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Canvas Document Bag, Seat Pouch for WW2 US Army Jeep
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- Sold Date: Jun 23, 2008
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A US Army document bag for a Jeep. This is used to hold manuals and repair logs. This has hooks and a button strap to attach the rear of the seat. It is in excellent condition, heavy duty construction, original vintage item. It is 12"h x 9"w x 3"deep.
Winning bidder to pay $8.50 shipping in the US, overseas shipping $23.00
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Published: November 2, 2013 - 05:42 PM | Updated: November 3, 2013 - 01:36 AM
Conti Memorials Group in Akron's North Hill neighborhood blends artisan with high tech, all to better tell a story in stone.
The family-owned business traces its roots to its founding by the Buzzi family in 1918. And now owner Larry Conti, who bought the business in 2008, is preparing to pass it along to his children.
Conti says they are now the largest company of its type in Ohio. Operations include North Hill Marble & Granite on North Howard Street, Bethel-Miller Memorials in Canton, Youngstown Memorials and Trumbull Monument Co. in Niles that opened a year ago.
"I grew up here in North Hill," Conti said. He was familiar with the Buzzi family business, which made the memorial for his father, who died in 1949, he said.
He started working as a salesman with Tom Buzzi at Portage Marble and Granite in 1971. When he started work with the company, Conti, now 69, said he didn't think then that he would end up owning the business.
The Buzzi family sold their business in 1998 to Vermont-based Rock of Ages Corp., a major granite quarrying and manufacturing company that was expanding into retail operations at the time. Conti said he subsequently managed Rock of Ages' Northeast Ohio operations and ended up buying the businesses. (The businesses still use Rock of Ages U.S.-quarried granite.)
"It was the best thing that ever happened to me. Now we're a family business again," he said. In 2008, there were 10 employees; now there are 19 including master sculptors and two graphic designers/artists, he said.
Conti said he's not quite ready to retire but is working closely alongside his daughter, Kelly Adams, 39, who will succeed him in running the business. She's been with the company 14 years. His son, Scott, a computer engineer, also works for the company as do two grandchildren. Conti said he tells employees to treat all customers like they are their grandmother.
The memorial business has had to change with the times, Conti said.
The work now blends old-world stone-cutting with state-of-the-art computer technology to meet evolving consumer preferences.
Customers' desires for more personalized memorials is driving a lot of the changes, Conti said. Besides simple to elaborate granite headstones and other grave markers, they design and build such things as memorial stone benches to $600,000 mausoleums. Increased interest in cremation also is driving changes, including headstones with cavities to hold ashes carved either in the memorial or the base.
His business uses a powerful software program that lets family members, prior to making a purchase, see and try out memorial designs on a large computer screen, Conti said. The process saves time and helps family members visualize in one day what the finished memorial will look like. Before computer design, working with a family on design using paper sketches could take weeks.
"When you talk about personalization, that's what we can do," Conti said.
In addition, advances in stone-cutting technology now allow photo-like depictions on hard granite, he said. "We do two faces a week, if not more," he said.
That kind of personalization is a growing national trend, said two people from major U.S. memorial associations.
"We certainly are finding people are wanting more customized, more personal," said Jed Hendrickson, executive director with the American Institute of Commemorative Art in California and third-generation owner of a memorial business in Santa Barbara. His 60-member organization represents memorial designers. The organization sponsors an annual national design contest.
"We have to move with the times," Hendrickson said. "Our industry moves at a glacial pace. But we do move. Virtually all design work will be done by computer today. Twenty years ago, it was done by hand. You had to gather ideas, make sketches and do a lot of revisions."
Alison Raymer, co-owner of Emerson Monument Co. in Springdale, Ark., is vice president of Monument Builders of North America. "One trend that we see is people wanting something different and unique," she said. "They want to tell their story in a unique way."
Not many years ago, conformity was common, often with cemeteries dictating the size and design of memorials, she said.
That's no longer the case, she said. "Conformity's out the window."
People increasingly want stone memorials cut in unique shapes and sizes to help tell a story, Raymer said. Her company recently finished a stone memorial cut to depict a tree with a raccoon in it for a young man who had loved the outdoors, she said.
"You look at the pyramids. People have been telling their stories since the beginning of time," Raymer said.
People also can have "QR" or "Quick Response" codes placed onto memorials that allow people with smartphones to scan the code and be taken to an online site that further tells a story, she said.
Conti Memorials' operations can also place QR codes, either etching them onto the stone or more commonly by affixing a long-lasting metal strip to the memorial for people to scan, Conti said.
Memorials aren't just for the deceased.
Conti said they recently finished a memorial at Harding High School in Warren for football great Paul Warfield, a 1960 graduate from the school. Warfield, now 70, played for Ohio State University and then the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins in the NFL. Conti Memorials' design included two granite stones on either side of a full-size bronze statue to tell Warfield's story.
"That's probably the most elaborate that I've done," Conti said. "It hit CNN, so it was all over the country."
On occasion, he's had to say no to customers. In one instance, a woman wanted a stone memorial for her late husband that essentially called him the worst thing that ever happened to her.
"We said, we're not going to do that. She walked out mad at me," he said.
People do not have to pay for an elaborate memorial to honor a loved one, he said.
"You can honor someone with anything," he said. "We sell to families what's important to them." Prices can range from $400 for markers to $100,000 and higher for mausoleums, he said.
"We have helped them at the most trying time of their life," Conti said. "I really feel that we help families. ... I love what I do. I'm proud that my kids are entering the business."
Jim Mackinnon can be reached at 330-996-3544 or email@example.com.

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The Fair Trade Commission has warned the Japanese Consumers' Cooperative Union to halt its alleged abuse of product suppliers, which breaks the law on protecting subcontractors.
The antitrust watchdog on Tuesday ordered the association of consumer cooperatives to take measures to prevent such practices after determining that 519 firms were victimized by its alleged malpractice. A total of ¥3.894 billion is involved in the case — a record high.
Between September 2010 and June this year, the union unfairly forced companies that produce CO-OP private brand items on its behalf, including food and cosmetics, to offset some of the cost of the discounts it was offering shoppers, according to the FTC.
The amount involved stood at ¥2.563 billion.
The union also forced suppliers to buy back some ¥4.8 million worth of unsold goods and shoulder ¥2.6 million in product testing costs.
The law requires payments to subcontractors to be made within 60 days after products are supplied. The FTC said the cooperative failed to meet the deadline in some deals and is obligated to pay ¥1.323 billion in penalty interest as a result.
Established in 1951, the union had 357 member consumer cooperatives nationwide and some 26 million users as of March 2012, according to its website.
Officials at the union said that it plans to strengthen its compliance with the subcontractor law and other legislation aimed at ensuring fair trade by further recognizing its social responsibility.


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Old Masters sales soar despite global woes
By Bernard Orr
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sotheby's hopes that the fervent mood at an auction this week in London of important Old Master paintings will travel overseas when several rare art works will be auctioned next month.
The fragile state of the world economy didn't influence the few deep-pocketed art collectors who vied for rare 17th century masterpieces in the British capital on Wednesday.
Sotheby's sale of Old Master & British Paintings in London saw a new auction record set for Anthony van Dyck when his last self portrait soared above expectations and sold for
The portrait, hotly pursued by nine bidders, was the top-selling lot in a sale which raised $24,510,499, within pre-sale expectations.
Sotheby's December series of Old Master & British Paintings sales in London bought in $30,954,450.
In New York, Sotheby's will display several pieces for its Old Master week.
"The thing about the Old Masters market ... this market has been changing for five years. You are not able to sell everything on the market. But the high-quality, top-flight quality (pieces) will," George Wachter, co-chairman of Sotheby's Old Master Paintings Department, said in an interview. Continued...


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Hate to do it but due to fianances I have to sel my 04 WRX with 32000 miles.
