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Tomorrow marks the 3 year anniversary of, Who Are You Now? Also tomorrow, we'll pile back into our big red van and head east on our first USA tour since the "'Bout Damn Time Tour" almost 2 years ago. That was our first headlining tour. Ever. It took us 2 record deals, 3 albums and 5 years of steady touring just to get to that point. Hence the name of the tour.
I imagine you might be asking yourselves why everything takes so damn long when it comes to This Providence. Well I'll be honest, I don't have a good answer for that. I suppose I could have a cry and go on whining about how the last 9 years have been an uphill battle, but I'm over that sort of nonsense. Perhaps that's the very attitude that has held us back from fully realizing our dreams.


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Cheers guys. Yes its summer over here and as a result its warmer but id have thought the extra heat would have proofed it fastrr rather than slower? I think you are correct that i need to start looking for a recipe that will allow me to make it the eveningbefore but most i see would require me to refrigerate the dough and i currently do not have the capacity refrigeration wise to do this.

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Often described as the most beautiful house in Ireland, Russborough is certainly the longest: Its granite façade stretches 700 feet. Designed by German-born architect Richard Castle, the Palladian building dates from the 1740s and was commissioned by Joseph Leeson, whose father had made a fortune in brewing and property speculation.
In the library ofRussborough House in County Wicklow, Ireland, the 20th-century sofa and armchairs are covered in oxblood leather, the George III–style table is inlaid mahogany, and the William IV plant stands flanking it are rosewood; the plaster ceiling by Paolo and Filippo Lafranchini dates from the 18th century, a portrait of the Countess of Airlie by Sir John Lavery hangs beside the 18th-century marble fireplace, the Venetian glass chandelier is 19th century, and the rug was commissioned in 1952 from Madrid's Royal Tapestry Factory.
On coming into his inheritance, Leeson decided to buy himself both a seat in parliament and a seat in the country, in County Wicklow. Soon Russborough was filled with treasures acquired during Leeson's two Grand Tours across mainland Europe. The rooms in which these were displayed offer outstanding examples of 18th-century Irish craftsmanship, with mahogany parquet flooring and elaborate plasterwork covering ceilings and even walls—all on shining display since 1978, when the property first opened to the public.
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In mutual agreement with the Serbian Tennis Federation, Ana will not take part in the Serbia versus Slovakia Fed Cup tie next month.
"I spoke with the captain Dejan Vranes, and the President of the Federation Slobodan Zivojinovic, and together we decided that under these circumstances, and after all that has happened lately, it's not the right time for me to be part of the team," said Ana.
"Despite my non-presence, I believe that we have a good team, led by Jelena, and this is a great opportunity for one of the young, upcoming players to play on the biggest stage.
"I know that Serbia will put up a performance of great commitment and passion as always.
"I will continue to make all necessary steps to find my form, and the key to that is training with my team and playing tournaments."
No shit, son. As if the pressure of a new coach and herself aren't enough. It would be dumb to stack on the pressure of her country… and JJ. Not to mention, it's against Slovakia… for pretty well nothing. Good move kid.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 11, 2008) - The U.S. beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, playing in its first international tournament of 2008, has already clinched its pool at the SWATCH-FIVB Berlin Grand Slam event in Germany on Wednesday.
Two other U.S. women's teams - Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (El Toro, Calif.) and Jen Boss (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) - also won their first two pool-play matches of the day on Wednesday.
The U.S. team of Tyra Turner (Fort Meyers Beach, Fla.) and Rachel Wacholder (Laguna Beach, Calif.), who finished second last week at the GE Money Bank Mazury Open in Stare Jablonki, Poland, failed to qualify for the main draw in Germany.
The top-seeded May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Walsh (Santa Clara, Calif.) scored wins over teams from Austria and Russia Wednesday to secure the top spot in Pool A and a first-round "bye" for elimination play.
May-Treanor and Walsh conclude group competition Thursday morning against 16th-seeded Nila Ann Hakedal and Ingrid Torlen of Norway.
Eighth-seeded Boss and Ross also clinched their group with two Pool H wins Wednesday.
Third-seeded Branagh and Youngs will play 14th-ranked Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl of Germany in Pool C on Thursday to determine the pool winner as both teams are undefeated.
In the men's tournament, the U.S. team of Stein Metzger (Honolulu, Hawai'i) and Mark Williams (Los Angeles, Calif.) failed to qualify for the main draw on Wednesday. Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.); Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Casey Jennings (Las Vegas, Nev.) will all begin pool play in the main draw on Thursday.
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TRUMAN – Brian Dick has been known to drive 225 miles just to dance.
Every weekend he goes out of town, often to Brewster, Algona, Everly or Armstrong, just to take his sweetheart dancing. But that is going to change next month.
Beginning in March, the dances will come to him.
Dick and Linda Risk will be hosting their own monthly dance at Truman Community Center on the third Saturday of each month, called Truman Fun Time Dancers.
Dick began dancing just six years ago, and quickly found how much he enjoyed it. He met Risk at a singles dance, and the pair have been cutting up rugs ever since.
They learned, however, that loving to dance means a lot of driving.
"We looked at the area and there weren't any dances nearby," Dick said.
So they began looking locally for a venue big enough to hold a dance and priced reasonably enough for a private party to host regularly.
Truman's community center proved the perfect place, as the large dance floor allows for up to 100 dancers, and the location is accessible for dancers in Mankato and Albert Lea, places Dick said don't have much in the way of dances.
The event will cost $8 per person, with the proceeds going to pay for the community center rent, band and other expenses.
"I am not out to make money, as such," he said. "If, at the end of the year, there is money left, I will donate it to charity. This is just something I want to do for the community."
Dick has been carefully preparing for the dances, finding local bands to perform and talking to people at regional dances about what they would want.
Specifically, he found people want line dancing.
Some bars and dance halls in the region discourage it, and while it won't likely be the focus of the Truman Fun Time dances, Dick assures those interested that line dancing is welcome.
He and Risk encourage everyone to come out to dance – couples, singles, veteran dancers, and those who have never tried it.
Dick promised someone will be there willing to teach a new dancer the steps.
"There will be someone who will help them," he said. "I enjoy teaching because I enjoy dancing."
In fact, although they met at a dance, Risk credits Dick with teaching her to dance.
If enough people express interest in learning to dance, Dick said he is willing to hire a professional teacher to come to the dances.
Water and soda will be available at the dances, but if a stronger drink is desired, Dick said dancers will have to bring it in themselves.
The first dance will be 8 p.m. to midnight March 16. Music will be provided by Jerry and Travis Lang.


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Well, well, well the moment we have all been waiting for-- this "fight scene" between Altman and myself. I was nervous to see how this played out, but I think it showed fairly accurately. I am not sure any of it was justified, but sometimes...Read more
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"Intercountry adoption is an important matter of foreign policy. It provides the opportunity for loving parents to offer a permanent home and a family for children who need that. And it deepens and enriches our culture and builds on one of the America's greatest strengths, our diversity." -- Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
On November 8, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Janice L. Jacobs, and Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Alejandro Mayorkas in a special ceremony commemorating November as National Adoption Month. The special ceremony, coordinated by the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs in partnership with USCIS, honored 21 children, ages 2-11, representing seven nations and their adoptive families. Among the over 150 guests were representatives from the offices of Senator Mary Landrieu and Senator John Kerry.
Children came dressed in their patriotic best. Moving around the lobby of the George Marshall Center, watching families pose proudly for pictures (enthusiastically taken by members of the Office of Children's Issues), you could feel the energy and spirit of families intended to be together. The children came from China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Nepal, South Korea, and Thailand. However, I was as amazed by the diversity of backgrounds of the families -- single parents adopting their first child, families adopting their second or third child, military families, large families, small families, families of diverse ethnicities. However, it was clear they all shared strong bonds with their newest family members. As I spoke to the two sisters of one 8 year old girl originally from Ethiopia (who became family member number seven), it was plain to see how much her siblings loved her. "After this we're going to her favorite restaurant -- P.F. Chang's!"
