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The Meriden, Conn., Water Pollution Control Facility has reduced organic content and waste volume with the Screenings Washer Monster, a device that grinds, washes, compacts, and dewaters bar screenings. Since installing the device, the facility has eliminated odor, handling of screenings, and landfill disposal costs.
The unit—from JWC Environmental of Costa Mesa, Calif.—is an alternative to a costly procedure forced by the closure of a landfill next to Meriden's 12 mgd facility. The facility had to find a company licensed to haul over the road, and certify testing for screenings parameters to be analyzed. A 15-cu.-yd. dumpster was rented for $1200 a month, and landfill drop-off charges were $40 to $50 per ton. Meanwhile, employees had to move around odorous solids loaded with organics, which required double and triple handling.
JWC Environmental's equipment provided a solution with the Screenings Washer Monster, a self-contained unit that processes screenings. Discharge is free of organic matter, with the exit plug 40% to 50% dewatered, and reduced in volume by 75% to 80%.
Solids move from a hopper through a Muffin Monster dual-shafted grinder and pass to an auger, which washes and separates organics from plastics, paper, and other undesirable elements. Organics and wash water pass through the auger's perforated trough and return to the plant's waste stream. Remaining material is conveyed, compacted, dewatered, and discharged as cake.
A controller accepts the input signal as synchronized with a screen or conveyor, and the auger operates automatically in an on/off cycle. During operation, the grinder operates continuously, or is sequenced to run only when the controller senses a signal.
The plant's two headworks screens have bar spacings of 1½-inch and an automatic raking system. Achute receives scrapings, and effluent water is piped in to push them into the Screening Washer Monster's square funnel hopper. The scrapings move through a grinder and into a wash box, where a high-pressure spray washes out organics. Compression and dewatering follows, with more water squeezed out in the tapered exit chute. The final product looks like compacted, shredded newspaper. The solid falls off into a bin and is bagged for disposal as municipal solid waste.
The weight of the facility's screenings has been reduced from 8 tons to 660 pounds per month; the volume has decreased from 15 to 1 cu. yd. monthly. The bar screen at the pump station is no longer necessary, as the screenings formerly removed there can be pumped to the new unit in the inlet building.
— Clifford Seth is a technical writer with Indumark, Doylestown, Pa.


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Jan 2, 2013 at 12:53 pm #1297600
I've gone over the archives here to try to find if someone here is using any cheap DYI pulks.
I find a bit but still not super happy with the results.
The Rulk looks interesting but I think I want something with poles and a fin so that the pulk doesn't slide everywhere.
I've seen a lot of people mention http://skipulk.com …
But $250 or so for a pulk seems to be overkill.
It's just plastic plus a harness. $40 seems like plenty to spend here.
There are pulks on Amazon for $20 but without the poles. I suspect I could just attach the poles with some string and then use a harness from an old pack.
Thoughts?Jan 2, 2013 at 1:34 pm #1940254
I just posted this on my website. A dirt bagger special. :D
FWIW, I used it with skis on the way to a 10th Mtn division hut.
My dirt bagger gear sled:
Dirt Bagger Gear Sled
The only change I may make is to use the sled listed in the comments section.
Here's the terrain I used the sled in if you are curious:
And here's my view on Xmas Morning 2012 ! :DJan 2, 2013 at 1:57 pm #1940260
Nice… I will probably run the same setup but will buy the Jet Sled which is like $20…
Nice terrain. Did you have any problems with it sliding down hill without a fin ?
I will probably just order everything and build it at home. $40 beats $400 any day.Jan 2, 2013 at 2:18 pm #1940271
I did not have any problem once I figured out having the PVC tubing on the side of my hips. (Though I suspect the Jet sled woud be even better)
As you can tell from the topo, the terrain was pretty moderate.
We went back via the Slide Rd (Jeep track) as it was more mellow, wider and, IMO, more scenic than the suggested approach.Jan 2, 2013 at 2:27 pm #1940276
I don't fully understand:
"I did not have any problem once I figured out having the PVC tubing on the side of my hips. (Though I suspect the Jet sled woud be even better)"
… meaning you adjusted the hip belt to move the tubing to the side or the hip belt and the tubing just naturally prevented it from sliding?Jan 2, 2013 at 2:46 pm #1940279
I did not use a separate hip belt. I attached it to the side of my ski pack a bit lower.
Basically, I made sure that my body (hips in particular) was bracketed by the PVC tubing.
If you look at my buddy, that's pretty much his set up, too
The asterik would be my hips. The X would extend just above the *
Once the PVC tubing was on the side of my body, found the sled to be more stable. Basically, don't have the tubes behind the body, but extending to the side of the body.
Hope that makes more sense. Apologize for any confusion.Jan 2, 2013 at 3:10 pm #1940288
ok… so I guess you just rotate the hip belt until the tubes are on the side of your body… which I guess makes sense.Jan 2, 2013 at 3:58 pm #1940301
Tad EnglundBPL Member
@bestbuilderLocale: Pacific Northwest
Kevin, I've made a couple Pulks and the best/cheapest way to I've found is to follow some of the stuff in the video below- its kind of korny, but has some excellent information.
I use a different belt because I had an extra hip belt laying around.
To save money I also use 1/2 pvc tubing (form Home Depot) with an "I" bolt at the bottom
I really like his "pole to sled" attachment system, its "EASY" but for extended use you might want to beef it up like described in this thread discussing it:
The "kids" sled I originally used proved too unstable and would turn over because of the dished bottom. The expedition sled or other flat bottom sled should be fine.
Also, for the mid-pole connection I just used a velcro strap that I riveted to one of the poles
Here is my belt attachment- Just a webbing loop and a lightweight carabiner
I take my kids/grandkids with me so I need something that is multi-use (for sledding) and the expedition sled works for both. You might as well have fun in the backcountry while you are there.Jan 2, 2013 at 4:12 pm #1940306
John S.BPL Member
Yep, you don't have to spend alot. In 2007 I used a Paris Glad-A-Boggan sled (2.5 pounds), same pvc pipes, cordage, and regular 1 inch webbing strap for the hipbelt. I also used the same webbing to attach my backpack in the sled shoulder straps-up so I could backpack out with the sled on my pack.
http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/paris-company-glad-a-boggan-sledJan 2, 2013 at 4:36 pm #1940313
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
When you get the thing all done and get your poles and belt arranged, before you actually test it on snow, spread something on the bottom surface to prevent icing. In the old days we used to rub on some Maxiglide anti-stick liquid used by cross country skiers. Others used simple 3-in-1 spray oil. Whichever, if you fill up the little micro-pores of the plastic surface, then there isn't much to ice up and the thing will keep sliding. Once you get about three pounds of ice stuck to the bottom, you are doomed.
SAR teams sometimes use this technique to tow a full Stokes litter.
–B.G.–Jan 5, 2013 at 9:13 am #1940985
Gary RathMember
@mudisfunLocale: PNW
If you like to bushwhack an will be going over trees and the like my vote is to use the Jetsled jr as the base sled. I find its higher walls don't dig in often and it travels over stuff better. The flatter bottom also less prone to tip overs.
Depending on the material not sure you need to spray the bottom with anything.
I have never had an issue to date with the Jetsled.. (HDPE Plastic) But I guess I could give it a try next time I am out to see if there is any difference.
Nothing has stuck to it before….Jan 7, 2013 at 10:46 pm #1941724
Randy NelsonBPL Member
@rlnunixLocale: Rockies
Funny you should ask. One of my friends and I were just out today. We're doing a hut-to-hut trip starting Wednesday and we cached food and an excellent selection of micro brews near the second hut. We haul some heavy loads in them. I've made 6 from the plans at skipulk.com or my variations of them. You can make the most expensive for less than $100. I prefer the last one in the plans but have made 3 other variations. Some as cheap as $30.
It really depends on what you will be using it for. If you are going light, any small sled will do. But if you want to haul a substantial amount, get the Paris sled. I use 2 aluminum fins and mount them inside the sled on the climbs and then switch them to the bottom for descents. And only on trails, on roads I leave them off. Don't leave fins on the bottom for climbs unless you'll be doing traverses where you need to keep the pulk from sliding down the side hill. With fins you can ski pretty aggressively with the sled staying right behind you on downhills which is really nice when you need to keep speed up to get through flatter areas in order to continue downhill.