Here's a bit of info on the car.
evo3 16g turbo upgrade
walbro fuel pump
650 injectors
1 step colder sparkplugs
gimmick motorsports turbo inlet & MAF tube
apexi intake
ssauto tmic
go fast bits 50/50 bov
invidia up & down pipe
hks hi power exhaust
tein h tech springs
perrin EBCS
I am currently running an open source tune from DTRacing™ :: Custom Tuning Services "Get a Dom Tune!"®. The car runs great but it is not at it's full potential. I would suggest a dyno tune to get the most out of this turbo, which would prolly get this car to 300whp. I painted the stock rims gold which are chipping in some areas. I also have a tactrix cable and the tuning software (enginuity & ecu flash). Need to sell this ASAP Not set on price make me an offer 16,500 obo


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Light showers forecast to fall over Flemington tomorrow are unlikely to affect track conditions for the race that stops a nation.
But racegoers getting frocked up for the Melbourne Cup and those hoping to kick back at a barbecue should prepare for cloud, a little wind and rain, and cool daytime temperatures hovering between 16 and 20 degrees.
The Bureau of Meteorology said similar conditions were forecast for Crown Oaks Day on Thursday, before the weather heats up for Saturday's Emirates Stakes Day, when the mercury is forecast to reach a maximum 27 degrees.
Senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said most of tomorrow's rain would fall in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, sparing the tens of thousands of people tipped to crowd Flemington Racecourse for the Cup.
"For Flemington itself, the forecast is mainly dry with a chance of a shower," Mr Carlyon said.
"Anything that comes through will be fairly brief and light. It won't have an impact on track conditions. We're forecasting a top of 20 degrees."
That is slightly cooler than the November average maximum temperature of 21.9 degrees. Winds tomorrow will average between 15-25 km/h.
Tom Saunders, senior meteorologist at The Weather Channel, said the weather would feel benign compared to past Melbourne Cups.
"Maximums have ranged from 11 degrees in 1913 to 35 degrees in 1901, and rain has fallen during the actual race about once in every nine years," Mr Saunders said.
Mr Carlyon said similar conditions would prevail on Thursday, with a top of 19 degrees.
"We're saying a chance of a shower in the morning, but mainly fine and 19 degrees. It will be a similar type of day to tomorrow really, there is not likely to be a great deal of rain falling," he said.
"It will be warming up for Saturday, which will be fine and sunny, with 27 degrees forecast."


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Los Angeles • Chris Paul's running jumper with a tenth of a second left gave the Los Angeles Clippers a 93-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night and a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Both teams stayed on the court while the referees reviewed the play. It was declared good, leaving Memphis a tick of the clock to inbound the ball but not enough to get off a final shot.
Paul finished with 24 points and nine assists, Blake Griffin added 21 points and eight rebounds and Jamal Crawford scored 15 points on the day he finished second to J.R. Smith of the Knicks for the league's Sixth Man of the Year award.
Paul carried the Clippers in the final 3:46, scoring eight straight points, including a basket that gave them a 91-89 lead with 1:20 to play.
Mike Conley scored a career playoff high 28 points while leading the Grizzlies' fourth-quarter charge that came up just short. He had 10 points in the period, while Darrell Arthur scored five straight to pull Memphis into an 89-all tie.
Conley found Marc Gasol alone in the paint and the big man dunked to tie the game 91-all with 13 seconds left.
The Clippers won a hard-fought jump ball, but Paul missed a 3-pointer. He redeemed himself and set off a raucous reaction when he fought off Tony Allen's defense and banked in the game-winner.
Gasol added 17 points, Allen had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Zach Randolph had 13 points while racking up five fouls for the second straight game.
The Clippers' bench started the fourth quarter and ran off eight straight points for the game's first double-digit lead, 81-71. Eric Bledsoe and Matt Barnes had four points each.
Conley answered with five straight points to close the Grizzlies within seven points.
Griffin and Paul joined the second unit, and Griffin scored on a driving dunk for an 85-76 lead. The Clippers returned to their high-flying ways after Lob City managed just one dunk in the series opener.
The Clippers led by seven points early in the third before the game turned into a back-and-forth affair. Memphis briefly regained a one-point lead and then tied it 59-all on Arthur's dunk before Paul scored six of the Clippers' final 13 points to send them into the fourth leading 75-71.
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i have a bmw compact e46, any ideas on where i could get a turbo kit from
i have a bmw compact e46, any ideas on where i could get a turbo kit from
Save your money and spend it on a 325 engine/complete car instead.
yeah shane..you need too be really careful when messing about with turbos on a naturally aspirated engine....your pockets will end up empty wih th upgrades youd need too do elsewhere on the car and itd probably never be 100% anyway.better buyin a bigger engined car.
A decent turbo kit from someone like Edelbrock will set you back £2500. Then you need to think about forged internals - Lets say another £1K. Then lets talk about fuelling - New fuel pump and bigger injectors at the very least. Then you need to fit it all, or have it fitted - I'm not even gonna guess at this price, bechause mechanics near me seem to be charging £55 an hour. Then there's the ECU remap and rolling road session, as well as the software to tune it with. Shall we say another grand? Quite simply, if you were to do it properly with name brand components, and can't do any of the work yourself, you could quite easily spend £5K - £6K on a Turbo conversion that'll only make £180BHP - 190BHP.. For that kinda money, you're almost in E36 M3 teritory..
Honestly, adding a snail to your car doesn't end with the cost of a kit you saw on eBay
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or in other words...only blow something thats worth blowing in the first place
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The Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989 require that institutions of higher education provide written information regarding applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding alcohol possession and use; campus policies and standards of conduct regarding alcohol and drug use and the related sanctions; a description of health risks associated with the use of alcohol and drugs; and a description of treatment and counseling programs available on campus.
Alcohol, Drugs and You: A Summary of Information and Resources about Drugs and Alcohol is provided to you by Western Michigan University as part of our efforts to assist you and to comply with the requirements of the law. The Division of Student Affairs is committed to providing an environment that will help reduce the incidence of drug problems among students. This effort has taken many forms: education, the provision of counseling and the establishment of community wide expectations and norms.


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great trail for 1st timer could be marked a little bit better lots of trsils off the main trail
Wonderful trail with some hilly spots!
Nice short trail with lots of options. Good length for kids. Some decent inclines and trails not always clearly marked.
Easy walk. Took my pup and she loved it. Lots of different features: water, hills, fields. Very pretty surroundings. Wish I could let my dog off leash but understand the rules :)
alot of different greenery lots of trails not marked which I'm fine with but others aren't.
Nice walk. There are lots of unmarked trails. It is a nice jem and right next to downtown Middleboro too!
Love it here. More challenging than the place I got to that is very close to my house. Agree that the trails are not well marked but a few visits and you get to know them pretty well. Also agree on the ticks… its March and every time I go I pull a tick off my clothing. Not a fan of deat/deet/bug spray but getting/having Lyme can certainly be worse!!
Carolyn B. on Pratt Farm Conservation and Recreation Area Trail
Verry pretty. Easy walk. Streams and ponds.
It's a pretty trail especially on the perfect October weekend we visited. However the trails are very poorly marked. Also our dog picked up more ticks here than on any trail we have ever taken.
Carolyn B. on Pratt Farm Conservation and Recreation Area Trail
Beautiful! Great for dog walking!
Great! Took our 6 year old, loved seeing all the butterflies and insects in the flowers. Went down one dead end trail after making it thru a mud puddle via fallen logs. All in all, great!
Great trails, fun ride, been there several times.
Pratt farm is right down the street from us. The kids and I go often. Last year I released 4 ground hogs that I caught in my back yard at the farm so you have a good chance of seeing some wildlife in the form of groundhogs!
Plenty of waterfall scenery. The old trout hatchery was awesome! A must visit especially in the spring/summer seasons, but also beautiful year round.


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The moment I will have a facebook account my life will end …P&K provide support on facebook, I think it's useful cuz every douchebag has facebook… nearly
No I meant the point is ,its one more thing for me to do . And I get addictive very fast, better do more developing then puzzle my eye in to facebook.
And all those X-girl friend will pop up from no where… can't take the risk …….
Hay Cj I can hook you with my 7 years old nephew they are expert with facebook ….
It's 50 I always forget to sign myself. But that's good, if I ever say something stupid, I can always blame it on CJ .Also, I pressed LIKE on MSFX 's page. Hope that's what you were talking about
Yes you better sigh because I don't know you as i do Cj . I don't want un- necessary accident under my name …..
