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Brad Paisley Opens Up About His All-American Life
Brad Paisley has a lot to smile about these days. He's happily married to the girl of his dreams with two adorable sons, and professionally he's on quite a roll. He won the last two Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year awards and the last three consecutive Male Vocalist honors from the Academy of Country Music. He's sold more than 10 million albums and has scored 14 No. 1 singles, including his most recent hit, 'Then,' which spent three weeks at the summit. Today, he unleashes his eighth album, 'American Saturday Night.' Before heading out on tour with openers Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne, Brad previewed the new record for The Boot at Blackbird Studios, shared some photos on his iPhone of his boys and pal Little Jimmy Dickens, and talked about music, married life and why you can never have too much mustard.
What was on your mind as you were making 'American Saturday Night'?
I was looking for some uncharted territory as an artist, because six albums in — not counting a Christmas and an instrumental album — that's a lot of ground that's been covered. So what am I doing? How can I make that even better? Where can I go that I haven't gone? And what are people feeling? What am I feeling? These times are fairly uncertain, but at the same time I have this really hopeful outlook that comes from having two little boys now — both of them, in some way or another, spitting images of me. Songs are certainly influenced by how I see the world now through a couple of other sets of eyes. On top of that, I'm touring the country at a time when I'm seeing different things on the faces of people, and one thing I'm seeing is how important it is that I'm telling their story. They deserve that kind of honesty out of me.
Do you feel that you are pretty much like the people that you sing to?
I know I am. They are better at their respective jobs than I would be, and this is what I do. I come home and do the same things that they probably do. I have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun — going to movies and all that stuff. It's a painfully normal life! I think they would be thoroughly disappointed in the "glamorous" lifestyle that I lead. There are times when it's pretty dang cool to go to New York and do a TV show, but for the most part, I'm as normal as I can be. That's how I'm still able to relate to them. I hope I never lose sight of that.
What kind of things did you want to say with this record?
No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you change as a person. To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way. And the second thing is these are different times. I think it was Ben Franklin that said, 'May you live in interesting times,' and we do.
What made you choose 'Then' as the first single?
The one thing that you can find complete respite from in these times is true love. If you fall in love with somebody, then you're not even worried about your bills. Love can take your mind off of anything. That's the kind of song that I wanted to hear in these times.
You co-wrote all 14 tracks on the album and you've said this is a more personal album than any other. Why is that?
If the last album was looking back to high school, this one I look back a lot on who I became from a little boy on. You'll see it in 'If He's Anything Like Me,' which is about my son Huck and also this newest one [baby Jasper]. It has a lot of funny lines in it: 'I can see him right now, knees all skinned up with a magnifying glass trying to melt a Tonka truck.'
You've said your new single, 'Welcome to the Future,' is your favorite song you've ever written. Why?
We knew we wanted to talk about technology and how the world is changing. It's the hardest thing in the world to take the emotions I've had in the last six months and put them in a song, [including] having two boys now and thinking about them. That whole first verse just so resonates with the world I grew up in and the world they're going to grow up in. They're two different places. I was thinking back to the world my grandfather grew up in. In spite of some of the worst times economically that we've ever had, there's a feeling of hope and a feeling of pride.
There's also a 'Welcome to the Future' reprise about your family that is so touching. You've told the story before about how your hometown girlfriend broke up with you. The two of you had seen 'Father of the Bride' and when the sequel came out, you went to the theater hoping to see your ex. Of course, now you're married to the movie's star. Have you ever run into that ex-girlfriend?
I ran into her at a class reunion. She has kids and a great life, probably much better than she would of with me! That [relationship] was in '93 or '95 …There's a long time between that and here, so she would have had a really rough road, and it was for the best for her for sure. She must have known what she was doing when she dumped me.
What's your favorite way to spend an 'American Saturday Night'?
I love to play. When I'm off, I feel a little lost — like shouldn't I be on stage somewhere? It's the best night of the week to be playing music, and that's one reason why I named the album that.
Where are you and the family going for summer vacation?
We're calling it a "staycation." John Lasseter, who runs Pixar and Disney Animation, and I became good buddies a while back, and he's a huge country music fan. They are having a "staycation" this year at their house, and we're going out and spend a week. They have a vineyard in Sonoma. They have a fishing pond and a great swimming pool. It's in northern California, which is just about the prettiest area in our country. We're going to take the boys. They've got four boys that are still at home, five total. Friends of theirs from Houston are coming in too, and they have three boys. There's not a girl among this group! There's a total of 10 boys, different ages, running around that week. It will be just wild.
Do you have a nanny for the boys?
No. We have a couple of trusted friends and babysitters and two sets of grandparents. We don't have anybody on payroll. That was a big deal for me. Luckily, we've made it work so far. I'm lucky that my parents are in such good shape, and they are only 60. The other night we wanted to go see 'Up,' which by the way, is unbelievable — a work of art! I called my mom and said, 'We're thinking about going to see a movie. What are you guys doing later?' And they said, 'We were just going to get something to eat, and we'll come by when we're done.' They
came and put Huck down and fed Jasper, and then we went to that movie. It's nice to do that and then come home and know that they are with their grandparents and they are having a better time than when we're here … and learning more probably!
We know Jasper's middle name, Warren, came from your grandfather. But where did his first name come from?
My wife had a dream that we had a little boy and named him Jasper. This was before she was pregnant. We kept thinking about that, and when we found out it was a boy, we toyed with that idea all the way until we were in the hospital. Then after he was born, we started running it up the flagpole and in spite of what the flagpoles thought, we did it! [laughs]
I gather other family members didn't quite warm to it like you thought they would?
When we picked William as the first name of Huck — which by the way no one calls him — that was such a strong and classic name, of course they said, 'We love it!' But we didn't tell them the middle name and then we said, 'By the way, Huckleberry is the middle name.' They wanted to kill us! This time we tried it out and it was like, 'Oh, Jasper? OK, let me think about that.' Each set of parents had the same kind of reaction: We said it and they said, 'Well, what about … ? Have you thought about the name … ' and they [suggested] another name, like it was up for discussion! But anyway, I love it because I don't know any Jaspers.
Huck turned two years old in February. Is he talking a lot?
His verbal skills are ridiculous! The other day, I was sitting there reading him a book and patting him on the back. He said, 'Hey, why are you burping me daddy?' I guess he thought I was burping him! He doesn't miss anything at all. It's unbelievable.
What is Huck's favorite thing to do on your days off?
The bulldozer is the best! We'll fire it up, and he sits in my lap. We just push some rocks or dirt around, and he loves every bit of it. A two-year-old loves little toy bulldozers and trucks, but to be that age and sitting in your dad's lap on an actual bulldozer, he loves it. And by the way, he knows how to run it now because it's hand joy stick controlled. The left one does forward, reverse and all that, and then the right one raises and lowers the bucket. It's just hilarious. I'll have someone here and I'll say, 'Watch this — Go forward!' and he pushes it forward and raises the bucket. He's so intense in his face when he's doing it. It's so funny.
How do you deal with being away from your family while on tour?
I think what I'm going to really love about touring is me waking up at 11:00 in the morning and calling and see how it's going. [laughs] I'm not going to enjoy actually physically being away from them, but when you say "touring," people get the vision of 'Spinal Tap' in their mind, a world-wide tour where it's crazy and pandemonium and all that, but I hop on an airplane or a bus. There's maybe three days away from my family, and then I'm home. And while I am here, I'm completely home. I'm not working eight hour days.