Here's my buddy with his pulk today. When the snow is packed down, we like to snowshoe up and use our AT gear for the descent.Jan 8, 2013 at 8:11 am #1941792
Randy NelsonBPL Member
@rlnunixLocale: Rockies
Nice pic of Homestake, Pmags. We'll be at 10th Mtn tomorrow and Thursday. We've been wanting to climb it but haven't done it so far. Weather has been an issue. We're still talking about doing it Thursday but should probably save our legs for the hut-to-hut on Friday as that willl be tough. I did get up it last summer at least.Jan 8, 2013 at 8:50 am #1941802
David ThomasBPL Member
@davidinkenaiLocale: North Woods. Far North.
+1 on Bob's suggestion to use maxiGlide or light oil on the bottom. Or apply a X-C glide wax. To the entire bottom. Before you leave home. Especially if you transport it on a ski rack or poem truck bed. Then the road dirt and any icing from transport just slips off.Feb 11, 2013 at 3:51 am #1953109
Jason AmickMember
I guess I would have same thinking.Apr 1, 2013 at 7:20 pm #1971855
Eric BlumensaadtBPL Member
@danepackerLocale: Mojave Desert
If yer uisng PCV pipe for yer wands then fill them with hardwood dowels for strength against lateral stress/breakage.
Try to get hardwood dowels that JUST barely fit inside the PVC pipes. If they won't fit then sand them down (by hand W/sandpaper wrapped around the dowels) until they do fit. This is a critically important step in making the wands.
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Hands up, everyone who thought your Montreal Canadiens would make the playoffs in Year 1 of the Marc Bergevin rebuild?
OK, I see we have a few liars in tonight's audience. So let's narrow this down a bit further:
Hands up everyone who thought the Canadiens would clinch a playoff berth with eight games left in their regular season?
Well, who thought the Canadiens would be winning in April with three rookies in the lineup?
Hmmm, I see we can't award the gift certificate for a session with Patrick V. Hickey's personal hair stylist just yet.
So here's the big one that will eliminate all the faux experts and BS artists:
Who thought Peter Budaj would have more wins than Jaroslav Halak?
Is that crazy or what?
Look it up: Carey Price's once and immediate-future backup won his seventh (in a row, BTW) Thursday night in Buffalo. Budaj is 7-1-1 on the season.
Halak is 6-5-1. Budaj has a better save percentage, .918-.899, and a slightly better goals-against average, 2.13 to 2.14, than his Slovakian homeboy.
It's been that kind of season in Montreal. Everything is coming up roses … even though we're getting crocus-killing snow on Friday.
To the utter and enduring astonishment of us non-liars, the team that finished a full-value last in the Eastern Conference has become one of the best in the NHL.
The Canadiens have lost nine games in regulation time this season. They're the only single-digit L team in the East, and it ties them with Anaheim for second fewest in the league, behind Chicago's five regulation losses.
The Canadiens have scored 127 goals. That's tied with one-dimensional Tampa Bay for third in the NHL, behind Pittsburgh and the Hawks.
The Canadiens plus-32 goal differential is third in the league, behind the Penguins and Chicago. They have opened the scoring in 28 of their 40 games – a cool 70 per cent of 1-0 action.
Are they a lock for a 25th Stanley Cup?
No, but your Canadiens have a shot. And that's more than anyone – fans, team executives, players – was expecting this season.
In his postgame press conference, Michel Therrien was asked to single out a factor in the Canadiens' success.
His players, the coach said, "accept the team concept."
We see the concept in the Canadiens' system. They chase the puck like hungry wolves; and when the Canadiens seize the biscuit, they're off and skating in a transition game Buffalo's Steve Ott praised as "unbelievable" during his Hockey Night in Canada interview.
The Canadiens stick up for each other, as exemplified by Francis Bouillon going right after Ott for the Sabre's heavy hit on Brendan Gallagher.
Esprit de corps is reinforced by the fact that everyone is contributing to the Canadiens' success.
My man Arpon Basu wrote a very prescient pre-game piece for NHL.com in which he pointed to the Canadiens' superbly balanced attack. Unlike last season, when the David Desharnais-Max Pacioretty-Erik Cole line carried the team (to nowhere, but I digress), the current Canadiens have three bona-fide scoring lines. This is rare in the NHL, and it presents opponents with a daunting task: How do you shut down nine dangerous forwards?
Buffalo couldn't do it. The Canadiens got goals from each line.
The scorers were:
• Rene Bourque, who has bounced back from his concussion and been reunited with Tomas Plekanec and Brian Gionta
• Alex Galchenyuk, who has bounced back from a 17-game scoring drought with three goals in his last four games … not to mention moves that embarrass defencemen and tape-to-tape passes that make you droll thinking about the kind of centre this 19-year-old phenom is going to be.
• Brendan Gallagher, who never stopped working while his linemates, DD and Pacioretty, struggled.
The other goals were scored, on the power play, by defencemen: Andrei Markov and P.K. Subban, who has more goals (11) and more points (34) than any other Dman in the league.
Again, I haven't picked out my spot yet for the Cup parade. But if P.K. isn't a Norris Trophy finalist, there ought to be a joint FBI-RCMP investigation.
And the coach definitely belongs in the Jack Adams Trophy discussion.
"It's not easy to make the playoffs," Therrien said. "Many good teams don't."
But when the postseason dance begins, every participant has a shot.
Would you want to be facing the Islanders or Washington in the first round? How about Minnesota, or the defending champion Kings?
There will be a playoff atmosphere at the Air Canada Centre Saturday night. And the home team will give a better account of itself than the woeful Sabres.
Outshot 42-15 in your own barn?
C'mon, man! That's humiliating. Between this bunch and the NFL Bills, I pity Buffalo sports fans.
It's nice to see an "x" beside Montreal in the standings. The Canadiens' remaining eight games, however, will be more challenging.
The value of the game was Therrien's luxury of rolling four lines and balancing ToI among his injury-wracked defence corps. Nathan Beaulieu played 16:50. He and Davis Drewiske (15:18) were plus-2.
And Andrei Markov played only 15:35 at even strength, a shade more than Bouillon, a shade less than Josh Gorges.
Oh, and the penalty killers pitched another shutout. That's seven games without surrendering a power-play goal.
Hands up everyone who would have predicted that before Jeff Halpern joined the Canadiens?
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So I go to order 15 DBL. NUCS from BUSY MOUNTAIN and they want to charge me 178.00 to ship now i know things cost now a days but come on that much ?!
Any way i'm thinking about just taking REG DEEPS and split them in to two nucs with a divider has any one here done that and if so did you use a second box?
I want to use them for winter nucs.
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You KNOW these Twilight obsessions were PREVENTABLE, and SO many Twilight Fans are STILL in emotional turmoil because of this Robsten breakup PR stunt (although things seem a little better now that they are possibly together again – for the moment). Hollywood intentionally causing young, obsessed fans this kind of pain is wrong. TIME to start thinking about putting blame where it belongs – Stephenie Meyer. Search "explain twilight breaking dawn ending blogspot".
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On Saturday, July 12, the University of Colorado Police Department will play softball against the University of Colorado football team for the first time in what is hoped to become an annual event.
The game will start at 3 p.m. at the East Mapleton Ball Fields, located behind Whole Foods Market near Mapleton Avenue and 30th Street. Officers from other local agencies, such as the Boulder Police Department and the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, have also been invited to play. The university community and the public are encouraged to attend.
The CU-Boulder Police Department recognizes the value in establishing relationships with the many different organizations and groups at the University, said Melissa Zak, CU-Boulder chief of police.
"I am honored to be a part of the inaugural event and committed to strengthening our relationship with the players representing CU on the field," Zak said. "As evidenced by last year's floods, whether it was Athletic Director Rick George assisting on the evacuations, student-athletes serving meals to displaced families or CUPD keeping the campus safe, we are leaders in our community and committed to strengthening the bond that makes us CU. I think these team-building events help us appreciate the responsibilities student-athletes have, and vice versa."
Coach Mike MacIntyre and the football team have committed to playing on Saturday.
"This is a great opportunity for our young men to establish a relationship with another entity on campus that is also very visible in the community," said CU Athletic Director Rick George. "There are all kinds of opportunities where the two of us can work together, so this can be a great start for some of our football student-athletes to forge relationships with our campus officers and hopefully be something we can build on."


