on adjacent property view or substantially restrict adjacent signage visibility."
Special conditions signs are reviewed by the Planning Commission sign committee, which consists of the city manager, zoning administrator and an appointed member of the planning commission.
"This (draft of new ordinance) is better than what we currently have," said Mayor Bruce Rosen.
Jacobetti agreed. "I just don't want to see some big old sign sticking out there on the highway."
Stanchina said that they will need to fully rescind the current sign ordinance once the new ordinance is in place.
Following a public hearing on a request to vacate the alley by Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Iron Mountain, the council, by a vote of 4-1, agreed to the motion.
The city is vacating a portion of the alley right-of-way and Stanchina noted that the church was made aware of the plowing concern and is willing to allow room for the city the plow past the final garage in the alley way.
Steve Mulka, planning, zoning and code administrator, had looked at the request and property owners within 300 feet of the alley were sent letters notifying them about the request and hearing. In his report to the council, Mulka noted that the alley is a dead-end without an easement to cross any other property. He added that there were complaints from the church that vehicles have come close to hitting pedestrians since the church installed a new parking lot to the west of the alley on church property.
The church plans to put up a gate blocking off the rest of the alley way from the parking lot, but will be leaving the gate open during the snow restriction time to allow for the plowing to be completed by the city.
Councilman Bob Moraska said that he had looked at the area and felt that this action would affect the adjacent property owners.
The city had received no objections from property owners to the church's request, Stanchina said.
In other action, the council:
– Authorized getting proposals for a water system study, which is usually done every 10 years. The last study was in 2002. Stanchina noted that it important to update the study since the city has had problems with recent samples that required the system to be chlorinated for different periods of time. Consultants will provide their qualifications when responding to the scope of work that the city is interested in for this study. Stanchina added that once a list of qualified consultants is provided then they will provide a level of effort/cost proposals that will be considered by the city council.
– Held a public hearing on the purchase of a new squad car through the USDA Rural Development grant, in which the city will get up to 23 percent of the purchase price for the car and related equipment. The estimated cost of the squad car and equipment is $34,000 and the city council gave its authorization to solicit bids for the 2013 Dodge Charger police package. The city will be responsible for the first $26,400 and the grant will reimburse the next $8,000. As with other municipalities, the city will purchase directly through the MI Deal program through the state, which is the low bid price listed on the specifications.
– Agreed to establish a public hearing to vacate a portion of the alley right-of-way near the Izzo-Mariucci Center at the Iron Mountain Public Schools. The hearing is set for March 18 at 6:30 p.m. and property owners within 300 feet of the alley will be notified. The majority of the block in that location is owned by the school district and the alley runs west from Carpenter Avenue to Prospect St., immediately south of the Izzo-Mariucci Center at 500 Carpenter Ave. The school district already has an access agreement with Main Street Pizza.
– Approved a request by the Northwoods Garden Club for a donation of $500 towards the group's efforts to plant flowers within the city of Iron Mountain. This donation amount is already in the city budget for the year.
– Authorized holding an auction for surplus equipment that the city would like to sell along with approximately 20-25 phones included from the old system.
– Approved giving the city manager authorization to purchase a used plow truck salt/sander box for $6,500.
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Jason, just bought my 1st can of 6 in 1, and like you I make 1 pizza a week. I generally do not keep any tomato product in the fridge for longer than a week. I suggest freezing in individual containers, one container per pizza. Using the 6 in 1 is going to be a diversion for me as I have only been using San Marzano DOP to this point. We will see.Mark
There are canister/jar vacuum sealers. But I have seen sauce last quite awhile placed in a regular 'ol baggie and smooshed up so the air is driven out...give that a try.I buy the #10 cans and divide into baggies and place all bags into a larger "freezer" bags....I have no problem with "frozen" sauce per say....but if it's convenience you are after then give the squeezed baggie in the frig. a try....
Some pizza operators mix their sauce and don't even consider using it until it's seasoned for at least a week in the refrigerator, so you might be rushing to throw out perfectly good tomatoes. It's a fruit, not meat.
I currently use the 12oz can of the 6 in 1 and I get about 3-4 pizzas from it.