In your relationship, who is the more organized, responsible one?
Kim. I can hold my own on things like making sure the cars are in good shape or landscaping, but other than that, she pretty much makes sure that the kids have what they need and I have what I need to eat and live. [When I was single] I literally don't know how many weeks in a row that I would look in the fridge and there would be nothing in it, and I'd open it the next day and expect a different result. If she didn't go to the store, there's not going to be anything in it. There would be mustard, and that's it.
What is it about guys and mustard? We have five bottles in our refrigerator — thanks to my husband.
I know the thought process. We go to the store, see things we think we need and just buy them. We want to look like we know what we're doing, so you have to buy something. And you can never have too much mustard! You just buy the mustard, because you figure while you're checking out you're going to look like, 'Oh this guy has it together! He's buying mustard. He knows what he's doing.' Mustard also says, 'Hey this is going on something pretty exciting.' You're not buying mustard to put it on some boring salmon dish. It's going to go on a hot dog or a hamburger. Nothing says we're having a party like mustard.
Your first album came out in 1999. How does it feel to be celebrating your 10th anniversary as a recording artist?
It's sort of a shame that everyone can't love their job like I do, because I can't wait to get back on the road and play these songs. We're going to be doing six new things in the show. That's the most I've ever done in a show as far as new songs. I just love that. Ten years later to be looking forward is the biggest thing for me — being able to feel like the road is stretching out in front of me. If somebody would walk up to me and say, 'Hey, 10 years ago your first album came out' and I'd already been dropped from the label, I'd still feel an accomplishment for what we've done, but it wouldn't be as fun knowing that this is just the beginning or at worst, I'm in the middle.


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You thought there was a political divide concerning the war, taxes, and abortion? Well, a newly released National Journal poll of members of Congress indicated just as strong a diametric view of whether anthropogenic global warming is real or not.
Called a "Congressional Insiders Poll," the study asked 10 Senate Democrats, 48 House Democrats, 10 Senate Republicans, and 45 House Republicans: "Do you think it's been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the Earth is warming because of man-made problems?"
The results:
- 95 percent of Democrats said "Yes"
- 2 percent of Democrats said "No"
- 84 percent of Republicans said "No"
- 13 percent of Republicans said "Yes"
I guess this means that Republican members of Congress don't watch as much must-see TV as their seemingly more gullible brethren on the opposite side of the aisle.
Also fascinating was how all the attention on this issue, including the release of Al Gore's schlockumentary "An Inconvenient Truth," has actually reduced the number of Republicans that believe this junk science.
The last time this poll was performed, 23 percent of Republicans said "Yes."
For those interested, the following is a list of participants:
Democratic Congressional Insiders Sens. Sherrod Brown, Ben Cardin, Thomas Carper, Christopher Dodd, Edward Kennedy, Frank Lautenberg, Barbara Mikulski, Mark Pryor, Ken Salazar, Jon Tester; Reps. Tom Allen, Robert Andrews, Michael Arcuri, Tammy Baldwin, Melissa Bean, Xavier Becerra, Howard Berman, Marion Berry, Rick Boucher, Michael Capuano, Christopher Carney, James Clyburn, Jim Cooper, Joseph Crowley, Elijah Cummings, Artur Davis, Diana DeGette, Rosa DeLauro, Eliot Engel, Anna Eshoo, Sam Farr, Chaka Fattah, Bob Filner, Kirsten Gillibrand, Alcee Hastings, Mike Honda, Steve Israel, Jim Langevin, John Lewis, Zoe Lofgren, Nita Lowey, Ed Markey, Jim McDermott, Jim McGovern, Jim Moran, David Price, Silvestre Reyes, Jan Schakowsky, Jose Serrano, Adam Smith, John Spratt, Pete Stark, John Tanner, Ellen Tauscher, Bennie Thompson, Chris Van Hollen, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Henry Waxman.
GOP Congressional Insiders Sens. Lamar Alexander, Jim Bunning, John Cornyn, Lindsey Graham, Johnny Isakson, Mel Martinez, Lisa Murkowski, Olympia Snowe, John Sununu, John Thune; Reps. Marsha Blackburn, John Boehner, Kevin Brady, John Campbell, Chris Cannon, Eric Cantor, Michael Castle, Tom Cole, Mike Conaway, Tom Davis, John Doolittle, David Dreier, Phil English, Jeff Flake, Bob Goodlatte, Kay Granger, Doc Hastings, Pete Hoekstra, Bobby Jindal, Peter King, Jack Kingston, Mark Kirk, Ray LaHood, Dan Lungren, Kenny Marchant, Jim McCrery, Patrick McHenry, Cathy McMorris, John Mica, Marilyn Musgrave, Sue Myrick, Mike Pence, Tom Price, Deborah Pryce, Adam Putnam, Dave Reichert, Tom Reynolds, Mike Rogers of Michigan, Paul Ryan, Pete Sessions, John Shadegg, Christopher Shays, Adrian Smith, Zach Wamp, and Joe Wilson.

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A global provider of IT solutions 3i Infotech said that Pankaj Chawla has been elevated as president of its India, Middle East, APAC (Asia Pacific) and Africa markets. Earlier Mr Chawla was head of Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS regions.
In his new position, Mr Chawla will be in charge of 3i Infotech's business operations across significant markets which account for approximately 40% of the company's global revenue.
Prior to joining 3i Infotech, Mr Chawla served as the managing director of LogicaCMG for the South Asian region. He has also worked with leading organisations like General Electric and Satyam Computers. With over 16 years of extensive experience in a wide range of IT businesses, Mr Chawla's key strengths are his in-depth IT knowledge and the ability to strategise for diverse markets.
"In this new role, my aim would be not only to drive sustainable growth but also to ensure operational excellence in these rapidly developing markets, thus creating many more satisfied customers for the organisation," Mr Chawla said.
Mr Chawla holds an engineering degree from the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET), Lucknow, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C), Kolkata, India.
In the South Asia region Mr Chawla will be assisted by Narayan V who has recently been assigned the role of region head-South Asia. Mr Narayan has earlier been associated with 3i Infotech as the vice president and region head-Middle East and North Africa.
New Delhi: Food inflation declined, but still remained at an elevated level of 16.91% for the week ended 1st January, prompting the government to assure more steps to rein in prices of essential items that have moved up, reports PTI.
Even as food inflation moderated from 18.32% from the previous week, overall inflation, as measured by the wholesale price index, is likely to be pushed up in the range of 8.2%-8.5% in December from 7.48% in the previous month, economists said.
The overall inflation for December, slated to be released on Friday, is expected to pressure the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to further hike policy rates at its 25th January policy review, despite industrial growth plunging to 18-month low in November.
Even as food inflation showed a meagre decline, vegetable prices were up 3.84% during the week, with onion rates rising by 1.73%.
With prices of the bulb already up, this much rise in its prices within a week, makes it still costlier.
The extent of rise could be gauged from the fact that onion turned expensive by 70.70% year-on-year. Overall vegetables were costlier by 70.73% on an annual basis.
Among individual items in the food inflation index, eggs, meat and fish became costly by 16.70%, milk by 13.20% and fruits by 17.71% annually.
However, prices of pulses declined by 14.84%, wheat by 4.87%, potatoes by 1.67% and cereals by 0.12% on an annual basis.
