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Gas Grills
New homeowner looking to buy my first gas grill. I know the usual brands of Weber and Char-Broil are popular. Anybody have a ny suggestions on brand or where to buy? Home Depot, Lowes, etc?
I'm not looking for a monster grill. Maybe something a little more then a basic model, possibly with an extra external burner for pots or pans.
Seems like you have the basics down...the only thing I would toss in it that get one with a burner that's made from brass or cast bronze. The one I have is cast iron and the orifices need drilled out every couple of years, rust restricts the gas flow, and I'd think the other metals would be better.
I really stay away from those with the stamped metal burners...you'll putz with that each year....costing you more in the long run.
This is my second year with a Char-Broil from Home Depot. We got the one with the burner on the side, and to be honest, I've never used it. Not saying that I WON'T, just saying I haven't yet. I don't clean it like I should, but it's been a nice grill. We got one of the larger ones with the rotisserie cooker on the back, which is really nice.
check out a brand called the holland grill. they are a little hard to find, but AWESOME
It seems like the shells, frames and controls last forever. it's the guts that fail. Things like the grates, racks and burners rust away. I would look for something that has components inside that won't disintegrate. Weber uses a lot of stainless steel parts. not sure about others.
Grills seem to be one of those appliances where spending a bit more is really the smart financial decision. The entry level models seem to rot away in too-few years. The well built grills hang in there and are easier to repair.
Regardless, it's important to cover the grill when not in use. UV and wet weather drastically reduce the life of an outdoor appliance like this.
Look for brass or SS burners.
I'm a big BBQ nut, so I know a little about grills, but I haven't owned a gas grill in ages. Strictly Charcoal grills for me. Recently on a BBQ forum some one asked about the best gas grill. Several people agreed with me that the best bet was to get a Weber Kettle Platinum. This is a really nice charcoal grill with a gas assist so that even though you have charcoal, it's really fast and easy to light.
If you insist on using gas, the overwhelming response from the rest of the group was to get a Weber Genesis, followed by a Weber Spirit. Catching a trend here? Weber makes a darned good grill. I've heard good things about Holland too. In the past I've owned Kenmore and Sunbeam and have nothing good or bad to say about them. As for the side burner, I agree that they are not used. Half the time they don't light, and I just don't think they are that great, but that's me. It was recommended time and again to try to find one on Craig's List because even though the Genesis is expensive, you can get it cheap there.
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Bodies In Putnam County Identified
Authorities say they were the bodies of 36-year old Terrance Eugene McCloud and 30-year old Karlee Collum.
Both bodies were found in McCloud's mobile home. Collum's friends became worried after she didn't make it to work Thursday. The manager at the mobile home went to the trailer and found the bodies. Neighbors say they didn't see or hear anything suspicious.
Investigators tell WCJB there was no sign of forced entry, but there was trauma on the bodies, leaving the deaths as very suspicious. Major. Gary Bowling says, "We have ruled out suicide. It is clear two people were murdered, by an unknown suspect or suspects."
Authorities say autopsy results should be in tomorrow or Monday. If you have any information about this crime you're asked to call crime stoppers or the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. The number is (386) 329-0800.
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Replacement Windows? Asbestos Shingles? I have NO CLUE!
Long story short, the house has ORGINAL single pane ALUMINUM frame SLIDER windows from the 60's. (home inspector said they were no good the day after they were installed) My wife inherited the house and we want to do the work BEFORE we move in. I would PREFER to install the windows myself, (my brother has experience with replacing windows I do not) and save the money. The issue is I want to replace with vinyl double hung or casement, not sliders. How would I cap/finish the windows on the outside with asbestos shingles?
Thank You
Hopefully, the shingles are installed over a weather resistant barrier (WRB), likely (given the age of the building) "builders felt" - this served somewhat the same purpose as a more modern WRB such as house-wrap ("Tyvek")
If so, you would install a "Z" flashing under the WRB and out over the head trim on the windows. It would also be a very good idea to install a pan flashing at the bottom of the window and out over the siding. (Some replacement windows have "self-flashing" features which according to the manufacturers makes a "Z" flashing unnecessary if the windows are installed according to the manufacturers instructions - many experienced installers are skeptical about the long-term performance of this arrangement in retrofit installations, and prefer to also install a head flashing as a "belt and suspenders" approach.)
You can get a general idea of the procedure from the right-hand Fig 3. here:
And from this article:
except that you will be working with the existing WRB rather than the house-wrap shown in the article.
Cutting the asbestos siding in such a way that the asbestos does not become friable is another issue entirely.
Thanks Mike, I appreciate you answer AND the links! I think you just convinced me, (as long as the price is OUTRAGEOUS) I will leave that to the pros!
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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
September 23, 2006
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's the night of nights, the height of heights on Exchange and Wabasha, the 33rd annual Season Premiere Broadcast, Meatloaf Supper, and Street Dance. Featuring bluegrass blowtorches Old Crow Medicine Show, sultry songbird Prudence Johnson, and the big guns John Niemann and Andy Stein are sitting in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. Actress Erica Rhodes joins the Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith. Meanwhile, outside the Fitzgerald Theater, the Street Dance and Meatloaf Supper begins at 5pm with an outdoor APHC simulcast, at 6pm the heavenly meatloaf is served, and the dancing begins promptly at 7pm with the fiery Salsa Del Soul Orchestra, plus performances from all the great talent on the broadcast, hot/cold beverages, and Cash Prizes!!!
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Red Cross, Lions Club to hold blood drive
MARION CENTER — The American Red Cross and Marion Center Area Lions Club will hold a blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at the park hall across from the Marion Center Area High School.
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Bill Clinton's appearance on Wednesday's "Larry King Live" gave new life to the old nickname for CNN as the "Clinton News Network." Host Larry King fawned over Clinton during the 40-minute interview, asking the impeached former president questions on wide range of topics. King asked Clinton if Osama bin Laden was ever going to caught. After Clinton gave the standard Democrat line that not enough resources are being sent to Afghanistan in the hunt for the al Qaeda leader, King added, "You almost got him." Clinton answered affirmatively, and added that he "never had a chance to deploy large numbers of troops to Afghanistan."
During the first half-hour of the interview, King asked Clinton about Hillary and the criticism she has received over the years; the former president's latest book, "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World;" his involvement in charitable causes; and forwarded two e-mail questions from viewers on his involvement in his wife's presidential campaign and how he might help select her running mate. Clinton also answered what he thought of Fred Thompson and the rest of the Republican presidential field; and the upcoming report on Iraq from General Petraeus.
The first topic King asked about, however, set the tone for the entire interview. King asked Clinton about the recent sex scandal involving Senator Larry Craig. "Did you get any sense of satisfaction, since he [Craig] was such a critic of yours during the impeachment thing, and using terms very demeaning about you? Clinton answered in the negative, and explained, "Because when it was going on, I knew that, you know, a lot of them were outed for hypocrisy long before this. And everybody knew that -- every serious student of the Constitution -- knew that the whole thing was bogus, and that they were just jumping on a terrible personal mistake I made."
After the bottom-of-the-hour commercial break, King immediately brought up the lapel pin Clinton had on, and asked about an international fugitive.
LARRY KING: By the way, some people have -- they can't read the pin on your lapel.
CLINTON: Oh, it says 'Hillary.' My gosh, I probably should have taken it off before the TV show started, huh?
KING: No...
KING: Hillary two thousand...
CLINTON: Eight.
KING: Eight. You know, you could have kept it on.
CLINTON: Well, I have got another one.
