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Superior Double or Twin with Sea View | Petrino Guesthouse
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- Family/child friendly
- Air conditioning
- Parking available
- Smoking allowed
- Breakfast
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
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|Monemvasia, Greece
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The poet Ritsos 'stone ship' stoically stands on the southern tip of Laconia ready to take you on a fanciful voyage through time and history.
Monemvasia its formal name, Monemvasia its poetic version, Monemvasia to the locals, Malvouazi to the Franks and Malmsy to the English. No matter how it is named this beautiful seaside village got its name because the castle had only one entrance ('moni emvasi').
Petrino Guesthouse is a traditional stone building, 10m from the sea and 100m from the Castle's Bridge. It has verandas and balconies with black metal railing and wooden ceilings. There are big, comfortable, and modern rooms with wooden furniture. They offer WC, hot water, heating, air-conditioning, television and refrigerator. All rooms have verandas with a view of the sea. Monemvasia is located on the SE part of Lakonia, Peloponnisos.
The Guesthouse is 4 hours away from Athens by car, 90 minutes from Mani and Tyro, 80 minutes from Mistras and 93km from Sparta. It is appropriate for excursions of many days.
Monemvasia has a market, bars, restaurants, taverns and plenty of fresh fish. At the village of Ai-Yiannis you can taste the traditional macaroni (goglies), the roasts on coal, the good olive oil and our well-known honey.
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Reviews of this property
Petrino Guesthouse is one of the most beautiful summerlocations we ever visited.
Makis is a very kind, quiet man and helpfull host. The room with the bathroom is very nice and clean. Everyday there is a check-up and several times a week the linen is refreshed. The room has a good working airco and also a big frige to keep cool our drinks and food. We were allowed to take glasses and dishes from the breakfastroom whenever needed. The breakfast is OK, with enough variation.
Absolutely superb is the view from the balcony. It is so more beautifull than one can ever see on a picture. On the balcony is sun in the morning and shadow from noon on. The day through the wide view is changing: all the colours of the sea, the shape of the rock of Monemvasia, the boats, the bay and beaches with the restaurants on the shore, on the left and the right side... the smells reach to the balcony. (One remark: the chairs on the bacony coluld be more comfortable.)
We didn't miss a swimming pool. We don't like spending time just lying near a pool or beach. But just 500 m away from Petrino Guesthouse on the bridge towards Monemvasia-rock are a few platforms with steps (and even a warm shower) where we had wonderfull swimming times in the sea. The water is very clear. We prefer a bit of salt above chloor! And never are these swimming places crowded. Sometimes all sea was ours. From our room we had a view on the swimming place.
In twenty minutes walk from Petrino Guesthouse we arrived at Monemvasia gate. Monemvasia city is an extraordinary place. Still there is no mass tourism. Everywhere there is time for a real friendly contact with the local people. After a few days people know you and are interested in a good conversation or laugh. Once we will go back, same place, same host.
Rob & Emmy (Belgium, dutchspeaking, + 50)
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Participants benefit from recreational activities in innumerable ways. More than just being FUN, research has proven that people live longer, healthier lives when they engage in activities outside the home.
The Parks and Recreation Athletics section provides a wide variety of enjoyable recreation activities and opportunities to the residents and visitors of Clearwater. This section is comprised of more than 30 areas of interest including aquatics, general recreation, individual sports, senior adult activities, social recreation, special events, team leagues, and youth development.
Programming varies from facility to facility, but the total delivery system is a modern comprehensive effort that offers something for everyone, as well as services to special interest groups.
The Clearwater Parks and Recreation Athletics program incorporates staff led, contractor led,upcoming and special youth sports co-sponsored group programs.
Visit the Clearwater St Petersburg Sports Commission website for additional information on training, tournaments, services and partners.

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Letter to DOT: Say no to rail grant
March 19, 2013
Joan McDonald, commissioner
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
Dear Commissioner McDonald,
It has recently come to my attention that a request has been made for your support in applying for STEP (Strategic Transportation Enhancements Program) funds from the Federal Surface Transportation Board for $15 million to the Adirondack Scenic Railroad for a rail and trail project. I believe that the applying for and granting of these funds to an entity (ASR) without resolving the controversy over the future use of the Remsen-Lake Placid corridor is a slap in the face to the more than 11,000 (mostly New York residents) who have signed on to request that a recreation trail be built on this corridor. By not putting up for review the unit management plan (UMP) for the corridor, you will be ignoring the issues that have been brought to the table by a large number of New York state residents, visitors and potential visitors to the Adirondack Park. This is nothing but a political maneuver by a small group of train buffs who only have their own hobby at heart and are doing whatever necessary to hold our communities hostage by insisting on keeping this tourist train limping through the Adirondacks on the backs of New York state taxpayers with no discernible economic benefit. What is at stake here is an opportunity to create a real draw for tourism as well as to make our communities more desirable for people looking to move to areas that provide for an outdoor lifestyle.
Please do not help with this end run around the proper procedure to determine the use of this New York state asset. Please support opening up of the UMP for review before funding a project which may result in a huge waste of taxpayer monies. All interested parties should have a say in the matter. Not just railroad enthusiasts and history buffs. ASR is a rail operation first. They have no serious interest in building any significant recreation trails. The funds will be used to get the tracks repaired so that there will be no chance for trail use in the near future. Before any further taxpayer funds be expended, the use of the corridor should be determined by a review of the UMP, which is significantly overdue.
The Adirondack Rail Trail is something that the Adirondack region desperately needs, a long-distance trail that will become a great community connector in both summer and winter. A trail that will be able to help market the region just as the Canal Way does for central New York. A trail that will be utilized by all kinds of citizens, from small children on tricycles and in strollers to athletes, birders, hikers, bicycle riders and disabled folks in wheelchairs as well as hand bikes, safe from speeding traffic on the roads. Snowmobilers will also be able to enjoy riding from town to town, spreading the wealth around.
As a private citizen, I request that you not circumvent the UMP review by helping with this application for STEP funds until the review of the UMP for the corridor is complete. As a board member for ARTA (Adirondack Recreation Trail Advocates) and on behalf of all of our supporters (11,000 and counting), I also request that you give us a fair shake at presenting our case for the Adirondack Rail Trail during these hearings.
Hope C. Frenette lives in Tupper Lake and is a member of the board of directors of Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates.


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WHDD 91.9FM in Sharon, CT is the nations smallest NPR station. Marshall Miles recently interviewed Lindsey Turner and Nicole Zuraitis about The Jazz Run.
Listen to Lindsey's interview HERE.
Listen to Nicole's interview HERE.
Get moving and enjoy a fall morning with The Jazz Run, a 5 mile run or 2 mile walk this Sunday September 29th in the scenic Woodridge lake enclave starting at Camp Coch. A post-race picnic rounds out the morning (bring a picnic, refreshments will be provided) with a concert by Litchfield native Nicole Zuraitis, activities for kids and all for a great cause – to raise money for scholarships for Litchfield Jazz Camp, a production of the charitable organization that runs the Litchfield Jazz Festival.
For details and to register (save by registering in advance - $22 to run and $10 to walk, kids in strollers free), click here: http://thejazzrun.eventbrite.com/.
Registration – 9:00 – 9:45 am.
Run and Walk start time – 10 am sharp.
Post race concert – 11 am.
Call 860-361-6285 with questions.