In the non-food category, prices of fibres and minerals have climbed 36.71% and 16.70% respectively.
Analysing the inflation figures, Standard Chartered regional head of research Samiran Chakraborty said there has been no real decline in prices of vegetables.
"Year on year drop is mainly because of the base effect. Prices continued to remain high. However, week-on-week milk and electricity (prices) have declined," Mr Chakraborty said.
Exuding confidence of being able to rein in food prices, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters, "We have analysed the situation. We have indicated what further steps we are going to take."
However, he cautioned against any "unnecessary panic."
"We have also indicated that there should not be any unnecessary panic. I always believe, today it is very encouraging weekly fluctuation, next week it may be or not be, because of one or two or three commodities," he said.
Expecting the RBI to hike rates by 25 basis points in January policy review, Mr Chakraborty pegged overall inflation to be 8.3%-8.5% in December.
However, Crisil chief economist DK Joshi expects food inflation to come down further, unless there is another supply constraint.
He expected overall inflation to stand at 8.2% in December, but that the rate would moderate to 6.5% by March-end.


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Provo • The first semester at BYU is ending, but the taxing tests continue for its basketball team, starting Saturday afternoon.
When the Cougars play Oregon at EnergySolutions Arena, they begin a portion of their schedule that could tell them much about the direction of the season.
Is BYU a top-25 team?
Will the Cougars challenge Gonzaga and St. Marys in their first-ever journey through the West Coast Conference? Is another trip to the NCAA Tournament waiting?
During the next two weeks, BYU starts to answer those questions in games against an emerging Pac-12 team in Oregon, Big Sky Conference favorite Weber State, rival Utah and eighth-ranked Baylor.
Excluding the struggling Utes, the Ducks, Wildcats and Bears own a combined record of 15-2.
"It's a really important stretch for our team," said BYU coach Dave Rose. "These games will be a barometer for us."
The good news, according to Rose, is all four games will be played in Utah.
"It's when you are flying across the country and trying to manage their academics this late in the semester that things are really difficult," he said.
For BYU, the game in Salt Lake has become a featured stop of the season. With the Marriott Center booked for the annual "Christmas Around the World" celebration, the Cougars again play a game in the home of the Utah Jazz.
"Our guys really enjoy it and I think our fans enjoy it it's worked out well," Rose said. "It has a different feel than a normal college game, when you play in an NBA arena. Our guys are usually pretty excited to play this game."
Oregon is coached by Dana Altman, now in his second season after spending 16 years at Creighton.
The Ducks finished 21-18 in Altman's first year, including a victory in the College Basketball Invitational postseason tournament. They were picked fifth in the Pac-12 preseason poll.
"They are very athletic a transition team," Rose said. "They really like to get the ball up and down the floor, so it should be an exciting game.
"Their post players are long, athletic and very active and they have great shooters on the perimeter. … It should be a really good matchup."
BYU vs. Oregon
P At EnergySolutions Arena
Tipoff • Saturday, 3 p.m.
Radio • 1160 AM, 102.7 FM
Records • BYU, 5-2; Oregon, 4-1
All-time series • Oregon leads 12-7
Last meeting • Oregon, 93-62 (Dec. 5, 1998)
About the Cougars • They come off an 87-52 win over Northern Arizona. … Junior swingman Brock Zylstra scored a career-high 23 points and made a career-high five 3-pointers against the Lumberjacks. … Their top scorers are senior forwards Noah Hartsock (16.0) and Charles Abouo (12.7).
About the Ducks • After a 78-64 loss at Vanderbilt, they responded by beating Eastern Washington (73-65), Southeast Missouri (86-61), Nebraska (83-76) and UTEP (64-59). … They are led by junior forward Ed Singler (12.0) and senior guard Garrett Sim (11.6).


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Bryan Forbes, acclaimed director of classic movies such as The Stepford Wives and Whistle Down The Wind, has died at the age of 86.
Family spokesman Matthew D'Ancona said Forbes died after a long illness, surrounded by his family at his home in Surrey.
Forbes was married to the actress Nanette Newman, with whom he had two daughters, the TV presenter Emma Forbes and the journalist Sarah Standing.
He began his film career as an actor, playing a number of supporting roles in British films in the 1940s and 1950s, but he soon found more success in screenwriting, and later directing.
Born John Theobald Clarke in 1926 in London, he made his debut as director in Whistle Down the Wind, the 1961 movie about children who come across an escaped convict and mistake him for Jesus.
Forbes went on to make films such as King Rat a tale of survival in a prisoner-of-war camp, and The Stepford Wives, a thriller about sinisterly perfect suburban housewives.
He was screenwriter for Chaplin, the 1992 biopic of Charlie Chaplin starring Robert Downey Jr., and also wrote several novels. His latest book, The Soldier's Story, was published last year.
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Each year the Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce's Education Committee awards $1,000 scholarships to four high school seniors.
One scholarship winner is selected from each of the three Lee's Summit high schools, and one is selected from a school outside of the district. One parent of each recipient must be a full-time employee of a Chamber member business.
Congratulations to the following students who received scholarships in 2014:
Michael Kuehn - Lee's Summit North High School
Alexander Lange - Lee's Summit West High School
Paige Sapp - Lee's Summit High School
Lonnie Todd - Odessa High School
This year more than 40 applications were received. The judges, made up of Chamber education committee members, said they had a tough time with the decision due to the caliber of applicants.
Applicants are evaluated based on the following criteria:
A strong work ethic
A commitment to community involvement
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Typically it takes quite a few months before a submitted article in nature has passed the peer review process and has been accepted – and then until it is actually printed, it usually takes even more then a quarter of a year. So it is of course surprising when in the journal of 03/02/2011 an article was published which was filed on 13/12/2010 and was exactly a week later already accepted on 12/20/2010. The subject of the article was worth the journal an editorial and two further articles in the same issue, and furthermore an artistic representation of the article's contents adorns the cover.
A big deal then, nature headlines "Six new worlds". The article of the NASA research team [1] reports – in a sober tone, as it should be – the discovery of a solar system with 6 relatively light planets orbiting a star that is relatively similar to our sun. The name of the star is simply Kepler-11, its planets are simply called Kepler-11b and Kepler-11g.
The scientists have done not only an amazing performance of the measurement technique, but also the solution to a tricky math problem.
You can not see with the space telescope Kepler directly that a planet orbiting a star. A regular decrease in the luminosity of the star is measured – and trom these data one can calculate the size and orbit of the planet.
If one imagines that it is not just one planet, but many, which revolve around the star at different orbital periods, then the course of the shading looks irregularly, as the planets (which have different sizes and orbital periods), sometimes simultaneously, sometimes wandering one after another in front of the star. And at this point of investigation the calculation starts. You have to try to figure out how many planets fit the luminosity of the star with the best turnaround times and sizes of the shapes.
But that's not all: When the planets orbiting relatively close around the star, they influence mutually by their gravitational fields, thereby the orbital periods vary and therefore the luminosity of the star. But this additional difficulty is also a chance to find out more about the planets. From the fluctuations then the different planet masses can be calculated, and with the sizes of the planets is then given the density and from this one can even derive assumptions about the composition of the planets material.