CLINTON: I will give you one for a keepsake. You don't have to wear it.
KING: I wonder how you have them. OK. Some other items.
CLINTON: I will put it on.
KING: Are we ever going to get Osama?
CLINTON: Well, not if we don't put the right resources into the right places.
KING: You almost got him.
CLINTON: I did. But I never had a chance to deploy large numbers of troops to Afghanistan. I think that we can. And I think it is very important. We shouldn't forget, here, this guy -- he and Dr. al-Zawahiri are responsible for the deaths of the Americans on 9/11. They are still trying to plot violent actions in the United States and all over the world. And that is another reason we can't lose in Afghanistan. If they have freedom of movement -- greater freedom of movement, the more freedom of movement they have, the more freedom they have to plot and contact and do things that might be damaging to us. So, another reason that I strongly feel, and I know Hillary strongly feels this way, that we have to withdraw troops this year, is that we need to beef up our presence in Afghanistan and get our allies to join us.
As his usual M.O., King didn't ask a follow-up question, and went on to ask Clinton about the recent arrests in Germany in connection with a terror plot and about the war on terrorism in general.
The height of King's fawning over Clinton came when the host asked, "Would you be happier if history said about you: Bill Clinton, a great philanthropist who happened to be president?" Clinton paused for a moment, and answered, "No. I would like to say that I was a president who left America and the world better off when I left than when I started, and that after I left office, I did my best to help organize people in -- as private citizens -- to do the same thing. And large numbers of people were better off when I stopped than when I started."
A live discussion of the Larry Craig scandal took up the last 15-minutes of King's program. King's guests during this discussion included Clinton political strategist James Carville; Michele Laxalt, a Republican strategist; Stacey Honowitz, the assistant state attorney for the state of Florida; Mark Geragos; and Dr. Robi Ludwig, a psychotherapist.


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"Oil companies facing an industrywide glut showed low interest Wednesday in bidding on offshore drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico."
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"Oil companies facing an industrywide glut showed low interest Wednesday in bidding on offshore drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico."
"A ruling in the request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to stop a four-state oil pipeline under construction near their reservation will come by Sept. 9, a federal judge said Wednesday."
"The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy reached at least 241 people on Thursday and could rise further after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns."
"Have oil and gas companies injected toxic materials into Texas groundwater sources? State regulators don't know, even though they agreed in 1982 to track injections into zones that could hold underground sources of drinking water, according to records obtained by The Texas Tribune."
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"Four protesters opposed to federal oil lease sales were arrested Tuesday at the suburban New Orleans building where the leasing agency has offices, an attorney said."
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April 15th marked the no-kidding-around end of the first open enrollment period for signing up for a new health care plan via the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The Obama administration (and several states) extended two weeks of wiggle room to those who (scout's honor) started signing up before March 31 deadline but ran into a snag – may-be they got stuck in a technical vortex due to the last minute surge or couldn't get through on the phone.
That's all folks is the message until the next open enrollment, which doesn't start until mid-November . . . unless you find yourself in one of these three situations. In which case you may get a second chance.
1. You experience a personal hardship
If you didn't complete your enrollment due to a major life disruption — a natural disaster, for example, or a catastrophic personal issue such as domestic violence or a major illness — you may qualify for an extra 60 days to get a plan in place.
To seek a special enrollment extension, telephone the federal call center at (800) 318-2596 or your state's exchange for more information.
2. You are eligible for Medicaid
There have been some misconceptions floating around that March 31 was the last day to sign up for Medicaid, the federal healthcare program for low-income Americans, which was recently expanded in many states.
In fact, there is no deadline around signing up for this program.
You can find out if you qualify and sign up anytime — for this as well as for CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) — without any deadline pressure.
3. You have a qualifying event this year
If, in the time between the end of the first enrollment period (March 31) and the start of end of the year (likely November 15), you get married, get divorced and lose your coverage be-cause you were dependent on a spouse's plan, get laid off from a job that provided cover-age, or adopt or have a child, you can qualify enroll for health insurance.
In the marketplace, this special enrollment window generally extends 60 days from the time of the event.
If none of these three situations apply to you, you're still not completely up a creek without an insurance paddle.
There are other, short-term health insurance products you can investigate, such as short-term medical (STM), which provides coverage for a limited amount of time, typically up to six months, or accidental medical insurance (which offers coverage for you or your kids in the event of accidental injury, including, for example, recreational activities).
However, these plans are often pricey, don't cover pre-existing medical conditions, and, be-cause they don't offer the minimum essential benefits required by the ACA, leave you open to a possible penalty fee and ineligible for tax subsidies.
These might be okay stopgap measures to help protect against unexpected illnesses and ac-cidents. A better bet: Get yourself ready to hit the ground running next November.
To find out more, go to GetInsured.com or call 855-224-9212 to get help finding the best plan for you.


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Pop Culture Fun With Custom Cakes From Sweetness Bakeshop
Local food truck aficionados by now are likely well aware of the Sugar Rush truck, now a happy aqua-blue fixture at pretty much every local street food court. So far, it's the only all-dessert truck on the road (unless you count Dolci Peccati or Feverish, who specialize in frozen treats only).
The treats aboard are, of course, delicious. (Our own Lee Klein named its $3 coconut-white chocolate bomb his favorite palate-refresher at last week's BTTR Food Truck Roundup). But dessert addicts would do well to visit the brick-and-mortar business that spawned the truck, Sweetness Bake Shop & Cafe. It's a welcoming, pastel piece of sweetness and light, and, awww, it's a family affair, run by Stephanie Diaz-Perez with partners J.C. Perez (her husband), Yamile Diaz (her mother), and Danny Diaz (her brother).
Certain items -- "Cake 'N Shakes," regular milkshakes, deep-fried desserts, and dessert waffles -- can only be found on the Sugar Rush truck. But only at Sweetness itself can you order from the full spread of cupcakes, other desserts, and even savories (more on that later this week.)
It's also where you can order their distinct custom cakes. Setting them apart from the rest of the tiered-fondant-ribbon pack is their visual style. Sweetness can do elegant and restrained, sure, but its most fun creations are distinctly kid-friendly, with bold colors and nods to pop culture.
"We love to do children's cakes; there's so much to draw inspiration from," says Diaz-Perez. "One of my favorites, and one of the ones that has been requested the most, is a two-tier Minnie Mouse-inspired cake, complete with matching cupcakes. I've lost track of how many times we've recreated that cake since putting the photo on our promotional materials."
That Minnie Mouse one is great, but some of the other best ones definitely appeal to overgrown kids. Here are 10 of our favorites. Call 305-271-7791, visit sweetnessbakeshop.net, or visit the store at 9549 Sunset Drive for more details on ordering.
The famous Minnie Mouse cake/cupcake combo
The first Guitar Hero controller cake....
...and a different style of controller!
A bit of '80s nostalgia....
...and some more
Two great things embodied in one cake: sugar and shopping
A co-ed princess/pirate theme
A nod to Dr. Seuss
An ode to Toy Story
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Student groups will be assigned separate acts of Romeo and Juliet where they will read and interpret the original version; then, remake it using a modern spin but keeping the same basic plot.
Title: Literary Elements in Literature
This lesson is applicable to any story or novel in literature. The students will be introduced to twelve literary elements through a podcast. They will then be divided into small groups to complete activities involving story and literary elements.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (10) 15: Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. [RI.9-10.6]
Title: Producing Poetic Podcasts (Hey, That's Alliteration!)