I pressed LIKE on MSFX 's but it want to me to log into my account which of course i don't have (:
And all those X-girl friend will pop up from no where… can't take the risk …….
hahahahah lolI'm at 22 now! soooooo close thanks guys!
No problem. Do I have a LIKE button myself? Crap this facebook thingie is he greatest mistery of my life.
hehe if you could do the same for me also
hehe if you could do the same for me also
I just liked it
FJ, I never told you I dig your new logo. Pretty sweet dude.
if anyone wants to help me get my shortened url that would be ever so cool
I liked you too Matt
I liked you too Matt
Mmm? i just know now that you start smoking again ,take a break Cj .. stay focused.
what about me… http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reaper-Media/124305550920183
Ok we like to like . Now how about some girls?
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AMANDA AND CHARLES'S WEDDINGNovember, 2008 in St Louis
"After all the stress of putting our big day together with no planner, I can honestly say that I would do it 1,000 over because it was definitely the happiest day of my life. My husband and I were so happy with everything. It was the most beautiful wedding we had ever been to....and it was ours!!!"
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- Registry Vendor: Crate & Barrel
- Florist: Artistry
- Registry Vendor: Williams-Sonoma
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- Tuxedo Vendor: Stallone's Formal Wear
- Jeweler: Swarovski
- Wedding Day Beauty Vendor: Hair Theatre
- Limo Company: St. Louis Transportation
- Wedding Fashion Vendor: Amore'
- Ceremony: The Old Cathedral
- Hotel: Millennium Hotel St Louis
- Reception: Windows On Washington
Cakes/Candies Vendor:
Wedding WonderlandSaint Louis, MO 63103, USA
"No doubt about it...our wedding cake was the best we have ever seen or tasted. We got married 2 months ago and people are still talking about how fabulous the cake was."
Complete Music1035 E St Johns
Austin, TX, United States
"Our DJ was Wild Wes. Our guests knew him by name and he knew their names as well! He was absolutely wonderful. He had everyone dancing and people danced from the time the music started until it stopped. Every couple we know who is not yet married asked for his info. I will personally find an excuse to use them again."
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Exclusive EventsSt Louis, MO, USA
"When I first saw their website, I knew they would be my choice for decorating my reception. The owner, Erin, was the sweetest woman you could ever hope to meet and when my husband and I arrived at the reception....we were speechless. It was the most amazing reception we had ever seen...and it was ours!!! We have been to tons of weddings over the past 4 years and we are proud to say that we KNOW we made the best choices in our vendors. After 2 months people are still talking about it."
Artistry2734 LaSalle
St. Louis, MO 63104
"Yet another amazing choice for a vendor....I knew what I wanted from the get-go but had no photos to show them what I wanted. I explained it the best I could and they made it come true. The only thing was that it was more beautiful than I could have imagined."
Invitations Vendor:
Jean MAtlanta, GA, United States
"The invitations were just amazing! Again...people still talking about them over 2 months later. I can't tell you how many people told me that they kept the invitation even after the wedding because it was just too pretty to throw away."
SwarovskiSt Louis, MO, USA
"Not exactly a wedding vendor, but I am still totally in love with the jewelry I purchased for my wedding day and intend on keeping it forever."
Limo Company:
St. Louis TransportationSt Louis, MO, USA
"It took quite a while to find this small company, but they are by far the most affordable limo rental and they have nicer limos than any other company we interviewed. The driver was hilarious yet professional dresses as though he were a guest at our black tie reception. He was extremely accommodating and fulfilled every request we made."
Trotter PhotoFlorissant, MO, United States
"Being a photographer myself, it is safe to say that I have very high standards. I had high expectations for my wedding photos as well as requests I had made for special photos. The photographers were extremely nice and professional. The photos and album are beautiful. I don't feel like all the shots I wanted were taken, but other than me being a high maintenance photographer/bride I have absolutely no complaints."
Registry Vendor:
Pottery Barn262 Plaza Frontenac
St Louis, MO, United States
"I only registered at Pottery Barn because I was told I had to have 3 registries and I only had two. Out of over 200 people, only one purchased a gift from our registry there. It just isn't a realistic place to expect gifts from and there aren't many affordable gifts that you would actually want or need."
Registry Vendor:
Crate & Barrel1 Flatiron Cir # 2260
Broomfield, CO, United States
"LOVE this store and there were plenty of nice, affordable gifts for my guests to purchase."
Registry Vendor:
Williams-Sonoma9 West Jackson Avenue
Naperville, IL, United States
"Every woman should register at Williams-Sonoma. They have everything you need in one store along with some pretty neat gadgets!"
Tuxedo Vendor:
Stallone's Formal WearSt Louis, MO, USA
"Great price, convenient locations, never crowded and you get awesome and PERSONAL customer service!"
Wedding Day Beauty Vendor:
Hair Theatre10730 Manchester Rd
St Louis, MO, United States
"I have been going to this salon for almost 5 years and I refuse to go ANYWHERE else....ever! My wedding day hair and makeup was perfect as well as my mom's and all my bridesmaids'!"
Wedding Fashion Vendor:
Amore'173 Long Rd
Chesterfield, MO, United States
"No official website, but they are amazing!!!!!!!!!!! I wrote detailed reviews for my vendors on Yahoo! Local and my username is Happy Bride to Be!"
The Old Cathedral209 Walnut Street
St. Louis, MO 63102, US
"Since the first time I saw this church, I knew I would be married in it one day. It is the most beautiful church in St. Louis and my guests were totally excited to hear that I was getting married there. There is a waiting list for this church so check it out soon if you want to get married there!"
Windows On Washington1601 Washington Ave
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 241-5555
"ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every single aspect of our reception at Windows On Washington was 100% top notch. From our first time there to the moment we walked out the front door leaving our reception it was wonderful!!!!!!!!!"
Millennium Hotel St Louis200 S 4th Street
St. Louis, MO 63102, United States
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This biography argues that Salvador Dali lived a "shameful" life in every way: that underlying his exhibitionism was an intense feeling of shame, the individual hanging his head being one of the recurrent themes of his painting. Based on extensive original research and recently discovered sources, as well as an interview with Dali himself, the book presents a portrait of a disjointed character. Ian Gibson emphasizes the literary side of Dali's career and re-examines the two principal relationships of his life - with Federico Garcia Lorca, and with the libidinous Gala.
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"The world will admire me. Perhaps I'll be despised and misunderstood, but I'll be a great genius, I'm certain of it."
At 16, Salvador Dali had already developed the remarkable ego and uncanny perception that would distinguish him as one of the most notorious artists of the 20th century. A self-proclaimed surrealist, an avant-garde exhibitionist, and a criticized commercialist with questionable political affiliations, Dali was anything but benign. Biographer Ian Gibson (Federico Garcia Lorca) argues that the modern master was motivated primarily by the very last thing anyone would suspect him of: a very deep sense of shame. Via the artist's correspondence, diary, and autobiography (The Secret Life of Salvador Dali), Gibson meticulously stitches together the wild characters and deep-dish details of Dali's life: a guilt-ridden childhood, feelings of sexual inadequacy ("...I discovered that my penis was small, pitiful and soft"), his love affairs with Lorca and sex-pot Gala and the real passion of his life, surrealism. Critical, fair, and lively, The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali digs beyond the escapades and outlandish façade to expose the very personal and vulnerable side of one of the world's most eccentric performers.About the Author:
Ian Gibson lives in a village near Granada, Spain. His Federico García Lorca: A Life won the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was named a Best Book of 1989 by the New York Times and the Boston Globe.
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Bank of America: Disappointing Profits
Like its banking peers, Bank of America's (BAC) profitability in the first quarter suffered from its exposure to the credit markets. Still, the company is getting some kudos from analysts for getting out ahead of potential future losses by aggressively adding cash to its reserves.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based company posted net income of $1.21 billion, or 23 cents per share, compared with $5.26 billion, or $1.16 per share, in the first quarter of 2007, mainly due to writedowns and a large increase in its reserves for potential losses.
The company's EPS were far below the consensus estimate of 41 cents among Wall Street analysts, which disappointed investors and caused shares to fall 2.5% to $37.61 on Apr. 21.