Once the families -- and more importantly, the children -- settled into their seats, Assistant Secretary Jacobs opened the event, emphasizing the importance of National Adoption Month, and telling the children that the ceremony "celebrates the choice that… parents and grandparents, and brothers and sisters made to find you." Secretary Napolitano offered inspiring words to the children and their families: "You are going to remember this day… We can all dream big dreams, and part of your dream is coming true today." Representing the White House was Joshua DuBois, Special Assistant to President Obama and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, who read an excerpt of the Proclamation issued by President Obama to mark National Adoption month.
November was first designated as National Adoption Month by President Clinton in 1995, to raise awareness of adoption issues affecting families and children. Every November, a Presidential Proclamation commemorates National Adoption Month, encouraging individuals, communities, and organizations to help build awareness of adoption issues, share adoption stories, and challenge myths and stereotypes that create discriminatory barriers between families and the children who need them. In this year's proclamation, President Obama announced: "During National Adoption Month, we give voice to children who are still waiting for that opportunity, celebrate the bond that unites adoptive parents with their sons and daughters, and recommit to providing every child with the care and security that will nurture their development and well-being."
For everyone who participated -- parents, children, distinguished guests, and the community of State Department and Homeland Security colleagues coordinating the event -- it was a memorable experience. As one young boy exclaimed, "it's my birthday!" And in some ways, for all of our newest citizens, it was.
For more information on intercountry adoption, please visit our website, adoption.state.gov.
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Matilde G. in Mexico writes:
Congratulation!!!!! for that childrens, God Bless them.... I would like to live in USA but I'm Mexican and I don't know how to do that legally, here in Nuevo Laredo is so hard to live because of delicuency...Thank you.!!!!!


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (39 votes).
In short: Lovely course, lovely atmosphereIn full: Tremendous setting at Hatfield House. Weather was unseasonably good, which made for a great summery atmosphere in early October.Race number and chip arrived in the post a couple of weeks ahead of the race, as promised. Results were up approx 5 hours after the race finished.Ample car parking on the day. No portaloos - there was use of the House courtyard loos - mens were fine with minimal queuing, but there were lengthy queues for the ladies' as the start time neared.As mentioned in reviews from previous years, the warm-up was very good and extremely well-received. Soundtrack in among everything: early-to-mid 90s chart dance. If you, like me, enjoy the likes of Strike's U Sure Do and SL2's On A Ragga Tip, you will arrive at the athletes area with a big smile on your face. I would urge whoever was in charge of the music to repeat the playlist next year.Start was staggered based on predicted time. Slightly hamfistedly applied, but worked for me. There was apparently a bottleneck at the start towards the back of the field, which made for some slow early progress.This year's course started with a long downhill stretch. Plenty got extremely carried away by this, so if the route carries into next year, I'd definitely urge caution to any beginners.There was a well dealt with loop out across a field, then on to slightly muddy trails. At this point plenty were complaining about the terrain, but after a 1km-ish sojourn round this way, we briefly rejoined the path we arrived on before travelling elsewhere. The first and last of the muddy trails were over and done with before 3km - beyond that some loose stones were as treacherous as footing got. The vast majority was on good quality tracks and asphalt.There's a lot of downhill on the course, but two or three uphills of note. 1st was between 4-5km, which I suffered on quite a bit due to undertraining.Next was milder, around the 8km mark. The real sickener, which we all knew was coming, was the finish, up the hill we'd started on. It's not the steepest of hills by any means, but it really sapped the legs, and pretty much killed any prospect of a kick for the line. I normally have a 150-200m blast at the end of any race, but all I could muster was a half-hearted 20m burst to the line past a couple of runners that were suffering more than I was.Put simply, whatever your level, if you put in the time on some decent hills to prepare you for this race, you will have some serious joy cutting through the field. Loads - myself included - were underprepared, and were just asking for someone to steam past.The finish is right in front of Hatfield House, incidentally, and is a really epic setting. Just a shame it's not a flatter road in!TV and Arsenal's Bob Wilson - head of the Willow Foundation along with his wife - was a game host for proceedings, and also manned the mic to usher runners home, a lovely touch. Unfortunately many runners missed out on having their own finish commentated on, because he was being extraordinarily accommodating with photos in the finish area. Not a complaint - I got a couple myself - but perhaps a bit unfortunate.Goody bag was good quality - water, medal, energy bar etc. Someone mentioned fruit, but I didn't see any.Now, gripes. Firstly, some of the route was vaguely described in an email (mainly talking about the loop, which is a change to previous years) but not published. Bob himself jokingly said that he hadn't realised the start/finish hill was quite so severe, and he's not the only one that was surprised by it. Would have been nice to have known more about it and the route as a whole, in fairness.Water stations were definitely undermanned, particularly the second one. Could have used at least a couple more pairs of hands at each of the first two -I wasn't in huge traffic on passing and they were struggling.It looks like a third station was hurriedly added because of the hot weather at the 9km mark - not sure when this was decided upon, but an announcement at the start would have been appreciated.I'm told the third station ran out of plastic cups somewhere after the hour mark, which is a huge shame.Marshals on the whole were a bit thin on the ground, I thought. Certainly no problems with keeping to the route, but there were a few very cuttable corners that I thought could've done with a hi-vis on standby to keep runners in line.Good to see marshals identifying hazards - a guy by a huge pothole in particular was well stationed, as were a couple of ladies by a couple of cattle grids. At the first, the marshal perhaps got a bit too much into the spirit of the day and was encouraging high-fives on passing, but in doing so unfortunately was distracting us from the fact that there was a hulking great grid right there behind her! Hairy and humorous moment rather than anything to get too het up about, but definitely made me think of what could've gone wrong if my footing had been slightly less sure.Marshals on the whole were very encouraging - always a huge plus.Physios were apparently available for a post-race rub down. There was a stall doing bacon or sausage rolls, and there was also a veggie option, as well as teas and coffees. The price list also mentioned squash, but apparently they'd run out, which struck me as a teensy bit rubbish. At this point there were still 40 mins-worth of runners and walkers still on the course, so somebody clearly miscalculated somewhere.If you relish a bit of uphill grind, there's definite PB potential here as there are huge stretches of downhill to really let you get motoring. That's not me, unfortunately, and the tricky finish was a bit of a sickener.But not to take away from an excellent event for a massively worthy cause. I really enjoyed myself, and there was a great showing from spectators at the finish.It sounds like it's scaling upwards gradually and sensibly, and if they can scale up the fundamentals like some more marshals and ensuring enough stocks of essentials are on hand, this is a race that I can see with at least twice the capacity.Well done Bob, well done Willow, and I'll definitely have my eye on the date for this one next year.Date of review: October 7, 2013
In short: FantasticIn full: What a wonderful race. Recommend.Date of review: October 18, 2012
In short: Great atmosphere, in a great location.Date of review: October 16, 2012
In short: Well organised and friendlyIn full: I dont usually go for the organised pre race warm ups but this one was very good ... well done Rocky. An inspiring speach from Bob Wilson and a beautiful course. 1 slight hill but a pretty fast course and managed a PB. The drummers at the begining and end were a big help. The vegi hot dogs available pre run also helped!! As someone else mentioned, seeing the finish line and then having to run up hill and on grass, whilst backing up on yourself to reach it was a bit disheartening but the crowd is their to chear you through it. Very friendly, informative Marshalls. Great race. Thanks to all involved.Date of review: October 12, 2012
In short: First 10k greAt cause will do it again!In full: I had a bad knee but it is such a good cause I kept going! First 10k event I have done very well run tho the hill at the finish was a killer! Lovely sausage rolls on sale very reasonable and also a massage donations going to cHarity the kids enjoyed the kids dash and were so pleased with their medals great fun all roundDate of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Great with one miserable exceptionIn full: A beautiful day for running, The grounds were great the warm up hosted by Bob wilson (ex Arsenal goalie) was moving. Rocky warm up was great. Race through the undulating grounds of hatfield was lovelly. The ONLY gripe and this may sound stupid, was.... If you are going to have the finish line showing when you come round the corner, Make it the finish line. I sprinted as I am sure many others did hoping to make up some places. only to realise i had to do a lap of the field first and end up at the back of the finish. it runined me having to kick again, running on grass uphill to the "other" finish. Other recounted the same issue. Apart from that well done. great cause. will be back wiser, next year.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: as much fun as run.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Great support pre, during and post race. All in beautiful scenery and for an excellent cause. Fantastic event, thanks to everyone involved.In full: I was surprised at how few (relatively) runners there were given this is such a great event. It clashed with the Standalone 10K in Letchworth which is nearby. If you had different dates that might help numbers because the facilities, organisation and course at Hatfield could handle more runners and deserves the recognition that would come with that.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: GREAT RACE, LOVELY LOCATIONIn full: Really enjoyed this race in the great surroundings of Hatfield House. Mixed terrain, grass/paths. Good crowd support.Set a new PB of 52 mins, beating my old one by 4 mins.Will definitely do it again next year!Date of review: October 8, 2012
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Title: Earl L. Butz papers, 1966-1976
Primary Creator: Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer) (1909-2008)
Extent: 28.81 Cubic feet
1. Correspondence, c. 1971-1976 (8.6 cf)
This series includes a range of both personal and professional correspondence materials from 1971-1976 including thank-you letters, letters of congratulations, topical correspondence with colleagues, and memos. Also included is one box of letters sent to Earl Butz in response to his resignation as Secretary of Agriculture in 1976.
