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Women's history 'a marathon'
My friend Meghan and I were walking through Washington Square Park (near NYU) last weekend. As part of Women's History Month, several parks throughout the city will be hosting exhibits, discussions and other events. A student handed us a flier: "Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics."
It is this year's theme.
"No to be a bitch, but I think Women's History Month is slouching toward banality," Meghan said. "I'm all for women's history, of course. But if our history is a marathon, then isn't this," she indicated the leaflet, "just cheering from the sidelines?"
I understand how she feels.
Women's History Month (celebrated during March every year, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8) sometimes feels like a two-sided coin: The honor it bestows marks, yet also perpetuates, our marginalization. On the face of human history, this month does not feel like not a beauty mark, but a scar. It's a sign of past hurt and continued healing.
Making sure that the future's history is better for women – through higher education, parenting, befriending, mentoring, and employing – takes sustained, continued effort all year, over the years. By cultivating better thinkers, more reliable forms of scholarship, higher quality art, more compassionate citizens, and more just systems we can take a stronger hand in making women's future history.
I said something like that. We continued our walk.
We came across a table selling photos of the historic suffragette March on Washington on March 3, 1913. I bought one; I wanted it was a reminder of how far America has come in the last century, and of how much American women have been at the forefront of pushing the international rights of women forward.
"Why are they wearing breastplates and laurels?" Meghan asked.
I explained that they were dressed as Uncle Sam's much older sister, Columbia the first historic personification of the United States of America.
From the 18th century until the early decades of the 20th, Columbia was "the gem of the ocean," a regal personage whose breast-plates curved out of her striped or starred or swirling skirts with all the majesty of a shield. At the birth of the nation, "Hail, Columbia!" was first composed for the inauguration of President Washington, until 1931 when the "Star-Spangled Banner" was an named the unofficial anthem.
America was Columbia in the same way that England was Britannia and France was Marianne. America's capital is the District of Columbia; New York City's great early private university was Columbia College (now University).
That's why the birth of recording and film industries are named Columbia Records and Columbia pictures. It's why a lady with the torch is at the start of our movies.
But as skirt lengths rose, and corsets and bras were tossed to the wind, Columbia fell out of favor.
"Why?" Meghan asked.
"Women got the vote."
"And we were becoming too powerful. We had to be reminded of who was still the head of this country."
"Uncle Sam?"
She was blown away. She had no idea.
As Meghan and I walked beneath the Arc de Triomf-esque structure that Washington Square is known for, I wondered: maybe Meghan would have never known about Columbia our country's mother if it weren't for Women's History Month.
What a sad thought.
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How ironic is it that Evelyn Lozada and Chad Ochcinco got divorced during the first ever National Singles Week?!
DETAILS: Chad and Ocho Are Officially Divorced!
Back in 2011, the US Census bureau found out that 44 percent of Americans are single. The stats go as followed:
The Bureau's thorough number crunching revealed that for every 89 available men in the nation, there were 100 women, and that "55 million households maintained by unmarried men" making up "about 46% of households nationwide."
So it's not all bad news for Ev and Ocho, they now have a whole week to celebrate their singleness. Matter of fact, America is so single that we've even been dubbed the hook-up nation. But hey, who can blame us?
We have some of the sexiest singles in the world here in America.
We're talking beautiful singles like Kate Upton, Rihanna and Ryan Lochte – a lot of whom are worthy of being celebrated this week.
So let's show them some love. Check out our gallery of the sexiest singles in America!
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Present: Salma, Me
Talked about Debbies Press Release, and the dates within, and it's all good.
Deadline for submissions: 30th May
Programme confirmed: 15th June
Talked about Builders coming in July, who will be building a fire escape and stage blocks. They will *not* be building a lighting or sound rig this year; this is a big undertaking and the plans for it will depend heavily on the plans for the rest of upstairs which won't be decided in time.
Talked about requirments for out mobile lighting stuff we want to buy.
I have been in email contact with Idil ( http://www.theforest.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2259 ), she is happy to help design the programme, the website, and publicity for individual people. Yay!
We need to talk about budget, with reference to our purchases (like lighting), if we want a Forest Programme printed, and so on.
The main, very important task to do this month: Spread the word! Send the press release to everyone!
Next Meeting: 24th May, although we should keep a eye on the level of submissions and if they are low we may need to meet again before then.


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Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus
Francis P. Church, an editorial writer for the now-defunct New York Sun, probably said it best.
He was on that newspaper's staff when an 8-year-old girl named Virginia wrote a letter to the editor. She was troubled because her friends told her that Santa Claus wasn't real.
His response is as beautiful today as it was in 1897, when it was originally published.
Here it is:
Dear Editor:
"I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in the Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon
115 W. 95th St.
Dear Virginia:
Your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe expect what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's are little.
In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there no Virginias.
There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.
The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart.
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernatural beauty and glory beyond. It is all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world, there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives, and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.


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NEW ULM – The Brown County Board will consider a proposed agreement Tuesday with Roger and Marsha Marti for a private bridge across County Ditch 4 in Section 21, Home Township.
The Ditch Authority delayed the matter for future consideration on March 19, according to the Request for Board Action (RBA). A private ditch was built by the Martis with Ditch Authority permission in 1988. It is now an occasional drainage water flow obstruction because of its 36-inch pipe.
According to a proposed bridge agreement, the Martis will replace the existing 36-inch culvert with 60-inch concrete pipe or culvert at their own expense. The County Engineer/Ditch Inspector determined that the size of the proposed pipe/culvert will increase the hydraulic capacity sufficiently to abate the current obstruction caused by the existing bridge/driveway crossing.
Commissioners will also consider:
Tile inspection push camera state bids of $10,265.34 and $10,952.55. The lower bid with a locator, Rollerskid, 200 feet of cable and line tracer options including sales tax of $11,713.50 is recommended. A camera would save many digging hours for the highway department and county drainage ditch systems as well as reduce maintenance costs.
Erosion control projects over the Cottonwood River on the Iberia Landing with cost-share from the RCRCA (Redwood-Cottonwood River Control Area) and just upstream of the 260th Avenue bridge in Section 16, Stark Township.
A 25 percent RCRCA Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) appropriation increase over the next biennium. The current RCRCA agreement expires June 30. The requested annual appropriation from Brown County would increase from $8,040 in 2013 to $10,050 in 2014.
The purchase of a $34,149.30 Atiz book scanning system and six flat panel monitors for $1,259.22. Scanning provides backup security in case of disaster, saves wear and tear of historical records, reduces potential safety issues of people handling cumbersome books and adds public availability via the Internet. Additional monitors make current work stations compatible for electronic document recording.
A recommendation to appoint Rich Meyer, Rich Ruch, Karen Moritz, Anne Grunert, Tom Henderson, Mike Mathiowetz, Mike Furth, Chuck Enter, and Commissioners Berg and Lochner to serve on the Salary Administration Task Force and direct them to complete a 15-county salary survey for 60 to 70 positions.
The meeting starts at 9 a.m., Tuesday, in the courthouse commissioners room.
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Biodiversity loss is continuing apace, in spite of a pledge by the world's governments to significantly reduce the rate of decline, according to a report by Global Footprint Network and WWF presented at a recent U.N. conference.
In 2002, the U.N.-established Convention on Biological Diversity set a goal of significantly slowing the current rate of species loss. The Convention recently adopted the Ecological Footprint as one of a suite of indicators to assess progress in meeting this goal. 2010 and Beyond: Rising to the Diversity Challenge, presented at the 9th Annual Convention on Biological Diversity, reports that the Convention is highly unlikely to meet its target of halting declines by 2010.
