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23 December
3pm Time to get that turkey roasting! For the average 6.5kg turkey, rub generously with softened butter, loosely shroud in buttered foil and place on an oven tray. Initially, roast in the oven, preheated to 220C. After 45 minutes turn the oven down to 170C and cook for 4 to 5 hours. Remove the foil for the final 30 minutes. Leave to rest for…
"Whoa, steady on," the more perceptive reader might erupt at this point. "Maybe it has escaped your attention but today is Sunday. Christmas Day isn't until Tuesday. I know the turkey needs to rest for a while after roasting, but isn't 42 hours a bit on the long side?"
Well, yes, you have a point if you want to eat warm turkey on Christmas Day. But no less an authority than Elizabeth David maintained that, "Many people have sensibly come round to the idea of cooking their bird the day before and thereby avoiding some of the last-minute anxiety. By the time a large bird is carved and served it is usually tepid anyway."
Despite the perils of cooking your bird at exactly the same time as the rest of the country – every Christmas my mother would complain, "There's something wrong with the electricity" – most of us like it hot.
Still, there are a few things that we can do in advance to reduce the nerve-shredding tumult of Christmas Day in the kitchen. So…
3.05pm Cranberry sauce is a relatively recent addition to the trimmings that bring culinary colour to the blank canvas of the turkey. If you prefer to make your own version of this tart livener, now is the time. Nigella adds a slug of cherry brandy while Heston includes vodka, but orange juice works just as well. Pour 300ml orange juice into a pan and stir in 150g sugar, add 350g fresh cranberries and bring to a boil, stirring continuously. Add a good sprinkling of fresh-grated nutmeg and simmer for five minutes. For those who think this is one task too many, Marks & Spencer's fresh cranberry sauce (£2.99), packed with whole berries, is the pick of the crop – as long as there is some left on the shelf.
3.30pm One home-made item infinitely better than anything bought from a shop is bread sauce. For anyone who wants a traditional Christmas, Clarissa Dickson Wright points out in her lively History of English Food that this curiously effective mixture of bland and spicy is "very reminiscent of what would have been popular… in the Middle Ages". The best and easiest version comes from Nigella Lawson. Turning the tables on her ceaseless urge to tinker, I've adapted her recipe myself. Peel and quarter an onion, stud each bit with a clove. Add to 1 litre of whole milk in a saucepan. Stir in 1 tsp salt, fresh-ground black pepper plus a grating of nutmeg. Heat milk but do not allow to boil, When onion softens, remove from the heat. Nigella says you should leave the mixture to "foggily infuse". She leaves the lumps intact in her sauce but I find the application of a hand-blender beats any amount of foggy infusion. Nigella adds "rough cubes" from "a good-quality white loaf, sliced thickly and left to stale overnight", but good-quality white bread can be hard to find. Baguettes, however, are not. A foot or so of Waitrose stone-baked baguette, chopped into small cubes (include crust), works dandy. Stir into the oniony milk until the sauce is thick. Add a drop more milk if necessary, but Jane Grigson says that it "should not spread on the plate". Stir in a great dob of butter and a splash of cream and leave for reheating on Christmas Day.
6pm Time for a drink. A sloe gin would be good.
24 December
10am While I would not inflict the panicky desperation of Christmas Eve shopping on anyone, if you are braving the wild-eyed throng in the supermarket, may I suggest a few additions to your shopping list? A dozen oysters (69p each in Waitrose, 60p in Morrisons); a packet of English muffins; two packets of ready-made hollandaise sauce; smoked streaky bacon; eggs; a couple of tins of goose fat; some good chipolata sausages; a brace of partridge… We'll come back to them in due course. In the meantime, it's a good time to prepare a few veg for tomorrow.
2pm Peel a peck or two of good roasting potatoes. Leaving my Republican tendencies to one side, I favour King Edwards or Duke of Yorks. Maybe two pecks might be a trifle excessive but there is one eternal rule of Christmas lunch: you can never have enough roast potatoes. Peel, chop and parboil for 10 minutes, then keep at room temperature until the morrow.
3pm The Festival of Nine Lesson and Carols from King's College Cambridge is the perfect accompaniment while trimming sprouts for tomorrow. I am a late convert (sprouts not Christianity). The worst thing I ever put in my mouth was a sprout (boiled to hell as part of a hospital meal) but so was one of the best (parboiled then fried with butter and bacon in a long-departed Chelsea restaurant). Following my Damascene conversion in SW3, I have always stuck to this combination, though Delia advocates sautée baby sprouts with shallots and chestnuts, while Nigella adds green beans, pancetta or pecan nuts. Don't cut the traditional "X" in the bottom of each sprout – it only makes them soggy. After the sprouts, you might pre-prepare the accompanying bacon – cut into lardons and fry.
8pm Unburdened by compulsory overindulgence, Christmas Eve is the best bit of the whole thing, perfect for a nice fish supper before the meaty onslaught. They certainly think so in Provence (garlic soup, snails, salt cod), Italy (the Feast of the Seven Fishes is liable to include anchovies, octopus, lobster and eels) and Scandinavia, where a dish called lutefisk is traditional: dried cod soaked in water, then marinaded in lye (caustic soda) for two days before being washed in running water and cooked. Understandably, this dish was described by the great fish expert Alan Davidson as "a puzzling phenomenon".Resisting the lure of caustic cod, I regard oysters as an essential part of Christmas Eve. You need an oyster knife and a kitchen towel. Go in at the hinge end and lever open. I tend to have them with nothing more than a squeeze of lemon or a splat of Tabasco, but if you want to make them into a meal, the simplest of oyster recipes comes from the French food writer Edouard de Pomiane: open a dozen oysters, cook some chipolata sausages. "Alternate the sensations. Burn your mouth with a crackling sausage. Soothe your burns with a cool oyster. Continue until all the sausages and oysters have disappeared."
9pm For a second course, I head for partridge, one of the tastiest game birds and also the cheapest if you happen to live in hunting country. I recently turned down roast partridge at £26 on the menu of a City of London restaurant since I had just been enjoying them in North Yorkshire for £4.50 a brace, plucked and dressed. They need no more accompaniment than a drop of gravy, bread sauce and a few game chips. Though some food writers insist you make these crunchy slivers yourself, Rowley Leigh of Le Café Anglais declared in No Place Like Home, "I have no compunction in serving good potato crisps as long as they are unflavoured." Go for Tyrell's Naked Crisps.
11pm Head for port: a bottle of Graham's Crusted will do the trick.
25 December
9am I refer you to the first paragraph of this article.
10am When the fowl is happily in the oven, you can enjoy the most pleasing meal of Christmas Day: breakfast. I'd urge you in the direction of the great American invention eggs Benedict. With ready-made hollandaise, the only tricky part is poaching eggs so the yolk flows freely. For two people, grill eight rashers of streaky bacon. Lightly poach four eggs. Split four muffins and toast. Gently heat the hollandaise. Construct as follows: half-muffin, bacon, poached egg, generous splat of hollandaise. Serve with champagne or prosecco.
12pm If you're a deep-dyed traditionalist, it's time to begin the less-than-fragrant simmering of giblets for stock. Or you can wait and deglaze the roasting pan with wine. A simple gravy alternative is offered by Paul Levy in The Feast of Christmas: "I never bother."
2.30pm Is the turkey done yet? The way to tell is not with a clock but a skewer: when you think the turkey is pretty much there, pierce the thickest regions of leg and breast. If the juice runs clear, it's done. For a belt-and-braces check, the leg should give a little when pulled. Remove from the oven and leave to rest. Now you can start on all the other things that add interest to this generous if bland bird. Whack up the oven to 220C. Put goose fat in a deep roasting pan and place in the oven. When the fat is hot, remove the pan. Spoon in parboiled potatoes, turning them over in the fat as you do so. Cook for 20 minutes then remove and turn over again. Return to the oven along with chipolatas and stuffing for another 20 minutes. Blanch sprouts in boiling water until just tender (around 4 minutes) then drain. Fry in a small amount of oil with pre-cooked lardons until the sprouts begin to turn brown. Gently heat the bread sauce. Stir in more milk to loosen it up. Don't forget to rescue the cranberry sauce from fridge.