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Caring for Cats
How to Have a Happy and Healthy Cat
Cats depend on people for everything they need—food, fresh water, a clean litter box, veterinary care, and, most important, affection and love. Here are some essentials to keep your feline friend happy and safe.
Explore the Great Indoors
Cats may sometimes act cocky and independent, but they are as defenseless as toddlers in the concrete jungle. Cats allowed to roam outside unattended may be attacked by dogs, stolen by dogfighters to use as "bait" or by thieves who sell animals to labs, or shot or poisoned by neighbors who don't like them digging in the flowerbeds or climbing on their cars. Cats who roam outside are also exposed to deadly diseases like feline AIDS and feline leukemia, for which there is no cure.
Cats can adapt nicely to life indoors if they get plenty of playtime and other ways to exercise their agile minds. From paper bags and rolled up balls of paper to motorized "mice" and laser pointers, toys perk up even the laziest feline. All-time favorites are Cat Dancer and Cat Charmer.
Windows are cat "TV"—a birdbath or feeder placed near a window can provide hours of entertainment.
If window sills aren't wide enough, build or buy a cushioned perch (available from pet supply stores and catalogs) to attach to the sill. A screened-in porch or an enclosure accessible through a window is a great way for kitty to safely commune with nature. KittyWalk Systems makes enclosures in a variety of configurations that can stand alone or be attached to a cat door. If your yard is fenced, another option is Cat Fence-In, a netting kit that attaches to the top of the fence. No existing fence is necessary to install another escape-proof system, called Purrfect Fence, although it is advisable to supplement it with sturdy fencing of some kind to keep dogs and other predators out.
Cats can safely explore outdoors on a leash—just be sure to use an ultra-lightweight, retractable leash attached to a harness, not a collar. Let your cat get used to the harness for short periods indoors, then pick a safe outdoor area to explore. KittyWalk Systems also makes a "pet stroller" that allows for longer, brisker walks and provides a measure of safety from free-roaming dogs.
Five out of Five Cats Prefer a Clean Litter Box
Nobody likes to use a dirty bathroom, which is why it's important to scoop out your cat's litter box at least twice a day, preferably every time your cat uses the box, but especially after meal times. If you have more than one cat, a good rule of thumb is to have one box per cat. Avoid scented litters, since cats are sensitive to smells. Place the litter pan well away from the cat's feeding area and in a place that is quiet and feels "safe" to your cat.
Any cat who is urinating outside the litter box should be taken to a veterinarian right away to rule out a urinary tract infection, which is very common and can be fatal, especially in male cats, who can become "blocked" and die from a build-up of toxins very quickly. If a urinary tract infection is ruled out, your cat may be unhappy with the cleanliness of the pan (or lack thereof), the type of litter used, the location, or with the box itself (some cats prefer covered boxes and vice versa).
Dinner Is Served
It sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised how easy it is to forget to check Fluffy's water, clean her bowls, and feed her twice a day. Cats are finicky—they won't drink dirty water—but if they eat kibble, they will need plenty of water to prevent urinary tract infections. Kibble shouldn't be the cat's sole food, and it doesn't have to be in a cat's diet at all. Canned or homemade food is more palatable and will help add moisture to the diet to help prevent a urinary tract infection. If you want to sever your last link with the slaughterhouse, it is possible to feed cats a vegetarian diet, but it must be done carefully to make sure that it is nutritionally balanced and that the cat is thriving on it.
Decline to Declaw
Cats love to scratch. It helps to remove broken claws, stretch muscles, and mark "territory." Declawing is definitely NOT a good way to protect your furniture—in fact, it's the most expensive and painful one: Declawing is actually 10 individual amputations, since it involves chopping off the last joint of each one of the cat's toes. Declawing can make cats insecure, moody, and more prone to biting because they can't use their claws to defend themselves. It can also lead to litter box problems, proving that there's more than one way to ruin a carpet!
The best way to save your furniture is to provide lots of "approved" places to scratch. Sisal cat "trees" and posts, cardboard scratching boxes, and those ingenious "cat tracks" (a ball in a circular plastic tunnel surrounding a cardboard scratching pad) are big hits. Sprinkle catnip on them weekly to keep cats interested, and be sure to replace cardboard inserts when they get worn out.
Trim your cat's claws once every two weeks—you just have to remove the sharp "hook" at the end—and put double-sided tape on places that you don't want your cat to scratch—cats don't like the sticky feeling on their paws.
Making Fleas Flee
Fleas don't just make cats uncomfortable, they can also cause skin allergies and tapeworm infestations (when cats ingest fleas through grooming). Cats who stay indoors are less likely to get fleas, but they can still catch them from you if you accidentally bring fleas inside on your pants or shoes. Monthly treatments with flea killers aren't necessary unless you see fleas on your cat, nor are baths with hazardous insecticidal shampoos (since soap and water alone kill fleas). A nontoxic alternative to flea poisons is to use a flea comb, which catches the fleas in its fine teeth, and then dunk the fleas into a container of soapy water or put them in a container in the freezer.
Get to the Vet!
Spaying and neutering doesn't just prevent the births of unwanted kittens, it also prevents cancer of the reproductive organs and, if performed before the cat reaches sexual maturity (at about 5 to 6 months old), can also prevent other cancers, such as breast and prostate cancer.
Any cat who is acting lethargic or "grouchy," has diarrhea or frequent vomiting, isn't eating, or is having "accidents" outside the litter box should be taken to the vet right away. Even "minor" illnesses can turn fatal if not treated, and regular check-ups can prevent or catch diseases before they become serious.
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I wish that I had your information about declawing a cat before I took my cat in. He died shortly after the proceedure was done. He never fully recovered from what they used to put him under, at least that is what I was told when I brought him home. The only comfort I have is that he did not die in a cage because he hated being in one. I will never do this to another cat and tell people that they should not do it either because they could have the same loss.
Tell me about how to deal with lots of loose cat hair. Thanks.
I would also like to stress the importance of having a cat micro chipped and vaccinated, including for feline aids. This is especially critical for cats were are sometimes outdoors.
My best buddy, Shadow-Cat sits on our dining table checking the situation/safety before going to the door to be let outside. When the weather provides, I leave a window open for her to reach and she'll perch on the sill for hours, perusing her "domain". We're fortunate to live on 12 wooded acres and she scouts every tree to see which ones are the best to climb. She's even figured out how to get onto the roof! Mostly, she likes to walk with me into the woods and curious about every new smell – and more trees to climb. At night she curls up on my husband's lap and at bedtime sleeps behind my pillow. She's part of our family; we even keep the bathroom sink filled with water. (She has us very well trained.) I'm on the lookout for a vegetarian cat food and am considering Newman's Own. Does anyone have luck with that brand?
I scoop out my cat's litter pan every night before my pre-bed shower and that works fine. I am NOT going to sit there in the back room and wait for my cat to pee or poo so I can scoop out her pan. That's just psycho… Also my cat likes to come in there while I am scooping out her pan and poo right in front of me and look up at me and meow. She is the most shameless cat I have ever seen, no privacy issues there… Changing a cat's water every day is common sense. If I wouldn't drink her water, then I dont expect her to drink it. The whole forcing a carnivorous animal into a vegan diet thing seems kinda cruel to me and for sure that cannot be good for them. This article does not seem to be very pragmatic to me. I wonder does the author actually own any cats???
Cats get into and onto just about anything, so to preevnt items from getting broken you have to either keep them out of reach, such as behind doors in a cabinet, or use a putty like Quake Hold that will keep the items in place. It is not all that different from when there are young children around the home, except they can get into more places.Cats are quite independent, and usually need love and attention, along with food, water and litter. But the larger bills are for vet care, as those are not spread out over the month. They are not high, and often just once a year is all that is needed, but it is usually costs up front. Typically, perhaps $100, and if you have to have the cat spayed or neutered, it will be a larger hit to your wallet.I am giving a link to an article on introducing a kitten into your home. There are suggestions, and a list of things to get. I ignore a bed, as they find a place, and I would get one of those inexpensive cardboard scratchers.Monthly care costs can usually be handled through a normal household budget. They are not large, but can vary. Some feed small cans of very expensive food, and others find a quality food that serves just as well at a much lower cost. And litter is not expensive. If monthly costs are a real concern, you may not be ready for a cat anyway.
HelloEmily, I have 2 adult cats I adopted from a shelter this year, they are absolutely terrified of the outdoors. I have a screened in porch and they won't even set foot on it. My point is just that not all animals want to go outdoors, even if it is natural for their species to live there. Besides, life in an apartment complex parking lot isn't exactly a natural habitat for anything.
yes! I grew up walking my cat on a leash. Our neighbours thought we were quite weird, but I never understood why people rarely do it! Everyone should do it!
My one cat loves running outside on his cat harness, but my other cat seems to hate the feel of the harness. I love watching my cat try to catch bugs in the grass. He doesn't seem to like the street too much, though.
I adopted a stray cat who had become completely wild after an apparently brief encounter with humans as a kitten. He was fixed early in his life, but was abandoned or lost, and lived outside for years before winding up in my family's backyard.
Now this former stray is a wonder lap cat who follows me around like a little puppy. But he lived outside for years. He CRIES if I lock his cat door and don't let him go outside. I want what's best for him, and I know the statistics about outdoor cats. But I just think there are shades of gray in that rule.
My cat has no desire to go outside, even if the door is wide open he won't go outside, he's the perfect cat too!
I personally feel sad that PETA thinks cats are just as happy inside as outside. of course if you live in a city or have a cat that was declawed before you adopt, inside may be the only answer. I totally disagree with the quanitity over quality arguement with kitties. Cats have neurotic and unstable (unnatural behaior) when forced to live soley indoors. there are of course natural consequences to letting your cat out but within reason, I think it provides a happier life.
Laser pointers aren't a good form of play. If you search on it you can read more.
Staring out a window, as in HelloEmily's point, is not natural. It also can cause unnecessary frustration if the cat sees another feline and can't communicate with it.
I also think this article should have specified a bit more on the "one box per cat". Specified to state the litter boxes need to be in separate areas for multiple cats.
I will not state my opinion on a vegetarian cat diet, though I think it is healthy for cats to consume some greens.
Other than that, this information is fairly accurate from my point of view.
You guys have some really skewed views of animal rights. Free the chickens, they're meant to be running free, but keep your pet cat inside? -.- Cats are carnivores, and as we know, carnivores are hunters. And what do hunters need to do? Oooh got it in one! Hunt! Well done you 🙂 Secondly your idea of "windows are cat TV" amused me greatly. After coming straight here from reading your articles on zoos, especially the bit about zoo animals never exhibit natural behaviours, I found that bit particularly hypocritical. No part of sitting on a windowsill is part of a cats "natural behaviour."
Firstly, I think you guys do a great job and at least provide some reassurance that there are people out there willing to speak out against disgusting animal atrocities. However I don't feel you indoor cat advice is helpful, surly the whole point of PETA is to liberate animals and give them freedom. Our cat has a brilliant life outdoors and indoors but if it rains and he can't go out for a while he gets in a right huff. If you live near a main road or next to a dog fighting cat eating madman than don't have a cat. Its a responsibility that you take on as soon as you get a cat.
The preface: I'm glad someone out there is looking out for the wellfare of animals, but I don't agree with the extremist values that PETA seems to hold onto so tightly. Like, for example, suggesting that vegan diets are all right for cats. Seriously? You don't see your cat stalking the chickpeas, do you? Nope, good o'fashioned meat please. Now, some pet foots will only use organic products (which I certianly hope includes the meat products that are included). Perhaps that might be a safe medium for those who are suffering pangs of concience over their cat's carnivorous needs?
Don't be so quick to dismiss vegetarian diets for cats. Exactly what scientific studies prove they can't thrive on vegan cat food? It's enhanced with every vitamin and mineral cats need, including taurine which is usually only found in raw meat. (And it's the same synthetic taurine found in ALL commercial cat food on the market because the cooked meat in them does not naturally contain taurine either!) Many vegan cat foods meet the nutritional requirements set by AAFCO as well. Thousands upon thousands of cats have thrived on a vegan diet! There's a great book called Obligate Carnivore that explores this issue more deeply.
I would never feed my cats a vegetarian diet even though I am vegan myself. Cats are carnivores and are meant to eat meat!
To Aquatictraining: two options – either
(a) enclose an existing area or make an enclosed area, say the back (not front) veranda or patio (easy to do yourself and cheap – I would be happy to give you some ideas) and install a cat flap on back door. This option is a bit of work but has the advantage of giving the family a relaxation area too or
(b) move out because that witchy neighbour will not.
Of course, I don't know what your house looks like and how caring your kids are, but please don't let your cat get caught again so you need to act fast. No animal should be hounded or under threat of extermination.
See, I mostly agree with PETA except for "no clothing" and "no eating". I mean, animal skins put frowns on my face, but there's still shearing, and shearing is fine. SHEARING ANIMALS NEED US. They've been raised to grow more wool, and if we let them out in the wild they'd all die from the heat. And also, there's a reason meat and lactose are part of the food plate symbol. It's for a healthy diet! And if we shouldn't eat animals, then why do they always eat each other? >__>
Poh out. And yes, that is a weird name. Peace.
We try and want our cat to be inside. With kids and teenagers in and out all of the time, she gets out. My neighbor hates her and has called animal control on us several times. Last night she caught our cat in a trap. Animal control said if she gets out one more time, they will take her. Can anyone sugggest a safe but effective "shock" collar or anything to keep her away from the doors and inside?
The rest of this article is great but…
Feeding a cat a vegetarian diet? Seriously?
this is very good but my kitty loves being outside with my dogs 🙂 they all hang out together and even if they are different. i disagree with the vegitarian diet. my animals deserve the best that includes food like dog can food and if they like meat ill give them meat! 😛
"I think that this artical is great! But the only thing is my cat refuses to stay inside for more than 9 hours!"
We love the outdoor cat enclosures in our backyard. It gives us kitties a chance to get some fresh air and do some safe birdwatching.
I have two cats, and as a vegan and a cat lover it is a little difficult to separate my morals and their dietary needs. Are there any cat food products you've come across that contain meat that are compassionate towards animal welfare?
Sydney, if you buy VegeKit/VegeCat (I get mine at vegancats.com) it comes with a bunch of recipes, using seitan, chickpeas, lentils, tvp, etc.
I just want to know how i should make a homeade meal for my beautiful baby girl!
My cats don't mind staying inside, but Fleetwood doesn't mind running outside to chew grass! And I don't think that's a good vegetarian diet for him!
I think that this artical is great! But the only thing is my cat refuses to stay inside for more than 9 hours!