Shrinking biodiversity is in large part a factor of increasing demand on the planet's resources, said Global Footprint Network Executive Director Mathis Wackernagel. "To understand what is left for wild species, we need to understand what people are taking for themselves. We are one species, but there are 10 million others," Wackernagel said. "If other species are to survive, we must share the bounty.""
WWF's Living Planet Index, which tracks nearly 4,000 populations of marine, land and freshwater species, declined 27 percent between 1970 and 2005. In 2003, the last year for which data are available, humanity's total Footprint exceeded the productive capacity of planet by 25 percent, according to Global Footprint Network calculations, and the trend shows no sign of slowing.
The report to the CBD identifies five major threats to biodiversity. These are: habitat loss, fragmentation or change, especially due to agriculture; overexploitation of species, such as overfishing; pollution; climate change; and the spread of invasive species. Human consumption patterns – in areas like energy use, timber, paper and fuelwood production, and fish, meat and crop consumption – translate directly to these threats.
The report warns that humanity faces serious consequences – including threats to our food, medicine and clean water supplies and increased exposure to natural disaster – if current trends continue. It calls on leaders to take immediate action to reduce the growing pressures on natural ecosystems.
Read the report.
It is a very sad legacy and future we are to leave generations to follow.The government is spending billions on the war.That money could do so much good instead destruction and death. If government does not set a standard to save resources and the biodiversity of our planet than humanity's future is bleak.Our country must implement plans to ensure a sustainable future. Legislation and education mandates could play one big part of a positive outcome.Our country must lead the world toward a positive green future and they will follow.


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Enterprise history, 1906-1918
This is part two of a story about Kenneth W. Goldthwaite, who owned and published the Adirondack Enterprise from 1906 to 1918. His son, E.K., wrote a great story about his father and the newspaper for the newspaper's 75th anniversary in 1969. Dick Brown of Duane has loaned me a promotional book of pictures of the village published by Mr. Goldthwaite in 1914, which prompted me to recover the Goldthwaite story on Historic Saranac Lake's website.
Kenneth Goldthwaite left home at age 15 and got a job in Utica at the Daily Observer as a copy boy, and by the time Chester Gillette was on trial in Herkimer County for the murder of Grace Brown, he was a reporter. Another young reporter at the trial was Theodore Dreiser, who later wrote a novel, "An American Tragedy," based on the murder. Authors have been turning out books on that murder and trial ever since, but most people probably remember the story most from the movie "A Place in the Sun," starring Montgomery Clift and Shelly Winters It was remarkable how much Clift and Winters resembled the real people.
The Enterprise office
Goldthwaite's Enterprise office and press room were located in the former town hall that burned down in 1928. Read on:
"From Main Street, under the clock tower, one entered a generous doorway leading to a broad hall; immediately to the right were stairs up to the Odd Fellows hall which, on occasion, doubled as a movie theater. On the right, past the stairs, was the headquarters of the village Police Department; on the left, the editorial and business offices of the Enterprise.
"Also to the left, just past the Enterprise office was the lockup, a frequently occupied place. At the end of the corridor was the meeting room for the town.
"The reliable means of fast communication was the telegraph and messages in Morris Code clacked almost without ceasing in the Enterprise office. Whenever big things were happening, the paper would publish bulletins, hand-printed with crayons on newsprint, which were tacked up in the front office."
The secret telephone
"In the 1915 Winter Carnival, Ed Lamy, the world champion speed skater in the one and two mile races was challenged by a relative newcomer to speed skating. Bobby Mclean of Montreal. Mclean was Canadian champion, but Lamy's backers, and Lamy, was so confident that bets were going across the bar in the Berkeley Hotel in the thousands of dollars, with Lamy the odds-on favorite.
"Father sat at a table on the ice at the starting line. On the table was a telephone, and occasionally he would talk into it. The people in the stands thought that this was some kind of an act because there were no visible wires. For a time, when he would pick up the phone and talk into it, there would be laughter. The, when the event started, they forgot him. And soon they forgot all else to keep their eyes on Ed Lamy, who was wearing red body tights, and Mclean, who was wearing purple.
"What only a few knew was that a telephone wire ran down the leg of the table to a channel in the ice and father was talking directly to the composing room, and the events were being set in type as fast as they were received.
"The crowd had scarcely recovered from the shock of Mclean beating Lamy to win the world championship when they got another, as they were leaving the stadium they were met by newsboys hawking the Adirondack Enterprise with the complete results of the meet."
Big stories covered
"Sometime around 1914, the faithful Saranac Lake fire horses were replaced by American-LaFrance fire trucks and the instant harness rigs were cut from the ceiling at the fire house on Broadway. There was still a use for the horses as they replaced the tired old dobbins that had been hauling the street-watering wagons. The arrangement was fine until the first afire alarm, when the horses took off like the hammers of Hades, dragging the sprinkling cart and decking the driver. This happened several times, and once on Helen Hill, a cart was wrecked and the driver went to the hospital with a broken leg."
"Reported on the formation of the 'Bull Moose' party from Theodore Roosevelt's camp at Long West Lake; Found the wife of a Chicago banker, believed lost and feared kidnapped, it was discovered she'd gone off with a handsome Indian guide; Organized in cooperation with the Adirondack Guides Association, the first Sportsman's Show held in the old Madison Square Garden; Revealed that the Saranac lake Medical Society had dispatched a delegation of MD's to Austria to investigate reports tuberculosis cures were being effected by turtle bites, and here is a big one; found in a Saranac Lake barber shop, Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone who had 'disappeared' while on a trip to Vermont; amazingly, no one had recognized them and they in turn were unaware that they were the objects of a search in three states and Canada."
I highly recommend going to Historic Saranac Lake's website and reading the entire Goldthwaite story.


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Here is a 1992 Royal Doulton character jug. It is 2 sided. One side is Sir Henry Doulton(pictured) and the other side is Michael Doulton. It is marked and numbered D6921 on the bottom. It is also autographed by Michael Doulton in gold ink on the bottom. It is about 4 3/8" high and is in mint condition.


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Preliminary Inventory to the Jay Calvin Huston Papers, 1917-1931
Preliminary Inventory to the Jay Calvin Huston Papers, 1917-1931Hoover Institution Archives
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Container List
I: Personal documents of M. Hassis, Soviet Vice-Consul in Canton
II: Communism - China
III: Civilization - China
IV: Student movement - China
V: Religion - China
VI: Political parties - China (Kuomintang)
VII: Labor and laboring classes - China
1. General - History
2. Strikes and lockouts
3. Trade unions
VIII: Economic conditions - China
IX: Commerce - Customs - China
X: Foreign relations - China
XI: The United States and China
XII: The United States and Russia
XIII: Japan - Korea
XIV: Great Britain
XV: Russia
XVI: Miscellaneous
Voluntary Report, "What Will Be the Political Outcome of the KMT-Labor Communist Movement in China--Chaos and Sovietism, or a New Political Form in International Affairs?" Draft
Manuscript (typed, written), "The Rise of Modern Industrialism in China"
Report, "The Labor Situation in China," 1923 March 1
Reports (carbons) re wreck and robbery of Tientsin-Pukov Express, 1923 May 6, with newspaper clippings
Sun Yat-sen
Official proclamations (in English)
"The International Development of China." Printed Program I: Part V (10 pp. plus 2 pp. diagrams)
"The International Development of China", Printed Program II (pp. 11-30). Diagrams inserted
Newspaper Clippings from The Independent Herald, Hankow, 1925 February 3, entitled "Dr. Sun Yat Sen: The Father of Chaos" (7 pp.)