3pm Carve turkey. Serve meal. Claret, plenty of it. Damn, forgot pudding. The assembled throng can make do with warm mince pies and Stilton. Quell any complaints with the wise words of St John maestro Fergus Henderson: "The best thing you can do with a Christmas pud is to leave it until next year. A pudding matured for 12 months is much improved." I've done this for several years and it works every time.
Alternative 3pm Forget all of the above and follow the advice of Elizabeth David: "If I had my way – and I shan't – my Christmas Day eating and drinking would consist of an omelette and cold ham and a nice bottle of wine at lunchtime, and a smoked-salmon sandwich with a glass of champagne on a tray in bed in the evening." The latter option particularly appealed to her: "A glorious way to celebrate Christmas." Move over, Elizabeth, I'm joining you.Reuse content


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China Says Arson Behind Deadly School Bus Fire
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday June 2, 2017
A bus fire that killed 11 kindergarteners in eastern China last month was intentionally set by their disgruntled driver, who was angry at losing overtime wages, authorities said Friday.
College Bus Catches Fire In Chennai, Students Escape Unhurt
Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 27, 2016
A college bus carrying 15 students in Chennai today caught fire, but all of them escaped unhurt as fire service personnel doused the flames, officials said.
School Bus on Fire in Rajasthan, Children Reported Injured
Jaipur News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Friday July 3, 2015
At least 13 children are reported injured after their school bus caught fire this morning in Dausa in Rajasthan, 60 km from the state capital of Jaipur.
Narrow escape for 50 students as their school bus catches fire
South | Edited by Surabhi Malik | Thursday June 20, 2013
Nearly 50 students of a private school in Hyderabad had a narrow escape today after the school bus in which they were travelling accidentally caught fire.
16 children, one teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
World News | Associated Press | Saturday May 25, 2013
Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire.
Three injured as school van catches fire in Lucknow
Lucknow News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 3, 2013
The driver of a school van was seriously injured and two school children slightly hurt after the vehicle caught fire on Friday while dropping students home, police said.
33 children safe after school bus catches fire
Mumbai News | NDTV Correspondent | Thursday March 10, 2011
Thirty-three children were on a school bus that caught fire in Mumbai earlier today. Nobody was injured.The engine of the bus caught fire in suburban Bhayander.The children, most of who are in the second standard of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel School, were evacuated and moved onto another bus. There was, reportedly, no teacher present inside...
Bangalore News | Chaithanya Swamy HM & Ameen Khan, DNA | Thursday December 16, 2010
The accident occurred around 4.45 pm. After the children were all evacuated and taken for treatment to different hospitals, an irate mob set the bus on fire, around 6.30 pm. Even fire tenders which arrived at the spot were unable to start work, as the gathered mob obstructed them. By the time the tempers were dealt with, the bus had been completely...
Srinagar: Protesters set school bus on fire, no casualties
India News | NDTV Correspondent | Saturday December 4, 2010
A school bus was set on fire by a group of protesters in the downtown area of Srinagar on Saturday morning to enforce a strike called by the Hurriyat Conference. However, no casualties were reported. According to some reports, a bus driver, conductor and one child were on board the bus, but the protesters asking them to get off before setting the b...
The heroes who saved 45 children in schoolbus fire
India News | NDTV Correspondent | Friday November 27, 2009
On Thursday morning, 45 children were on their way to Evergreen School in east Delhi when a spark in the bus' CNG kit sparked a fire.
Fire in Delhi schoolbus, children safe
India News | NDTV Correspondent | Thursday November 26, 2009
A DTC bus being used as a schoolbus by Delhi's Evergreen School caught fire after an LPG cylinder burst on Thursday morning.
Delhi school stampede: Mob sets bus on fire
India News | NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday September 29, 2009
An angry mob of around 1,500 people set a bus on fire in Delhi's Khajuri Khas area. The protesters were demanding a CBI inquiry.
Mumbai school bus fire: 12-yr-old dies
India News | NDTV Correspondent | Saturday August 22, 2009
A 12-year-old boy, who suffered 70 per cent burns in Thursday's school bus fire in Mumbai, has died.
Mumbai: Kids caught in school bus fire
India News | Yogesh Pawar | Thursday August 20, 2009
Forty young children were on their way to school when their bus exploded in flames after a short circuit.
School bus catches fire; 8 children in serious condition
India News | NDTV Correspondent | Thursday August 20, 2009
In a shocking incident, 25 students of CTK High School in Mumbai's suburb Panvel were injured when the school bus they were traveling in caught fire.
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BUZZMEDIA Boosts Sales Efforts With Hires
Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA, the entertainment and pop culture publishing firm founded by Anthony Batt, said today that it has hired on two new sales execs, as part of a push to expand its advertising sales. The firm said it has hired Christopher Sanders as Vice President of Ad Sales, and Judah Wiedre as Senior Director of Sales. Sanders joins the firm from About.com, and has also served at AOL, Philips, and SONY. Wiedre joins from Heavy.com, and had also worked at Veoh Networks and Flavorpill. BUZZ MEDIA is venture backed by Anthem Ventures, Focus Ventures, NEA, Redpoint Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Universal Music Group.


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Billy Thurmond was still in high school when he first starting working with Dawson County Park and Recreation in the late 1970s.
Now three and a half decades later, he is the longest serving employee in Dawson County government.
His 35-year anniversary was recognized last week during the Dawson County Board of Commissioner's work session meeting.
"I like helping people I know and I've got to do that through my entire career, first with the parks and later in public safety," he said.
Thurmond began his career with Dawson County in 1978 with the parks and recreation department. He also worked in the tax commissioner's office and with dispatch during his first year.
Two years later, he joined emergency services, where he has remained for three decades, climbing the ranks from EMT, to paramedic, to director of emergency medical services and most recently director of emergency services, while also serving as director of emergency management.
Over the years, there were many offers from other counties, with larger departments, better equipment and higher pay, but Thurmond has always been content to stay local.
"There's something to be said that I've never wanted to go anywhere else," he said. "I always told them, 'no, I have a job already.'"
County Commissioner Gary Pichon praised Thurmond and the nearly two dozen employees also reaching employment milestones who were recognized for their tenure last week.
"I've always thought that accumulated experience brings a certain anchoring to an organization. Billy brings a very broad perspective of experience through those years, which is valuable not only to his own organization but also to the rest of us," he said. "We're lucky to have employees that do have that kind of accumulated, local knowledge."
Dawson County Manager Cindy Campbell, along with human resources director Sherry Boatfield, presented the awards.
"We just wanted to recognize those people for the service ... and just wanted to thank those employees who are celebrating their milestone anniversaries and years of faithful service," Campbell said.


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Judson is located in Elgin, a city of 100,000 in the Fox River Valley of Illinois. It is 40 miles northwest of Chicago just off the Northwest Tollway (Interstate 90) on State Route 31. To the east is the Chicago, metropolitan area, to the west, a broad expanse of farmland. Therefore, it is possible to enjoy the cultural and recreational advantages of metropolitan Chicago plus the openness of the Illinois countryside.
Students at Judson's Rockford campus enjoy classes in a building that opened June 2007. This building provides a total of eight classrooms that feature window views and provide wireless internet access. In addition, a new, larger Customized Learning Center provides a separate testing room. Students can also enjoy the student lounge complete with a kitchen area. This facility is located at 1055 Featherstone Road, Rockford.
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In honor of the upcoming celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, several churches, schools and civic organizations in the Paducah area have planned a series of events called the Weekend of Commitment.
Starting on Friday from 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Rosary Chapel Catholic Church will hold the "Blood of the Martyrs' Blood Drive." To schedule an appointment to donate critically needed blood call 270-444-6863.
On Saturday at 9 a.m., Washington Street Missionary Baptist Church will host a Community Fellowship Breakfast featuring Rev. Charlene Boone, pastor of Burks Chapel AME Church. Later in the day at 6 p.m. the Annual Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club Sing-A-Thon will be held in the Paducah Tilghman High School auditorium.