The weak results indicate that the tough times in housing and credit markets, plus rising inflation, are taking a toll on consumers. "We remain concerned about the health of the consumer, given the prolonged housing slump, subprime issues, employment levels and higher fuel and food prices," Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis said in a news release.
Lewis said he expects minimal growth at best in gross domestic product in the second quarter and only a slight pickup in growth in the latter half of 2008.
Provisions for credit losses increased nearly five-fold, to $6.01 billion from $1.23 billion a year ago, including the addition of $3.3 billion to its reserve – in recognition of higher credit costs, especially in its home equity, small business and homebuilder portfolios.
The second-largest bank in the U.S. also reported $1.31 billion in trading-related losses, vs. $1.66 billion in trading income a year earlier, mostly due to writedowns of collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, totaling $1.47 billion and $439 million in writedowns of loans made to finance leveraged buyouts. Trading-related losses were $5.15 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007, which included CDO-related writedowns of $5.28 billion.
Credit losses aside, Bank of America's underlying businesses continued to do well. Total retail sales climbed 10% to 13 million products, led by a 14% increase in retail checking accounts. Recent acquisitions of U.S. Trust and LaSalle Bank, along with solid gains in certificates of deposit and consumer checking accounts, contributed to a $51 billion, or 11%, increase in total average retail deposits.
In its global wealth and investment management business, loans were up 30% and deposits jumped 29%, partly reflecting the impact of the U.S. Trust and LaSalle acquisitions.
The integration of those acquisitions is on schedule, with U.S. Trust slated to convert trust, custody and investment management accounts for long-time clients to the Bank of America platform and LaSalle set to migrate to the new brand in May. The $4.0 billion Countrywide Financial (CFC) acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2008.
Analysts said they were impressed by how aggressive the company is being by adding more to its reserves than had been expected. But they warn that capital levels could become a problem, with tangible equity capital to total average assets at 3.1% and a Tier 1 capital ratio of 7.5%.
"The loan loss was bigger than a lot of folks, including us, were expecting," says David George, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co. in St. Louis, Mo. "Capital levels are below where they would normally be, and, I would guess, where ratings agencies would like them to be in this economic backdrop." (Baird and/or its affiliates expect to receive or intend to seek compensation for investment banking from Bank of America within the next three months.)
The weakened capital position prompted Moody's Investors Service (MCO) to downgrade Bank of America's long term senior debt to Aa2 from Aa1 on Apr. 21 and to place a negative rating outlook on the company. Moody's also cut the bank financial strength rating on Bank of America, N.A. to A- from A, also with a negative outlook, but re-affirmed the bank's Aaa rating for deposits. Moody's said the downgrade concludes a review that began in January, 2008, when the bank announced it was buying Countrywide Financial.
Although the ratings outfit noted the $13 billion of capital that the company raised in January, it said that the continuing credit market crisis combined with management's commitment to a dividend has slowed capital generation. Moody's cited the decline in the Tier 1 ratio to 7.5% at the end of March from over 8% last year before its pricey acquisition of LaSalle Bank.
While Bank of America seems to have ample cash earnings to cover the dividend, it "certainly didn't take a dividend cut off the table," says George at Baird. "We think there's less than a 50% probability of a cut, but the dividend doesn't appear as secure today as it did six months ago."
On its conference call to discuss the latest results, CEO Lewis said the company would rather try to raise additional capital by issuing preferred shares than cut the dividend.
Whether the company will need to raise more capital will depend on how successful it is in dealing with credit issues, says George. But he believes most of the losses from structured products like CDOs should be behind the company, given how substantial those writedowns have been.
The bank has other options available to raise cash if needed. It could dispose of its prime brokerage business, which it has said it's actively trying to do, or sell part of the big stake it holds in China Construction Bank (601939.SS), says Tom Kersting, an analyst at Edward Jones in St. Louis, Mo. Given the long-term advantages of keeping its interest in the Chinese bank, Bank of America is unlikely to sell it off entirely, he adds. (Edward Jones has provided investment banking services for Bank of America within the past year and expects to do so within the next three months.)
After initially reaffirming its buy opinion on the stock, Standard & Poor's Equity Research lowered it to hold, citing the need for Bank of America "to continue an elevated level of loss provisions, based on rising net chargeoffs and non-performing assets." While S&P said it expects securities writedowns – totaling $2.6 billion in the March quarter – to decline in coming quarters, it said it remains wary of the bank's exposure to high-risk assets. S&P cut its 2008 earnings forecast by 71 cents to $2.55, and pared its target price by 2 to 40. (S&P, like BusinessWeek, is owned by McGraw-Hill (MHP).)
In an Apr. 21 research note, UBS Investment Research analyst Matthew O'Connor reiterated his buy rating on the stock. While he noted the difficulty of projecting a normalized run rate for earnings in view of the bank's moving parts, he said he now expects earnings for the full year to be $3.50 to $4.00 per share. (UBS does and seeks to do business with companies covered in its research reports.)
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Have you wondered who was the nerd in the GoDaddy commercial? Well his name is Jesse (Jessie) Heiman. Heiman was the nerd who got to kiss Bar Refaeli in the GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial. I guess he has the reputation as the "World's Greatest Extra". He can be seen in the background in many movies and TV shows.
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Telstra defied depressed market sentiment yesterday to post a 3.3 per cent rise on news its chairman, Bob Mansfield, had resigned.
The telecom leader closed up 15c at $4.71, its biggest one day rally for more than six months, on trading volume of 70.3 million shares.
The benchmark ASX 200 index closed down 15.1 points at 3419.3, its fourth consecutive fall, while the All Ordinaries was also 15.1 lower at 3425.7.
Director of AUSBIL Partners Paul Xiradis said the market reacted positively to Mr Mansfield's resignation, given concern about his acquisition strategy.
"There has been a degree of dissatisfaction in the market on Telstra's strategies and that's been led by the chairman [Mansfield] and [CEO] Ziggy Switkowski as well," Mr Xiradis said. There had been a view that the Telstra board was "dysfunctional", Mr Xiradis said, and Mr Mansfield's departure "potentially eliminates" that concern.
Perpetual Funds Management head of equities John Sevior said the market supported Telstra stock yesterday as there was "some feeling that the strategy will change tack to concentrating on [Telstra's] main business rather than extending into other areas".
Elsewhere, resource stocks were again depressed with the market continuing to sell shares expected to be hit by rising interest rates in the US.
Rio Tinto was down 56c or 1.6 per cent to $34.31 and BHP was down 15c to $12.08.
Carpathian Resources rose 0.5c to 11c on news of a successful test drilling in the Czech Republic.
Shares in Metal Storm, a defence industry research and development company, rose as much as 10.5c in heavy trade, sparking a share price inquiry from the ASX on whether the company was planning any announcement to the stock exchange.
Metal Storm replied it was not aware of any information to explain the share price move, with one institutional investor noting "the market here is in love with homeland security stocks".
It closed up 8.5c at 53c.
Online sports gaming company Betcorp crashed 14.5c to a 52-week low of 44.5c after advising of a substantial decline in first quarter trading.
Banks were down, led by St George off 36c to $20.60. National Australia Bank, ANZ, Commonwealth and Westpacwere also down.
"The banks are a bit mixed but still outperformed the market," Mr Xiradis said.
Goldman Sachs JBWere downgraded the NAB to underperform, citing risks in the company's UK operations.
Westfield rose 24c to $13.72 with current redevelopment work seen supporting growth over the next three years .
Gold in Sydney was quoted at a $401.10 an ounce mid-point.
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What beemer are you looking to buy?.
thanks for all the welcomes. I really like the E30's but not sure i'd get a good one for £1500 - £2000.. I'd like a car that doesn't need much spending on it really. I'm thinking along the lines of an E36. I'd like a 6 cylinder just because i love the 6 cylinder engines. We'd really like a convertible after the other half had an MR2 for a short time and enjoyed the open air feel!
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Game 2 seemed it was going to be another defensive battle, as at the end of the first period, both teams were scoreless. Both teams did generate a solid amount of shots, though. The Bruins had ten shots, while the Capitals had nine.