Printed materials
Newspaper clippings
Correspondence - One letter
Printed materials
Chinese Correspondence (Vol. 2, Nos. 6-7)
Pan-Pacific Trade Union Conference
Bulletin of Proceedings, Hankow, 1927 May
Vol. 1, Nos. 1-5, 11-14, 1927
Photograph (unidentified)
"Civilization and Culture" - Newspaper clippings, ca. 1922-1925, regarding various subjects (Tong Wars, etc.)
"Currency and Public Debts" - Copies of correspondence with Frederick Dumont, Commercial Office, State Department, 1928 December 31, 1929 January 22 and March 20
"Chinese History" - Printed materials re Canton Incident, Japan, Soviet Union, etc.
"Constitutional Government in China" - Printed materials
"American policy in China
Printed materials
Memo on American Policy in China - Past, Present and Future
Rockhill's memorandum on the Open Door Policy in China
Letter (carbon) to Secretary of State (No. 2636) from Jay C. Huston (2 pp.)
Report (corrected), "Encouragement of the Importation of Specified Classes of Commodities into U.S. and Extension. . . (of U.S.) Investments. . . (in) China," 1921 October 20
Report (carbon), "The Chinese Renaissance and Its Relation to Soviet Policy in the Far East," Sec. 1., 1923 August 8; Ibid, Sec. II, 1922 September 15
Miscellaneous materials
'Political,' 1929 April 1 (9 pp.) by C. P. Murray
Revised regulations of the Mutual Assistance Society (or Chinese Socialist Society of Canton) (22 pp.)
Editorials, Peking and Tientsin Times, 1922 May 6-27
'A Review of Political Conditions in the Canton Consular District,' 1927 December 31 (51 pp. plus enclosures)
Ibid, 1927 December (23 pp. plus enclosures)
Report, "The Significance to Foreigners in China of the 1924-1925 Anti-Christian Outburst" (37 pp. plus enclosures)
Report, including introduction with description of contents, pp. a-j. Subject: political situation in China, 1911-1924 (and Hankow, 1925 January-March), n.d.
Sun Yat-sen - Miscellaneous typed and written materials; report regarding the Foreign News Services of China by Don D. Patterson, 1922 January 15
Printed material
American Foreign Service Journal, 1932 August
Reply Letters by S. P. Smith to R. F. Johnston's Letters to a Missionary, Commercial Press, Ltd., Shanghai, 1919
Printed address by Byron Brenan, H.B.M.'s Consul-General at Shanghai, entitled The Office of District Magistrate in China, Shanghai, 1899
American Trust publication, Review of the Pacific (various issues from 1927-1929)
Miscellaneous reports, manuscripts
Prominent Men in the KMT (translation of Soviet reports, dated 1926 May)
Spread of Labor Union Movement. . . Yangtsze Valley (4 pp.)
Sketch history of Chinese Communist Party (40 pp.)
Voluntary Report, "Will Chinese Capitalism Be Willing to Save China from Chaos and Communism?" 1931 November 15 (49 pp.)
"Peasant, Workers, Soldiers Revolt of 1927 December 11-13 at Canton" (53 pp. plus enclosures). Addressed to J. V. A. MacMurray, American Minister, Peking
Political Conditions in Canton District, 1927 October (13 pp. plus enclosures). Addressed to F. L. Mayer
Political Conditions in Canton Consular District, 1928 March (12 pp. plus enclosures). Addressed to F. L. Mayer
Comments on a book (typed)
Political report, n.d. (carbon)
"Communism in South China: The Hai-Lu-Fend Soviet," 1928 February 7 (carbon manuscript) (15 pp.)
Jay Calvin Huston, "Sun Yat-sen, the Kuomingtang and the Chinese Russian Political and Economic Alliance." Typescript draft


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Metro Inns Falkirk
Located in the bustling Bean Cross farm complex which includes Metro Inn Bean Cross farm hotel and Restaurant, Travel Lodge, Klondyke Garden centre and Cafe, Premier Inn with Cadters restaurant and Chianti Italian restaurant. Just off the M9, with easy access to Edinburgh Falkirk town centre and Glasgow.
The Metro Inn Falkirk offers compact, budget rooms with TVs. With free on-site parking and free Wi-Fi, Falkirk centre is just 10 minutes away. The bright, colourful bedrooms each have a double bed and an additional bunk bed, and feature a private wash basin and vanity area. Rooms also have a radio and corner table, and the shared bathroom facilities are plentiful. The Metro Inn Falkirk has convenient vending machines for light snacks and microwave meals.There are a number of restaurants, pubs and cafes just a short drive away. Just 30 minutes from both Edinburgh and Glasgow, The Metro Inn is a 5-minute drive from Callendar House. The Antonine Wall is within easy reach, and Stirling is just 20 minutes away. Grangemouth Golf Club is 2 miles away.
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- To Your Good Health - Bob Moore
- Gluten Free
- Grains of Discovery
- The Traditional Grain of Eastern Europe
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- 100% Whole Grain - 46 g or More Per Serving
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Discover buckwheat, the nutritional wonder that is a mainstay of traditional Eastern European cuisine. The robust flavor of this quick-cooking gluten free grain is perfect for salads, soups and cereal.
Dear Friends,
My lifelong fascination with whole grains has taken me to the far reaches of the globe. On these journeys I have discovered many delicious treasures, grains that nourished the world's greatest ancient civilizations. I just knew I needed to bring these nutritious superfoods home with me so I could share their wondrous stories. Like this story of buckwheat...
Buckwheat groats are gluten free seeds from a plant related to rhubarb. First cultivated in Southeast Asia thousands of years age, in time buckwheat journeyed west and took root in Eastern Europe, where it became the star of many classic dishes. Buckwheat provides complete protein, including all the essential amino acids. Use buckwheat groats in any recipe that calls for whole grains. The bold flavor is delicious in porridge, pilaf, soups and salads.
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Basic Cooking Instructions: Combine 1 cup buckwheat groats and 2 cups water in a pot. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to simmer and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain off any excess liquid, if using in a salad, rinse with cold water and drain will.
Makes 4 servings (about 2 1/2 cups).
Other Ingredients
Organic buckwheat.
Manufactured in a facility that uses tree nuts and soy.
Bob's Red Mill products labeled Gluten Free and batch tested in our quality control laboratory. We use an ELISA Gluten Assay test to confirm that a product is gluten free.
Keeps best refrigerated or frozen.
|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 1/4 cup (46 g) dry
|Servings Per Container: About 10
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|%Daily Value *
|Calories from Fat
|Total Fat
|1 g
|Saturated Fat
|0 g
|Trans Fat
|0 g
|0 mg
|0 mg
|Total Carbohydrate
|32 g
|Dietary Fiber
|1 g
|1 g
|6 g
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|65 g
|80 g
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|25 g
|Less than
|300 mg
|300 mg
|Less than
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|2,400 mg
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|300 g
|375 g
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I love this product. I soak it overnight in water, drain it and dehydrate it for about 3 hours on very low heat. It dries to a crisp and I snack on it as if it is nuts, or maybe I'm nuts! Tastes great, is crunchy and is even good in cottage cheese or as a cereal with cold milk.
I was a little apprehensive about ordering these because it doesn't say raw on the package, but they sprouted well for me. I did the short soak, and put them in a sprouting jar for a couple days, and little tails emergerd! Great for making blender pancakes, tossing into a soup, or just toasting and eating with some honey. Just remember that these are a fruit - my daughter has allergies to seemingly all fruits, and cannot eat buckwheat either.
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I am new to buckwheat. Even though I can't say I love it like quinoa, it is a healthy alternative to rice, and I am happy with the quality of this product.
