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Library History
The Liverpool Library
A brief history of the origins, growth, and maturity of a village library
Susan D. Gabbay
December 1965, Update, 10/72
It was with apprehension that I began this project, knowing how little source material there was; but with ever-deepening interest I proceeded through musty, yellowed clippings and the fragile pages of old record books, seeing reflected in them the whole history of a community.
I am deeply grateful to the Liverpool Library's Board of Trustees, whose president is Mr. J. Gordon Bentley, for encouraging me in this research, and to Miss Frances Carman, the library's director, for her assistance and her patience with my endless queries.
To the Onondaga Historical Association, the Liverpool School District Office, the Syracuse Public Library, and the Brown Newspapers of Baldwinsville, my thanks too for their willingness to help as far as they were able.
With a sense of real accomplishment I now draw together the threads of which the story of the Liverpool Library is woven. 1965
Early Times in Liverpool
Nearly 400 years ago, in the forest fastnesses surrounding shining Lake Gannentaha, a council fire was lit. As it burned, representatives of five Indian nations assembled to hear the words of Hiawatha: "Be a united people and you will conquer your enemies." Thus was formed the Iroquois Confederacy, on the rise of ground which was to become Liverpool.
The first white man to follow the paths worn by many moccasined feet, was Pére Simon LeMoyne, who in 1654 came from French Canada as an ambassador of peace to the Onondagas. He paved the way for the establishment in 1656 of a mission house, fort, and chapel overlooking the lake, and to be called Sainte Marie de Gannentaha. The following year, however, relations between the French and the Onondagas had so deteriorated that the French had to make a stealthy departure from Sainte Marie. For many years, no white man endeavored to settle in this territory; though Count de Frontenac, Canada's governor, built a fort in 1696, he and his men returned to Canada after skirmishes with the Indians.
In 1751, to prevent the French from establishing another fort in the area, Sir William Johnson on behalf of the English, bought the lake and its surrounding land to a width of two miles, from the Onondagas. But after the Revolution, title to the land reverted to the Indians. New York State then bought the approximate area of the present Onondaga County as a military tract, from which land grants were made to soldiers.
The first settler on one of these land grants in Onondaga County was Asa Danforth; and some years later, in 1788, his brother John settled in what is now Liverpool. As more families came to the area, it was in John Danforth's house that the first court was held, and the first meeting of the county supervisors.
Comfort Tyler who also settled near what was now called Onondaga Lake at this time, learned from the Indians,-who over a hundred years before had learned from Pére LeMoyne,- how to make salt from the springs surrounding the lake. From this time on, the settlement on the shores of the lake began to grow as the manufacture of salt increased, despite the hardships and illnesses which plagued the settlers.
As an offshoot of salt manufacture, coopering developed as an industry which was to last nearly a century.
In 1797, a village was laid out by the state's surveyor general, at which time it was officially named Liverpool, though it had previously been known as Little Ireland— most of the inhabitants of the ten log cabins which constituted the village were Irish in origin.
During the first decade of the nineteenth century, many new settlers arrived; they devoted themselves to making Liverpool a better place to live. Streets were laid out and named, trading areas were established, and above all, swamps were cleared, freeing the residents at last of many of the fevers which yearly descended on them.
One of the settlers, Col. Abel Hawley, began at this time to conduct a school in his log house. He is said to have been a stern master, which indeed was the tradition in those times. He was among the Liverpool men to serve in the War of 1812, but returned in 1814 to teach again, this time in a "little red schoolhouse" that had been erected in the center of the village. Some of the texts used were The Old English Reader, Daball's Arithmetic, and The Elementary Speller.
In 1820, Liverpool's first church was organized. It was a Methodist Episcopal congregation with 11 members. As the thoughts of the settlers reach beyond the simple needs of food and shelter to the establishment of school and church, the first phase of Liverpool's history draws to an end.
A Subscription Library: 1822-1843
To the village, still unincorporated and with but one organized church, now came its first library. In December of 1822, a group of gentlemen came together to discuss the establishment of a subscription library. On January 14, 1823, a meeting was held at the home of Henry Stiles, to choose trustees for the new Liverpool Library. The nine men selected were Henry Case, Ebenezer Fowler, Jonathan P. Yicks, James Johnson, Mars Nearing, James Keith, Samuel Calley, John N. Smith, and Henry G. Stiles. By-laws and ordinances were adopted at this meeting also.
At another meeting on the 23rd, Henry Case was made chairman, Jonathan Hicks, librarian, and Samuel Calley, treasurer. Mr. Case, Mr. Hicks and Mr. Keith were chosen as a committee of selection. All these offices were for one year.
On January 30, the incorporation of the subscription library was recorded in the clerk's office of Onondaga County.
The bylaws stated that the subscription share should be two dollars; that there should be an annual meeting for the election of trustees and officers; and that a quarterly meeting wou1d be held for the exchange of books and the examination of them, and determination of fines. It was set forth that for each share held by an individual, he was entitled to one book. Shares could be paid for in cash or in books.