At the end of the whole calculation the researchers found that six planets are orbiting Kepler-11, all of them have a much smaller orbit than Earth, and thus much shorter years. The slowest of them, Kepler-11g provides nearly four passes while the earth circling in one year. The planets are all larger and heavier than the Earth, but they have a lower density, so there consist probably less of stone and iron rather than of water, helium and hydrogen.
Maybe Kepler-11 has even more planets, the star is observed only since one and a half year and if the planet orbital period is longer, it has perhaps not yet passed by in front of their star. So maybe there is a planet that is even more similar to the Earth than Kepler-11b to g. And that's what caused all the excitement, which the very title of editorial nature brings to the point: "Earth 2.0″.
When a planet is found being similar to the Earth, then there it might have supported life, perhaps including "intelligence" – that is the hope that revolves around the whole research program that is ultimately the motivation of the whole planet-hunting.
But must the residence of other life forms be truly Earth-like? Somehow it seems that we can think of nothing else. There must be water; it must be not too hot, not too cold. Only under such conditions life is be possible, this seems to be the general consensus that also is reflected in the concept of the "habitable zone", the area around each star, in which these conditions are met.
But complex structures and processes can emerge probably in conditions that we consider extreme and hostile. The life arising there probably will be as alien to the human, that we can not recognize it at all – especially if we are only looking for something that is similar to us. As long as we are looking for a second Earth, we will probably learn many interesting details about other stars and their planets, and we will be amazed about the findings scientists can derive from a couple of variations in brightness, but other life, other intelligence we will hardly find. Perhaps that is even better because we have to be scary about the consequences of our own intelligence.
[1] Lissauer JJ, Fabrycky DC, Ford EB, Borucki WJ, Fressin F, Marcy GW, Orosz JA, Rowe JF, Torres G, Welsh WF, Batalha NM, Bryson ST, Buchhave LA, Caldwell DA, Carter JA, Charbonneau D, Christiansen JL, Cochran WD, Desert JM, Dunham EW, Fanelli MN, Fortney JJ, Gautier TN 3rd, Geary JC, Gilliland RL, Haas MR, Hall JR, Holman MJ, Koch DG, Latham DW, Lopez E, McCauliff S, Miller N, Morehead RC, Quintana EV, Ragozzine D, Sasselov D, Short DR, & Steffen JH (2011). A closely packed system of low-mass, low-density planets transiting Kepler-11. Nature, 470 (7332), 53-8 PMID: 21293371
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In her previous blog, Appelation Mountain's Abby Sandel revealed the alter ego names of the male superheroes, and this week it's the girls' turn.
Last week we looked at comic book names inspired by Clark Kent and Peter Parker – the mild-mannered alter egos of Superman and Spider-Man.
More women have donned a cape to fight for good than you might guess, but it hasn't been an easy road. The Comics Code Authority, a set of industry standards adopted in 1954, limited gore and violence, but also sexual innuendo. Selina Kyle hung up her catsuit for more than a decade when the Code was at its strictest.
Female characters tend to go to extremes. There's the wholesome Betty and later Barbara, characters introduced as Batgirl at a time when it was thought Batman and Robin needed girlfriends. Others are clearly not from this world, like Thundra, a Femizon warrior from the 23rd century, arrived in 1972 to challenge The Thing, or the first female superhero, Egyptian princess Fantomah.
As comic books have become popular sources for Hollywood films, plenty of A-list stars have worn these identities. For parents seeking a feminine name with an edge, knowing that your daughter's appellation has been worn by a crime-fighting woman of steel might make an otherwise frilly name seem downright powerful. Here some possible female alter ego comic book names:
This week, Appellation Mountain's Abby Sandel looks at comic book names, stripping away the heroes' superpowers to reveal their more human personae names.
Every superhero needs a couple of things: superhuman powers, a cape, and maybe a sidekick. He also needs a regular Joe name to hide his higher calling. Spider-Man fights crime, but Peter Parker dries the dinner dishes.
It's been this way since Superman first appeared in a 1938 comic book. Mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent has been donning a cape and leaping tall buildings in a single bound for over eight decades.
Many of the best known comic book characters made their debuts before the 1960s, leaving some of their real life identities as dated as Gary or Wally.
Happily, comic book writers have an easy means to update any of their characters. While a few famous figures – think Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman – never really ditch their human counterparts, in other cases, the superhero role is a title. It can be passed on intentionally, or inherited unexpectedly. For every Wally, there's a Scott. The updates keep on coming, too. How else do you explain that the current Red Ranger in the Power Rangers franchise answers to Jayden?
You could name your son Blaze or Slade, and hope he has the confidence to pull off a larger-than-life appellation, but there are some true gems amongst our heroes' workaday names. They prove that popular and classic choices can be exciting. While some of these are obscure, Hollywood has adapted plenty of superhero stories for the big screen in recent years: the X-Men, Green Lantern, and Captain America are all up this summer, with more in the works.
This list is all boys, but there are plenty of heroic choices for girls, too. Tune in next week!
Anthony – Who's cooler than Tony Stark?
Arthur – Aquaman was born Arthur Curry, before he discovered that he was descended from the lost tribe of Atlantis.
Bruce – Worn by Batman's other half, Bruce Wayne, as well as scientist-turned-Hulk, Bruce Banner.


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Wolf City Rods And Rides Raises Money With Membership Dinner
Written by Devon Boen
The Wolf City Rods and Rides Club, which is nearly six years old, held its third annual Rods and Rides membership dinner March 16 at the Elks Club in Wolf Point.
The event is the club's biggest annual fundraiser and helps support a multitude of the group's events. Rods and Rides' vice president Beau Garfield said some of the money goes to the club's annual car show that is held in June each year and features beautifully restored cars and awards prizes to the owners whose rides stand out in the crowd.
Besides the auto show, Garfield said some of the funds go to poker runs throughout the year as well as to families with medical expenses.
He said Rods and Rides is also dedicated to cleaning, graffiti removal and keeping the underpass painted throughout the year.
The March 16 Rods and Rides event wasn't just a crucial fundraiser, it was also an opportunity for the club to gain new members. Garfield said the club had 85 members and added about 15 new members by the end of the night.
Garfield said he didn't know exactly how much money had been raised yet, but said each dinner came with a cost and about 200 people attended.
The fun kept going after dinner with live music and door prizes, but the real show of the night was the club's first annual Rods and Rides Scholarship donation. The organization donated $500 to Xandre Matejovsky for his tuition at Minot State University.
Besides philanthropy, Garfield emphasized Rods and Rides was about a passion for all things automotive. He said about half of the members of the club have a special vehicle of some type and that the club really wants to pass on its passion to others.
Whether a member or not, all community members can enjoy Rods and Rides events, including a new one set for Stampede weekend. Garfield said the club plan to do a Show and Shine. He explained a Show and Shine was an opportunity for auto lovers to shine up their vehicles and show them off to the public during the city's biggest weekend.
So if the club sounds like it might be up your alley — or street, for that matter — but you missed the annual membership dinner, you're not out of luck. Garfield said anyone can become a member any time throughout the year and join the automotive festivities.
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Does anyone have pictures of the full & semi auto carrier differences; perhaps side by side? 'Would like to know which version I'm looking at; especially if I'm going to dump $500 into a .22LR that might not fire on FA with one of my registered sears.
'Kick myself in the ass for not buying up more Flemming Sears (back in 1991 for $425.00 each). Oh well, hind sight is 20/20; otherwise we'd all be millionaires...