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This event responds to the invitation of Member States to convene a High-Level Interactive Dialogue during the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly in New York on 22 March 2013, World Water Day, to mark the 2013 International Year of Water cooperation and the twentieth anniversary of World Water Day.
Taking place in the context of current discussions on the Post-2015 development framework and the process of developing a set of SDGs, the main objective of the event was to identify and discuss water-related challenges and key areas which in the future will require stronger political support and international cooperation.
The event also explored concrete strategies and practical solutions to overcome these challenges and discuss the potential role that all stakeholders including the UN-System could play in this context.
In addition, this year also marks the 20th anniversary of the commemoration of World Water Day and in this regard, the event provided an opportunity to share experiences and highlight the lessons learnt over the past 20 years.


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Todd Oakes a candidate for Man of the Year award
MINNEAPOLIS (WKBT) - For the last 28 years, Todd Oakes has dedicated his life to coaching others.
"My joy comes from going to the bullpen and working with the guys," he said.
But in 2012, he had to coach himself.
"It was a real challenge to walk the talk. As a coach, if I'm sitting there talking to kids about perseverance and integrity and mental toughness and sucking it up and daily goals, here was my chance battling leukemia of, it takes all those same qualities to fight that fight."
The fight is in Todd's rear-view mirror; his cancer is in remission. But now he's out to fight for others.
Todd is nominated for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Man of the Year Award, a ten week fundraising competition to raise money for those still fighting.
"My intent of this whole thing isn't to get a little plaque that says LLS Man of the Year. I told the people at LLS, when they asked me to do this, that that's not my motivation. But my motivation is to raise money for cancer research."
The Golden Gophers baseball program, as they've been all along, is standing behind him. They're doing their part to help raise money.
"When he first came to me with it, I said what a wonderful idea. Let's get our program involved. Let's get our players involved," said Golden Gophers Head Baseball Coach John Anderson.
"If it just helps one person hear the word remission, like he got to, he said it's all worth it," said outfielder Bobby Juan.
Even former Gophers are pitching in for the campaign.
Todd is still close with Minnesota Twins reliever Glen Perkins, who played at the University of Minnesota in 2003 and 2004.
"He's a friend but as much a father figure to me," Perkins said.
"When he got nominated, I was in his office and he had said, kind of coming up with plans and whatnot. I said well I'll donate, and I'm sure I can get the Twins to pitch in and match, and the players association will match donations as well. I said if I can donate 2,500 bucks, it's going to turn into 7,500 really quick."
"He doesn't like being in the spotlight, and he said when he got nominated, that I want to finish second. I want to finish a dollar behind the person that wins it because I want to raise as much money as I can and as much money as needed but just not enough to win."
Whether or not he finishes first, the Spring Grove native has won, in coaching himself, coaching others, and giving back.
"To me, that's what life is all about, is giving back and remembering where you came from," Todd said.
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Saturday morning saw the B16 Rush Select team touch down in Madrid, Spain for the start of the 10 day Real Madrid training program. Some of the best U15 and U16 boys in Rush from states including HI, TN, CO, NE, TX and NM joined together with coaches Arian Hoxha and Nik Penn to train and play at one of the world's top soccer facilities.
Arriving in the morning in Spain, the boys settled into the hotel before going out for a light practice on one of the local turf fields to get some of the soreness out after a transatlantic flight. The trip then shifted in to top gear straight away with the boys going to the Santiago Burnabeu , home of Real Madrid to join 90,000 other fans to take in the Madrid Derby against Atletico Madrid. The game ended in disappointment for most of the fans in attendance with Atletico winning 1-0.
The next morning the boys traveled to the Ciudad Real Madrid for their first two training sessions with the Real staff. In between they were welcomed with lunch at the Academy café and watch the Real Madrid Academy team in action.
Tomorrow holds the first game of the trip with a night game vs. the academy team of Rayo Vallecano of La Liga. The boys will train again with the Real Madrid staff in the morning in preparation for the game.
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In the downtown business district, the Royal Oak Public Library is located in southern Royal Oak at 222 E. Eleven Mile Road, near the corner of Eleven Mile and Main Street. Its front door, on the south side, opens across the green from city hall and the police station. It is easily accessible from several principal routes including Woodward Avenue, I-75 and I-696.
Most convenient parking is available in the "Farmer's Market" lot across Troy Street from the Library and in the lot adjacent to the Library on Williams Street. Recommended handicapped parking spaces may be found near the south entrance to the Library, near the Star Dream statue.
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If you drop your children off to study at the library, plan to pick them up well before the Library closes. If you arrive after closing time, look for your children at the Royal Oak Police Department on Third Street just west of Troy.
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so we will start with the cocking handle...
ive got some ideas in my head and have tinkered around with them before hand so im not just cutting in the dark.. but these are trial cuts so they will be "shy" of the mark and then tuned in as we go.
now lets flip it over and make a prelim cut so that the hammer may have a chance to swing thru there.
notice how this will take the current plug out of the bottom of the cocking handle? we will put a new plug in later after we get the distance firmed up.
yes this is gonna shorten the throw of the spring a bit. we will deal with this later as the operation of this bolt is totally changing.
in case you havent already noticed from the work im doing....im gonna do away with the Bliss lock set up in this gun.
the hope is that the shortened spring travel and the addition of a hammer system will make up the difference for blow back operation. and if it doesnt we will adjust from there.
this should be no problem with the additional spring for the hammer, the weight of the hammer and resistance of FCG.
now back to the cocking handle.
was going to pin the cocking handle to the bolt so that it could be removed to service the FP. After several pitiful attempts to drill thru the side of the bolt and handle ive decided that this was not my best idea and to use the space that was already open to me.
sometimes you just have to look at something a little longer to get a fresh idea. this is what happened here;
edit note: once the build was finished i found out that you didnt have to remove the handle knob from the actuator.... its got just enough room for take down.
decided that since the Bliss lock channel was already there why not just put some "ears" onto the charging handle? this would keep it from going back wards, leave it easy to remove for cleaning and even help with adding some weight to the bolt. a win-win situation!!
so welded some "lumps/ears" on to it and thats what you see in the picture.
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While Louisville may be synonymous with the Derby (and all that comes with it: mint juleps, big hats, and Millionaire's Row) there's a lot more happening in Kentucky's largest city—bourbon! the East Market District! performing arts venues!
Not far from Churchill Downs (three miles, in fact), The Brown Hotel, a AAA Four Diamond and T+L 500 property on the corner of Fourth and Broadway, is a "fixture in the city's history," says Garden & Gun. "From the towering marble-clad main lobby to the antique-appointed rooms, the classic sixteen-story English Renaissance block exudes old-school elegance of the Gilded Age. Given its location near the landmark Palace Theatre, 'The Brown' plays host to more than its share of celebrities, especially during Derby Week."
Ornate hand-painted plaster relief ceilings and decorative crown moldings are still intact throughout the hotel, yet the guest rooms are a lesson in contemporary sophistication: Beds are topped with 310 thread-count Egyptian cotton linens, European white goose down comforters, and a custom-designed throw blanket, and a host of other amenities include flat-screen TVs and complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Club Floor room guests have plush terry robes, a dedicated concierge, and access to the Club Lounge, where a continental breakfast, afternoon snacks, hors d'oeuvres, and complimentary beer, wine, and soft drinks are on the house.
And, of course, "A stay at the Brown hotel (right) isn't complete without dinner in the English Grill, the birthplace of the Hot Brown," says The New York Times' T Magazine. "If you can judge a town by its sandwich, the Hot Brown—an open-face turkey sandwich with bacon, Parmesan cheese and Mornay sauce—suggests that the locals are both tart and sassy."
For equine enthusiasts, the Kentucky Derby Museum is obviously a must; kids will enjoy the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory; and others can find their thrills shopping in the Highlands neighborhood, touring one of the distilleries, and catching a show at the The Palace Theater.