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (92 votes).
In short: Well worth a trip, especially if it's your first race. Not intimidating at all.Date of review: January 26, 2011
In short: EnjoyedDate of review: January 25, 2011
In short: Good race, improvements requested from last year all done. Smart!Date of review: January 24, 2011
In short: Nice race, well organised, for charity.In full: Nice little race on quiet trails/roads.Well organised with lots of marshals.Results printed for collection afterwards.Few hills, but still PB potential.Great cause.Date of review: January 24, 2011
In short: Excellent, quick 10k raceIn full: Race 3 of 32 this year, and a really well organised, quick 10k. Start/finish clearly marked, registration a doddle, and Dr Ron Hill at the start. Who could ask for more? Despite my GPS watch running out of battery early on, the course was easy to pace, and very well marshalled. All in all, a lovely experience. Will be back.Date of review: January 24, 2011
In short: great well organised race!!!In full: What a race... I had heard a lot of negatives, too many hills etc.!!! what a load of cobblers!! I was misguided with my directions to the start, so was still in Chorley at 10.49, made it to the Shawes Arms (via parking in Park & Ride navigated by a very helpful marshall)to find I was rather late, i.e. race had already started!! Picked my number up, directed by the very helpful number people at the start and made my way....Got a bit lost (went the wrong way) but eventually found a marshall who told me which way to go (in a friendly manner!). I was then accompanied by a very helpful sweeper upper on a bicycle, who gave me plenty of encouragement and directions until we met up with the rest of the race. I found it a most enjoyable race, very well organised, excellent marshalling, lovely scenery, & Hills? one or two slopes maybe, but those were not hills!!! Also, fantastic momento at the end, what more could a runner need at this time of year? Hat and gloves!! brilliant!! I shall definately try and get to this race next year and recommend it to others with the fantastic marshalling and organisation!! Thank you so much everybody!!! xxxDate of review: January 23, 2011
In short: It's a while since I've done this race.....forgot how good it was, flat with the odd bump. Date of review: January 23, 2011
In short: Misinformed a lot of the time but nice routeIn full: I was disappointed with the mis-information the bloke at the start told us it was flat, for a new runner it really wasnt! I was told at 2.8 miles I was over half way, I was told "its all down hill from here" yet I had three more hills to go, I was told "this is your last hill" yet I had one more to go! Finally the finish was very poorly marked so people were not sure where to go and were re-directed by runner who were finished. Finally the finish line itself was not clear! I was told lots of runners were asking if they could stop yet? Also very dangerous race HQ - the old one was much better. Runners had to cross a very busy duel carriage way, only 30 but still very busy and the directions to parking were pretty poor causing a kerfuffle on the main road as cars pulled over at the HQ. A simple sign would have saved a lot of trouble. However most of the marshalls were encouraging and the scenery was very pleasent. It would have been nice to have mile markers at one and two rather than waiting till 3. Date of review: January 23, 2011
In short: Great race, well organised. Nnot sure about the hat and gloves though : ) Date of review: January 23, 2011
In short: Well done to the organisers and volunteers/marshalls, Great jobIn full: 4th time I've ran this race (1st time for the new start/finish area) and I would recommend this run for all abilities,some hills make it more interesting but mostly flat, a lot of it is off road on good tracks and trails,great sceneryDate of review: January 23, 2011
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I gotta try this Premio stuff. I see the Mild pictured. How are the Mild and Sweet different, C-Bob (or anyone else)? It's confusing to me that they sell both separately, because I've only ever known "sweet" and "mild" to be interchangeable, with a producer picking one name or the other.
When I get the taste for pizza I can't always wait 3 days for Garvey's version (delicious as it is) so I'm gonna have to do yours again now that I've gotten a bit better at rolling the dough really thin. Soon...but I really have to watch my pizza intake since I can now make such good pies at home. That's one reason I bought the smallish 12-inch cutter pan. I'm becoming a big fan of cutter pans, btw. I got a Hex Quik Disk here http://www.pizzatools.com/Hex_Quik-Disks/30885/subgrouping.htm but haven't used it yet except to help launch a pie that was too big for my small pizza peel. I need to see how well that works for a thin crust.
I just looked up the nutritional differences on the Premio website. It looks like they are very similar in ingredients. Both of the labels on the red portion of the front package say made with real imported fennel. The main differences I see are that the mild Italian sausage is higher in fat and calories. I haven't tried the sweet sausage so they might both taste good. If its unhealthy it usually tastes good. Here are some pics of the nutritional info:
Bob,You need to call up your friends at the FDA and see if they can get a crack investigative team on this sweet/mild Premio deal??!!!!Seriously, why would a company want to do this --- to have minor variations of a "similar" product causing only confusion amongst customers (like me! ). I could understand if they called one "sweet" and one "fennel" but I just don't get the sweet/mild distinction. I can see that there's paprika in the sweet, and also that they list the preservatives on one but not the other. And now you're telling me the grind is different between the two??? Dang-it!Admission: I think I have been getting the sweet all along (That's all they have at Costco). Embarrased to say I think its good . And also I'm going to admit I thought "Ol' Bobby may just be a little bit too picky on his sausage and these products are just the same thing in different packages!"But now you have piqued my interest sir, and I will be heading to Walmart, and buying some MILD premio, and doing a side-by-side, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of the two sausages in question.I need help on one aspect of my study --- I need a good sausage placebo! Just kidding.John K
This one was a half sausage pizza cooked at 450 for 20 min on the bottom rack. As CB would say, "Eazy Pezzy"
What gives man...ya'll don't trust "OL" Bobby? Actually; I think it a good idea to try all 3 types.....different folks an all that.
Uh-oh, you're in for it now.
Yes, stone on bottom rack, didn't I say that pages ago?
Looking at all the great work that a large number of you guys and gals are doing on Chicago thin crust style pizzas makes me hanker for getting back to work on baking up some of these great pizzas. Its been a while, but here's one I made in the past. --BTB
Different Chicago Pizza Cuts: "Squares" and "Strips" aka "Chesdan Cuts"While Chicago style thin crust pizzas were most often cut into "squares," a large number of great thin crust pizzerias in Chicago cut their pizzas into "Strips" instead. The most famous of the pizza places that cut into strips was Chesdan's on Archer Ave, who for decades was a major competitor to another famous pizzeria a mile or so away, i.e., Home Run Inn. And Mrmojo, you'll recall that DiMaggio's in Southwest Michigan cuts their pizzas into "strips" too. (umm . . . just had one last Saturday night.) The term party cut was never heard or spoken in circles that I traveled in until I started to visit this website a few years ago.Here's some examples that I baked and cut in both ways in the recent past. --BTB


