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I've been involved with Good Samaritan Bowl since its very beginning back in 2003. Since day one, this "Friendraiser" has been touching lives, lifting spirits in the Brainerd Lakes area, making a difference in the lives of so many.
When I heard that last year's Good Samaritan Bowl was the top fundraiser in the entire Good Samaritan Society, I was humbled. What a testament to the generosity of our community and to all those who bowl, donate, pledge, dine, sponsor and volunteer at this one-of-a-kind event. With all the gloomy economic news, it's nice to know we're No. 1 in a good way!
As a founding member of Good Samaritan Bowl, I invite everyone to come out and support Good Samaritan Bowl on May 6 and 7 at Jack's House in Brainerd and Community Bowl in Pine River. It isn't too late to be part of this exciting family-friendly "Fundraiser!"
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I would like to correct some misinformation about Rep. John Ward's performance in the Legislature. He is a conscientious, well-informed congressman, as a reading of his Legislative Updates indicates.
John Ward is sensitive to the plight of homeowners and supports the reinstatement of the homestead tax credit.
John Ward is supporting specific initiatives to increase jobs in Minnesota, including speeding up the permitting process, funding construction and repair of public infrastructure (such as roads and bridges), and advancing the Minnesota Investment Fund, a program which has helped provide financing for business expansion, including two local companies.
John Ward also supports raising teacher standards, by requiring that teachers pass a basic skills test before they hit the classroom, and by reforming the current teacher licensing examination. He also wants to pay back the school system in a financially responsible manner, not by using projected surpluses.
Patricia W. Scott
The tone of our politics has taken an unfortunate turn over the last several weeks, months, and years. Personal attacks, close-mindedness, and an unwillingness to compromise have become the new normal. As someone who has always tried to be moderate and bipartisan, this is alarming and something we shouldn't tolerate in the good state of Minnesota.
Beyond that, I feel part of the public's dismay with elected officials is because not enough elected officials are moderates or statesmen/stateswomen. I work very hard to represent all of my constituents to the best of my ability. Much of my legislation is bipartisan and I'm always reaching across the aisle. Are there political differences? Yes, but I would never personally attack or demean a colleague for their beliefs.
I'm proud of what I believe in and what I have fought for. I'm not sorry for fighting for a quality education for our children and I won't apologize for working tirelessly for education funding from all who reside — permanently or seasonally — in every school district. I don't feel one bit bad about working to get property tax relief to all of our citizens rather than corporate America.
I am proud of legislation and advocating for our small businesses in order to help them create more jobs. I have fought for needed treatment for our Lyme Disease victims, for our dog owners whose pets are being killed by dangerous traps, against the epidemic spread of Aquatic Invasive Species in our lakes, for conservation projects like the Mississippi River Northwoods Project, and for any Minnesotan who needs my help.
It's a privilege to represent all of my constituents and I look forward to helping everyone I can. I'm thankful and humbled by the great support I have received from a majority of my constituents. Thank you.
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The Texas Giant At Six Flags Over Texas In Arlington Reopens
Six Flags Texas Giant has been closed, since Rosa Ayala-Goana died in July from falling out the ride over 75 feet in the air. Rosa's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Six Flags, the trial is still being disputed in court.
The Road Work Report
If you didn't notice the road work happening this morning as you were heading off to work and taking the kids to another day of school, well wait till you head home form work. Look out for road construction around the Amarillo and Canyon areas.
Vehicle Rollover Accident Claims Life
A single vehicle rollover claimed the life of one man just before 11:00 Wednesday morning last week. There also were no other passengers in the car, but the cause of the wreck is under investigation.
What Is The Best Way To Order Your Food At A Drive Thru? [VIDEO]
When you're sitting in the line at the drive thru, your patience might be tested. Rather than losing it and being a jerk, these videos show some people who decided to have some fun with the workers instead.
Power Outages Throughout the Texas Panhandle Wednesday Morning
Waking up Wednesday morning to the thunder and good ole rain was a good way to start today. Well, for most of us it was a good thing. But, it wasn't all good. There were others that had power outages thanks to the morning storm.
No Help From FEMA For The Town Of West,Texas
Gov. Rick Perry received a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small town of West Texas.
Gruver Police Department Is On The Verge To Be Shut Down
An area town may no longer have a police department. There really hasn't been a reason to disband this police department to the chief's knowledge.
Keeping Your Family Safe During A Tornado With A Storm Shelter
What if the tornado sirens sound and you're at home with no basement or any other shelter too go to? Many homeowners are turning to this option. They are choosing to install tornado shelters in or around their house.
Yesterday's Evening Tornadoes Devastated Parts Of North Texas
Severe weather is upon us here in Texas. A strong thunderstorm moved on through parts area producing a couple of tornadoes that touched ground.
The "Every Drop Counts" Campaign
Summer is right around the corner, but for the Texas Panhandle it could be a another year that the area could see triple digit temperatures plus add to our continuing drought conditions. Which right now Texas Panhandle is still considered to be under a severe to extreme drought conditions.
NASCAR Is Changing The Way Drivers Qualify
On June 23rd, the Sonoma Raceway will be the first race to try out the new qualifying procedure for road course races. The cars will qualify in groups instead of the traditional single-car qualifying held on each Sprint Cup Series track.
H-E-B Stores Are Making Way For A New Product "Whataburger Ketchup"
Whataburger is know as a Texas Treasure for the food it has been serving for over 50 years and at the Whataburger Family Convention they announced that Whataburger will launch into retail sales. The first time Whataburger will bottle its popular line of condiments-Fancy Ketchup, Spicy Ketchup and Original Mustard.


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The Amex: A Questionable Seal Of Approvalby and
To old-timers on Wall Street, the American Stock Exchange is the "Curb" -- a throwback to the horse-and-buggy era, when Amex traders bought and sold stocks outdoors. But over the years, the Amex has come light-years from its open-air origins, achieving a reputation for innovation that has been reinforced under its aggressive but folksy chairman, James R. Jones. The Amex has been a pioneer in options and new financial instruments. But the former Washington heavyweight has been unable to reverse a somber trend: When it comes to another Amex franchise, secondary stocks, the exchange is left in the dust by the NASDAQ over-the-counter market.
Well, the Amex is fighting back. On Mar. 18, the exchange inaugurated with much fanfare an Emerging Company Marketplace of 23 small companies. The ECM companies are tiny "penny stocks," $ 30 million in average market cap, but top-heavy with high-tech innovators in fields that range from cancer therapy (Epigen Inc.) to air-cooled krypton lasers (Ion Laser Technology Inc.) (table). The companies were handpicked by a "blue-ribbon committee" of Amex members and money managers, and screened for quality as well as financial soundness. Securities & Exchange Commission filings were scrutinized, Amex staffers insist, to weed out companies infected with the malady that has plagued the penny-stock arena -- regulatory troubles.
TRACK RECORD. The result, the Amex boasted in one ad, is an amalgamation of "some of the best companies in the country." Or as Jones puts it: "We want ECM to be a prestige place to start" -- an "incubator" for companies on the way up. Jones bristles at criticism of the ECM for including some companies that originated as "blind pools" -- shell companies that are frequently subject to manipulation by penny-stock promoters. "That's an unfair swipe at some very distinguished people who served on the blue-ribbon committee," says Jones. And three committee members who would speak for the record -- Bankers Trust Senior Vice-President William J. Newman, Prudential Securities Inc. Managing Director Alexander C. Schwartz Jr., and Beekman Capital Management President Nedim Hamarat -- say the panel weeded out dubious companies. "Where there was prior wrongdoing by any principals of the listed companies," says Schwartz, "the panel in almost all cases took an extremely negative view and disqualified the company."
