text:
The first sign of ground or digger bees in lawns may be strange little mounds of soil with a hole nearby. The ground bees will be flying over this area. Ground bees are solitary bees that dig and nest in the ground. Some types of solitary wasps live like this as well.
These bees live one per hole, but there may be many holes in an area creating ground bee communities. There are many types of ground bees that vary in color and range from « to » inch in length.
Female ground bees dig nests in the ground up to 6 or so inches deep in which to raise young. The bees pile earth around the sides of the hole. The female ground bee stocks the nest with pollen and nectar to feed the young bees. These bees can be very active in March and April.
Ground bees typically cause little problem. The digging should not be enough to damage the lawn. The bees are not very aggressive and probably will not sting. You should be able to work and mow grass around them with few problems. People that are allergic to bee stings may want to be cautious when working around the bees.
We do not recommend chemical controls for ground bees or wasps. These bees can be beneficial — serving to pollinate plants or destroy harmful insects. They will probably only be around for four to six weeks and then disappear until next year.
If you must control them, use cultural controls.
Ground bees like dry soils. Water the soil when bees first become active. Apply one inch of water once a week if it does not rain.
Ground bees nest in dry areas where the grass is thin. Find and correct the problems making the turf thin. This may involve soil sampling, irrigation, soil aeration or other practices.
Find ways to thicken the turf in these areas to reduce ground bee problems. Know the needs of the turf grass and meet them!
In areas that will not grow grass, mulch the area.
If you must use a pesticide, watch during the day to see where the holes are located. After dark, dust these areas with carbaryl (sold under the name Sevin and other names) dust. A dust insecticide should cling to the bee's body better than a spray. Keep people and pets out of the area while it is being treated.
The bees are not generally harmful and pesticides are toxic. The cure may be worse than the problem. These bees may be difficult to control and may return year to year. Try to put up with the bees if you can.
There is one large caution in connection with ground bees and wasps. Ground bees are not aggressive but can look like other bees and wasps that are very aggressive and harmful.
Before you begin control of any stinging insect, make certain of your pest. This or other websites can help you identify the lawn invader http://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/plantclinic/documents/t-10-waspsandbees.pdf.
One difference between ground bees and other bees or wasps, is that ground bees live by themselves and make many holes in the ground. Yellow jackets and bumble bees have many insects per hole.
Make absolutely certain that you are not dealing with a yellow jacket or bumble bee nest. Both of these insects can literally cover you with stings very quickly. They can also have extremely large nests in Georgia.
If you ever get into trouble with these, run until you escape them. Running inside may help. Do not stop to swat, roll on the ground, etc.
Use the following from Will Hudson, UGA entomologist, as a guide for identification. Many holes with one bee per hole means solitary bees (like ground bees) that sting only as a last resort. One hole, many bees means social bees (like yellow jackets and bumble bees). Keep away! These are nonreproductive workers that will sacrifice themselves in defense of the nest.
If you have ongoing problems with them, follow all recommendations very carefully. See this site where I found much of this information http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/lawn/note100/note100.html
For insects other than ground bees, you may want to hire a pest control company or a wildlife removal company. They should have the training and equipment to do the job properly.
Michael Wheeler is county extension coordinator for the UGA Cooperative Extension in Hall County. You can contact him at 770-535-8293, www.hallcounty.org/extension. His column appears weekly and on gainesville times.com/life.


text:
The GrillThe Calcutta Grill, nestled 900 feet above the Sound, offers a selection of the Pacific Northwest's favorite foods, friendly and attentive service, and the Eastside's best Happy Hour. Enjoy dining on our two breathtaking patios with a menu offering a wide variety of delectable entrees, from a generous cut of Prime Rib to mouth watering pan seared Sea Scallops. Or, if you prefer, cozy up next to the fireplace with your favorite cocktail in our English style Pub. The Calcutta Grill is the perfect rendezvous for every occasion….or no occasion at all, with a view that is second to none.
As you sip on your favorite beverage, you will notice the warm ambiance of the Pub lends itself to that post round story telling, a causal business lunch or just to let the day's cares melt away. Serving a full menu, complemented by an extensive selection of premier Northwest wines and friendly service, the 'Pub' is the perfect hideaway to leave behind the noise of the outside world, relax and create warm memories among friends.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
A new dinosaur species with a massive nose and bull-like horns has been unearthed in an American desert.
The creature had four legs, was about 15ft long and weighed 2.5 tons.
The fossil of a Nasutoceratops – which means "big-nosed horn face" – was discovered in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
The area was a sub-tropical swamp when dinosaurs roamed 76million years ago.
The Nasutoceratops is related to the familiar three-horned triceratops and, like its cousin, had a large bony frill behind its head.
Scientists believe that the long, curved horns, which point forward, had the same role as deer antlers.
Utah research team member Dr Mark Loewen said: "The amazing horns were most likely used as visual signs of dominance.
"And, when that wasn't enough, as weapons for fighting rivals."


text:
Step-by-Step Guide for ARGOs –
Banner Finance Transaction Detail by Date Range
- Banner Finance Transacation Detail by Date Range is the seventh report in the Argos Shortcuts
- Select the Date Range
- Select the Fund and Org
- Select the Account and Program. To select individual items, hold down the CTRL key and click on the items. To select items in blocks or all, hold down the SHIFT key while clicking on the first items, and then the last items.
- Next, check the box to 'Select the above criteria'
- Go to the Report Options at the top of the screen and select the 'Transaction Detail by Date Report'.
- Go to the Report Options at the top of the screen and the report.
- Select 'Run' and the report will display or save
- Once the report is displayed, you can Print or Save the report.


text:
RCM3305 Series
Core Modules
RCM3305 RabbitCore Models RCM3305, RCM3315
from $97.00/ea
The RCM3305 and RCM3315 microprocessor core modules are an ideal solution for designers who want to rapidly develop serial Flash and 10/100Base-T Ethernet into their embedded application. The RCM3305/3315 offer 4 - 8 MByte of serial Flash.
The RCM3305 and RCM3315 come fully loaded: Rabbit® 3000 @ 44.2 MHz clock, 10/100Base-T Ethernet connectivity, 512K Flash, 512K program execution SRAM, 512K data SRAM and up to 49 digital I/O shared with up to 6 serial ports operating at 3.3 V (with 5 V tolerant I/O). Derived from industrial client feedback and combining traditional RabbitCore product strengths into one device, the RCM3305 series takes microprocessor core modules to the next level. Software bundles can also be added (see below) to this RabbitCore to enable rapid development of secure Web browser interfaces and a hierarchical file system.
RabbitCores mount directly on a user-designed motherboard and act as the controlling microprocessor for the user's system. RabbitCores can interface with all manner of CMOS-compatible digital devices through the user's motherboard. Programs are developed with our industry-proven Dynamic C® development system, a C language environment that includes an editor, compiler, and in-circuit debugger (Dynamic C is included in low-cost development kits). Efficient hardware and software integration facilitates rapid design and development. User programs can be compiled, executed, and debugged using Dynamic C and a programming cable, no in-circuit emulator is required. An extensive library of drivers and sample programs is provided, along with royalty-free TCP/IP stack with source.
- Ideal for network-enabling security & access systems, remote automation, data logging, and industrial controls when coupled with RabbitWebTM, FAT File System and SSL software modules
- Compact size simplifies integration
- Plenty of storage with safe secure firmware and data transfers
- Complete microprocessor, on-board memory, royalty-free TCP/IP stack, and hundreds of sample programs reduces time-to-market by months
- Easily performs reliable firmware updates through a web browser interface
- Store and run several different downloaded programs enabling remote deployment of a multi-functional target
- Monitors downloaded application and provides email alarms for program problems
Features of Core Modules
Jumpstart your evaluation and design efforts with a complete development kit, which includes RCM3305 microprocessor core module, development board with prototyping area, Dynamic C development system and complete documentation on CD-ROM, serial cable for programming and debugging, Getting Started manual, and AC adapter (U.S./Canada only).


text:
A recent, far more dubious report claimed that Jay Z has had a years-long affair with the R&B singer Mya.
On the way out of town, he left her body in the woods off a state road not far from Interstate 95.
And the day-to-day existence of a quadriplegic is far crueler than most people imagine.
Washington is betting that Russia and China, having come so far toward sanctions, will not back off quickly.
As far as newer rappers, I like J. Cole, Kendrick, and Drake.
If she could have set her imagination free in an art she would have been far safer than she was.
He saw the far road that he had built, winding into the dim mountains.
far, indeed, from it, I found no arrogance or coldness in her.
The Spanish captain had a plan that put that one far in the shade.
The new broom has swept clean, and people are pleased so far.
Old English feorr "far, remote, distant, to a great distance, long ago," from Proto-Germanic *ferro (cf. Old Saxon ferr, Old Frisian fer, Old Norse fjarre, Dutch ver, Old High German ferro, German fern, Gothic fairra), from PIE *per- "through, across, beyond" (cf. Sanskrit parah "farther, remote, ulterior," Hittite para "outside of," Greek pera "across, beyond," Latin per "through," Old Irish ire "farther"). Far East "China, Japan, and surrounding regions" is from 1838.