On Sunday the NAACP Essay Contest will be held at Paducah Middle School.
Numerous events are planned for celebration of MLK day on Monday, Jan. 20. These include the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual March to the Monument leaving from Robert Cherry Civic Center at 10 a.m. Trolley service will be available back to the Civic Center, where the annual luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. Tickets for the luncheon are $15 adult and $5 youth/student.
Later in the day, Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church will hold its second annual Bean Dinner for Veterans at 5 p.m. and a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Service at 7 p.m. Rev. Donald Topp, pastor of the First Missionary Baptist Church of Cairo, will speak.
In addition, McCracken County NAACP and Penske Truck Leasing are sponsoring a "Stuff the Truck" fundraiser accepting canned goods and monetary donations for distribution to area homeless and family assistance agencies.
The truck will be at many of the events planned, including those held at Rosary Chapel, Washington Street Baptist Church, Paducah Middle School, Robert C. Cherry Civic Center and Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church.
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#166 - May 13, 2011
2011 IWGA Conference Presentations now available Online 4 members
Iowa Wineries Do Well at Tasters Guild International in Michigan
IL Legislature Considers Cutting Viticulture, Enology & Tourism Funding
Effective Vineyard Spraying Workshop – Ames, IA
Clark Smith's popular "Fundamentals of Wine Chemistry" at ISU
Winemaking Tips & Techniques – Carbondale, IL
Notable Quotables
Marketing Tidbits
Show n Tell (Red Dog Vineyards & Nursery)
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2011 IWGA Conference Presentations now available Online 4 members
The conference presentations from the March 18 &19, 2011 Iowa Wine Growers Conference have now been posted Online at http://iowawinegrowers.org. While there, check out the new web page designs. These presentations are available only to dues paying members. A username and password will be needed. Please contact the IWGA office at 515.262.8323 or 800.383.1682 if you have any questions.
Iowa Wineries Do Well at Tasters Guild International in Michigan
TASTERS GUILD is a nationwide society of wine and food enthusiasts that was established in 1987. It consists of over 40 active chapters throughout the country that bring together consumers, wine, food and the wine and food service industries.
Tasters Guild conducts an Annual International Wine Judging each spring. The Tasters Guild International wine competition that is held in Grand Rapids, Michigan is considered to be one of the top wine competitions in the Nation. Toward the end of summer they also coordinate our Annual Convention & Consumer Wine Judging for members. The results of both events are reported in the Guild's official publication, the TASTERS GUILD JOURNAL, as well as other national periodicals.
Below shows a list of the Iowa wineries who won awards at this spring's competition. Several wineries from our neighboring states also won awards at this event: IL - 2, KS – 1, MN – 1, MO – 5, NE – 3, SD – 1 and WI – 4. The full list of results can be found here: http://www.tastersguild.com/
Iowa Wineries at 2011 Tasters Guild International and their awards:
Ackerman Winery Blackberry 2010 Gold
Ackerman Winery Red Raspberry 2010 Gold
Ackerman Winery Cranberry 2010 Silver
Breezy Hills Vineyard Frontenac Rose 2009 Bronze
Breezy Hills Vineyard White St. Croix 2010 Bronze
Breezy Hills Vineyard Sassy Girl 2010 Gold
Breezy Hills Vineyard Cabana Boy 2010 Silver
Breezy Hills Vineyard Edelweiss 2010 Silver
Eagle City Winery Apple 2010 Bronze
Eagle City Winery Black Currant 2010 Bronze
Eagle City Winery Cranberry 2010 Gold
Eagles Landing Winery Blues Fest (Blueberry) 2010 Double Gold
Eagles Landing Winery Oktoberfest (Edelweiss) 2009 Gold
Eagles Landing Winery Summer Crush (Frontenac Gris) 2010 Gold
Eagles Landing Winery Campfire Hootch (Mixed Berry) 2010 Silver
Eagles Landing Winery Serenity (Rapsberry Dessert) 2010 Silver
Eagles Landing Winery Frog Hollow (Marechal Foch) 2009 Bronze
Prairie Moon Winery Blushing Moon 2010 Bronze
Prairie Moon Winery Honeymoon 2010 Silver
Prairie Moon Winery Vidal Blanc I.W. 2007 Silver
Wide River Winery Harvest Hurrah 2010 Bronze
Wide River Winery Ms Behavin 2010 Silver
Wide River Winery Ms D'Meanor White 2010 Silver
IL Legislature Considers Cutting Viticulture, Enology & Tourism Funding
5-13-11 "Dear Members
We could really use your help in contacting legislators in your area to ask them to support the House of Representative's version (H.B.124) of the Department of Ag and DCEO budgets which include the important funding for our viticulturists and enologist and also marketing and tourism programs that provide jobs and bring in tourism dollars to the state.
The Senate's current budget proposal has eliminated the funding for our viticulture specialists, enologist, and certain tourism programs. Therefore, we encourage them to support the House budget or reinstate funding for our industry in the Senate's budget.
For your legislator's contact information, please visit the State Board of Elections website at www.elections.il.gov and go to legislator lookup by address.
Thanks so much for your continued support!
Megan Pressnall, Illinois Grape Growers & Vintners Association
firstname.lastname@example.com or (217) 726-8518
Save the date for two great upcoming Illinois wine festivals! The Art of Illinois Wine Festival will be held May 21 & 22 in downtown Springfield and the Two Rivers Wine and Jazz Festival is being held in Ottawa on June 4 & 5. For more information, please visit www.illinoiswine.com .
Effective Vineyard Spraying Workshop – Ames, IA
(A few openings left!)
When: 9a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, May 21st, 2011
(Registration desk opens at 8:30 a.m.)
Who: Dr. Andrew Landers of Cornell University (left) who directs the Pesticide Application Technology Program at the State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY. Dr. Landers is the author of "Effective Vineyard Spraying – A Practical Guide for Growers", 262 pp. Aug. 2010.
Where: ISU Horticulture Research Station, 55519 170th St. Ames IA 50010 (515-232-4786). 3 miles north of Ames on Hwy 69, turn east on 170th St. about 1.5 miles.
Cost: $60 each. (Maximum of 30 participants)
Participants are highly encouraged to bring the book, Effective Vineyard Spraying to this workshop. Copies of this book will be available for $44 at the workshop if ordered at pre-registration. This is a 20% discount from the regular price.
Pre-registration and payment required: Limited to the first 30 registration's received.
Contact: Mike White to register here: email@example.com or 515-681-7286
Sponsored by:
ISU – Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute
ISU – Pest Management and the Environment
Learn: New spraying techniques How to improve spray deposition
How to improve application timeliness How to reduce off-target drift
How to modernize existing equipment The latest developments in sprayer design
How one can reduce pesticide use by 30-40%
Clark Smith's popular "Fundamentals of Wine Chemistry" at ISU
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday & Wednesday June 7 & 8, 2011
Where: 1951 Food Sciences Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Who: Clark Smith, Winemaker, founder of the wine technology firm Vinovation, and
adjunct Professor at CSU Fresno, CA. Clark writes "The Postmodern
Winemaker," a monthly column for Wines and Vines Magazine and directs the
Best-of Appellation panel for AppellationAmerica.com. "Smith teaches at
Napa Valley College, UC Davis Extension, and CSU Fresno. - David Darlington,
Wine and Spirits Magazine
Cost: $95 per person. Additional registrants from same company $75 per person. Includes a 450 page comprehensive handout, lunch plus morning and afternoon refreshments at breaks each day. Bonus: Mini workshop on pairing wine with music.
Sponsored by: The Midwest Grape & Wine Industry Institute is sponsoring this event to make it accessible to all wine professionals in the area. The normal cost of this workshop is $350.
Online Registration and Details: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Wine/Events.htm (Space is limited. Registration by June 3 required.)