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I love this - - I buy Bob's Red Mill products all the time! Highly recommend all their products!
Great and affordable
Posted by 5457758064241385603 on May 02, 2016
Used this for partial replacement of rice. It is quite starchy so it makes a good risotto!(:
Try to roast for yummy breakfast
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Im mostly used to roasted buckwheat and this one is easy to cook the right way.


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Skip to comments.46% of Muslims in the U.S. think criticism of Islam should be criminalized
Posted on 11/01/2012 2:30:03 PM PDT by NYer
And 40% think that Muslims here should not be governed by the Constitution, but by Sharia. Does this really surprise anyone? Why should Muslims in the U.S. hold different beliefs from Muslims elsewhere?
"Guess who U.S. Muslims are voting for," by Bob Unruh for WND, October 31:
Nearly half of 600 Muslim-American citizens polled who plan to vote in the 2012 presidential election believe parodies of Muhammad should be prosecuted criminally in the U.S., and one in eight say the offense is so serious violators should face the death penalty.
The results came in a groundbreaking scientific poll for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies. It was taken Oct. 22-26 and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.98 percentage points.
The poll also found 40 percent of Muslims in America believe they should not be judged by U.S. law and the Constitution, but by Shariah standards.
And the big winner among Muslim-Americans in the presidential election is Barack Obama, the poll found. More than 72 percent said they are definitely supporting Obama, and another 8.5 percent are leaning that direction. Only 11 percent are for Romney....
Almost half of those Muslims surveyed an astonishing 46 percent said they believe those Americans who offer criticism or parodies of Islam should face criminal charges, said pollster Fritz Wenzel in an analysis of the surveys results.
Even more shocking: One in eight respondents said they think those Americans who criticize or parody Islam should face the death penalty, while another nine percent said they were unsure on the question, he said.
Wenzel said even the 9 percent undecided on that particular question is alarming.
Seldom in survey research does a response of not sure carry such significance, but the response to this question certainly is a surprise, given the severity of the question, and offers insight into the conflict that some Muslims appear to face in making the ideals under-girding American society fit into their religious lifestyle, he said.
Wenzels poll said 7.2 percent of the respondents said they strongly agree with the idea of execution for those who parody Islam, and another 4.3 percent said they somewhat agree.
While 80 percent said that they somewhat or strongly disagree with the idea, when those who said they were not sure are added, one in five Muslims across America cannot say they believe Christians or others who criticize Muhammad should be spared the death penalty.
More Muslim women (10.4 percent) than Muslim men (4.9 percent) said they strongly agree with the idea, while 12.4 percent of the women and 7.1 percent of the men were uncertain about the issue involving Muhammad.
Four in 10 said Muslims in America should not be judged by U.S. law and the Constitution, but by Islamic Shariah law.
A much smaller percentage said they think the U.S. should establish an entirely separate court system to adjudicate matters involving Muslims, Wenzel said.
While the respondents overwhelmingly lean toward the Democratic Party and like the direction Barack Obama, who repeatedly has praised Islam around the world, is leading this nation, they also have a fundamental conflict with American life, expressing objections to the freedom of speech and religion guaranteed in the Constitution.
American Muslims, Wenzel said, show signs of ambivalence toward the U.S. Constitution generally and the First Amendment specifically.
These survey findings show a community in conflict with the foundations of our nation, as many Muslims favor and enjoy the freedoms offered by the U.S. Constitution, including participation in elections here, but at the same time significant percentages want to be treated differently than the average non-Muslim when it comes to legal matters, he said.
While 39 percent of Muslims said they believe existing U.S. courts should consult Shariah law when adjudicating cases involving Muslims, a plurality of 45 percent said they do not agree with this idea. Asked if the U.S. should establish separate courts based solely on Shariah law to adjudicate cases involving Muslim, 21 percent said it should. Two-thirds of respondents 66 percent said that separate courts are not necessary to adjudicate Muslims.
While 9 of 10 of the Muslim respondents said they agree with the First Amendment, they are also in conflict with it, Wenzel said, citing evidence in answers to another question in the survey which found that one-third of Muslims 32 percent believe Shariah should be the supreme law of the land in the United States, Wenzel said.
Another shocking finding from the survey is how Muslims view the religious freedoms of Christians. Asked whether U.S. citizens who are Christians have the right to evangelize Muslims to consider other faiths, just 30 percent agreed Christians have such a right. Another 42 percent said they do not have such a right, while 28 percent said they were unsure on the question.
One in five say Muslim men should be allowed to follow their religion in America and have more than one wife, and 58 percent said criticism of their religion or of Muhammad should not be allowed under the Constitution.
While 43 percent said they disagreed with the idea of Christians evangelizing Muslims, another 27 percent said they were undecided. Only 19 percent said they strongly agree with the idea that Americans have a right to invite Muslims to consider another faith.
Nearly one in three said Israel either has no right to exist or they were uncertain whether it does.
Robert Spencer, author of Stealth Jihad and Did Muhammad Ever Exist?, told WND the survey is a disquieting indication that Muslims in the U.S. support Shariah blasphemy laws and want to bring them to the U.S.
This should not surprise anyone, he said. There is no reason to believe that Muslims in the U.S. believe in a different form of Islam from that which prevails everywhere else. But it underscores the need for Americans to defend, forthrightly and without apology, the freedom of speech, as it is increasingly embattled today, and to revive and enact anti-Shariah laws nationwide.
Spencer has authored 12 books on Islam and has led seminars about jihad for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and others.
Pamela Geller, author of Stop the Islamization of America and a WND columnist, said: Restrictions on free speech are part of Shariah. This poll does nothing but show that Muslims in this country adhere to Shariah in large numbers. What is surprising is that the percentage of those who oppose free speech isnt higher. But probably many of the respondents already know better than to say what they really think to non-Muslim pollsters....
....and 85% of AMERICANS don't give a rats petunia what any muslims "think"
Well, isn't that just too damned bad. Excuse my language. Good grief!
46% of Muslims in the U.S. think criticism of Islam should be criminalized-—Well f@ck them too.
Which is why a muslim is not, will not and CANNOT be American.
99% of Native US citizens think mohammedites should return to where they came from.
May piss be upon them.
And we just keep letting them in as if they were normal, reasonable, people seeking freedom and opportunity.
Yet Muslim immigration continues to grow, and will continue to grow so long as we allow chain migration, and have the absurd Diversity Visa program, and allow refugee populations from places like Somalia.
In this, the GOP and Democrats are equal villains.
A separate court to ajudicate muslims? Ok
We will get a catholic priest to preside.
Criticize chrisianity. ...die.
How do you like them apples
Get rid of the muslims.
Muslims don't want to be governed by nor protected by the Constitution, fine! Let's criminalize all muslim criticism of Jews. They'll get the free speech point real fast!
What about the 60 percent of Americans that think
Islam should be criminalized?
It's time to kick 'em all out before it's too late.
Their choice should be to go to a concentration camp or LEAVE.
We are AT WAR with Islam.
Pure and simple.
I have just signed a bill that bans islam...the bombing begins in five minutes.
For 1400 years Islam has advocated murdering infidels..
NOT for what they believe BUT for WHO they(YOU) are..
And will continue advocating that until ALL MUSLIMS cease to exist...
The ONLY way to stop Muslims murdering people is to get rid of all muslims..
Not only that BUT Mohahaad advocated murdering muslims IF they rejected Islam..
If YOU tolerate Islam you tolerate MURDER of non muslims..
Its as simple as that.. PROOF: 1400 years of in your face proof..
Islam has ALWAYS murdered non muslims even illegally in non muslim countrys..