Upon perusal of the list of the 138 books belonging to the Liverpool Library in 1831, we find that history and biography are most often represented, with travel and religion nearly as common; and fiction is represented primarily by well-known works of English literature. A random sample of the list yields such titles as: Franklin's Life, by Himself; Josephus' Works; Pilgrim's Progress; Tom Jones; Ancient History of Universalism; Memoirs of Simon Bolivar; and a Family Encyclopedia. There were multiple copies of some of the titles, making a total of 227 volumes.
In 1824 it was decided that five trustees, instead of nine, would be chosen yearly. This ruling was in effect until 1839, when the number was reduced to three.
Circulation and fines were recorded in a ledger, one page being devoted to each member of the library. Books were identified by accession number.
In 1843 it was decided to dissolve the library organization. A committee was appointed to see to the auction of its property and the notification of all shareholders; it is interesting to note that the members of the committee had been active members of the library from its beginnings 20 years before.
During the life of this library, many changes were taking place in the village of Liverpool. With the opening of the Oswego Canal in 1828, commerce came to this little community. It became a trading point, and many residents entered the boating and boat repair business. In 1830, though the village still consisted of only 50 houses and a great deal of mud, the state passed an act incorporating Liverpool. Ordinances were passed in the ensuing years which would improve roads, provide drains, forbid livestock to run at large, and restrict sale of alcoholic beverages.
By 1839, a school system had been established, with regular in meetings of the trustees. The number of children taught in 1841 was 30, though there were over 60 between the ages of 5 and 16 in the district. At this time the number of volumes in the school library was 36; it is not now known whether these were texts. A new building, of brick and cut stone, was erected for the school in 1848. It still stands, and with later additions, now houses the school district offices and the present public library.
There were at this time several private schools, one of which was conducted in the Lutheran Church. This church was established in 1839, in the wake of the first of several waves of German immigrants; during the latter part of the century, Liverpool was to all intents and purposes a bilingual community.
Many of the organizers of the subscription library were civic leaders. Henry Case, first chairman of the membership, had come to Liverpool in 1795 as a very young man, and had become the village's justice of the peace. James Johnson was a trustee of the Methodist Church, and with Mr. Case and Jonathan P. Hicks, organized some Fourth of July celebrations on the shores of Lake Onondaga. Mr. Hicks, a store owner, was a particularly active gentleman. He had been the organizer in 1829 of the First Presbyterian Church, and was a mainstay of that church throughout his lifetime; he was the first treasurer of the village after its incorporation; and when the first Board of Health was appointed in 1849, he was a member. On the Board also were Tennant Hinckley and Dr. C.S. Sterling, who were library members. Dr. Sterling is reported to have been the first physician to tie the radial artery. As has been said, these gentlemen had been library members, and often officers, throughout the 20 years of its operation. The reason they decided to dissolve the library is lost to posterity. One may dimly discern in the shadows the growth of a school library which may have taken over the function of the subscription library by serving the entire community. At all events, the decision to abolish the library was not an easy one to make. It is recorded that the membership met, adjourned, met, and adjourned once more, before they could record that the books the group had taken such pains to acquire, were indeed to be sold at public auction.
In the mid-nineteenth century, as has been said, there were several waves of German immigrants who came to settle in Liverpool. They brought with them a skill which was to become for a time a major industry~-that of willow weaving. From the time the first basket was made and sold in 1852, after which a great many more families came from Germany to become willow weavers, to the turn of the century, this industry grew by leaps and bounds. It was at all times a hand craft and was not subject to mechanical means. It is said that at the height of this era, in 1892, as many as 396,000 baskets were made. These were marketed all over the world, along with wi1low furniture.
By the 1870s, Liverpool was well enough established materially to look toward the "finer things of life." The churches had auxiliaries such as the Methodist and Presbyterian Societies, and the Lutheran Frauen Verein and Luther League were organized not long after. During this decade, three newspapers were started, all of which failed, however, very soon. A Liverpool Academy was founded in 1872, and during the 1870s also, there was a lecture series. As a part of this program, a Mr. Fitch spoke on "The Risks of Thinking," and a Prof. Roundy, on "Balance of Power in Europe." Glee clubs and a debating society were active during this period, and in 1874 a series of "Literary Entertainments," consisting of music, tableaux, and speeches, was held; proceeds were to be applied to a Sabbath school library. There was also a W.C.T.U. reading room, open every day, providing books, magazines and newspapers. Temperance was of prime importance during these years in Liverpool. A great many speeches were given and articles written on the subject, and revival meetings were frequent.
By now the school had enlarged considerably; there were six teachers and well over 200 pupils. It too had its social events. Spelling bees were held periodically, with supper served afterward; the major part of the village population attended these.
Through the 1880s and 1890s, Liverpool's outlook continued to broaden. Travel to Oswego, Syracuse and more distant points became easier as roads and railroads grew. A great deal of building was under way; churches, shops and houses became much more numerous. By the turn of the century, however, the character of Liverpool was to change radically. Its industries began to fail: salt manufacture because of cheaper sources of supply elsewhere; coopering because of lack of demand for the product; and willow weaving because of imports from Belgium, Poland, and China, coming in with little or no tariff. At this time too, a trolley from Liverpool to Syracuse went into operation. Here ended Liverpool's second phase, as an independent little community. From this time on it was to become a residential town, a part of Greater Syracuse, and eventually a suburban location for major industry.