In this culminating lesson for a poetry unit, students will create a video podcast that summarizes a specific poem, analyzes the poet's use of literary elements, and infers the meaning of the poem (theme). The podcast must use a talk show format to discuss the literary elements and theme. The talk show may feature the students or animated characters using xtranormal.com.
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Title: Digital Story Writing: Cultural Myths
You are a folklorist observing the lives and cultures of different people. You want to tell the world about their culture, beliefs, and values. You and a group of other folklorist are going to research the lives of a an ethnic group, and create a digital story about their lives, and present it to all the folklorist at the "Who are They?" convention.
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High school student's research preparing to leave home, for the workforce or college. This lesson has a financial aid component to determine financial needs for attending college. Students will learn to make informed decisions about renting a place to live and obtaining a credit card as they become more independent.
Standard(s): [HUM] ED08 (9-12) 9: Explain responsibilities of parents in preparing their children to leave home.
Title: Poetry Slam
Students will locate a poem of their choice from a designated website to interpret. Students will then search the Internet for performances of the poem they select. In addition to creating a written interpretation of the poem, including references to websites they visited to view other performances, students will perform the poem of their choice before a live audience. Prior to their performance, students will create posters using Glogster to advertise the slam. As audience members, students will evaluate the performance of their peers.
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Title: Novel Study - Independent Reading
Students will choose a novel from a teacher-created reading list. After reading their choice novel, students will prepare a 1-1/2 to 2 minute multimedia presentation to "sell" other students on the novel. In addition, students will prepare a poster advertising their novel for display and a written summary of the novel that identifies various literary elements of the novel.
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Title: Everyman in Everyday Language
To gain understanding of allegory and appreciate the changing nature of language, students will read, discuss, and rewrite the medieval morality play Everyman into common teenage language.
Title: Analyzing the Poetry of Emily Dickinson
Students examine ways in which life events of a poet influence the poetry written. After researching Emily Dickinson's biography, students analyze her poetry and present a collage depicting one poem. The lesson can be easily adapted to the study of many other poets.
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Title: To Kill a Mockingbird: Building Knowledge
As a conclusion to a class study of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, students create models and pictures based on the novel's descriptions to illustrate the effect of setting on plot and character.
Title: Alaska: The People and the Land
Students will read the short story about Alaskan Native heritage, "Otoonah," as retold by Robert David San Souci. From the reading and interpretation of this native American story, students will study the indigenous people of Alaska and their association with the Alaskan environment.
Title: I've Got the Literacy Blues
Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they identify themes from '' The Gift of the Magi'' and write and present blues poetry based on those themes.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 35: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.11-12.1]
Title: Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
Students analyze scary stories to 'break the code'' of horror writing and use what they learn to write scary stories of their own.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 21: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. [W.11-12.3]
Title: Teaching the Epic through Ghost Stories
In this lesson, students connect to the oral tradition of epic storytellers by sharing their own oral tales of ghosts and goblins and monsters.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 23: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of the first three standards in the Language strand in Grades K-12.) [W.11-12.5]
Title: Varying Views of America
Students work together to analyze three poems about America with varying points of view.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (11) 31: Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used. [SL.11-12.3]
Title: 'The Red Badge of Courage'': A New Kind of Realism
In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students compare specific excerpts from Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage to first-hand accounts of Civil War battles, in text and images. They also list elements of Crane's style that contribute to the novel's realism. To conclude, they create a first-person account that employs the basic stylistic characteristics of The Red Badge of Courage.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (10) 32: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally), evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source. [SL.9-10.2]
Title: Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's ''Their Eyes Were Watching God''
Students explore the way African-American author Zora Neale Hurston makes use of closely observed black folk life in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Students read the novel, research Hurston's own life and ethnography, listen to her WPA recordings of folksongs and folktales, and compare transcribed folk narrative texts with the novel itself.
Standard(s): [SS2010] US11 (11) 5: Evaluate the impact of social changes and the influence of key figures in the United States from World War I through the 1920s, including Prohibition, the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Scopes Trial, limits on immigration, Ku Klux Klan activities, the Red Scare, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Jazz Age, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, W. C. Handy, and Zelda Fitzgerald. (Alabama) [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.]
Title: Japanese Poetry: Tanka? You're Welcome!
This lesson, from EDSITEment, contains three activities which use the Japanese poetic form of the tanka as a prompt for students to reflect on the nature and purpose of different poetic rules and devices. The activities involve a close study of the conventions and thematic concerns of tanka poems, opportunities for students to compose their own poems, and detailed structural analysis of selected tanka.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (9) 30: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 9 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. [SL.9-10.1]
Title: Chinua Achebe's ''Things Fall Apart'': Oral and Literary Strategies
This lesson, from EDSITEment, introduces students to African novelist Chinua Achebe's first novel, Things Fall Apart, and to strategies of close reading and textual analysis. Through this lesson, students learn about Nigerian culture and history and compare African oral storytelling traditions with European linguistic and literary forms.
Title: Listening to Poetry: Sounds of the Sonnet
This lesson, from EDSITEment, introduces students to the formal terms used to describe sonnets. The central focus throughout is on learning to appreciate the sounds of poetry. By focusing on the sounds of poetry, the lesson seeks to demonstrate that there is an underlying sense of form or structure at work in language, whether we happen to know the names for the formal elements of poetry or not. Included in the lesson are seven sound experiments, designed to help students understand how form, meter, and rhythm all combine to shape our experience of poetry and the meanings we derive from it.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 33: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. [SL.11-12.5]
Title: Childhood Through the Looking-Glass
This lesson from EDSITEment explores the vision of childhood created by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland. Students begin by looking at Carroll's photographs of the real Alice for whom Carroll imagined his story and compare the image of childhood that he captured on film with images of children in our culture. Then students read Alice in Wonderland with special attention to the illustrations that Carroll made for his book, and explore the relationship between words and pictures by creating an Alice illustration of their own. Next, for contrast, students compare Carroll's vision of childhood with that presented by the Romantic poet William Blake in his illuminated Songs of Innocence and Experience. Finally, students consider the interplay of image and text in their own favorite children's literature and how the vision of childhood presented there compares to their experiences as children. Several pieces of literature appropriate for use with this lesson are suggested.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (8) 30: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. [SL.8.1]
Title: Families in Bondage
This two-part lesson from EDSITEment draws on letters written by African Americans in slavery and by free blacks to loved ones still in bondage, singling out a few among the many slave experiences to offer students a glimpse into slavery and its effects on African American family life. In Part I, students examine the letters of Hannah Valentine, an enslaved woman who lived on a Virginia plantation. In Part II, students read letters from a fugitive slave to his still-enslaved wife and from a black Union soldier to his still-enslaved daughters, confronting directly the anguish of separation that was a constant factor in African American family life during slave times, when children and parents, husbands and wives, were routinely sold away from one another. Students explore the emotional terrain revealed in these letters by comparing the response to separation voiced by Valentine with that voiced by the Union soldier and the fugitive slave.
Standard(s): [SS2010] US10 (10) 9: Explain dynamics of economic nationalism during the Era of Good Feelings, including transportation systems, Henry Clay's American System, slavery and the emergence of the plantation system, and the beginning of industrialism in the Northeast. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]
Title: Mark Twain and American Humor
In lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students analyze the use of literary conventions and devices to develop character and point of view in Mark Twain's The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. They investigate the purposes and significance of literary humor and examine Mark Twain's storytelling style in relation to that of other American humorists.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 39: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.11-12.5]
Title: Perspectives on the Slave Narrative
This lesson, from EDSITEment, introduces students to one of the most widely-read genres of 19th-century American literature and an important influence within the African American literary tradition even today. The lesson focuses on the Narrative of William W. Brown, An American Slave(1847), which, along with the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass(1845), set the pattern for this genre and its combination of varied literary traditions and devices. Students learn about the slave narrative and its importance in the abolitionist movement, gain experience in working with the slave narrative as a resource for historical study, evaluate the slave narrative as a work of literature, examine the slave narrative in the context of political controversy as an argument for abolition, and explore themes of self-actualization and spiritual freedom within the slave narrative.