Certainly looks that way!
if only
islam is the Borg. It can only be defeated and exterminated or surrendered to and I'm not surrendering.
BTW, there ain't no Seven of Nine in islam.
The prophet is a pedophile. Now come and arrest me and see what happens.
Probably the same Somolians being bussed in to vote dem in Ohio.
Excellent response! I've have more than enough islam already and I just don't see the appeal.
They apparently hate all the best stuff: God, women, dogs, bacon, freedom, liberty, etc...nope, I just don't get it, don't want it and will fight against it.
"What we have here......is a failure to acculturate."
The U.S. should pass a law to criminalize Islam.
The "nation" of Islam should be declared the world's number one enemy.
And I believe ALL practicing Muslims should be expelled from the United States.
But the socialist Dem's have been building this demographic super electorate for 50 years through immigration and government dependency, and it looks like they will soon have their permanent majority.
Short of reshaping our society through Christian revival, does anyone see a way out?
How about they all go back where they came from instead of coming here and spreading hate and Christophobia and Judeophobia.
This is why Americans MUST exercise our free speech, while we still have it.
46% of Muslims in the U.S. think criticism of Islam should be criminalizedAnd you know what the Muslims think the penalty should be... throw acid in the face, chop-off the hands, set on fire, catapult into the desert and then shoot the nearest little girl in the head.
But it is still okay to blaspheme Christ and to persecute Christians????
That from the ideology of death and destruction cleverly disguised as a religion.
" 46% of non-Muslims think Islam should be criminalized. "
More like 86%
"99% of Native US citizens think mohammedites should return to where they came from."
No, not the 47% for Obama.
Looks like we have what you call your irreconcilable differences.
As I have said before, Islam is not consistent with our Constitution or our culture. Unlike ALL other major religions, Islam is inherently seditious and a threat to our Constitution. Therefore, it should not receive protections under freedom of religion.
No other organized body of people posing a threat to our Constitution has been permitted exist in our country. Vastly smaller paramilitary or separatist groups have been routinely squashed out of existence. Islam, which poses an infinitely greater threat, should be treated no differently.
Muslims who are US citizens should be asked to sign oaths of allegience to the US and our Constitution and, upon discovery of open support for Shariah law, support (financial or otherwise) for radical Islam causes or groups, or participation in anti-US demonstrations or rallies, should be stripped of their citizenship and deported, or, depending on the circumstances, punished as if they had committed treason. Practicing Muslims should NOT be allowed to immigrate into the US, only out of the US.. This issue is just that serious. Ignoring it is NOT an option
I care about what they think. I care so much that I want to see them deported.
I wave at all you Muslims...with my left hand!
I lift my feet and proudly display the bottom to all you Muslims!
I do not recognize Muhammed as any deity!
I do not accept nor believe Sharia law has any more validity than the contents of a septic tank!
I do not recognize Islam/Muslim as a socially acceptable members of OUR society!
Heh, heh, when Sir Winston held up two fingers with the palm inward, he was flipping the bird, British style.
And we know what Churchill thought about the ROPers.
interesting idea. might be easier to simply prohibit moslems from entering the country.
47% of the people in this country are idiots.
Islam should be treated as a criminal enterprise, banned, and prosecuted.
Though nobody has done a poll of Americans, I wonder...
"How many Americans think Islam should be criminalized?"
It's simple, really, and what much of the rest of the world already does with religions that it does not accept as compatible with their nation.
The courts have long recognized that the Bill of Rights is not universal. Free speech can be restrained if it is creates a public menace or threat, among many other restrictions.
Likewise, the US has no obligation to accept the practices of a religion that are contrary to our freedoms and liberties. We easily outlaw religious murder, human sacrifice and cannibalism, so why not outlaw those parts of Islam that are repulsive as well?
Yes, you can freely practice your religion, but you cannot incite violence, threaten others, call for the overthrow of our form of government, reject the legal authority of our courts, criminally abuse others, to include women and children, you cannot oppress other religious faiths or lack thereof, to engage in polygamy, to have sex with or marry children below the legal age, etc.
If Muslims can steadfastly obey these rules, then they can live in America and practice their religion in peace. If they cannot, then any time they violate these rules, they must be punished, and if they will not stop violating these rules, they are free to leave America.
75% of Americans believe Muslims should be shipped back to wherever the hell they came from.
If all the religions, in all the world, throughout all time could crap up a turd, it would be Islam.
It literally has nothing about it which redeems it.
Only someone with brain damage would convert to it.
I'd like to give the extremist muzzies a bacon-wrapped jalapeno and then tell them to shove it where the sun doesn't shine, next roughly escort them to a B52 bomb bay door, strap 'em in tightly, have the bomber fly over their land of origin, open the bomb bay doors, and let them out without a parachute.
Oops, guess I've seen too many B-rated action/adventure movies...
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Legend Boucles de Spa - Automotive Race
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- Event planned for the month of February 2017
Dates and programme may be subject to change
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Legendary rally drivers driving automotive gems, an emblematic route and a red-hot atmosphere await at Legend Boucles de Spa in February 2015.
The aim of the rally? To attract former Belgian and foreign stars who left their mark on the sport. It's sure to be an event not to be missed!
What kind of rally is it?
A series of tests on closed roads (including sections from special classic routes) with stops in historic sites. There will also be events in a marquee in the centre of town.
The Legend Boucles de Spa is known worldwide and continues to improve year after year by pushing the limits at every new season.
Huge effort is put in each year at all levels to make the event as entertaining as possible.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (118 votes).
In full: Fantastic race, fantastic organisation and a fantastic gift at the end! Knocked 10 minutes off my time from last yr! Jelly babies and Jaffa cakes at feed stations were a fantastic addition. Can't wait to return next year!!Date of review: March 10, 2013
In short: Great course with virtually no traffic and would do again, only thing is would prefer bottles to cups at water stations.Date of review: March 25, 2012
In short: ExcellentIn full: I've done a lot of 20 mile races over recent years and this was a good one. Parking and directions etc to HQ were easy to follow, no fuss picking up number, reasonable toilet queues (and for proper loos!). The race briefing was great and helped everyone relax a bit. The marshals on the course were lovely and so smiley (they must have been freezing out in the rain for hours). A great course, nice countryside scenery, a few inclines but no really significant hills. I have enough t shirts / medals etc so a water bottle was a nice touch and something different that I may actually use. Well done WAC I will definitely consider this again for a spring marathon training run.Date of review: March 6, 2012
In short: A very well organised picturesque race with PB potentialIn full: Although it was a wet windy cold march morning the atmosphere was great with fantastic organisation, helpful marshals, quick and easy collection of race numbers/chip and a cosy club house to wait in before and after the race, the course was fantastic with very picturesque views and was well marshalled with definate PB potential. My only criticism was there was no medal for finishers only a plastic water bottle for a 20mile race, which was disappointing as this was my first 20miler and would have been nice to have something better to remember it by>Date of review: March 5, 2012
In short: Superbly organised and marshalled local road raceIn full: My first time doing the Wymondham 20 and I was very impressed. Nice to have a clubhouse to shelter in before the race and very easy to pick up number and chip. The run itself was much flatter than I was expecting, even for Norfolk and this is definitely a quick course for 20 miles. The marshalling is some of the best I have come across, numerous in number and all giving fantastic support, a big thank you for so many of you giving up your Sunday to make such a successful race. Many thanks to Lucy and Kim (on the bike) who pulled me through the last 10 miles so that I ended up breaking my 3 hour target by a massive 16 minutes!!Those expecting goodies at the end may be disappointed but at £12 i don't know what you can expect, it's great value and perfect for spring marathon training.Will be back another year for this great local runDate of review: March 5, 2012
In short: Great race to prepare for a spring marathonIn full: I entered this race very close to the day as part of my training for a spring marathon. I was pleasantly surprised.The Race Director had a bit of banter with the runners beforehand which I think helped relax the runners. Wymondham AC are clearly good at organising races.The 20 mile distance is great for a pre-marathon run to see how your training has been going and you should definately consider this race. Wymondham is a nice town, only a few miles from Norwich and within easy access, just off the A11. There wasn't much on offer at the end (mug and a sachet of hot chocolate) but I wasn't complaining. It was a good run for me and nice run to have been involved in.Date of review: March 13, 2011
In short: Very well organised ...... well worth doing as a spring marathon warm up raceIn full: A very friendly race over a slightly undulating course (that's flat compared to Ashby20 & Oakley20 standards). ....and as one of the many smiling marshals on a water station pointed out to me you see more of the lovely countryside doing their race then running round in the dark in RNR. Well worth doing as a spring marathon warm up 20 or if your keen on 20 milers for fun. Date of review: March 9, 2011
In short: 2nd time i've done this, tough but fair knocked a minute off previous 20m pb. Happy going forward to VLM. Well done and thanks to all concerned. Date of review: March 7, 2011
In short: Excellent race, well organised, great preparation for a Spring marathonIn full: 3rd year running this, and it never disappoints. 8 minute PB as well which can't be bad! The marshals were excellent, always encouraging....and I loved the comment from the little girl who handed me my mug at the end "You were awesome"!!! Date of review: March 7, 2011
In short: Excellent organisation. Frequent water stations. Superb marshalls with a smile and genuine encouragement despite standing in the cold for hours. All for a reasonable entry fee and a useful prize (mug) at the finish.Date of review: March 6, 2011
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An acquired taste
Posted by Reviewer2579370 on May 20, 2011
Didn't fancy this, very barley taste. Not happy that international postage only allows one bag such as this for the 3lb limit even though two should generously fit within this allowance. 'Packaging' appears to weigh a whole pound!