text:
Nearly five years have passed since the news broke that Michael Vick was immersed in dog-fighting. And it appears the awareness that his conviction brought has had a chilling effect on the blood sport in at least one state.
Vick was playing for the Atlanta Falcons when charges were brought in 2007, and since then 47 dog-fighting cases have been reported in Georgia, according to the PetAbuse.com website that tracks reports of the crime. That means Georgia alone accounted for nearly 9% of the 534 cases that have been reported to authorities nationwide since 2007.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that key elements of Georgia's drive to stop dog-fighting were tougher laws and setting up an anonymous tip line that has led to the arrests of 42 people and the seizure of about 800 dogs.
But increased surveillance also has driven dog-fighting further underground, investigators say.
Chuck Simmons, a private investigator for the Norred & Associates company that set up the tip line, told the Journal-Constitution that: "We were very successful for a while and it got very difficult to find the dogs. They started moving them around and people began moving out of state."
Authorities say dog-fighting rings are still active and under investigation in Georgia, but that finding and prosecuting them will depend on the public's help more than ever.
Said forensic veterinarian Melinda Merck, who helped investigate the Vick case: "It really requires some kind of information from the public . . . It is very hard for law enforcement to go undercover. They say it is harder to break into than drug operations."
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


text:
No. 2211
NEW YORK -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced that its board of directors has approved the promotion of William L. Rutledge to executive vice president, Bank Supervision. He will succeed Chester B. Feldberg who is retiring as head of Bank Supervision at year end.
New York Fed President William McDonough said, "In his 35-year career with the New York Fed, Chet Feldberg has made a unique and lasting contribution to the Federal Reserve System over a broad range of issues. His professionalism and wise counsel, especially in regards to the work of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, have been a great resource to me personally and to the international financial community as a whole."
Mr. Rutledge, a 25-year veteran at the New York Fed, will continue his current responsibilities through year-end, although he will become a member of the bank's Management Committee immediately.
Mr. Rutledge had been a senior vice president in the bank supervision area of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since 1992. Since becoming senior vice president, he has had a wide range of management responsibilities in bank supervision, including banking applications, specialized examinations, compliance examinations, supervision support, community affairs, and the foreign banking organization supervision program.
Beginning in December 1995, he assumed responsibility within financial examinations for the supervision of a portfolio of domestic and foreign banking organizations.
Mr. Rutledge joined the New York Fed in 1974 as an economist in the banking studies department. In 1976, he was named chief in the domestic banking applications area and in 1978 he became an officer of the bank. He became an assistant vice president in 1983, and was promoted to vice president 1985.
Mr. Rutledge has a Masters degree in economics from Yale University and a Bachelor of Art degree in economics from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.


text:
The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, consisting of Ewan Currie on vocals and guitar, Leot Hanson on guitar, Ryan Gullen on bass and Sam Corbett on drums.[1]
The Sheepdogs released several recordings independently prior to entering Rolling Stone's "Choose The Cover" competition. They beat 15 other bands to win the contest and were featured on the August 18, 2011 cover of Rolling Stone magazine, the first unsigned act to do so. During the competition, the band made appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival as well The Osheaga Festival in Montreal, Quebec. The band has recently signed with Atlantic Records with a new album being produced by The Black Keys drummerPatrick Carney.[2]
The band's Five Easy Pieces EP debuted at No. 7 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 3,300 copies.[3]
On September 22, 2011, the band won the three CASBY Awards they were nominated for. They won Favourite New Artist, Favourite Indie Album, and Favourite New Album.[4] The Sheepdogs won Rock Album of the Year at the 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards.[5]
Their song "Who?" was featured in a scene of the second episode ("Tell-Tale Hearts") of season 12 of the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation which aired on September 29, 2011.
On November 24, 2011, The Sheepdogs' album Learn & Burn was certified gold in Canada.[6]
On April 1, 2012, The Sheepdogs won three Juno Awards, Rock Album of the Year, Best New Group and Single of the Year, during which the group was touring in Australia with John Fogerty and were unable to attend.[7]