2. Subject Files and Miscellaneous Papers, ca. 1966-1976 (7.4 cf)
This series is primarily comprised of subject files related to Butz's work as Secretary of Agriculture, political activities and the Republican Party, and some family or personal materials. Types of materials in these files include brochures, clippings, correspondence, reports, and photographs. A number of materials formally document Butz's daily activities as secretary, including appointment books and telephone logs. Two boxes contain materials related to Butz's travels as Secretary, including itineraries, background materials on various countries, and correspondence pertaining to a visit.
3. Statements and Speeches, c. 1971-1976 (4 cf)
This series includes collections of Butz's public speeches made as Secretary of Agriculture. The speeches are organized chronologically in binders, and each binder includes an index of speeches by date. Copies of the speeches sometimes include handwritten revisions, annotations, and marginalia.
4. Albums and Scrapbooks, c. 1960s-1976 (8.16 cf)
This series includes a number of scrapbooks and photo albums pertaining to Butz's career. Types of materials represented are news clippings reporting on Butz's professional activities, photographs from his travels as Secretary, and clippings on general political events and issues throughout the 1960s and '70s.
5. Artifacts, c. 1965-1996 (.65 cf)
Items in this series include several objects from Butz's life and work including a jacket from time spent at Camp David.
Date Acquired: 06/01/1978. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-2008., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994, Purdue University, Racism in language., Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Resignation from office, United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Forms of Material: Books, Correspondence, Photograph albums
Languages: English
Earl Lauer Butz was born in Albion, Indiana. He received a BS in Agriculture in 1932 and his Doctorate in Agricultural Economics in 1937, both from Purdue University. After receiving his PhD, Butz taught in Purdue's Department of Agriculture. From 1946 to 1954 he was head of the Department of Agricultural Economics. He later served as Dean of Agriculture from 1957 to 1967, and as Dean of Continuing Education and President of the Purdue Research Foundation from 1968 to 1971.
Butz held two cabinet-level positions in the federal government. In 1954, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in the administration of President Eisenhower, a position he gave up while serving as Dean at Purdue. In 1971, he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Nixon. He continued in that post following Nixon's resignation from office, serving under President Ford until 1976. Butz resigned from his position that year due to controversial remarks made to Rolling Stone magazine. Butz died in his sleep at the age of 98 years on February 2, 2008.
Conn, S. 2008, February. Obituary: Earl Butz, 1909-2008. Exponent.
Earl Butz was born in Albion, Indiana. He recieved a BS in Agriculture in 1932 and his Doctorate in Agricultural Economics in 1937, both from Purdue University. Butz stayed on at Purdue after receiving his Doctorate to teach in the agriculture department. From 1946 to 1954 he was head of the agricultural economics department. Butz was Dean of Agriculture from 1957 to 1967. From 1968 to 1971 Butz was Dean of Continuing Education and President of the Purdue Research Foundation. Under President Dwight Eisenhower he was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and from 1971 to 1976 Butz became Secretary of Agriculture. He resigned as from that post in 1976.
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-2008.
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Purdue University
Racism in language.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Resignation from office
United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Accruals: The bulk of the collection was donated by Earl L. Butz on June 1, 1978. Additional donation from Earl Butz on July 30, 1987. Some artifacts donated by Martha Graham in January 2007.
Access Restrictions: The majority of this collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions: Boxes marked "Closed Files" have restricted access due to donor request.
Physical Access Note: Collection is located onsite.
Acquisition Source: Earl L. Butz
Related Materials:
Oral history collections featuring interviews with Earl Butz include: Marshall A. Martin agricultural oral history interviews, 1993
Purdue Office of Publications Oral History Program collection, 1969-1989
A 2007 oral history interview with Earl Butz has been digitized and is available through Purdue's e-Archives.
Preferred Citation: MSF 64, Earl L. Butz papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Processing Information: All materials have been housed in polyester sleeves, acid-free folders, and acid-free boxes. All newsprint has been photocopied and in most cases original newspaper clippings have been discarded.
Finding Aid Revision History: An earlier box-numbering system was replaced and the collection consolidated and organized into series in August 2016. An index of old and new box numbers is available for reference. Whenever possible, original order of the materials has been retained.
Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/msf64_butz.pdf


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I've been using speedplay frogs for many years now on both my mountain and road bike. I find the cromo a better deal than the stainless as the weight difference is not that great. Pedals last a long time. Cleats tend to wear out a little too quickly for me but I've gotten used to the full float and cant go back to SPD's now.
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I've used the Frogs on my Giant composite, my Co-Motion Nor'Wester, my I.C.E. tadpole trike, and now I'm buying a set for my Tour Easy long wheel-base recumbent.Getting into the pedals is so slick - just slide your foot forward onto the pedal. Engagement is in a sense instantaneous. Riding with others who use different pedals you see the riders looking down at their pedals. I rarely had to do that mainly because the pedal is double sided.Truthfully, all the years I've used these pedals I never rebuilt them. All I do is check periodically by spinning the pedal. If it spins easily it's time to lube.Walk anywhere (but not on water) and nobody knows you've got cleats on your shoes.Great pedals.
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Have used speedplays for years but wanted a shoe I could walk in,these do the trick can use any two hole pattern shoe,but not as easy to get in as the speedplay have to pedal forward to clip in,im sure ill get used to them in time..
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For me, best pedal on the market. Easy in, easy out. They may take a few miles to get use to, but I have never looked back. I have two pair of frogs and one pair of light action and like Speedplay's concept of clipless design. I inject a little grease about every 3rd bike maintenance and that's it. At some point i'm sure they will need rebuilt, but have about 4 years on my first pair with no problems.
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They work great. Easy to connect and get out, even for a novice like me. I don't know why I didn't go for these sooner.
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I have used these for several years on my road bike after trying two other styles. My shoes are MTB style and kind of heavy, but the SPD clips are recessed and I can walk in them when off the bike. I clip in/out so easily and have never fell over with these clips. Finally talked my wife into trying these for her road bike which is what this purchase is for. She had tried a couple of different clipless styles a few years back and fell over too many times and went back to toe-clip style. She is avid bicyclists and does many triathlons every year. I moved my existing pedals/clips to her bike and she tried them out. She was very nervous about falling over, but found out how easy they are to use and we ordered a set for her. Also bought her a new bike shoe that had softer outer sole so she could disengage and still put foot on pedal and not slip off (vs the had sole on her shoes that you can not keep on the tiny pedal unless clipped in). I find that pulling my foot out to side, instantly disengages. As to lube, I have a chainsaw bar-tip lubricator that works fine to fill the pedals with. Probably not quite the lube suggested, but works fine and fits the lube hole.