"Opened in 1923, this grand-but-intimate hotel has a gilded second-floor lobby that gleams with marble and polished wood. A special Louisville dish, the Hot Brown, was invented here."-- Read Fodor's Review of The Brown Hotel
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Rated 1 out of 5 by JakeKnits from I would return them if I hadn't used them These colanders are very difficult to clean. Food gets stuck in the mesh and has to be removed with a brush.Date published: 2016-12-28Rated 5 out of 5 by Paula05 from Pleasant suprise Wasn't sure about this product at first, but love it! you can strain anything without worrying about it slipping thru and are so easy to clean! I love that it comes in 3 sizes and they stack easily in my shelves!!Date published: 2016-03-18Rated 2 out of 5 by WSobsessed from Wanted to love them... I really wanted to love these, in fact the 2 that are still in one piece I do, but the biggest one, my workhorse, handle broke off after 4 months. I hand wash these and was pouring a half a box of cooked spaghetti in it when the handle came right off! In my opinion, it should have easily been able to handle that weight but on close inspection there are just small welds holding the handles on. Very disappointing!Date published: 2016-02-23Rated 5 out of 5 by bweesner from 3 Pc Colander Set Immediately upon opening, was glad the set was as heavy as it is. The handles which seemed like a concern to me, are not. Cannot think of what I was worried about them for.. the set of 3 is very nice, and have used in my kitchen for 2 weeks now, perhaps 7 dish washing machine loads, and all is good. Would Highly Recommend.Date published: 2015-08-26Rated 3 out of 5 by Shopandcook from Mesh size too big I was looking to replace an old similar colander I loved. I used it for everything and especially loved I could put small size things like quinoa in there to rinse before cooking. These, however, are not as fine a mesh and the quinoa went right through! I returned them. So my search for a replacement continues!Date published: 2015-04-22Rated 5 out of 5 by dsenean from Love them! The first set I ordered arrived damaged. Exchanged at the store. We have been using them almost every day since! We love to pick fresh fruit and these are perfect for small blueberries to bunches of grapes and strawberries. I love leaving them on the counter so the kids can reach them after the fruit has been washed and I don't have to worry about the colander tipping over.Date published: 2014-07-02Rated 5 out of 5 by KayLeo from Best colanders I've ever owned! The Stainless-Steel 3-Piece Mesh Colander Set is an indispensable set of tools in my kitchen. I use it almost every day to clean vegetables, strain pasta, blanch vegetables, etc. I've even used the small colander as a makeshift pasta insert for a saucepan when I was home alone and only had to cook for 1. Cleaning is easy because I just stick this on the bottom rack of the dishwasher. Comes out pristine and perfect every time.Date published: 2014-06-03Rated 2 out of 5 by PCMyers from Too Hard to Clean I just used these for the 1st time and they work fine and look good, but they are terrible to try to clean! Food gets stuck especially in the cross bars on the bottom and under the rim. Design flaw I think. I'm returning them. This would drive me nuts taking the time required to pick all the specks of food out of each little pore. It's a shame.Date published: 2014-02-16


text: Well they better shore up the bad execution because New Orleans can put up points in a heartbeat. And they don't settle for field goals either. Its a convoy of 6's. The fact that Tynes is getting too much work doesn't speak well for the offense. Gilbride and Coughlin better stop being too conservative because the NFC East right now is a jump ball.


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THE mathematician turned biologist Eric Lander, head of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, observed not long ago that while a life is lived prospectively, its story is told retrospectively.
If ever there was an institution grappling with the implications of that reality, it's the Los Angeles Police Department in the wake of ex-officer Christopher Dorner's murderous rampage. Of all the tragic and malevolent emanations of that demented man's homicidal self-indulgences, none has been more troubling than his emergence as a folk hero on certain urban talk radio outlets and on the lacier fringes of social media, all embracing the delusion that Dorner was a martyr to the LAPD's alleged racism and corruption.
The phenomenon has become so widespread that, last week, a publication as distant from the scene of his depredations as New York magazine took notice of its scope, reporting that, on the day of his death, one of the largest of the dozens of Facebook sites created to support him - some with thousands of followers - posted this: "The spirit of Chris Dorner will live on forever in our hearts, as an eternal flame - symbolic of the will to stand up in an attempt to eradicate those who would seek to oppress us, by any means necessary, when no one else would."
Earlier in the week, handbills mimicking Shepard Fairey's iconic "Hope" poster by substituting Dorner's image for that of President Barack Obama were pasted around the site where Riverside Officer Michael Crain was murdered. Numerous Twitter accounts sympathetic to Dorner have been created. The anarchic computer hacker collective Anonymous joined the adoring queue, posting that its members "sympathize and resonate with his struggle ... . Dorner was not born a killer he was a law abiding citizen that was tainted by the corrupt and inhumane practices of the Los Angeles Police Department who serve only themselves."
Let's put aside for a second the facts that Dorner murdered four innocent people and that he stalked and shot to death the child of a man against whom he'd conceived a grievance. Put aside, too, the fact that even the kind of childishly stunted moral half-wits who derive their sense of justice from the movies or video games surely ought to be able to see that the latter is beyond any conceivable pale.
The somber reality is that variants of this Dorner-the-martyr current of thought are broader and closer to the surface than most of us would imagine, particularly in the African-American and Latino communities. There's a reason for that called history: There are few black or Latino Angelenos of a certain age who did not themselves experience, or have a member of their family undergo, mistreatment of one degree or another at the hands of the old LAPD.
The reform movement that followed in the wake of the consent decree imposed 13 years ago by the U.S. Department of Justice has changed all that. LAPD, though still imperfect as are all human institutions, nonetheless has been transformed under two committed mayors - James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa - and two chiefs - Bill Bratton and Charlie Beck - equally dedicated to constitutional policing. Nothing since the election of Tom Bradley opened the city's corridors of power to minority representation has made such a difference in the quality of civic life.
As civil rights attorney Connie Rice has put it: "This is not your grandfather's LAPD." Nor even your father's - and yet the painful echoes of history linger.
That's why Chief Beck was right to announce - even in the midst of Dorner's terrorist spree - that the department would reinvestigate all the allegations of racism and mistreatment the killer touched on in his now infamous online "manifesto" - a document that, frankly, made the Unabomber's letters seem lucid and profound. Indeed, Beck's willingness to recognize that community sentiment mattered - particularly African-American sentiment - even in the midst of what amounted to an unprecedented crisis of physical security for officers and their families is a profound refutation of Dorner's allegations.
It's also entirely welcome that Beck entrusted the review to Gerry Chaleff, the department's special assistant for Constitutional Policing. As president of the Police Commission, Chaleff helped negotiate the consent decree and was brought into the department by Bratton to help oversee its implementation. He's both a former deputy district attorney and public defender, and he served as president of the County Bar Association and deputy counsel to the Webster Commission, which investigated the beating of Rodney King and its causes and consequences. Before going back into public service, he was one of the city's leading criminal defense attorneys.
Perhaps most importantly, he is the author of the after-action report on the 2007 MacArthur Park police riot on May Day, a landmark in LAPD's journey toward transparency and accountability. (Full disclosure: Chaleff has been a close friend for decades and my appreciation of his integrity is firsthand.)
Much of what Dorner alleged in the online apologia for his contemptible atrocities that seems to have excited so many is self-evidently false. His contention that the Rampart scandals, which led directly to the consent decree, never were fully investigated or the misconduct involved addressed is false. So, too, is his allegation that what happened at MacArthur Park was covered up and those in charge promoted. His argument that the consent decree should not have been lifted in 2009 holds no water for anyone familiar with the department.
His demonstrably fallacious representation of the historical record bears directly on the credibility of his accounts concerning the incidents in which he was directly involved, including the alleged misconduct of a training officer, where he was found to have made the false statements that led to his dismissal. In another instance, Dorner alleges that members of his Police Academy class sang songs of the Hitler youth to taunt a Jewish classmate. Apart from the fact that there was no complaint from that person - something that surely would have followed - consider this:
Police recruits are young people and a majority of today's academy classes are made up of blacks, Latinos, Asian-Americans and women.
Seriously, what are the odds of individuals of that age and background being able to sing anything in German, let alone a Hitler youth song?
Fantastical or not, the willingness of LAPD to revisit allegations that clearly have disturbed its relationship with parts of the community speaks volumes about the character and commitment of its current leadership. A thorough and comprehensive report on Dorner's allegations will be another landmark in the story of the reformed LAPD's commitment to transparency and accountability as essential pillars of constitutional policing.