text:
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Amazing Giveaway at Claire Reads!
I love this giveaway!! Claire has given some amaaaazing choices and I'm super excited for the chance to win one of these amazing packages!!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Friday Buys 3/9-30/12
The crazy intense weeks of working are over, and I'm back with an awesome Friday Buys and HOLY GRACIOUS is it huge or WHAT?!
Ok, enough with the all caps. I'm serious.
See what happens when I go away? I soothe my withdrawals by buying a million and one books. And I'm veeerrrry good at buying books that are good deals. So I justify it even more. IT'S SO BAD.
I'm so happy.
Okay, here goes!! :D
Yeah. So, it was a lot. But amusing, I'm sure. Oh who am I kidding? I know you're all asleep by now, exhausted by the amount of energy it took to climb that mountain...er, read that post. ;)
But I'm back. It's exciting!!! :D I have lots of fun stuff in store... Like that giveaway I promise, and other giveaways from AWESOME authors who I LOVE and canNOT wait to have on my blog, and looootsssss of reviews, and some new Compilation and VS posts... All coming soon!! :D
OH! And I'm going to my first book signing soon. YES! MY VERY FIRST! So...anyone have any advice? Any stories about book signings you've been to?
Leave me some comment love! I miss hearing from you all!!
Ahhh...so good to be back.
The crazy intense weeks of working are over, and I'm back with an awesome Friday Buys and HOLY GRACIOUS is it huge or WHAT?!
Ok, enough with the all caps. I'm serious.
See what happens when I go away? I soothe my withdrawals by buying a million and one books. And I'm veeerrrry good at buying books that are good deals. So I justify it even more. IT'S SO BAD.
I'm so happy.
Okay, here goes!! :D
Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder (Glass #1) - $5
I really really enjoyed Snyder's book Touch of Power (read my review!) and have heard excellent things about this one!
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen - $5
My Sarah Stash is growing growing growing! Perfect condition, cheap - how can I pass it down?!
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen - $5
See! Told ya! I'm super excited to read these! :D
Tunnels by Gordon & Williams (Tunnels #1) - $.50
My sister's been begging me to read this forever and I've had her copy on my shelf for the longest time...now I have my own! Yay!
The Children of Hurin by J. R. R. Tolkien - $5
I'm not the biggest Tolkien fan, but I do really enjoy his books (I've read LotR). I've had my eye on this one for a while now.
The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley - $.50
I bought this more for my sister than for myself, but it's been on my TBR for so long that I feel I should at least give it a shot. And it's about the French Revolution - I'll love it, right? ;)
Wither by Lauren DeStefano - $2
Yes, this copy is in mint condition. I swear its pages are still warm from the press. Mmmmhmmm and it was $2!! What now!!
Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep - $3
Okay, okay, so I don't have Touch of Frost, but this was a steal, really. I ordered the first from the library as soon as I got home so I can get to this one!
Goddess Test by Aimee Carter - $3
Another steal. In really good condition. I'm going to have to read this in the next month so I can get to the NetGalley I received of Goddess Interrupted. (That's coming...)
Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen - $.50
I really enjoyed Yolen's Queen's Own Fool, and I also enjoy Arthurian legends (even though I've never read one...) and so this should do nicely. :)
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson - $.50
I've never read any Anderson yet. Sad, huh? I know. So here it is, a book that's been recommended multiple times before. I shall have to have to have to read it!
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - $2
I read about this book for school and thought it looked extreeeemely interesting. And then I discovered it's being made into a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and I thought, "I need to get my hands on the book ASAP!"
(Dracula was added in because I bought it...but I already had a copy...my plans for this copy is to make wrapping paper out of the pages! The copy was $2.)
Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay - $5
This has just been sitting and sitting and sitting at the paperback book exchange for a really really really long time. So. I had to fix that, right? And look at how gorgeous that cover is! And I love Russian history. This is going to be a treat! :D
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott - $3
This is yet another book that I've wanted to read for, like, years, and haven't gotten around to it. This should make me "get around to it", and soon.
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie Antoinette by Carolyn Meyer - $8
The only book I bought this month that was full price. This was suuuuch a great book (read my review!) and I'm so excited for a re-read!
The Queen's Daughter by Susan Coventry - $7
I love Bargains on Amazon!! :D Hardcover for less than half the price? One of my favorite books? Brand new? Yes? Please?! (Read my review!)
(Minus the last two...)
For a total of $57. That's kind of a record, right? That's gotta be a record!
Ok, Ok, I bought these, too, but I never buy ebooks. So they go in a separate section.
Oppression by Jessica Therrien (Children of the Gods #1)- $.99
I bought this on Barnes & Noble when it was REALLY cheap. But you can get it for only $2.99 for both Nook and Kindle! And this cover - I mean, sheesh! BEAUTIFUL!
Bourne by Lisa T. Bergren (River of Time #3.1) - #3
I love Lisa, and Lisa's books, and everything that entails. So of course I bought this. DUH.
(And I know you're madly in love with that portrayal of Greco. Back off - he's mine!)
Hana by Lauren Oliver (Delirium #1.5) - $3
This book was so sad... I'm not going to do a review on it because I don't normally review (or read, for that matter) short stories about trilogies/series. It's weird for me... But this one was good, and I mean, it's Lauren. How can I NOT read it?
(Can I just say that I hate this cover with a freaking passion? Ok. Glad that's out there. But the book looks great! Haha!)
(Now this cover. THIS. I LOVE.)
Yeah. So, it was a lot. But amusing, I'm sure. Oh who am I kidding? I know you're all asleep by now, exhausted by the amount of energy it took to climb that mountain...er, read that post. ;)
But I'm back. It's exciting!!! :D I have lots of fun stuff in store... Like that giveaway I promise, and other giveaways from AWESOME authors who I LOVE and canNOT wait to have on my blog, and looootsssss of reviews, and some new Compilation and VS posts... All coming soon!! :D
OH! And I'm going to my first book signing soon. YES! MY VERY FIRST! So...anyone have any advice? Any stories about book signings you've been to?
Leave me some comment love! I miss hearing from you all!!
Ahhh...so good to be back.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
$500 Amazon giveaway over at Sparkling Reviews!
So long, farewell...for now. ;)
Unfortunately, the time has come yet again for me to take a break. I recently was hired as a nanny for an awesome family, and this month she has asked me to work extra. Obviously, this is great work, and I kind of need great work right now, and so I took the extra work.
Which means...yah. Yearning to Read will be super chill over the next few weeks. Until the very end of March. I will post random reviews and Compilations, but that's about it.
HOWEVER....when I get back, guess what awesomeness I have in store for all you delightful followers of mine???
A 200 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY!!!!!! Yep, and I'm hoping, due to the hours and hours of extra work I'm getting this month, that I'll be able to do a big one...and super fun...and just awesome and celebratory and such.
But for now... I have a different giveaway going on: PRETTY CROOKED by Elisa Ludwig!!!
But for now... I have a different giveaway going on: PRETTY CROOKED by Elisa Ludwig!!!
So you should check out the:
And enjoy the next couple of weeks!! I promise -
"I'll be back."
Monday, March 12, 2012
CLOSED! Giveaway: Pretty Crooked (finished & signed!)
This giveaway is CLOSED!
Review: Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig (Pretty Crooked #1)
Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig (Pretty Crooked #1)
Pages: 358
Release Date: March 13th, 2012
Date Read: 2012, February 5th-11th
Received: ARC from NetGalley
Rating: 4/5 stars
Recommended to: 13+
SUMMARY -Willa Fox is no extraordinary girl, but her life has never been ordinary. She's moved all over the country with her single mom, an artist just waiting to make it big. But then she does make it big, and Willa's life is flipped dramatically.
First, they get the fancy new house. Next, Willa is accepted into Valley Prep, the wealthiest school around. Not only that, but Willa is befriended by the Glitterati, and, believe it or not, the hottest guy at school who seems to have some special interest in her.
The life of glam is wonderful, for a time. But what about Mary, Sierra and Alicia, nice girls who rely on scholarships to get this kind of an education? When the Glitterati start to cross the line, taking good humor to the level of obscene, Willa has an idea. With the help of Tre and even the Glitterati themselves, Willa keeps her eye on one goal - to bring balance and justice to the filthy rich halls of Valley Prep.
MY THOUGHTS -Helloooo! Elisa Ludwig deserves a standing ovation!! Pretty Crooked is just one of those well-written, well-built, awe-inspiring books that leaves you totally satisfied but wanting more. I love this book and will be very proud to have it on my shelf. I'm already looking forward to reading this again and again and again!
CHARACTER NOTES -Willa was fantastic. I love her to death. Her voice (mixed perfectly with Elisa Ludwig's writing style) caught me from the very beginning. I agreed with some of her decisions and disagreed with others, but that was something that really drew me in - is everything she's doing right, or only some, or none of it? (More on that in story notes...) In any case, I really respected her and felt I could relate to her. She rocked this book and I would totally read the next book just because of her.
But, amazingly, there is quite a bit more draw than just Willa. Aiden? Ummm yes please! I didn't feel like he was a major role, but the end totally bumped him up and I'm sure there will be more of him in the next book! He was...so confusing, so wonderful, so just...Aiden. I'm in love with him. True story.
I liked the other characters a lot as well! The mean girls were mean.... Like, MEAN. And even the mean girl who wasn't so mean was just...ugh. She cared more about social status than standing up for the right thing, which infuriated me almost more than the mean girls themselves. All the characters were really three dimensional and so impressive.
STORY NOTES -This story is a puzzle, a moral question, a self-questioner. Literally the whole book I was asking myself, "Is this right? Is it necessarily wrong? Is it justice or revenge? Is this okay?! What would I do???"
On top of that, there were a lot of twists and turns to keep you guessing. The two big ones that had me really guessing: Willa's mom (what the heck is she doing?!) and Aiden (mmmm). I really really want to know more!
And can I just say - I felt way cool reading the scenes in which Willa... *ahem* does her thing. You know, steals. It sounds so bad. It really does. But what kind of an honest reviewer would I be if I didn't put that in here? It was like, I felt cool, and super awesome that Willa was trying to smooth things out in her school, and yet really really guilty at the same time. I mean, how did Elisa do that to me?! I have no idea. Ask her. ;)
I don't want to say too much about the story line because I feel like I'll give it away but man! I just enjoyed it so much! It was fascinating, well-written, with brilliant characters, great plot twists, and lots and lots of good questions!!
SUMMING IT UP -Foxy (pun intended...) and way too cool. I'm eagerly anticipating Pretty Sly, the next installment in Elisa's fantastic debut trilogy!! Can you tell - I'm excited!!!!! :D
For the Parents -
A kiss, some crude comments. Nothing over the top. I definitely respect the author for this!! Recommended 13+
*This ARC copy was provided by NetGalley in return for an honest review. I was in no way compensated; all thoughts and feelings expressed are my own.*
Want to enter the giveaway to wing a signed, finished copy of Pretty Crooked? Click here! (US only!)
Watch the trailer!
An Interview With Elisa Ludwig
Today I have an AWESOME interview to share with you all: Please welcome...ELISA LUDWIG!!!
You can find Elisa at the following places:
To start off, can you give us five fun facts about yourself?
1. My parents spelled my name wrong but I will answer to all the mispronounced versions.
2. I love to make ice cream.
3. My first car, when I was 16, was a station wagon that once transported Public Enemy from the airport. (I did not drive them but my sister did.)
4. I can bench press 125 pounds.
5. I still have my first pair of Doc Martens. They're purple and I'll still wear them every now and again.
What are five books you think everyone should read?
Feed by MT Anderson
The Beggar Maid by Alice Munro
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
How has writing and being published affected your life?
I have been a freelance writer for many years, but finally being published and getting to write fiction professionally has been an exhilarating experience. Every day is an adventure, and as I inch closer to publication it gets more and more exciting. New people, new firsts, new things to learn. The main thing is that my dreams and my reality have finally merged, which sounds obvious, I guess, but it feels like finally being home in a way. And connecting with other authors and bloggers has been even more rewarding. I feel extremely lucky!
Who is your favorite character that you have created and why?
As far as Pretty Crooked goes, I would say Tre is my favorite character. He's just really intriguing to me, full of interesting contradictions, and he's a great friend to Willa.
I seriously love the title Pretty Crooked! What was the inspiring idea behind it?
I'm so glad you love it but I can't take credit since I didn't think of the title! Originally it had a different name but the brilliant folks at HarperCollins came up with Pretty Crooked.
Was the connection between Willa's full name and nickname (Willa Fox and Sly Fox) planned, or did it surprise you?
She actually had a different last name to begin with but Sly Fox was such a fun nickname that my editor and I decided to go back and change it.
Is there anything about Willa that reminds you of yourself?
I think we probably have the same sense of humor! Otherwise, we're pretty different and that makes it really fun to write from her point of view. When I write characters who are more like me, I tend to get a little sick of them.
What is one thing you love about Aidan and one thing you love about Tre?
I love Aidan's rebellion against his father. To me, this is what gives him some texture. He's got some issues going on that are not fully explored in this first book but which I hope will become a little clearer in the other books. I already gushed about Tre above, but I'll add that I love his quiet intelligence. In his own way, he's got everything figured out.
What was the biggest adventure (and/or the most fun) to write about: Car theft, pickpocketing, or house robbery?
Well, I loved writing all of those scenes! I think I probably had a huge mischievous grin on my face as I was working on them. But I guess I would say the scene in French class is my favorite of the bunch. It was very vivid to me. I remember my heart quickening just thinking about doing what Willa does.
Because I'm an excited fangirl.... How many books about Willa do you have planned to write?
Aw. This made me smile! So far there are only three books in the series. Book 2 is finished, and I'm about to start Book 3. Very excited to see where Willa goes next!
Is there anything else you would like to add?
I just want to say thank you so much for having me, Sierra!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Friday Buys 3/2-9/12 + some news
I only bought one book this week. I wasn't even going to do that, but Mimi Valentine's review for Switched by Amanda Hocking convinced me to go buy the used (but pretty much brand new) copy of the book I'd seen at the used bookstore the other day. It totaled $3 and I'm a happy girl! :)
Switched by Amanda Hocking
From NetGalley I received for review:
That's a lot...and like I say every time - I hope I have time for it all... ;)
As for the news... Well, the official post will be posted some time next month, but basically I won't be able to do much blogging this month....and since I reached 200 followers this week, I will be hosting a giveaway in the beginning of April! :D So, good and bad news. Details to come!
ALSO....on Monday, I have my review of Pretty Crooked, a giveaway (EEEEEKK!!!) and an AWESOME interview with Elisa Ludwig, who, in my opinion, is fantabulous. As is her book. Just you wait. It's coming out next Tuesday and I'm ECSTATIC!! :D
So...that's all folks!
Happy reading and happy springtime and happyhappyhappy! ;P
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Review: Partials by Dan Wells (Partials #1)
Partials by Dan Wells (Partials #1)
Pages: 480
Release Date: February 28th, 2012
Date Read: 2012, January 20th - February 3rd
Received: ARC from NetGalley
Rating: 3/5 stars
Recommended to: 14+
SUMMARY -Kira Walker, a scientist in the Maternity Ward, has seen the saddest side of humanity, the biggest issue that brings society down, that threatens to destroy the human race altogether. She has seen mothers give birth to babies, babies who are instantly taken by the virus, RM. She has seen the mothers, screaming for their babies as the bodies are taken away. For fourteen years, no baby has left the hospital alive.
The Partials did this; they made war on the humans and killed most of the race. What is left lives on an island off mainland New York. The Partials may be the greatest enemy, but Kira believes they may have the key to curing RM, the virus they originally brought upon society. And when Kira has the once in a lifetime opportunity to capture a live Partial for testing, she takes it, risking life, love and happiness for the good of all mankind.
MY THOUGHTS -My feelings toward this book could be described as average... I liked it a lot, but there were some of things things...you know the ones...that tend to lead to a lower rating. The writing was good, solid, but not my favorite. I liked the science parts but felt they got too wordy and sometimes confusing (and then I'd move on and realize I didn't even need all that information anyway). Kira is a strong MC who I liked, but couldn't fully relate to or care about. See what I mean?
CHARACTER NOTES -Like I just said, Kira was totally strong. She stood her ground and made a difference; she pushed through and conquered. But for some reason, I didn't care like I wanted to, like I thought I would. I've tried to pinpoint why, but I can't, so I just have to accept that I just didn't, because. Frustrating, right?
As for side characters, they were all good to read about, even if they lacked depth or development. My two favorites, and probably the most developed of all the characters, are Marcus and Samm. They really jumped off the page and into reality: Marcus because of his humor and life, and Samm because of the seriousness of his situation and how he handled it.
STORY NOTES -For some reason, this book took me nearly two weeks to read. That's extremely odd to me; it never takes me that long. I can't blame it all on the story - I was abnormally busy one of those two weeks - but I can say that when I did have time to read I always wanted to read something else. Partials wasn't exactly a boring book, per say, but it didn't draw me in completely like I'd been hoping. I enjoyed it when I read it but never felt completely "there" - except for when I was reading about Marcus or Samm.
The story was fairly consistent throughout - until the end. Like, the last chapter. The last chapter was such a dramatic change from the one before it. I felt there should have been a bit more to make that transition. It felt like the author was trying to hurry up.
Despite that, I really did enjoy this story. I'm interested in finding answers...there are a lot of unanswered questions and a ton of unfinished business. I look forward to Fragments.
SUMMING IT UP -Interesting! It doesn't shout "AMAZING" or WOW me in shock with awesomess, but I know plenty of readers who have loved this book. (Check out this review if you want to see what I mean: the drifting bookworm.) So while it wasn't the best book for me, and I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, I'd say give it a shot if you're interested!
For the Parents -
A few crude or sexual comments. Reference to one of Kira's friends sleeping with a Senator to get pregnant. A few bloody fight scenes. Recommended 14+
*This ARC copy was provided by NetGalley in return for an honest review. I was in no way compensated; all thoughts and feelings expressed are my own.*
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Partials (Quotes)
She covered her head with her blanket and listened to Gabe's melancholy singing. When she fell asleep, she dreamed of death - not just for her, not just for her species, but for every living thing she had ever known. The Earth was flat and wide and brown, a field of dirt as barren as the moon, a single road stretching into the endless distance. The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestone for an entire world. Then they disappeared, and there was nothing left but nothing.
- Chapter 13, pages 113-114
I love the reality this gives. It's not just about her, or even about her family members. It's not even about the entire human race. It's about the entire world. That is what tripped me out about this paragraph, and this book in general.
Review on Wednesday!