"Almost all"? Were any companies with regulatory problems allowed to list on the ECM? The answer is yes. And that raises questions that go to the heart of the new Amex marketplace, because small-company stocks are largely sold to small-fry investors, who are wary of penny stocks because of past abuses.
An examination of public information by BUSINESS WEEK indicates that one of the ECM companies recently had significant regulatory troubles that were known to the Amex. The chairman of yet another ECM company has blots on his past that could have been -- but were not -- easily uncovered by the Amex: He was expelled from the securities industry in 1974, and false statements concerning his academic background appear in company disclosures.
The track record of two little companies would usually be of small consequence -- except, of course, to their shareholders. But the regulatory pedigrees of Printron Inc. and Cancer Treatment Holdings Inc. Chairman Lawrence Levinson raise troubling questions about the adequacy of the ECM company-selection process:
-- Printron Inc. This Albuquerque (N. M.) company, which is developing an advanced method of making printed circuit boards, is the subject of an ongoing SEC probe. In a federal court complaint against the company by the SEC last Sept. 26, Printron is described as owing much of its existence to a convicted felon and disbarred New Jersey attorney named Karl R. Huber Jr. Huber was convicted in 1985 of filing false tax returns, and in 1979, he was found guilty of conspiracy, perjury, mail fraud, racketeering, and lying to a government agency.
According to the SEC complaint, whose allegations were neither admitted nor denied by the company, it was Huber's idea to take the company public, and Huber was instrumental in the hiring of Printron CEO Eleanor Schuler and a director, Thomas Beam, who is the company's former chief financial officer and treasurer. The SEC maintains that two companies "associated" with Huber received in 1987 a 37% stake in Printron, 370,000 shares, for 7~ a share, or $ 25,000. With Printron shares now trading on the ECM at $ 9, that stock is now worth $ 1.1 million.
The SEC's beef with Printron was not that Huber was intimately involved with the company -- but that his involvement was not disclosed to shareholders. To settle the charges, Schuler and Printron agreed last September to refrain from future violations of SEC reporting requirements. "We were assured by the Amex staff that the issue had been resolved," notes panel member Hamarat.
But Printron's troubles aren't over. The SEC is continuing an inquiry into similar allegations concerning Printron directors Clifford Lloyd and Beam, neither of whom could be reached for comment. Printron corporate secretary Valerie Winters says that settlement talks are under way, and Schuler, who says that she was aware of Huber's criminal record, notes that Huber is no longer employed by the company. "There were no victims," says Schuler. "No shareholders were harmed." An Amex spokesperson would not comment on Printron, "because of the regulatory nature" of the matter.
-- Cancer Treatment Holdings Inc. This Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) company runs radiation-therapy centers, mainly in Florida. Its chairman is Lawrence Levinson, who in 1974 consented to an SEC-obtained court order banning him from the securities industry for life. "I voluntarily turned my license in because I had a net capital violation," says Levinson. "Did I do anything wrong morally or ethically? No." But the SEC alleged, and Levinson neither admitted nor denied, that he "willfully violated" the antifraud provisions of the securities laws in connection with the sale of unregistered stock -- in addition to net capital violations by a defunct securities firm headed by Levinson, Quodar Equities Ltd.
Levinson's 1974 troubles did not have to appear in Cancer Treatment documents because they were more than five years old. But the CTI prospectus, filed with the SEC in 1988, was equally notable for what it did contain. It described Levinson as a certified financial planner since 1981 who holds a PhD in pharmacology from Columbia University and a "master's equivalent degree" in pharmacology from the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy -- all of which is denied by Columbia, Long Island University (successor to the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy), and the International Board of Standards & Practices for Certified Financial Planners, which says that Levinson was never a CFP.
Recent corporate filings have not repeated -- nor retracted -- the statements in the 1988 prospectus, but in the 1991 fiscal year annual report, the chairman is described in a photo caption as "Lawrence Levinson, PhD."
Levinson insists that he was a CFP in the mid-1980s and that he earned 41 credits toward a master's. He describes the Columbia PhD notation as a "mistake" and says that he has a mail-order PhD from a now-defunct institution. "I never misrepresented anything," says Levinson. "I have a PhD. Is it a meaningless PhD? Probably." In any event, Levinson maintains, the question is moot. "People invested in a concept, an idea," he says.
Amex officials say they were unaware of Levinson's background -- a history that Schwartz maintains would have disqualified a company from inclusion in the ECM. "Those kinds of things hopefully were screened out by the staff," says Hamarat. But they weren't. And unless the Amex repairs the holes in its screening procedures, the exchange will allow a pall to be cast over the ECM companies that have unblemished records -- and may truly be among the "nation's best companies."
THE AMEX'S NEW LIST OF EMERGING COMPANIES ADVANCED PHOTONIX Light and radiation detection devices ALTA ENERGY Oil and gas exploration and development AMERICAN PACIFIC MINT Jewelry and bullion products AUDRE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS Designs and markets software systems CANCER TREATMENT HOLDINGS Radiation therapy centers COLONIAL DATA TECHNOLOGIES Telephone caller-identification products DIGITRAN SYSTEMS Simulator training systems EPIGEN Developing cancer-treatment products INTERTEL COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications services ION LASER TECHNOLOGY Medical laser technology MEDIA LOGIC Test equipment for disk-drive makers MEDPHONE Medical products that use phone lines NORTH COAST ENERGY Oil and gas drilling NORTHERN INSTRUMENTS Electronic sensing devices OCEAN OPTIQUE DISTRIBUTORS Imports and distributes eyeglass frames PNF INDUSTRIES Fire-retardant ceramic coating products PRINTRON Printed-circuit board technology PROFESSIONAL DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES Dental instruments and fluoride products RANDERS GROUP Real estate development and construction THREE-FIVE SYSTEMS Diodes and liquid-crystal displays TOP SOURCE Develops and markets auto technologies TOPOX Products for skin disorders UNIQUE MOBILITY Developing brushless electric motors DATA: COMPANY REPORTS


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John Temrowski Offers to pay for a block party after embezzling well over $20,000 from our funds Utica Michigan
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I believe I reported most of this before but this man, a neighbor, offers to be our Treasurer for our subdivision funding account. When all was said and done, this man had access to at least $20,000. Since he is an attorney, we thought we had nothing to worry about. It wasn't long after that we come to find out that there is next to nothing in our account. He had 'borrowed' all of our funds.
I was mad enough about it but police told me what was involved and what I would have to do. Now, this man comes up with the big offer of paying for our annual block party. It's a small affair, usually cost less than $1,000. No offer to pay back the $20,000 that he stole. I told him that I will deal with this all legally but I can believe the guts of this guy. He even acted as if he was doing me a favor.
I can not believe this man would have even one client based on what I have seen.
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Here's a pic of my chili dogs i made. man am a fan of pink's over here in Hollywood but i got say i did as good or better than them!!!!! BTW that homemade chili and pickled jalapenos
My first shot at hotdogs!!! with Q view - Page 2
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!!Whoa!!! that is one good looking dog!! !!
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Those are some great looking dogs man. I would love to have a couple of those for sure
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Those look perfect, I copied your recipe and will give it a try on my next batch.
I'm glad I waited to place my order, I'm not a kraut fan, but I'll take a couple of chili dogs!
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Dude, that is one beautiful chili dog!
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Those do look nice. Congrats! I have been trying to work up the courage to try emulsified sausages.
Good luck and good smoking!