Standard(s): [SS2010] US10 (10) 12: Describe the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin and the role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Angelina and Sarah Grimké, Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]
Title: Tales of the Supernatural
In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore the origins and development of gothic literature. The goals of this lesson are to explore the origins and development of a literary genre, to investigate how shared imaginative concerns link the members of a literary period, to examine the evolution of a literary tradition, and to compare works of literature from different eras.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 39: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.11-12.5]
Title: 'You Kiss by the Book'': Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
This lesson, from EDSITEment, complements study of plot and characterization in Romeo and Juliet by focusing on Shakespeare's use of lyric forms and conventions to spotlight moments in the drama and thereby heighten the impact of the action on the stage. Students examine the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet as an enactment of figurative language in a context of competing poetic styles, explore the use of poetic forms to impart perspective in later episodes of the play, and gain experience in close reading and the interpretation of verse structure and imagery.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 39: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.11-12.5]
Title: Critical Ways of Seeing ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' in Context
This lesson, from EDSITEment, asks students to combine Internet historical research with critical reading. They then produce several writing assignments exploring what readers see in Huckleberry Finn and why they see it that way.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (10) 31: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. [SL.9-10.1]
Title: Novel News: Broadcast Coverage of Character, Conflict, Resolution, and Setting
This twist on readers theater has students prepare original news programs based on incidents in a recent reading, as they explore standard literary elements of character, conflict, resolution, and setting.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 34: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See Grade 12 Language standards 35 and 37 for specific expectations.) [SL.11-12.6]
Title: Profiles in Courage: ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' and the Scottsboro Boys Trial
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students study select court transcripts and other primary source material from the Scottsboro Boys Trial of 1933, in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African-American youths of rape. Students then consider how an awareness of this historical event vivifies Tom Robinson's story in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.
Standard(s): [SS2010] US11 (11) 14: Trace events of the modern Civil Rights Movement from post-World War II to 1970 that resulted in social and economic changes, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, the March on Washington, Freedom Rides, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, and the Selma-to-Montgomery March. (Alabama) [A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.]
Title: Weaving the Multigenre Web
Students analyze the elements of a novel in many different genres and then hyperlink these pieces together on student-constructed Websites.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 9: By the end of Grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the Grades 11-College and Career Readiness (CCR) text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RL.11-12.10]
Title: Happily Ever After? Exploring Character, Conflict, and Plot in Dramatic Tragedy
By exploring the decisions points in a tragedy, students consider how the plot of the story can change if the key characters make a different choice at the turning point.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]
Title: Short Story Fair: Responding to Short Stories in Multiple Media and Genres
In this activity, students read short stories and create presentations in multiple media to share in a Short Story Fair. At the fair, students explore and respond to the displays.
Title: Flannery O'Connor's ''A Good Man is Hard to Find'': Who's the Real Misfit?
In this EDSITEment lesson, students explore and challenge dichotomies (such as black and white, good and evil, faith and doubt) while closely reading and analyzing Flannery O Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find. In the course of studying this particular O Connor short story, students learn about the 1950s South, including evolving transportation in the U.S., the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that helped divide the Old South from the New South, and the literary genre known as Southern Gothic, or Southern Grotesque.
Standard(s): [SS2010] US11 (11) 14: Trace events of the modern Civil Rights Movement from post-World War II to 1970 that resulted in social and economic changes, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, the March on Washington, Freedom Rides, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, and the Selma-to-Montgomery March. (Alabama) [A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.]
Title: Analyzing Character in Hamlet through Epitaphs
Students create epitaphs for characters from a tragedy, such as Hamlet.
Title: Odysseus: Epic Hero, Epic Journey
Digital Tool:
Hero's Journey Web Address URL:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/hero-journey-30069.html Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (9) 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). [RL.9-10.4]Digital Tool Description: Using this interactive from Read Write Think, students will be able to chart details about Odysseus's journey that are unique to epic heroes. Categories include: name and description of hero, unusual birth, the call to adventure, the supernatural helper, talisman/special weapon, crossing the threshold, trials, achievement of goal, and reconciliation with a father figure.
Title: Interactive Plot Diagram
Digital Tool:
Plot Diagram Web Address URL:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/ Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (12) 33: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. [SL.11-12.5]Digital Tool Description: This organizational tool for grades K-12 uses the plot diagram pyramid to map events in a story. You can choose beginning, middle, and end for younger learners or exposition, climax, and resolution for older learners. The mapping tool allows readers to recreate a story you have taught in class, or writers to map out the ideas for an original piece.


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140g plain flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp butter
water to bind
60ml vegetable oil, for frying
Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl. Add the butter and rub into the flour mix with your fingers until the mixture comes to resemble fine breadcrumbs. Now add just enough water to bring the mixture together as a stiff dough.
Turn the dough onto a lightly-floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Form into a ball, place in a bowl then cover and set aside to rest for 30 minutes. After this time tear off pieces of the dough and shape until flat with your palms. Prick all over with a fork then set on a lightly greased baking tray. Place in an oven pre-heated to 180°C and bake for about 20 minutes, or until lightly golden brown in colour.
Finally, heat the oil in a deep-sided frying pan or skillet and use to fry the cakes until they are evenly golden brown all over. Traditionally these are served with chicken, ribs and stews.


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If we're being brutally honest, and we like to be here at TrustedReviews, 2006 was a mixed year for gaming. As ever there were some classics, with Gears of War, Zelda: Twilight Princess and Oblivion all worth special mention. But, as a whole, 2006 flattered to deceive and major releases only hinted at the glories that are yet to come.
Happily, 2007 is looking like a year well worth remembering and if you want to own all the consoles, the best new hardware and the best new games you're probably going to need to re-mortgage your house, max out your credit cards and pray to the high priest of bank managers for forgiveness. Fret not, however, for we at TrustedReviews won't judge you for your financial sins and will instead show you how to commit them, should that be what you desire.
Multi-Format Releases
With the console race increasingly equal these days, 2007 could well be the year when multi-format releases truly dominate the landscape. The console exclusive may not be dead, but with the value of loyalty so much smaller these days, multi-format releases seem that much more lucrative.
1. Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Valve – PC/Xbox 360/PS3 – FPS): Episode One, the first in Valve's extended experiment with the episodic model, was a resounding success and received high scores from many notable sources. However, since then, the episodic cause has hit on difficult times with SiN being cancelled and Episode Two delayed. Valve has, however, stuck to their guns and has sweetened the package by including standalone titles Portal and Team Fortress with the release of Episode Two.
2. Unreal Tournament 2007 (Epic Games – PC/Xbox 360/PS3 – FPS): There's nothing quite like running around like a headless chicken gunning down all your friends, and for a long time Unreal Tournament has been king of this particular niche. In fairness, it's not really that simple and Unreal Tournament has consistently delivered intense and deep online multiplayer for the masses. With this being the first Unreal 3 powered UT, it's sure to be a stunner to boot.