text:
100 minutes before...
Ewelina & John Stevens
de Wolf189 Photography
Acerca del libro
Congratulations to Ewelina and John!
Shot in Neon Museum.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Bodas
Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
60 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación nov. 03, 2009
- Etiquetas Las Vegas, Neon Museum, editorial fashion, neon boneyard, Vegas, fashion, neon, boneyard, Wedding, Stevens, John, Ewelina, Wolf189
Acerca del creador
Internationally published and exhibited photographer, artist, poet, film maker and editor active in various styles ... including editorial fashion, portrait, fine art, and travel photography for over 20 years ... with a back ground in cinema, art, mathematics, engineering and international finance. Recent books in blurb book store: "live...love...SMILE" photography "21 grams of dust" poetry and photography "f - eleven" photography book volume 01 (for charity) (as designer, editor & contributor) "f - eleven" photography book volume 02 (for charity) (as designer, editor & contributor) Wolf189, spring 2010 (Portfolio, or what I did in spring of 2010) email@example.com
Inicia sesión o crea una cuenta para publicar un comentario.


text: Sautéed Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Onions ---------------------------------------------- Fresh herbs, onion and bacon pair beautifully with Brussels sprouts. This vegetable loves the cool weather of fall and early winter. If you can find them still attached to the stalk, don't be intimidated--buy them, as they're likely more fresh. All you need to do is slice off each sprout with a paring knife. However you find them at the market, this is a delicious way to prepare them. (Recipe adapted from The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters.) 2 1/2 pounds Brussels sprouts, trimmed 4 slices bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 large onion, diced 4 sprigs thyme or savory, plus 2 teaspoons leaves, divided 1 teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper to taste 2 teaspoons lemon juice (optional) 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. If sprouts are very small, cut in half; otherwise cut into quarters. Cook the sprouts in olive oil until barely tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain. 2. Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring, until brown but not crisp, 3 to 6 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to drain on a paper towel. Pour out all but about 1 tablespoon bacon fat from the pan. 3. Add oil to the pan and heat over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until soft but not browned, reducing the heat if necessary, about 4 minutes. Stir in thyme (or savory) sprigs, salt and pepper. Increase heat to medium-high, add the Brussels sprouts, and cook, tossing or stirring occasionally, until tender and warmed through, about 3 minutes. Remove the herb sprigs. Add the bacon, thyme (or savory) leaves and lemon juice, if using, and toss. Make Ahead Tip: Prepare through Step 1, rinse with cold water; store airtight in the refrigerator for up to 1 day. Finish with Steps 2-3, 15 to 20 minutes before serving. From EatingWell: November/December 2009


text:
This exciting new development is situated centrally, 2km from the N1 highway, and a stone throw away from shopping centers and schools!
24hour security estate, and the answer for anybody that wants to purchase a stand, house or building package.
This 40ha Estate offers full title stands ranging from 500sqm, to 600sqm, and Duet stands where two dwellings can be built.
Launch discounts available!
Stands starting at R440 000!!!!!
Don't hesitate, call us today to view and to secure your part in this excellent Development!
|Office: 074... 0741320171 Show Numbers
|Cell: 074... 0741320171 Show Numbers
|Email: ... Tom Gouws Show Email
|Fax: 0866584378
|View my Properties
|Office: 083... 083 469 3889 Show Numbers
|Fax: 086 648 8810


text:
Children's theater is a great way to gently introduce kids to theater before they realize that most plays are just about sad guys talking. Get kid-friendly kicks with this GrouponLive deal to see Strawberry Shortcake and the Doodlebops Live! at Encore Event Center on Sunday, March 24, at 12 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. For $27, you get one general-admission ticket for an adult (a $19.95 value) and one ticket package for a child (a $34.95 value; a $54.90 total value). The ticket package includes:
- General-admission ticket for a child
- Snack
- Event lanyard
- $10 iPlay America game card<p>
In their singing, dancing, live-action debut, the adorable denizens of Berry Bitty City pull out all the stops for the town's highly anticipated Glitzy Glaze Talent Show. Strawberry Shortcake and her best friends––Orange Blossom, Lemon Meringue, Cherry Jam, Raspberry Torte, Plum Pudding, and Blueberry Muffin––get together in the fruity flesh to win over audiences with catchy songs, unyielding sweetness, and by making it rain Monopoly money. Taking the stage before Strawberry Shortcake and company, native Canadians Rooney, Moe, and Deedee Doodle of the cartoon band the Doodlebops draw excitement and laughter with kid-friendly rock 'n' roll, colorful makeup, and their drummer's incessant hiding, which always has the band wondering, "Uh oh, where's Moe?"


text:
29 Kids' Desk Design Concepts For A Modern And Colorful Study Space
Long gone are the days when you can basically throw some stuff with each other in a room to create a children's bedroom. Today both designers and parents taking amazing quantity of care when it comes to the designing of kids' rooms. It is a private space that reflects your kid's tastes, alternatives and his interests. Whilst colorful themes and elaborate wall murals do help bring in a sense of playfulness, at the finish of the day kids' rooms need to be a fusion of aesthetics and ergonomics.
Unusual decor and bright furnishings aid in making a unique youngsters' workstation
by Neslihan Pekcan
Placing in a separate workstation for the small ones is certainly a have to for each and every modern day property. This tiny hub combined with sensible shelf spaces, turn into a individual sanctuary that your kid will love. Producing such a relaxed and stimulating setting with their studies also assists them carry out far better. So, why not add a top quality desk unit to your kid's room that acts as a comfy and innovative outlet?
Beautifully organized boys' area with a compact study area
by InView Interior Style
Custom designed desk provides sufficient study space for 3 kids!
by Visbeen Associates
Beautiful children' area with constructed-in desk supplying a lot of space
by Eisner Style LLC
Sleek desk and beautiful wall decal stand out in this kids' bedroom
by Création Maryse Crôteau
Kids' desk space excellent for the modern residence
by West Chin Architect
Modern day youngsters' bedroom sports bunk beds and a distinctive desk
Simple desk design and style that is simple to replicate
Maximize Space with Minimum Fuss
When it comes to most contemporary apartments and homes, space is an absolute premium. Placing in a separate work station for children may possibly sound like a job that demands lots of space and time. Yet, with a bit of creativity and some wise organizing, you can turn a forgotten corner of your property into a desk space with ease. There are numerous desk designs that are currently obtainable in the market which merely disappear into the wall or can be tucked away when not in use.
Lacquer desk and an urban chair combine to generate a semi-minimalist study space
Spacious desks and sliding glass doors make this the ideal study space for children
by Sarah Jeffeys Design
If you already have a playroom for your kids, the process of adding some desk space becomes all the more less difficult. From open closets that can be turned into workstations to small nooks in the living space or lounge that supply the necessary space, there are lots of places which can be turned into desk space for children.
Compact kids' desk design and style with lots of storage space about
Contemporary girls' bedroom incorporates a tiny desk elegantly
by Eduarda Correa Arquitetura & Interiores
Corner space turned into a study thanks to a simple desk design and style
Ergonomic function space amongst twin beds
Small and compact desk that fits in quite considerably anywhere!
Vibrant, Bold and Gorgeous
No matter where you match the kids' desk in, there are a couple of fundamental guidelines that you would do effectively to stick to. By no means style a kids' workstation that is dull and boring. Even if you are going for a minimalist theme in the remainder of the room with muted tones, make sure that this small pocket is vivacious and eye-catching. Research recommend that inquisitive minds of children get pretty bored with monotony.
Fashionable youngsters' workstation with colorful additions
Desks with a hint of color absolutely brighten up the location
Design a desk space that is innovative, sports colors or a theme of their choice and is visually appealing. Whilst the appear is crucial, do not ever compromise on functionality. Everything have to be at a height that is easily accessible to them.
Sensible use of obtainable space in the little ones' room to develop some desk space
by Hufft Projects
Study region that is never ever as well far away from the bed!
by Fantastic Rooms Designers & Builders
Stylish girls' desk design and style notion with lovely art operate on the wall
by Pebble Style
Twin director's chairs give this children' operate space a playful appear
by Jennifer McCarthy
Fantastic chair adds a complete new dimension to this easy desk space
by Gosto Style & Life-style
Evolving with Time
In contrast to in the case of home workplace styles for adults, desk spaces for kids require to be a lot far more versatile. As your youngsters develop up, their workstations also require to grow along with their varying demands. This is precisely why it pays to program well in advance. Opting for a desk in neutral tones and then employing further art to brighten up the space assists. As your kid measures into early teens you can basically strip away the art work and the colorful motifs and turn the exact same space into a much more apt setting.
Boys' bedroom with a desk layout
by Ana Williamson Architect
Kid's desk with reclaimed pine wood performs effectively with chic modern day chairs
by Faneuil Kitchen Cabinet
Kids' desk designs come in a wide selection of colors, shapes and sizes. In fact, it does not take a complete lot to incorporate one into their rooms. Thinking about all the positive aspects that they do bring along, they are certainly a 'must have'!
Desk space in the playroom with interesting seating choices
by Barrett Studio Architects
One can easily incorporate such custom styles with a twist
by CVK Projects
Youngsters' study in dark blue with ample storage space
by Marianne Larsen
Living area sports intelligent and basic kids' desk layout
by Fluff Designs & Décor
Traditional household room with youngsters' desk added in a seamless style
by Shari Misturak
You happen to be reading 29 Kids' Desk Design and style Ideas For A Modern And Colorful Study Space,