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Bought these for my hybrid bike, then another pair for my road bike. They work great and are the most intuitive pedals I've used- slipping in and out of them without thought. The float is notable at first, but within an hour your brain adjusts and you don't float at all- including out-of saddle climbing or hard accelerating. Terrific pedal.
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February's cultural fabrics
Question for a February cultural column: What do fabric and culture enjoy together? Answer: If and when you use your imagination, quite a bit. For example, when, on Feb. 2 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Taube Museum of Art, 2 N. Main, you can have, at the museum's annual fundraiser, "Soup It Up", soup that slides down like silk; veggie soup that, like wool, keeps you warm on a frigid day; or oriental rice soup like a tapestry. These three, plus four other soups that you can sample, will be ladled out to you by smiling representatives of six of Minot's popular restaurants – plus a special concoction created by one of the museum's members.
Added to the soups will be Marketplace Food's freshly cut Italian bread and a variety of desserts, thanks to some of the museum's talented dessert-makers. There will be, of course, coffee.
Strolling guitarist Leonard Haabak will help the soups go down while you enjoy the chatter of a room full of Taube supporters. There will be myriad silent auction goodies to bid on and the museum's gift shop in which to shop. Minot State University ceramics students will have an array of their works of art for sale too, with the proceeds to go to the Ceramics Scholarship Fund, according to Linda Olson, who heads up the MSU Ceramics Department.
Nancy Walker, the Taube's executive director, tips you off to the fact that if you are among the first 200 who slurp up soup on Feb. 2, you can return home with a for-real ceramic bowl. She also adds that, if you are a member of the Taube or an MSU student, you can soup it up for $12, and if you are not a member, $16 will be your cost. It just might be smart to join the hundreds that brag about their memberships. Children 8 and under may slurp soup for $8.
Late bargain flash! You can slurp your soup for half-price if you become a member before Feb. 2, "Soup It Up" day.
Now that you have supported the Taube by slurping soup, why not do something for yourself? Uncork your creative side, and with imagination, create a masterpiece when you spend two hours with Judy Bell, a well-known Minot artist.
In the series "Paint the Town Red," the Taube will be offering five classes with five of Minot's talented artists during this five-month painting experience, beginning Feb. 19 and continuing through June 20. Judy and the other artists will take you step-by-step once a month on your journey to a possible masterpiece. It will cost you $35 a class for an experience with a real live artist. The canvas and all necessary equipment toward its creation will be provided. "Sit, Sip and Create" on Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Call 838-4445 for more information. Surprise yourself!
If you want to have an absolutely fabulous, one-of-a-kind February night
with 34-plus handsome, talented vocalists and an assortment of instrumentalists. Add in Lyn Jensen, the lone female at the piano, and they will be ready, willing and definitely able to accommodate you. The all-masculine Minot Heritage Singers promise yet another of their popular Variety Shows at The Vegas Motel in two separate sections beginning Feb. 14 and continuing Feb. 15 and 16. The second section will be Feb. 23-25. As always, you will hear and be amazed when you listen to top-of-the-line local soloists and ensembles, as they sing some of your favorite songs. And you will laugh when some of these same men turn comedic, with monologues and skits which have been carefully screened, according to expert screener Don Andrews. Don adds that during the evening it is suggested that you should spend some time buying.
Mark Schnabel, one of the fabrically cultured houndstoothers, says that besides the top-of-the-line music and skits, you are assured of hot food, hot and cold beverages, and for a miniscule amount of extra money, a luscious dessert. Bonus will be the exchange during the night of friendly chatter. It will cost you $20 for this variety show, and since there has always been a demand for tickets, it is suggested that you call the right now for yours at 833-6585. Fabrically, houndstooth and some scattered well-embroidered French knots will be your rewards celebrating this February's Valentine's Day.
An evening, of romance, chiffon and lace await you on Feb. 15, when you are at Minot's Grand International Inn. On that night at 7:30 p.m., Western Plains Opera Company promises you a top-of-the-line soiree of operatic and popular songs, performed by top-of-the-line vocalists. Among the vocalists you will hear is Chad Armstrong, an MSU graduate, who returns to Minot after a successful career throughout Italy and the U.S. Also appearing will be soprano Kari Paludan, returning to Minot for the fourth time.
A third vocalist will also appear, New Jersey mezzo-soprano Sara Petrocelli, who was named district winner in the 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions and is also a studio artist with the Tulsa Opera. Local artists round out the evening's musical cast. Dianna Anderson will accompany the vocalists. Ken Bowles, executive director, suggests leaving your opera glasses at home but bringing $20 for this fabulous February soiree.
Sunday, Feb. 17, at 4 p.m., Ann Nicole Nelson Hall be the stage as the experienced baton of Minot's well-loved and respected band director Gordon Troxel, as he conducts North Dakota's only brass band, "Brass Band of Minot." Fabrically, you will see bright, shiny satin and hear rich, plush velvet tones. Troxel has accumulated a reputation of putting together programs varied enough to please all ages. This February afternoon concert promises again to be special. As always, there is no admission, but welcomed will be your generous free will offering for Minot's Brass Band and its genial conductor.
Fabrically, patchwork would aptly describe the opening scenes of MSU's comedic stage production "Bus Stop," Feb. 19-23 in the Aleshire Theater at 7:30 p.m. Huddled together at a bus stop because of a blizzard, the characters spend time together with a lot of conversation, which eventually develops into a romantic venture. Rough and tough, buckskin-attired Bo and sweet young lady Cherie, with dreams of clothed organdy and lace, become an item when after the blizzard, the bus took off. What happened next you can discover when you are in the Aleshire in February.
Rich, luxurious, vibrant brocade can aptly describe what you will hear Feb. 24 when you listen to the Minot Chamber Chorale perform the ambitious J.S. Bach production of "Magnificat." This number shows the vocal talent that Minot and the surrounding area has learned to enjoy and appreciate for many years. On the Sunday in February, one long dedicated member's voice will have been stilled. Connie Brigg's lifelong partner, Dr. Brian, will be forever remembered for his faithfulness and talents. There will be no charge for this vibrant Sunday concert. As always, petite, gifted Audrey Hugelen, pianist, will accompany the chorale. For more information call 858-3185.
Totally different from a long list of performances brought to the Ann Nicole Nelson stage will be Redhead Express and the Walker Family, performers from Alaska, as part of the International Artists Series on Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. If ever a fabric described this family production, it just has to be gingham, and variety well describes what you will hear. Gospel, country, Irish and Bluegrass combine for an evening which also includes vocal and instrumental numbers that are guaranteed to keep you warm like an igloo. It will be a family affair where the Alaskans play chillin' music to warm up a cold February night.
Although the Mouse River Players stage in the Arlene Theater will not be occupied by seasoned actors and actresses until May of this year, the theater will be busy, beginning Feb. 9 at 9 a.m. Holly Eidsness, well-known thespian and teacher, will welcome second- and third-graders who really want to, in the future, take their places on stage. At the end of six weeks this group will perform "The Miller, Son and the Donkey" from "Aesop's (Oh, So Slightly) Updated Fables."
Introductory classes for fourth-graders and up will learn theater tactics from Holly from 10:45 to noon. The cost of the classes is $5 per class or $25 for all six. This group will perform "Country Mouse and the City Mouse," from "Aesop's (Oh, So Slightly) Updated Fables." What a way to spend Saturday hours, learning what will help them take a real live stage as actors or actresses!
Fabrically, what results from participation in these classes could be described as quilted. Each participant becomes a piece of the theatrical quilt, thanks to the experience of Eidsness. Advanced classes will be held in April and the Mouse River Players will host the children's show, "Aesop's (Oh, So, Slightly) Updated Fables" in August. Contact Holly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
And do have an unforgettable culturally fabrical February!
(Arlene Saugstad is a freelance writer. She lives in Minot.)


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140 Miles to Save our Wild Salmon
Photographer, Matthew Irving follows Luke Nelson and Ty Draney on their 140-mile Great Salmon Run.