No statistics --indeed, no records at all--remain to indicate what library service may have been during this time. It seems safe to assume that a library existed. Brief and indirect references are made to it; to all appearances it was that of the school, perhaps open to the use of the community in general. A "Regents' Society," perhaps a free, cooperative library, is said to have donated its 916 books to the Liverpool Public Library upon its chartering.
In his annual report for the year 1892-93, the earliest one extant, Charles F. Lyon, librarian, stated that the year in which the library was founded was unknown. He reported that in that year 601 books were on the library shelves and that circulation was 540. The library as it was then is described by Mr. Lyon as a school district library, supported by taxes and state aid, which was free for reference and lending. The library was kept open four hours weekly, for which Mr. Lyon received $25 per annum.
It is quite clear, then, that this library had existed for some years, as it was firmly established by this time.
Liverpool Public Library 1893-l930
The transfer of the library property from the Board of Education to the Liverpool Public Library took place on February 10, 1893; it was signed by Anson J. Upson, then Chancellor of the University of the State of New York, and by Melvil Dewey, secretary. The library inspector, W.R. Eastman, found the transfer in accordance with law, and recommended the Regents' formal approval. On June 21 of the same year, provisional charter No. 739 was issued to the library board, which consisted of Jacob Smith, Edward P. Black, and Darwin F Gillis. Requirements for permanent charter were only partially fulfilled at this time because the library was not kept open a sufficient number of hours.
Some of the authors represented in the library in its first year as a public library were Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, and Alexandre Dumas. Children's books were to be found on the shelves as well: Louisa May Alcott's books were there, and Horatio Alger's; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Swiss Family Robinson and the Arabian Nights were all there. On the children's shelves also appeared a great deal of non-fiction, such as Butterfly Hunters in the Caribbees, Boy Travellers in Japan and China, and by an anonymous author, What Darwin Saw. The youngsters evidently made good use of their library, as after nearly every juvenile title in the accession book appears a notation--"rebound," or "badly worn," or "worn out."
Between the provisional charter and the granting of a permanent charter in 1901, very little change took place. In 1898, Mr. Lyon reported having bought 130 volumes, bringing the total of library holdings to 849. One wonders what became of the 916 books the Regents' Society was said to have donated.
At the time of application for permanent charter in 1901, there were in the library 998 books in good condition and 50 needing repair, with a total estimated value of $1070. Seven pamphlets and two maps completed the list of holdings. Bookcases to the value of $250 made up the furnishings of the library, which was located in an upstairs room of the grammar school building.
No other libraries served the community, which was made up of 1500 inhabitants. Library trustees were elected, one each year to serve three years, by the voters of Liverpool Union Free School District No. 1, Town of Salina. Tax appropriation was $160 per annum, and there was $100 in state aid. Of this, $60 paid the librarian's salary, and the rest bought books.
Permanent charter No. 1451 was granted on July 1, 1901; the librarian was Mabel E. Graves, and the trustees were A. Willis Aiken, Isaac Jaqueth, M.D., and Willis Gleason. Dr. Jaqueth had been the librarian in 1899, and served on the board for some time thereafter. At this time the library was open 2 1/2 hours, two days a week.
In 1903, library holdings had reached 1359 volumes; of these 222 were purchased that year, and one was a gift. The librarian's salary was up to $75, and in the annual budget, cataloging appears for the first time, with $10 allotted to it.
When in 1909 Blanche Alvord became the librarian, she was able to have two assistants; circulation was by now over 6000, and 350 borrowers were registered. During these early years of the twentieth century, the library was open several hours a day for around 150 days a year.
In 1911, allowance was made for binding expenses of $9.00, in a total budget of $451.00.
The library was supported in 1912 by $375 in tax, and no state aid was given in that year. Back in the schoolhouse in that year after several years in a nearby location, the library had a capacity of 3500 books; it owned about 2500. There was no classification system and consequently all books were arranged by author. No reading tables were available. The library had open shelves, with one book allowed at a time to each patron. Teachers, however, were allowed to take as many as they desired; they were asked to keep a circulation record which would be added to the library's records. Charging was being done by ledger entry.
The German-speaking population was still a factor to be considered at this time. The Lutheran Church was conducting services entirely in German, and would continue to do so for many years. The librarian seemed to feel that the book collection met the needs of this group, though the accession books show no German titles, as she declined the offer of a traveling library in German from the state. It is most probable that the German-speaking people did not request service from the library; it is to be hoped that the church provided a reading room for them. (The church had at least one book of which the congregation was justly proud. It was a silver-mounted and embossed pulpit Bible given by Emperor William II of Germany.) In succeeding years, children's books are reported separately; there were few when first reported, but by 1915, circulation of children's books accounted for 1484 of a total of 5904. These years brought new borrowers to the library at a rate of around 50 a year. In 1919, a total of 653 borrowers was registered.