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MBA Consulting Clinic Helps Local Middle School
MBA students in the Social Entrepreneurship Consulting Clinic at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business used their knowledge and business insights to support the organizational planning and strategy for the Washington Middle School for Girls (WMSG).
"One of the great benefits of both teaching and learning at a Jesuit business school, even for non-Catholics, is the opportunity to learn how business education can be situated in the long history of the Jesuit approach to education," said Adjunct Professor John Whitman, who teaches the course. "The fact that this project was meant to put technology in the hands of young girls as risk of leaving school in under-served neighborhoods exemplifies our commitment to Jesuit values."
The Consulting Clinic is specifically designed to enhance students' transformative learning experience by working in teams to apply theories and techniques from the classroom to analyze and propose solutions to actual organizational problems within a six-week time frame.
"The students did an extensive investigation of our current resources and practices and an analysis as our present inventory of soft and hardware," said Laura Hunt, WMSG grant writer. "WMSG is focused on implementing their recommendations including hiring an educational technologist to provide technical education to students and professional development to staff needed to embed technology into day to day classroom use."
"Improving the education system in DC is important," said Michael Greenwald (MBA '13). "It was rewarding and a great opportunity to apply concepts I learned in the classroom to make a difference within the education sector for underprivileged girls."
The relationship between WMSG and the McDonough School of Business originated in Spring 2012 when MBA students developed actionable and sustainable plans to cultivate a community of young, online donors for WMSG.
-- Lamar Dawson


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2. Is Hayden a good or bad influence on his grandson? Is Hayden helpfulin counteracting Dianas coddling of her son, especially now that hesalmost a teenager? Or is Hayden the one making Diana anxious in thefirst place?
3. Does Haydens appreciation of the freedom and opportunity hes foundin the United States, combined with fierce pride for his homeland,bring to mind the mixed attitudes shared by immigrants you know?
4. Does it matter what religion, if any, Joey becomes when hes older? Orhave Hayden and Rosamond imparted other valuable lessons?
5. Do you know people who have fallen out over religion, or decided notto marry because of the issue? Would you agree or disagree that thereare certain situations where the differences and difficulties just cant beovercome?
6. Has Rosamond truly lost her faith, or, as a woman coming to the end ofher childbearing years, is she suffering from a vacuum of human affec-tion? Is it possible to live a rich and full life and not know physicalintimacy?
7. Why does Diana suddenly allow Joey to play baseball after her sistersstepson dies in a freak accident? Shouldnt this event serve to make hermore fearful that Joey will be injured?
8. Is Hayden really an atheist or does he have his own spiritual programto live a good and full life—perhaps "Haydenism"? Would you say thatyou subscribe to all the tenets of a specific faith or that youve assembledyour own guidelines?
9. Is it possible that any events in the book were meant to be miracles? Orare they just lifes typical accidents and coincidences?
10. If you wanted to find biblical equivalents for the characters in Last Call,who might have the most in common with Bobbie Anne?
11. Being a good parent often involves making difficult choices and personalsacrifices. What are some real-life examples of this made by peopleyou know?
12. Rosamond lost her mother when she was young. Hayden lost his fatherand had a difficult youth because his family lost their farm. Joeys parentsare divorced and he no longer sees his father. Do you think suchchildhood events forever change the way we see and react to the world?When you look back, is there anything you experienced early on, goodor bad, that youd say has had a tremendous impact on later decisions,or the way youve chosen to live your life or raise your family?
13. Diana and her sister, Linda, appear to have had a pleasant childhood,complete with two parents who love and provide for them. Yet the sistersdont get along. Why do family tensions often arise even whentheres no apparent reason for it? Are there siblings in your family whoarent close and its hard to determine when or why it all started?
14. By the end of the story has Rosamond converted Hayden or vice versa?Or are they both able to love in their own way and stay true to opposingbelief systems?
15. Is it possible to overcome some religious differences by focusing on thesimilarities?
16. Why does Rosamond return to the convent at the end of the story?
17. What do you think Rosamond and Hayden would say about I Corinthians13:13: "There are three things that will endure: faith, hope, andlove, and the greatest of these is love"? Is it true that love can transcendeverything, including religion and even death?
Julie Sciandra: Did you always want to be a writer?
Laura Pedersen: I was a slow starter, basically a turnip in a sleeper the first
few years of my life, and I didnt come on strong academically until
much later. Just learning to read was a huge accomplishment for me. I
would say the prospect of telling stories first arose in seventh grade. An
only child and pathologically shy I realized I had to do something to facilitate
interaction. So I started telling a few jokes and funny stories,
and found a positive response that led to friendships. After getting
yelled at for talking during class, I was forced to start writing and passing
JS: When did you first receive recognition for your writing?
LP: In middle school I won an essay contest for writing about Teddy Roosevelt.
And then I won a prize in the declamation contest for a speech
about Carrie Nation. But it wasnt until high school that I really hit it
bigI was sentenced to community service for a poem Id written that
contained a hidden message.
JS: How do you set about writing a novel like Last Call?
LP: I hear a lot of writers say they start with the seed for an idea, such as a
character or one particular event, and they dont know where its going
to lead them. That could never work for me. I dont start a book unless
I have the beginning and the end. Only the middle is something I can
work out as I go.
JS: Do you write every day?
LP: I definitely write checks every day. But I probably work on what will
eventually become a book or short story about four days a week, usually
between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., with an hour break for lunch and a
few other breaks for running errands or playing with the dogs. I have a
very short attention span and work best in spurts, then I need to do
something else for a while, like go Rollerblading or play basketball with
the kids.
JS: How long does it take you to write a book?
LP: Thats a real time-motion study, like how long between when a traffic
light in Manhattan turns green and the cab driver behind you leans on
his horn. But Id say a book takes me a year, while doing other things. I
suppose that if I sat down with a freezerful of burritos and a vat of
chocolate, I could write a novel in eight weeks.
JS: Where do your ideas come from?
LP: From daily life. I live hard in the sense that I enjoy being on the go
and having lots of experiences. For instance, I went to the floor of the
stock exchange shortly after I turned eighteen. That environment created
the foundation for my first book, Play Money. Journalism has taken
me to exotic places like Russia, Turkey, and Cuba. If you want to tell a
story but you dont have an idea, I think its best to go out and do something
and then write about it. There are a lot of things Id love to do
but havent had time yet, and so Ill occasionally imagine a character
doing them and use that in a novel. But at the end of the day, my stories
are always about living, loving, and dying.
JS: Are the characters based on people youve known in real life?
LP: I borrow bits and pieces from different individuals and then create new
people, sort of like a medieval dwarf going from house to house in the
middle of the night and stealing the essences of the townsfolk. For instance,
my friend Peter Heffleys ninety-year-old mother, Mildred, is
the patron saint of worriers and pessimists. We actually look forward to
her negative pronouncements and often attempt to evoke them just for
entertainment. (Hence the catchphrase, Who put the dread in Mildred?)
I know if I say, My, thats a lovely orchid, Mrs. Heffley, shell
retort, Its just about dead. Or if Pete says he has the Fourth of July
party all organized, she undoubtedly replies, Theres a storm heading
this way. So for the character of Diana in Last Call, who is unlike Mrs.
Heffley in every other way, I borrowed the fretfulness along with some
of her best lines. And many of my charaters are built on a small slice of
me that I then exaggerate. For example, in Beginners Luck Hallie plays
poker, goes to the racetrack, and trades in the stock market. Gil likes
plays by Tennessee Williams, Craig is an only child, Olivia is a vegetarian,
and Bernard is optimistic and enjoys humor. Those are all based
on my own experiences or personality. Plus, Im a lazy researcher.