Everyone should give it a shot these dogs are so much better than most store bought ones!!! beside you get to choose what kind of meat goes in them. and another thing the price for premium wieners is outrageous!!
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All Beef Dogs are my favorite---AND yours look Awesome!!!!
Nice Job!
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nice dogs!!! i'm gearing up for sausage making and these are on my list big time......
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Nice looking hotdogs... I'll have 2 with Mustard Onion and Kraut...
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those look great!
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Dude , i'm so inspired i just made a call and a put out a bribe of a old red bullet ,and boston butt or pulled pork meal to my carpentar freind he said he has enough wood to build small smoke house.We will see i'll keep my fingers crossed.He will also be given a lesson on the faitfull day.I have a slab all ready from old 3ton split system know on package, now much quieter.
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Those look awesome. . I'll take mine with chili, cheese and bacon.
great looking Dogs! I have been wanting to try all beef dogs I will have to try your recipe.
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My favorite hot dog are Sabrets from NYC but I have to say those look like a good run for the money! I am putting that on my list. It cost to much money to ship in Sabrets to the Pacific NorthWest.
Those with a little mustard and sauerkraut would be to die for.
AWESOME!!! I love dogs, this makes my pork chops on the smoker tonight look a lot less appealing...
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Dang that chilli cheese dog looks absolutely awesome. My mouth is watering and I dont even have any beer on hand.
I copied your recipe and this will be my next smoking project.
Whats the deal with the sheep casings?
Can you use any other say collagen?
I'd hate to screw em up!
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Did someone say Chili Dog!!!
Dang! Those look good.
I used sheep casing cause i wanted to give it a shot with those i got a hank for 30 bucks!! so its not to expensive they are a little more difficult to use than pork since they do yield a more tender product. i never tried make them with collagen casings i would like know if anybody here has used the to make dogs before. i usually use collagen for snack sticks.
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All you need to finish those off is a little mustard and a nice heap of kraut!
Nice work!
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As New ASEAN Chair, Myanmar Braces for Year of 1,000 Meetings
- By Catherine A. TraywickCatherine A. Traywick is a fellow at Foreign Policy.
In Brunei on Thursday, Myanmar took its place as the 2014 ASEAN chair, a role it was forced to relinquish in 2006 as its military rulers came under pressure from the U.S. and the European Union for not doing enough to advance democracy. As head of the Southeast Asian bloc, Myanmar will host the 2014 ASEAN summit — an annual event that draws thousands of delegates and journalists, who attend upwards of 1,000 meetings.
But can Myanmar, with its notoriously poor infrastructure, handle the foot traffic?
When the country hosted the World Economic Forum in Naypyidaw this year, its infrastructure problems were embarrassingly visible to all. In the first place, Naypyidaw — a city built just seven years ago to be the new capital — is hours from the national airport. Upon arrival, many guests found their hotels still in the process of installing ATMs, while a shortage of rooms (Naypyidaw offered just 3,000) forced some attendees to stay two hours away in nearby Yangon (during this year's ASEAN summit, Brunei's 2,000 hotel rooms sufficiently housed the delegates and their staff). The forum itself was dampened by frequent power outages and Internet connectivity issues.
Matters may not be much better by the time the next ASEAN summit rolls around. Internet and electricity in Myanmar remain unreliable, which is why many NGOs keep their offices in Yangon's high-end hotels — seemingly the only venues with relatively consistent Internet service. Until recently, for instance, both the United Nations and the International Labor Organization had their country offices inside Traders Hotel in Yangon. The hotel has since forced them out in order to take advantage of skyrocketing hotel prices and accommodate the growing influx of travelers in the country. The shortage — and fluctuating quality — of lodging could continue to be an issue in spite of efforts to build new hotels quickly. In addition to hosting ASEAN meetings and the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, the government expects to welcome more than one million visitors next year. The Southeast Asian Games, which features 7,000 athletes competing in 33 sports, will be a real test of the country's tourism capacity. Myanmar's tourism minister has already called for government regulation of hotel prices during the event — lest inflated pricing deter tomorrow's tourists.


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Anything is possible in the Warehouse. That's what Allison Scagliotti, one of the stars of Syfy's Warehouse 13, loves about the show. The only limit to the show, about a top-secret facility in which cursed, haunted and bad-juju artifacts are locked away where they can do no harm, is one's imagination. "We explore so many different themes that I don't think any two episodes are alike," says Scagliotti, who plays whip-smart and sarcastic Claudia, one of the Warehouse custodians. "We did this video game, Tron-esque episode one week and then, two episodes later, we've got a Die Hard-type story line. So we're keeping it fresh." Warehouse 13, now in its third season and one of Syfys most popular shows, airs at 8 p.m. Mondays.
In what ways are you and Claudia are most alike?
"Definitely her wit. I think what I bring most of myself to this character is my sense of humor and my sarcasm. I've been told since I was a kid that the way I can snarl out a one-liner is pretty unique. I feel like I sound like I'm tooting my own horn, but it's definitely my humor that I bring to Claudia."
The Warehouse 13 cast has great chemistry. Are you buddies off-camera? Or just convincing actors?
"We're lucky. I don't think that every show can say that the cast and crew form such a close-knit family, but we definitely do. If anybody watched our Comic-Con panel, we basically spent an hour just talking about how much we love each other. We poured it on so much, they might get a little distrusting. But it's true."
Of the different cursed artifacts featured in the show, have you had a favorite?
"My favorite one has definitely been Jimi Hendrix's guitar, because it was the first opportunity that gave me a chance to play guitar on the show. Music is really important to me and the writers and the network have been really supportive of my wish to play guitar and sing on the show."
Are there any particular artifacts that you would like to see featured in an episode?
"I've pitched some ideas of artifacts. I pitched the Red Shoes, based on the ballet and the story of the girl who dances herself to death. This year I was taking a lot of ballet classes in Toronto. I actually danced for about eight years before I became an actress. I thought it would be interesting if Claudia sort of fell into the Red Shoes and had to dance herself to the brink of death before she could get out of them."
Warehouse 13 has built a very loyal fan base during its three seasons. Do you have a favorite sci-fi show or movie, something that transforms you into an intense and geeky fan?
"The Walking Dead is one of my favorite shows. I watched every episode religiously last year and I geeked out a little bit when we [cast members from Warehouse 13 and The Walking Dead] were both backstage at Comic-Con. I was standing there, honestly, kind of squealing over the cast members."
What do you think Claudia's quirky wardrobe says about her as a person?
"What I hope that it says is that she's her own person and she doesn't concern herself with societal standards and what other people expect her to look like or expect her to behave like. She's finding out who she is as an adult, but she knows what she likes. The thing I've been really flattered by in playing her is the number of moms and young girls who reach out to me and tell me what a role model Claudia is for young women, in terms of just learning to love themselves. I hope that's what people get out of the way Claudia presents herself, that there's nothing more beautiful or fun or comfortable than just doing what you like."


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Pianist/Coach Ming Kwong's artistry has brought him to work at some of the finest artistic institutions in the United States. In the Summer of 2010 he was the repetiteur for Tosca and Le Nozze di Figaro at the world-renowned Glimmerglass Opera under the baton of Maestro David Angus, the music director of Boston Lyric Opera. He has worked with some of the top Conductors including Maestro James Levine on the production of Don Giovanni at the Tanglewood Music Center in 2009 and Maestro George Manahan, the music director of New York City Opera, on Cosi fan tutte at the Aspen Music Festival. His credits include a Coach Apprenticeship with Florida Grand Opera for their 2008-2009 season, Fellowship Coach at the Aspen Summer Music Festival and Vocal Pianist at the prestigious Music Academy of the West, led by Marilyn Horne. Mr. Kwong was the Music Director of the Undergraduate Opera Theater at Manhattan School of Music while pursuing his Masters degree. Ming works closely with Director Dona Vaughn, the former Stage Director/Acting Coach for the Metropolitan Lindermann program and current Artistic Director of PORT Opera and Manhattan School of Music Opera Department.