A sudden burst of growth and activity is shown by the library following 1918. It was in that year that Adasa P. Hopper, soon to become Mrs. Gray, was made librarian. The library had new quarters in the Civic Center; it had been reorganized under the direction of a State Library representative; and its budget was nearly double what it had been in the previous year. Circulation took a tremendous leap. In 1918 it was over 10,000, and by 1920 had doubled again.
At this time the president of the Board of Trustees was Kathryn P. Dunham, who was actively interested in the library and in its past. She wrote a history of the library which seems not to have survived; unfortunately a copy was not kept in the library records. Some of the additional circulation is accounted for by the increased number of hours the library was kept open. The schedule for 1921 shows that on three days of the week the library was open for two or more hours. Logically enough, salaries for the librarian and her assistant were higher--$170.00 and $63.00 respectively by 1924; the librarian's salary had by 1929 reached $450.00.
This growth of library service continued steadily throughout the forty years during which Adasa Hopper Gray was librarian. She became almost a legend in the community. She was not a trained librarian, having had no more than a high school education, but she was devoted to the interests of the library, and worked against the odds of inadequate financial support and lack of help and space to advance the Liverpool Library, until her death in 1963. She is seen through her annual reports to the state to have been a woman of strong character; she was outspoken and firm in her opinions, with, however, a sense of humor. These doubtless were the characteristics which enabled her to accomplish what many would have said was impossible.
Her service to the library was recognized in 1965 by a group of her friends, by the dedication of a plaque to be seen in the adult section of the library.
Liverpool Public Library 1930-1965
The years between 1930 and the present have brought nearly as many changes as the earlier years did, to the Liverpool Library. In 1930, the village population stood at 2242; by 1972 the population served by the library, now considered to be the Liverpool Central School District, numbered about 40,000. In accordance with recommendations by the state, the Liverpool Library kept to the pattern of increasing the book collection and the hours of service during the crisis of the depression. Circulation increased steadily, and showed no sign of faltering in its upward course until the pre-war period. From a circulation of 33, 392 in 1930, the library by the end of 1971 had attained a circulation of over 141,000.
The l940s opened a period of cooperation between the library and other community organizations. The Liverpool Historical Society, the American Legion, the Boy and Girl Scouts, and the Garden Club all made use of the library's services, as did the schools of the village. During this time, Mrs. Gray's objectives were to persuade the patrons to read better literature, and to circulate as many books as possible on current topics. She initiated a Book Club, whereby its members donated one or two books each per year to the library; the circulation of the books so given was limited for one year to club members. There were at one time as many as 100 members of this club.
Major problems developed during the 1950s for the Liverpool Library. For some years its location had been shifted and reshifted; it had been housed in five different locations. All were within one or two blocks of the center of the village, but it was not until 1958 that it was at last permanently established in the old grammar-school building. Three rooms and a small office on the main floor constituted its quarters. The partitions between rooms, and the age of the building, caused some inconvenience.
A need arose during these years for clear-cut policy in matters of hiring, book selection, sick leave, etc. The trustees therefore applied themselves to the clarification of existing policies and the formulation of new ones, for consistency in dealing with employees and the public.
Strange though it is to relate, despite the rapid increase in population through these years, interest in the library was declining. Schools were now centralized, and in 1952 the library was rechartered as a central school district library. Trustees then were Warren Blasland, Irving Orth, Edward Bryant, J. Gordon Rankin, and Gustave Eriksen: five in number according to the new charter. But in 1959 the voters of the district rejected the library's budget of $11,000 not once, but twice, and the library's doors were forced to close. After a great deal of publicity, interested citizens held an open meeting to ask for support for the library. This time they were successful, and in November of 1959 the library reopened.
School and church libraries were rapidly growing at this time. The school district was adding many new schools, each of which was equipped with an excellent book collection and a professional librarian.
Entering upon the 1960s, the Liverpool Library resumed its upward climb. A Great Books program was initiated, which, however, has not continued to the present time. In 1961, the trustees considered joining the Onondaga Library System; but though central acquisitions and processing had been a trend in the state since the 1940s and was recommended by the Board of Regents, the trustees did not at first feel that this was a good step for them to take on behalf of the Liverpool Library. In 1963, however, Liverpool did become a member of the county system. Gaylord manual charging came to Liverpool in 1962; the vastly increased circulation and population served made a mechanical charging system imperative.
Upon the death of Mrs. Gray in 1963, it was decided to locate a fully-trained, full-time library director for Liverpool. In the fall of 1964, this director was found, in the person of Miss Frances Carman.
One of Miss Carman's first tasks was to continue the monumental weeding which had been begun before her arrival. Many thousands of outdated and outworn volumes were removed from the shelves, and many of the shelves themselves were removed, bringing a lighter, brighter atmosphere to the library. Miss Carman's major objectives were to build book and periodical collections up to par, to maintain a full schedule of opening hours, and to make the best possible use of the services provided by the Onondaga Library System. Under her auspices, two more professional librarians were hired, making possible a wider variety of services to the public.