text:
The Windows Group has a complete set of instruments designed to characterize the detailed radiometric and optical properties of solar energy materials and in particular glazing and shading materials for windows.
| E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUniversity of California | U.S. Department of Energy | Environmental Health & Safety for ETA | Disclaimer | Site Map | Web Master


text:
Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer
3 Recommendations
GrubGals's recommendation
If you canât trust Jack, who can you trust? This incredible machine takes out all the hassle out of making fresh juice. In seconds youâll have a delicious, healthy drink and it cleans up fast. Try it with some apples, a bit of ginger and lemon. Youâll be doing push-ups on the floor in no time.
My Collections:
pinkparade's recommendation
I have wanted this juicer ever since I saw the late night informercial. Insomnia gets expensive but still I am convinced that this could be the best juicer.
My Collections:
ao73's recommendation
This Power Juicer uses fruits and vegetables as a whole, making slicing, dicing and peeling unnecessary. The technology yields up to 30% more juice than other juicers on the market, with little to no waste. Get your daily servings of fruits and vegetables!


text:
Product Reference: 63930
Custom fit for the iPad 2017
As this Brodit Passive Holder has been specifically designed and manufactured for the iPad 2017, it will give the perfect fit to your device and will hold it securely in place whilst you are driving - but won't cause any scratches to it.
Swivel bracket to view your phone at any angle
Attached to a ball joint swivel bracket, the Brodit Active Holder allows you to adjust the position of the holder in order to reduce light reflection and improve the visibility of your device in different driving conditions and positions.
Combines holder and charger into one compact unit
Brodit Active Holders are a great choice for mobile device users who frequently use their device in the car, by including an integrated car charging cable to make sure your iPad is kept fully charged on long journeys and commutes.
Attaches directly onto dashboard
The Brodit Passive holder is designed to be fixed to your dashboard, either using a Brodit ProClip, or by screwing into the dashboard directly. For installation instructions please see here.
PLEASE NOTE: Tablets should not be installed onto a car's dashboard if they block the view or block key controls. ProClip (Brodit's vehicle mounting bracket) is designed for installation of smaller devices like mobile phones and GPS devices, ProClip is not designed for large devices like tablets. In some vehicles the ProClip has an extra firm fit and can then be used also for installation of a tablet. If you want to place a tablet onto the car's dashboard, each combination of tablet-car must be examined in detail by you in order to determine if such an installation is possible in the specific case.
Consideration should be given to the position and how firmly the ProClip is in place, as well as the size of the tablet you wish to use. Mobile Fun will not give any recommendations for such installations.


text:
TWO sisters are holding a charity fundraiser in Flackwell Heath to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Stacey Coburn and Sister Kylie Wallen are holding the event at Flackwell Heath Football Club in Wilks Park on May 16 at 7.30pm.
The charity night will include a raffle and a DJ and all money will go to the charity.
Many businesses from the area are getting involved in the night and Flackwell Heath Football Club has even gifted the hall for the night.


text:
Can't miss stories from the web
Leave the cash in Greece
An argument against pulling the capital out of the Greek banks
Hedge fund closures hit two-year high
Research firm adds up the liquidations
"Quasi monopoly", or fair deal?
Deutsche Börse wants NYSE Euronext merger unblocked
Fairfax puts $300-million towards Brit Insurance Ltd.
Internal resources at RiverStone subsidiary to be used for funding
Manitoba Telecom Services hires Morgan Stanley to find a buyer for
MTS Allstream
Looks for foreign buyer after no Canadian match was made
"Stashed under their pillows"
A Turkish jewelry maker and bank team up to collect gold for storage in deposit accounts
Stress test: Quick turnover? Negative returns? Poor
There's now a personality quiz for traders
Follow us on Twitter: @GlobeBusiness


text:
The female rapper puts her best assets on full display as she squats while wearing only G-String.
Nicki Minaj set frenzy on Instagram on Thursday, July 24 as she unveiled the cover art of her new single "Anaconda". Featuring no sight of the titular animal, the artwork sees the rapper baring her famous butt in a sexy G-string and a pink sports bra.
The risque shot features Minaj seductively facing back while squatting. The 31-year-old artist exposed her renowned back in the barely-there ensemble. Thanks to the image, the hashtag #Anaconda quickly became a trending topic on Twitter on top of the highly-anticipated trailer of "Fifty Shades of Grey".
Minaj also posted two other photos that fans had created based on the cover photo. One fan photoshopped it onto a T-shirt and Minaj commented, "U guys waste no time." Another put her booties as the double "O" in Google. Showing her sense of humor, she wrote, "Doing the most. Who did this??? Google my ass. Only time u on the net is when u #GoogleMyAss. Memba that line? What song?"
Produced by Polow Da Don and Da Internz, "Anaconda" is the latest single off her upcoming album "The Pink Print". It will be released on iTunes on July 28. The music video has been shot in Los Angeles by video director Colin Tilley and should be premiered soon.


text:
Model Mayhem Admin
Roger Jones PhotographyPhotographer Male Portmore, Saint Catherine, Jamaica
My Website: Roger Jones PhotographyMy MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/rogerjonesphotography
Mayhem # 1716815
About MeI am the Director of Photography for the award-winning PJM- Panache Jamaica Magazine of which he is also a member of the board.
And also the Managing Director of Roger Jones Photography & Video Productions which is a registered business with the Registrar of Companies in Jamaica.
In 2000 i attended the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) where i completed his training "Techniques in Video Productions".
I took up photography professionally in 1994 based on my love for cameras and the art of photography and of course, all the "perks" that comes with the business..
I have met some wonderful and some not so nice people on my journey but i believe they shaped me to be who i am today...
My initial experience came via talking to experienced photographer and running experiment on my own and of course some GREAT ideas from youtube and the rest is... where i am today...
I am available for Fashion Shoot, Commercial Photography, Concerts, Portraits, Weddings, and anything that involves photography..
If you are on Facebook, you can view more of my work at Roger Jones Photography or http://rogerjonesphotography.blogspot.com/
Have you worked with Roger Jones Photography? Add Credits for Roger Jones Photography! >>
Loading Content


text:
Thousands face being uprooted from their homes after it was announced three of Merton's oldest estates could be demolished and transformed into modern housing blocks.
Housing Association Merton Priory Homes, part of Circle Housing, began consulting with residents in July on the futures of High Path, Ravensbury and Eastfields estates.
Their plans include the potential demolition and rebuilding of 1,265 homes across all three estates over a 12 year period in a project costing hundreds of millions of pounds.
Any work would be carried out alongside Merton Priory Homes's 'Decent Homes' programme, spending £28m by the end of 2014 bringing homes up to standard replacing old bathrooms and kitchens.
Hundreds of residents have been consulted on the plans through a series of workshops which come to an end on September 30 when a decision will be taken on the scale of the proposed regeneration.
A spokesperson for Merton Priory Homes said: "We would want to minimise the disruption caused by moving residents as little as possible and we want to ensure we meet tenants' housing needs throughout any regeneration works.
"We would also help with moving costs. If we were to do any refurbishment work, we would consult and put together a programme of works.
"This would set out what would be done and when."
While tenants of Merton Priory Homes will be eligible for new kitchens and bathrooms, property owners on the three estates would not be and could also be liable for additional costs if a decision is taken to carry out works.
A spokesperson for Merton Priory Homes said: "We want to provide a range of options for leaseholders and freeholders so that they have a choice about where they live in the future. "We will shortly be writing to all leaseholders and freeholders on the estate providing further details of what those options would be."
All of the council's housing stock and management responsibilities were transferred to Merton Priory Homes in 2009, however the council has said they still have representatives on its board.
Councillor Stephen Alambritis, leader of Merton Council, said: "Our priority as a council is to make sure they look after our residents and the tenants.
"We want to ensure that we have consulted, that disruption will be kept to a minimum and that families will be kept together.
"We wanted to make sure the consultation was thorough and was evidence based and about knocking on doors and what the tenants actually think."
He added: "We don't want to quell their ambition.
"They are investing a lot of money in Merton and they could have invested it elsewhere.
"They have chosen Merton for a good reason and that's because they believe the place deserves it."
The decision will be made by the end of the year at which point a further consultation is expected to take place.
Formal planning applications are not likely to be submitted until 2015 with construction set for as early as 2016, should residents and councillors agree with any plans put forward.
Work is expected to be phased over a 12 year period in six phases with final completion dates set for 2028.