Luke Nelson, 31, of Pocatello, Idaho, and Ty Draney, 37, of Afton, Wyoming, ran alongside the sockeye salmon's migration route in the Columbia and Snake River Basin, in Wyoming's Star Valley, this past summer to raise money for Save Our Wild Salmon, which has a mission to "restore self-sustaining, abundant and harvestable populations of wild salmon and steelhead to rivers, streams and oceans of the Pacific Salmon state." We recently posted Luke Nelson's story here.
And, browse photographer Matthew Irving's gallery and captions from the adventure, below:
Watching Ty and Luke eat the night before was an impressive sight to behold. I'll never know how their bodies were able to take in that much food.


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by Anton Shilov
Lost in the mania around enhanced features such as touch screens, open OS, and Internet access, consumers are asking cellular handset vendors to make a better phone, according to a survey by market research firm In-Stat.
"In many cases vendors have been so focused on making complex camera phones, music phones or mobile Internet devices, they have lost sight of the fact that phone functionality is mediocre at best," says Frank Dickson, an In-Stat analyst.
Over 1300 survey respondents were asked the open ended question, "What features are desired on your next phone?" The top three responses were better connectivity, better audio and simplicity, In-Stat claims. For example, video conferencing on cellular handsets is a feature that has yet to find significant adoption but early adopters are 30–39 year olds with high income.
"How often have we seen someone with a finger in one ear and a cell phone pressed to the other ear, desperately trying to hear a conversation? Our survey responses suggest that there is an opportunity for vendors to develop phones with great audio quality, robust connectivity and antenna features that are simply easy to use," said Mr. Dickson.
In-Stat believes that, in the short term, a limited competitive advantage can be created by bringing to market new hardware features and form factors.
Larger screens with touch sensitivity are already gaining momentum and will continue to gain popularity. Customization of home screens will improve usability with personalization quickly becoming a must have. Survey respondents expressed more interest in form factors that are more mainstream than the new "exotic" futuristic form factors such as wearable. Of the futuristic form factors, dual-screen received the most interest followed by e-paper and roll out displays. Despite of the fact that people claim that they want better phones, digital cameras, speaker phones and GPS were the top features on the "Ideal Phone".
Real advantages, however, will be created through the integration and improved performance of existing features. Better displays, audio, HD video, and connectivity will command premiums in the market. Rugged phones will also become more popular. The proliferation of increasingly powerful features and multiple connectivity options is also increasing demand on batteries. Phones that are well architected and intelligently designed will be winners in the marketplace.
Perhaps, the most compelling advancement in user interfaces will be the integration of pico-projectors into phones. Pico-projectors overcome one of the most significant constraints inherent in mobile devices, small screens. The strongest interest was shown in the 25-34 year age segment.


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Tech women shake up line-up, Ferris
BIG RAPIDS – The Michigan Tech women's basketball team was unable to shut down Ferris State stud Sarah DeShone Thursday night, with the senior managing 21 points on 9-of-15 shooting despite tough efforts from Sam Hoyt and Emma Veach defensively.
But with freshmen Dani Blake and MacKenzie Perttu inserted as starters in place of juniors Paige Albi and Taylor Stippel, however, the Huskies were able to blank DeShone's teammates, holding the rest of the Bulldogs to 8-of-37 shooting as Tech pulled into first place in the GLIAC North Division with a 60-46 win in Big Rapids, Mich.
"I thought it was our best defensive effort that we have had in a long time," Tech head coach Kim Cameron said in a phone interview Thursday. "To hold a fast-paced team like Ferris to 46 points is phenomenal."
Along with harassing shooters defensively, Tech put together one of its best rebounding games as well.
Despite 35 opportunities, the Bulldogs managed to only grab eight offensive rebounds, failing to create after the first shot.
Jillian Ritchie impressed particularly on the boards, pulling down 10 rebounds to go with 12 points on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting.
"Her stat line was darn near perfect," Cameron said. "Jillian hit a couple really big threes. Her first one, right at the end of the shot clock in the first half, was a huge, huge lift for us."
In what is starting to become eerily routine, true freshman Kylie Moxley once again dominated off the bench, leading the team with 19 points on 9-of-15 shooting and grabbing two offensive rebounds in 22 minutes of action.
It was more of the same from Moxley – she posts hard, demands the ball and gets shots up within five feet of the rim.
"This was probably the toughest defense that she has played against," Cameron said. "It was neat to see her get challenged and perform against physical play. She was standout tonight. Her presence inside frees up our perimeter."
After failing to close out Minnesota-Duluth and Indianapolis in losses earlier this year, the Huskies had no such problems putting Ferris away Thursday night even when DeShone heated up near game's end.
"I thought we handled the pressure of the situation at the end of the game very well," Cameron said. "We lost a bit of the lead but no one panicked."
Albi (four minutes) and Stippel (nine) were largely absent from the game plan after starting all previous games.
"We are looking for some additional production. We are looking for some big starts, coming out strong and hard at people," Cameron said. "(Blake) raised her level of intensity and raised her level of commitment this last week. See showed us she can have good games against big opponents and she causes so much problems with her length when she is focused."


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Point Chautauqua's Grand Hotel
The years when the Fenton Mansion was built and when the Fenton family lived here, the late 19th century, were known then and since as the Victorian era, stemming ultimately from the influence of Queen Victoria. The British Empire, of which she was queen, was the largest and most powerful empire that had ever existed. Although the queen had almost no actual legal or political power, her influence, mediated through respect and tradition, was enormous. It radiated down through the British aristocracy and from there to the entire English nation, the British empire, and ultimately the world, very much including the United States of America with its rapidly growing industrial, economic, intellectual, and military attainments.
The British were riding the crest of the industrial revolution, which fueled their wealth and power and bestowed on them resources unprecedented in all of world history. Today we hear mainly about the evils of exploitive capitalism, colonialism, racism and rapacious environmental heedlessness, but the larger truth seen from the time was that quite suddenly levels of comfort, security, prosperity, health, culture and opportunity beyond the dreams of their ancestors were opening up for ever larger segments of the populations of England and other industrializing countries.
Queen Victoria and large segments of the British elites had an attitude perhaps just as unprecedented as the Industrial Revolution itself, that the new boons, blessings, and benefits should somehow be directed to the betterment of all people, and also to all areas of human endeavor: arts and culture, science and learning, morals and civilization. The hollow shell that is left of Victorian attitudes today still structures much of how we see and categorize the world and ourselves.
The English and we Americans had the resources and the determination to take ideas from others and develop them in a more organized and democratic, or at least a more popular way. Landscape architecture is a perfect example of this. What had been a frivolous luxury for the French royalty and then the English aristocracy was transformed into a Victorian discipline loaded with notions of its effects on public health and moral improvement. Fredrick Law Olmstead, born 191 years ago today, was the leading American landscape architect of the era and very much a believer in the benefits of landscape for body and soul.
Olmstead is chiefly noted as the co-designer of New York City's Central Park and closer to home, as the father of the Buffalo park system.
In 1876, with Methodist-backed Chautauqua Institution experiencing enviable success, the Baptists planned to create their own institution across the lake at Point Chautauqua where they determined to include everything good that Chautauqua lacked, starting with the best in landscape architecture, designed by the master himself, Olmstead. Ground was broken for the streets on today's date in 1876. Congressman Walter Sessions from Panama, one of Chautauqua County's most colorful and under appreciated characters, was the first president of the Point Chautauqua Association. Despite the modified Olmstead ground plan, the energetic personality and extensive connections of Walter Sessions, and the earnest intent and prayers of numerous devout clergy, the Baptist institution faltered and ended in bankruptcy.
By 1885 organized religion was supplanted at Point Chautauqua, and the colony forged ahead on a secular road.
The Grand Hotel, completed in 1880, was the chief attraction. Despite its size, elegance and reputation, it lost money every season. On the night of Oct.17, 1902, the well-insured hotel burned to the ground, a victim of arson.
Our featured item this week is one of the less familiar photos of the Grand Hotel. Another view of it graces the cover of Helen Ebersole's book, "Chautauqua Lake Hotels," available in our gift shop.