In 1966, the library's quarters were remodelled, which while not providing very much more space, made better use of what was available, and gave the library a much more welcoming aspect.
Circulation increased year after year despite the still limited facilities. Since there was now a larger staff, programs such as story hour were instituted in these years, but it became more and more clear that a new building was needed. Miss Carman and the Board of Trustees began a study of the community, aided by a committee of interested citizens, with a view to learning what kind of library facility would best serve Liverpool.
Upon Miss Carman's retirement in 1970, (Mrs. Jacob) Susan D. Gabbay, formerly children's librarian, was appointed as library director. With a staff of five full time and eight part time employees, the library has been able in the last year or two to offer a wider variety than ever of programs and services. These include a continuing reference and interlibrary loan service in the charge of (Mrs. John) Barbara Vasquez, reference librarian; three story hour sessions under the direction of (Mrs. Joseph) Fay Golden, children's librarian; a program for mothers whose children attend story hours; film shows; craft and cooking demonstrations; and an outreach program for the elderly and handicapped. The library also sponsored "Art in the Park," an art exhibit and sale, in July 1972, and has launched an art guild for the Liverpool area.
The Liverpool Library has come a long way. Beginning as a library restricted to paying members, it became, we have reason to believe, a school library, and then a public library serving a tiny village. Again it widened its horizons and welcomed the school district, including many thousands more people than theretofore: at last it has become a part of the county library system, which in turn may call upon state and national resources.
The staff and trustees of the Liverpool Public Library are always looking for ways in which they can serve the public better. Hopes for a new building continue to set the main goal for all concerned about better library service. The trustees, who are Mrs. John Schreiner, president, Stuart Krupkin, vice-president, Bruce N. Johnson, secretary, Robert Audley, and Mrs. David Fulmer, along with Mrs. Gabbay, are currently working out plans for a new facility which can provide the programs, services, and book collection so badly needed by the community of Liverpool, ever-growing in size and awareness.
I. Ledger of Liverpool Library, 1831-1843.
II. Whitney, Ruth. Liverpool Centennial. 1930.
III. Group, Mrs. E. F. The Liverpool Legend. n.d.
IV. Onondaga Historical Association. Files 1850-1900.
V. Accession books, Liverpool Public Library 1892-1930
VI. Annual reports, Liverpool Public Library 1892-1964.
VII. Charters, Liverpool Public Library, 1893, 1901, 1952.
VIII. Minutes, Board of Trustees meetings, 1952-1963.
IX. "On the library map," New York Libraries, May 1918
X. Interview, Miss Frances Carman, director, Liverpool Public Library.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 5/3/2013 (1632 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Last week, Nichole wrote in with a request for short ribs made in the slow cooker. Thanks so much to Renée Lavitt, who sent in a recipe for barbecued ribs, and to Sandra Hickey, who offers a version flavoured with Guinness.
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Barbecued ribs of beef
1.4 kg (3 lbs) beef short ribs, cut into 5-cm (2-inch) pieces
10 ml (2 tsp) salt
1 ml (1/4 tsp) pepper
5 ml (1 tsp) paprika
5 ml (1 tsp) dry mustard
15 ml (1 tbsp) sugar
15 ml (1 tbsp) Worcestershire sauce
125 ml (1/2 cup) ketchup
125 ml (1/2 cup) water
60 ml (1/4 cup) cider vinegar
125 ml (1/2 cup) minced onions
1 clove garlic, minced
Brown the ribs in a heated casserole or Dutch oven; pour off the fat. Combine all the remaining ingredients and add to the ribs. Cover and bake in a 175 C (350 F) oven for 2 hours. Remove the cover for the last half hour. Serves 6-8.
Tester's notes: This is a great cut of meat, and the barbecue sauce is a tasty balance of spicy, sweet and sour flavours. You can bake this in a conventional oven, but it would adapt well to the slow cooker, as in the recipe below -- cooking for about 8-10 hours on low or 4-5 on high. Beef ribs aren't quite as fatty as pork ribs, but you'll probably want to skim off some fat when the ribs are warm, or let them cool and then spoon it out.
Guinness-braised short ribs
2 onions, thinly sliced
2 carrots, diced
1 rib of celery, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 bay leaves
30 ml (2 tbsp) paprika
6 ml (1 1/4 tsp) salt
2 ml (1/2 tsp) pepper
500 ml (2 cups) beef broth
1 x 440-ml can Guinness beer
60 ml (4 tbsp) tomato paste
15 ml (1 tbsp) Dijon mustard
15 ml (1 tbsp) liquid honey
1.4 kg (3 lbs) beef short ribs
In slow cooker, combine onions, carrots, celery, garlic, bay leaves, paprika, salt and pepper. In small bowl, whisk together beef broth, beer, tomato paste, mustard and honey; pour into slow cooker. Submerge the ribs in the liquid. Cover and cook on low for about 7-8 hours, or until the meat is tender enough to pull away from the bone. Discard bay leaves, and skim off the fat.
Tester's notes: Really good. The low-and-slow cooking method really suits ribs, and I love the taste of Guinness in cooking. Here it adds depth and darkness to a flavourful braising liquid.