JS: How does being a minister influence your writing?
LP: Im an ordained interfaith minister (we respect all paths), but I dont
have a congregation, and I dont give sermons, except to the teenaged
Michael. In the not-for-profit world it helps to accomplish things if
youre a minister or a politician. As for organized religion, Im a lifelong
Unitarian Universalist. Most Sundays youll find me sitting in a pew
on the far right over at All Souls in Manhattan, reflecting on the
UU Trinityreduce, reuse, and recycle.
JS: But theres a lot of religion in Last Call, especially Catholicism.
LP: Ive always had an interest in religion, especially since its been the
cause of so many wars and so much strife. Also, my earliest childhood
memory is of my mother yelling, Jesus Christ, is it ever going to stop
One of my favorite stories is how in the late 1300s there were two
dueling popes, Clement VII and Urban VI, both busily excommunicating
each other. Finally, a council was called to decide between
them. Pietro Pilarghi, who helped bring about the council, made himself
pope and told the others to take a hike. Neither did, and so then
there were three popes.
As for making Rosamond a Catholic, when I was growing up outside
of Buffalo in the 1970s, eighty percent of the population was Catholic.
As James Joyce famously said about his faith, Catholicism means Here
comes everybody! Catholics live out loud in a terrific way. So every-
where you turned there was a big church, battalions of habited nuns,
outdoor celebrations on feast days, and of course the Friday fish fry.
(Word of the Vatican II council that ended in 1965 apparently
hadnt yet reached Buffalo. Cowboy comedian Will Rogers once explained
that he wanted to be in Buffalo when the world ended because
it would happen there five years later.) So my friends were constantly
dashing off to Mass, confession, religious instruction, and CYO (Catholic
Youth Organization). Having had so much exposure to that particular
faith, I thought it would be interesting to set up a sort of fictional showdown
between an atheist and a Roman Catholic. Also, if Rosie had
been a Theosophist, I dont think the story would work as well because
there arent the lifestyle constraints and concept of an afterlife to work
with. And worse, I would have had to do research.
JS: I notice you have a pair of snazzy new red-and-blue bowling shoes. Is
there a big game tonight?
LP: Not tonight, but I havent given up on my idea of bringing about world
peace through bowling. Its a sport that allows almost everyone to play,
regardless of race, religion, economic background, and body type. You
can wear a sombrero, burka, kilt, saffron robe, or whatever you like.
JS: So whats next? Ive seen you scribbling on your jeans, which usually
means a new book is in the works.
LP: After Beginners Luck came out people asked, What happens to Hallie?
It was open-ended, so Ive written a sequel called Hearts Desire.
Hallie has finished her first year away at college and returns to the
Stockton household for the summer, which is in a greater state of chaos
than usual, if thats possible. Gil and Bernard have broken up, and Ottavio
is pressuring Olivia to marry him. Meanwhile, Hallie is contemplating
that age-old teenage dilemma: Should she or shouldnt she?


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A Journey Towards the Beginning [Lecture] Understanding Shari`a
The Moorish Science Temple of America-1928
Saturday, January 12, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
January 12th (Sat) 2013
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Understanding Shari`a
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This week at Joe's Pub at The Public, Oct. 7-13, features performances by BEN OTTEWELL, TORI SCOTT, DANCENOW JOE'S PUB FESTIVAL, PHILIPPE QUINT AND LILY MAISKY, PARKINGTON SISTERS, CAROLINE ROSE, NEVER SLEEP ALONE, JOSH JOPLIN, NEW YORK GYPSY ALL-STARS, and PATRIZIO BUANNE.
October 7 at 7:30 PM
Ben Ottewell, one of several singer/songwriters in the successful British rock band Gomez, will release his first solo album, "Shapes & Shadows," via ATO Records on February 15, 2011. The nine tracks on "Shapes & Shadows" were co-produced by Ottewell and Will Golden and mixed by Tom Biller (Liars, Warpaint, Karen O) at The Chalet in Los Angeles. "Shapes & Shadows" will be available on CD and in MP3 or FLAC digital formats, and is available individually or bundled with an exclusive t-shirt and a five-track digital EP containing acoustic versions of four of the songs from the album plus a special cover song. This EP will be available to download on the album's release date. All pre-orders of "Shapes & Shadows" will also receive the track "Lightbulbs" as a free MP3 download at the time of purchase. Pre-order and album and stream "Lightbulbs" now at http://www.benottewell.com/.
October 7 at 9:30 PM
$15 Advance / $20 Door
Belter and bad decision expert Tori Scott, a Garland for the Grindr era, returns to Joe's Pub for another evening of brassy songs and slurred autobiographical stories. As a singer, she's graced the stages of 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman, the Metropolitan Room, and every gay bar on the Eastern Seaboard; as an actress, she's counted to 20 as a singing garbage woman on Sesame Street and dubbed the vocals of a singing hooker on HBO's "Cathouse: The Musical"; as a woman, she strives every day in every way to be a consummate lady and sometimes wonders if she actually still has a liver or not. If you missed her previous packed shows at the Pub, all is forgiven; just get a ticket, get a drink, and let Tori belt your troubles away.
October 9 - 12 at 7:00 PM
$15 Advance / $20 Door
After a decade of successfully presenting dance on NYC's 'best tiny stage', DANCENOW is honored to be a part of the 15th Anniversary celebration of Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, which will kick off with the 2013 DANCENOW Joe's Pub Festival. Noted for its adventurous short takes format, the annual DANCENOW festival features some of the most exciting and innovative dance makers in a multi-artist cabaret style showcase each fall. The 2013 Festival lineup includes 40 artists/companies over four evenings, Wednesday, October 9 to Saturday, October 12. The festival's encore performance will be presented on Saturday, October 19. All performances are at 7:00pm. This season, all festival participants will take the DANCENOW Challenge, which asks artists to create a clear and complete artistic statement in five minutes or less for the specifics of Joe's Pub. Each evening audience members will be asked to vote for the work that best meets this challenge. The winners, four in total, will receive a weeklong creative residency at DANCENOW Silo on Kirkland Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Additionally, the top ten works selected over the four shows will be presented at the encore performance on October 19. At the completion of the festival DANCENOW's producers and advisors will select one artist whose work overall best meets the DANCENOW challenge. The winner will receive a $1,500 development stipend and a weeklong creative residency at DANCENOW Silo on Kirkland Farm in Pennsylvania.
October 9 at 9:30 PM
Philippe Quint, "a violinist of uncommon brilliance and flair" (The Strad), and pianist Lily Maisky, "a true musician" (Die Welt) join forces to bring a live performance of music from their new album, Opera Breve, to Joe's Pub. Opera Breve celebrates opera's most beautiful and memorable songs and arias and includes selections from Porgy and Bess, The Barber of Seville, L'elisir d'amore, Orpheus and Eurydice, Samson and Delilah, and more. Enjoy an evening of sparkling musicianship matched by Philippe Quint's irrepressible charisma on stage. Philippe Quint is a multi-faceted artist whose wide range of interests has led to several Grammy nominations for his albums, performances with major orchestras throughout the world at venues ranging from the Gewandhaus in Leipzig to Carnegie Hall in New York, a leading role in a major independent film called Downtown Express, and explorations of tango with his band The Quint Quintet. Lily Maisky has performed throughout Europe and Asia, and is featured on several Deutsche Grammophon and EMI albums. She frequently plays chamber music with her father, the celebrated cellist Mischa Maisky.