The mastermind of the arson was one of the owners, James Crate, a wealthy 70-year-old Buffalo lumber dealer who died a few months later.
But the actual perpetrators were a Jamestown couple: Crate's paramour, a beautiful married woman with nerves of steel in her late 30s, Laura Allen, and her articulate and versatile black male accomplice. All this made saleable newspaper copy but must have been tragically dispiriting to the optimistic Victorian enthusiasts of moral progress and the ennobling effects of landscape architecture as well as to the Baptists who had hoped to glorify God and encourage the best in man.
The purpose of the Fenton History Center is to gather and teach about southern Chautauqua County's history through artifacts, ephemeral and oral histories, and other pieces of the past.
Visit www.fentonhistorycenter.org for more information on upcoming events.
If you would like to donate to the collections or support the work of the Fenton History Center, call 664-6256 or visit the center at 67 Washington St., just south of the Washington Street Bridge.


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Brave : Princess Merida, an archer and self-reliant young woman, makes a decision which defies custom and brings chaos to her kingdom. To restore her kingdom, she must rely on her bravery and archery skills.
Madagascar 3 : Europe's Most Wanted : Your favorite characters are back in their most hilarious adventure yet! Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are on the run through Europe in this wildly-entertaining and outrageous comedy critic's call 'charming and very funny'! With the fame-loving King Julian and take-charge Penguins, the whole crew joins the circus to escape Captain Dubois of Animal Control.
My Friend Bernard : Sam is a shy boy who is afraid of almost everything, from those strange shadows in his room at night to the small dog in his neighborhood. Everything just seems too scary for him! However, one day Sam meets Bernard, a polar bear who isn't afraid of anything. Bernard takes Sam on an epic adventure and helps him lose his fear of flying and snowboarding, which allows him to face the biggest monster with humor! Includes bonus features.
Pixar Short Films Collection v. 2 : Disney and Pixar present an incredible new collection of 12 short films, featuring multiple Academy Award nominees (best short film, animated: Presto, 2008; Day & Night, 2010; La Luna, 2011) and a host of family favorites. Join the celebration of imagination with this must-own collection, packed with unforgettable animation, fantastic stories, and captivating characters.
Snowmen : Three small-town boys hatch a plan to get their names in the Guinness World Records, ensuring their names will never be forgotten. Their plan: set a new record for making the most snowmen in a single day.
And, some new additions for the Holidays :
Adventures of Bailey, Christmas Hero : Its Christmas time at the Baker household and Bailey is at it again. Worried that he will not get any presents from Santa, Bailey learns about a mysterious Native American Indian brave who may be able to make his Christmas wishes come true. But when Bailey's misguided actions threaten his family's plans, Bailey is forced to make a big decision, one that just might enable him to finally understand the true meaning of Christmas.
Arthur Christmas : On Christmas at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission.
Kung Fu Panda Holiday : Master Shifu puts Po in charge of hosting the Winter Feast, held to celebrate family and kung fu. Po recruits the Furious Five to help him make the event the best that the Valley of Peace has ever seen.
Muppet Christmas carol (Blu-Ray) : The classic family film is now on Blu-Ray! with special features such as : Disney intermission ; Muppet audio commentary ; Muppet holiday sing-along ; blooper reel ; Frogs, pigs and humbug: a behind-the-scenes look ; Christmas around the world ; audio commentary with the director ; Pepe's profiles presents.
Santa vs. the Snowman : This hilarious story tells the tale of what happens when a snowman squares off against Santa and his elf army for the rights to the worldwide gift delivery franchise of the jolly man in red. Contains 2D and 3D version.
12 Dogs of Christmas : Great Puppy Rescue : A teenage girl and her best friend race against time to save a dog orphanage from an evil tycoon


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I found this enjoyable last year so I opened another thread for this year. Enter your fantasy team and hopefully a few folks will chime in with an opinion.
I will kick it off. Just finished my draft last night and here is one of my teams. 10 man head to head league. Different set up that most leagues I have been in due to roster size. Up to 7 RB and 10 WR can be taken. Took some guys (Slaton, Bush) cause they hung around so late.
TQB Texans TQB, Hou TQB
RB Steven Jackson, StL RB
RB/WR Rashard Mendenhall, Pit RB
RB/WR Shonn Greene, NYJ RB
WR Hakeem Nicks, NYG WR
WR/TE Brent Celek, Phi TE
TE Antonio Gates, SD TE
D/ST Texans D/ST, Hou D/ST
K David Akers, Phi K
Bench Robert Meachem, NO WR
Bench Derrick Mason, Bal WR
Bench Reggie Bush, NO RB
Bench Johnny Knox, Chi WR
Bench Jabar Gaffney, Den WR
Bench Steve Slaton, Hou RB
Bench Broncos TQB, Den TQB
Bench Legedu Naanee, SD WR
Bench Laurent Robinson, StL WR
Bench Mike Thomas, Jac WR
Bench Josh Cribbs, Cle WR
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In short: Scenic Flat, great raceIn full: Flat, and fast with the exception of a couple of wiggles at the underpass. Very well organised and a great race but could be improved by water cups being replaced by bottles, and there was a slightly better goody bag at the end (just got a medal, banana and bottle of water). Date of review: September 7, 2014
In short: Well organised, scenic and fast. Can't ask for much more.In full: The race buildup was great, with a very energetic girl with the mic doing her best to build the atmosphere. Only minor quibble would be the queue for the loos which was a bit long.The race itself was well marshalled, with clear km markers, and very scenic. Pretty much totally flat, albeit with some large puddles and mud patches to navigate at some points.All in all a great race for both faster and slower runners.Date of review: March 27, 2010
In short: A great scenic race, but made a little hazardous by all the recent rain.In full: The race was tough, and made worse by the weather, but still a lot of fun.The course is fairly hilly, and th surface varies from sandy to muddy to very muddy. Lots of opportunities to trip or slip over, so you need to be very careful with your footing (made worse by the recent rainfall and downpour on the day). I saw several fallers and a couple of people limping, but there were ample medical people around.Marshalls were great, but i only saw two distance markers at 5km and 7km, a few more would have been good.Water was available at about 2km (I'm guessing as i did not have a garmin and no distance markers). Would have been more useful to have it at 5km or 6km.There were no loos near the start, so most people seemed to be heading into the trees.This is the first time the race has been run, so I am sure small problems will be sorted for next time. Overrall it was great fun, despite torrential rain, hail and wind!Date of review: November 22, 2009
In short: Loved it, marshalls were brilliant, and a very flat course.Date of review: October 18, 2009
In short: Very quick race, enjoyed it a lot.In full: Would have been good to have a little more organisation at the start, so people started in the right place for their expected times, but the crowd soon thinned out. Otherwise an excellently organised race.Date of review: March 29, 2009
In short: A great, quick race.In full: Lots of friendly marshalls where you need them (i.e. crossing some roads), and milling around at the start to answer queries. Plenty of water stations. The route itself though picturesque, has almost no crowd other than when you return into the town centre, so it is quite like a training run, just with several hundred others. As a result lots more people than normal seemed to be wearing earphones. It's been said before many times, but the reward for slogging away for 16 miles is a cup. It doesn't even say whether you did the 8 or 16 mile race, but is better than nothing i suppose.Date of review: October 12, 2008
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Survival After School! Arrival When Confessing! Hospital for Two!
Episode 6 | TV-PG
Tenma has to rough it when she locks herself in a storage room at school! Harima feels the pain when his attempt to confess his love to Tenma comes to a crashing halt.
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I bought this for my son for Christmas when he was 18 months old. He loved it from the first moment he saw it. He's into a big sorting stage right now and loves smaller objects that can fit in his hands. All the trail mix pieces are a nice size, with the smallest being the M&M-like candies. He's never really tried to put the pieces in his mouth, however, I always watch and play with him when he plays with his trail mix. The pieces are made of very sturdy rubber-like material...not hollow plastic. He's now 20 months old and has found so many different ways to play with this set. He hasn't quite mastered the fine motor skill of stringing the trail mix onto the string, but he enjoys counting, sorting, matching, and sequencing with the pieces. The peanuts are his favorites and he'd carry them everywhere with him if we let him. He's even played with them in the bathtub. This was a great investment and I can see my son continuing to play with this for a long time to come. I'm tempted to buy a second set so he can have more pieces...especially peanuts!