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I've never been a fan of soy milk...
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...but after a long time away from it, I thought I'd give it another try. The quality has much improved. I use it for oatmeal and in shakes.
Delicious! Excellent price too.
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No sugar....and delicious! Highest quality soy milk I have yet encountered.
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Product of course is excellent. This seller really really wraps it safely. :)
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It's thick and creamy and doesnt have a heavy soy taste. It's fantastic in protein shakes and in cereal/muesli. I have used it in scrambled eggs before with not too much of an issue. I prefer another brand for making coffee though.
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I only consume certified organic products, and this one is excellent. However the packaging is really poor. The box arrived in bad condition and some of the milk containers were smashed. Will not buy again.
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U.S. Men's Update: Supercup Winners in Russia
B.J. Hoeptner Evans
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6800
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 28, 2010) – Not even a month after the conclusion of the FIVB World Championship, present and former members of the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team have begun their winter seasons on overseas clubs.
In Russia, setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) have already led their team, Zenit Kazan, to a victory in the Russian Supercup. Kazan defeated Lokomotiv Belgorod, 25-23, 25-18, 25-16, on Saturday (Oct. 23) in Kazan.
Ball, who is captain of Zenit Kazan, played the entire match and scored one point. Priddy, who had only recently arrived in Russia, played in the final set and scored three points.
To view photos from the match, click here.
To view a translation of a Russian interview with Reid Priddy, click here.
Zenit Kazan took a Russian Super League 25-18, 25-18, 25-15 victory over Ural Ufa, which includes U.S. starting opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) on Thursday. Priddy started the match and scored 10 points on eight kills, one block and one ace. Ball also started for Kazan, but did not score. Stanley scored seven points on five kills and two blocks for Ufa.
Stanley and Ball have been teammates for Kazan for the past three years, but Stanley moved to Ufa when Kazan picked up Russian Maxim Mikhaylov to play opposite.
Among other U.S. players in Russia, setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) is back with Fakel Novy Urengoi, with whom he has played for the past two years. Fakel lost its Russian Super League opener on Thursday to Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod, 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 25-15).
To view photos of Hansen playing in the Russian Supercup against Dynamo Moscow, click here.
Middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) left Lokomotiv Novosibirsk to play for the new Russian Super League team, Kuzbass Kemerovo.
To view a story and photos of the team's presentation of Lee, click here.
Kemerovo opened the Super League season on Thursday with a 3-2 (25-23, 18-25, 23-25, 25-26, 15-11) over Gazprom-Ugra.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) was the high scorer for his Italian Serie A League team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza when it defeated Copra Morpho Piacenza, 25-23, 25-21, 25-19 on Oct. 23.
Rooney finished with 18 points on 15 kills, two blocks and one ace. His hitting percentage was 0.61.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) scored 11 points in his debut with Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia, but it was not enough as the team fell to Italian Christian Savani and his team Lube Banca Marche Macerata on Oct. 23. Anderson scored on 11 kills and had a hitting percentage of 0.40.
U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) scored eight points for his Italian team Marmi Lanza Verona in a 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 18-25, 21-19) loss to M. Roma Volley on Oct. 23. U.S. outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) also played as a substitute for Verona but did not score.
U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) led all scorers as his Greek league team Iraklis Thessoloniki defeated GS Lamia, 3-1 (18-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-19) in the season opener on Oct. 25. U.S. outside hitter Ryan Jay Owens is also on Iraklis Thessoloniki while U.S. middle blocker Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) and opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) played for GS Lamia.
Billings started all four sets for Iraklis and finished with 22 points on a match-high 19 kills (0.41 hitting percentage), two blocks and one ace. Owens started all four sets and scored 15 points on 10 kills (0.90 hitting percentage), one block and a match-high four aces.
Price started all four sets and led Lamia with 19 points on 18 kills (0.38 hitting percentage) and one ace. Hein started all four sets and scored eight points on six kills (0.83 hitting percentage), one block and two aces.
PAOK Thessaloniki, which included U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) defeated Olympiakos Piraeus, which included U.S. outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.), 3-2 (20-25, 25-21, 26-16, 22-25, 15-13).
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) played as a substitute and started the third set as his German team SCC Berlin defeated NETZHOPPERS KW-Bestensee, 25-21, 28-26, 25-21 on Oct. 20. Touzinsky scored two points on two kills.
Touzinsky played as a substitute as SCC Berlin defeated EnBW TV Rottenburg, 3-1 (25-23, 25-9, 27-29, 25-17 on Oct. 23.
U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) has played as a substitute in the first two matches of his Polish team, Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, which is 1-1 after its first two matches.


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Elmo's Hearty Oatmeal Hearts
2012, Children's Television Workshop, All Rights Reserved
- Barefoot Contessa
Elmo loves a lot of people - his mom, his dad, his friends, and Dorothy. Make these delicious special occasion treats and share them with[ someone you love!]
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup whole fresh or frozen cranberries
Step 1: Sweeten the Mix
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl cream the butter with the granulated and brown sugars. Add the eggs and stir.
Little Hands Tip: After you've gotten the batter started, let your child have a try with the spoon. Take turns mixing until the ingredients are blended together.
Step 2: Get Spicy
Add the cinnamon, baking soda, cream of tartar and vanilla to the mixture. Then stir in the oats.
Little Hands Tips: Let your child help measure out dry ingredients like sugar and oats and put them into the bowl. Talk as you measure together. For example, ask: "If we have one cup of oats, how many more do we need to make two?"
Step 3: Red, Healthy Cranberries
Mix in the all-purpose and whole wheat flours. Then add the cranberries.
Little Hands Tip: Talk about how cranberries are a kind of fruit that is good for our bodies. Cranberries are filled with Vitamin C that helps us stay healthy. What other fruits are red?
Step 4: Give It Some Love
Put a spoon of batter down on the cookie tray, put the cookie cutter around it and press the dough into the shape (you can flour the cutter to keep it from sticking.) No cookie cutter? No problem! These can be made as traditional round cookies, too. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
Step 5: Share with Someone Special!
While you eat these sweet treats with your little sweetheart, talk together about the people you love and care about.
A viewer or guest of the show, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.
2012, Children's Television Workshop, All Rights Reserved