Tastes like a cousin of oatmeal, or barley
Posted by Reviewer2812867 on May 28, 2011
I thought I bought a package of organic oatmeal...but it was buckwheat and didnt notice it till now I am writing this review. It takes a little longer to cook but I guess its ok as a hot cereal. It tastes like a barley but ate it with hot milk and brown sugar and was ok. I do prefer oatmeal though...
Posted by noonchee on Jan 20, 2014
I like buckwheat. In Korea, I eat lots of food with buckwheat flour - from noodles to pancakes. I drink buckwheat tea. I even have a buckwheat pillow. So, I thought I'd love this item, especially since I love Steel Cut Oats and cream of wheat. However, I didn't care for this as a hot cereal. I didn't want to waste the rest of the cereal. After it had cooled, it resembled rice that was a little overcooked. So, I had some with my meal in lieu of rice, and enjoyed it that way. It's a healthier alternative to rice - though the texture needs improvement. I will keep trying though - perhaps it is the way that I cooked the hot cereal. If it doesn't improve, I will use the rest of the bag as a healthy rice substitute.
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Richard Ramirez, known for his 1984-85 killing spree as the "Night Stalker," has been linked to another cold case murder of a 9-year-old girl, Mei "Linda" Leung. Ramirez, currently on Death Row at San Quentin State Prison for committing 13 murders, was linked to the new murder through DNA evidence. The evidence shows that Ramirez is indeed the one of the killers, and that there might have been a second, unidentified killer.This murder allegedly took place two months before his first known murder in the residential neighborhood of San Francisco. It is uncertain to whether or not Ramirez will stand trial for the murder since he is already condemned to die at San Quentin.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (96 votes).
In short: Top notch yet againIn full: I've done this race five times now, and have never been disappointed. Superb scenery, the town turns out for this fringe event of the annual Arundel Festival. Same challenging hills but it's ever so worth it. Medal and free download of all your race photos, I had 21 in total this year! Well done to Arundel Scouts and everyone else involved in the organisation, give yourselves a cheer. Date of review: October 6, 2013
In short: Good if you like a challenge of long hills up and steep hills down! Date of review: August 28, 2013
In short: Those looking for a scenic race and/or stiff challenge should enter. Silent marshalls were a let down.Date of review: August 26, 2013
In short: Great historic views and friendly organisers.In full: Enjoyed the race and was surprised by the large turnout considering the grey day.Long flatish stretch between two sheep filled fields took it's toll though.Date of review: August 25, 2013
In short: Welcoming, well organised and challengingIn full: What more could you want on a Sunday morning. Date of review: August 25, 2013
In full: 2nd time running this race enjoyed it very much.very undulating, but the atmosphere & the nice buzz make it a favourite event.a lot of runners stayed till the last runner finished, dont often see that, back in 2014.. Date of review: August 25, 2013
In short: as always so well organisedIn full: many thanks to all involved a great course well marshalled and very well organised . a fairly tough course but a great mix of runners . the only down point was the the momento was not as nice as previous races ! Date of review: September 7, 2009
In short: Great run, excellent route, great finish and medals tooIn full: I really enjoyed this race. Weather was ideal. A good mix of road, trail and hills, not forgetting the castle itself. An excellent finish through the town. Very well organised race. Will definitely do this again. Thank youDate of review: September 4, 2009
In short: Fantastic race, really enjoyed this one. Brilliant organisation, superb scenery, some tough hills though but the crowd at the finished helped lift me for that. Great bonus having photos included too. Well done to all involved !Date of review: September 3, 2009
In short: so nearly a pbIn full: The weather held out and, compared to last year the runners were faster..I beat last years time by 6 mins and the course record was smashed by 2.30mins.Organisation was great Date of review: September 3, 2009
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Sterling PCU Wins Stevie Award for CRM Implementation & User Adoption Program of the Year
2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards Recognize Company's Use of SugarCRM for High Levels of Adoption and Business Results
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - December 12, 2006 - Sterling PCU was presented with a Stevie Award in the CRM Implementation & User Adoption category at the 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards in Las Vegas on December 5th.
The new awards were jointly presented by Selling Power magazine, the leading sales management publication with 145,000 subscribers in 67 countries, and The Stevie® Awards, which have been hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post (April 27, 2005).
More than 600 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories this year, including Best Run Sales Organization of the Year, National VP of Sales of the Year, and Sales Training Program of the Year.
Founded in 1946, Sterling PCU provides specialized equipment to the appliance and automotive industry. Sterling's refrigerant and fluid processing systems can be found in the manufacturing and assembly facilities of the best-known companies in the world, including Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Caterpillar and General Electric.
Sterling uses Sugar Professional On-Demand to manage all aspects of the sales process, from the initial lead to custom quoting. Sterling's use of SugarCRM stood out because the company was able to automate complex and lengthy business processes with Sugar while achieving user adoption levels of over 90 percent.
"We are honored to receive the Selling Power Sales Excellence Award," said Christopher Edwards, General Manager of Sales and Marketing, Sterling PCU. "It is a fine recognition of an incredible partnership between Sterling PCU and SugarCRM. The customer service SugarCRM provides Sterling PCU is top-shelf, their product, out-of-the-box, is unbeatable, their professional services - on-time and on-budget. In a nutshell, SugarCRM values PCU as a customer, before, during and after the sale."
Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected the Award winners from among the Finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during preliminary judging.
"We congratulate Sterling PCU and SugarCRM for this award in the first annual Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards for their historic accomplishments," said Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and publisher of Selling Power. "As these awards grow in entries and visibility over the years, Sterling PCU will be able to look back with pride and say that they were the first-ever winners of these coveted awards."