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Okay, this is totally frackin' ridiculous! Up until a couple of days ago I've been tapping into some of the speaker leads coming from the Bose amp in the trunk to get my remote input. But for some odd reason it's quit working lately and only provides enough voltage to intermittently turn my aftermarket amp on. Additionally, ever since I initially wired it I noticed that every time you open or close or lock or unlock the doors or open the trunk it gives the wiring coming out of the Bose amp a temporary voltage spike that in turn activates my amplifier and THUMPS my sub. But whatever, at least it worked...
But for whatever reason these wires no longer provide enough voltage (around 6 volts tops) to trigger my amp to come on. Again, whatever...I'll just find another wire in the myriad of wires in the trunk that provides 12 volts whenever the stereo is on, right? WRONG!!
I just spent the last two hours with my voltmeter checking EVERY wire and fuse in the trunk and could not find ANY that provided a dedicated circuit for the stereo. Both radio-related fuses in the trunk fuse box provide 12 volts ALL the time, not just when the radio is on.
Seriously? Is there not a single wire in the trunk that only provides a 12 volt source when the stereo is powered up? Am I missing something? Even the main, large red w/ black stripe power wire that goes into the Bose amp has power running to it ALL the time.
Am I going to have to settle for a wire that is powered at all times when the ignition is on? I mean, I guess this is fine assuming I want my amplifier on whenever the car is running regardless of whether I'm listening to music or not. I'm just a little miffed at my inability to find what I was looking for.
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The Single-Sock Blues
Is there a household that doesn't fight the battle of the bulging sock box? In my box are dozens of mismatched and holey socks that I have accumulated over twenty-two years of family life—they seem to reproduce themselves when I leave them alone. But the problem would be much worse if I hadn't discovered some ways to keep the sock box contents under control.
Odd Sock Up
It is surprising how many loose socks will turn up in snow boots, under beds, or in closets when you offer a reward of a penny a sock. Try a sock hunt every so often, but be forewarned: after a few rounds of this game, one begins to suspect that the children are now saving socks for the penny-sock hunt!
Another remedy is to invite your neighbors to your house for a "Great American Sock Exchange." Put your single socks on a large table and have your neighbors bring over their clean, single socks. Everyone can return home with several matched pairs plus the bonus of a visit. (It's not uncommon to find several mates during these exchanges because you probably shop at the same stores, and some of the socks were left by their kids after a slumber party anyway.)
If you just can't find mates for socks, there are many ways to use the "orphans." Cotton socks make great disposable cleaning mitts. A dab of furniture polish on a soft sock makes a good dusting mitt, and washing crystal chandeliers and dusting furniture with sock mitts are a snap.
Make hand puppets from socks by attaching artificial eyes, nose, mouth, and ears that you have purchased or made from felt. Make the puppet "talk" by inserting your hand into the sock so that the four fingers in the toe form the upper lip and the thumb in the heel becomes the lower jaw.
Recycled Socks
Perhaps your problem is not single socks, but holey ones. Socks can be recycled by cutting off the tops of colored socks with a tight weave to use as cuffs for coats, shirts, mittens, or children's pajamas. Cut the tops from the socks, fold them in half, and sew the right sides of the cuff and sleeve together.
The tightly woven tops of knee-hi's make leg warmers for little girls.
Nylon panty hose can be recycled in several different ways. When camping, you can put a bar of soap in a discarded hose leg and tie it to the water tap to keep the soap from getting in the dirt. Nylons cut into three-inch squares make good stuffing for handicraft items.
An Ounce of Prevention
The best solution to sock problems, of course, is prevention. Pinning mates together before laundering cuts losses as well as saves time sorting and folding. Buying several pairs of socks in the same style and color helps, too. When socks are worn out or lost, you can still mate the remainders.
After you have tried as many ways to reduce the size of your sock box as you care to, the best tip of all is to throw away the socks that you know you will never use.—, Logan, Utah
"Star of the Day"
When my husband and I had our first baby, we decided we should make things as equal as possible for each of our children. But several years later, we found that our five children were becoming very competitive and were demanding the same privileges at the same time as their brothers and sisters. Trying to be fair exhausted us. We realized that matters would only get worse as our family grew. Equally disturbing was the fact that we realized we were trying to homogenize four unique individuals.
Things changed when we decided to designate one of our children, on a rotating basis, as "Star of the Day." On a child's "star" day, he or she gets to—
Sit in the front seat when we travel in the car.
Answer the telephone.
Help with meal preparation and dishes.
Run errands, such as getting the mail.
Say family prayer in the morning and lead us in a scripture and a song.
In addition to these privileges, at night we all gather and take turns telling what we like about that day's star. The star also gets to tell what he or she likes best about himself or herself.
"Star of the Day" was easy to implement, and it has brought bounteous rewards. Not only has it helped us to establish more harmony in our home, it has also helped the children to feel that they are important members of our family.—, Tehachapi, California
"What Do I Say to Someone Who Is Dying?"
Several years ago I found that I had cancer. The diagnosis turned my life upside down: I had to quit a rewarding job at a children's hospital and endure endless painful tests and treatments. Though many people were concerned and wanted to help, I found that many of them felt uncomfortable and unsure of just what they could or should do. So, based on my experience, here are several things you should consider when you are wondering how best to serve a terminally-ill person.
Find out what the family really needs before you inundate them with lemon pie. A life-threatening disease takes time to deal with, so give the person and his or her family a chance to adjust. Perhaps they won't need assistance at first, but do let them know that you care.
Check with the person or family to see what kind of service will be most helpful. I appreciated those people who were willing to give of themselves—to truly visit with me, give me hugs, and cheer me on.
When you visit, be yourself and treat the terminally ill person normally. Many people were at a loss for words when they came to see me. But I was still the same person as I was the day before I was diagnosed. I still had the same basic needs for love, understanding, acceptance, and support as before—but I needed those gifts even more.
I know that people meant well when they asked me how long I had or tried to "reassure" me with "Well, you know where you'll be going." What they didn't know was that I was fighting to live! I didn't want sympathy; I wanted strength and encouragement.
I also wanted and needed to know what was happening around me and to still feel part of it all. I wanted to share in my friends' and family's feelings and concerns just as I always had.
Share your sense of humor. Laughter really is good medicine. After lying in the cesium unit for many long days, unable to move and isolated in a bare room behind closed lead-lined doors, I felt like a prisoner convicted of a crime I didn't commit. It was then that our oldest daughter came to visit. She sat down behind the lead screen that separated us and proceeded to take off her boots and socks. She slipped her socks on her hands and pretended they were puppets and spoke through them. I laughed for the first time in months. That simple act brightened my outlook instantly.
Don't forget to share home teaching and visiting teaching messages with the terminally-ill person. I enjoyed feeling the love of my home and visiting teachers, but I particularly liked hearing their monthly messages. I needed the spiritual uplift of sharing gospel ideas, particularly since I often wasn't able to make it to church meetings.
You might also want to consider taking the patient audiotapes of Relief Society, priesthood, or Sunday School lessons or even spending some time reading and discussing the scriptures with him or her.
There are many things you can do to support a terminally ill person. The keys to success are to be yourself, treat the person as normally as possible, and tailor your service to meet the person's needs.—, Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia
Home Evening Scripture Parties
To reward our efforts and emphasize what we are learning from our Book of Mormon study program, we celebrate with a family home evening scripture party whenever we finish reading a book or a group of smaller books. We give the party the name of the finished section. We have had, for example, a "First and Second Nephi Party," an "Alma Party," and a "Mosiah Party."