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Testbed and Methods
To test the performance of Leadtek WinFast PX8800 GTS 512MB in games we assembled the following standard test platform:
- Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor (3.0GHz, FSB 1333MHz x 9);
- DFI LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G (ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset) for ATI Radeon based graphics cards;
- Asus P5N32-E SLI mainboard (Nvidia nForce 680i SLI chipset) for Nvidia GeForce based graphics cards;
- Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5 (2x1GB, 1066MHz, 5-5-5-15, 2T);
- Maxtor MaXLine III 7B250S0 HDD (250GB, Serial ATA-150, 16MB buffer);
- Enermax Galaxy DXX EGX1000EWL 1000W power supply;
- Dell 3007WFP monitor (30", 2560x1600@60Hz max display resolution);
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit;
- ATI Catalyst 7.12 for Radeon HD 3870;
- Nvidia ForceWare 163.75 for GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS 640MB;
- Nvidia ForceWare 169.02 for GeForce 8800 GT 512MB/GTS 512MB.
According to our testing methodology, the drivers were set up to provide the highest possible quality of texture filtering and to minimize the effect of software optimizations used by default by both: AMD/ATI and Nvidia. Also, to ensure maximum image quality, we enabled transparent texture filtering - Adaptive Anti-Aliasing/Multi-sampling for ATI Catalyst and Antialiasing – Transparency: Multisampling for Nvidia ForceWare. As a result, our ATI and Nvidia driver settings looked as follows:
ATI Catalyst:
- Catalyst A.I.: Standard
- Mipmap Detail Level: High Quality
- High Quality AF: On
- Wait for vertical refresh: Always Off
- Enable Adaptive Anti-Aliasing: On/Quality
- Method: Multi-sampling
- Temporal Anti-Aliasing: Off
- Other settings: default
Nvidia ForceWare:
- Texture filtering - Quality: High quality
- Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization: Off
- Texture filtering – Anisotropic sample optimization: Off
- Vertical sync: Force off
- Antialiasing - Gamma correction: On
- Antialiasing - Transparency: Multisampling
- Other settings: default
For our tests we used the following games and benchmarks:
First-Person 3D Shooters
- Battlefield 2142
- Bioshock
- Call of Juarez
- Call of Duty 4
- Crysis
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
- Unreal Tournament 3
Third-Person 3D Shooters
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
- Tomb Raider: Legend
- Hellgate: London
- Gothic 3
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
- Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
- World in Conflict
Synthetic Benchmarks
- Futuremark 3DMark05
- Futuremark 3DMark06
We selected the highest possible level of detail in each game using standard tools provided by the game itself from the gaming menu. The games configuration files weren't modified in any way. The only exception was Enemy Territory: Quake Wars game where we disabled the built-in fps rate limitation locked at 30fps.
Games supporting DirectX 10 were tested in this particular mode. With a few exceptions, the tests were performed in the following most widely spread resolutions: 1280x1024/960, 1600x1200 and 1920x1200. If the game didn't support 16:10 display format, we set the last resolution to 1920x1440. We used "eye candy" mode everywhere, where it was possible without disabling the HDR/Shader Model 3.0/Shader Model 4.0. Namely, we ran the tests with enabled anisotropic filtering 16x as well as MSAA 4x antialiasing. We enabled them from the game's menu. If this was not possible, we forced them using the appropriate driver settings of ATI Catalyst and Nvidia ForceWare drivers
Performance was measured with the games' own tools and the original demos were recorded if possible. Otherwise, the performance was measured manually with Fraps utility version 2.9.1. We measured not only the average speed, but also the minimum speed of the cards where possible.
The following solutions also took part in our today's test session besides Leadtek WinFast PX8800 GTS 512MB:
- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX (G80, 576/1350/1900MHz, 128sp, 32tmu, 24rop, 384-bit, 768MB GDDR3)
- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (G92, 600/1500/1800MHz, 112sp, 28tmu, 16rop, 256-bit, 512MB GDDR3)
- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB (G80, 513/1188/1600MHz, 96sp, 24tmu, 20rop, 320-bit, 640MB GDDR3)
- ATI Radeon HD 3870 (RV670, 775/2250MHz, 320sp, 16tmu, 16rop, 256-bit, 512MB GDDR4)


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Katherine Haik
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Cassidy Wolf
Logan West
Danielle Doty
Kamie Crawford
Stormi Bree Henley
Stevi Perry
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Q: Where have you traveled? Is there somewhere you really want to go that you haven't been?
A: I love to travel. I have been to 34 different states as well as Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas. I would really like to go to New Zealand. Hopefully, I will have the opportunity to visit this next year as my best friend's parents will be living there and we plan to go there to see them.
Q: Do you cook and/or bake anything? If so, what are your special dishes?
A: I don't normally do a lot of cooking, but I do enjoy baking and have a special "cake ball" recipe made with cake, frosting, and covered in chocolate. It's very rich and sweet.
Q: If you were handed 10 million dollars, what would you splurge on?
A: I would travel everywhere in the world that I possibly could and take along my family and closest friends. I would visit remote places that most people never get to see. When I was finished traveling, I would buy a house on the beach in Malibu.
Q: If you could meet one celebrity, who would it be and why?
A: Miley Cyrus, because I really admire the level of success she has achieved at such a young age and that she still remains close to her family. She seems to be living a perfect life, and I would like to talk to her to see if she has any regrets or misgivings about her choices and what she thinks helped her be a successful vocalist.
Q: What is unique about you (something no other contestant can say about themselves)?
A: In 2008, the city that I live in was completely flooded under 8 feet of water. Many homes and businesses were lost and have not been replaced. I'll never forget seeing the entire downtown under water.


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Open Access FAQ
What is "Open Access?"
Open access refers to providing information or documents "freely to the public via the internet." Normally it also means permitting anyone to "...read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of...articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself." (Budapest Open Access Initiative)
How is open access to research publications typically achieved?
- Open Access Journals. Authors can publish their work in one of nearly 10,000 journals worldwide that make their articles freely available via the internet. Open access journals often finance themselves using a variety of alternative funding models, including article processing fees or page charges.
- Author Self-archiving. Authors can also place article "pre-prints" (versions of articles before peer review) or "post-prints" (the revised versions following peer review) in a subject-based repository like PubMed Central (PMC) for biomedical and life sciences journal literature, ArXiv for Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics, or an "institutional" repository like those in place at many research universities. An institutional repository is a system for preserving and making accessible scholarly work created at an academic institution or in conjunction with other institutions. The UW institutional repository is the ResearchWorks archive, part of the ResearchWorks suite of services.
What are some open access pros and cons?
- Open access to journal articles and other publications makes research results available to researchers, students and taxpayers who don't have and may not be able to afford access to the journals they appear in – which can be quite expensive.
- Some journal publishers and scholarly societies argue that open access will undermine their financial health and have other negative consequences.
- Articles made available on an open access basis may be cited more and be more influential than those that have not. (See a summary of such citation studies.)
Does the UW have an open access policy?
The University has taken no formal position on open access, but in 2015 the Faculty Senate, the Graduate and Professional Student Senate and the Associated Students of the University of Washington Student Senate all passed resolutions related to and in support of open access. In April 2009 the Faculty Senate approved a resolution encouraging faculty to publish in "moderately priced journals, in journals published by professional societies and associations, or in peer-reviewed 'open access' journals," and to archive their work in open access repositories. Links to all of those documents can be found here.
The UW's Office of Research also issued a statement of UW position in 2007 encouraging voluntary open access.
Does UW have an Institutional Repository?
Yes. The UW Libraries' repository is called ResearchWorks at the University of Washington. The ResearchWorks service is segmented into six parts – the Archive, Journal Hosting, Data Services, Geospatial Services, Media Publishing, and Digital Initiatives.
As a UW researcher, can I add copies of my publications to the ResearchWorks Archive?
Absolutely, and in fact we encourage you to do so. Read more information about the Archive and five great reasons to use the service.
What if I'm looking to start a new journal or help re-locate an existing title – could I take advantage of ResearchWorks Journal Hosting Service?
Definitely – that's why we're supporting the service. See a description of the journal hosting service for more information.
As a graduate student, can I make my thesis or dissertation available on an open access basis through ResearchWorks?
Effective spring quarter 2012, the Graduate School and the Libraries began to require that all UW theses and dissertations be submitted electronically. When an electronic thesis or dissertation (ETD) is submitted, copies are delivered both to ProQuest and to UW's ResearchWorks. The UW copy will become open access – immediately if the student chooses that option or after a delay of up to five years. The service is free of charge. For more information, see: Access Options for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs).
What else should I know or think about when considering making my thesis or dissertation available on an open access basis?
- Open access and author copyright. As the author of your thesis or dissertation, you own the copyright, and making your thesis or dissertation available on an open access basis in ResearchWorks will not change that.
- Open access as prior publication. A recent study indicates most university presses will consider publishing books based on open access dissertations, and the vast majority of journal publishers will consider publishing articles derived from them. The key issue for most publishers is the quality of your work, in other words. However, if you expect to publish a revised version of your thesis or dissertation as a book (relatively few are ever published as books, but you might plan to publish materials produced as part of a Creative Writing program, for example), or re-use parts of it for a journal article, you may want to check with likely publishers, and if necessary delay the public release of your thesis or dissertation.
- Other "good practices" that may be more important when your work is more visible:
- Copyrighted materials. Some theses and dissertations contain copyrighted material, such as journal articles that the author may have published or co-published as part of his/her graduate work, a copy of a standardized test, or visual opjects (images, photos, charts, graphs, tables, etc.) reproduced from other publications. Authors should make sure they have the right to reproduce any such content before making it freely available.
- Patents. Occasionally a thesis or dissertation contains or refers to work that the author, their Department or the UW may wish to protect via one or more patents, and consequently "embargo" or delay its release for a certain period of time, such as a year or two.