"We are thrilled Sterling PCU was recognized for their success with SugarCRM," said Lars Nordwall, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, SugarCRM. "With the flexibility and control of SugarCRM's Commercial Open Source solution, companies of all sizes can realize similar results."
Details about The Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards and the list of Stevie Award winners and Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/sales.
About Sterling PCU
Founded in 1946, Sterling PCU provides specialized equipment to the appliance and automotive industry. Sterling's refrigerant and fluid processing systems can be found in the manufacturing and assembly facilities of the best-known companies in the world, including Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Caterpillar and General Electric.
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SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes. SugarCRM easily adapts to any business environment by offering a more flexible, cost-effective alternative than proprietary applications. SugarCRM's open source architecture allows companies to more easily customize and integrate customer-facing business processes in order to build and maintain more profitable relationships. SugarCRM offers several deployment options, including on-demand, on-premise and appliance-based solutions to suit customers' security, integration and configuration needs.
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About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.
About Selling Power
Selling Power is the world's leading sales management magazine with more than 145,000 subscribers in 67 countries. Learn more at www.sellingpower.com.
Sponsors of the 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards include Careerbuilder.com, Factiva, Fusion Sales Partners, HR Chally, and SAP.


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This week I am in Orlando, Florida for the IBM Edge conference. Here is a recap of Day 4 afternoon sessions which related to Cloud computing.
- IBM SmartCloud Enterprise -- Object Storage
George Contino, IBM GTS Consultant for Cloud Storage Service Enablement, presented IBM's latest Object Storage offering, based on an alliance IBM formed with Nirvanix last October 2011, launched January 31, 2012. It is part of the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise system.
IBM currently has two datacenters for this now, Secaucus NJ and Frankfurt Germany, but will have five by end of 2012, and hopefully seven datacenters by nid-year 2013.
The storage is then divided in several layers:
- Customer master account, assigned a 128-bit encryption key
- Name spaces by department or LOB
- User sub-accounts
- User folders
- User file objects
The objects are given random names, with the real customer-assigned file names stored elsewhere, to provide additional privacy through obfuscation. For added security, it uses Two-Factor Authentication, requiring the users to provide both the 128-bit encryption key and the password.
There are three ways to access data:
- Proprietary API - An API is available on Windows and Linux. Symantec NetBackup, BackupExec and Commvault Simpana have already coded to the Nirvanix API to allow backups to be stored in the Nirvanix storage cloud. IBM InfoSphere Optim can archive data to the Nirvanix storage cloud.
- CloudNAS - Nirvanix provides software that provides CIFS and NFS interfaces, that converts to the Nivranix API. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager can send backups and archives to the Nirvanix storage cloud using this approach.
- Cloud Storage Gateway - Third parties have developed hardware that runs the CloudNAS software, or directly codes to the API, to provide standard interfaces to the local clients, and provides access to the Nirvanix storage cloud. Two examples were Panzura File System Controller and Twinstrata Cloud Array Gateway.
One of Nirvanix's partners is OxygenCloud, which allows mobile/laptop access to work files. This includes security checks on Active Directory or LDAP, AES-256 bit encryption and HTTPS protocol support. For example, if you had to give a bunch of PDF files to your clients outside your company, you could create a folder, and send out a URL link to the clients, and this link would be valid for the next 14 days for them to download the files.
- How University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) moved SAP to the Cloud
Maik Gasterstaedt, IBM Technical Enablement for SAP, Storage and Cloud solutions, presented this session on the deployment of an SAP cloud at UWM. Worldwide, SAP has established five University Competency Centers (UCC) to provide SAP cloud services to other universities, and UWM is one of these five UCC.
Basically, the UWM manages SAP instances that are then "rented out" to 107 other universities. An SAP instance represents a "sample company" that could be used in a course curriculum, for example, "Global Bikes, Inc.", "Fitter Snacker", or IDES. An SAP Client represents a fresh copy of the data for this sample company.
UWM charges each University per "SAP client" per semester. Suppose a professor will teach three classes on SAP. He can arrange the SAP clients depending on how much he is willing to spend.
- Get one SAP Client to be shared across all three classes. All three classes would be using the same sample company.
- Get an SAP Client for each class. Each class could be based on the same or different sample companies.
- Get one or more SAP Clients for each class. In this case, for example, a class could get two or more sample companies.
The problem was that they were running on Sun servers approaching end-of-life. They decided to switch to IBM, running 43 SAP Instances on AIX with two Power750 servers, 7 SAP instances on Windows guests of VMware across two BladeCenter chassis using HS22 blades, XIV storage, backed up by Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager. They can run 50 SAP clients on each SAP instance. Each client could be rented out to different professors at different universities.
They started installation April 1, and the entire system was running in production by August 15, less than five months end-to-end.
The results were stunning. SAP instance provisioning used to take 5 days, now takes 12 hours. Backups that used to take an hour complets in about 30 seconds.
The conference is almost over folks! Just a few sessions tomorrow and then it is all done.
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Rocco Mauer will punch his ticket to Hong Kong for his first-ever HSBC Sevens World Series appearance as a late replacement for Maka Unufe. Mauer, a Cleveland, Ohio native, is one of the 10 USA Men's Sevens players to be under full-time training contract in Chula Vista, Calif.,is a former All-American, and was a standout at the college level for Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
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Last night was gorgeous! GORGEOUS! Nacidas Para Sufrir (Born to Suffer) was playing at Harrison Park courtesy of the Latino Cultural Center, and Team Garrett was there to hand out free Chicago Mix to movie fans. There are more movies coming up — watch the Chicago Latino Film Festival Facebook Page for announcements.
If you were unable to attend, check out pictures from the event on our Facebook page. Popcorn and movies? It's a great combination!
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Champurrado is Mexico's answer to hot chocolate. There's this place in Mexico City where my suegro loves to eat. It's a little family-owned restaurant called Merendero Las Lupitas, and he's friends with the owner.
Las Lupitas is situated on a corner in Coyoacán facing the Plaza Santa Caterina, in a two-story white building with these beautiful, dramatic thick cobalt blue accents around the windows. They have a heavy, rustic wooden door, and inside there's colorful papel picado strung across the ceiling. Lots of local art adorns the walls.
What I love about this place is that it's so traditional. The menu is pretty basic and the atmosphere emits a feeling like you're eating in a relative's home. Even the placemats, dishes and furniture are very modest. But don't be fooled by all the simplicity–each dish on the menu packs as much satisfaction as that of a fancy restaurant, minus the attitude and the cost.
Among the number of delicious, traditional items on the menu there, my suegro almost always orders a mug of atole at the end of his meal.
Atole is a hot drink, made with a nixtamal (corn) base from dissolving masa in water, sometimes with piloncillo, and heating until it becomes thick. It's a stick-to-your-ribs type drink that's guaranteed to keep you warm. It can come in many flavors; vanilla, chocolate and strawberry are most typical.
RELATED RECIPE: Atole de fresa
You can usually find quickie versions in a powdered packet in the grocery store, and they taste OK if you're in a bind and can't make the real deal. But the packets typically use powdered cornstarch as a thickening agent, so they lack the depth and flavor produced by using real masa as the drink's base. The chocolate version is called atole de chocolate or champurrado….


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Yan Wong commented on "EOL Curators":
@Jason Sharp: And I've just changed the image crop on http://eol.org/data_objects/26844563 which has resulted in no image showing for this object at all (404 not found for the newly created file). Have the EoL disks run out of space?
Yan Wong commented on "EOL Curators":
@Jason Sharp: Also new threads created on the forums (http://eol.org/forums) are not showing up: I've just tried to post a few. Something odd's going on.