Winemaking Tips & Techniques – Carbondale, IL
When: 10 a.m to 4 p.m., Saturday June 18, 2011
Where: Kite Hill Vineyards, Carbondale, IL
Who: Domenic Carisetti, is a Winemaker and Winemaking
Instructor in New York with over thirty years of professional
Cost: $40 per person, $35 for VESTA students, lunch included
Registration Deadline: June 10, 2011
Sponsored by: Illinois Grape Growers & Vintners Association
Viticulture Enology Science Technology Alliance (VESTA)
Rend Lake College
Contact: Rachel Cristaudo, IL VESTA Coordinator
Ph: 618) 437-5321 Ext. 1724 or email@example.com
Notable Quotables
"almost two thirds of U.S. smartphone owners perceived their phone to be obsolete now or will be obsolete before their contract runs out."
From: Study Finds Consumers Stuck with Obsolete Cell Phones, 4-25-11 - Retrevo Blog
"Prior to Prohibition, Missouri was the second-largest wine-producing state in the nation. Now reclaiming its rightful place as a driving force in viticulture and winemaking, an explosion of growth is helping advance our quality and recognition. The future of Missouri Wine is very bright."
From: Chris West in "The Smell of Bottling", 5-8-11 – Winedustry
(Chris & wife Jen own and operate West Winery in Macon, MO)
Marketing Tidbits
" Let's start with the statistics that almost seem crazy: barcode scanning grew by a whopping 4549 percent in Q1 of this year, when compared to Q1 of the year before."
From: QR Codes Gain Critical Mass, 5-13-11 – ClickZ
"Long thought of as the Baby Boomer search engine, the yellow pages industry has been redefining itself in the digital age"……. As the original search engine, the yellow pages have remained a reliable source for local information, with restaurants, physicians and auto repair shops comprising 22.3% of all print usage. Although resistant at first, the report finds the industry is continuing to evolve onto a digital platform, with restaurants, local government offices and food products embodying 11.2% of all online usage."……. "it is one of the few segments of the advertising media market that is not suffering a market share decline, but, despite some ups and downs over the past decade, actually holding the same share of 7.6% in 2000 and 2011."
From: Yellow Pages Market Forcast 2011, 4-7-11 – Simba Information
Show n Tell (Red Dog Vineyards & Nursery)
On Thursday this week I drove up to Johnston, Iowa (northwest side of Des Moines) to visit Jerry Dietz and his son Alex as they were working in their grape greenhouse. Jerry owns and operates Red Dog Vineyards & Grapevine Nursery. The vineyard and nursery is named after their 11 year old Irish Setter dog. Jerry told me that the dog controls the whole family! They are one of three grapevine nurseries doing business in Iowa. The other two are:Penoach Winery, Vineyard & Nursery owned by Stan & Joanie Olson of Adel, Iowa and Iowa Grape Vines Winery, Juicery & Nursery owned by Jim and Mary Kay Sorensen of Preston, Iowa.
Jerry opened Red Dog Vineyards & Grapevine Nursery in 2009 and the business has been growing. He also has 8 acres located at the intersection of Hwy 30 and Hwy 14 in Marshalltown, Iowa just to the east of McDonald's. This is where they are growing bare root vines of many different varieties that will be trained onto several different trellis systems. Jerry also uses tissue culture propagation methods which he presently does in his basement at home. He would later like to use his tissue culture techniques and sterile growing facilities to provide certified virus free stock to his customers. His near term goal is to move the entire operation into a larger facility on the outskirts of Des Moines, Iowa.
What makes Red Dog Vineyards and Grapevine Nursery somewhat unique to most other grapevine nurseries in the U.S. is not only their emphasis on growing the new cultivars available through Cornell University and the University of Minnesota breeding program, but also growing many unknown cultivars available through the USDA ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit at Geneva, NY. Jerry is looking at these unknown cultivars for both fruit production and their use as grafted rootstock material for cold climate cultivars. Many of these unknown cultivars originated from Russia,
Canada and Eastern Europe.
My first contact with Jerry came back in 2007 when he sent some soil samples into Iowa State University for vineyard fertilizer and lime recommendations. He was just thinking about starting a vineyard at that time. Jerry has come a long way since then. He and his son Alex both seem to have the passion and the plan to grow Red Dog Vineyards and Nursery into a successful and unique operation. I have included some pictures of my visit below:
(Left) Jerry Dietz(L) and son Alex(R) holding a flat of Teleka 5C, a cultivar from Hungary that is often used as a rootstock due to its adaptability to clay and clay loam soils. 5-12-11
(Left) Jerry pointed out the "ONE" Baltica grape plant he received from the USDA ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit at Geneva, NY. He will use tissue culture techniques to propagate this one stick into many. 5-12-11
(Left) Red Dog Vineyards & Nursery uses cardboard planting containers to grow their rooted grape plants. These containers are produced and sold by Monarch Manufacturing of Salida, CO. The pot and plant can be planted directly into the vineyard. 5-12-11
(Left) Jerry Dietz shows the bag of PRO-MIX plant medium he uses in his plant containers. PRO-MIX is produced and sold by Premier Tech Horticulture.
(Left) Full length view of the Red Dog grapevine nursery. 5-12-11
(Left) Jerry Dietz holding a tray of rooted Regent grape plants.
Articles of Interest
Big Changes Coming to South Dakota's Extension. 4-18-11 – Dakota Farmer:
Researchers Develop Stink Bug Monitoring Tool, 5-4-11 – Growing Produce:
Agrotourism Project Gains National Attention, 5-6-11 - Journal Standard, Freeport, IL
(Learn about "Discover the Flavors of Jo Daviess County" & Massbach Ridge Winery.)
- Pre-bloom zinc sprays can improve fruit set, 5-6-11 – UC Davis and UC County Extension Viticulture blog
- The Big Picture: 10 Dynamic Forces Impacting the Consumer Wine World Pt. 1 of 2, 5-7-11 Forbes Blog by Jeff Lefevere): http://blogs.forbes.com/jefflefevere/2011/05/07/21/
Petrol smell in Riesling "a mistake": Chapoutier, 5-10-11 – Decanter.com
Wisconsin distillery aims to reuse liquor bottles, 5-7-11 – Milwaukee & Journal Sentinel:
- B.C. Winery Ferments Water, 5-12-11 – Wines & Vines Magazine
Videos of Interest
- Check out the new WWW site and videos at Tucker's Walk Vineyard & Winery in Garretson, SD: http://tuckerswalk.com/
Neeto-Keeno WWW Stuff
- Great Lakes Distilling cocktail database: http://www.greatlakesdistillery.com/cocktails.htm
Corky"s of Napa Valley Gives Corks New Life, 5-10-11 – Napa Valley Register:
http://napavalleyregister.com/business/article_f222c9da-7b84-11e0-a024-001cc4c002e0.htm l
- 2000 year old wine unearthed in Henan province, 5-10-11 - People's Dailey Online (English version) : http://vinoenology.com/wine-news/read/2308/
Calendar of Events:
5-(20-21), WineMaker Magazine Conference, Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort – Santa Barbara, CA. Full details and registration: http://www.winemakermag.com/conference
5-21, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Airblast Sprayer Workshop with Dr. Andrew Landers author of Effective Vineyard Spraying at the ISU Horticulture Research Station, Ames, IA. $60 each & $44 for the book. Max of 30 participants. Contact: Mike White at email@example.com
6-4, 4-8 p.m., 5th Annual Swine Festival – where cork meets pork – Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Details: http://www.swinefestival.com /
6-(4+5), Kothe Distilling Summer Workshop, Kothe Distilling Technologies, Chicago, IL.