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All Works
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The Enneads (250)
On the Incarnation (c. 318)
Ecclesiastical History (c. 325)
Life of Antony (c. 356-362)
Sermons (Chrysostom) (c. 370-404)
Letters (Chrysostom) (c. 370-404)
On the Priesthood (c. 386)
On the Teacher (c. 388)
Commentary on Galatians (c. 390?)
Christian Doctrine (397-426)
On the Trinity (400-416)
Confessions (Augustine) (c. 401)
The City of God (413-426)
Enchiridion (Augustine) (421)
The Rule of St. Benedict (c. 530?)
The Quran (c. 632)
Beowulf (c. 725)
Tales from the 1001 Nights (c. 850?)
The Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel (c. 900?; mss. c. 1100)
The Tale of Genji (c. 1008-1021)
Shahnameh (1010)
The Mabinogion (c. 1050?)
Monologium (1077)
Proslogium (1087)
The Song of Roland (c. 1100)
The Rubaiyat (c. 1120)
Letters of Abelard and Heloise (c. 1130-1136)
On Loving God (c. 1130?)
Sermons on the Song of Songs (1136-1153)
The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs (12th century)
Guide of the Perplexed (1180-1190)
The Nibelungenlied (c. 1200)
Magna Carta (1215)
The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi (c. 1250-1261)
The Saga of Burnt Njal (13th century)
On the Principles of Nature (1252-1256)
Summa Contra Gentiles (1261-1264)
Summa Theologica (1265-1273)
The New Life (c. 1292-1294)
The Cloud of Unknowing (c. 1300)
The Divine Comedy (c. 1306-1321)
Inferno (c. 1306-1314)
On Monarchy (c. 1309-1313)
Purgatorio (c. 1315-1318)
Paradiso (c. 1319-1321)
Sonnets (Petrarch) (c. 1327-1374)
Ascent of Mt. Ventoux (c. 1336)
The Decameron (1351)
The Spiritual Dialogue (St. Catherine of Siena) (1370)
Troilus and Criseyde (c. 1385)
Canterbury Tales (c. 1386)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Late 14th century)
On the Imitation of Christ (1418)
The Spiritual Dialogue (St. Catherine of Genoa) (1447)
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1470)
Notebooks (da Vinci) (c. 1478-1518)
The Dignity of Man (c. 1486)
All links verified on or after January 2, 2015
List of Works
The Epic of Gilgamesh (between 2000-1400 BC?)
Beowulf (c. 725) [HC]
The Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel (c. 900?; mss. c. 1100) [HC]
The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs (12th Century) [HC]
The Mabinogion (c. 1050?)
The Nibelungenlied (c. 1200) [HTR]
The Saga of Burnt Njal (13th Century) [HTR]
Also called Njal's Saga.
The Song of Roland (c. 1100) [HTR,HC]
Tales from the 1001 Nights (or, 1001 Arabian Nights) (c. 850?) [HC]
The earliest versions of the 1001 Nights date from the mid-9th century, but modern translations are based on a fourteenth-century manuscript.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Late 14th Century)


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I hope everyone has a nice base tan and a fruity cocktail because now it's time to pack for your trip! Here are 10 tips to stress free packing. Why should you listen to me you ask? Oh – maybe because upon checking my bag on my last trip, I hit the 50.0lbs mark on the scale. Yes, 50.0 exactly. That, my friends, is good packing. Much to my disappointment, balloons did not fall from the sky and I did not receive a free upgrade to first class. Obviously the system is flawed, but that's no reason to give up on the perfect pack job.
1. Lay out everything you're going to bring on your trip before you start packing
2. Roll your clothes to allow more room in your suitcase and to prevent wrinkles. Roll more than one item together to create extra space
3. Get creative – stuff shoes with phone chargers, cords, socks, belts, etc.
4. Place your shoes on the bottom. Pair your shoes so that the heel of one aligns with the toe of another
5. Always place heavier items such as jeans on the top to help keep all other items in place
6. Never place breakable items in the outside pockets of your suitcase since your bag will be thrown around like a hot potato by airline employees
7. If you have rolling luggage, lay your liquid contents (in a ziplock bag) so that when you are pulling your bag, the bottles are sitting upright
8. Pack essentials like toothbrush, toothpaste, makeup, medication and documents in your carry-on bag. You never know where you could end up!