text:
SIKES-L ArchivesArchiver > SIKES > 2000-08 > 0966872978
From: Diane Scannell <>
Subject: Descendants of Guy Edward Sikes
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:49:38 -0500
I am forwarding the following message to the list on behalf of a
subscriber who sent the message to my personal mail. Please be sure
messages intended for the List are posted to "" or
Diane Scannell, List Administrator
I feel kind of silly, but the earliest Sikes that I know is my
grandfather. His name was Guy Edward Sikes. He was married twice,
first to Dorathy Praster, and his second was Nelly I'm not sure of her
maiden name. He had five children all together. There names are Ronald
Edward Sikes, Orville Sikes, Roger Sikes, Emily Sikes, Donald Roy
My grandfather was born somewhere in New Mexico, and moved to
California. He was living in a small town called Cuyama when he died
sometime in the fifties (I think).
My grandma (Nelly) wants me to visit soon with all my questions, and
promises that she will clear up a lot of my questions about all the
stuff that I heard from both grandmothers. Good and bad. Delena
M Levine
This thread:
|Descendants of Guy Edward Sikes by Diane Scannell <>


text:
And she kicks off her new film, Paradise, with a doozy: "There is no God!"
It was only a matter of time before the backlash came, and oh boy, is it a doozy.
And, the doozy of them all, they're so strong we must support them.
Her first legislative director when she was elected governor of Alaska was a "doozy."
The bitter GOP battle in Delaware for the Senate seat vacated by Vice President Joe Biden was a doozy.
The most interesting thing in politics is surprise, and she just pulled a doozy.
More specific to Liz: as political headaches go, the return of the Cheney brand to the national stage promises to be a doozy.
Dondero, when posed questions by New York Magazine's Dan Amira, provided some doozy quotes.
It's called "the paradox of the false positive," and it's a doozy.
Of course everyone expected a doozy of a slump after Christmas.
also doozie, 1903 (adj.), 1916 (n.), perhaps an alteration of daisy, or from popular Italian actress Eleonora Duse (1859-1924). In either case, reinforced by Duesenberg, the expensive, classy make of automobile from the 1920s-30s.
A person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, superior, etc; beaut, humdinger: a little 30-page doozey called ''Making Chicken Soup''/ Want a swell Naval Air Station? I got two doozies up for grabs
[1916+; origin uncertain; perhaps fr a humorous repronunciation of daisy; certainly reinforced by dusy, duesie, and other shortenings of Duesenberg, the name of a very expensive and desirable car of the 1920s and '30s]


text:
Chch rebuild spend needs openness
28 February 2014
Chch rebuild spend needs openness
The Green Party is calling for openness about the proposed new Christchurch Convention Centre saying that Cantabrians deserve all of the information they need about investments in the rebuild.
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has refused, through parliamentary questions, to release the business case for the Convention Centre or any of the short-listed potential operators of the convention centre until final decisions have been made.
"Without seeing the business case how can the public know what sized convention centre is the best investment for the city?" said Green Party Christchurch spokesperson Eugenie Sage.
"When the Minister won't even release the business case, and we know that it has changed since the original proposal, there is a troubling lack of transparency in the decision making about millions of dollars of public funds."
A budget paper obtained by the Green Party under the Official Information Act says that "the business case has scaled back the overall scope and scale of the Convention Centre than that anticipated in the blueprint following market sounding that provided a more realistic estimate of demand for facilities."
"We need to see the business case to know whether this large Convention Centre stacks up or whether a different scale project would better contribute to the new vibrant and thriving city that Christchurch could be," said Ms Sage.
"By the time this business case will be released it will be of no use to the public as it will be too late to have input into the size or scope of the project.
"Business cases for other projects, such as the Roads of National Significance, are released to the public before procurement is finished which allows the public to have input into the value for money discussion.
"The $284 million Convention Centre is a big ticket item which the Crown is funding with unnamed private "sponsors", but we really don't know if it's going to be the best bang for our investment buck without seeing the business case."
Parliamentary questions for written
00663 (2014)
Minister: Hon Gerry Brownlee
Question: Will the business case for the Convention Centre Precinct be made public; if not, why not?
Answer Text: The Business case is part of an on-going competitive process. It is expected that the business case will be released when the procurement process is complete.
00713 (2014)
Minister: Hon Gerry Brownlee
Question: Is the shortlist of favoured operators for the Christchurch Convention Centre prepared; if so who is on the shortlist?
Answer Text: Shortlisted Operators for the Christchurch Convention Centre have been identified. The Shortlisted Operators cannot be named as they are part of an on-going procurement process.
Minister: Hon Gerry Brownlee
Question: Has the business case for the Convention Centre Precinct been completed; if not, why not?
Answer Text: Yes.
of OIA documents:


text:
Promotional price valid on web orders only. Your contract pricing may differ. Interested in signing up for a dedicated account number?
Learn More
Learn More
Azer Scientific Histology Tissue Control Slides
Designed for use in monitoring stain performance in the pathology laboratory
Manufacturer: AZER SCIENTIFIC INC ESCS104
Specifications Description & Specifications
|Alcian Blue Standard Histology Control Slide
|11 Pack
|Designed for use in monitoring stain performance in the pathology laboratory
|10 unstained and 1 stained unifrost slide
Provide Content Correction
We continue to work to improve your shopping experience and your feedback regarding this content is very important to us. Please use the form below to provide feedback related to the content on this product.
Product Title
Thank You!
Your feedback has been submitted. Fisher Scientific is always working to improve our content for you. We appreciate your feedback.Ok


text:
Sundaram, S and Viswanath, PR and Rudrakumar, S (1994) Studies of turbulent. Drag reduction using riblets on a NACA 0012 aerofoil. Technical Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India.Full text available as:
Restricted to Archive staff only
Download (825Kb)
Results of viscous drag reduction using 3M riblets on a NACA 0012 airfoil model up to moderate angles of attack are presented. Measurements made consisted of model surface pressure distributions, mean velocity and stream wise turbulence intensity profiles in the boundary layer (just ahead of the trailing edge) and total airfoil drag for two riblet heights of 0.152 and 0.076 mm. Results show13; significantly higher skin friction drag reduction with incidence compared to flat plate flows; the reduction was as high as 15% at a =6xB0;. Results of mean velocity profiles show that larger contribution to drag reduction results from the suction side of the airfoil, indicating increased effectiveness of riblets in adverse pressure gradients. Examination of turbulent intensity profiles in the wall region indicates appreciable reduction in the presence of riblets; correspondingly, the energy spectra shows reduced energy levels at low frequencies
|Item Type:
|Proj.Doc/Technical Report (Technical Report)
|Uncontrolled Keywords:
|Viscous drag reduction;Riblets
|AERONAUTICS > Aerodynamics
|Experimental Aerodynamics Division, Experimental Aerodynamics Division, Experimental Aerodynamics Division
|Depositing User:
|Mr. Ravikumar R
|Date Deposited:
|12 Jul 2006
|Last Modified:
|24 May 2010 09:42
Actions (login required)
|View Item


text:
Featured: Kids
Dig into some of our dirt books.
10 Hungry Rabbits
By Anita Lobel
Poor Mama Rabbit doesn't have anything to feed her hungry brood, so Papa Rabbit sends the little ones out to find the makings for a delicious soup. The 10 young bunnies head to the garden, each gathering colored vegetables and fruits in increasing amounts from 1 to 10.
Dirt Boy
By Erik Jon Slangerup
To avoid taking a bath, Fister Farnello runs away from home and is befriended by Dirt Man, a filthy giant who lives in the woods. Watercolor paintings are accompanied by hilarious text.
Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow
By Linda Glaser
What can you do to help the environment? Make less garbage. How can you do that? Compost! Composting is an easy way to turn food scraps and yard waste into rich, useful soil. Follow one family through the year as they tend to the compost bin in their backyard and use the newly created soil in their garden.
I Have a Garden
By Bob Barner
"I have a garden," a frisky dog announces. In simple sentences the dog guides new readers through a bright and lush garden, which is home to a chipmunk, a bird, a bug, and all sorts of other creatures.
Garden Wigglers
By Nancy Loewen
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of earthworms.
Isabella's Garden
By Glenda Millard
In Isabella's garden, amazing things come from the tiniest of seeds as they bloom and flourish and make way for a whole new season of growth. Told with great warmth and echoing favorite nursery rhymes.
Let's Look at a Garden
By Angela Royston
Search out fascinating clues about everyday materials! This series takes a unique look at items children may interact with regularly by uncovering what types of materials make up each item. Children are encouraged to interact in a hands-on manner with each of the materials in order to gain an understanding of what the material is and where it can be found.
Plant a Little Seed
By Bonnie Christensen
With a little help from a watering can, bright sunlight, and a lot of patience, two friends plant seeds in their community garden and watch how they grow. Slowly, the seeds turn into sprouts, which grow into stems, followed by leaves and buds! The garden will soon be teeming with life and ready for a harvest season celebration. But until then, the children water and wait and dream . . .
Seed Magic
By Jane Buchanan
Rose and her brothers mock crazy old Birdman, who sits in his wheelchair all day feeding seeds to the pigeons. The birdman says pigeons are beautiful, but Rose dreams of gardens full of red and yellow and blue flowers, like the ones she sees in her library books. One day, Birdman fills Rose's hands with slick, black seeds. He tells her they are magic – if she plants them outside her window they will grow a garden. Her brothers don't believe, but Rose sets the seeds out and waits.
ends here