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We bought this while on vacation, and only quickly glanced at the packaging. My two-year-old daughter and I were pleasantly surprised, when the toy contained many more pieces than we thought! This toy is sturdy, and has many educational uses... from teaching fine motor lacing skills to matching shapes/patterns. My daughter actually played for an entire hour with this toy! We HIGHLY recommend it! Plus, the little lunch bag is really cute for easy clean-up.
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Mulberry House
Mulberry was renovated in 2003 and turned into a state-of-the-art digital media lab.
History & Architecture
The building was built in 1940 as home of sorority Chi Omega, the first national sorority on Denison's campus. The house was renamed after the Denison chapter became inactive in 1970. An addition to the house was built in 1963.
Fine Arts Quad
Since 2003, the 1,100-square-foot Mulberry Intermedia eXperience (MIX) Lab has housed the high-tech tools that help artists of cinema, dance, music, studio art and theatre to explore the intersections of their disciplines.


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Student strike against tuition hike #5
Anyone who gets RDI (French version of CBC News Network) should have a look. In Victoriaville, riot cops have declared "illegal" the demo of about 1,000 students (my visual estimate) in front of the centre where Charest's "liberal" party is holding its general council. They just used tear gas and stun grenades to start clearing the crowd. The RDI reporter covering the event live was too close to a grenade and had to stop reporting a few minutes ago.
I wonder what the "liberal" delegates inside will think of the fascist swine protecting them outside. Every tyrant, or bootlicker thereof, can find ways to justify the most heinous crimes. Nice people get involved in genocide too. All it takes is context and self-interest.
"What the students are up against is not just a price tag, they are questioning the philosophy of education put forward by the government, which is to say education is an investment and you have to pay your fair share," Pacom said.
This is exactly what motivates 31-year-old Melanie Millette to continue the strike. The doctorate student in communication at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM) said she wants the province to maintain accessibility to post-secondary education for students without forcing them into debt.
"I don't know of any student who is happy to be on strike. We want the conflict to end because we'll be the first ones to pay the price for the strike. But we're fighting for something that's bigger than us," she said. "It's an issue that concerns the society as a whole."
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the charismatic leader of the CLASSE, the most radical student association, promised last month the strike would lead to a "much wider, much deeper, much more radical challenge of the direction Quebec has been heading in recent years."
Pacom stressed that over time the student movement influenced other segments of the population to air their grievances with the governing Liberals, notably over continuing allegations of corruption in the province and where Quebec society as a whole is going.
"The protest movement is part of a wider phenomenon, such as the Occupy movement, that stems from a widespread discontent," added the professor.
The province's major unions are now backing the student movement and they have given their associations $60,000 to fund their strike.
The students also received money from outside Quebec — at least two Ontario branches of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) gave in April the Quebec student associations a total of $30,000.
Quebec union leaders marched alongside students at the annual May Day march in Montreal, and on the same day, a group of 200 Quebec artists tabled a manifesto backing the students' demand for a tuition freeze and calling for more social justice in Quebec.
The artists are just the latest of a series of groups, such as teachers associations and community organizations, to stand behind the students.
"That's symptomatic of Quebec. There is a certain element in Quebec of people who are disenfranchised. They responded to the Occupy movement, they're responding to this in a way that they are protesting society in general," noted Bruce Hicks, a political science professor at Concordia University in Montreal.
"But as this has gone on, it has attracted a more moderate element who are just upset about the general direction of the economy, society and lack of leadership and so on. Now it's taking on a more legitimate social movement approach."
Some people, including official opposition Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois, have dubbed the student strike a "social crisis".
"The government is losing control of the situation," Marois said recently after a night of violent protest in Montreal. "The tensions are palpable, we are on the edge of the cliff."
In the past week, the demonstrations have been calmer, but the situation is extremely volatile and many fear a new burst of violence.
Charest's government also found itself in a hard place after its last offer to students, including extending the hike over seven years instead of five and beefing up student aid, was shot down in flames.
"I don't see how this could end well for the government," political image specialist Thierry Giasson said.
"It's rare to see a crisis of such magnitude near the end of the mandate of a government," added Giasson, who teaches at Laval University in Quebec City.
Charest is in his third term as premier and is expected to call an election in the coming year.
There has been speculation that he is preparing to go to the polls and would use the student strike as an election issue. Charest vehemently denied it, calling it "grotesque".
But his Finance Minister Raymond Bachand said Wednesday the conflict between his government and students who have been protesting against a tuition hike will be resolved in an election.
Bachand told reporters the government's proposal to end the dispute, with more bursaries for low-income students, has resolved the issue of accessibility and it is "an illusion" that a negotiated settlement can be reached since students are inflexible about tuition.
"There is one place to resolve this," he said. "That's an election."
The PQ also called for an election to resolve the conflict and vowed, if elected, that it would not raise tuition fees more than inflation.
Meanwhile, Simon Groulx, a political science master student also at UQAM, said many students like him feel a responsibility to continue the battle.
"Activists before us fought for workers rights, women's rights, and all sorts of minority rights. They didn't win their battle by voting, they came out in the streets and made demands. That's how major changes happen," he said.
They just used tear gas and stun grenades to start clearing the crowd.
[ETA: sounds like they were using CS gas tonight, causing nausea and burning sensations on skin]
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How long is the meeting for? Maybe reinforcements will come in to swell the demonstartors in outrage over this.
Until Sunday.
there's a riot going on right now, with tear gas and hurled stones and everything.
I've read that the combination of broken windows and Liberal use of tear gas is making it quite unpleasant for the delegates inside.
VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — It wasn't long after students descended on Victoriaville, Que., on Friday, that rocks and other projectiles were being thrown at police who responded with tear gas cans and warnings to disperse. At least two people were injured, one with a lacerated hand, the other with an injured leg. Many people were doubled over, coughing.
About 1,000 protesters turned up in the small city about 120 kilometres northeast of Montreal, to voice their discontent with Quebec Premier Jean Charest's Liberal government as the party's members gathered for a general council meeting.
The march began peacefully, but as protesters reached the hotel Victorin, they started shaking the security fence. A group of masked men started throwing rocks, projectiles and fireworks at police and the building, then moments later, breached the fence and were a few feet from the hotel where the Liberal party is holding its policy convention.
Surete du Quebec police fell back and about 200 riot police came in from all directions. After at least one warning on a loud speaker, police used tear gas to send the demonstrators back about 50 metres toward the street. The riot police then established a human barricade between the protesters and the politicians.....
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A student demonstration in rural Quebec turned violent Friday night.
A provincial police spokesperson said several demonstrators and police officers were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Several hundred students are demonstrating outside the provincial Liberal Party's general council meeting in Victoriaville, a small town about 150 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Windows in the building where the meeting is taking place were smashed in the student demonstration. Protesters threw cans, bottles and golf balls at a line of riot police outside the meeting. Police fired chemical irritants at the protesters.
Provincial police ordered everyone at the meeting to go inside and chained the exits shut.
Apparently, one person had his/her ear "almost completely cut up"... Ugh.
One woman received a bullet (?) (rubber, I guess?) in her mouth and lost several teeth.
Four persons transported to emergency. One with a cranial trauma.
Of course, the guy on TV is mostly preoccupied with the tragic scene of a (completely armored up) cop being hit.
Surprise action for families and their allies!!
May 5th - 4:30pm Square Phillips (Metro McGill, St. Catherine/Union)
Potluck & singing along outside!
Calling all singers, circus artists, decorators and knitters, parents,
kids, workers, and students for this inter-generational action. Bring
toys, games, and art supplies!