With Special Guests Tall Tall Trees
October 10 at 9:30 PM
From Wellfleet Massachusetts, a town of crashing waves, gnarled pine trees, and the only town clock in the world that still rings ship's time, step the Parkington Sisters. Like their hometown surroundings, they have "a collective magic -- part chemistry, part alchemy, and entirely mysterious." The four sisters emerge from a lineage of musicians, each a songwriter and dynamic multi-instrumentalist: Rose plays piano, guitar and accordion, Ariel and Sarah play violin and viola, and Nora plays violin and percussion. They have a magnetic stage presence and can feel at home in front of a rock crowd at the House of Blues, but just as easily adapt to the sophistication of Symphony Hall. With incomparable vocal harmonies and intricate string arrangements, their music is at once timeless and fresh. 2012 has brought many opportunities for the Parkingtons. In October, they joined Dispatch on their "Circles Around the Sun" reunion East Coast tour. They have toured extensively across the US, Canada and Europe with the Dropkick Murphys, opened for Mavis Staples at Symphony Hall in Boston, performed at the 2011 Bonnaroo festival, and even shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen. They have performed on records for State Radio, Dropkick Murphys, Dub Trio, Sonya Kitchell, The Spring Standards, Mieka Pauley and The Horrible Crowes (The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon). The sisters are currently recording their follow-up album, which will be released in early 2013. Their 2011 debut album "Till Voices Wake Us" was produced by Joel Hamilton (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and recorded at Avatar Studios and Studio G in New York City. The collection of songs explores the darkness but also the hope of each new day, the light in September, the geese flying north, the deer dead on the highway, the struggle to move beyond. The album was selected by Acoustic Guitar Magazine as one of the top essential albums of 2011.


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Hi. I'm online and happy to answer your question today.
It sounds like you damaged more then just the nerve over your eyebrow.
That's what I thought but who do I go see, eye doctor, nerve doctor, ear nose and throat?
You may have damaged one of the nerves or muscles that torque your eye....that is why you can fuse the image by tilting your head.
You should see a pediatric ophthalmologist. Sounds crazy, since most folks are considered adults at age 48..... :o)
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Chicago Bears
If Marc Trestman's Montreal Alouettes teams are any indication, quarterback Jay Cutler should receive much better pass protection next season.
Aaron Kromer is on board as offensive coordinator and Joe DeCamillis will handle special teams, but who will run the defense? Sources say Trestman is open to retaining defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli, but no decision has been made, according to the Chicago Tribune's Brad Biggs.
Detroit Lions
General manager Martin Mayhew said he hopes to work out a new deal with quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has a $20.3 million cap figure for next season, to free up cap space.
Pride of Detroit looks back at how the team's cornerbacks performed in 2012.
Green Bay Packers
Packers president Mark Murphy expressed disappointment in the team's early exit from the playoffs at the 48th annual Red Smith Sports Award Banquet on Tuesday night, but he struck an optimistic tone about the future, saying "We all feel confident we have a chance to really compete for a Super Bowl championship for a number of years to come." Dan Kohn of Gannett Wisconsin Media has the story.
Defensive line coach Mike Trgovac said 33-year-old defensive tackle Ryan Pickett remained productive throughout the year -- and he expects more of the same next season, reports Weston Hodkiewicz of the Green Bay Press Gazette. "I think Ryan has some more football left in him. I really do," said Trgovac.
Aaron Rodgers thinks read-option offense -- which the 49ers used to great effect in knocking the Packers out of the playoffs -- will eventually die out, writes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Bob Wolfley. "I think the league is cyclical. Things have come back around that have been used 20, 30 years ago. But this, too, I think, will pass" Rodgers said on his radio show.
Minnesota Vikings
Dan Wiederer of The Star-Tribune takes a "big picture look at the direction of the franchise" heading into the 2013 season.
Electronic pulltab sales were supposed to help fund the Vikings' new stadium, but those sales are nowhere near their projected target, reports The Star-Tribune's Jean Hopfensperger. Gross sales through December were $4.2 million -- far behind the $17.2 million projected to be raised by the end of July.


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Publication Acceptance Date: 1/16/2004
Publication Date: 3/1/2004
Citation: Pusey, P.L. Soil water relates to fire blight risk. 2004. Good Fruit Grower. 55:11-12. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: It is well established that atmospheric water plays an important role in the development of fire blight initiated in blossoms of apple and pear. Prior to a recently published study, however, it was unknown whether water inside blossoms relates to infection. The answer to this question has practical relevance in dry production areas requiring irrigation. A water potential range was established by varying relative humidity around detached flowers, or the concentration of sugar solute in vials supporting cut stems. Water potential was based on analysis of ovary tissue sections using a vapor pressure osmometer. Disease incidence and severity was positively correlated with water potential at a high level of statistical significance. Unless trees desperately need water during the bloom period, which is seldom the case, growers are advised to delay irrigation, particularly at sites with a history of fire blight.


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Clarification:Re: cellular automata and OOP
Sorry, in rereading this, I realize I was not as clear as I might have
wished. I meant to say that although there may ultimately be hundreds of
individual entities on on a lattice site, there would be only 5-6 different
types of entities. Each type may interact with a subset of the remainder.
Each time step would involve identifying potential interactions, choosing
which ones will occur, and updating all involved entities. This would be
followed by updating the internal dynamics and diffusion to adjacent sites
for all.
A. Sharma
Atul Sharma wrote in message <86g137$hds at smc.vnet.net>...
>I would like to set up a cellular automata, but one that differs somewhat
>from the standard described (for example) in the useful books by Gaylord et
>al. The main difference is that multiple entities can coexist on the same
>lattice sites, with interactions permitted only between entities on the
>sites. Ultimately, this may involve hundreds of entities on a given lattice
>site, with 5-6 different entities permitted, each interacting with only a
>subset of the remainder and each free to diffuse at each time step. In
>addition, some of the entities will have internal dynamics requiring
>at each time step.
>My question is this:
>What is the most efficient approach to implementing such a project in
>My initial though was to set up OOP code as described by Maeder in the
>Mathematica Programmer, with a constructor that assigns properties
>(including lattice position) to each entity. Interactions would be handled
>as events, with updates signalled by the 'time step' event.
>I have little experience in this area, and this may well be the most
>inefficient design imaginable:) Any suggestions or examples would be
>A. Sharma
>Atul Sharma MD, FRCP(C)
>Pediatric Nephrologist,
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Heated concrete garden seats question?
So i can use it longer through the year, I'd like to have them heated with some pipes going through them being heated off the burner. I'd have a copper coil at the burner end, but ideally to keep costs down, i'd like to use PEX in the seats.
Will this transfer enough (if any) heat outside the pipe? and also will the concrete absorb the heat?
I was thinking of placing the pipe 10/15mm deep and having it coil back and forth from front of the seat by the knees to the back by the shoulders and back again, 2 or 3 times per seat. It will be a modular design, for smaller molds and adjustability, with each seat connected to the last.
I've added a quick drawing i made. Hope it makes sense.
Was also thinking that I could also set up a solar heater as a pre heater to heat them in the to just take the chill off, but thats a different project for another time
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A friend of mine heats his house that way.
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Broncho-alveolar Lavage Under Noninvasive Ventilation With Propofol TCI in Patient With AHRF (SEDA-FIBRO)
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Change is inevitable, and the Feb. 24 Gazette story, "Pizza House changes ownership," is an example.