Tim Rutten is a columnist for the Los Angeles News Group. Readers can contact him via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Any choice made by an individual which results in shame, remorse, guilt, embarrassment, harassment, and other related feelings/consequences. These decisions tend to be hastily made and are usually pre-meditated, often with the understanding that negative feelings and ruined reputations are soon to follow. These poor life decisions (also often referred to as "PLD's") are elected for the sole purpose of self-gratification, attention, sexual pleasure, or to cure boredom. Often, these decisions involve sexual-based interactions with relative strangers and tend to result in morning-after stories of seemingly good ideas gone awry. Note: Alcoholic beverage consumption tends to increase the rate of PLD occurrences.
"Hey guys, I'm working on my 10th poor life decision for the month! I think I'm going to sleep with that a-hole who refuses to return my calls and makes me pay for cab rides over to his place everytime I offer a little late-night action."
"Last night I took home my ex's room-mate. Would you call that a poor life decision, or what?"
"Last night I took home my ex's room-mate. Would you call that a poor life decision, or what?"
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Countdown to the RWSP exam
Anyhow, the RWSP caught my eye and I decided to head down to Gaithersburg MD to sit in for this exam. Unlike the typical "read this book", "memorize this concept" style of exams which have flooded the market, the RWSP seems to me to be a "practice what you preach!", "you better know your stuff!" kind of exam. When I first read about the RSWP exam, I was contemplating the ISRM certification (NSA IAM/IEM) for "Red Teaming" validation and the information caught my eye.
Now to be honest here, when I first thought of the name of the certification, I was puzzled and wondered: "Who the hell, what kind of ballsy statement is that!" and I immediately tracked down the exam content authors to question them about this certification. None other than Russ Rogers took the time to eloquently explain it to me:
The RWSP is based on an individual's ability to handle and react to real world security situations. We approach the security topic from both offensive and defensive perspectives, and no single student is required to be an expert in both sides. Over the years, we've grown frustrated with the growing number of "content based" certifications, where you read a book or take a course, then take the exam. We felt that the pool of certified professionals was being diluted by individuals that really don't have the experience and knowledge to do the work. What we wanted to do with the RWSP is bring back some semblance of the peer review process (think of it like a blacksmith guild mentality). If a certification is peer reviewed, the quality of the members is better maintained, thus the certification also maintains it's value to the industry.
For starters, if you don't know who Russ Rogers or Greg Miles is, then you probably haven't been in the industry that long. The bios on them would fill this page up, so I'll let you see for yourself http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-ad-10/t ... ldSec.html
Anyhow, I decided that this would be the "make me or break me" course in the sense that, no one is walking out of that classroom by relying on a book. The course is two days long and I'm getting antsy wanting to get it on already. The concept so far seems more in tune with reality as opposed to it being focused on tenteen hundred tools and exploits, eleventeen hundred methodologies, etc.. Simple, attack and defend My kind of exam.
I will follow up after the exam (pass or fail) on how things went, etc. In the interim, I'm still around!


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Pulaski Technical College's Amicus Curiae Paralegal Club will have its first meeting of the semester on Friday, Sept. 27, at noon in the Campus Center Grand Hall B.
Angel Dorsey, a PTC paralegal program graduate and current adjunct faculty member, will share information about her job as a paralegal at the McMath Law Firm.
The club also will elect a new secretary and treasurer, make plans for the upcoming year, and show a new Libguide.
All students are invited to bring a lunch and attend.
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Gen Y Feeling Stress? Get a Grip
We Canadians born in the 1980s are extremely lucky. Our technology is magic, and people didn't use to self-actualize around the globe like many of us. We didn't grow up in the shadow of the World Wars or the Depression. We like to share our good lot, and activism in general has never been more mainstream. The absence of war is a recent phenomenon, practically unheard of. As a consequence of these favourable circumstances, we live in a decadent bubble where grief exists (even Eden had that tree) but it's inflated. Our status is commonly measured against the preceding generation, a very hunky dory period, but I seek comfort by looking elsewhere, not just for easy solace but as a real measure of overall how lucky we are. A brief tour of hell holes across time and space will place our grievances, however real and however warranting attention and improvement, in a happier context.
Both an Abacus and a Sun Life poll showed that 90 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 18-24 experience "excessive stress" from economic instability and underemployment. How they define "excessive," is anyone's guess, but it's a misleading relative term. After reading a novel I thought undoubtedly described a day in hell, it turned out Ivan Denisovich went to sleep in his gulag fully content: "they hadn't put him in the cells; they hadn't sent his squad to the settlement; he'd swiped a bowl of kasha at dinner..." My guess is 100 per cent of Canadians of any age would find even one minute in the life of Ivan Denisovich "excessively stressful." Say what you will about debt and the cost of living, it's a welcome concern next to gulag problems.
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The Huffington Post Canada and Abacus Data surveyed 1,004 Canadian millennials from across the country on a variety of issues. Here's what we found:
We asked 1,004 Canadian millennials to rank the biggest challenges facing their generation.
2% rank the decriminalization of marijuana as No. 1 or 2.
5% of millennials rank internet regulation and online privacy as one of their top two issues.
7% rank bullying as the first or second biggest challenge.
8% of millennials rank retirement security No. 1 or 2.
11% of millennials say access to quality health care is one of the generation's top two challenges
20% of millennials rank pollution and environmental protection as No. 1 or 2 of the biggest challenges faced by this generation.
20% say affordable housing is in the top two.
24% of millennials peg the cost of education as their first or second choice for the generation's biggest challenge.
27% say the cost of food, gas and consumer goods are in the top two.
32% of millennials chose "student debt and personal debt" as the first or second biggest challenge.
We asked 1,004 millennials between the ages of 18-30 what it takes to be a good Canadian citizen.
15% of millennials say it takes being active in political parties...
28% of millennials say donating money to charity makes a good citizen..
35% of millennials say that being active in social organizations is important to citizenship..
63% of millennials say being informed about current events is important..
64% of millennials say being able to fluently speak one official language is important..
74% of millennials say a good citizen is someone who always votes in elections.
81% of millennials say good citizens honestly pay their taxes.
43% of millennials rank the availability of quality jobs as their first or second choice.
We asked 1,004 Canadian millennials what were their generation's biggest health challenges
3% say pollution
4% say sexually transmitted infections
7% say disease
11% say poor nutrition
16% say obesity
17% say addiction
19% say mental health
26% say lack of physical activity
Some views from 1,004 Canadian millennials on marriage and family..
18% of millennials are in a common law relationship
66% of millennials are single
15% of millennials are married
63% of unmarried millennials say yes 13% say no 24% say they are unsure
65% of unmarried women say yes 13% say no 22% say they are unsure
61% of unmarried men say yes 13% say no 26% say they are unsure
33% agree 67% disagree
12% of millennials surveyed have children 88% do not
64% of millennials say yes 12% say no 24% are unsure
Huffington Post Canada's series on millennials, Asking Y. Visit it here.
During cold winters in my old, impossible to heat apartment with that expensive electric radiator (where my good friend now resides...he's about to suffer some), I used to drink tea in a sweater and read Varlam Shalamov's Kolyma Tales to feel warmer. Shalamov spent 17 years in a very remote work camp just south of the Arctic Ocean for having the temerity to describe Ivan Bunin in public as a "classic Russian writer." Of course today this freedom allows for a disgusting amount of writing about mobile gourmet food and chic fabric made by slaves, but however painful this decadent schlock is to read, writers now can indulge their imagination to an extent only dreamed about elsewhere, without worrying about imprisonment or being killed for their views. We are not forced to write about factories and farms. Yes, the publishing industry is at a crossroads, but samizdat is blissfully unnecessary. When our generation talks about hardships, and especially the much abused word "freedom," it ought to be tempered against these considerations. This didn't happen so long ago and it's still happening in places today.
As for our generation suffering economic woes for events not our doing, let's remember that everybody enters a world already made. Sixteen million died in the First World War even though only one man assassinated Archduke Ferdinand. Those who died for it weren't responsible for the web of treaties and allegiances that caused the war. The notion that the world should be set up for us is perhaps more evidence of our notorious entitlement. "The world doesn't owe you a living, it was there first." If we're going to lament over being tied to events beyond our control, it's only fair we account for past generations that fought for the various liberal causes we enjoy today, with special mention to those who kept us from speaking German under the Third Reich. Improvements are necessary, they always are, but by and large past Canadians have got the big things very right.