Jason Sharp commented on "EOL Curators":
And something seems to be going on with the rating system also. It does not seem to be taking any input.
Jason Sharp commented on "EOL Curators":
All of a sudden, the 'detail' article that I pick to show on the 'front page' will not show up, although in the details it shows it having been chosen. For example, I chose to show the following distribuion article for an Andropogon sp. : http://eol.org/data_objects/14812644
Peter Baron commented on "EOL Curators":
@abdul qayyum: Hello Abdul, My line is tapeworms, not Annelids. If you have an interest in the Platyhelminths let me know.
Scott Loarie commented on "EOL Curators":
Hi @abdul qayyum let me know if you want to try adding photos to iNaturalist and need any help. I'm not sure the level of worm expertise on the site for ID help, but its worth a shot
Jennifer Hammock commented on "EOL Curators":
@abdul qayyum: Hi, Abdul! Why don't you try some of them on http://www.inaturalist.org/ if you have locations for where you took the photos, or our flickr group if you don't, and wait for community feedback. The flickr community likes fairly high quality photos; this is less critical on iNaturalist if the organisms are interesting. Both groups would consider your profile icon lovely :) If you don't know the species, you can suggest a high level name, like "Annelid". The communities, especially the iNaturalist folks, can help you with the names.
abdul qayyum commented on "EOL Curators":
i have pictures of animals and worms mostly but i do not know there name the picture quality is not so good so whether i should add them?
Deniz Martinez commented on "EOL Curators":
@Michаel Frаnkis: OK thanks. I figured the scientific illustrations were fine (especially BHL ones), but seeing postage stamps and coins is always amusing. :)
Michаel Frаnkis commented on "EOL Curators":
@Deniz Martinez: Yes, mark them as trusted and visible (assuming they are correctly identified!), but you can give them a low rating (one or two stars), so they appear toward the end of the images list.
Deniz Martinez commented on "EOL Curators":
I run into a lot of images that are drawings, or even postage stamps...i know that for some rare/extinct species this is all we have, but what is the general protocol for such images when there are plenty of images of live animals? Do I still mark all of them "trusted" and/or "visible"? Thanks.
Deniz Martinez commented on "EOL Curators":
@Thomas Horn: Cream Wild Indigo (Longbract Indigo), one of the false/wild indigos, which are part of the pea family. They all have that distinctive pealike flower, most species can be easily distinguished by their flower color (blue, yellow, white, and for these, well, cream). I'm more an a zoology person usually, botany is a secondary interest, so of course I double-checked this flower in my field guides and online to make sure I got it right. ;)
Thomas Horn commented on "EOL Curators":
@Deniz Martinez: :-) So, the flower we are talking about, what species is it supposedly from ? And what are the key features that distinguish it from related species ?
Deniz Martinez commented on "EOL Curators":
@Thomas Horn: Ok, I had more time to look up the image review process, and see that is available to full and master curators only...I don't have a worklist tab visible since I am still an assistant curator. (I'm still an undergraduate student, not sure if and when I can apply for full curator just based on my stats here? LOL) But I do know this flower, and those images all look correct to me...
Thomas Horn commented on "EOL Curators":
@Deniz Martinez: Are you in the worklist ?
Deniz Martinez commented on "EOL Curators":
@Cyndy Parr: How do I change an image from unreviewed to trusted/untrusted? I can only seem to do this with names. All of the still unreviewed images look like the right flower to me, and I set one as an exemplar.
Cyndy Parr commented on "EOL Curators":
The best photos we have of this Cream Wild Indigo are not reviewed -- can somebody trust the unreviewed photos and pick one for an exemplar? Thanks. http://eol.org/pages/642836/media
Kari Pihlaviita added the Finnish common name "Yhteiskuntamehiläiset" to "Apis".
Kari Pihlaviita added the Finnish common name "Yhdyskuntamehiläiset" to "Apis".
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We have just posted a call for proposals for the NESCent-EOL-BHL Research Sprint. If you want to get funding to travel to NESCent and do some cool research with EOL or BHL, please take a look: http://eol.org/info/nescent_EOL_BHL


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Pastor Michael Richards serves diverse congregations
Pastor Michael Richards came to serve as the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Saranac Lake in April 2011, as a two-month interim. After that, he was appointed by the bishop to remain. In September 2011, he also became pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity.
"I like the people here," he said. "I've made many good friends here. In this electronic age, it's easier to keep in touch with people. I also love the surroundings, the natural beauty, the lakes, mountains and rivers."
Richards was born in England and was active in the Anglican Church since he was a little boy.
"Since the age of 9, I have known this was what I was supposed to do -?serve God as a pastor," he said. "I have always liked singing. A friend invited me to join the church choir. I walked into the church, and it was like God saying to me, 'Welcome home!' I felt very comfortable and realized I needed to be more involved in the church."
Music continues to be an important part of his life as well.
"Music, particularly classical music and English church music, raises my spirits when I'm feeling low," he explained.
When Michael was 13, his stepfather, an American, brought the family from England to South Portland, Maine – which was very different from the south of England. He explains: "We had very little snow over there, while we were inundated with it over here. Everything seemed new over here. The church I attended in England was built in the 12th century." Of course, nothing on the west shore of the Atlantic is that old.
It was quite an adjustment.
"I was used to going to the playground and playing imaginary games on the swings. One day they would be a fighter plane, the next day a covered wagon. After arriving over here, the first question my new friends asked was, 'Who are you going steady with?' I had no idea what they were talking about. However, I soon learned!"
Richards continued his involvement with church and choir at the Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Maine. Even at the young age of 20, he served as a member of the Lesser Chapter of the cathedral, chaired the Worship Committee and sang in the choir. He also filled in as custodian when the full-time person was out sick for an extended period of time
In 1986, Richards left the Episcopal Church and began attending an American Baptist Church just down the road from where he was living.
"Both pastors there encouraged me to pursue the calling to ministry," he said.
He studied at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass. and undertook a program in Christian Ministry. By 1993, Richards was already serving as pastor of an American Baptist church.
In 1994, he transferred to Andover Newton Theological School. Founded in 1807, the school ?- the oldest seminary in the country, in Newton Center, Mass. – is open to all denominations. Its diverse student body includes more than 30 faiths. Having completed the requisite number of courses, Michael was ordained in April of 1995. He graduated with a Master of Divinity degree in 1999.
"In 1998, I left the church I was serving in Maine and moved to Massachusetts to serve an American Baptist church there for two years," he said. "In 2000, I was called to Hartford, N.Y., and served for the next 10 years at a church there that combined two denominations, American Baptist and United Church of Christ. While in Hartford, I also served a Methodist church in Fort Ann. I left them at the end of 2010 and came here in 2011."
Michael sums up: "It's the same God?- no matter the denomination. If we spent as much time and energy sharing the good news of Jesus Christ as we do arguing amongst ourselves (among churches, denominations) then our churches wouldn't be half empty; they'd be full. We need to realize that each of us has a responsibility to our neighbors, and to work closely together for equality, justice and peace. People are afraid of the word evangelism, but when you boil it down it basically means sharing what difference Jesus has made in your life. If you can tell people that, you can begin conversations that go deeper."
For the past seven years, Richards has served as an emergency medical technician as well. In this capacity, he volunteers currently with the Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad.
"I enjoy the work, enjoy helping people in need," he said. "It gives me the opportunity to meet all sorts of people. I enjoy First Night each year, and I look forward to Ironman in Lake Placid where I have worked as an EMT in the medical tent for the last three years. That gives me the opportunity to talk with people from all over the world. "
Based on an interview with Michael Richards.
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