Period two was more of the same, with an occasional scoring opportunity and a big hit, until the Capitals broke the ice late in the period when Troy Brouwer poked the puck through Thomas's legs to put the Capitals up 1-0 going into the third period.
The Bruins needed to put one in the net badly to tie the game. It seemed highly unlikely due to the Capitals prolific shot-blocking and the play of Holtby. With more than half of the final period over, Brian Rolston took a shot that was ways away from the net, leaving the puck in the slot in a battle for the puck between Bruins forward Benoit Pouliot and Holtby. Pouliot was able to chip the puck over Holtby's shoulder into the back of the net. The goal would force overtime.
This game went to a second overtime after a scoreless first OT frame. On a faceoff won by the Bruins, there seemed to be a miscue between players and in a last second attempt, Johnny Boychuck tried to chip the puck to a Bruin forward, but he missed the puck. The Capitals took advantage when the puck landed on forward Nicklas Backstrom's stick and he put the puck right under Thomas's arm and into the net to end the game.
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Predictions of the future often mention the flying cars, and we've seen some videos of demonstrations of such vehicles, but we're not yet at the mainstream. Jetpacks are also usually mentioned, and the latest video demonstration we have of this technology comes from Martin Aircraft Company. The video shows an unmanned (crash test dummy) pilot taking a Martin Jetpack up to about 5,000 feet (1,500m), with a ballistic parachute deployed to demonstrate an emergency safety system (after all, if people are going to start using these, there better be a parachute).
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Andrew: If you're eating on No Reservations the bottom line is shut up and eat.
Tony: That's my new catch phrase.
Tony: (about Times Square) How did this become a theme park? How did this become Disney World? Where's the sleaze?
This episode was part of a crossover special between Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods. While both aired in their regular time slots, it was advertised as Zimmern & Bourdain: New York.
Tony: Watchin' the tube the other day and there's Sex and the City, and I'm thinking who are these women? Who lives like that? And how come in that one episode, Sarah Jessica Parker wouldn't let go of that trapeze?
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Nordstrom's Half Yearly Sale: Do not miss this. Just don't, okay? These are the perfect cut-offs. I've been obsessed with this pair of silk pants. And these sandals I've been dreaming of are on sale too!
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Okay, since we're heading into the off-season with little to talk about, except how truly awesome the Baltimore Ravens are, just thought I'd throw it out here:
If forced to choose just one Ravens championship team as your favorite, which would it be? 2000 or 2012?
With 2000, they say you'll always remember your first. And we are talking about a team with one of the greatest (if not the greatest) defenses in NFL history. But on the other hand, the offense was nothing special (other than perhaps Jamal Lewis), so it really was an uneven team.
With 2012, you had a much more balanced team, and added in Ray's swan song and Joe Flacco's truly remarkable postseason. Add in the F-Bomb. But we did have that frustrating second half of the regular season.
Super Bowl 35 had to be one of the least stressful Super Bowls ever for a winning team, of which Super Bowl 47 also had all the markings through the beginning of the third quarter, after which it turned into a sometimes maddening experience yelling and shouting and wincing at the TV.
But it's hard to say which was better than the other, at least for me. We will certainly cherish them both.
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[MEN'S PREVIEW: Friday] The 2013 men's season starts Friday with five games involving teams in the Soccer America Preseason Men's Top 25. No. 5 Creighton begins its quest for a third straight Men's College Cup appearance when it hosts No. 16 Tulsa, featuring one of the nation's top young strikers in Cristian Mata. No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 13 UCLA renew their rivalry at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic, while No. 20 Virginia hosts No. 14 Louisville in their first meeting. Other Top 25 matchups: No. 12 Wake Forest vs. No. 15 Coastal Carolina and No. 22 Northwestern vs. No. 23 UC Santa Barbara.
#5 Creighton vs. #16 Tulsa
Creighton has a 38-6-4 record and two Men's College Cup appearances since Elmar Bolowich took over as head
coach, and a third final four is not beyond the Bluejays' reach.
Bolowich's son, Alex, will take over after Jeff
Gal, who won the starting job as a freshman, transferred to Virginia.
Tulsa is young but talented as sophomores Cristian Mata (14
goals, 6 assists) and Bryce Follensbee (9 goals, 3 assists) combined fort 55 points last season.
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#13 UCLA (in Bloomington, Ind)
The Bruins and Fighting Irish open the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic, where they
meet for the third time.
Transfers Jordan Vale (Syracuse) and Aaron Simmons (SMU) should step into the
Bruin lineup right away.
A player to follow in Irish midfield: junior Nick Besler, younger brother of U.S. national team defender Matt Besler.
#12 Wake Forest vs. #15 Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina lost high-scoring Ashton Bennett, but it should get plenty of offense out of Brazilian playmaker Antonio Ribeiro, one of the nation's top
Wake lost playmaker Collin Martin over the summer when he signed a homegrown contract with D.C United, but at least defender Jalen Robinson, another highly regarded United academy player, is back for his sophomore season.
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Louisville and Virginia are two of the country's big-name men's programs, but they'll be meeting for the first time.
Marlon Hairston, who spent the spring with the U.S. U-20 national team, will be expected to step up after the loss of Andrew
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of sophomores -- including ACC All-Freshman picks Darius Madison, Marcus Salandy-Defour and Todd Wharton -- are among 10 starters returning for the Cavaliers.
#22 Northwestern vs. #23 UC Santa Barbara
Northwestern is loaded with the return of All-Big Ten picks Tyler Miller, Nikko Boxall, Chris Ritter (last year's Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year) and Joey Calistri (Big Ten Freshman of the Year).
If Frenchman Achille Campion, an NAIA transfer from Belhaven, can remain healthy, he should have a huge senior
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In this week's address, President Obama called on Democrats and Republicans to work together to grow the economy and get Americans back to work. The President has outlined a number of steps Congress can take right now to spur growth and create jobs, including extending tax cuts for working and middle class families, cutting red tape to encourage new businesses to grow and hire, passing trade deals that will support tens of thousands of jobs, and giving our out-of-work construction workers opportunities to rebuild our nation's infrastructure.
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This week, Congress reached an agreement that's going to allow us to make some progress in reducing our nation's budget deficit. And through this compromise, both parties are going to have to work together on a larger plan to get our nation's finances in order. That's important. We've got to make sure that Washington lives within its means, just like families do. In the long term, the health of our economy depends on it.
But in the short term, our urgent mission has to be getting this economy growing faster and creating jobs. That's what's on people's minds; that's what matters to families in this country. And the fact is, this has been a tumultuous year for the economy. We've weathered the Arab Spring's effect on oil and gas prices. The Japanese earthquake and tsunami's effect on supply chains. The economic situation in Europe. And in Washington, there was a contentious debate over our nation's budget that nearly dragged our country into financial crisis.
So our job right now has to be doing whatever we can to help folks find work; to help create the climate where a business can put up that job listing; where incomes are rising again for people. We've got to rebuild this economy and the sense of security that middle class has felt slipping away for years. And while deficit reduction has to be part of our economic strategy, it's not the only thing we have to do.
We need Democrats and Republicans to work together to help grow this economy. We've got to put politics aside to get some things done. That's what the American people expect of us. And there are a number of steps that Congress can take right away, when they return in September.
We need to extend tax cuts for working and middle class families so you have more money in your paychecks next year. That would help millions of people to make ends meet. And that extra money for expenses means businesses will have more customers, and will be in a better position to hire.
Yesterday, I proposed a new tax credit for companies that hire veterans who are looking for work after serving their country. We've got a lot of honorable and skilled people returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and companies that could benefit from their abilities. Let's put them together.
We need to make sure that millions of workers who are still pounding the pavement looking for jobs are not denied unemployment benefits to carry them through hard times.
We've got to cut the red tape that stops too many inventors and entrepreneurs from quickly turning new ideas into thriving businesses -- which holds back our whole economy.
It's time Congress finally passed a set of trade deals that would help displaced workers looking for new jobs, and that would allow our businesses to sell more products in countries in Asia and South America -- products stamped with three words: Made in America.
And we ought to give more opportunities to all those construction workers who lost their jobs when the housing boom went bust. We could put them to work right now, by giving loans to companies that want to repair our roads and bridges and airports, helping to rebuild America.