Equally at home in operatic repertoire and recital, Ming Kwong recently made his Kennedy Center debut with Metropolitan Opera National Winner Lori Guilbeau. He has collaborated in recital with partners such as his wife, Liederkranz Wagner Division Winner and 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Semi-finalist Jessica Stavros, and MONCA Winner Erich Rene Barbera. Other credits include The Cleveland Art Song Festival with Martin Katz and Craig Rutenberg in 2010, performing on the Stephanie Blythe Master Class at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Joey Reynolds show – WOR news talk radio 710HD in October 2009. Ming is regularly engaged to accompany Master Classes given by the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
A prizewinner of numerous competitions, Mr. Kwong won First Prize in the Advanced Improvisation and Second Prize in the Advanced Bach Session in the 12th Hong Kong Piano Open Competition.
Mr. Kwong holds a Masters degree in Piano Accompanying from Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Warren Jones, and a Masters Degree in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory. He currently is a Coach/Pianist at Manhattan School of Music.
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Friday, May 5, 2006. 3:00 pm-4:15 pm
Join us for the opening of the exhibit in the Lamar Soutter Library.
Welcome and opening remarks - Elaine R. Martin, DA, Director of Library Services, Lamar Soutter Library
Ribbon-cutting and remarks by Aaron Lazare, M.D., Chancellor and Dean of UMass Medical School.
Winners of the Student Essay Contest will be announced and awards presented.
Featured speaker and exhibit honoree: Lucy Candib, M.D.
Light refreshments will be served.
Tours of the exhibit will be offered.
Friday, May 5, 2006. 4:30 pm-6:00 pm
The Women's Health Initiative: An Update
Perspectives on Women's Health Research and Biomedical Careers
- Dr. Vivian W. Pinn
Building on the Women's Health Initiative at UMMS
- Dr. Judith K. Ockene
Location: UMass Medical School - Faculty Conference Room
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a long-term study that has focused on strategies for preventing heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Over 160,000 women aged 50-79 have been involved in this 15-year project which is one of the most definitive, far-reaching clinical trials of women's health ever undertaken in the U.S. Join
Vivian Pinn, M.D.
and Judith Ockene, Ph.D, M.Ed, M.A, for an informative discussion of research in women's health and how the findings of the WHI study affect the everyday lives of women. Dr. Pinn is Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Ockene is Professor of Medicine and the Barbara Helen Smith Chair in Preventive and Behavioral Medicine at UMass Medical School and Principal Investigator for the WHI study at UMass Medical School/Fallon Clinic. Light refreshments will be served.
Sunday, May 7, 2006. 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Women & Medicine - Behind the Scenes Program - Girl Scouts of Montachusett Council, Inc.
Location: UMass Medical School - Lamar Soutter Library
Registration Required. Contact: Kelly See at 508-853-1070 x116
Ages 11-17 (6th - 12th grade)
Discover the history and world of medicine from the female perspective during a guided tour through the traveling
Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physician
exhibition. You'll explore how female pioneers in medicine confronted racial and sexist prejudice, achieved monumental breakthroughs, changed the way medicine is practiced, inspired future generations, and transformed our world. After your exciting tour, go behind the scenes with staff and volunteers from UMass Medical School for fun workshops in herbal and complementary medicine, panel discussions with women in medicine and science today, or learn about breast cancer awareness and prevention. If you want, you can even earn requirements toward the "Women Through Time" and "In the Pink" IP's! There will be a cafeteria for parents or troop advisors who serve as drivers. And, there are a few volunteer positions open for council trained volunteers. Interested volunteers should contact Kelly. Carpooling is strongly encouraged, as there will be an onsite parking fee.
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Worcester District Medical Society and the Lamar Soutter Library - Co-sponsors: "Meet the Author Series"
5:30 pm
Reception and Dedication of the "Women in Medicine" Book Collection
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Location: UMass Medical School - Lamar Soutter Library
6:15 pm
Testing the Boundaries: Women Physicians and Sex Education--The Case of Dr. Mary S. Calderone
by Ellen S. More, Ph.D. Head, Lamar Soutter Library Office of Medical History and Archives; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Medical School
Location: S1-608 Hiatt Auditorium, UMass Medical School
Dr. More will analyze the role conflict faced by women physicians who publicly advocate for sexual health, a controversial subject which destabilizes deeply entrenched structures of (masculine) professional identity while also tapping into a pool of unresolved issues of feminine sexuality. By analyzing the strategies adopted by the well-known physician and sex educator,
Mary Steichen Calderone
(1904-1998), Dr. More will show the strategies she adopted to transform feelings of sexual shame into a source of personal power and cultural authority. Calderone was the medical director of Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1953 to 1964, and founding director of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the US, or SIECUS, from 1964 to 1982. Promulgating sexual liberation while performing feminine professionalism, she asserted that sexuality was a fundamental component of human identity, constitutive of mental and physical well-being.
Following the talk Dr. More will sign copies of her award-winning book,
Restoring the Balance: Women Physicians and the Profession of Medicine, 1850-1995
Tuesday, May 16, 2006. 6:00 pm
Film: Something the Lord Made (Rated PG)
Location: Worcester Public Library - Saxe Room
Something the Lord Made
recounts the relationship between Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and Vivien Thomas (Mos Def). It begins in 1930s Nashville when imperious cardiac surgeon Blalock hires Thomas, an African American carpenter, as his janitor. When the latter reveals a passion for medicine and facility with surgical instruments, Blalock promotes him to lab tech. Thomas isn't given a raise, works side jobs to make ends meet, and is expected to be grateful. Along the way, he follows Blalock from Vanderbilt to Johns Hopkins, where they save thousands of lives through their pioneering work. Learn about the contributions of
Dr. Helen B. Taussig
in this amazing event in medical history.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006. 7:00 pm
Film: Yesterday (Rated R)
Location: Worcester Public Library - Saxe Room
brings an intimate human perspective to the AIDS crisis in Africa.
is a moving and heartfelt portrait of a young, devoted mother who learns that she is HIV positive. Learn about Yesterday's (played by Leleti Khumalo) struggle to find good medical care and how important it is for doctors to educate their patients. One might expect a film about AIDS to be terribly depressing, and Director Darrell Roodt pulls no punches when conveying the emotional anguish of Yesterday's dilemma. But
is so visually beautiful in terms of its physical and spiritual landscape that it's universally appealing.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006. 7:00 pm
Film: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Rated R)
Location: Worcester Public Library - Saxe Room
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
delivers a dramatic, emotionally compelling portrait of a young woman's experience of psychiatric treatment. The movie features a critically acclaimed performance by Kathleen Quinlan as a mentally ill teen who struggles between fantasy and reality, escaping to her own imaginary world. Deborah is sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment by Dr. Fried (Bibi Andersson), who must attempt to rescue Deborah from the cruel beauty of her inner world. The fictional Dr. Fried is based on real life Dr. Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, a German emigrant and one of the first female psychotherapists in Germany.
Monday, June 5, 2006. 5:00 pm
A World Full of Stories: Writing and Medicine
Reception (5:00 pm), Lecture (5:30 pm) and Book-Signing
Perri Klass, MD
- Medical Director and President, Reach Out and Read National Center, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine.