9. Leave some room – who knows what you may need to bring home with you…
10. Because each airline is different, please go online and check your airline's bag policy. Thank you.
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"The key is... Make it Yours! Take this attractive paper and let the designer customize the look with you. I removed Thank You from the front of the card, and just put my fiance's name and my name. That way, I can say Thank You on the inside of the card-where it belongs. It's a perfect match to my invites!"
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The weather is getting hotter (for Scotland), and the soul craves something lighter and brigther, after the Earthy winter foodstuffs.
Potatoes aren't selling amazingly at the moment, in my experience. I'm wondering *for the moment* if we should put the potato baking machine on ice. Until we need it again, for it was (and will be again) a comfort in the darker days.


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The UIPM will broadcast the finals LIVE on Internet TV at pentathlon.org on June 5 (Men's Final) and June 6 (Women's Final). The broadcast will feature highlights from the fencing and swimming events as well as live coverage of the riding and combined events.
The Berlin World Cup is the fifth in a series of six events in 2010 which will culminate in the World Cup Final to be held in Moscow, Russia on June 18-20.
Competition Schedule
June 3 Men's Qualification Competition
June 4 Women's Qualification Competition
June 5 Men's Individual Finals
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text: Prey consumption by large medusae such as the Pacific Sea Nettle can have a major impact in structuring ecological communities (Brodeur et al. 2002; Brodeur et al. 2008). For example, in a a study in the Bering Sea, Brodeur et al. (2002) estimated that the Northern Sea Nettle (a close relative of the Pacific Sea Nettle) consumed a third of the standing stock of zooplankton during the summer season. Based on research focused on biologically rich coastal upwelling regions off the coast of Oregon and northern California, Suchman et al. (2008) and Brodeur et al. (2008) concluded that when the Pacific Sea Nettle and other medusae are seasonally abundant they have the potential to significantly deplete the standing stock of vulnerable prey and to compete with predatory fish feeding on similar prey items in the northern California Current.


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There's not much else I can set the title of this post as. I have no photos to show and rather than put up random photos that mean nothing, I am going to break my own (silent) rule and have a blog post with no pictures. Please try not to fall asleep on me.
I mainly wanted to touch base with everybody on how it has been for me on my crazy adventure to move into the country. It's been awhile since the last Travelling in Gumboots post and some of you might have noticed the lack of regularity in my blog posts. If there's one thing I regret from my move, is that my blog has fallen into the sidelines somewhat. And I thought I'd have that much more time to work on it, how wrong was I.
I've lost count on what week this is since the move. It could be week 5, or week 6 or week 10 for all I care. It's not really that important. What is more important, is how I've been settling in.
Moving anywhere new is scary. Let alone going from a big city to a small country town that houses 200+ within its town boundaries and another 100 or so in the surrounding farmlands. Recently a friend asked me how many there were in the town over a yumcha session.
"350″, I replied.
"350 thousand, you mean?" came the query to clarify.
"No, 350. Period."
"That's…. about how many there is in this room!"
Yup. My town houses as many people as there were having yumcha at that one restaurant that Sunday morning. It may be small, but let me tell you it sure has its perks. Going down our (one and only!) street and being able to greet and know almost everybody you meet on the street gives you a sense of belonging like no other. I have lived so many years in Melbourne and never have I felt like such a part of the community like I do in Murrayville. It is amazing.
One of my major concerns with moving to the country was whether or not I'd be lonely. I am a social creature, I cannot live without company of my friends but at the same time, I am horrendously shy and awkward with strangers. Not a great combination, if you ask me! In such a small town, this issue was really a non-issue. Even if you weren't acquainted today, you will be tomorrow. You are welcomed with open arms and not made to feel like an outsider. I hosted my first dinner party just a week ago, and looking at the beaming faces, I had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming. Ask me a year ago if this was going to be possible, I'd have said no. Lonely? No time to be lonely in this town!