text:
Despite the Corsair's popularity, many modelers have been discouraged from flying one because of the time and expertise required to reproduce its distinctive gull wing. That all changes now – Top Flite proudly introduces a 50 cc Giant Scale Gold Edition™ F4U Corsair ARF!
Gold Edition ARF engineering makes it easy to enjoy the "bent-wing" bird in giant scale. Prebuilt of balsa, ply and aluminum, the center wing section is itself a masterpiece of time-saving design. With this and other Gold Edition advantages, Top Flite reduces months of building work to just hours of assembly.
Hidden mounting screws secure the painted fiberglass cowl, leaving the scale outline clean and untouched. A supplied 2-piece aluminum spinner hub further enhances the completed model's appearance. Impressive scale details are everywhere. There are molded-in panel and cowl flap lines; a replica radial engine complete with pushrod tubes and spark plug wires; strut covers for the main gear; tailwheel doors that open and close; and much more.
Fully sheeted and covered in flat finish MonoKote®, the Gold Edition Corsair also includes painted fiberglass parts to create a seamless scale look. Matte finish decals add authentic markings and insignia. The Top Flite Giant Scale Corsair ARF makes this favorite fighter easier to enjoy than ever before!
"¢ Reinforced mounts for Robart® retractable landing gear are built-in.
"¢ Located on the inner wing panel, the main gear remain in place when the outer panels are removed and provide an easy way to "walk" the fuselage to and from the field.
"¢ The prehinged flaps on the center section and outer panel are linked with a phenolic tab. Once linked, the flaps in both panels work as one surface and require only one servo in each wing half.
"¢ Like the ailerons and elevators, the flaps are prehinged to reduce build time.
"¢ A fiberglass tail cone and fairing offer effortless scale looks and easy access to tail control linkages.
"¢ The Corsair's cockpit interior includes a detailed instrument panel with recessed gauges – just add the pilot figure!
"¢ Includes "extras" such as a machined spinner, authentic wheels, a work/display stand and a foam work mat.
Wingspan: 86.5 in (2195 mm)
Wing Area: 1376 in² (88.8 dm²)
Weight: 23-25 lb (10.43-11.34 kg)
Wing Loading: 39-42 oz/ft² (119-128 g/dm²)
Length: 70 in (1780 mm)
Minimum of a 7-channel radio with 3 standard and 8 high-torque servos, main and tailwheel retracts & a 50-55 cc gasoline engine.
Giant Corsair ARF
Retail: $999.99 Street: $749.99
The Giant Corsair ARF is available now.
Please visit our website top-flite.com for details on the Giant Corsair ARF as well as other fine products in the Top Flite line.


text:
Art Journal Workshop: The Museum of Simple Things/
Alter a hardback book into an art journal as you learn 5 art journaling & acrylic painting techniques.
♥ 5 new unstructured + flexible art journaling techniques ♥ a focus on acrylic painting ♥ 9 tutorial videos ♥ 34 pages of full-color instructions in PDF format ♥ 1 podcast ♥ 7 kick-start art journal prompts ♥
These acrylic painting techniques can be used beyond your art journal. The techniques are freeing because they are unstructured!
Kind reviews from participants:
"... the workshop offers a fantastic chance to really play, and enjoy the messy process, as well as developing new skills and using different materials." ~ N
"I have loved making pages for each lesson in the workshop, learning something great from each and just plain having fun! I still have more ideas to play with and that's a great thing about having extended access to the workshop. The time frame and the build up of techniques allows me the room to let it all evolve. I highly recommend your workshops for their laid back ease and generous inspiration." ~ C
"I love Tammy's class because it's focusing on the creativity process rather than how to create a specific product. There is good instruction on the techniques she features while being very open-ended. It's been easy to incorporate these ideas into my work without feeling like I'm copying or recreating hers. The techniques are adaptable to a variety of materials and I find myself combining the things I learned in different lessons." ~ K
"You have certainly found your calling in teaching these classes - please keep it up!" ~ K
THE WORKSHOP: We will alter a hardback book into an art journal while learning 5 new techniques {with infinite variations}. Techniques are guided with videos, instructions in full-color PDF format, example photos, kick-start prompts, Q&A forum and tips galore. There's even a podcast! My goal is to provide methods of creating art journal pages that you can twist and turn and use in all sorts of ways. My pages are quirky, chaotic, and utilize different types of acrylic paints, ephemera and photographs to speak your truths. We will focus on SIMPLE THINGS that we see and experience every day. Small moments, glimpses, fine points, feelings, the concept of selective noticing that you have been seeing in my noticing journal here at Daisy Yellow.


text:
Urban spelunking: Milwaukee Theatre & Milwaukee Arena
In honor of the 65th anniversary of the grand opening of the Arena on April 9, 1950, we re-publish this post, which first appeared in June 2014.
The way we see the world is all a matter of perspective, of point of view. Take, for example, the Milwaukee Theatre. Whenever I go inside, I rue the loss of the Auditorium's arcaded interior.
On a recent tour of the both the Milwaukee Theatre and the adjacent Arena -- which I may always call the Auditorium and MECCA Arena (sorry, I can't stop myself, but I promise to try) -- I was surprised to see how much of the Auditorium remains in place.
Ground was broken on the Auditorium -- designed by Ferry & Clas -- on Sept. 11, 1907 on a site that had long held a similar function in Kilbourntown. The land was home to the West Side Market Hall from 1867 until 1881 when Edward Townsend Mix's glorious Victorian eclectic Industrial Exposition Building was erected.
A spectacular fire brought down the Exposition Building in 1905. Nearly 2,000 were in the building on June 4 for the Nord Amerikanisher Skat Congress and about 600 of them were in the building playing cards when the fire broke out and sent everyone in a confused dash for the exits.
According to a newspaper report the day after, "barely had the last person left the building when the huge dome, surmounting the building, crashed to the ground, the wooden supports having been eaten away by the flames.
"The heat from the gigantic mass of seasoned timbers was so great that the firemen were on several occasions temporarily compelled to abandon operations. ... Had the fire broken forth an hour previously, the morgue and the undertakers' rooms would now be filled with the charred remnants of bodies and desolation would have been brought into many homes."
Fortunately, that was not the case.
However, the charred remnants of Mix's fanciful building, with its huge dome, many towers and arched windows were carted away, making room for the 6,600,000-square foot brick building with its quartet of double Ionic columns marking the main entrance on North 5th Street.
Inside, the arcades can be seen, even in the huge lobby facing Kilbourn Avenue that was carved out of the bowl when the building was converted to the Milwaukee Theatre in 2003. The old wall sconces are still in place.
A glass paneled section of the ceiling resembling a skylight remains, too, though the panes are now opaque.
"They would put colored lights in there," says Robert Seefeld, who is director of building services for the Wisconsin Center District, of which the Milwaukee Theatre and U.S. Cellular Arena are part. "Huge colored lights. Blue or red for festive occasions."
You can't see the old main entrance anymore -- not since that section of 5th Street disappeared and the Arena was built in 1950. Now, the sole portal there is a passage between the Theatre and the Arena.
But, if you have the proper key, you can open a door that appears to be a closet and see that the northernmost pair of fluted Ionic columns survives, hidden away from public view. All four sets of pillars still stand, but the others are encapsulated in concrete, so you can't see them.
One thing that didn't survive, however, was the north end of the building, says Seefeld.
That's because the wooden pilings that support numerous Downtown buildings, especially west of the river on this former tamarack swamp, were tested and found to be in poor condition.
"It was interesting," says Seefeld, "I was in the basement and they cut open a hole in the concrete, they go down, and they test the pile. They could see the pile. And back the next day there's water in the hole. That's the water table."
The problem was the water table wasn't doing its job of protecting the pilings anymore and that part of the building had to come down.
"We were hoping that all of the piles that were inside would've survived but they're all wood piles so they didn't, especially at the north end," he says. "It just didn't hold up. We're going to reconstruct the top. We've got to have something solid below so that we tore that portion off like a piece of cake."
The remaining pilings continue to be monitored.
Up in the attic, there are reportedly four ghosts -- unnamed, though rumor has it two of them are the souls of people shot in a murder-suicide at a 1932 baby chick convention (no kidding) in the Auditorium -- though we didn't meet any of them when we walked through. In the basement, there are storage areas that go beneath the sidewalks -- you could almost call them tunnels. Almost. But not quite.
The most glorious spaces in the Auditorium and which survive in the Theatre, are on the main floor.
One is the former entry hall that faced 5th Street and its ornate decor pays tribute to city fathers Solomon Juneau and Byron Kilbourn. George Walker is relegated to another, adjacent room.
The series of murals on display on this floor, painted in the 1940s by Swedish-born artist Thorsten Lindberg. Some are painted on canvas and mounted, others are painted directly onto the walls.
In Kilbourn Hall, there are works depicting Walker, Kilbourn and Bay View founders Enoch Chase and E.S. Estes. Up a staircase is another of Juneau trading with Native Americans. Nearby, at the landing of another flight of stairs is a painting of Juneau wedding Josette Vieau.
Other murals show Wisconsin's industrial strength and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes, whose workshop was located across the street.
In a room just east of the current lobby, there are gorgeous green-motif arts and crafts leaded glass panels installed in the ceiling.
"When you start looking … there's a lot of culture, a lot of history in here," says Seefeld. "Basically (it's) the same (in these rooms). We did a little painting, a little relighting; the murals are the same. Our main theme was to try to hang on to whatever we could to keep the character of the building.
"There's a historical value to the structure itself and part of transforming the inside."
We walk through the basement passage that connects to the Arena and directly out onto the floor of the Arena. The Arena and the Auditorium, along with the then-new convention center to the south, were dubbed the Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena (MECCA) in 1974.
Though I've seen lots of stuff in here, my mind immediately goes to that September day in 1964 when the Beatles played this room. I wasn't born yet but I've seen enough footage of Beatlemania in America to be able to picture the sights, imagine the jet-engine roar of the teenage crowd.
When we see a backstage room that Trent Reznor reportedly trashed, I wonder if this was where John, Paul, George and/or Ringo might have passed some time before the gig.
The Arena is most definitely of its era. Every surface is smooth and utilitarian, but with an eye toward style. It's not the 1960s or '70s, when everything because utilitarian and not much else. With all the subway tile and terrazzo in here, you could hose down the whole place without causing much damage.
There aren't a lot of hidden spaces in here, though a trip up to the lighting booth, just below the roof, and with access to the catwalks that criss cross the length and breadth of the place, dozens of yards up, offers great -- if at times dizzying -- views.
Then Seefeld swings open a door and we're on the roof, alongside those iconic Milwaukee arches. When I posted an almost abstract, up-close view of these silver and green arches, folks recognized them right away.
With the promise of seeing stacks and stacks of huge scrapbooks that are literally stuffed with newspaper clippings, event programmes and other printed memorabilia that trace the history of the Auditorium and the Arena, Seefeld and my other tour guide, the Wisconsin Center's Chris Kroening, lure me across to the Wisconsin Center, where we take a ride up the polka escalator.
But we'll save that for a future visit behind the scenes at Milwaukee's convention center.
Post a comment / write a review.
Facebook Comments
Disclaimer: Please note that Facebook comments are posted through Facebook and cannot be approved, edited or declined by OnMilwaukee.com. The opinions expressed in Facebook comments do not necessarily reflect those of OnMilwaukee.com or its staff.