Indeed. Compared to the despotic large-scale murderers in power elsewhere, our politicians are acceptably corrupt and inept. They might line their pockets and fail to bring our hopes and dreams to fruition, but it's only because humans at the trough aren't immune to corruption and governing honestly and effectively is very hard to do. Solons are rare. Russia's secret police kidnapped and executed dissidents in the night, and, in an appalling show of chutzpah, sent a bill to the family left behind for the bullet. In China, right now, the government kills dissidents. Details are always murky there, and the number and nature of the executions, and possible organ harvesting, are state secrets. More transparency is forthcoming, I'm sure.
In North Korea, again this very second, millions starve while massive towers in Pyongyang remain nearly empty, like a movie set designed to try and trick rare foreigners into thinking they're visiting a plausible society. The tragedy and absurdity is almost equal. Numerous countries today forbid women from driving, and, before a crowd of applauding citizens, bury adulterers and homosexuals up to their heads and stone them to death. Europeans no longer routinely massacre each other, but one by one they're going bankrupt. America isn't sitting too pretty. Africa...umm, yah. Meanwhile, in Canada we're over-educated baristas blessed with fundamental safety and an impossible wealth of natural resources. We should be proud of being more open and pluralistic than places with a similar quality of living -- the Scandinavian countries, Switzerland, Australia.
Exhausted from reporting on the insoluble problems in the Middle East (decidedly unsolved since), Mordecai Richler in This Year in Jerusalem wrote he was, "overcome by homesickness for my nearly empty, unspeakably rich, sinfully misgoverned country...I yearned for some Canadian homebrew farce rather than the daily death toll of Arab and Jew." Even our national bullying epidemic, lamentable as it is, is a bowl of cherries next to ethnic cleansing and systematic rape, being killed for your country, getting killed by your country, starvation, local militias armed with AK-47s carried by drugged out children, or other routine abominations.
We're lucky to have the time to worry about the self-esteem of our children, and our adults for that matter, or the discrepancy between the size of our childhood fantasy home and our current urban shanty. Student and credit card debt has serious implications, but the companies are not managed by Tony Soprano.
While of course we calibrate our problems and react to them according to the world we actually occupy, rather than the horrible ones we know about but know we don't live in, there's something to be said for perspective. You are probably surrounded by people offering kindness, financial advice, healthy food and yoga classes.
Our citizens are smart and caring and working on making things even better. If us young adults (my preferred epithet for this generation) were told as children we could do anything, perhaps we can take a deep breath and tell ourselves it's going to be OK.
-- Abacus Data has focused research on the Canadian Millennial. Read more here.
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I have been reading the forums for six months and think it is about time to jump in. What a great bunch of people! Thanks to all of you who have so generously shared your knowledge and experiences here on beesource.com. I have learned so much by reading the threads but the most important thing I have learned is that I have sooooo much more to learn...which is what, I guess, fascinated me about beekeeping in the first place.
I have built one Kenyan TBH 44" long with 19" top bars, a consolidation of several plans from the internet, and will be making another one in preparation for my first two packages of bees this spring. (see photo...still need to put aluminum on the roof). Comments and suggestions are welcome...especially before I build another one!
I hope to hear from some other TBH'ers in NC who can provide some local expertise. The local beekeeping association seems to be mostly Langstroth people.


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The biggest faggot in the world, annoying, plays girls all the time, slept with another girl when he was with his ex, hits girls, talks shit on everybody, thinks hes the hottest thing in the world, even tho most people just use him for his weed. Nd only dates ugly bitchs who fuck people over.
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text: I installed two new packages on the 30th of April and the weather was in the mid 70's with 50's as lows. Up until yesterday the weather had been in the 40-50 high with rain and wind low's in the 30's. I'm feeding the bees with a hive top feeder and looks like things are going good. Upon inspection of one hive yesterday I was not able to find and eggs and unable to located the queen. The queen locating problem is nothing new as I have not been ever able to find her when I had a hive last year that I lost over the winter. Trying to decide if I need to be getting concerned that I lost my queen or give it a couple of more days. When I installed one package the queen flew as it was a direct release as the bee's have been packaged for 5 days prior to pickup since customers had backed out on dealer. I have yet to examine that hive to see if she returned and plan on doing so tonight since weather is finally warm enough. Opinions would be greatly appreciated.


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KG's PFT #2...
Well, here goes. My first journal, but my second tank. My first tank was such a mistake that it currently sits empty awaiting my next adventure. Decided to wait on creating a journal until I had something that didn't look absolutely horrible (tank #1 was hideously ugly).
The theme on this started out as "Big Box Pet Store", as all the plants and equipment were purchased from Petco or PetSmart. The only things that weren't are the CO2 gear, Cichlid Stones, and a school of C. habrosus. I was also originally going for a slanted slope up in the background plants (from left to right), but as you can see I haven't trimmed the ludwigia this week to keep it that way.
Anyways, current fauna/flora:
Dwarf HairgrassCurrent Pictures (about 2.5 months from start):
Added a couple of cichlid stones. Waffling between a pair of Apistos or a school of Blue-Eyed Forktails as a feature fish.
I absolutely LOVE my C. habrosus. These fish are awesome!
Day one, simple flat layout with a couple pieces of Mopani to break it up and some river rocks for some reason I havent figured out yet.
Maybe I should have done a DSM, this is like watching grass grow.
A few days later added the Java Fern, Anubias, and A. Reineckii. Also added a really horrible DIY CO2 kit from Drs. F&S. I highly recommend AGAINST it.
Almost a month later and added the Needle Leaf (barely visible behind the wood).
Just over a month later and added the Otos.
Almost 2 months in and finally a real CO2 system!!!
All indicators are GO!! (Dont know why, but I love this view)
Any advice for "cleaning" java fern? As you can see from the below pictures, I've got a mass of yuck on some. I think it's a mix of algae and an algae wafer that I threw in before a trip that my Otos left to rot. I used a toothbrush on the needle leaf and hairgrass (and future trimmings will get the rest), but I'm wondering if I shouldn't just cut the java fern.
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text: The term "survivors" when applied to a colony no doubt has many interpretations, I have used it myself in the past to label some of my hives, but lately I have begun to question whether there is such a thing at all. If you feel there is reason to call a colony a "survivor" what characteristics are present that differentiate it from any other colony that exists for several seasons at least. John


text: John Peter Kenney, professor of religious studies, delivered a paper at the Seventeenth International Patristics Conference, Oxford University, August, 2015. His title was: "Nondum me esse: Augustine's Early Ontology." (posted January 2016) John Kenney, professor of religious studies, gave the 17th Annual Lawler Lecture in Theology at Creighton University, the Jesuit University in Omaha, NE, on March 18. The topic was: The Mysticism of St. Augustine. (posted April 2015) John Kenney, professor of religious studies, is author of a chapter, "Faith and Reason," in The Cambridge Companion to Augustine, ed. by Eleonore Stump and David Meconi (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014). He also presented a paper, "Plotinus and the Apophatic Augustine," during a conference organized by the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Philosophy on "Defining Platonism" in September, 2014. In May 2014, John presented another paper, "Augustine's Early Ontology," at the North American Patristics Society Annual Meeting in Chicago. (posted December 2014)


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Return to the breakneck frenzy with this sequel to the critically acclaimed first-person shooter
San Francisco, CA (July 13, 2001) -- Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today announced the development of TimeSplitters 2 for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. TimeSplitters 2 is the sequel to the hugely successful and critically acclaimed TimeSplitters, which was released to coincide with the US and European launches of PlayStation 2. The game is being developed by Free Radical Design of Nottingham, England, and is set for release in Spring 2002.
"Free Radical Design demonstrated with TimeSplitters that they are one of the world's leading development teams," says Mike McGarvey, CEO of Eidos Interactive. "To say we are excited about TimeSplitters 2 would be a massive understatement."
TimeSplitters 2 will improve on many of the features that made the original so awesome and fun to play. The game offers a more involving single player and co-operative story mode, featuring a complex narrative with multiple objective-based episodes and superbly animated cut-scenes. The game engine has been extensively upgraded to accommodate bigger, higher detailed backgrounds and dizzying graphical special effects, while still providing the distinctively smooth fast-paced action of the original. TimeSplitters 2 offers a completely rewritten animation system incorporating inverse kinematics bringing even more lifelike and dynamic movement to a new collection of 'loveable rogue' characters.