I've always loved the country. I escaped to the country whenever I could in the last few years. But there's a difference between holidaying in the country and living there. My other major concern was whether or not my urge to live in the country was a built-up fairy tale in my head or that I really wanted to be out here. So in quick dot points, I'm going to state a few things I've learnt over the past month or so:
- Bugs, they are everywhere.
- If you are surrounded by grain farming, you gotta learn to be cozy with the mice.
- If you have bugs phobia (like me), you eventually learn to get over it. As long as you have that tin of mortein.
- Farmer markets in the city has better fresh produce than what the country folks get
- Country living does not necessarily mean beautiful green rolling hills and blooming flowers.
- Desert doesn't necessarily mean all sand and occasional cactus.
- You learn to live with a lot less than you would in the city.
- The beauty of picking fresh fruit off a tree!!!
- The weather is of even more fascination to us up here in the Mallee than Melbourne city dwellers.
- Mice, they eat plastic too.
- Crickets, they bloody get into your house then die.
- Sand flies: their bites hurt.
- BBQ rules.
- Import beers? What import beers?
- Tea means dinner, Dinner means lunch, Vicky means Victoria.
I made my first jam the other day. Fig jam, with figs off my colleague's tree and a pot borrowed from a neighbour. It's not perfect by any means (I think I let it boil for too long), but you know what made it that tiny bit sweeter? The fact that I was living the life that I've always wanted, (ever since reading books and books on country living), and making jam with freshly picked fruits and that the whole process was made possible with the generosity of my neighbours.
It may not be the rolling green hills that Daylesford have to offer, or the beautiful scenaries that Bright has, but this is my own little slice of (bug filled) heaven. And I wouldn't have it any other way. At least not right now. Right now, I'm contented.


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These patties are great to make with kids – think of them as a vegetarian version of a hamburger without the bun. They're fast, crunchy, fun and a nice way to get vegetables onto the plate. Have the little ones grate the zucchini while you prepare the rest of the ingredients. For a completely vegetarian meal, serve the patties with an apple beet salad or the accompanying Garlic Yogurt Dip. Otherwise, serve them with the fried chicken. If you're shopping in a farmers' market for…


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (39 votes).
In short: A good fun run through some nice countryside.In full: You'll never get a PB here, but you'll have fun as you run up and down a few fields and meadows, and through a few hedges. Might be a bit muddy after rain. Shame about the hill at the end though, just after the 10K mark!Date of review: April 30, 2006
In short: Great scenic run around the village where I grew up, hard work for my first run though! Good pub lunch at the end too!Date of review: March 19, 2006
In short: Very friendly! In full: Throughly enjoyed it! Great atmosphere. Hilly? Coming from the South Downs I thought that it was flat! Second half was across fields and grass so one had to watch one's footing, making it a slightly slower than PB race. They still have not put the results on the web which is disappointing!Date of review: July 3, 2005
In short: not an accurate 10km, as your greeted with keep going at the 10km marker.first 2.5km on road before the off road tough but more enjoyable tracks. especially hard through knee lengh grass & neetles at 6.5kmDate of review: May 4, 2005
In short: Not a race for a PB but very friendly & enjoyable. The climb at the end was a bit of a surprise !Date of review: May 3, 2005
In short: charming but somewhat hilly course, fun event with good atmosphere but not an easy PBDate of review: May 3, 2005
In short: Oh so pretty and English and I didn't know there were such big hills in Essex!In full: A fun and welcoming race in a pretty village in rural Essex. Having done the FLM 2 weeks ago, I didn't have much juice inside for all the hills. But it was pretty and sunny and friendly. All the pain, particularly of the uphill 0.6km after the 10km mark, was forgotten in mouthfuls of home-made chocolate brownies in the village hall.Date of review: May 2, 2005
In short: Undulating, mainly on earthen farm tracks, with one fairly steep climb on grass. Quite challenging for Essex. Well organised with a friendly village atmosphere.Date of review: May 2, 2005
In short: better run this year , but then i did enjoy last years race aswellDate of review: May 2, 2005
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As much as 5 percent of U.S. power could come from geothermal by 2050, according to government estimates.terrain's geologic structure. That is far higher than the 6 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity from burning coal. But that gap could steadily shrink as governments worldwide adopt cap-and-trade regimes that tax carbon emissions. As the true cost of burning coal, oil, and natural gas is factored into the equation, and as engineers improve the technologies used by enhanced geothermal systems, the appeal of this form of alternative energy is expected to grow.