During our parties, we play a question-and-answer game that focuses on the section we have just completed. We vary the difficulty of the questions so that everyone—from Mom and Dad down to our two-year-old—can enjoy the game. We also vary the teams: Mom and Dad might play against the children or we may challenge another family in the ward who is also reading the Book of Mormon. We've even included Grandma and Grandpa and the full-time missionaries.
We conclude each party by discussing our favorite parts of that particular section, then previewing the book or section we will read next.
The whole affair is simple; making up the questions is the most time-consuming part. But the idea of having a party creates a lot of enthusiasm among our children for scripture reading, and the actual event helps us all review and remember what we have learned.—, Las Vegas, Nevada


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On Sunday night, Hiroki Kuroda took matters into his own hands.
With two out and the bases empty in the third inning of Game Three of the NL Championship Series, Kuroda tossed a pitch over Shane Victorino's head. Victorino gestured at Kuroda, who doesn't speak English, accusing them of aiming for his head. After grounding to first base, he had words with Kuroda, prompting both benches and bullpens to spill onto the field. Several players, including emotional Manny Ramirez, were separated.
Although he declined to comment on the incident directly, Victorino joked that he didn't understand what Kuroda was saying.
"I should've brought (Japanese outfielder) So (Taguchi) out there to translate," he said.
Myers continued to insist after the game that he wasn't attempting to throw at Ramirez.
|Dodgers teammates hold back Manny Ramirez after the benches emptied when Shane Victorino took exception to a pitch over his head. (Photo: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the beanball issue, helped hide a dismal loss for the Phillies, who were never in the game.
Jamie Moyer allowed five first-inning runs and lasted only 1 1/3 innings, his shortest start since July 4, 1998, as the Phillies lost Game 3 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium. It also was the shortest postseason start for a Phillies pitcher since Larry Christensen lasted one-third of an inning in Game 4 of the 1980 World Series.
The Phillies scored runs in the second and seventh innings. Ryan Howard went 2-for-4, snapping an 0-for-11 drought.
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He said what? "I think in hindsight, probably everybody on our team wished it would have been handled differently. Not only did Manny (Ramirez) get brushed back, but Russell (Martin) kind of did, too. I don't think you want to sit up here and say you're going to hit people, (but) I think there was definitely a situation where you could have maybe done the same thing back." -- Derek Lowe, bemoaning the fact Chad Billingsley didn't retaliate for those two pitches by the Phillies' Brett Myers in Game 2.


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Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant, Leipers Fork
The facade of Puckett's, a country market and eatery 30 miles south of Nashville, is humble. The attention to detail that head chef Jack McPhail gives to his down-home fare is anything but. Case in point: The squash casserole combines yellow squash, breadcrumbs, Cheddar cheese, organic eggs, and a hint of Creole seasoning. It may be the very reason the Puckett's grocery aisles have gradually been replaced by dining tables since the store opened in 1953. Squash casserole costs $2.99.
Insider Tip: To enhance your Puckett's experience, stop in on Thursday evenings for the restaurant's weekly Creole Shrimp Boil and Open Mic Night. The event draws participants from Nashville—including some songwriters behind country music chart-toppers.
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Last week, I wrote about my belief that the cross is too beautiful to fit many popular theologies. It isn't beautiful in itself, for a Roman cross represents the power of Empire, a power that is always opposed to the way of Jesus. Rather, the beauty is in the One who chose to endure unjust [Read More…]
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Yesterday I got soap in my mouth.It's been rough around here lately. Between too many activities, squeezing my parents for 4 weeks into a house that already felt slightly too tight, and the general emotional chaos of raising a 15, 13 and 11 year old, the words that have been flying in our house are way too salty and way too rude.Of course, apples don't fall far from the tree, so what should I expect?Sometime in my own tweenhood, I paged through my baby book, a white cracking leather … [Read more...]
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Welcoming Advent, or the Necessity of Cheap Chocolate
"It's so unfair, how come the Advent chocolate calendar doesn't start on the first day of Advent?" one of my kids whined. "And how come you're too cheap to buy the Whole Foods calendar instead of the Trader Joes one?"Advent, the season of waiting for the coming of God, officially began this past Sunday on November 27th. I'm thrilled because this year's the longest Advent season possible with Christmas on a Sunday. But my kids had to go chocolate-less for 4 full days.Tonight they wi … [Read more...]
Chinese Thanksgiving, Hawaiian Style
29 years ago Mama burst into tears at our dinner table. "This is our last Thanksgiving together as a family."I rolled my eyes as only mature 17 year old seniors can, "Oh Mom. . ."But she was right.I haven't spent Thanksgiving with my parents since then. . . until now. My parents flew in from Honolulu this morning.So much has changed.Growing up, Mama called us orphans because we had no extended family in Hawaii. So my parents invited all the "orphans" they could find for Than … [Read more...]
Jesus and the Helicopter Mom
On Monday, I led our church's Mom-to-Mom group through a Bible study on the helicopter mom of the Bible. Guess who?No, not Rebekah, the mother of Esau and Jacob—she sure helicoptered, but she also was so dysfunctional with her strong preference for one son and scheming against the other that I didn't think she was very helpful.IMHO, the helicopter mom of the Bible is (drum roll please. . .) Salome, the mother of the disciples James and John, the wife of a prosperous fisherman, Zebedee, a … [Read more...]


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God's War: A New History of the Crusades
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Christopher Tyerman offers 'a new history'. He has the scholarly credentials, having written extensively and illuminatingly on the subject for nearly three decades. He never sentimentalises the crusades. Yet the man who observed not long ago that 'Europe in the Middle Ages could be a very nasty place to live: the crusades made it marginally nastier,' here adopts a tone that is both more measured and more sympathetic to the crusaders, whose sacrifices and sufferings have evidently come to impress him profoundly. In one important respect his take on the subject is new, in the sense of being at odds with a strong historiographical trend. Tyerman explicitly distances himself from 'the religious' and their 'fond myth that piety excludes greed, coercion, conformity and lack of reflection, that it is freestanding'. 'The religious' is code for historians who, like many working on medieval religious themes, are driven in part by Roman Catholic commitment.


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This song was recorded in the winter of 2002 in glassport Pa. The band that recorded this song is no more we have been broken up for years now, but this song was known in the underground metal scene of pittsburgh. I know because I saw it with my own eyes. This band was originally called HeadCase which is why the mp3 has the contributing artist of HeadCase on it. For years we tried to make the pgh metal scene more but in the end we like so many bands couldn't last in the state it was in. We recorded this song in 2002 and it changed us overnight. Our popularity was known so fast in the underground and for years we played our hearts out in front of any who would support pgh metal. I am sending you this song because this song was so well known by our fans and I want to give them this chance to hear it again. We like so many pgh metal bands of that era tried our hardest to make this scene so much more but as each club closed up in this city we watched as so many disbanded or abandoned the cause. I watched as so many bands from boston, ny, la, and chicago just go so far and I played with so many of those national acts that went to stardom.