Location: UMass Medical School - Lamar Soutter Library, Rare Book Room
Sponsored by the Lamar Soutter Library and the UMMS Humanities in Medicine Committee
Following her talk, Dr. Klass will sign copies of her recent novel,
The Mystery of Breathing
(Houghton Mifflin).
Wednesday, June 7, 2006. 3:00 pm
A Lady Alone,
Elizabeth Blackwell, MD
: First Woman Doctor in America
Written by Lynn Eckhert, MD
Performed by Linda Gray Kelley
Location: UMass Medical School - Faculty Conference Room
Imagine trying to break into the medical field back in the 1840's! Everyone was against this strong, bright woman becoming a doctor: Medical schools, other doctors, male patients and especially other women. How did she do it? Her lifetime accomplishments were extraordinary. A real pioneer. This one-woman play will be performed live.
Monday, June 12, 2006. 4:00-8:00 pm (open-house style)
Girl Scout Family Night
Location: UMass Medical School - Lamar Soutter Library
Ages: All
Girl Scouts of all ages, as well as their friends and families, are welcome to explore the history of women and medicine during this special Girl Scout open house. With your sister and brother Scouts, you'll tour the national traveling
Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating Amerca's Women Physicians
exhibit. Learn how female pioneers in medicine confronted racial and sexist prejudice, achieved monumental breakthroughs, changed the way medicine is practiced, inspired future generations, and transformed our world. The exhibition features more than 330 extraordinary female physicians and chronicles their battle to gain access to medical education, hospital training, and establish professions. There's even a local doctor featured! Don't miss this opportunity.
Date Modified: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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My wife took her 2004 Kia Sorento to Midas in Stockton to have them diagnos the vehicles air conditioning system. The tech there gave my wife a written estimate stating that the compressor needed to be replaced. The itemised cost in total from them was 1,800.00 dallors and some change. I made my wife an appointment with Kia of Manteca for a second opinion. Kia of Manteca confirmed that the compressor indeed needed to be replaced but at a total cost of 700.00. As you can see, there was NO reason for Midas to charge more then twice the amount compared to the dealer exept to RIP US OFF. Two something for a compressor and three hundred labor the rest in taxes totaling 700.00 is the real cost. So, anyhow my wife did get charged 40.00 dollars by Midas for the shady diagnosis. No bueno Midas.
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I don't like Midas and certainly agree that they charge too much, but this is not a case of fraud just because you received a lower quote at a different location. The diagnosis was accurate; therefore, it was not shady.
Merchants have the right to charge whatever they choose for their goods and services. The Midas estimate may be for new or better quality parts. The $700 estimate is low. You may have been given an estimate that includes rebuilt parts. You probably will not get out the door for only $700. You did not state the warranty terms for either estimate.
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2012-12-28 / Community
DSNY: Regular Pick Up Starts In New Year
No more just dumping stuff in the street. After December 31, home renovation contractors must hire a private sanitation company to collect construction debris. Homeowners who have large amounts of debris to remove must hire a private sanitation company and get a container for the debris. Bulk material and other small items will be collected by Sanitation as they have prior to the storm.


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My unease about genetically engineered crops and animals dates back to the beginning.
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The happy red Montmorency tart cherry Prunus cerasus has delighted for centuries. It is a cultivated sour cherry that was selected from wild cherry varieties of Northern Europe about a thousand years ago. Tart cherries also came from wild varieties in the Caspian and Black Sea areas and were popular in Greece before 300 BC. They were very well liked by the Persians and Romans of old, and are quite popular in Iran today. Montmorency is the most popular of tart cherry varieties. The tree was named after the Montmorency valley in France, famous for its tart cherries.
While colonist brought cherries to America in the 1600s, the French are credited with planting the Montmorency tart cherry along the St. Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes, the leading cherry producing region in North America today.
Eden Montmorency tart cherries grow near the east shore of northern Lake Michigan, ideal for tree fruit because of a strong seasonal lake effect. Seventeen years ago six families in the area asked Eden to help convert their orchards to organic. These orchards have now been managed organically for more than a decade, and more orchards are being converted to organic each year. These healthy orchards produce the most delicious tart cherries that we have ever experienced.
The Montmorency tart cherry is traditionally known as the 'pie cherry' and the 'healing cherry'. In areas where this cherry has been grown for generations, locals attest to its efficaciousness. A Michigan State University study found the antioxidants anthocyanins and their anlyon cyanidin compounds in the pigment of the Montmorency cherry. They also found kaempferol, isoqueritrin, and quercetin. Research conducted at Brunswick Laboratories in Massachusetts and the Hollings Cancer Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina found that Montmorency cherries contain ellagic acid, a naturally occurring plant phenolic. All of these are powerful antioxidants. Other compounds of note found in Montmorency cherries are perillyl alcohol and melatonin. Dr. Russell Reiter of the University of Texas Health Science Center, said, "We were surprised at how much melatonin was in cherries, specifically the Montmorency variety." According to research melatonin is a most potent antioxidant, even more so than vitamins C, E and A, and it's soluble in both fat and water and can enter cells that many vitamins cannot.
A pantry stocked with EDEN Montmorency tart cherry juice, concentrate, dried cherries, sauce, and fruit butters makes it easy to enjoy the taste, aroma, and health benefits of the Montmorency Cherry year round in cooking and baking, or right out of the container for pleasing beverages and snacks.
As a valued customer, receive 20% off EDEN Cherry Juice or Juice Concentrate, EDEN Dried Cherries, EDEN Cherry or Apple Cherry Butter, and EDEN Apple Cherry Sauce. Simply enter the coupon code "SEP2011" when prompted during checkout. Please extend this offer to friends and family.
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Serves 7 | Prep. Time 0:45 | Cook Time 0:15 min.
1 cup EDEN Organic Quinoa, washed and drained
1 1/2 cups water
1 pinch EDEN Sea Salt
1 cup green peas, fresh or frozen, blanched 2 min., rinsed and drained
4 ounces EDEN Dried Montmorency Tart Cherries, coarsely chopped
or EDEN Organic Dried Cranberries or EDEN Organic Dried Wild Blueberries
4 ounces EDEN Organic Dry Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
15 ounces EDEN Organic Garbanzo Beans, drained
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
3 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives
4 cups baby salad greens or any leaf lettuce, torn or shredded
2 Tablespoons EDEN Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons EDEN Organic Brown Rice Vinegar
1 Tablespoon EDEN Ume Plum Vinegar
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
Place quinoa, water and salt in a small saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes. While the quinoa is cooking slice the vegetables, blanch the peas and place in a mixing bowl with the cherries or cranberries, pumpkin seeds and garbanzo beans. Prepare the dressing by mixing in a small bowl of measuring cup. When the quinoa is done, fluff to cool. When cool place in the mixing bowl and pour the dressing over. Toss to mix. Serve on a bed of lettuce as is or refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving.
Nutritional Info Per serving
443 Calories, 17g Fat (36% calories from fat), 17g Protein, 53g Carbohydrate, 16g Fiber, 0mg Cholesterol, 406mg Sodium


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NAACP Requests Governor Jay Nixon to Appoint Board of Inquiry and Seeks Clemency to Stop Unjust ExecutionDecember 31, 1969
NAACP National Board Member Harold Crumpton and NAACP Missouri State Conference President Mary Ratliff are requesting Governor Jay Nixon appoint a Board of Inquiry and grant clemency to Reggie Clemons.