Currently, nearly 100 new geothermal power plants are being planned for development at promising sites.and corrosive brines. "You have to improve the efficiency of the pumps so that you don't lose too much electricity pumping water around," says Lucien Bronicki, co-founder of geothermal developer, Ormat, in Reno, Nevada. The list of other needs is long: faster drilling techniques, subsurface mapping and an understanding of subsurface fluid flow, high temperature logging tools and sensors, as well as better tracers and tracer interpretation techniques.


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Remedies open doors for business
The OBSERVER's View (July 11) "Riding high with business," poses the rhetorical question: "Is there something in the water in Sheridan?"
The non-rhetorical answer is: a) raw sewage in Lake Erie, and b) natural gas in well water. Both of these factors have stymied residential development in Sheridan in a long area from Buffalo to Cleveland which has almost continuous coastal development.
Lines of my family have lived continuously in Sheridan since 1804. I have taken manifold opportunities to visit my relatives and their neighbors there across 60 years and to examine the documents and tombstones of my Sheridan ancestors.
Early in my life I heard about the raw sewage drifting from Dunkirk which made one lakefront vacation residence of a relative unpleasant to that relative and to me. The creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1972 has dramatically reduced this problem.
More frequent and continuing complaints have related to salty wellwater associated with natural gas infiltrating from petroleum deposits penetrated by wells. In dry summers, the wells have gone dry. Within the last 10 years, water lines from Dunkirk have been extended onto certain roads, promising a dependable water supply for the first time.
The editors point to the small population of Sheridan as an incentive to business. The few widely separated houses per acre there require a small fire department for protection and contaminated water can be pumped or trucked from the lake in most months for fire extinguishing. Consequently, the expenses of local government are small.
Factory operators arriving in Sheridan today find primarily the flat expanses of Dunkirk airport and reforested sheep pastures.without, neighboring residents to complain about noise, odor, and dust. The early 19th century wool industry of Sheridan took a big hit when Eagle Bay silted up and ships could no longer land to remove the wool to market. This was a big stimulus to agricultural abandonment and relocation.
The reason for Sheridan's current opportunity for industrial development relates more to historic now-remedied environmental depredation at points downcurrent (west) on the lake shore and salty wells than to small government and low taxes, both the consequence of a small population primarily of field croppers and vineyardists who relocate to their vacation residences in other places in the summer.
Increasing industrial development will require more emergency service and taxation to support it.
Michael C. Barris, Ph.D., is a Fredonia resident.


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I cry at the Hallmark channel and at the occasional country song, but even I was surprised when my eyes started to well up while checking Facebook the other day. A friend from long ago had posted a video made at her church, and it featured what they called cardboard testimonials.
It�s a simple concept, really. You cut up a cardboard box and on one side you write a problem you faced. On the other side, you write how God helped you through it. In my friend�s case, people took turns coming up to the front of the church. They showed their signs and then flipped them to show what God had done. One after another, after another.
�Breast cancer � survivor Used drugs to feel good � Use God to feel ecstatic Orphaned with no family � God provided a family Brother killed by drunk driver � I have forgiven $$$$ bondage � freedom obedience
For close to eight minutes the people stream by on the video, sharing some of the deepest parts of their souls in fewer than 10 words. I cried because of the pain they must have felt and I cried because I�m in love with hope, with overcoming the impossible. And every time the cardboard signs turned over, there she was � hope scratched in black marker.
I�m sure many of us could hold up our own signs. I know I would have trouble deciding on just one:
�Will I ever be loved? � married April 18, 2003 Drs said arm might not grow or move � played sports, trombone The adoption isn�t going through � celebrating 5 years as family
I also have signs waiting for their happy endings, waiting for God to help me over, around � or even through � mountains of doubt and troubles. But those signs will come, too. Eventually I�ll be able to flip them over and share testimonies of hope.