Details: : http://www.kothe-distilling.com/en/component/content/article/15-workshop-information/75-kothe-summer-2011-workshop
6-7, Viticulture Field Day, Missouri Grape Growers Assn. (MGGA) & the Institute for Continental Climate Viticulture & Enology (ICCVE). Details here: http://www.missourigrapegrowers.org /
6-(7 & 8), Clark Smith's popular "Fundamentals of Wine Chemistry" short course, 1951 Food Sciences Building, Iowa State University, Ames, 6-3 registration deadline. Details: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Wine/Events.htm
6-(9+10), Comprehensive Elderberry Workshop & Farm Tour, American Legion Hall and Eridu Farms in Hartsburg, MO. Details at http://www.riverhillsharvest.com or call 573-424-9693
6-18, Winemaking Tips & Techniques, Kite Hill Vineyards, Carbondale, IL. VESTA, Rend Lake Community College and Illinois Grape Growers & Vintners Assn. Contact: Rachel Cristaudo, IL VESTA Coordinator Ph: 618) 437-5321 Ext. 1724 or firstname.lastname@example.com
6-(20-24), American Society for Enology & Viticulture – Portola Hotel & Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, CA: http://asev.org/national-conference-2011/
7-(11-14), 36th American Society of Enology & Viticulture - Eastern Section Conference, 1 Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel Baltimore, Maryland. Details: http://www.asev-es.org/
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I figure it out!
What i did is , i put LogLevel in cupsd.conf in debug mode.
LogLevel debug #warning is default
Then, cat /var/log/cups/error_log
and the interesting line was
"/etc/cups/ssl/server.crt" is a bad symlink - No
such file or directory
symlink is...
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2009-07-07 16:54 server.crt -> /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
...but the /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem was missing
Acctuly i didn'n know i have to generate one for this purpose.
So i,
apt-get install --reinstall ssl-cert
#Think that make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil can do the trick.
I rerun hp-setup. And the test pages was printed.
The /etc/init.d/cups start finaly worked!
Ok, i had to set defaulty printer,
lpstat -a
lpoptions -d <PRINTER>
And it's working.
However, there is a little problem, the default printer is set ,no problems printing from shell and the firefox, but seems that kpdf, kate and other kde programs don't recognized the printer.
There is a .lpoptions in the ~/ directory but it seems that kde is not reading configuraon from it.
I, cat /etc/cups/lpoptions >> ~/.lpoptions and restart kde but no good. Steel showing me in kde programs same three print devices (print to file (PDF) ,print to file (Post Script), Sent to Fax).
I rm ~/.lpoptions and restart kde, and same thing (except the ~/.lpotions is missing ,kde didin't create new one)
So is ~/.lpoptions file from which kde get what printer devices to use?


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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
On This Harvest Moon
This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a rebroadcast of a show from October 2010 at The Fitzgerald Theater. The Night Tripper, Dr. John and the Lower Nine Eleven play a little "Feel Good Music," Jearlyn Steele sings "I Can't Stand the Rain," and Andra Suchy joins Garrison on "Harvest Moon." In Lake Wobegon, the Lake Wobegon Leonards lose their big homecoming game.
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- 00:00:00 APM Logo
- 00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:55 GK intro monologue
- 00:06:01 Geese (I Heard the Bluebirds Sing)- GK, Andra Suchy, Tom Keith
- 00:09:02 Harvest Moon- GK/ Andra Suchy/ band
- 00:12:38 Catchup script
- 00:15:19 Methodist Blues- GK/ band
- 00:20:41 GK Intro Dr. John
- 00:21:31 Change of Heart- Dr. John and the Lower 911
- 00:25:07 Guy Noir script
- 00:34:04 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
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- 00:35:23 GK talks with Jearlyn Steele
- 00:37:45 "Love" Gospel Medley- GK, Jearlyn Steele/ Shoe Band
- 00:44:42 Don's Drive-In Chapel script
- 00:47:55 "Ain't Got A Thing" – Pat Donohue, Shoe Band
- 00:50:46 Mel's Big Boy Buffet Script
- 00:53:44 GK talks with Dr. John
- 00:54:30 Them- Dr. John and the Lower 911
- 00:59:30 Dorothy- Dr. John
- 01:02:27 Big Gap- Dr. John and the Lower 911
- 01:07:37 Intermission- I Feel Fine / GK V.O.
Segment 3
- 01:11:06 Welcome Back
- 01:11:20 Greetings, Happy Birthday to Rich Dworsky
- 01:15:30 Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine- Pat Donohue, Andra, Jearlyn, GK and band
- 01:18:05 The Lives of the Cowboys script
- 01:29:12 I Can't Stand the Rain- Jearlyn Steele, with Andra Suchy and band
Segment 4
- 01:31:53 News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
- 01:46:33 Roanoke- Dan Neale, Pat Donohue and Shoe Band
- 01:49:11 Bob's Bank spot, Old Folks at Home Cottage Cheese spot
- 01:50:20 Feel Good Music- Dr. John and the Lower 911
- 01:53:53 Credits
- 01:55:25 Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine reprise.
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Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
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The UTHSC College of Dentistry was founded in 1878 making it the oldest dental college in the South, and the third oldest public college of dentistry in the United States. The College is located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, in the Winfield C. Dunn Building at 875 Union Avenue.
The College maintains a 4-year dental program totaling approximately 320 students. In addition, students in Postgraduate dental programs and Dental Hygiene are included.
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[U.S. OPEN CUP] Orlando City will look to join the San Francisco Bay Seals and Richmond Kickers as only the third third division team to beat an MLS team in the quarterfinals of the Lamar U.S. Open Cup, but the Lions have quite a hurdle to overcome in the Chicago Fire, winner of an MLS record four Open Cup titles and one of the hottest teams in MLS.
2013 U.S. Open Cup:
June 26 in
Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake (MLS) vs. Carolina Railhawks (NASL)
June 26 in Boyds, Md.
D.C. United (MLS) vs. New England Revolution
June 26 in Bridgeview, Ill.
Chicago Fire (MLS) vs. Orlando City (USL PRO)
June 26 in Frisco,
FC Dallas (MLS) vs. Portland Timbers (MLS)
First Round: Results
Second Round: Results
Third Round: Results
Fourth Round: Results
The Seals beat the San Jose Clash, 2-1, on goals by Shani Simpson and Shane Watkins in 1997, and the Kickers knocked off Sporting Kansas City, 2-0, on goals by Shaka
Bangura and David Bulow -- an Open Cup record 14th goal -- in 2011.
Both wins were on the road, where Orlando City will be for its match
against the Fire, which is 20-0-1 in Open Cup matches played in the state of Illinois. It is also unbeaten in its last seven games, and Mike Magee has scored in
every game -- six in total -- since arriving from the LA Galaxy.
Orlando City advanced past MLS affiliate Sporting Kansas City 1-0, in the last round thanks to an early score by Chinese
forward Long Tan. It previously topped the PDL's Ocala Stampede and MLS's Colorado Rapids in the second and third rounds.
four Sporting loanees who did not play against Sporting -- Dom Dwyer, Christian Duke,
Yann Songo'o and Jon Kempin -- will be eligible for the match against Chicago.
The other lower-division team still alive is the
Carolina RailHawks, who took the lead in the NASL over the weekend. Carolina travels to Utah to face Real Salt Lake in the quarterfinals, then returns home, where it can clinch the NASL spring title
with a win over the Atlanta Silverbacks.
The RailHawks already have beat the Galaxy and Chivas USA in the Open Cup this season, though both games were at WakeMed Soccer Park.
Wednesday's other matches are both MLS affairs: Portland-FC Dallas in a battle of the Western Conference leaders and D.C. United-New England.
Chicago's four Open Cup titles came in 1998,
2000, 2003, 2006. D.C. United won the Open Cup in 1996, MLS's first season, and again in 2008, Dallas won in 1997, MLS's second season, while New England's lone trophy in any competition was earned in
2007. Real Salt Lake and Portland have never even reached the final.


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If you want to use it medicinally I would not use the heating method unless you use a low temperature, the sunlight method would probably be best.View Instructable »
Are you just smelling from the bottle? If you dab a bit on your wrist the ethanol should evaporate and just leave the pineapple scent.View Instructable »
Double check that you did step 10 with it facing the right direction. If done incorrectly it would cause you to not be able to fold the flap over.View Instructable »
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Yes, light breakes down the perfume. There are no preservatives in my recipe, commercially made perfumes use preservatives. So use tinted bottles or cover the clear ones with foil.