Why do I speak of this? because metal didnt deserve this, it deserved a real chance but without support from the local scene everything from the fans, to the clubs, to the promotion, to the radio stations that exist. Metal must have its support the same. We are split up but this song was the best we ever did and I never forgot seeing those kids sing it back at me and know every lyric. I hope if you listen and hear what was happening back then that you can see how things couldve been dif. We were one of many bands who was pushing it so hard in so many directions but with no support it will never go anywhere. I thank you for your time and i hope you go and see for yourself what so many are fighting to try and carry on. We wanted to put pgh on the map but every label we spoke to already didnt care because we were from pgh. Metal deserves better support, no matter how small it is. push it or you wont have it. To the fans who remember us we loved it all. We were proud to be apart of the movement in pgh during that time of 2002 - 2004 i miss it still to this day and thank you all for coming to see us and all local metal play. Without your support it cannot continue. There is great metal in pgh i hope you finally begin to see it for yourselves this time.


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Xylem Inc. (XYL), the water company whose pumps helped clean tunnels in New York flooded by Hurricane Sandy, surged the most since being spun off from ITT Corp. (ITT) two years ago after raising annual earnings and sales forecasts.
Xylem jumped 12 percent to $32.53 at the close in New York, the biggest gain and highest price since October 2011, when ITT split under the leadership of Steve Loranger, now Xylem's interim chief executive officer.
The search for a new CEO is "well under way" after Loranger took over on Sept. 9 when Gretchen McClain left, he said on a call with analysts and investors. Cuts under McClain and a 6 percent rise in orders such as an ozone project in China buoyed results. Cash for share buybacks as well as acquisitions will be available over the next quarter, he said.
"We think the very best acquisition we have in front of us is Xylem stock," Loranger said on the call. "We have had some operating concerns. We thought it prudent to take a pause on some of the actual acquisitions."
Sales have picked up, particularly in northern and central Europe, White Plains, New York-based Xylem said in a statement today. Xylem raised its 2013 adjusted earnings per share forecast to $1.60 to $1.65 from $1.40 to $1.50. Analysts projected $1.37 on average.
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Xylem's third-quarter earnings per share of 49 cents, excluding some items, topped the 35-cent estimate.
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Airtel Super Singer Junior is all set to start off with its Season 3 in Vijay TV. The reality show is also dubbed to be Thamizhagathin Chellakuralukkana Thedal which translates to the search for the sweetest voice of Tamil Nadu. This show has featured many junior singers between the age groups of 6-14 and was first started in the year 2006. The audition for the show is held across many cities and towns in Tamil Nadu. The 2011 judges and host have not been confirmed as yet for the Season 3.
The reality show Airtel Super Singer Junior has unearthed awesome talents in the past. One among the most popular and famous stars of the show was Srikanth, who went on to create a new Guinness World Record in singing for a total of 7 hours at a stretch. Airtel Super Singer, Season 3 title was won by Alka Ajith in the grand finale. The Airtel Super Singer Season 2 had KS Chirta, Mano and Malgudi Subha as the judges of the show.
The Airtel Super Singer Season 2 winner walked away with Rs 25 lakhs worth villa and the runner up of the show Shravan was awarded a beautiful car. The other two finalists Nithyashree and Roshan were awarded a cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs each. Srikanth who was also selected as the most popular contestant in the show walked away with Rs 3 lakhs. The other special prizes of Rs 1 lakh each was awarded to Priyanka and Srinisha.
Let us hope to have some more talents come around in the Airtel Super Singer Junior, Season 3.


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This is my first post:). I've been getting so much info here and everyone is so friendly! :woohoo:
I've never tried spinning before and I'd really like to. Can anyone recommend a drop spindle that you like and where is a good place to buy it from?
Also how many yards of worsted yarn can you get out of an ounce?
Is there anything else I should get besides a spindle and roving?
Thanks for any help you can give me!
i just ordered my first spindle and roving yesterday, so i'm no expert, but i think those two things are the basic things we'll need to get our feet wet.
Thanks!What spindle did you get and how much did it cost? How much roving did you get? Let me know if you tried it yet!:blooby:
I just went to my lys yesterday and for 16.50 I got a schacht hi-lo spindle (the pic on the top right) that has a 3" whorl which makes it 2.2oz. Didn't know anything about it but turns out there are high whorl and low whorl spindles and this is 2 in 1! I was pleased. Then I found thiswebsite about making yarn with a drop spindle, this shows you how do get started. I'm still looking for more info. I also bought 2 oz of fiber yesterday; againd didn't know what I was doing so I just asked them what kind they reccomended for a beginner who'd never even held the stuff before. It only cost 4.50 for the 2 oz and I'm sure that will at least get me started, 2 oz is a big ball. So I have yet to get started spinning b/c there is one project I need to finish first. But thanks for starting this thread b/c I was needing some help too. Hey, we can be the 3 newbie spinners! I just found thiswebsite that tells you how to use a high (top) whorl spindle.
Thanks for all the links jberry16! I think I'll get that spindle too, so I can try spinning with the whorl on the top and the bottom. I have 1\2 ounce of wool that I was going to use for felting but never did. I'll probably need more than that to spin though. I want to get my spindle soon!!!:)
just found thisyou tube video and I think it's very helpful!here'ssome written instructions with pictures.this page has spindle weightsand what kinds of fiber to use with them and also on the bottom has spindle weights and yarn size, another very helpful site. I'm just finding these randomly on the web so thought I'd share.
That video was a lot of help ! The written instructions are too! Now I REALLY want to get a spindle!
I was wondering if anyone ever ordered from this website, or went to their store?http://www.earthguild.com/they have the spindle that I want to get and spinning fiber. But I want to know if anyone else ordered here.
I live reasonably close to Earthguild. I've never ordered from them but my friend ordered a wheel part and it shipped very fast. She was pleased.
At the store it depends on who you get to help you. There is a guy who is a bit aloof. I think he isn't a spinner/ knitter. There's a lady who can come off as a bit distracted, but she is nice and just leaves people alone unless they ask for help. She doesn't want to feel as if she's crowding anyone or pressuring them.
The store is a hodgepodge of crafts so you find a bit of everything there. I have bought some sock yarn and fiber from the store. When SAFF comes around, they have some nice silk.
Stringcat - if you live near Earthguild, you've got to go to SAFF. www.saffsite.org Tons of spinny knitty goodies there. Let me know if you'll go. Maybe I can find you and say hello. Love to meet new spinny/ knitty people!
I dont live anywhere near earthguild.:pout:I live in NH and I found it on the internet and saw that they had tons of craft stuff!Maybe I will order.
found another link, how to spinwith a bottom whorl
you should call your lys and see if they have any spindles then you can have it NOW!!!
I'm going to order from earth guild, I can get my spindle, wool and the dye that I want from there! I hope it coes fast when I order!
I just found some drop spindle instructions here.http://www.spunkyhats.com/acc_spindles2.htm


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- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon unflavored powdered gelatin
- Plain low-fat yogurt and candied rose petals, for serving (see Note)
In a small saucepan, combine the cranberries with the sugar and water and bring to a boil. Simmer over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries soften, about 5 minutes. Mash the cranberries with the back of a spoon to make a thick sauce. Transfer the sauce to a large bowl and refrigerate, stirring often, until cool, about 15 minutes. Stir 3 cups of the buttermilk into the cooled cranberry sauce.
In a small saucepan, sprinkle the gelatin over the remaining 1/2 cup of buttermilk. Let stand until the gelatin has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Heat the mixture over low heat, stirring a few times with a rubber spatula, until the buttermilk is just warm and the gelatin is melted, about 1 1/2 minutes; fold into the cranberry mixture.