Clemons, 37, is an African-American man sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of two young women who drowned after plunging from the Chain of the Rocks Bridge into the Mississippi River. There was no physical evidence linking Reggie to the crime for which he received the death penalty: no fingerprints, no DNA, no hair or fiber samples. Reggie's case is filled with many injustices, including police brutality, gross prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective defense counsel.
"Reggie Clemons was tortured by police into making a statement that was used against him at trial. But even after five hours of violent interrogation, he never confessed to murder," stated NAACP National Board Member Harold Crumpton. "The two eyewitnesses failed to link Clemons to the murder. One of them initially confessed to the killing, and the other one got a sweetheart deal for his testimony. The other evidence was Clemons' confession which was induced by hours of torture." Crumpton said.
"Governor Nixon should convene a Board of Inquiry immediately and grant clemency for Reggie Clemons. More than 20% of black defendants who have been executed in the U.S. were convicted by all-white juries. Although St. Louis is more than 50 percent African American, there were only two black people on Reggie's jury," stated Mary Ratliff, NAACP Missouri State Conference President.
"It is wrong to put to death someone who clearly might be innocent. Our nation and our State are better than that. It is not only unjust for Reggie but for the families of the victims who deserve to have the real killers punished. Executing the innocent is a mistake that cannot be rectified," stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous.
The Missouri State Conference of the NAACP is calling on supporters to fax (573-751-1588), send letters and emails to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and to sign a petition for clemency for Reggie Clemons at http://www.justiceforreggie.com.
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
Contact: Mary Ratliff, NAACP MO State Conference President 573-881-0163


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500 Tons of Steel Go To National Iron and Heritage Museum in Coatesville, Pennsylvania
500 tons of steel from the World Trade Center were transported in early April 2010 to Coatesville, Pennsylvania for the National Iron and Heritage Museum. The The ten "steel trees," at 50 tons apiece were built in Coatesville.
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March, 2009 Interviewed by Tracy from CanadianParents.com, as part of a 12 part (monthly) series of moms across Canada who are working from... »
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December 9, 2008 "eBay mompreneur" Published in The Kings County Record, written by Charlene... »
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December 1, 2008 "'Mompreneur' proves hard work pays off" Published in The Daily Gleaner, written by Heather... »
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November, 2008 "eBay Canada's Mompreneur" Published in the New Brunswick Business Journal, written by Erin Dwyer... »
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Newspaper Article: Lil' Angel Gifts raises awareness on both coasts
January 15, 2008 Lil' Angel Gifts raises awareness on both coasts Published in the Kings County Record Story & photos by Charlene MacKenzie Published Tuesday January 15th, 2008 HAMPTON - A local woman has taken what many would find a challenging situation and found a way to balance a successful career and a demanding family life. Jennifer Fiander is an energetic young mother with three... »
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People walk across the newly installed permanent rainbow coloured crosswalk on Davie Street in Vancouver July 29, 2013 to kick pride week.
(John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
Thai soldiers in white biohazard suits take part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong July 29, 2013. Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southeast of the capital Bangkok.
Shi'ite people place copies of the Koran on their heads during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Imam Ali at his shrine in the holy city of Najaf, about 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, July 30, 2013. Imam Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad, was wounded in the head during a battle and died after two days in 661 AD in Najaf.
Boston Red Sox pitcher Felix Doubront throws against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning under a dramatic sky during their MLB American League Baseball game in Boston, Massachusetts, July 29, 2013.
This July 27, 2013 photo shows Hart Sawyer, a singer with The Love Project, from Athens, Ga., at the 18th annual Gathering of the Vibes Musical Festival at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn. The festival draws about 20,000 fans to this small city on the Connecticut coast and features a wide variety of bands including offshoots of the Grateful Dead.
(Autumn Driscoll/AP)
Graffiti depicting "Lord of the Rings" character Gollum is seen outside a fence surrounding the construction site for the new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, July 29, 2013. The ECB council will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, August 1, in Frankfurt.
A person slides down a huge water pipe at a public swimming pool on a hot sunny day in Vienna July 29, 2013. Temperatures in Austria's capital Vienna reached nearly 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) on Monday, but Austria's Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics predicts a possible record temperature of 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) in the next days.
People walk past underneath an umbrella canopy in downtown Belgrade July 29, 2013. Temperatures in Serbia have risen up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), according to official meteorological data.
Flowers can be seen tied to a pole on Dundas St., at Grace St., where 18 year old Sammy Yatim was shoot by Toronto Police, Toronto July 29, 2013.
(Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail)
Mother Sahar Bahadi is comforted as she sits next to sister Sarah Yatim at a vigil on Monday, July 29, 2013 at the spot where son and brother Sammy Yatim was shot nine times and killed by Police early Saturday morning in Toronto.
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New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner prepares to exit the Nan Shan Senior Center and face reporters after speaking to voters at a campaign stop, Monday, July 29, 2013, in the Queens borough of New York. Weiner confirmed that campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned Saturday after reports surfaced that Weiner continued to exchange lewd photos and messages with women despite resigning from Congress in 2011 over the same behavior.
(John Minchillo/AP)
A man sitting on a beach chair in his swimming trunks takes his meal at a small table partially dipped into the Hanjiang river to escape the summer heat, as other swimmers look on under a bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province July 28, 2013. The highest temperature in Wuhan reached 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, local media reported. Picture taken July 28, 2013.
Protestors march on Yonge Street during an anti-police demonstration in the wake of the Sammy Yatim shooting in Toronto, Ontario Monday, July 29, 2013.
(Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail)
In this Sunday July 28, 2013 a firefighting plane dumps water on flames in southern Rhodes, Greece. Authorities declared a state of emergency on the holiday island after a weekend fire destroyed an estimated 4,000 hectares of forest and farmland. A 40-year-old Greek man was detained by police for questioning, accused of starting the fire by accident with an outdoor barbecue grill.
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Ariadne Meyers
About the Author
Ariadne Meyers starred as "Emma McArdle" on the groundbreaking television series Kate & Allie. Her other television credits include The Secret and Not Our Son. In addition, she has appeared on screen in Author! Author!, Dutch, and How to Make an American Quilt. Ms. Meyers' recently narrated The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman for BOT and has recorded numerous titles for Listening Library, including the Trixie Beldon series by Julie Campbell.


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Home From the Shelter
Russsell County, Va. - This week's weather has been trying for many folks across our area. Among them are some of the youngest, who wound up at a shelter in Russell County, Virginia.
We wondered how they got there and where they are after their visit to the shelter.
On Friday there were still plenty of cars and trucks left abandoned along Russell County's roadways. A lot of those left stranded by the snowstorm ended up at the county EMS building set up as a temporary shelter.
"We have 57 individuals here that sheltered with us overnight and they're transitioning out to get their cars. We have tow trucks got with families and they're going with the two trucks to see if their cars can go," Director Jess Powers said.
Among those going home are lot of families with kids.
A simple shopping trip turned into an adventure for one family. "We got all our shopping done and then on our way back it started snowing and we got stuck," Castity Cathey said.
"It started snowing at 2 o'clock. It was snowing three inches per hour for the next five hours and we got 15 inches of snow," Powers adds.
Another visitor at the emergency shelter was Lara Bethlehem, just days old. "We were headed home to Castlewood and say the Jeep slid over in the ditch, didn't it," mother Mary Ann Vance seemed to tell her new baby.
Even though folks are going home now, it was quite a night for the shelter.
"We had 7 diabetics, we have one guy in a wheelchair and the we have a newborn baby she's two days old and then we had a 9 month old, a one year old and a one and a half year old, we had a lot of children," Powers said.