TimeSplitters 2 will retain the unique MapMaker in an enhanced form, which opens up even more potential for the player to completely customize game scenarios. The multiplayer mayhem of the original will be back, and TimeSplitters 2 further extends the possibilities with I-Link support allowing multiple consoles to be linked together.
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Even if GLORY is shifting towards four-man tournaments, there is still going to be a need for a reserve fight in these tournaments and considering that the reserve fighters will have fought the same number of fights as the main tournament fighters, it seems a lot more even. It was announced today that at GLORY 11 Chicago and their huge Heavyweight tournament that we'll see a Heavyweight reserve bout between newly-signed Hesdy Gerges and Errol Zimmerman. Both men have been top ten Heavyweights for years now, with Zimmerman having an incredible run up until he ran into Semmy Schilt last year.
This is a very logical move on the part of GLORY and oddly enough, this is a fight that has never happened before. Never. It was expected to go down at the K-1 World Grand Prix in Nanjing in 2011, but FEG's financial problems led to that event not happening. So Chicago gets another big Heavyweight showdown between two of the best in the business, it is hard to complain about this card, which will be the promotion's debut on Spike TV.


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Mirror Apartment
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This two-storey apartment with a size of 170m2 is located in the first and second floor of an classic Berlin apartment building in the Perleberger Street 16, close to the new Berlin main train station and the Fritz-Schloss park. The name of the apartment is derived from a very big mirror. The two floors are connected via an internal larch wood stair. The apartment has a fully equipped kitchen, two bath rooms, a big living room and 5 bedrooms. All bedrooms have Queen-Size beds and there are two additional mobile beds for two more quests. The whole apartment offers a comfortable environment in the city centre of Berlin for up to 12 quests. Both kitchens have a modern stove, dishwasher, a big fridge with integrated freezer, coffee brewer, water cooker and much more. The window view on the backyard is like a look back in the history of this part of the Berlin and shows the old brick building of a two storey horse stable, which belongs to the black smith workshop around the corner.
The apartment is located in the North of the Tiergarten Park close to the inner city airport Tegel in a quiet backyard location. The next underground station (Birkenstrasse) and the next S-Bahn station (city train) are about 700 meters away. Bus stops of the line 123 are about 300 meters from the apartment, which takes you in a few minutes to the main train station (Hauptbahnhof). From there the political city centre with Reichstag building and Brandenburg Gate are easy to reach.
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Great apartment and Stephan was ever so friendly. We had an awesome stay in Berlin!
we loved the apartment
go there, you wont regret it!
the 98 steps up to the flat is good
for you...
We had a very beautiful time in Berlin. It what the Eerste sacrament we in Berlin was certainly not the last time. But one thing is for sure when we come back to Berlin dan we will definitely return to stay at the Blacksmith Harley. Stephan many many thanks for all the Blacksmith Harley Bahr was wonderful. Cozy furnished everything we needed was there .. The beds were very good. We can only say one thing SUPER.
Wir hatten eine sehr schone zeit in Berlin. Es was das eerste mahl das wir in Berlin war sicher nicht das letzte mal. Aber eins ist sicher Wenn wir wieder nach Berlin kommen dan werden wir sicher wieder übernachten im Blacksmith Harley. Stephan vielen herzlichen dank fur alles, die Blacksmith Harley war wunderbahr. Sehr gemutlich eingerichtet alles war da was wir brauchten.. Die betten waren sehr gut. Wir konnen nur eins sagen SUPER.
A very large and lovely apartment. Ideal for several couples or for me who was away with big kids and their boyfriends. There is little way to the nearest S or U-bahn, but if you are not in the mood to go there metrobus with frequent operating almost in front of the door. There are also bus to Central Station in about 10 minutes.
En meget stor og dejlig lejlighed. Ideel til flere par, eller for mig der var afsted med store børn og deres kærester. Der er lidt vej til nærmeste S eller U-bahn, men hvis ikke man er i humør til at gå, er der metrobus med hyppig drift næsten foran døren. Der er også bus til Hovedbanegården på ca 10 minutter.
I stayed in this wonderful house 18 to 20 January 2013. Stephan thank you for your kindness and availability. the apartment is really nice, with everything, and very warm and cozy. Great for a holiday with children, there are toys and high chair. The nearest metro station is Kirkenstrasse from where you can reach all places, including the airport changing and taking the S 41/42.
Ho soggiornato in questa splendida casa dal 18 al 20 gennaio 2013. Ringrazio Stephan per la cortesia e disponibilità. l'appartamento è veramente bello, dotato di tutto, e particolarmente caldo ed accogliente. Ottimo per un soggiorno con bambini; ci sono anche giocattoli e seggiolone. La stazione metro più vicina è Kirkenstrasse da cui si può raggiungere ogni luogo, compreso l'aeroporto cambiando e prendendo la S 41/42.
The accommodation was perfect! Central but quiet, fully equipped (in the kitchen), hosts asked many additional info available - definitely recommend it. Thank you at this point to the host!
Die Unterkunft war perfekt! Zentral aber ruhig, komplette Ausstattung (auch in der Küche), Gastgeber stellte viele zusätzliche Infos zur Verfügung - auf jeden Fall weiter zu empfehlen. Vielen Dank an dieser Stelle an den Gastgeber!
We visited this property as 3 couples over New Year. It is extremely well-appointed and had everything we needed. There are enough restaurants/shops nearby to cater for every day needs and Stephan was very helpful in responding to e-mails prior to arrival to provide information. We would (and probably will) return to see more of Berlin and would have no hesitation in returning to the Blacksmith Loft. Only one word of advice to anyone visiting, it's probably a good idea to do some research about public transport before arrival. Buses and metro stations are well-within reach but take some organisation to get into the centre of Berlin. All in all a very positive experience.
Lovely apartment plenty of room for 6 adults we were. All equipment is available blah. washing machine, coffee machines as there is also a Nespresso machine. The apartment is within walking distance to the U-Bahn Birkenstrasse where blah. A large supermarket with bakery and delicatessen. Very friendly host.
Dejlig lejlighed rigeligt plads til de 6 voksne vi var. Alt udstyr forefindes bla. vaskemaskine, kaffemaskiner da der også er en Nespresso maskine. Lejligheden ligger i gå afstand til u-Bahn Birkenstrasse hvor der bla. findes et stort supermarked med bager og delikatesseafdeling.
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This is a beautiful house for staying in Berlin. We enjoyed too much.
The apartment was great! The decor was fun, and everything was comfortable and clean. Access to public transportation was pretty easy. It's about a 5 minute walk to the closest train station.
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The Ball State University Student Health Center, located in the Amelia T. Wood building, provides ambulatory health care for currently enrolled sick and injured students in addition to providing care for on-the-job injuries for Ball State University employees. The Health Center is comprised of a Main clinic and pharmacy on the first floor, Women's Center and Health Education on the second floor, and a physical therapy unit on the lower level. The Ball State Employee QuickClinic, located on the lower level, provides health services to university employees for acute illnesses.
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It's 1am in Boston early Sunday morning, we're at Good Life on Kingston Street, and the downstairs dance floor is full -- fuller than full. DJ DERRICK CARTER has the people jumping all around. Hands rise and pump the air. Heather, whom this writer sees at many house music events, comes up to me and thanks me for bringing Carter's stuff to her attention (on FB of course).
Friday night's SAEED YOUNAN performance was balm to those dance music fans that have had their fill of techno, techno, techno all the time. Booking Younan's seductively flirty "tribal" sound into Bijou, currently Boston's techno temple -- the club's allowed him to drop his sound; too many clubs require DJs to conform to theirs -- hopefully signals a big change.
When this writer arrived at RISE two nights ago, at 3 a.m., to see Italy's PIRUPA, make his Boston debut, there was a long line waiting to get in; inside, both floors were packed to capacity. And no wonder. Pirupa, in just three years of work, has, according to his bio at Resident Advisor, already scored three Number One downloads at Beatport.
In just a very few years, the UK's NICOLE MOUDABER has moved into the top ranks of performing DJs and re-mixers; she also collaborates now with Victor Calderone and Carl Cox, and her bio adds that Danny Tenaglia himself is now working with her in studio. For house music and techno it doesn't get any better than these; thus her Boston debut, at Bijou last Friday night, was a top date for this city's knowledgeable fans.