Vegetable glycerin is used here as a preservative it is non toxic -it is used in food industry and personal care items, (it is actually sold in the pharmacy as a laxative). Commercially made perfumes contain parabens and phthalates which have health risks. Though glycerin is not as effective a preservative as those but it won't hurt you. I actually started making my own perfume because the commercial ones gave me headaches.View Instructable »
I haven't heard that about fruit acid. Though once the wheatgrass reaches your stomach it mixes with your stomach acids, which are much stronger.View Instructable »


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"I don't understand you guys, you are just trying to make a monastery from Ghana soccer and I don't understand."
-- Dorian Marin, the Romanian coach of Ghanaian club
King Faisal on being banned for seven games for pouring water in the face of a Hearts of Oak player to prevent him from taking a quick throw-in. "It was a professional action to deny them to score
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The Mountain Hiker
Newcastle resident Carolyn Love, 63, has had both of her hips replaced in the last five years. Married, with two grown daughters and four grandsons, Love hikes Cougar Mountain and does Zumba, weight training and aerobics. "Having hip replacements has made a world of difference," says Love. "I no longer wake up at night in tremendous pain."
Prior to her first surgery five years ago, Love fought the symptoms of osteoarthritis with exercise and pain medication. It was a losing battle. Her orthopedic surgeon at the time recommended hip replacement. Love underwent traditional replacement surgery, in which an incision was made in the side of her hip. She remained in bed for the first three days, then started physical therapy and was back in her exercise classes in about four months.
Last year, when her other hip needed a replacement, Love sought out William Barrett, M.D. of Valley Orthopedic Associates. Dr. Barrett recommended hip replacement using the anterior (front) approach, a procedure that causes less damage to the surrounding muscle and tissue. What a difference, Love says. "I was up with a walker within a couple of hours and went home on day three, walking with the aid of a crutch. I was able to do household chores almost immediately and my regular exercises within six weeks." This was a completely different experience, starting with her stay in the Joint Center at Valley Medical. "They don't wake you up in the middle of the night, and they are very good at managing the pain afterward."
Today, Love has the same flexibility she had in her 20s. Her advice for others considering hip replacement: "Don't be afraid if you need one. Just do it. You won't regret it."
The Lifetime Athlete
At Garfield High School in Seattle and at Central Washington University, William Minor was a major player in football, basketball and baseball. He even made the semi-pros, playing for the Seattle Ramblers and the Cheney Studs. Although he is 71, the Kent resident looks 20 years younger and is still on the go. He was active in his son's sports leagues, walks for exercise, bowls and follows his passion for photography, sometimes spending three or four hours at a time on his feet in pursuit of the perfect shot. Several years ago, however, he began to experience significant pain in his hip and started limping. His right hip had deteriorated and was bone-on-bone.
"I've always been a pretty optimistic person, but the pain was depressing," he says. On the advice of his primary care physician, Minor met with Dr. William Barrett at Valley Medical Center in Renton, one of the leading joint centers in the state, and eventually had his hip replaced. After surgery, he focused on physical therapy and quickly regained his strength and agility. Barrett gave him his life back, he says. "Afterward, the pain was so much less. And those exercises they tell you to do: Do them! The doctor can perform the surgery, but the rest is up to you."
The Seafair Volunteer
Bellevue's Kathleen McLemore, 63, (pictured above) doesn't have time to be out of commission; she has grandkids to chase around. She is also a legal secretary and the Seafair Weekend Event chairman (which oversees the hydroplane races, as well as air and land events). Even though the pain in her knee had become unbearable, "I waited more than a year to have knee replacement surgery because I am just too busy to take time off," she says from her hospital bed at Evergreen Hospital and Medical Center. Knowing that a fast recovery was a priority for McLemore, her personal physician suggested she consult with Evergreen Orthopedic Center's Dr. Craig McAllister about the latest techniques in minimally invasive, computer-guided knee replacement.
Twenty-four hours after surgery, McLemore doesn't look like she's had major surgery. She's alert, articulate, in good humor and says the pain isn't too bad. She's been doing exercises while waiting for the paperwork to be released from the hospital. Then, after spending one night in the hospital, she's on her way home and expects to be back at work in about three weeks (although she's planning to answer phone calls and e-mails almost immediately).
Three weeks post-surgery, McLemore has good news. She's just finished a physical-therapy appointment, and her progress is excellent. She went back to work 2 1/2 weeks after surgery. She is mostly off the pain meds and she just spent a successful three hours at the mall in search of a Lightning McQueen car for her grandson (found it!). She hasn't used a walker or crutches since the day she got home.
Now that she's done it, McLemore says, "Don't put it off. It's better to just get it done if you need it." So much has changed in the last few years since her brother had his own knee surgery. Comparing his experience with hers, McLemore says, "It's a much easier process now."


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Western Window Systems Employee Takes Loyalty to the Extreme with Company Tattoos
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May 29, 2014
In what may be an industry first, a Western Window Systems employee tattooed the company logo and its mark for excellence on either side of his arm, paying the ultimate tribute to his employer.
Chris Allgood, production manager, says the idea of a company tattoo started as a dare among coworkers on Facebook, but he accepted the challenge.
"Western has always treated me right," Allgood says. "I plan on being here until I retire or win the lottery – whatever comes first."
Initially, Jason Funk, Western Window Systems president, was shocked when he heard about Allgood's tattoos, but eventually said, "It's pretty awesome. We think the world of Chris and it's humbling to see how much he loves Western."


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The president is using a decades-old law to protect large stretches of the extraordinary Arctic Ocean ecosystem and underscore the nation's commitment to fighting climate change.
Cutting through one of the most celebrated hiking trails in America, the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline threatens wildlife habitat, recreational lands and the health of local Appalachia communities, while setting a terrible precedent of building energy infrastructure through our national forests.
More often than not, Rep. Zinke's voting record has followed the anti-conservation standard set by the rest of President-elect Trump's cabinet. He has sowed doubt about the well-established science of climate change, fought efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tried to halt long-overdue efforts to reform the federal coal leasing process.
Decision by U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture stops renewal of leases for sulfide-ore mining in the Boundary Waters' watershed that could have contaminated the wilderness' lakes and rivers.
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Did you know that a waitress or waiter has to pay 8% tip tax on every food order ? Yes they do. my mother and my ex-wife had to pay 8% tip tax on all sales. Yes you can thank Ronald Wilson Reagen for that one.
Also here in oklahoma tips are considered wages. oklahoma minimum wage for a wait-person is $2.13 per hour, plus tips.
So Yes I Do TIP! no person is going to suffer 8% on my behalf, most wait people work hard for their money. I'm not going to stiff a good waitress.
Fast food no, but carry out from restaurant or dinning in I tip cash and tip heavy for good service.
The range comments got me thinking...I just started going to the range and the guy there is very helpful. Sometimes a little too helpful because he never. stops. talking. But, he's really nice and seems to know his stuff.
I didn't know range attendents got tips.
How much is considered a good tip for about 1/2 an hour of shooting?


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plz help some questions im stuck on
hallo people just registerd here because ive got some college questions im stuck on. im doing a carpentry course by the way.
right ...
q1 is (what is the advantage of using tct tools?)
q2 is (name two factors that govern the spacing or centres of upper floor joists)
q3 is (state two purposes of a specification)
q4 is (explain briefly what is meant by first angle orthographic projection)
tanks for all your help people :thumbsup:
no doubt ill be back:laughing:
Ya know, the problem with homework is if you don't do it yourself, you won't learn from it.