My marker is ready.
Today's journal page is from Tammy Riedl, who knows something of hope. Nine months ago, her oldest son was in a car accident that ruptured his spleen, crushed all the bones in his left pelvis area, broke his arm, collapsed his lung and bruised his heart, liver and kidneys. He spent 22 days in the hospital but — when the cardboard sign flips over — he returned to work full-time in late December.
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GE Aviation Opens New Composites Factory
GE Aviation announced the opening of its new composites factory in Ellisville, Miss., its second composites site in the state.
Ellisville Composites will produce and assemble new composite components that GE says are "unique in the aviation industry." The composites will be produced for two engine programs, CFM's LEAP jet engines and the Snecma/GE Passport jet engine. Among the composite components are fan platforms and inlets.
According to GE, composite jet engine and aircraft systems components provide reduced maintenance costs because of the weight savings and durability thee parts provide.
"GE Aviation's growing partnership with the state of Mississippi is creating long-term economic growth," said David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation.
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Elaine Carole Duink Caflisch
Elaine Carole Duink Caflisch passed away on Jan. 29, 2013, surrounded by her loving family in Clymer, N.Y., after an extremely hard-fought battle with breast cancer.
She was born at Corry Memorial Hospital on Aug. 26, 1960, to Clayton and Avalon Duink of Clymer, N.Y.
Elaine married Bryan S. Caflisch on July 17, 1982. She was the mother of three children: Capt. Scott R. Caflisch (Kate), currently stationed at Ft. Sill, Okla., Carolanne R. Keim (Michael) from Fairmont, W.Va., and Anna Daina from Bergamo, Italy; a brother, Robert L. Duink (Beth) of Chittenango, N.Y.; sisters: Barbara A. Duink (Pikkie), Falcon, Colo., and Elizabeth M. Phelps (Tim), Clymer, N.Y.; and mother-in-law, Mrs. William (Elizabeth) Caflisch, Clymer, N.Y.
She graduated from Clymer Central School in 1978. She graduated from the State College at Fredonia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and history and graduated from Edinboro with a Master of Arts degree. Elaine had over 30 years of teaching experience and most recently taught English to middle school students at Clymer Central School. Elaine had also taught at St. Thomas Catholic School in Corry, Pa., and at Sherman Central School in Sherman, N.Y.
Elaine loved to teach young and old, and she especially loved correcting ones English. Elaine showed how to live life to the fullest even while battling cancer. She was a past president, as well as a board member of the Clymer French Creek Free Library Association, a parishioner at Christ Our Hope Catholic Church, and directed Clymer Central School plays in the past, Summer Songfest, the Memorial Peace Award, and the Holocaust class with their Washington, D.C. trips. She was active in numerous Relays for Life, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walks and completed the Susan G. Komen 60-mile three-day walk in Cleve-land, Ohio, even before learning she had breast cancer. Elaine was a faith-ful member of Girls Night Out (GNO), Scrap and Sew Weekends and was active in the Clymer Tulip Festival Celebration.
Calling hours will be today, Jan. 30, 2013, from 2-4 p.m., and 8-9:30 p.m. and Thursday Jan. 31, 2013 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., at the Abbe Reformed Church in Clymer, N.Y. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. at St. Matthias Catholic Church, French Creek, N.Y., on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, with Fa-ther John Trela, celebrant.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Clymer Fire Department; or Clymer French Creek Free Library or Christ our Hope Church in French Creek N.Y., in Elaine's name.