I decided to sear the meat first. You don't have to, and I know that part of the charm of the slow cooker is the idea that you just throw everything into one pot, for convenience and quick clean-up. But I think searing adds a layer of flavour and colour, so generally I brown anything that I'd brown if I weren't using a slow cooker.


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|Building Business with Pleasure
Want clients to remember you as the best of the best? Charter a yacht for your next corporate event.
By Kim Kavin — October 2004
lf you're a businessman, chances are at some point you have found yourself standing exasperated in a hotel room at a corporate "getaway," reading line by line down the sponsor's crammed itinerary of product speeches and feeding times, wondering why in the heck you accepted the invitation in the first place.
If you're a good businessman, at some point you have realized that resorts and cruise ships and all the other places most companies take you to woo your loyalty are okay, but that really, you'd just as soon have gone out for dinner with the principal players instead of being bussed around to tourist meccas. "It's all nice, but you don't spend any time with people," says Nick Trotter, president of Meridian Yacht Charters. "It's almost like it's a nametag tour, and that's not where the value is in developing business relationships."
Trotter, who used to run resorts in the British Virgin Islands, has seen his share of corporate cattle-calls. So when a businessman approached him about two years ago and said he wanted to create something different, something better—something memorable—for his best clients, Trotter knew a yacht charter was the way to go. From his Virginia office, he organized a weeklong, five-yacht extravaganza in the Caribbean. The businessman invited his top suppliers and their spouses, all of whom spent a week enjoying the yachts, the watertoys, the five-star service, and one another's company. "You would never see his company name on anything at all—no bags, no hats, nothing like that, which they thought was cool because it's very high class," Trotter says. "Their goal was to show those people the time of their lives."
The businessman figured he would do the charter event once, then go back to less-expensive options like resorts and cruise ships. But before his party even got back to the dock, he had asked Trotter to begin coordinating another, bigger corporate event for this winter. "They find out when they do it that it exceeds their expectations, and not just in terms of fun," Trotter explains. "It allows them to spend time with people in a way that they didn't imagine was possible before."
That's one of the keys to winning at big business: getting people to believe in something they didn't even imagine was possible. For many people, even at the highest end of corporate pay scales, yacht charter is that "something." For all the industry's growth in the past decade, charter remains an activity pursued by a relatively small club of in-the-know clients. Most people don't think of it when it comes time to vacation. Only those who are truly knowledgeable think of it when it comes time to talk business.
Suzette McLaughlin, a charter broker in the Palm Beach, Florida, office of Camper & Nicholsons International, has arranged two charter events for a heavy-hitting company in the automotive industry. Both were in the Caribbean and planned at least a year in advance, and each included ten separate yachts. "If you take the boat, the provisions, the first-class tickets and land activities, these programs are easily over a million dollars," she says. "You're not going to find your average, everyday corporation doing this, but if they compare it to a five-star resort—which these guys are staying at anyway—apples to apples, it's not that much more."
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A member of the unique generation of African writers and intellectuals who came of age in the last days of colonialism, the author has witnessed the promise of independence and lived through postcolonial failure. He deeply comprehends the pressing problems of Africa, and, as an irrepressible essayist and a staunch critic of the oppressive boot, he unhesitatingly speaks out. In this work, he offers a wide-ranging inquiry into Africa's culture, religion, history, imagination, and identity. He seeks to understand how the continent's history is entwined with the histories of others, while exploring Africa's truest assets: "its humanity, the quality and valuation of its own existence, and modes of managing its environment, both physical and intangible (which includes the spiritual)." Fully grasping the extent of Africa's most challenging issues, he nevertheless refuses defeatism. In this work he analyzes problems ranging from the meaning of the past to the threat of theocracy. He asks hard questions about racial attitudes, inter-ethnic and religious violence, the viability of nations whose boundaries were laid out by outsiders, African identity on the continent and among displaced Africans, and more. HIs exploration of Africa relocates the continent in the reader's imagination and maps a course toward an African future of peace and affirmation.
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The hospital's 500 nurses say they'll strike for Tuesday only after negotiations earlier this month failed to yield a new contract.
Seven team members with NCCC will be in Warren for the next six weeks helping TNP build a better Warren.
They say Portman, like Trump, is putting his own interests ahead of what is best for the state.
The shooting happened after police responded to a report around 1:30 p.m. from a person who said several people in a car were firing shots.
A scuffle broke out when conspiracy theorist and radio show host Alex Jones started speaking in Public Square.
Residents in Struthers and Lowellville are showing appreciation for their police departments by displaying the brightly colored bulbs.
The plaintiffs say they suffered concussions and other head trauma that resulted in long-term brain damage.
No one was injured when an SUV came crashing through a Champion firefighter's Alva Avenue home on Tuesday.
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The Dayton university made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. It was to be the first presidential debate of the season.
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Tips on how to make Christmas decorations from garden material - plus, find out what else needs doing in the garden this week.