4:30pm-5pm gathering
5pm-5:15pm march
5:15pm-6pm decoration
6pm-6:45pm dinner
6:45pm-7:30 circus and magic show
7:30pm-9pm outdoor movie screening - Le Roi et l'oiseau
You're invited to bring:
art supplies (chalk, paint, brushes, paper, yarn, clothes pins, scissors);
food or drinks to share;
picnic blanket, pillows (to be confortable for the movie);
Les employés du ministère de l'Éducation doivent renoncer au carré rouge
Les employés du ministère de l'Éducation ont reçu hier un message leur demandant de renoncer au carré rouge. Dans une lettre, la direction des ressources humaines indique que quelques employés « arborent des symboles en lien avec la lutte étudiante contre la hausse des frais de scolarité lorsqu'ils sont sur les lieux de travail ».
Même si le ministère leur accorde le droit de s'exprimer librement, on rappelle aux employés qu'ils demeurent dans l'obligation de « faire preuve de réserve dans la manifestation publique de vos opinions. Cette obligation s'applique autant dans votre vie privée que professionnelle ». Une porte-parole au ministère a expliqué que des employés étaient mal à l'aise devant le port de symboles associés à la cause étudiante. C'est pour cette raison que la direction des ressources humaines est intervenue.
Footage has come in from a different angle showing the cop tackling a protestor, and the successful de-arrest that followed.
The march began peacefully, but as protesters reached the hotel Victorin, they started shaking the security fence. A group of masked men started throwing rocks, projectiles and fireworks at police and the building, then moments later, breached the fence and were a few feet from the hotel where the Liberal party is holding its policy convention.
That group of "masked men" - any idea who they are? Provacateurs?
Quebec's four major student groups are calling for calm after weeks of turbulent public battles and fractured negotiations,
During a break from talks with the government in Quebec City on Friday night, representatives from each student group expressed concern over violent images they had seen and asked that both demonstrators and police cease violent action.
The students will continue the talks with the government over the weekend.
The government's chief negotiator, Pierre Pilote, convened the Friday meeting with the province's four major student organizations, including CLASSE....
Busloads of protesters traveled to Victoriaville, Quebec, arriving in the city this afternoon. Provincial police force Sûreté du Québec (SQ) had secured the perimeter of the hotel in which the general council took place.
Reports from the scene state that protesters pushed through barriers and threw projectiles at police lines. Rubber bullets, CS gas, and smoke grenades were deployed by the SQ. Ambulances were called to the scene, and at least five protesters were admitted to the hospital. Radio-Canada video footage also shows one police officer being hit by protesters.
Around 9 p.m., Concordia campus television station CUTV ended their live broadcast stating that the protestors were dispersing. Busloads of protesters began leaving the city; based on reports from _Le Délit_'s reporter on the ground, a bus carrying McGill and Concordia students was the last to leave. The bus was escorted back to Victoriaville by police, and passengers were placed under arrest. The passengers allegedly under arrest are unable to be contacted, but include a journalist from Le Délit.
An SQ officer who spoke with The Link confirmed that three buses had been arrested. The passengers were being taken off the buses in pairs, identified and questioned. The officer said that most would be eventually released, but it could be "some hours." He said that he believed most would be charged, but could not specify what the charges would be. Those charged, he said, would be released and required to appear in court at a later date.
Students at the nightly demonstration in Montreal held a solidarity sit-in on Mont Royal and St. Denis for those who were arrested in Victoriaville.
Speaking to The Link, the SQ confirmed that three busloads of protesters have been arrested, and most may be charged criminally. The SQ stated protesters are being removed from each bus in small groups to be identified and questioned.
May 3, 2012 - Naked March in Montreal
Description: On May 3, 2012, over 15,000 university students demonstrated in Montreal against a tuition fee hike. This increase will bring Quebec's tuition fee from $2,168 to $3,946 in 2019. Besides, some of these demonstrators were more or less naked.
it might be that wholesale arrest mcgill and concordia students is good for the movement, since it's so clearly abusive and unneccesary, but my guess is that it couldn't be coincidental that the anglophones were the ones targetted, that's the surest way to de-legitimize this sort of thing in the eyes of the low-info non-college graduate. that said and as for the victoville protests themselves, point made and message received, great job! while a lot of average quebecers are annoyed at the students, little by little, as this strike grinds on, they're becoming more sympathetic, something like the demo yesterday only serves to reinforce the idea that the charest government = chaos and discontent. and on that, the unions definitely seem to be doing their part to link students' issues with a broader anti-liberal message, but the pq still hasn't showed up at all. they're certainly polling this stuff heavily and deciding that it's not a winning fight for them to jump behind, but one would think that the odd rebel caucus member would show up at one of these protests, kind of surprising. this is one of those things where they're just - again - proving how irrelevant and tone deaf they are, chasing the wrong votes.
By way of contrast, have a look at the courage and leadership and direct participation of Amir Khadir, not just in supporting the students' demands, but in standing up for democratic rights in the face of riot cops:
MNA Amir Khadir (QS) almost arrested by Montréal police
[Note: That was from actions on the April 21 weekend at the Palais des Congrès, when Charest was touting his Plan Nord inside and mocking students outside being gassed and beaten.]
A protester between life and death.
Words fail me.
Meanwhile: an agreement is apparently in the works. Parties (all of them?) are collaborating on writing a common text.


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Express Scripts (EXPR) numbers were raised at UBS. Shares are now seen reaching $17. Estimates were also increased on solid start to holiday season, UBS said. Buy rating.


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User can create/stop/delete a test in this page. The ball color changes depending on the test status and it will refresh every 5 seconds. By hovering on it, you can see each test status.
Test configuration is a critical aspect of a test. This sets the test duration, agent count, number of processes and threads etc in the test before running the test. Of course there are also more specific configuration items to satisfy a range of users.
|The number of agents should be used.
|Vuser per agent
|The number of virtual users in each agent , which is multiplied by process count and thread count.
You can configure them in greater detail by clicking the + button.
In the nGrinder stress test, all agents will have multiple processes and threads to simulate concurrent users.
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|The number of worker processes the agent should start.
|Threads (Hidden)
|The number of worker threads that each worker processe should start.
|Test script to be used.
|Target Host
|For every test, we can set the target host; it should be same as the host you access in your test script. nGrinder controller will start the monitoring task on the given target host when a test begins to run. Then, you can check the performance chart in the detailed test report.
We implemented customized DNS resolution feature with the target host. This means we can just input a domain and IP mapping here not touching /etc/hosts file. This will be useful for some http servers, which have no DNS domain.
|Specify how long the test will be executed.
|Run Count
|Specify how many test runs will be executed.
|Ignore Sample Count
|Specify How many samples will be ignored during TPS samplings.
If you check "Enable Ramp-up", you can specify a gradual initialization of the process.
|This means increasing the number of processes in every interval.
|Initial Sleep Time
|Initial Processes
|This property sets the initial number of worker processes to start.
|Processes Every
|This property sets the interval in milliseconds at which the agent starts new worker processes.
Please remember this is process ramp-up not thread ramp-up!!.. So you must have enough process count to increase the count gradually. If you set up 1 agent, 10 processes and 2 threads and you set the 1 in Ramp-Up, the count of vuser will be increased like 2, 4, 6, 8.... If you set 2 agents, it will be 4, 8, 12, 16...
The count of processes should be less than 10. Too many processes requires much agent memory. So you may not configure very smooth ramp-up. If you need to have more smooth ramp-up, please consider the thread ramp-up.
Currently, there will initially be a maximum of 10 tests running simultaneously by default, and one user can only run one test at the same time. All the agents will be assigned automatically to run some test. If there are not enough agents to run one test, that test will be delayed for several minutes, and then stopped as an error.
When a user creates a test, the user can choose just to save the test or prepare it to run. If it is prepared to run, the test (including its configuration) cannot be modified. But the user can clone this test and create a new test with the same configuration.
The test can also be scheduled to run later, rather than starting immediately.
After the test is started, the test running tab will be enabled and you can check the running status via this page.
When the test is finished, you can then check the report and the detailed report.
At the bottom right, you can download the log file for each agent. Using this file, you can identify script execution problems.