Double A is right... on the other hand... if you don't ask so direct... like people doing the homework for you and you go out to date that other woman in the corner... you would get some answers... try ask it like you did do some work... and just won't be able to do some even you try hard.... I am sure you know what I meant... not that people here is so moral... it just makes people feel dump to help answer questions like that...
now for the fun part, trying to be back on my 20's, I don't know answers of any of the questions, but this one I can give it a try:
q3 is (state two purposes of a specification)
purpose 1 - a specification can help to ensure a standard is being met or not, without it, people cannot measure the standard of what is being built.
purpose 2 - it help to measure the value of a product/material... as the different specifications can associate with different cost involves...
q1 is (what is the advantage of using tct tools?)
q2 is (name two factors that govern the spacing or centres of upper floor joists)
q3 is (state two purposes of a specification)
q4 is (explain briefly what is meant by first angle orthographic projection)
No doubt you're suppose to either be answering from your notes, hand outs or a textbook. While you'll get many good answers here they may even be right lol but they may not be THE answers your professor is looking for.
that being said...
a1 less sawdust, less power consumption, more precise cuts, less wasted wood.
a2 span and whether or not any roof load is transferred via load bearing walls to those joists
a3 specs can define the grade of products which guarantees their quality and strength is in a certain range. Specifying an item is used to control cost, design integrity and fitment.
a4 this is the standard three 2d view projection of a 3d object by rotating the lines of site 90 degrees. For blueprints this is standard front, side and top (or plan) views are drawn so the blueprint reader can picture the object in 3d. see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_projection
Enjoy school while you can and LEARN!
Good answers Crecore.:thumbsup:
(But what if he's wrong....?)
I new number two. I was going to say span and Weight. Weight being defined as larger weight will need reinforcement.
For number 3 i could only think of tolerance.
If by TCT tools , you mean Tungsten Carbide tipped; then a couple of other advantages are:
Longer power tool life (it doesn't work as hard)
Better finish quality
The ability to machine a variety of materials.
Perhaps more importantly, longer cutting tool life, and the ability to resharpen multiple times (depending on the thickness of
the Tungsten Carbide tips.
Compliance with stated specifications "should" ensure the quality of the finished product.
Specifications define three primary things:
What material is to be used (approved content, approved source, and approval body)
How it is to be installed (methods, type, number, and location of fasteners etc.)
The tolerances (dimensional, material, chemical etc.) are the ALLOWED variation from the nominal specification.
The word "Orthographic" is derived from two Greek words: orthos, meaning straight, correct, at right angles to; and graphikus, meaning to write or describe by drawing lines. The third angle projection commonly used in the U.S. can be pictured thusly:
a lowercase "letter" "T" lying on its left side composed of six connected boxes the leftmost (left side view), to its right (front view), above (top view) below (bottom view), to its right(right side view), and finally to the right end(rear view). The above is loosel paraphrased from Engineering Drawing and Design Second Edition by Cecil Jensen/Jay Helsel McGraw-Hill 1979
Pardon the detail, hope this helps.
thanks 4 all ur help :thumbsup: nice1
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Amanda Seyfried: LAX Cutie
Gearing up for some early weekend traveling, Amanda Seyfried was spotted catching a flight out of the LAX airport this morning (March 22).
Showing off her adorable smile, the "Dear John" cutie rocked an all-black ensemble while making her way past airport security.
Earlier this week, Amanda took to the Twitterverse on Tuesday (March 19) and shared a few pictures of the only man in her life. The one and only Finn, her loyal Australian Shepard.
"I'm obsessed with my dog," Miss Seyfried exclaimed. "He's come my son and my light source and kind of a savior to alot of people."
Meanwhile, the "Les Mis" star hasn't been linked to any men since she and John Hartnett parted ways in 2012.
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It's no secret that morale in the office has been flagging. According to recent "anonymous" employee reports, many of you feel "unmotivated" by the current system in which excellence is punished. Seems people expect their VALUE to be RECOGNIZED with some sort of POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
Instead of doing that, the office has decided to install several MORALE EELS. These eels will nip you whenever you feel unmotivated or beset. Want to avoid a nipping? It ain't rocket science, folks: JUST BE MOTIVATED.
Please note that the morale eels are SUPPOSED TO LIVE IN A MARINE HABITAT, and will therefore perish if not properly cared for. HR will be sending an email around detailing eel care responsibility, but suffice it to say that KEEPING THE EELS ALIVE IS GOING TO TAKE TEAMWORK. If you see an eel in the kitchen that looks desiccated, MIST IT WITH ONE OF THE MANY SALT-WATER-FILLED MISTING BOTTLES. Don't count on other people to mist the eels, people.
Folks, I shouldn't have to tell you that EELS WILL NIP YOU IF THEY ARE DRYING OUT. Therefore, if an eel nips you, it is either (a) in danger of perishing or (b) snapping you out of your workplace-inspired melancholia. DON'T ASSUME EITHER. Mist that nipping eel and get back to work.
Be aware that these eels are extremely expensive, and SHALL NOT BE PHYSICALLY REPRIMANDED FOR MISBEHAVIOR UNDER PENALTY OF IMMEDIATE TERMINATION. Since you are all half-wits, let me rephrase: If you strike an eel, you will be fired.
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Hmmm... Did I get hosed?
I just bought a 2012 SE hatch with no options and a manual transmission. (Love it, by the way...) I went to the dealership with a blank check from Capital One for 3.17%. The folks at the dealership advised the best they could do would be to match the rate if i wanted to take advantage of the $1500 rebate. I can't complain about the price... ($15,538 + tt&l + $150 doc = $16,670 OTD), but it seems they took advantage of me tipping my hand about COAF's rate. My FICO score is 806... I understand the F&I guy wanting to make some reserve, but I'm curious as to what I should have qualified for. I assumed 1.9% would be it...
Thanks in advance!
I would say with that score you should have been able to get 1.9 but I am no expert. I got about 3% interest rate with my car being used. Buying a new car it is to my understanding that you normally get lower interest rates. I have found credit unions to be way better with loans rates than banks.
806 is a great credit score should have been in the 2s.
at least you didn't try to get a loan through that Indian bank, whatever it was called..... I caught the APR in their disclaimer at the bottom of the screen on the tv ad: 89.95% on a 10k loan!
edit: right, Western Sky!
edit again: wow! pulled this right from their site:
Now that is rediculous ^! You would have to be really desperate and really stupid to accept that crap!
yup. sorry I don't mean to pull it off topic but that just amazed me.
What a steal
Well on their end it is their job to make money, 1% rate on a $15,000 loan isn't a heck of a lot of money. I know you are after the best rate but if you're near 3% you're not exactly bad credit or bad deal.
They have to eat too.
My credit score of 762 was enough for a 2.9% rate with 0 down FWIW, on a used car at that.
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Charlie Ely's Murder Trial will Stay in Marion County
It is a horrific murder case. Wednesday, two of the six people accused in the murder of 15-year-old Seath Jackson of Summerfield stood before a Marion County judge.
Charlie Ely, 19, is charged with first degree murder. Ely was in handcuffs and sometimes in tears during Wednesday's hearing.
Her defense received some blows. The judge denied the defense's motion to move the trial to another county in search of what Ely's attorney called an unbiased jury.
"I do not want a jury that thinks that the trial is a sham and is going to run straight to a conviction," Ely's attorney, Jonathan F. Bull told TV20. "That is a miscarriage of justice, and from every public posting, I have seen, that is what is going to happen."
The judge also ruled the defense can not claim duress- a move that would have allowed Ely to say that she was coerced by her co-defendant Micheal Bargo.
Bargo was brought on the stand Wednesday to proclaim his privilege of pleading the fifth amendment.
Ely's trial is set to begin this September.
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It's been a little more than a month since Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler's "Liz & Dick" aired & was subsequently largely universally panned - and it's something that is still tough for Grant to stomach.
AccessHollywood.com's Laura Saltman caught up with the actor at the NBC Universal portion of the Television Critics Association Winter Session 2013 in Pasadena, Calif., where he was promoting his upcoming Syfy series "Defiance," where he spoke about his reaction to the critiques.
PLAY IT NOW: Grant Bowler Responds To Liz & Dick's Poor Reception
"[The reaction to 'Liz & Dick'] was disappointing in a way because everybody worked so hard. We hard an Oscar-winning hair team, we had an amazing makeup team, the wardrobe was sublime," he said.
"You work as hard as you can and you try your absolute best, but you never know the end of something at the beginning of something," he added. "That's the luck of the draw and that's the game."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Over The Years
Back in November, the actor stopped by Access Hollywood Live, where he dished on working with Lindsay Lohan.