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Here's the link to the Lesley Pool vid Thanks to aNtheh
When this whole of Big Brother UK is over I will put zip files up of all the pics i've collected while doing this thread. Look out for it!!
I will try and update as much as possible! Enjoy!
Note to Mods: wasn't sure of what forum to put these in so if its wrong can you move them. Cheers


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Cecilia Carter is a corporate marketing and community relations professional with more than 20 years of experience in marketing, communications and public relations.
In 2014, she was hired as the vice president of human resource communications at PepsiCo, a Fortune 50 company.
Previously, she served as vice president of global diversity, policy and advocacy for Starbucks Corporation and as general manager of the Starbucks Foundation. She was responsible for leading the company's diversity programs and overseeing its community foundation.
Prior to joining Starbucks, Carter serviced as head of community affairs at UBS, one of the world's leading wealth management firms, where she lead the company's philanthropic and community outreach in the United States including overseeing matching gifts, volunteer initiatives, community business development, and corporate partnerships and grants from the UBS Foundation.
Earlier in her career, Carter worked in Burson-Marstellar's corporate practice and specialized in corporate reputation management, public affairs and multicultural marketing. Carter has worked with a number of Fortune 500 clients including AstraZeneca, Pfizer, J.P. Morgan Chase and ABB Inc. Additional clients include United Negro College Fund, American Hotel and Lodging Association and the American Association of Advertising Agencies.
Carter also served as senior vice president of communications for GE Small Business Solutions, a new business venture for GE Capital. During her twelve year tenure with General Electric, she managed and counseled on corporate campaigns and marketing support in the aviation, automotive, financial services, electrical distribution, and industrial manufacturing industries. Carter served as a member on GE's Corporate Marketing Council until 2000 and helped establish the company's international communicators' symposium while working in the corporate marketing group. She has a black belt in Six-Sigma methodology and is a trained facilitator for executive leadership coaching.
In addition to her business-to-business experience, she has managed consumer focused advertising campaigns for Proctor & Gamble, Kraft and Dial clients in the health-care and food categories while working for Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB Needham. Carter also has held marketing and sales positions for American Express and AT&T where she implemented several award-winning direct marketing campaigns.


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GOP Needs Some Direction
To the Readers' Forum:
There is a possibility that the Republicans will control both houses come October. This is not due to policy. They do not have one. This will be like a dog chasing a car. What will he do if he catches it. They will hammer the ACA and everything that comes from the White House. Their gerrymandering has worked. The red states are going after voter suppression and a number of Democrats are retiring. Nothing is getting done. The Republicans blame Obama for not leading, yet the speaker can't even lead his own caucus. They want to hold everything off until October, but don't hold your breath then either. They remain the party of "no."
The dysfunctional Republicans need some direction. it would be nice if The Post-Journal, its affiliates and the conservative media could carry the ball here. You know where the country stands onmosti issues but the needs must be tempered particularly where entitlements are concerned. lay out a realistic platform regarding jobs, infrastructure, tax reform, entitlements, the Middle East, health care, income equality (are you content to let trickle-down economics continue), gun control, etc.
Take a break from Malkin, Bosell, Hannity, Beck and others who have nothing but nastiness and never have a solution. They are polarizing the country. I realize the Democrats have issues too, but I'm addressing t he conservative base and what the sensible media can do to give this congress some direction.
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Joseph C. Yacklon
Joseph C. Yacklon, of Fredonia, NY, died Thursday, April 25, 2013 at his residence.
He was 46 years of age, born in Dunkirk, NY on January 14, 1967, the son of Dorothy (Fafinski) Yacklon of Dunkirk & the late Carl Yacklon. A lifelong area resident, he was a graduate of SUNY Fredonia in 1990. He was employed as the Pre Treatment Co-ordinator at the Waste Water Treatment Plant in the City of Dunkirk. He loved his Camaro, his dog Thor, was a motorcycle enthusiast and was active in youth sports as a coach in the Westfield Soccer League, the Northern Chautauqua Soccer League and the Fredonia Midget Football team. He was a member of St. Anthony of Padua R. C. Church of Fredonia and Phi Kappa Sig-ma.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Nicole A. (Marino) Yacklon who he married on September 23, 1995, his son, Nicholas Yacklon, his daughter, Jillian Yacklon, his brother, Jeffrey (Becky) Yacklon of Dunkirk, his sister, Debra Davis of Clermont, Florida, his nieces, Makayla, Emma, Savannah & Lindsay of Fredonia, his nephew, Presley, his father and mother-in-laws, Jesse and Sharon Marino of Fredonia, his sister-in-laws, Suzanne (Pranav) Khosla of Cincinnati, Ohio and Gabrielle (Frank Watson) Marino of Great Valley, NY.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial to be held Monday, April 29, 2013 at 10 a.m. in St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Fredonia. Private internment will be in St. Hyacinth's Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Newman Funeral Home, Inc. Flowers gratefully declined. The family suggests memorials be made for a scholarship fund for the education of Nicholas and Jillian c/o Lake Shore Savings Bank, 128 East 4th Street, Dunkirk, NY.


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Recently the Department of State hosted a Cherry Blossom Centennial event that highlighted the role of youth and women in foreign affairs and diplomacy. I was lucky enough to sit among the Cherry Blossom Princesses who represented all 50 states and even a few foreign embassies here in Washington, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival Goodwill Ambassadors. I was one of many young women gathered in the auditorium mulling questions such as: How can a young person with few resources, few connections, and no real experience be a catalyst for global change? Can society accept and actually appreciate a working mom? With so many senior positions held by men, is masculinity the requirement for professional success?
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell kicked-off the event with a strong message to the audience: old or young, be unafraid to achieve. He conveyed a personal understanding of gender equality by relating his own challenges around balancing work and family life. As the husband of one of the highest-ranking female U.S. Treasury officials in history and the father of three daughters, he offered proof that raising a family does not have to mean sacrificing one's professional development.
Ronan Farrow, the Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Global Youth Issues, galvanized the young audience to act "now" instead of waiting on the future. He discussed specific instances of State Department youth engagement, including the establishment of Youth Councils in U.S. embassies and consulates across the world. When hearing that half of the world's population is comprised of people under 30 , it becomes obvious that youth have the collaborative potential to fuel real development and reforms.
Two prominent members of the Office of Global Women's Issues provided a female perspective on life as a State Department employee. Ann Kambara, Senior Public Affairs Advisor, used statistics to demonstrate how political and economic participation by women can increase prosperity and decrease violence globally. Jane Mosbacher Morris provided sound advice on work-life balance, discussing how she manages her State Department career in counterterrorism and her MBA studies, while still having a life outside of work.
East Asian and Pacific Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary James Zumwalt, who most recently served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Tokyo, was the event moderator. He provided insight into the shared values between the United States and Japan, and encouraged us to stay involved in U.S.-Japan relations -- even urging us to become part of the Tomodachi ("Friend" in Japanese) generation. The TOMODACHI Initiative is named after Operation Tomodachi, the joint U.S.-Japan military humanitarian relief effort following last year's earthquake. Building upon this cooperation and spirit of friendship, the initiative supports educational and cultural exchanges between Japanese and American youth.
This event offered insight on the importance of youth and women empowerment, and moreover, motivated young people like myself to pursue our passions. Youth can work together to transform societies, countries, and the world; and women should proudly embrace their femininity. Leaving the event, I felt fearless and audacious, reassured by these speakers that it is never too late to follow my dreams.
Editor's Note: You can view a photo from the event on Flickr.