Pour the panna cotta into 8 glasses. Cover and refrigerate for about 2 hours, until they are set. Top each with a small dollop of yogurt and a few candied rose petals and serve.


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School's out for Portland Public Schools' students on Friday, June 19, but they can continue learning all summer long through a variety of programs offered by the district and in conjunction with community-based organizations. Students can also get nutritious free meals at various locations throughout the city.
New to the Portland Public Schools' summer programs this year is a special page on the district's website, www.portlandschools.org. The page can be accessed by clicking on a button on the home page of the site that reads: "Portland Summer Success – Feeding Bodies and Minds." The page it links to includes such features as lists of programs and events, a student Summer Learning Log and an interactive meal site map. Users can click on locations on the meal site map to learn where and when meals are offered and also what fun learning activities are available at the meal sites.
"Our 'Portland Summer Success – Feeding Bodies and Minds' programs are based on the premise that learning for our students shouldn't stop during the summer. Our goal is to help students succeed by preventing the so-called "summer slide" and keep them learning all summer long," said Portland Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk. "And just as students' minds need to be nourished during the summer, so do their bodies. Many of our students depend on the meals provided by our Food Service program during the school year. We recognize that students' food needs don't stop just because it's summer, so another feature of our summer offerings is free, nutritious meals available at 19 locations throughout the city. We also offer games and other enrichment activities for kids."
Caulk made those remarks in the latest, "summer programs" edition of Let's Talk Portland, an ongoing Web series in which he interviews guests about initiatives in the Portland Public Schools. In the session, Caulk interviewed Melissa Labbe, the summer program coordinator for the Portland Public Schools; Jennifer Burns, director of the Starting Strong program; and Elizabeth Pratt, the district's School Health Coordinator and coordinator of CHAMPS, a grant program that provides afterschool and summer meals programs.
The episode can be viewed by clicking on the district's YouTube page or by clicking here.
Labbe said the summer programs are open to pre-kindergarten through post-graduate high school students. For students in grades K-8, the learning activities will focus on math and literacy. For students in grade 9-12, programs will be offered in such areas as math, science and social studies. She said that new this year also are opportunities for students to earn early credit prior to coming into high school in the areas of health and wellness, geology and astronomy and also to do an independent research project, in which students pick a topic of interest and delve into it for a few weeks over the summer.
Labbe urged K-8 students to take the Summer Learning Pledge that can be found on the website. She also encouraged students to fill out the Summer Learning Log, in which they detail what they learn all summer long both through the summer programs but also in other ways, such as traveling on vacation with their families. Of the students who fill out the log, one student from each of the district's schools will be selected to have lunch with the superintendent during the summer.
Burns said Starting Strong is part of Portland ConnectED, a community-wide partnership of agencies and organizations that are committed to helping Portland youth succeed from cradle to career. Starting Strong works with young children, focusing primarily on reading, because new readers can lose gains they've made if they don't read over the summer. Starting Strong volunteers will come to the meal sites with books donated by the Rotary Club of Portland Maine and by education publisher Scholastic. Children in the third grade or younger can choose a book to read with a volunteer and then take the book home.
Burns said those willing to volunteer with Starting Strong to read with young children over the summer should contact her at United Way of Greater Portland at (207) 874-1000.
Pratt is coordinator of CHAMPS, which stands for Cities Combating Hunger through Afterschool and Summer Meal Programs. It is funded by the National League of Cities and its key partners are the Portland Public Schools; the City of Portland Health and Human Services Department; the Maine Hunger Initiative; and Portland ConnectED.
Pratt said even more youngsters under age 18 will be able to get free meals this summer. Last year, meals were offered at 16 sites but this year the meals are available at 19 locations throughout the city.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon will be visiting Deering High School on Friday, June 12, to see firsthand an example of the Portland Public Schools' food service operation, which is funded, authorized and regulated under the programs in the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service division.
Concannon, whose full title is Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, is scheduled to visit from 10:30 a.m. until noon at the high school, located at 370 Stevens Avenue.
The DHS kitchen illustrates the need for further funding for the nation's school kitchens. The DHS kitchen was last renovated in the 1990s and has equipment that is more than 25 years old. The equipment is prone to breakdowns and is energy inefficient and faces challenges when it comes to meeting strict new food safety parameters.
After the kitchen tour, Concannon will join a small group of students from the Freshmen Hunger Project to hear about their dynamic project from this spring. During the month of March, DHS freshman students explored the issues of hunger and food security in their math, English, science and social studies classes. Through public service announcements, letters to policy makers, photo voice projects, and other creative learning, they examined such questions as: "Why do hunger and poverty exist?" "What are the challenges we face in dealing with hunger and poverty?" and "What can students do at Deering to improve food security?" Concannon will hear how students plan to address hunger.
He'll also get to experience how local foods can be an important part of school menus by sharing a Farm Fresh Friday school lunch with students. On the menu are steak sandwiches made from Maine beef, spicy chicken wings and local fruits, vegetables and milk. The Portland Public Schools' Food Services Department is a leader in using local food in school meal programs and implemented Farm Fresh Friday to feature a local entrée and local fruits and vegetables each week. The district also serves local milk every day.
In the afternoon, Concannon will be meeting with the Cumberland County Food Security Council.
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"Choose School Lunch"
"Choose School Lunch" is the name of an exciting new campaign to increase awareness of and increase participation in the Portland Public Schools' school lunch program. The Portland Public Schools' Food Services Department has won state and national recognition for its creative approach to school lunch, including incorporating local foods across the lunch tray each week on Farm Fresh Fridays.
To help kick off the start of the "Choose School Lunch" Campaign, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan attended a Farm Fresh Fridays lunch at Lyseth Elementary School on January 30 to eat lunch with students.
The mayor talked to students about his and the city's commitment to supporting local food producers and the connection between fresh, healthy and local foods. Then he went through the serving line, seeing firsthand the types of fresh fruit and vegetables students get to choose from, before joining students for lunch.
"Choose School Lunch" is a collaborative effort between the Portland Public Schools, Cultivating Community, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and FoodCorps, a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders whose goal is to connect children with tasty, healthful food. The campaign focuses on increasing communication with parents and students about recent healthful and delicious changes made to the school lunch program.
Portland Public Schools' Food Services Department is a leader in using local food in school meal programs. The City of Portland is also a leader in initiatives to improve the health and sustainability of the food systems that support our community, including increasing access to healthier food at schools. To support these initiatives, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan established the Mayor's Initiative for a Healthy and Sustainable Food System in 2012.
Ron Adams, Portland Public Schools' Food Services Director, is a member of the steering committee for the initiative, and is working hard toward the mayor's goal of increasing the amount of local foods purchased by Food Services to 50 percent by 2016. In order to meet this ambitious goal, Food Services launched Farm Fresh Fridays this past September. Every Friday throughout the school year, the school lunch entrees and sides come from local sources in Maine and the region.
The Portland Public Schools is now launching its "Choose School Lunch" Campaign to encourage more students and their parents to opt for school lunch.
Parent and student engagement in the school meals program is crucially important to continuing to improve the quality of fresh local food offerings available to Portland Public Schools' students; the more families that participate in the school lunch program, the more resources and flexibility Food Services has to choose the source of the foods purchased.
Learn more about "Choose School Lunch" on Facebook.


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