By Hannah Stephenson
If you've bought the Christmas tree and now have little left in your budget for wreaths, baubles and other festive garlands, just take a walk in the garden to find some twigs, sprigs and berries which will make pretty adornments - and save you pounds.
Ideal material for adding natural beauty to festive scenes indoors include crab apples, hazel, dogwood, berried ivy, holly, silver birch stems, as well as a variety of seedheads and pine cones.
Pre-lit man-made Christmas paper trees are all the rage this year, but you can create a similar pretty adornment at a fraction of the cost with half a dozen thick stems of willow or birch, tied together with florist's wire and festive ribbon or raffia and placed in a large indoor trough or pot filled with moist compost and decorative stones as a mulch on the top.
Wind a selection of Christmas lights around the branches, which will give any corner a focal point and takes up less room than a regular tree in a smaller space, or will add a festive glow in another room away from your main tree. If you're using Christmas lights, don't add extra water to your pots.
Clippings from your Christmas tree can make the base of a fabulous wreath, using a wire frame wrapped in moss, secured by florist's wire. Take the tree clippings and feed them into the frame from their stems, making sure all the sprigs face the same way. Again secure with thin wire, circling it all the way around the frame, and then add holly or other evergreen additions, along with pine cones which you can secure with wire or glue, baubles and colourful ribbon for a bow at the top or bottom.
The colourful stems of dogwood also make an easy indoor or outdoor wreath. Weave the most colourful stems together, wiring the first one to create the frame and then weaving subsequent stems around it.
Holly spheres are also easy to make, using a dry oasis ball, strong curling ribbon or raffia and florist's wire. When you are picking your holly, use end pieces, allowing for two to three pairs of leaves and then trim the bottom pair of leaves off so you have an inch of clear stem.
Pierce the ribbon with a piece of wire so you can thread the wire and ribbon right through the centre of the oasis ball, knotting the ribbon or making it into a loop at the bottom and securing it further by threading more wire through the loop and into the oasis, to secure the decoration when it is suspended.
At the top of the ball, wind the ribbon up to stop it becoming too creased and secure with a paperclip, which you can hold with one hand while inserting foliage with the other.
Starting at the top of the sphere, put in pieces of holly around 2.5-3in long, adding small bits of conifer as you go, working around the ball until it is all covered. By eye, make sure the foliage is even and fill in any gaps with other evergreens. Thuja 'Rheingold' is a great ornamental golden conifer to stick between the holly sprigs. You can also use ivy with clusters of berries, leaving the last two leaves of the ivy and the berries, which will fill it out and give the sphere a different dimension.
Other bits and pieces can also be added including seedheads and cones, which may be better glued on. Tie a bow at the top of the sphere with the remaining ribbon and then suspend it from your hanging basket bracket.
Festive natural baubles can be hung off shelves and door handles by making a ball out of chicken wire and then covering it with moss from the garden, secured with florist's wire, and then adding either sprigs of berries or decorative seedheads. If you want a bit of sparkle, add a spray of glitter to the berries or a little fake snow on to the moss.
And at the Christmas table, create your own festive place settings with dried fruits or small bundles of cinnamon sticks, gluing small cones to the base so they can stand upright, to take florist card holders. The same natural materials can then be added to your Christmas crackers to match.
Best of the bunch - Ivy (Hedera)
It may be the bane of many gardeners' lives, but ivy comes into its own at Christmas, adding colour and movement to outside pots and weaving in and out of garlands or wreaths as an addition to festive indoor decorations.
If you have mature ivy in your garden, you may enjoy rounded heads of matt black berries in winter, prized by flower arrangers, which can be used along with red berries from other shrubs as a great contrast in indoor decorations.
Some ivies are extremely hardy, surviving the worst of the winter weather unscathed, including Hedera helix, which will thrive in all soils and situations, producing glossy green leaves, and H. colchica 'Sulphur Heart', which has dark green leaves splashed with yellow and pale green. If you want a hardy variegated ivy, go for H. colchica 'Dentata Variegata', which has light green leaves mottled with grey and edged creamy white.
Ivy will grow in almost any soil but does best in alkaline conditions, with moisture at the roots, and is not bothered if it's in sun or shade, although it will always grow from a shady position towards the light.
Good enough to eat - Parsnips
No Christmas dinner would be complete without parsnips, whether roasted in a Parmesan crust or given a devilishly delicious dowsing of maple syrup to create a stick-to-your-teeth, toffee-flavoured coating. And they are so easy to grow.
They thrive in a deeply dug, fertile soil and should ideally follow a previous crop that has been well manured rather than adding compost to the soil when you plant them. If you are choosing a long-rooted variety, make sure your soil is devoid of stones and is not heavily compacted. Otherwise, go for a short-rooted type.
Sow the seeds in April directly into the ground in drills 1cm deep and 30cm apart, sowing two seeds at 15cm intervals so you won't need to do much thinning later on.
You will need to be patient because seeds are notoriously slow to germinate. Hoe between the rows to stop weeds competing and make sure the ground doesn't dry out in very hot weather.