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Morning Coffee: Thursday October 24
The Beauty of Four Cycle Racing
Briggs LO 206 racing continues to grow throughout the country
Weve got a pretty darn good gig here at eKartingNews.com. Yes, its a lot of work, countless hours staring at a computer screen, 20+ weekends away from our families, sometimes actually forgetting where weve been when we arrive home on a return flight. The commitments are extensive to be certain, but as true fans of the sport, its all worth it. Living your passion 24-7 is such a gift, as it means that you look forward to each new workday with great motivation and enjoyment. Well, most days, at least.
The chance to be front and center at international events like the SKUSA SuperNationals and Rotax Grand Finals are certainly unique opportunities. These events are important to our sport, as they provide a premier level of competition, where extreme talent is put on display in cutting edge technology, prepped and maintained by the most knowledgeable mechanics in karting. Its the pointy end of the motorsports ladder; the upper echelon. That being said, its also only a small percentage of the sport as a whole. In truth, its not accurately indicative of karting in general, but merely a snapshot of one segment. This level of racing enjoys a significant majority of the media spotlight however, and cases can be argued that this is both good and bad. Promoting national level racing is solid marketing, as its cool, exciting and sexy. People new to the sport or those with zero knowledge are, for the most part, pretty fired up when the see it. However, I think that we can all agree that the national level is not the place to bring new racers into karting. Theres the Catch-22.
In my opinion, a significant key to the growth of sprint karting, and where a vast majority of newcomers should enter, is four-cycle Briggs and two-stroke Yamaha KT100 racing. As we complete the club kart racing seasons all over the continent, Id like to comment on the value of these long-standing forms of the sport, especially the Briggs program. These categories are affordable, they are the primary focus of countless strong local programs, and they provide a platform for racers to learn the skills and racecraft needed to get lifelong enjoyment for the sport. Where the national competition level puts up much in the way of barrier to entry, from high costs to the need for in-depth knowledge, both Briggs and Yamaha racing are what karting was all about in the beginning. They provide the primary opportunity for the motorsports enthusiast to step out of the grandstands and off the couch to become a racer. And that fact has a ridiculous amount of value. The sad part now is that most of the competitors in the higher-end classes turn their nose up at four-cycle racing (and often times the KT100 as well). They look down on this formula without really knowing anything about it.
When I first found myself as a cub reporter for the Canadian publication Performance Racing News back in the early 90s, I was a lifelong motorsports enthusiast who simply didnt have the means to get behind the wheel myself. I was given assignments to cover a myriad of events the local short track stock car bullrings, jet ski racing and even snowmobile grass drags. These were all cool, but when I was sent to my first karting event, I found a level of four-wheel motorsports that was my opportunity MY chance to get behind the wheel. I could afford it on my meager salary (barely), the race scene in Ontario was incredible, and it was just flat-out cool. And, ladies and gentlemen, it was a 50 wide four-cycle kart that was to me as awesome as a Formula One machine. All the young kids who race thanks to their parents pocketbooks wont be able to comprehend this, but Im sure many of you have a similar story of running in your first races, on your own dime, thinking that it was the best thing that youd ever done in your life. Being able to race a full-size car was just so out of reach, then along came karting and everything changed.
And this is just an example of why four-cycle racing is so important to our sport and why I still run both a Honda GX200 and the new Briggs LO206 whenever I can. Its doable on a limited budget, and the racing is competitive and hard-fought. Its pure karting, focused on the simple fact that racing has nothing to do with how fast youre going. Instead, its all about the straight-up, one-on-one fight for the apex at 60 mph or 100 mph. If it werent for four-cycle racing and its affordability, I wouldnt be here. Im sure many current racers can say the same thing. My first kart was a used American-made MXK and I bought it for $1700. It cost about $100 to race each day, taking into account the entry fee, truck fuel and the amortizing of my tire costs. They were incredible times.
The four-cycle racers in Eastern Canada where I compete are fortunate. Our community still holds this category in high-esteem, and the top Rotax drivers still compete in the Briggs and Honda classes all the time. Its close racing, and its fun. And it doesnt break the bank.
As we head into 2014, one of my goals with EKN will be to provide more quality coverage of the four-cycle ranks so that it gets some much-needed promotion. The category is enjoying a significant increase of participation, both in the form of the Briggs LO206 and CLONE packages. This is big, and we want to continue fueling this growth. I guess, for me personally, one of the goals of this new editorial mandate will be to elevate the status of four-cycle racing in terms of its perception in the karting community. I wonder sometimes just how many people we scare away from the sport when people insist on selling newcomers on the TaG programs when all they have is a four-cycle budget. A TaG rebuild alone is more than what some people spend on racing all year. Instead, if we put them in a Briggs LO206 package in a used chassis, wed give them the chance to fall in love with the sport, and then advance as their skills and budget allowed.
We need to remember one thing. Karting is a pyramid, and feeding the base will keep the sport strong and will fill every other level. In 2014, do yourself a favor, go run a four-cycle race and have a blast. And once you do, you tell a friend and get them to do the same. Theyll thank you for it, and so will the sport.
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- 01-02-2013, 11:18 PM Thread Author #1
Text messaging issues??
I'm having some issues with text messageing and was wondering if anyone else is having the same problems.................Sometimes when I get text messages from someone in my contacts it comes up as their email address and not their name. Would anyone know whats going on? I am using iMessage.
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Do you have that email address associated with their contact in your address book?
- 01-03-2013, 10:01 AM Thread Author #3
Re: Text messaging issues??
Yea I do but I also have lots of peoples emails associated with their names and it doesn't happen with everyone. I am wondering if this is on their end...........like the iMessage is not working for them? I'll just keep checking around.
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Could be they don't have the email associated with the same iMessage account.
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I think it is because of your friend's imessage send & receive preference. under 'setting'-'messages'-'send & recieve' -'start new conversations from', there are normally your apple ID and phone number, you friend might chose email as his/her identifier. You can try to start a new conversation with your another friend by setting so, then verify with them, what is shown on their end.
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Thanks guys I will look into that.............you've both been very helpful.
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Adams, John
John Adams 1735-1826
American president, diplomat, statesman, essayist, and autobiographer.
The second president of the United States, John Adams is considered one of the founding fathers of America, instrumental in winning support for the American Revolution and in formulating the Declaration of Independence. After the Revolutionary War, Adams wrote a number of essays that were highly influential in shaping the style and substance of the fledgling American government. These writings, as well as his overall contribution to the country, have received renewed attention in recent years as critics reassess Adams's place among the pantheon of great early Americans.
Biographical Information
Adams was born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts in 1735, the eldest son of a New England farming family whose paternal ancestors had emigrated from England in the 1630s. His parents were John Adams, a church deacon, and Susanna Boylston, a member of a prominent Massachusetts family. Young Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1755 and had originally planned on becoming a minister but decided to study law instead. He was admitted to the Boston bar in 1758 and began practicing law and involving himself in town affairs. He married Abigail Smith, the daughter of a clergyman, in 1764. The couple had four children: Abby, John Quincy, Charles, and Thomas.
The passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 provoked a response from Adams in the form of a series of articles opposing British policy in the American colonies. Written originally for the Boston Gazette, these articles were published in England as A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law. During the 1760s Adams continued to produce political essays and to build his law practice, and in 1770 he made the unpopular decision to defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. For Adams, it was a matter of principle that all men were entitled to a fair trial and legal representation. He won the case and appeared to suffer no long-term consequences; he was, in fact, elected to the Massachusetts legislature shortly thereafter. In 1774 Adams was chosen as a delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where he was an early supporter of the independence movement. When the war broke out a year later, Adams backed George Washington as leader of the continental army and served on the committee charged with drafting the Declaration of Independence. Adams traveled to Europe to promote the cause of the Revolution on the diplomatic front and participated in the peace talks after the war. From 1785-88 he served as America's first minister to Great Britain, and from 1789-97 served as George Washington's vice president.
In 1796, Adams was elected to the presidency after a bitter campaign in which the Federalist faction led by Alexander Hamilton and the Republican faction led by Thomas Jefferson competed to determine the type of government the new country would embrace. Adams was a moderate Federalist, and although he and Jefferson never engaged directly in the dispute, the rancor that developed between them endured until 1813 when they broke their long, bitter silence and began an extensive correspondence.
The Adams administration was severely criticized, particularly by Jefferson, for passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 restricting individual liberties. In 1800 Adams lost his bid for reelection to Jefferson and retired to his farm in Quincy where he spent his days working on the farm and writing. He and Jefferson died within hours of each other on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Major Works
Adams's writings primarily took the form of essays and correspondence. The most famous of his works is A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, a three-volume collection of essays published in 1787. Coupled with Discourses on Davila (1790), which Adams considered to be the fourth volume of the Defence, these essays outline his thinking on the form of government the new nation should adopt. Both works have been the subject of intense critical debate by Adams's contemporaries as well as by modern scholars, and Adams himself felt that his writings were much misunderstood. In retirement, he attempted to clarify some of these misunderstandings by writing his autobiography, published as Diary and Autobiography in 1961. Other works of interest include Adams's extensive correspondence with his wife and his letters to Jefferson after the two reconciled.
Critical Reception
Critical response to Adams's writing centers on the controversy involving possible changes in his political philosophy from his pre-Revolutionary War days when he was a strong advocate of individual liberty and the late 1780s when he returned from Europe and published A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. Some scholars believe he became more conservative during his years abroad and even designate the years after his return the "aristocratic" phase following his earlier "democratic" period. Joyce Appleby believes that Adams consciously "reassessed the political affirmations he had formed as a revolutionary leader," and, influenced by the writings of Jean Louis De Lolme, formulated a new, more conservative, position. Leslie Wharton disagrees, asserting that Adams's political philosophy remained relatively unchanged over the course of his public career. Adams himself, aware that the controversy over his perceived aristocratic sympathies was damaging his reputation, claimed he had been misunderstood. Joseph J. Ellis reports that "Adams kept insisting that he was not celebrating the enduring social divisions within America at all; he was only calling attention to their existence." But whether his comments on social equality were intended to be prescriptive or merely descriptive, as he insisted, many scholars believe they cost him the election of 1800. Ellis explains that for Adams "to talk calmly of monarchy and aristocracy as elemental ingredients in the social equation was to challenge implicitly the inherently democratic character of the new American government."
Another controversial aspect of Adams's legacy involves his personality and character. Often considered a vain man whose later years were taken up with an almost obsessive concern for his place in history, Adams publicly contended with his detractors and those figures of the American Revolution whose historical reputations surpassed his—such as Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Patrick Henry. He modeled much of his writing on that of the ancient Roman hero Cicero and often compared his own diminished historical stature to that of Cicero during his later years. According to James M. Farrell, Adams "viewed the ancient Roman as a tragic hero who could help explain his own political decline and pending obscurity." Farrell believes Adams's writing style accounts, in part, for that obscurity. Adams's Autobiography has received little critical attention because it is so difficult to read. The work, for Farrell, "cannot be classified as a sustained or complete literary work since its three sections are detached and unrelated." Farrell explains that although the first section is composed as a narrative, "in the last two sections Adams gave up the narrative entirely and simply strung together diary entries, transcripts of official letters, and occasional character sketches."
Another critic of Adams's writing style is Joseph Ellis, who claims that "in his formal writings as in his conversation, Adams careened off one subject into another like the proverbial loose cannon on a slippery deck. The artifice required to implement a large design over many pages was not in him."
Helen Saltzberg Saltman blames some of the problems associated with Adams's historical reputation on Charles Francis Adams, the first editor of his grandfather's papers. According to Saltman, the senior Adams was far less pompous than his representation in that early collection suggests. She has examined Adams's own account of his early years and insists that it reveals "a passionate young man who desired recognition, a man with a keen love of nature, a discerning sense of human nature, and a fine sense of humor."
Principal Works
A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (essay) 1765
Thoughts on Government (essay) 1776
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America 3 vols. (essays) 1787
Discourses on Davila (essay) 1790
The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States (autobiography, essays, letters) 1850-56
The Correspondence of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (letters) 1925
Diary and Autobiography (autobiography) 1961
John W. Ellsworth (essay date 1965)
SOURCE: "John Adams: The American Revolution as a Change of Heart?" in Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 4, August, 1965, pp. 293-300.
[In the following essay, Ellsworth studies Adams's famous comment that the Revolutionary War followed the real revolution, which took place in the hearts and minds of the colonists well before the commencement of hostilities.]
John Adams has lent much support to those historians who interpret the American Revolution as caused by slow changes in the sentiments of the American colonists. The main source of this interpretation, in Adams' writings, is a letter addressed to Dr. J. Morse in 1815.1 Here Adams remarked...
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Wendy Martin (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: "Editorial: Correspondence of John and Abigail Adams—Considerations for the Bicentennial" in Women's Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1975, pp. 1-3.
[In the following essay, Martin asserts that Adams believed women were irrational and that their participation in politics posed a threat to the social order.]
Abigail Adams is often remembered for her admonition to her husband to "remember the ladies" when framing the constitution. On March 31, 1776, she informs him that "if particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or...
(The entire section is 917 words.)
Cecilia Tichi (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: "Worried Celebrants of the American Revolution," in American Literature 1764-1789: The Revolutionary Years, edited by Everett Emerson, University of Wisconsin Press, 1977, pp. 275-91.
[In the following excerpt, Tichi studies the concerns of Adams, who, along with Benjamin Rush and Mercy Otis Warren, worried about the accurate historical representation of the events of the American Revolution.]
In 1815, eleven years before the jubilee of the American Revolution, John Adams began a letter to Jefferson with three crucial questions: "Who shall write the history of the American revolution? Who can write it? Who will ever be able to...
(The entire section is 3688 words.)
Leslie Wharton (essay date 1980)
SOURCE: "The New England Federalism of John Adams," in Polity and the Public Good: Conflicting Theories of Republican Government in the New Nation, UMI Research Press, 1980, pp. 33-55.
[In the following essay, Wharton explores the apparent ideological split between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in the years following the American Revolution and maintains that, contrary to popular belief, Adams's political philosophy remained fundamentally consistent throughout this period.]
John Adams, like Taylor and Jefferson, was concerned with establishing a form of government in America that would ensure the happiness, prosperity, and liberty of the American people. Like his...
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Joyce Appleby (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "John Adams and the New Republican Synthesis," in Liberalism and Republicanism in the Historical Imagination, Harvard University Press, 1992, pp. 188-209.
[In the following essay, Appleby traces the changes in Adams's political philosophy from the time of the American Revolution to the publication of his Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America in 1787.]
Early American historians have created a new republican synthesis which attempts to explain how colonial agitators became Founding Fathers.1 The historians who have produced this synthesis began by exploring the central role which certain key ideas had in...
(The entire section is 7956 words.)
Joseph J. Ellis (essay date 1993)
SOURCE: "Erudite Effusions," in Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams, W. W. Norton & Company, 1993, pp. 143-73.
[In the following essay, Ellis examines Adams's defense of his political philosophy through his correspondence with John Taylor, the main critic of Adams's A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America.]
I am willing to allow your Phylosophers your opinion of the universal Gravitation of Matter, if you will allow mine that there is in some souls a principle of absolute Levity that buoys them irresistably into the Clouds … an uncontroulable Tendency to ascend. … This I take to...
(The entire section is 13638 words.)
James M. Farrell (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: "Letters and Political Judgment: John Adams and Cicero's Style," in Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Vol. 24, 1995, pp. 137-53.
[In the following essay, Farrell studies Adams's correspondence and concludes that he consciously modeled his letters after those of his hero, Cicero.]
A number of eighteenth-century rhetoricians offered prescriptions on letter-writing as part of their treatment of rhetorical style. As it had been in previous ages, letter writing remained in the eighteenth century among the genres of composition commonly taught by rhetoricians. Moreover, as had earlier rhetoricians, the writers of the belles lettres movement turned to...
(The entire section is 7633 words.)
C. Bradley Thompson (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: "Young John Adams and the New Philosophic Rationalism," in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 2, April, 1998, pp. 259-80.
[In the following essay, Thompson claims that most scholars have overestimated the importance of Adams's Puritan background and minimized the importance of philosophic rationalism in the formulation of his revolutionary philosophy.]
During his retirement years, John Adams was fond of saying that the War of Independence was a consequence of the American Revolution. The real revolution, he declared, had taken place in the minds and hearts of the colonists in the decade or two before 1776. What he meant by this evocative statement and...
(The entire section is 11453 words.)
John E. Hill (essay date 2000)
SOURCE: "Views on Property and Democracy," in Revolutionary Values for a New Millennium, Lexington Books, 2000, pp. 173-179.
[In the following excerpt, Hill claims that Adams's writings on the balance of power were misunderstood: Adams had not abandoned democracy as his critics claimed.]
Two years before the Essex convention John Adams wrote about the issue of property in terms similar to the convention statement: "Such is the Frailty of the human Heart, that very few Men, who have no Property, have any Judgment of their own. They talk and vote as they are directed by Some Man of Property, who has attached their minds to his interest."1 Adams, as...
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Further Reading
Ferling, John. John Adams: A Life. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1992, 535 p.
Comprehensive biography of Adams.
Ferling, John and Lewis E. Braverman. "John Adams's Health Reconsidered." William and Mary Quarterly 55, No. 1 (January 1998): 83-104.
Examines the recurring health problems of the second president and attempts to account for some of the contemporary rumors and accusations that Adams was mentally unbalanced.
Shaw, Peter. The Character of John Adams. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1976, 324 p.
Studies Adams's...
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They've come with very different faces: A multifronted superstorm in Sandy, yet another gunman in Newtown, Conn., outright terrorists in Boston, negligence in Waco, Texas, a Mother's Day shooter in New Orleans and now a rare F-5 tornado in Moore, Okla. When a headline in The Onion sums it up best -- Americans Dredge Up Last Remaining Reserves Of Grief -- it's tempting to just try to run away from it all.
Unfortunately, the last year has many Americans too shellshocked, spent and stunned to move. TripAdvisor
Are gas prices the problem? Nope. They're actually down 36 cents a gallon since Memorial Day 2011 and only 7% of those surveyed by TripAdvisor say those prices are going to affect their plans. What about the expiration of the payroll tax cut that returned that particular levy to 6.2% from 4.2% last year? Well, the New York Federal reserve says 79% of the folks it surveyed planned to cut spending to make up for the loss anyway, so why not put off that Memorial Day trip?
Because your regular Memorial Day hangouts need you now more than ever. When terrible things happen, the people affected rarely say "give us less money to help us through these trying times, please." Folks who showed up on the Gulf Coast after BP's
This Memorial Day has that kind of potential for stricken spots across the country. Here are just five places that need your help this summer and reasons to go to each:


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The Creators Project: Can you briefly tell us how Girl and the Art Dump got started?
Andy Jenkins: It was kind of a slow evolution. Girl Skateboards has been around since 1993. We're lucky to have grown each year since then. With growth comes expansion, bringing in new artists and new ideas for the new brands we start up. None of it shows any signs of slowing down anytime soon, which is good.
You guys are so busy with your own projects that it seems like picking new artists and other creative people would be very difficult to fit into your schedules.
Andy Jenkins: We're definitely careful about who we choose to bring in, like I had to chase Mueller down to come here.
Andy Mueller: I was trying to remember that whole story...
Andy Jenkins: He was out in Chicago. I loved his work, he was really professional, and we needed someone to handle a new brand, Lakai Footwear. So we tested him out, and it was great. And he decided he was ready for a change, so we got him out here. Most of the other guys are pretty young artists for the most part when they start. We've got a lot of kids who come out of CalArts, which is kind of a coincidence, but the school for some reason has brought a lot of really creative people here. And if you actually look back there in the art department, there are lots of skateboarders. They're all skaters/designers.
I'm surprised you guys don't make it a job requirement, or maybe you do, and it's just unspoken?
Andy Jenkins: Yeah, it's easier for us, because then they come in and understand the foundation of what we're doing and skateboarding in general. They're not going to come up with some wacky ideas that just do not fit into what we're trying to do. So we've been lucky that the guys who we've brought in here fit really well with what we do. We're careful about who we bring in. As well as having the in-house guys. There's always room for freelance, so we kind of leave the door open for that as well.
Design software and technology have evolved a lot since Girl and the Art Dump were founded. How has it changed your the way you work?
Andy Jenkins: Before we got the Macs in here, we would hand-draw everything and then use this big sheet of red plastic film on top of a piece of acrylic where we'd cut out the pattern of what we drew with an X-Acto knife to make our colors for the silk-screening. It was really tedious.
Andy Mueller: It's so crazy to think it used to be like that. The concept of the board hasn't changed at all, nothing to do with the physical board has really changed. It's more like the idea of the kind of artwork that can go on the board has blown up because of technology.


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