As they load up to go home, think of the stories those kids will hear from their parents every time it snows.


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Eversheds may have retained its place as the UK's largest
national firm in 2006-07 (its turnover of £356m was a
country mile from nearest rival Pinsent Masons' revenue of £192.4m), but it is Shoosmiths that boasts by far the highest average revenue per lawyer (RPL).
Although it recorded a comparatively tiny turnover of just £95m, Midlands-based Shoosmiths lays claim to an RPL of £303,000, far clear of Eversheds' secondplaced position of £263,000.
As rivals will be quick to point out, Shoosmiths' RPL is distorted by a business model unique to its peer group. Unlike Eversheds, which has a total of 1,356 lawyers,
Shoosmiths has just 314, the fewest of any firm in the group. Instead it relies on a large number of non-lawyer fee-earners, giving the appearance of some massively productive lawyers when the reality is a little closer to the market norm.
Shoosmiths has a total of 342 non-lawyer fee-earners to its 314 lawyers, a ratio of more than one for one. If all these fee-earners were counted as lawyers, RPL would be a distinctly less impressive at £145,000.
Among the firms without Shoosmiths' RPL head-start, Eversheds (£263,000), Bristolbased Osborne Clarke £257,000), Pinsent Masons (£252,000) and Birmingham-based Wragge & Co (£259,000) form a tight band, with just £19,000 between their top and bottom RPL figures.
The remaining four firms, Beachcroft, Cobbetts, Halliwells and Hammonds also form a tight-knit group, with Halliwells'
£216,000 at the top only £21,000 clear of Cobbetts' £195,000 at the bottom.
When it comes to average profit per equity partner (PEP), however, Halliwells has more to swagger about. Partners at the firm enjoyed a PEP of £587,000, up by 15.5 per cent on last year's £508,000, despite an increase in the equity partnership of seven from last year's 40. PEP growth was coupled with a 37.5 per cent increase in turnover, from £62.7m up to £86.2m, with particular growth in corporate, real estate and disputes.
Halliwells' PEP was £85,000 clear of the take-home enjoyed by the group's second highest-paid equity partners, those at Osborne Clarke, where PEP broke the £500,000 barrier for the first time this year to hit £511,000.
Osborne Clarke's PEP marked a healthy 20 per cent increase on last year's figure of £425,000 and reflects the firm's focus on increasing the quality of work and shaking off lower-value, more price-sensitive clients. Turnover rose by a more commonplace 11 percent during the same period, from £74.1m to £82.8m. Unlike at Halliwells, however, where the full-equity group has expanded, Osborne Clarke's equity partnership was reduced from 54 to 52 members, while the total partnership went in the opposite direction, from 98 to 102 partners.
Also cracking the £500,000 PEP mark this year was Eversheds, with PEP rising by 20 per cent for the second year running to £502,000. This reflects the success of the
firm's push to increase profitability and is an encouraging milestone for it to pass on the road to its PEP target of £600,000 by 2009.
Eversheds' focus on increasing revenue from corporate and finance over the past 12 months was a successful one, with the team now usurping real estate as Eversheds' highest-earning practice group, accounting for 30 per cent of total revenue against real estate's 24 per cent. Real estate continues to bring in more per partner, however, with the team numbering just 79 partners against the joint corporate and finance group's 115.
CEO David Gray argues that the figures show the firm's strategic plan, revealed by The Lawyer (26 March), is succeeding. "Once again profitability has been one of our key targets over the past year, and with PEP breaking the £500,000 barrier we've proven our ability to deliver on our promises," says Gray.
Pinsents failed to repeat last year's rocket in PEP, when equity partners' take-home pay leapt by 70 per cent to £400,000 from the previous year's £234,000, but 2006-07
nevertheless saw a steady climb in both turnover and profitability.
Turnover grew by 12 per cent from last year's £172m to hit £192m, a boost of almost a quarter on the combined revenues of Pinsents and Masons in 2004-05, when the two firms merged. Managing partner David Ryan says: "This is good progress – we're well ahead of budget. We originally budgeted for a £185m [turnover] this year." However, profit has improved more dramatically in the same three-year period, with PEP soaring by 101 per cent, from £234,000 in 2004-05 to £471,000 in 2006-07 (an increase of 18 per cent on last year's £400,000). The surge in PEP results from Pinsents' management getting to grips with its sprawling cost base,as well as the firm having kept a very tight grip on the equity. Over three years the number of equity partners has dropped by 16 to 105.
All of these numbers must seem a world away for the equity partners at Cobbetts. The PEP of £240,000 was less than half of Halliwells', despite an impressive growth of 31.6 per cent from last year's static £190,000 and Cobbetts' status as the most leveraged in the group, with an equity partner to qualified lawyer ratio of 1:8.1.
The improvement in PEP at Cobbetts was partly the result of a restructuring in which 30 equity partners were culled. The firm launched a consultation on the topic in June last year to address what was then a third year of flagging PEP. It also looked to address the internal perception that a restructure was essential in order to eliminate some unnecessary overlapping of capabilities across the firm's three North of England offices.
A year on and the number of equity partners at Cobbetts has decreased by a remarkable 60 per cent since 2004-05, from 83 down to 33 for the 2006-07 financial year. The number of equity partners decreased by 15 in the 2006-07 financial year alone, from 48 to 33. In the same period, turnover increased by 9 per cent, from £53.8m to £58.6m.
"The figures demonstrate that we're well on the way to delivering our long-term strategy, which has seen us make investments in people and infrastructure in core growth
areas," says managing partner Michael Shaw.
However, the firm will have to keep a tight rein on costs if the boost in profitability is to be sustained. Its average cost per lawyer (CPL) of £169,000 is below the peer group average of £176,000, although not significantly, and as well as moving to new premises in Manchester the firm is shortly to shoulder a second major expense in the form of a launch in the capital this year.
Property was Cobbetts' best-performing practice group last year, generating just less than a third of total turnover. The corporate team's turnover dipped by 9 per cent, however, accounting for 15 per cent of total turnover compared with 24 per cent previously in 2005-06.
Halliwells might top the table when it comes to PEP, but when it comes to average earnings per partner (EPP), the alternative guide to remuneration, Wragges is the peer group's clear front-runner.
Partners at the all-equity Birminghambased firm, earned an average of £414,000 in 2006-07, a chasm of almost £100,000
ahead of the EPP at second-placed firm Osborne Clarke, which recorded £350,000. And even Osborne Clarke's EPP is itself far clear of third-placed Pinsents, which recorded an EPP of £293,000. Bottom of the EPP table is Hammonds, where partners recorded an average of just £204,000.
The financial year was an encouraging one for Hammonds' equity partners, however, who saw PEP rise by 23 per cent, from £328,000 to £404,000, in 2006-07, a sign of recovery at what 12 months ago was by far the group's most obviously troubled firm.
"We've exceeded all of the targets and benchmarks we've set this year and in all material measures we've exceeded our budget," claims managing partner Peter Crossley.
The increased profit reflects the success of the new remuneration structure, which is being phased in over three years and which balances the firm's traditional managed lockstep with performance-based remuneration that factors both partners' individual performances and those of their practice groups'.
But let us not forget the costs. Shoosmiths' hidden non-lawyer fee-earners, which are a blessing for the firm when it comes to recording an RPL figure, are its curse when it comes to recording one for CPL, helping to push the average up to far and away the group's highest, on £251,000. This is well clear of the firm in second place, Eversheds, where the CPL of £207,000 was itself well clear of that of the third most costly lawyers, those at Pinsents, where the CPL figure is £180,000 a year on average.