Of all the many DJ BORIS sets this writer has seen, his stint at Bjou on Friday, September 21, was the strongest. Though his sound has changed strikingly, from classic, dainty-footed "tribal" to a booming, deep techno, the new rhythms fit. By this move he has, smartly, followed the lead of DJ Chus and Victor Calderone, with whom Boris often works in studio, and his set at Bijou, though not as strikingly original as the sounds of Chus and Calderone, showed mix ingenuity and mastery of form.
For anyone who has heard his work -- and there is a lot, on four CDs, from Blossom in 2003 to last year's Impermance -- AGORIA'S gig at Julep on Thursday night, September 20, was one of the most anticipated house music performances of the season. Would the Lyon, France resident, as a DJ, live up to the smooth, Euro soundscapes and robust, reverb rhythms that distinguish his track productions? After all, this writer has seen top-ranked producers come from Europe to Boston in DJ mode and crap out.
LAURA JONES was a new name to this writer when her appearance at the "Futured" series of DJ gigs at Julep was announced; yet when her gig took place on Thursday night, she was greeted by fans who knew her stuff well and loved her for it. She lived up to all of that love, and then some -- it converted this writer too. Listening to Jones' tracks at Beatport, I found them, with the exception of Maceo Plex's remix of her "Love In Me," to be dry and samey, nothing I much cared to play again.
Ever since he rolled out his new sound a few years ago -- train motion and flight take-offs -- VICTOR CALDERONE'S dance music has been a study in rhythmic romance. Playing to an almost completely full dance floor at Bijou this past Friday night, he played a love trip that moved from acceleration to cruise control and which settled into two grooves at one time: a high octave that sounded up, up, and away, and a low frequency rumble that trekked way down to the bottom of it all.
CRAIG MITCHELL, perhaps the Boston area's most soulful house music DJ, proved again at RISE on Saturday night that he well merits his reputation as the best in show. In a more than four-hour set he played both sides of his art, edgy evocations of mix equipment music and classic, 1990s house music send-ups.
Standing -- and dancing, often -- at DJ DEKA'S left side during his 90-minute set at Bijou this past Friday night, this writer often thought back to what blues lyric master Willie Dixon wrote and that Howlin' Wolf and Koko Taylor sang, about partying, in "Wang Dang Doodle:" "We're gonna bust out all the windows, break down all the doors.
Chus + Ceballos,
the A-list DJ/production duo from Madrid, Spain, dropped a set at Royale Thursday night as
strong and imaginative as any I've seen them do in Boston. Beginning precisely at midnight, Chus
Esteban and Pablo Ceballos laid down a train-track choogle as classic in tone
and progressions as those of 1950s R&B - and as up-to-date in surface
textures as an Instagram.
Boating out to Boston on a rainy and foggy Saturday night might well have been a lobsterman's run -- this writer has gone on many such. But this time it was a DJ run, featuring many of Boston and Providence's finest each dropping one-hour sets (well not quite: more about that later) on about 200 very happy, very damp people.
If Dizzy Gillespie's signature was "Grooving High," then STEVE ANGELLO'S theme at Ocean Club Marina bay Sunday night was "venting high." The Swedish House Mafia stalwart dropped a set -- on a crowd 1,500 strong -- that lived up to the hype, and then some. He exceeded himself not by marvels of mix-boarding -- many fans accuse him of playing pre-mixed sets and swore that that was what he did in this performance too -- but by delivering a message in his music neither superficial nor out of school: that no matter how pent up your day-to-day life, no matter how frustrated, or regretful, or love-longing your soul may feel, you can conquer it all by just letting go, venting everything, and lifting your arms, body, and all up up and away.
"Distinctive drive balanced with a sense of warmth and soul," is how CASSY'S bio at SoundCloud describes her sound as a track producer. At NAGA this past Thursday night, that is what she dropped in a much-awaited two hour set that had a less-than-full dance floor shaking booty and cheering.
Using two CD players and mixboard, Ms.
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Perhaps it is unfair to downgrade the performance dropped by the very young Swedish dance music track-maker ALESSO at Ocean Club, Marina Bay, the night of July 4. Alesso -- real name Alessandro Lindblad -- turns age 21 just this week, an age more suited, one wants to think, to arena rock or indie punk than to the worldly intricacies of great dance music.


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We vacation like royalty on Kate & Will's private honeymoon escape in the Indian Ocean
Welcome to the 1% Travel Guide, your bible of the most tricked-out, exclusive destinations that money can buy.
From the moment you first stepped into that cookie-cutter cubicle fifteen years ago and signed that financially appetizing job offer, you've accepted the fact that life is dull, you're a corporate sellout and you might as well have stuck to that paper route all those years ago. You work late hours, you're pretty sure your trophy wife married you for your refillable cash card and you have a sneaking suspicion that your boss is involved in some hedge fund scheme that is likely to bankrupt the company.
After a nightmare of your likely end as some workaholic hoarding scrooge-like figure forces you awake one night, you head to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and try to get your thoughts in line. You glance down at one of your wife's trashy celeb magazines spread across the table and recognize the grin of that royal English prince and his new wife, the one with the sister who has a hot ass. The magazine goes on to describe the couple's honeymoon jaunt off the coast of Africa last year on some island that is the literal iteration of paradise on earth. Be it your midlife crisis or the post-dinner heartburn, you make the most spur-of-the-moment decision of your life: if I'm going to waste away my golden years unappreciated by the masses, why shouldn't I splurge this cash on something other than my wife's new Coach purses? If life is going to hell anyway, why shouldn't I at least spend a week of my life living like the future king of England? It's decided – next stop, somewhere called Desroches Island in the aptly named beach nation of Seychelles!
After convincing the local travel agent that this place isn't Disney World and will require her to use some skills to locate it on a map, you're booked into a flurry of international flight destinations that see you from Mid-America to Europe, and eventually to the island of Mahé. Arriving at your penultimate stop several days later, you're struck by the growing sense of societal disconnect as you venture further into the abyss. Life just seems easier cruising between continents in first class, and the in-flight open bar doesn't seem to hurt that analysis. As you board your private charter flight for the 143-mile final leg of your journey, your pilot informs you that from this moment on, your cell phones will be rendered useless. Despite your wife's comments about losing her newfound Twitter popularity over this "tech issue" (you decide not to tell her that bots don't count as followers), for the first time in years you feel strangely relieved to be going off the map. Will you be missed? Unknown. Do you care anymore? Not a chance!
Upon landing, you're greeted by a sense of awe at the remoteness you now see before you. You are now on a private island, one untouched by skyscrapers, smog or that ever-present smell of an urban sewage system beneath your feet. After being met by your golf cart, you're driven through the virgin forest toward the coral atoll and sandy beaches. As you check in you survey the bill, which is presented to you. When you requested their most expensive suite earlier, you didn't expect to hear that the new Madame Zabre Villa is actually the most expensive "hotel room" in the country. At 12,000 euros (about $15,500) a night, this week of indulgence might well cost a white-collar worker his yearly salary.
Entering your villa for the first time, you walk into 650 luxurious square meters of living space, with three bedrooms, each with its own private pool. Your wife heads straight for the built-in spa as you say hello to your personal team of staff, including private chef, Balinese masseuse and 24/7 butler service. As you relax on the expansive sun deck and take in the views of the Indian Ocean, you begin to unwind, as this is one trip you were meant to take.
After a few days of experiencing life as its best at Madame Zabre, you begin to partake in the amazing range of activities that this tropical paradise has to offer. Be it learning the ins and outs of diving in the Seychelles' crisp clear waters or catching succulent sailfish or tuna, your time is never wasted, it's time well spent. As the days grow long like the stunning skyline, you begin to ponder how to remain like this forever. But when reality sinks in, you realize you can always find peace in the fact that you're still king of the bedroom…unless she was lying about that.
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Belly dance show set Saturday in Pine River
Gaia Sophia will present the third annual Tribal Wonderland! Super Show from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Pine River-Backus School Commons.
This is a family-friendly performing arts belly dance show, featuring the dance talents of Anita Lalwani of FatChanceBellyDance (FCBD) and Sofia Tribal, a FCBD Sister Studio, as well as many regional belly dance soloists and troupes.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Ticket are $10 at the door and children 12 and younger will be admitted free.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the local area food shelf. A donation box for non-perishable food items will be available at the ticket booth for added generosity.
Additional information can be found at www.gaiasgoldengrove.com.