Those are a few commonsense steps that would help the economy. And these are ideas that have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the past. So I'm going to keep calling on both parties in Congress to put aside their differences and send these bills to my desk so I can sign them right away. After all, both parties share power. Both parties share responsibility for our progress. Moving our economy and our country forward is not a Democratic or a Republican responsibility; it is our responsibility as Americans.
That's the spirit we need in Washington right now. That's how we'll get this economy growing faster and reach a brighter day.
Thanks for listening, and have a great weekend.
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/06/weekly-address-creating-jobs-and-getting-all-americans-back-work


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A Local Non-Profit Organization Says Popsicles Can Impact the Economy...
What do popsicles have to do with the local economy? According to a non-profit organization called Blue Oven Kitchens, quite a lot!
The organization helps grow the economy by helping new food-based businesses get started. And they've already helped turn one man's "cool" idea into a broiling hot business.
It's called "The Pop Stop."
Owner, Taylor Daugherty said, "We do handmade, natural popsicles...we have a pushcart and a go-ped."
The Pop Stop makes uniquely flavored popsicles and takes them all around Gainesville on hot days, especially game days. Daugherty said the business wouldn't be possible without Blue Oven Kitchens.
Daugherty said, "If we hadn't been able to hook up with them, our start up costs would've been 3, 4, 5 times as much."
Blue Oven Kitchens helps cut down expenses by connecting entrepreneurs with already established regulated commercial cooking facilities to rent. They also provide guidance until the business is self-sufficient.
The Pop Stop is still in development, but Daugherty said that the response has been great. In fact, he's sold out every time he's taken the carts to the streets.
Co-founder of Blue Oven Kitchens and restaurant owner, Maya Garner, encourages others to bring their ideas to the table too.
Garner said, "Anyone can come and do it....it's about having the dream and the desire and the drive and then the rest- you leave it to us."
Blue Oven Kitchens is working on expanding to help more local food businesses, because they believe they're essential to keeping Alachua County's economy healthy.
Garner said, "Blue Oven Kitchens will act as an additional anchor in the local food economy not only by encouraging people to use locally produced foods from area and regional farms, which we have an abundance of...but it will also boost our local economy by keeping money in it."
For an application fee of $50, you can take part in their business incubation program. Also, Blue Oven Kitchens holds bi-weekly workshops to help start-up businesses create marketing strategies, obtain licensing and more.
For more information go to blueovenkitchens.org.
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I just wanted to show off my blaster which i finished 2 weeks ago. It's Sidewinders kit but with a real scope which i won on ebay. Not a real ASL scope but pretty darn close though.
The weathering was done just as described in Sidewinders thread. And if i can do it.. then anyone can do it. It's super easy and the results speak for themselves.
now let me bask in your praise!
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Thyroid Problems Increase the Risk for Glaucoma
Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, a gradual deterioration of the optic nerve that often "sneaks up" on a person. A new study says that patients who have glaucoma also have a 38% higher rate of thyroid problems1.
The current study does not pinpoint why thyroid problems contribute to glaucoma, though the authors suggested that "the link between glaucoma and thyroid disorders may owe to chemical deposits in the blood vessels that circulate blood to the eye, causing an increase in pressure within the eyeball. Increased pressure in the eyeball is the main feature of glaucoma."
The idea is that since thyroid controls the basic rate of cellular metabolic processes, a slow thyroid may leave more "trash" in the circulation since there wasn't quite enough energy to fully complete cellular housecleaning. The cellular debris then winds up in the circulation to the eye, builds pressure, and inflames the optic nerve.
If this is true, and it seems like a logical explanation at this time, then improving both thyroid function and natural detoxification systems are essential for supporting optimal eye health.
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Artist Jeff Koons sued for copyright infringement over gin ad photo
By Andrew Chung
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeff Koons, a U.S. pop artist whose works can fetch millions, is facing allegations he used a New York photographer's commercial photo from the 1980s in a painting without permission or compensation, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.
The photographer, Mitchel Gray, said in the complaint filed in Manhattan federal court that Koons reproduced his photo, which depicts a man sitting beside a woman painting on a beach with an easel, "nearly unchanged and in its entirety."
Gray is also suing New York-based auction house Phillips Auctioneers and an as-yet-unnamed former owner of the Koons print, which sold for $2.04 million in London in 2008.
Neither Koons nor his agent in New York could immediately be reached on Monday.
Phillips Auctioneers' spokesman Michael Sherman said in an email: "(W)e are confident that Phillips has no liability in this matter."
Koons, one of the world's most celebrated contemporary artists, is best known for his colorful paintings, monumental reflective sculptures and inflatable flowers.
His work "Balloon Dog (Orange)" sold for $58.4 million in 2013, the highest price for a living artist's work sold at auction.
Gray's photo was published in an advertisement for Gordon's Dry Gin in 1986. Later that year, the complaint alleged, Koons reproduced the photo in a painting called "I Could Go For Something Gordon's." It was part of a series of liquor-themed paintings called "Luxury and Degradation." Continued...


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In this grown-up float, "sorbato" (a cross between sorbet and gelato) stands in for the ice cream, and bubbly Prosecco is used in place of soda.
- Yield
- Makes 8
- 1 1/2 pounds ripe strawberries, sliced
- 1 cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 750-ml bottle Prosecco or other sparkling white wine, chilled
- Special equipment: Ice cream maker
- Toss berries, sugar, and salt in large bowl. Let stand until juicy, about 30 minutes. Puree mixture in batches in blender. Press through fine strainer into medium bowl. Mix cream and lemon juice into puree. Process in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to container; cover and freeze until firm, at least 3 hours and up to 2 days.
- Place 1 scoop sorbato in each of 8 glasses. Fill each glass with Prosecco (sorbato will float to top).
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Nutritional Info
- Calories278
- Carbohydrates35 g(12%)
- Fat9 g(13%)
- Protein1 g(2%)
- Saturated Fat5 g(26%)
- Sodium51 mg(2%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber2 g(7%)
- Monounsaturated Fat2 g
- Cholesterol31 mg(10%)


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Bare-root stock. Sunset climate zones 4-7, 17: Bare-root plants are inexpensive and easy to transport and plant. Many nurseries and garden centers offer everything from fruits like apples, grapes, and strawberries to perennial vegetables like asparagus. Look for ornamentals too: roses, flowering trees, and vines.
Hardy perennials. Start seeds of aster, delphinium, hellebore, primrose, Shasta daisy, veronica, and viola in a coldframe or greenhouse. Transplant seedlings into the garden about a month before the last spring frost.
Order seeds. Local seed sources offer varieties that grow well in the Northwest. Check out their websites or call for catalogs: Ed Hume Seeds ( www.humeseeds.com or 800/383-4863); Garden City Seeds ( www.irish-eyes.com or 509/964-7000); Nichols Garden Nursery ( www.nicholsgardennursery.com or 800/422-3985); Peters Seed and Research ( www.pioneer-net.com/psr/); Territorial Seed Company ( www.territorial-seed.com or 541/942-9547); and West Coast Seeds ( www.westcoastseeds.com or 604/952-8820). The Port Townsend, Washington, offices of Abundant Life Seeds ( www.abundantlifeseeds.com or 541/767-9606), a longtime favorite, were destroyed in a fire; the firm's assets were bought by Territorial Seed Company, which will continue to publish Abundant Life's catalog of open-pollinated certified-organic seeds, including heirlooms.
Winter-blooming shrubs. Zones 4-7: Scout nurseries for blooming specimens of Camellia sasanqua, sarcococca, Viburnum x bodnantense, wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox), and various witch hazels (Hamamelis).
Care for houseplants. Rinse indoor foliage plants under a shower of tepid water to wash off dust. Give flowering plants a light dose of liquid fertilizer to encourage more blooms.
Feed asparagus, rhubarb. Spread a 2-inch layer of composted manure over beds of dormant asparagus and rhubarb.
Prune fruit trees. On a day when the temperature is above freezing, prune out dead, diseased, and injured branches. Then remove closely parallel, rubbing, or crossing branches. Finally, prune for shape.