The high-PEP Halliwells and best placed EPP firm Wragges can both in large part attribute their profitability down to their vice-like grips on costs, coming eighth and seventh lowest in the nine-firm peer group, with CPLs of £147,000 and £155,000 respectively. The least costly lawyers in the group, however, were those at Beachcroft, who cost just £144,000 on average.
Beachcroft's low costs helped explain the firm's 18 per cent increase in PEP, which hit £320,000 from a starting point of £270,000 a year ago.
Managing partner Paul Murray attributes this growth, a significant surplus on the firm's target PEP of £300,000, to "prudent management of expenditure and concentration on improving revenue per lawyer". Yet while the firm's average CPL of £176,000 was indeed well below its national rivals', lawyers will need to work harder if the latter is ever to come true.
The firm's average RPL last year languished at just £196,000, less than the average RPL at any other firm in the peer group except Cobbetts, and far short of the national peer group's average RPL of £238,000.
Beachcroft did, however, break the £100m turnover barrier for the first time this year after narrowly missing it 12 months ago, recording a 14 per cent increase on last year's
£98m to hit £112m.


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Registered and participating artists will be assigned a painting location by lottery, where they will have 3 hours to complete their work of art before submitting them for display and adjudication. Artists are then treated to a wonderful lunch, entertainment, and awards ceremony. Cash prizes for the finalists including several youth and participation awards will be presented, with the general public having the opportunity to vote for the "People's Choice Award".
As official sponsor and coordinator for the Grand Prix of Art, Phoenix Art Workshop's Travellingbrush.com is thrilled to once again organize these exciting competitions. The Ladner race will kick things off July 17th, hosted by Artists in the Village and the Corporation of Delta, while The Old School House in Qualicum will hold their event on July 23rd.
Join us in one or all of the events and collect points toward the Grand Prix Championship. If you are from the lower mainland and would like to visit the Qualicum event, or are an Islander looking to come and visit us on the mainland let us know and we can have one of our volunteers pick you up at the ferry terminal and take you straight to the event, returning you back to the ferry for walk on departure.


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Lorillard Wins First FDA Clearances of Tobacco Products
Lorillard Inc. (LO), the largest U.S. maker of menthol cigarettes, won the first two clearances to market new tobacco products among 500 requests, under authority given in 2009 to U.S. health regulators.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared two of Greensboro, North Carolina-based Lorillard's Gold Box cigarettes for sale in the U.S. They are the first rulings handed down by the agency since lawmakers gave it the power to determine which current tobacco products can remain on the market and which new ones can be introduced.
The FDA cleared the cigarettes through a "substantially equivalent" determination that makes a judgment as to whether products have the same characteristics as existing ones or raise new public-health questions. The agency denied four other requests for the determination, it said today in a statement.
"It is important to emphasize that an SE decision does not mean that the agency considers a product to be safe," wrote Mitch Zeller, head of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, in a blog post on the agency's website.
Lorillard rose less than 1 percent to $43.53 at the close in New York.
"We are proud to be the first company in the industry to receive authorization to begin marketing these new products in the U.S. through the FDA's substantial equivalence pathway," Murray Kessler, Lorillard's chairman and chief executive officer, wrote in an e-mail. The agency "carried out its evaluation process in a deliberate manner reflecting sound science," he said.
New Products
The FDA couldn't reveal which substantially equivalent requests they denied for legal reasons, Jennifer Haliski, an agency spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
The decisions announced today were the first time a federal agency declined to allow a tobacco company to market a new product because of the threat it poses to public health, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids said in a statement.
"Today's actions are a start: They involved a small number of the applications that have been filed by the tobacco industry," Matthew Myers, president of the Washington-based group that advocates for reducing tobacco use, said in the statement. "But today, the federal government was able to rule on some products tobacco companies wanted to sell –- and that is no small new reality."
The new products cleared were Newport Non-Menthol Gold Box 100s and Newport Non-Menthol Gold Box, according to Zeller's blog.
'Overhang' Remains
"While today's development is a positive step, there is still work to be done," Bonnie Herzog, an analyst at Wells Fargo & Co. in New York, said today in a note to clients. The lack of FDA substantial equivalence rulings "has been an overhang," she said.
Congress granted the FDA authority over tobacco products in 2009 and the new regime has created a backlog of requests at the agency. As of earlier this month, there were 500 requests to approve products not currently sold and 3,500 for products already in stores, Zeller said in a June 6 interview.
"Today's decisions are just the first of many forthcoming product review actions to be issued," Zeller said in the agency's statement.
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Why Microsoft's New Surface Tablets Will Fail - Personal-tech/tablets - Tablets - BYTE
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|It seems that Microsoft has forgotten the nightmare of Windows Vista over relatively minor compatibility issues with a few legacy applications and device drivers or the Vista Capable fiasco. If Microsoft thought Vista was bad, wait till people get a load of Surface RT.
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I like Eli and his humble existence. everyman . Not THIS: http://www.lonny.com/Tom+Brady+and+G...m_campaign=tab
I like Eli and his humble existence. everyman . Not THIS: http://www.lonny.com/Tom+Brady+and+G...m_campaign=tab
There's nothing wrong with Tom Brady having a nice home..
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who said anything about him not having a nice home? why did you read that into it? Manhatten is uber expensive , and flashy. I just said i like Eli and his life style. lives in Hoboken, near his job and seems to have a nice , humble life style , I never wished ill of Brady! stop starting something that is not there.
you are right, I mistaken your intent. I just did not read them as a humble couple. they just sold one of their mansions on LI I guess to live in NYC. she is a super model, just a gut feeling that I personally think or imagine Eli has a more humble existence with wife,kids and family, that's all!
He's married to a woman who probably earns twice or thrice as much as him and whose career is probably rooted in NYC to some degree.
if Elis wife was worth twice as much as he is he to may live a slightly more flashy lifestyle as well
Without looking at anyone's homes, our personal property I agree with the OP. I like Eli's down-to-earth demeanor.
If you watch Eli with that kid Dakota you can see what kind of guy Eli is and you can't ask for anything more than that.
Hats off to all those Giants in this film BTW.
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Nanotech 2013 Vol. 3
Nanotechnology 2013: Bio Sensors, Instruments, Medical, Environment and Energy (Volume 3)
Chapter 4: Cancer Nanotechnology & Nano Medical Sciences
Iron-sequestering molecules play a pivotal role in the mechanism of toxicity of SWNTs on fungal and bacterial cells
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|SWNTs, toxicity, microorganisms, mechanism, siderophores
|In this study we described that iron-sequestering molecules are responsible for the toxicity of iron containing SWNTs to microorganisms. After incubating different concentrations of functionalized SWNTs with bacteria and fungal cells, it was found that these microorganisms produced siderophores. These molecules were seen in the medium as early as 10 min after the addition of SWNTs. After 30 min we observed some bacterial and fungal cells saturated with siderophore-containing SWNTs. Analysis of the bacterial and fungal cells saturated with siderophore-containing SWNTs revealed that those bacterial cells were dead because too many SWNTs present in the bacterial cells interfered with processes such as binary fission, and electron transport. Contact with the SWNTs is not a possible mechanism in this case since the microorganisms had enough time to produce siderophores and still thrived for a few minutes after the endocytosis of the siderophores. In addition, we noticed that the effect of siderophore-containing SWNTs in plants had the opposite effect. Instead of dying, the plants were able to grow better. This work provides more insight on the toxicity effects of SWNTs in different organisms and the potential use of SWNTs as a new method to treat bacterial and fungal diseases.
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