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Global Avant-Garde Fashion Group Launches Yet Another "G"Art-Fashion Line
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Not Just A Label, isn't really a Brand, it's more of a marketplace for Avant-Garde up incoming fashion designers in need of a place to sell their latest creations. To that end, Not Just A Label has been racking up the launches of new "G" organic collections. The latest is by Fashion talent Patrick Mohr, Aoi Kotsuhiroi and Spon Diogo, who make up Aoi Kotshuhiroi. Wow, interesting names, right? The collection consist of long semi-tranparent wife beater Tees with, you guessed it, cows floating across the fabric. Yes wife beaters, but wait a minute, these are made from some very nice organic cotton. Yes, the price point is a little high for the average Joe Blow, trailer rocking, beer slamming, practicing wife beater, ( £ 55 ) the normal target for this look. But since this is a Brit thing, maybe they have in mind the Euro youth culture, the concert hopping oh so gay-not-gay semen and their lady friends. If that is the case, as it appears to be in the ads, these cows may just be leaving the barn and never coming home.


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No, foil seems pretty common in these types of setups. I'm referring to the T Fal.
Tran, your wife must love you...first you break her table and then you 'adjust' the pots and pans! I think a nice big bunch of flowers will be needed very soon! hahaPaul
Tranman, I believe Ronzo is right. I don't have time to research it but I believe teflon puts out a harmful-to-humans gas when burned and the gas point is under 800F, I believe. I've got to run. Will comment later.Dave
I just priced a new 10.25" CI skillet at $20. I just feel weird about taking a hack saw to the handle of a new skillet and subjecting it to hi temps. Almost seems wrong in a way.
I probably would have sprinkled a few acorns around the table and blamed it on squirrels Seriously, though, that's a bummer. I don't think there's anything more thermally fragile than glass.


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The Bisons scored a run on the first pitch they saw. And then Louisville silenced the Herd's bats.
The Bisons were shutout on six hits after Jim Negrych's lead-off home run in a 4-1 loss to Louisville on Thursday night at Coca-Cola Field.
As it turns out, knocking the starter out of the game was the worst thing for the Bisons. Three batters after Negrych's homer, Luis Jimenez lined a comebacker off the foot of Bats' starter Armando Galarraga. The starter had to leave the game and was replaced by reliever Yohan Pino.
Pino then dominated the high-powered Herd offense. He allowed just four hits and struck out three in a whopping 6.1 innings of relief work. Buffalo did not advance a runner to third base against the reliever.
Louisville got all the offense they would need in a three-run third inning. Run-scoring hits from Billy Hamilton and Neftali Soto gave the Bats the lead and Felix Perez added insurance with and RBI-ground out.
Former Bison Mike Hessman singled and scored on a base hit from Josh Fellhauer to add even more support in the sixth inning.
Claudio Vargas suffered his first loss of the season, striking out six over six innings. Reliever Mickey Storey fanned six batters in three innings of shutout relief.
BISONS NOTES:Anthony Gose finished the game 2-4…The Bisons had been 4-0 when Claudio Vargas starts for the team…Before the game, the Blue Jays recalled reliver Brad Lincoln from the Herd.
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Newborn Hope gives $65K statewide
Newborn Hope last week honored its 2014 grant recipients — including four from Southeastern Colorado — during a reception at Children's Hospital Colorado Outpatient Specialty Care at Briargate in Colorado Springs.
The nonprofit this year will give $65,000 to 11 agencies in eight communities statewide. The grants are intended to help finance programs, equipment, education, training and research leading to advances in maternal, fetal and neonatal health care and well-being.
Southeastern Colorado recipients are Prowers Medical Center Foundation of Lamar, Pueblo Community Health Center and St. Mary-Corwin Health Foundation, both of Pueblo, and Valley-Wide Health Systems of Alamosa.
The other recipients are Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, Castle Rock; Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation, Aurora; Clinica Tepeyac and Inner City Health Center, both in Denver; Family Visitor Programs, Glenwood Springs, and Peak Vista Community Health Centers Foundation and Penrose-St. Francis Health Foundation, both in Colorado Springs.
Newborn Hope was founded in 1973 by Mrs. Zoya Dickins Miller, in memory of a friend's premature baby who was born with respiratory distress syndrome. The nonprofit has raised nearly $5 million in support of premature and critically ill babies during the past 40 years, according to a news release.
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Short takes for Sept. 20
Is anything private anymore?