"There were exercises in patience and there were exercises in tolerance. I believe it could have been smoother at times, it could have been a lot smoother at times and we could have got a lot more done on a couple of days, but you get what you're given," he told Billy and Kit at the time about working with the headline-making actress.
"Defiance," which also stars "Dexter" alum Julie Benz, debuts on Syfy on April 15.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan & Grant Bowler In 'Liz & Dick'
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Side gardens accessorized by an interesting gate or archway can make a dramatic statement.
We live in a material world and many of us have too much stuff, an issue that is not restricted to the indoors. While the front yard may be neat and uncluttered and the backyard a lush, private retreat, the side yard may be a storage area filled with a collection of tools, maybe an old lawn mower in need of repair, garden kitsch or containers that have long since fallen out of favour, or utilitarian items such as recycling and waste bins.
If the side yard, though, also serves as the entrance to your garden, it can take away from the pleasurable anticipation you want your visitors to experience. No matter that your clutter may be stacked up neatly.
Why not sort through it, throwing some out and reallocating the rest of it to the storage shed or garage? Of course, one cleanup project begets another, but once the chore is done, all sorts of magical things can be done to transform a side yard into an enchanting garden room.
My inverted pie-shaped lot provides two entrances to my backyard garden. I created a small courtyard-style garden on the roomy east side of the house and relegated the narrow west side yard to a composting and storage area. Invariably, visitors chose to enter the backyard by trekking through the west side! Agreeing to be part of a garden tour proved to be the inspiration to spiff up this neglected area and finally make it an extension of the garden.
With the shape of a dogleg and measuring 6 feet at its widest and only 3 feet at its narrowest, paving stones were installed over the entire ground surface for a courtyard effect that would complement the east side garden. Since the constricted space is so irregularly shaped, the natural choice was to create and design a container garden. Containers of varying heights were filled with tall, dramatic plants such as Cyperus Egyptian Papyrus King Tut grass and Colocasia or Elephant Ears, both of which thrived in the dappled sunlight, creating a leafy canopy to walk under.
To add some interest to this newly designed garden room, a vintage 100-year-old oak door was retrieved from a dusty corner of the basement where it had sat waiting for many years to finally be of some use again. My husband mounted it on the fence and a rusted tin-framed mirror was added for an illusion of space. We experimented with positioning the door at an angle so that a nearby overflowing window box could be reflected in the mirror.
It took some creative manoeuvering to relocate the sundry items that once filled this area, but it was worth it.
Some of the narrowest side gardens can be found in older, more established neighbourhoods. Most feature a strip of earth that hugs the foundation of the house on one side and a sidewalk on the other, requiring careful selection of plants.
Shady side yards can be good choices for plants with invasive habits such as Western Canada violet and Lily of the Valley. Linda Dietrick, a River Heights gardener, says the small space of side yards also accentuates the scent of some plants, enveloping the entrance to the garden.
In addition to big-leaved hostas and softly textured ferns, Dietrick has planted yellow blooming Styllophormum diphyllum (celandine-poppy or wood-poppy) in her side garden.
"It's a wonderful shade plant and good to confine it in your side yard because it is self-seeding," says Dietrick, adding the nice thing about side yards is that "whenever you are growing plants against the foundation you generally create a microclimate."
The length of Dietrick's side garden culminates in a trellis archway planted with native riverbank grape (Vitis riparia) that frames the entrance to the backyard.
Dietrick also has a rectangular-shaped garden between a length of fence and the side of her garage that benefits from the microclimate created by surrounding houses and mature trees. Japanese primula, toad lily, sweet woodruff and spectacular zone 4 variegated Virginia Creeper 'star showers' thrive in this intimate garden edged by a curved ribbon of reclaimed brick that has been laid on its side for an Old World effect. The brilliant chartreuse to golden yellow foliage of Aztec Gold Veronica prostrate or creeping speedwell contrasts vividly with crimson coloured Velvet Curtains amaranthus, another self-seeding plant well suited to confined spaces.
Adding a gate to the entrance of your side garden can be the finishing touch. With the potential to be one of the most creative hardscaping elements in any landscape design, gates are often conversation pieces and a popular subject of photos. Visit a garden and you are just as likely to capture an image of an eye-catching gate as you are of the plants. On a recent trip with her sister Lynne Mellow to the English Cotswolds, Barb McEwen, a local gardener and volunteer at the restored historic garden at Dalnavert House, was struck by the beauty of an ancient gate in a private garden called Stone House Garden.
"I loved the use of clematis winding its way around the hinged side", recalls McEwen.
Whether the design is romantic, formal, ornate, or rustic, freshly painted or weathered to a smooth patina, gates exude character. Their purpose may be practical or purely ornamental but they should be maintained in good structural condition.
Jake Goertzen is a gifted sculptor (www.jakethesculptor.com) who began welding ornamental iron gates as a sideline about five years ago. "Very few artists make their whole living from their art," says Goertzen who resides in a renovated country school in Horndean purchased in 1994 and which also serves as a gallery for his art.
Using a wire welder and tools he has built on his own, Goertzen shapes mild steel into curved shapes. Some of his designs include leaves or cattails.
"The leaves, complete with veins, are made of a heavy-gauge metal because people touch them and you want it to last," Goertzen said, adding the steel is sandblasted with a baked-on zinc finish. "Zinc is very resistant to oxidation, so it protects the gate from exposure to air. The durable powder-coat finish is baked on and will look the same in 15 years."
Maxine Clifton has installed one of Goertzen's gates in her Howden-area garden. Reminiscent of a centuries-old claire-voie with its large, round opening that beautifully frames the entrance to Clifton's garden, a stunning vista of flowering perennials, the gleaming black custom-made gate weighs at least 100 lbs.
Goertzen designed two tall contemporary gates for Rebecca Friesen and husband Kevin Dick whose large acreage is visited regularly by deer attracted to their garden. Their circular vegetable garden is enclosed by wooden posts and high wire mesh with two gates, decorated with cattails, opposite each other. Daughter Hannah loves to play in the garden and has a small section all her own.
"It's a family affair," Friesen said. "My husband is a great cook and loves to utilize what we have in the garden: tomatoes, peppers and onions for salsa, etc. Hannah made her first batch of raspberry jam this year and my mother and I like to pickle."
Gates may keep deer out of the garden but they invite people in, piqueing their curiousity about what they might find. Crafting a unique gate can be a form of artistic expression. The gated entrance to Carol Bergmann's cut flower garden, south of St. Norbert, was built from cedar by her husband. The weathered grey double wooden gates complete with an Old World wooden drop bar have a timeless look.
Gates can have the appearance of guarding a fortress, lending both mystery and privacy or they may offer no privacy at all but they have the power to use the entranceway to your garden to the greatest effect.


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124,908 by Tara McDowell, with photography by Daro Sulakauri, experiments with how to document exhibitions in an embodied way. It deals with an exhibition that unfolded throughout the postindustrial city of Rustavi in the Republic of Georgia, in conjunction with the 2nd Tbilisi Triennial. The exhibition was titled for Rustavi's population – 124,908 – and featured works by Xin Cheng, Leone Contini, Eliza Dyball, Clementine Edwards, George Egerton-Warburton, Cevdet Erek, Debris Facility, Emma Fitts, Amy Franceschini, Helen Grogan, Susan Jacobs, Ash Kilmartin, Ieva Misevičiūtė, Virginia Overell, and Kateřina Šedá. Echoing the model of Lucy R. Lippard's numbers exhibitions from the early 1970s, Tara McDowell and assistant curator Nicholas Tammens invited artists to propose temporary artworks, which were installed in the city center, factory square, museum, theaters, pyramid and zoo, working with local artists, students, and Rustavi residents.
The images within the publication 124,908 were taken by photojournalist Daro Sulakauri over a single day (October 3, 2015) of the exhibition. The fragmented text that intersperses this image narrative reflects the fractured, time-skipping nature of the project's composition. Lucy R. Lippard has reacted to the project as the "best understood account" of her numbers exhibitions, but 124,908 could also be characterised as facing the impossibilities of re-curation.
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