Prune roses. Cut back hybrid tea roses to the most vigorous three to five canes, removing any diseased and injured canes as you go. Prune landscape roses to shape. If you're growing rugosa roses, now is a good time to dig up and transplant (or discard) the suckers that pop up around each plant.
Spray dormant oil. To smother overwintering insect eggs and larvae, spray leafless fruit trees and roses with horticultural oil.


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Teaching & Learning with Mobile Technologies Summer 2016 Vodcast Series
IAmLearn's Dr. Rob Power chats with experts from the International Association for Mobile Learning in this series of live (15-20 minutes each) vodcasts covering topics about Teaching & Learning with Mobile Technologies. Feel free to tune in for the live broadcasts at the dates and times listed, or view the recordings anytime afterwards. Pre-registration is not required.
Refer to http://educ5199g.weebly.com/vodcasts.html for the latest vodcast schedules, times, and links.
MobiMOOC is a free, open and online course which will run from Saturday 8 September – Sunday 30 September 2012 and will focus on learning/training with mobile devices. In a MOOC everyone comes together to enhance their knowledge by entering dialogues, enhancing their networks and … having fun while doing it.
Planned topics are as follows:
- 8–15 Sep: mLearning intro and planning
- 16–22 Sep: Mobile Learning Curriculum Framework; Global issues in mLearning; mLearning tools
- 23–29 Sep: Mobile Games; Augmented Reality mLearning; Pedagogical theory, status of mLearning research; ICT4D; Train the trainer; Corporate mLearning.
The course closes on 30 September with a "special surprise".
More information: http://mobimooc.wikispaces.com/a+MobiMOOC+hello!
Archived mLearn conference websites
Mirrors of previous mLearn sites. Please note that some dynamic content will not function as it would have done on the original site.
- mLearn 2015, the Mediterranean
- mLearn 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
- mLearn 2013, Doha, Qatar
- mLearn 2012, Helsinki, Finland
- mLearn 2011, Beijing, China
- mLearn 2010, Valetta, Malta
- mLearn 2009, Orlando, USA
- mLearn 2008, Telford, UK
- mLearn 2007, Melbourne, Australia
- mLearn 2006, Banff, Canada
- mLearn 2005, Cape Town, South Africa
- mLearn 2004, Bracciano, Rome, Italy
- mLearn 2003, London, UK
- mLearn 2002, Birmingham, UK
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A June-bearing strawberry planting can be productive for several years if the bed is given the right care. These tips from horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach help keep June-bearing strawberry plantings productive for many years.
Anyone may attend Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms summer field days that begin June 23 with a focus on crop production topics.
The regular monthly Iowa Learning Farms webinar for June will be Wednesday, June 17, at 1 p.m. This month's guest speaker is Sarah Carlson, who will talk about the latest work on cover crops.
For 14 years, Teen Line has given Iowa teens a place to get their questions answered with reliable and research-based information through anonymous phone calls or online chats. Teen Line answers questions ranging from health and wellness to relationships to sexually transmitted diseases. This hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
A new grazing education and networking program intended for young and beginning graziers will be offered this summer and fall by the Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University.
Iowa Learning Farms, along with the STRIPS project and the Iowa Cover Crop Working Group, will host a field day Tuesday, June 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Iowa State University McNay Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm, rural Chariton.
Iowa's dairy farmers deliver a wholesome and nutritious supply of milk and dairy products every day and June is the perfect time to celebrate their contributions to Iowa's wellness and economy.
Bearded iris is among the most elegant, and easy to grow, flowers of spring. Follow these tips from horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to maintain a colorful, attractive iris planting.
Due to an increased interest in home food preservation, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach has developed the "Preserve the Taste of Summer" program. This program includes both online lessons and a hands-on workshop focusing on home food preservation with the most current USDA-approved food preservation recommendations.
Iowa youth will be preparing and tasting ethnic cuisines during the healthy living track of the state 4-H "And My World" camping experience June 21-25 at the Iowa 4-H Center. Registration is open until midnight June 1.
Dairy nutritionists, industry professionals, veterinarians and producers will hear the latest research of issues concerning the dairy industry, including feed management and behavior at the 2015 4-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference, June 10-11.
Fairs, livestock auctions, swap meet and exotic sales will not include birds. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship today announced an order to cancel all live bird exhibitions at county fairs, the Iowa State Fair and other gatherings of birds due to avian influenza.
Livestock producers wanting to maximize on their grazing practices should attend Greenhorn Grazing workshops in northeast Iowa.
The publication, Nitrogen Use in Iowa Corn Production, provides an overview of nitrogen use in regard to the soil system and corn fertilization.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists discuss rhubarb flowering and stalk condition and offer harvesting tips.
This summer approximately 1,000 teens are projected to converge on the Iowa State University campus for the 2015 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, themed Dare to Discover, June 30 through July 2.
Commercial production topics and practices will be featured at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach 2015 Fruit and Vegetable Field Day on Monday, Aug. 10 at the ISU Horticulture Research Station, near Ames.
Researchers need samples of aronia berry jams and jellys for a research project with the goal of helping the FDA establish a standard of identity for aronia berry jams and jellies.
Meet Jeff Hartwig, the ISU Swine Farms manager, and learn about his first six months in this position.
Pork producers are invited to attend June workshops focusing on advanced swine reproductive management topics. ISU Extension and Outreach, Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa Pork Producers Association are offering the workshops in Waverly and LeMars.
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Commissioner Oz Nesbitt, Sr., a native of Augusta, Georgia, is married to Robernett Nesbitt and they have two girls and two boys to their union. Commissioner Nesbitt has served 15 years in Law Enforcement, studied at Voorhees College and is a member of the uplift organization 100 Black Men of America. He's an award-winning speaker of Toastmasters International, the East Atlanta Networking Social, and the Who's-Who Auto Sales Professionals.
Commissioner Oz Nesbitt, Sr., was also previously employed by Rockdale County Public Schools, where he served as a discipline instructor and basketball coach. Currently, Oz is the President/Chief Consultant with SPEAK UP! Communications, Inc. SPEAK UP! Communications is a local consulting firm that focuses primarily on training & career development and public speaking.
Oz is an active member of Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in Decatur where he also serves in various capacities and ministries. His statement of faith is "God is my ROCK!"
"I've been in the people-business for 25 years and I wouldn't trade it for anything else," Commissioner Nesbitt says. "My life's motto are the 3A's-ATTITUDE, APPROACH and APPEARANCE."
As the Post 1 Commissioner for Rockdale County I believe it is important that the citizens of this community know that I strive for excellence in dispensing my duties and my vision for the county includes: Maintaining a safe and healthy community; creation of job and career opportunities; building youth/family recreation for better quality of life; operating an efficient and ethical government; and exploring opportunities to boost economic and small business development.
Oz is a LEADER who is tangible, touchable, and there, someone you can count on and reach out to. He is serving a four year-term as County Post I Commissioner of Rockdale County, Georgia.


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I've decided that today isn't really a setback. I WANT to have reactions so I can find out what's causing them. Of course, what if my RA isn't affected by food at all and today is just a coincidence -- caused by something else, but just happened to come the day after I ate new foods? Still, I think there is something to the food aspect, because yesterday I was better than I've been in a long time. Anyway -- I'm sticking to rice and prunes for the time being.
I have a favor to ask. Most of you have read this already, so it's a BIG favor. I've been working hard on Caroline Online and would appreciate it if I had other sets of eyes looking at it. If I post a chapter at a time, would you all read it over and see if there are any problems, inconsistencies, suggestions to make it better?
The biggest thing is that I changed some names (and in the case of Caroline's younger sibling, I changed his gender). Caroline's older brother was Ben and I changed his name to Kael. Word has this "Replace" function, so I replaced all the Bens with Kaels. The only problem with that is that the word "bench" becomes "Kaelch" and "beneath" is now "Kaeleath." I think I've caught all of them, of course, but having someone else look at it will be helpful. I also made her little sister a little brother, and that involves changing she's to he's and her/his "princess costume" to a "Woody costume."
I changed a couple more names, too, so if you notice any inconsistencies, I would appreciate you pointing them out. Anything at all. If you read something and it doesn't make sense, I'd appreciate knowing. I am NOT very sensitive about this -- mostly because I actually think it's kind of good, but I know it could be better. So let me have it!!!