THUMBS DOWN: We're deeply troubled by this week's news that private driver's license information of people in Minnesota is being illegally searched by government workers. KSTP anchor and reporter Jessica Miles, who is one of nearly two dozen people to file a federal lawsuit, reportedly had her information searched more than 1,300 times. According to her lawsuit, the Department of Public Safety notified her that state employees from 180 different departments and agencies reviewed and improperly obtained or used her private data. Her husband's information was looked up more than 90 times, according to the Associated Press. Identity theft and having "private" information searched are scary things, and it makes you wonder – if you haven't been wondering already – just who can be trusted.
Wake up on gun violence, Washington
THUMBS DOWN: Perhaps now that major gun violence has come to their doorstep, elected officials in Washington will wake up and get down to business on the gun control issue in this country. It's clear to the rest of the nation that something needs to be done about gun violence whether it's stricter gun control laws or a renewed focus on mental illness. Gun rights advocates and those against guns surely can agree that something needs to be done and have lobbied on their respective behalves for years. Hopefully there will be some silver lining to Monday's tragic shooting – that being Congress steps to the plate, puts politics aside and moves on this. We need more than just lip service on this one, we need action.
'Pursuit' is hot
THUMBS UP: Move over football and volleyball players, this weekend belongs to the marching band. The 18th annual Pursuit of Excellence takes place Saturday at Mattke Field at the Schwan Regional Event Center at Southwest Minnesota State University. If you want to see high school marching band at its finest, head to the REC Saturday evening where 19 of the top marching bands in the Upper Midwest will compete in front of judges. You won't be disappointed.
Shutdown looming?
THUMBS DOWN: We're hearing that word againshutdown. With Republicans vowing to defund President Barack Obama's new health care law there could be a stalemate looming in Washington, and with less than two weeks to go before a partial shutdown could become a reality, issues like health care, the debt limit and the Keystone XL oil pipeline are major hurdles Congress is facing in its attempt to keep our government running. "There should be no conversation about shutting the government down," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said earlier this week. "That's not the goal here." We take that more as stating the obvious than reassuring Americans that a shutdown won't happen. Both sides say they're working for Americans, but if they don't agree to compromise and give a little, how exactly is that helping us?


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Berl Olswanger, dubbed "Mr. Music of Memphis" by the local press, grew up in Memphis in the 1920s and 1930s where he heard music that would later influence him as an adult composer. He may have heard Bessie Smith, for example, the renowned blues shouter, who broadcast from the Palace Theater on Beale Street in 1923, or the many hot jazz orchestras that traveled through town and broadcast over local radio.
So, it's no surprise that as an adult, Berl wrote the blues numbers "The Man Who Stole My Beale Street Gal" and "Big Mistreatin' Bitter Sweet 'n' Blues," the latter appearing as a Big Band version on the Pepper Records label and as a traditional blues version on the Rivermont label.
Piano rags were still being composed in the 1920s, and they often showed a blues influence or were harmonically complex "display" pieces, so again, it's no surprise that Berl later wrote "Juice Harp Rag" (in the chromatic scale and considered a showpiece) and "Berl's Jazz Polka in Elevenths and Thirteenths" as rag display pieces. Others of his compositions, such as "You Can Play It Cool, Baby" and "Tennessee Skidoo," also had ragtime influences.
Berl was a prolific composer by the 1950s, but eventually gave up composing to focus on his music stores and orchestra. This website, created by his daughter Anna Olswanger, includes recordings that she discovered after her father's death in 1981, along with links to newspaper articles about him, fiction inspired by his childhood in the Jewish neighborhood of Memphis, and examples of his unrecorded music.
Berl was a child prodigy, and as the newspaper articles make clear, could have been a big star, but he chose to return to Memphis to be with the family and friends he loved. Memphis, in turn, loved him. As Bill E. Burk, a columnist for the Memphis Press-Scimitar, wrote when Berl died in 1981: "His music will be missed, true, but what I will miss even more than his music will be Berl Olswanger, the man."
Enjoy browsing through this website, and if you knew Berl, please click on Post a Message and share your stories about him.
Anna Olswanger with Memphis historian Dr. Richard Raichelson and University of Memphis professor Dr. David Evans
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