text:
Previous Story
Next Story
By David Rattigan
August 2002
The items on the walls and shelves of Art McCabe' Andover office testify to his interest. Photographs feature key figures in Irish culture and politics, such as Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan, Nobel Prize-winner John Hume, and Sinn Fein leaders Martin McGuiness and Gerry Adams (whom McCabe will assist during a U.S. trip later this year). There are also Irish books, toys, pieces of bog oak, photographs and original artwork. McCabe favors framed quotations on the walls, including W.B. Yeats,' "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."
"That' one motto. Here' another," McCabe says, tongue in cheek, pulling another from the wall. It reads, "Don' ever try to teach a pig how to sing. It' a waste of your time, and it annoys the pig."
"You' be amazed how many situations that applies to," McCabe says.
That is particularly true in Irish history, in which McCabe is now playing a quiet but important role. Certainly, it is analogous of "The Troubles," the extended civil war that left the Belfast region of Northern Ireland with what McCabe euphemistically refers to as "30 years of deferred maintenance."
His interest in the Ireland isn' purely philanthropic. However, his status as an international outsider invited to join the public-private partnership charged with changing Northern Ireland' economic fortunes - and ensuring peace - was borne from an interest that goes beyond the bottom line.
In fact, McCabe' reputation in Belfast was made early when he proved himself, as one noted Irish observer says, "quite an unusual American" by following up on a commitment to help produce a play in the United States. The production made him no money, but started him on the path that' an extension of his life' mission. The former counsel to the Lawrence Redevelopment Authority specializes in economic re-generation, bringing private business together with local government interests. For someone who has spent a career in urban redevelopment, Northern Ireland represents the ultimate in challenges and rewards.
For a multi-ethnic American who considers himself Irish "in heart and in mind" it represents an opportunity to bring peace and harmony to an adopted land.
McCabe is part of "The Working Group," a multi-national board created by the Northern Ireland government to review opportunities for public-private partnerships, and to explore the infrastructure deficit in the country. In addition, working for private clients on a range of projects involving hospitals, airports and waste management, he has made 27 trips to Ireland over the past five years, and travels frequently to New York City and Washington, D.C. on Northern Ireland-related business.
At press time, he was scheduled to join a high-level group at 10 Downing Street in early July to announce the creation of the Strategic Opportunities Resources Group, a private corporation comprised of international business and financial institutions, which will work closely with the British government' Strategic Investment Authority. The group will be charged with the mission of marshaling private financial and technical resources to respond to government-stated needs for Northern Ireland.
He is also a player in an orphan project to restore the Ulster Canal. The public-private partnership will extend across borders of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. As a first demonstration of one such project, it is symbolically ideal.
"It crosses the border," McCabe says. "Twenty-three miles of the canal is in the Republic, and 23 miles is in Northern Ireland."
"Art is probably the best networker I have ever met," says the Rev. Professor Martin O', principal of St. Mary' University College in Belfast, which is working with McCabe to create "living links" between small businesses in Belfast and Massachusetts, and through Northern Irish businesses and local college business departments. The colleges will use videoconferencing facilities to enable potential business partners or visitors to talk with contacts before visiting the other country. "He knows personally everyone who matters politically and economically in Ireland, and not a few in the USA, too," said O'
Since traveling with a fact-finding business group led by Congressman Martin Meehan (D-Lowell) in 1997, McCabe has charged headfirst into Ireland' reconstruction. He made a strong impression early, when he produced and backed a play that came to New York City, "Binlids: A Drama of West Belfast Resistance." The play was written and created by four women who are lifelong residents of West Belfast and based on real-life anecdotes.
"One of their dreams was to bring the play to the U.S." McCabe says. "I thought, 'If not now, when? If not me, who?'"
Specifically, the group wanted to produce its play in New York City. With cooperation from Irish trade unions (who' already been in contact with the play' creators) and a $25,000 grant from the city, McCabe found a theater and "cobbled together" the $250,000 it cost to bring 28 people to New York City for three weeks and do the production.
"I had no concept of how big a project it was when I started doing it," McCabe recalls. Nonetheless, "We drew 7,000 to 8,000 people over three weeks, and got great reviews in the legitimate press in New York (including The New York Times). These people were compelling. They were so raw and human and dedicated."
Since then, McCabe and his wife, Mia Guerrera, have sponsored other Irish cultural events, including art exhibits and another play.
"Trust is a huge issue over there," adds McCabe, who had done similar pro-bono work for community organizations and church groups in the Merrimack Valley, and recognizes their importance to community development. "Because I helped the community without asking for something, it put me in a good position."
At the same time, however, McCabe notes, "I didn' do the play because I figured I would get projects from it. I did the play because I thought it should be done."
"Art is quite an unusual American," states Mairtin O Muilleoir, managing editor of three major Belfast region newspapers, "in that he does what he says ... a quaint but endearing quality at a time when promises, in the building of peace, have been plentiful but real delivery hasn' been as strong."
Corresponding by e-mail, O Muilleoir adds, "Art brings a fresh mindset to development and regeneration issues, provoking debate on issues which communities often think they can' or shouldn' address and insisting (politely) that those in business and redevelopment (especially in the resurgent areas of Belfast where the peace dividend is needed most) raise the bar for themselves. He' a good facilitator and I think his ideas have provided food for thought, especially for small to medium-sized enterprises here that are trying to break into the U.S. market.
"He' invested a lot of time, money and patience in the economic side of the peace process in Ireland," said O Muilleoir, "and I hope he gets a return, because that in turn will mean that he' turned a pound or two for local businesses."
Paraphrasing Robert Strauss, a Democratic political operative from the 1960s and 1970s, McCabe notes that at certain times a lawyer stops being a lawyer for the client and becomes a lawyer for the deal. That concept applies perfectly to Northern Ireland, where the prolonged conflict has created many factions with their own prejudices and needs.
"Making something from separate pieces is something I enjoy," he says. "There are tons of pieces over there."
Inside the office of Attorney: Arthur J. McCabe Age: 56
Years in Practice: 28
Hometown: Wilton, Conn.
Residence: Andover
Firm: Arthur J. McCabe and Associates
Specialty: Corporate Business Law
Law School: Boston College, J.D. 1974
MBA, Boston University 1974
Undergraduate Studies: Union College, B.A., 1969
Family: Wife, Mia Guerrera, and daughters Lacey, 20, Tali, 12,
and Emma, 10


text:
A pearl is a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of mollusks, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes of pearls (baroque pearls) occur.
The finest quality pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries, and the word pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, and admirable.
Almost any shelled mollusk can, by natural processes, produce some kind of "pearl" when an irritating microscopic object becomes trapped within the mollusk's mantle folds, but virtually none of these "pearls" are valued as gemstones.
Nacreous pearls, the most desirable pearls, are produced by two groups of molluscan bivalves or clams. One family lives in the sea: the pearl oysters. The other, very different group of bivalves live in freshwater, and these are the river mussels; for example, see the freshwater pearl mussel.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


text:
|Program changes for Bachelor of Music - Music Education, Orchestra
|Submitting Dean
|Dr. James Lynn
|Submitting College
|Fine & Applied Arts -- Dudley Turner x6518
|Departments Generating the Proposal
|Objection Deadline
|November 21, 2006
|Proposal Status
|Final Approval Granted
|Proposal Last Updated
|December 08, 2006 by PR Amy Sheldon
|Effective Date
|Fall 2007
|Brief Summary of Proposal
|Program update to reflect College of Education changes (ED-06-08, ED-06-12, ED-06-14), changes in 7500:315, Equity & Excellence in Music Education (FAA-07-23), add a required semester of 7510:121 University Singers, require passage of Praxis II Music Content exam prior to student teaching, and clarify editorial changes in the bulletin.
|Type of Proposal
|Program changes
|Graduate School Endorsement Status
|Not required
|Graduate School Endorsement Updated
|October 24, 2006 by GS Heather Blake
|Institutional Research Status
|IR Status Updated
|October 26, 2006 by IR Dolores Bezilla
|Library Status
|Library Status Updated
|October 31, 2006 by UL Joe Larose
|Distance Learning Review Committee Status
|Not required
|DLRC Status Updated
|General Education Advisory Committee Status
|Not required
|GEAC Status Updated
|November 14, 2006 by FA Dudley Turner
|Resource Requirements
|No additional resources
|Resource Requirements Updated
|October 24, 2006 by FA dean's ofc Gerry McElliott
CPS Menu