With that said, here is chapter one:
"C'mon Caroline—cheer up! It's the last day of school," Rachel pleaded with her friend. But the last day of school was precisely the reason for Caroline's grumpy mood. The girls were standing at the school bus stop, Caroline Brennan slouching against a tall palm tree and glaring at the world around her.
She knew she looked totally pathetic. Her normally wavy blonde hair was inexplicably straight this morning, as if the effort to bend even the slightest bit was too much for it. There were circles under her brown eyes and she knew her expression was one of despair. She was wearing an ill-fitting pair of jeans shorts and a muddy-colored t-shirt that didn't do much for her on a good day. She reasoned that she could afford this look for about fifteen more minutes. She'd have to perk things up a bit before arriving at school or she'd run the risk of scaring everybody and having no one at all call her over the summer. Considering her gloomy mood, however, it was the perfect look for the bus stop.
"Rach, you have no idea how boring it is around here during the summer. You get to go away—you spend your summers surrounded by eight million of your closest relatives. I spend mine cleaning out kennels at the animal clinic, babysitting Donny, and watching Cartoon Network. By the end of June I'm practically looking forward to Mr. Katz's math tests. Desolation. That's my life during the summer. Desolation."
Rachel and Hannah Delgado, twin sisters and Caroline's best friends, lived two doors down from the Brennan house. During the school year the three girls were inseparable, but as soon as summer vacation began Rachel, Hannah, their little brother Rafael, and Mrs. Delgado, the Spanish teacher at the high school, headed to Miami to spend the summer with their Cuban relatives. It sounded like Paradise to Caroline, who had visions of guava pastries, salsa music, and pink and turquoise houses.
"We'll email you every day, Caroline." Tenderhearted Hannah couldn't bear to see her friend unhappy. "Twice a day, I promise. Maybe you can come and visit. You could drive down with Papi one weekend when he comes, and maybe you could stay for a week or two!"
"Maybe," Caroline sighed. Her mother had, in fact, suggested that very thing the night before as Caroline complained to her about the desert that was her social life over the summer. Right this minute, though, she didn't want the possibility of good news taking the edge off her despair.
Caroline lived on Bonita Key, a small island off the southwest coast of Florida. She was finishing her first year at the Bonita Point Middle School. The school was on the mainland and the girls rode the bus to their classes every day. For nine months of the year Caroline often stayed in town after school for club meetings or to hang out with friends at their homes or at the local community center or the mall. And Rachel and Hannah lived so close by that she never lacked for companionship. When summer came, however, she felt stranded. Her friends would come over occasionally to go to the beautiful island beaches and she was sometimes invited to go to the movies or spend the night with different girls, but most of the time she was alone on her island prison.
Of course, Caroline knew that she was blessed. Bonita Key was a beautiful place—a small island with the Gulf of Mexico on one side and Bonita Bay on the other. White sand, palm trees, beautiful shells, wildlife—people paid lots of money to spend their vacations there every year. But it is possible to be lonely in a beautiful place and Caroline often felt abandoned by her friends when the school bus stopped running. So right now she was indulging in anticipated misery—"borrowing trouble," her grandmother would have said. Rachel's gasp interrupted her dark thoughts.
"There's Kael!" Rachel waved excitedly, a blush coloring her pretty face. She tossed her long dark hair as she turned to wave. Her blue eyes sparkled as a beat-up red Honda Civic rumbled by. Kael coolly tapped on the horn and touched the bill of his baseball cap as he passed. He was Caroline's older brother, on his way to Bonita Point High School. His car, dubbed "The Tomato" by their father, rounded the corner and disappeared with a clatter and a puff of exhaust.
"Caroline, do you think I could email Kael this summer? Would he mind? Do you think he'd email me back?" Rachel's crush on Kael had existed for as long as Caroline could remember. She'd figured that Rachel would outgrow it but it seemed to be getting worse and it got on her nerves. Kael pretended to be oblivious but Caroline suspected that he actually enjoyed being the object of Rachel's devotion. The whole thing kind of freaked her out.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Caroline just couldn't see it. Kael was an okay older brother, if you had to have such a thing. But a boyfriend? She gave an involuntary shudder at the very idea and tried to keep from rolling her eyes. "You have his email address, right? MarineMan-something." Kael had a part-time job at the local salt water aquarium and was planning to study marine biology in college.
Rachel fumbled with her notebook, scrambling to find a pen. She finally gave up. "Oh, it doesn't matter. I'll remember it and if I don't you'll just email it to me, right? MarineMan…0131? That's his birthday, isn't it? On Gmail? Oh—here's the bus!"
Hannah leaned over to pick up Caroline's backpack. "Really, Care—I'll email you all the time. It'll be like we never left."
Caroline forced herself to smile. As much as she was savoring her bad mood she didn't want Hannah worrying about her all summer. "Oh, I'll be fine. I'll email you, too—regular reports from Camp Desolate. All the news that's fit to email—like anything ever happens around here. You don't mind emails filled with weather reports and what I had for dinner, right? 'Sun. Hot. Afternoon rain. Meatloaf.'"
As the girls took seats behind the driver, old Mr. Maits glanced back at them. "You girls hear about the new folks? Rumor is that the Benson place has been bought by some New Yorkers who want to spend their vacations here."
"Who are they, Mr. Maits?" asked Hannah.
"Well, now, you know everything I do, Hannah Banana." Mr. Maits had called her that since the girls were in kindergarten. "I was hoping y'all would have some news for me."
Caroline tried to act interested. "Just what this place needs," she thought. "Another batch of old folks spending their holidays down south." Aloud she said, "We'll ask around at school today, Mr. Maits. I'll bet somebody knows something good."
It would be nice to see the old Benson place all fixed up, she admitted. Both of the Bensons had died before Caroline was even born and the house had been empty since their deaths. Their only heir, a distant cousin, seemed to have no interest in the house, either to live in it or to sell it. So for years it remained empty, the formerly beautiful, manicured lawns and gardens turning wild and overgrown, the paint peeling from the once-stately walls. One by one the windows had been broken out and boarded over. The palm trees were laden with old, dead fronds. The place was a mess, with an air of sadness and mystery surrounding it.
The stories that Caroline's mother told of parties and dances held on the Benson grounds were almost impossible to believe. Bright colored lanterns and tiki torches blazing, live music, fresh oysters and crab boils—according to her mother's accounts the Benson parties were the highlights of the social season each year on the key.
The house was on Caroline's street, Manatee Court. Its backyard stretched out to a private beach, marred now by a rotting pier and a ramshackle gazebo. You could barely see the house from either the street or the beach because it was set so far back and because of the tangle of vines and overgrown brush around it. It might be okay, Caroline allowed, to watch while the house emerged from the jungle, even if its inhabitants were of no interest to her.
Sure enough, as the bus lumbered down the street Caroline caught a glimpse of some panel trucks and vans parked along the driveway of the Benson place. She could see a man in a cherry picker trimming old fronds from the palm trees that lined the drive and she thought she could see some workmen on the roof as well. The windows seemed to have been replaced, too.
"How long has this stuff been going on?" she wondered. Right under her nose and she was clueless about it! Well, as soon as she got home from school today she'd wander down and see whatever there was to see. For now, though, she had less than ten minutes to do something about her hair, the circles under her eyes, and her general attitude toward the world.
"Hannah, can I borrow some makeup?" Caroline's mother didn't approve of her wearing makeup, but now and then she figured it was an absolute emergency. Today certainly qualified. Hannah and Rachel were allowed to wear lip gloss and mascara and blush and Caroline used Hannah's stash as her distress supply. Yet another reason why she hated spending her summers alone—she had to spend ten weeks looking like a child instead of the practically-a-teenager that she actually was.
Seven minutes later, her hair in a ponytail and her outlook fortified with lip gloss, blush, and a determined attitude (Mr. Maits had seemed intent on hitting every pothole in the road this morning so Caroline had wisely decided to forego the mascara), she clambered down the steps of the bus, squared her shoulders, took a deep breath, and marched into Bonita Point Middle School for the final day of sixth grade.
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