As a 21-year "resident" of Weyandt Hall, IUP's science building, and a periodic patron of Pizza House just across the street, I would like to thank the owner of 40 years, Johnny Tsiris, and his staff for the lunchtime soup and roll takeout specials and late night gyros and meatball hoagies. It was much-needed sustenance for long workdays.
I would also like to thank Tom Zaucha, the new owner, for keeping Johnny around in some capacity, although I do miss some of the familiar faces who are no longer behind the counter.
I will also miss Len Marsinko, who will be closing his establishment in the near future. Before coffee and doughnut shops became popular in Indiana and sprung up on and off campus, there was the Oakland Avenue Cafe, located within Pizza House. You may have seen the "Cafe Open" curbside placard across the street from IUP's Oak Grove.
The Cafe was first opened in the 1990s by Todd Boden, who left this world at too young an age. It has been owned and operated by Len since 2000. Len had previously worked in quality control at Fisher Scientific and, when the plant closed, he became the proprietor of the Oakland Avenue Cafe.
I will miss the early-morning coffee jump-starts and midafternoon pick-me-ups, and brief conversations about the ills of the country. I wish Len all the best in his future endeavors.
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A SYDNEY mother left with brain damage after an out-of-control car mounted the kerb, hitting her and her baby, is disappointed the driver did not go to jail.
Magistrate Graeme Curran in Downing Centre Local Court on Monday disqualified Bryce Wayland from driving for 15 months and ordered him to conduct 50 hours of community service.
Wayland, 27, of Queenscliff, was found guilty of negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm last year after his car struck Emma De Silva, 36, at St Peters on March 14, 2011.
Ms De Silva, who did not attend court, told Channel Nine she felt sorry for Wayland but thought jail was necessary punishment.
''I have suffered a lot for his mistakes,'' she said. ''I had to learn how to walk and to talk again. I had to learn to eat properly. All because he hit me.
''I do, I do, I wish I was dead still.''
Ms De Silva, who was pushing her 19-day-old baby girl in a pram, suffered serious head injuries and her infant was also injured. She spent eight weeks in a coma, and has never fully recovered.
"I consider that her life and the lives of her closest family members have been irrevocably wrecked by the result of her brain injury," Mr Curran said. He said despite negligence in this ''undeniable tragedy'' there was a low level of culpability and Wayland was ''no doubt very remorseful''.
Mr Curran did not consider jail appropriate.
''The conduct is not such that it requires such strident denunciation that would be consistent with such a sentence.
''I have concluded that community service is the appropriate penalty,'' he said.
The court heard Ms De Silva is now dependent on constant care from her family and carers as she is now ''significantly cognitively impaired'' and must use a wheelchair when outdoors.
Mr Curran also raised the significant toll the accident had on Wayland.
''The realisation of what injuries have been sustained by Ms De Silva has caused him significant upset,'' he said.
''The events have also undoubtedly left [Wayland] distressed and disturbed,'' Mr Curran said. ''No-one is left untouched by the appalling outcome of the events.''
Mr Curran read to the court Wayland had seven previous speeding offences, three of which were serious, as well as a "burn out" offence, and was penalised in relation to an incident involving number plates.
''Putting to one side the significant and tragic injuries sustained by Ms De Silva, there are no other aggravating considerations that impact upon the way the defendant managed his motor vehicle,'' he said.
''It should be noted that the current offence does not involve speed. I would conclude that the driving record does not assist him,'' he said.
Wayland declined to comment when he left the court.
In an earlier court hearing, Mr Curran said the events of March 14, 2011 were ''tragic by any measure''.
''They are tragic for Ms De Silva who sustained catastrophic injuries that have devastated her life,'' Mr Curran said.
After the incident, Wayland told police he mounted the kerb when the accelerator pedal in the car became caught under a floor-mat and jammed. Other Lexus owners gave evidence of experiencing similar problems.
Mr Curran accepted Wayland's accelerator jammed.


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PC industry grew 19% on tablet sales and corporate upgrades
The PC market grew 19% in the fourth quarter of 2010 after a surge in tablet sales, an acceleration of corporate PC upgrades and increased demand for servers and storage, according to research.
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The latest Canalys report says PC shipments rose to 106 million units in 2010 from 89 million units in 2009.
Daryl Chiam, senior analyst at Canalys, said Apple increased its market share by 241% from 2009, climbing to third position worldwide as tablet devices became an integral new product category in the PC industry.
"Each new product category typically causes a significant shift in market shares," said Chiam.
"Apple is benefiting from iPads, just as Acer, Samsung and Asus previously did with netbooks. The PC industry has always evolved this way, starting when Toshiba and Compaq rode high on the original notebook wave," he said.
Chiam said HP, Dell and Lenovo benefitted from a surge in corporate refresh programmes in 2010, driven by enterprise acceptance of Microsoft's Windows7 operating system.
HP maintained top position with 18% market share. Acer was in second place with 13% market share, followed by Apple with 11%, Dell 11% and Lenovo 9% - up 22% from 2009.
"Recessionary budgets are over for most companies, and IT expenditure is again being used as a catalyst for growth," said Canalys analyst Tim Coulling.
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Breaking: Micron's CEO Killed in Plane Crash
Micron CEO Steve Appleton has been killed in a plane crash at the Boise Airport. His experimental fixed wing single engine Lancair crashed around 9 a.m. in between two runways at the airport. KTVB-TV in Boise reports a chilling recording from air traffic controllers paints the picture of panic shortly after take-off.


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Stimulus funds benefit wastewater plant
Wed., July 22, 2009, 8:30 p.m.
The city of Airway Heights will receive $22 million in federal economic stimulus funding for a new wastewater treatment plant that will help recharge the West Plains aquifer.
The city will treat about 1 million gallons of sewage per day at the new plant. About half of the treated water will be reused for irrigation and industrial purposes in the city of 5,300 people. The rest of the treated water will be pumped back into the ground, replenishing the aquifer.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire's office announced the grant this week, saying the project also will benefit water quality in the Spokane River by reducing the phosphorus flowing into the river. Airway Heights has been shipping its sewage to the city of Spokane, which treats it and discharges it into the river.
The new plant will cost about $42 million. Airway Heights and the state's public works trust fund are contributing the rest of the money, said Albert Tripp, the city's manager.
About 200 temporary construction jobs will be created during the plant's construction.
The wastewater treatment plant is scheduled to begin operations in June 2011.
Tripp said that Airway Heights will save nearly $700,000 per year by treating its own wastewater. The project also allows the city to recycle its wastewater locally, benefiting the aquifer that serves the West Plains, he said.
The plant will be located south of Highway 2, near the intersection of Lawson Road.


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IDT has announced two new PCI Express (PCIe) Gen2 switching solutions for computing and embedded applicationsˇXa 32-lane, 8-port and a 48-lane, 12-port.
The 32-lane, 8-port device is packaged in a 484-ball, ball gate array (BGA) and the 48-lane, 12-port one in a 676-ball BGA. The new devices are sampling to customers, with a price range from US$42.5 to US$62 for 10,000 units.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
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This "100 percent" American company continues its growth in the industry by adding designs to the industry-wide traditional - read that as boring - hiking socks. Fall 2014 models like the Bend will include intricate designs. A portion of sales from the Bend ($19) will be donated to the Conservation Alliance, which is headquartered in Bend, Ore. farmtofeet.com
The Salt Lake Tribune is providing a look at some of the items spotted during the annual Outdoor Retailer Winter Market held Jan. 21-25 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Previews of the gear will be posted on the Hiking Utah or Fishing Utah blogs. An overall look will run in the Business section of the Salt Lake Tribune Feb. 9.<