Be warned, though, that heavy watering or persistent rainfall after a drought can lead to the roots splitting. If you want a continuous crop of baby parsnips, you can sow seeds throughout May and June, to harvest in September, but make sure you use proper baby-parsnip seed as normal parsnip seedlings stay very thin until quite late in their life so cannot be eaten early.
Leave winter parsnips in the ground until you need them and frost is said to enhance the flavour. However, you can lift them before the ground is hard to work, storing the roots indoors in boxes of sand. Good varieties include 'Gladiator' and 'Albion'.
Three steps to... Revamping an old brick wall
1. Cover nearby plants with plastic sheeting, then rake out loose areas of mortar using a wire brush.
2. Repoint the wall where necessary using a ready-made mortar mix to save time mixing your own.
3. To finish off, paint on silicone sealer to extend the wall's life and stop algal growth on shady walls.
What to do this week
:: Check bulbs being forced for Christmas and new year flowering regularly, to ensure they don't dry out and that they are given light and warmth at the right time.
:: Bring under cover herbs potted up for forcing.
:: Take winter hanging baskets under cover, either into the greenhouse or porch, as they are particularly vulnerable because the compost in them is exposed to cold from all sides and can freeze solid.
:: Make sure any newly planted bare-root or rootballed trees which are in containers have good drainage and are slightly raised off the ground to allow excess water to drain away.
:: Tidy plants in winter containers, cutting off the yellowing leaves of polyanthus and primroses, and removing dead flowers using a pair of scissors.
:: Plant hippeastrums for spring flowering in 15cm pots of John Innes No 2 compost, burying only the lower half of each bulb. Keep pots in a humid atmosphere at about 10-13C and water sparingly until flower buds appear.
:: Finish taking hardwood cuttings of gooseberries and currants.
:: Leave a pile or grit near the front drive and any steps for use if conditions become icy.
:: Open greenhouse ventilators a little on sunny days but close them again quite early in the afternoon, before the temperature begins to drop, to help retain the heat of the day.
:: Prune greenhouse vines once the leaves have fallen and the plants are dormant for the winter.
:: Clean and service lawnmowers and other tools.


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Now, they must win.
They're rich. They have both financial security and stability in the form of long-term contracts. They're the Winnipeg Jets of the present and the future. All that remains to be seen is if they're winners or losers.
For a few years now we've been hearing about the potential and talent of the core group of players with the Jets. They're no longer being paid for potential on entry-level deals or even second contracts. They're now getting the big dollars reserved for performance deals. Long-term contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.
Time to buy that house on the lake or fishing boat you've always dreamed about owning. It's also time to win.
Growth and development is great and it's a process that has to unfold on its own schedule. But sooner or later the finished product either arrives or it doesn't.
Patience from the fanbase isn't infinite and the Jets are a different product than our Blue Bombers. It's a lot easier for the Bombers at their price point to get away with endless futility. But the kind of money and yearly increases the Jets are asking of people puts the organization on a much different clock.
'Jets fans may wish for a Stanley Cup but they can't demand one. They can, however, expect a playoff team and more'
Winning in the NHL is obviously much harder than in the eight-team CFL and a Stanley Cup is a generational goal for most franchises.
Jets fans may wish for a Stanley Cup but they can't demand one. They can, however, expect a playoff team and more. That's well within their rights as a fanbase paying the freight.
So now, after having some time to cut their teeth, this group of players must begin to return the investment made by the organization and backed by the community.
The window for the Jets to be winners is open. The players need to take the next step and become a playoff team. Such a statement will push GM Kevin Cheveldayoff into the next mode of fine-tuning the roster and adding pieces to turn the Jets into contenders.
But right now it's all about the core players Cheveldayoff has locked up. It's time for them to earn their keep and become more than just a cute story out on the Prairie. It's time for them to become a serious hockey team.
Cheveldayoff has made the only bet available to him in this market and that's to lock up the young players previously collected by Atlanta Thrashers management.
Andrew Ladd, Ondrej Pavelec, Evander Kane, Toby Enstrom, Zach Bogosian, Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little were members of the organization when it arrived from Atlanta and Cheveldayoff has now systematically signed them all to long-term contracts.
That's a lot of talent signed for a lot of years. It's a fine foundation with more talented draft picks coming on board every year as Cheveldayoff continues to bolster the organization's depth.
If this franchise is to become a playoff team or contender, it will be on the backs of these players.
To date, Jets fans have been thrilled to cheer on these young players and crow about their potential. But that will change now. Fans are well aware of the money that's been handed to these players and will instinctively point to contracts if and when they become disgruntled.
Veterans such as Ron Hainsey and Nik Antropov constantly had their play held up against their healthy contracts. It's the nature of the dynamic and the Jets newest group of highly paid players will either thrive in their next stage of their hockey lives or they'll bear the full force of a dissatisfied Canadian hockey market.
The Jets, in essence, grew up this summer. Now we find out if they're ready to accept all that comes with the money they've been handed.
Word out of Minnesota, and there was photographic evidence Tuesday on Twitter, is Dustin Byfuglien has taken a step in his conditioning.
"Buff's going to be a big-time player this year," said teammate Blake Wheeler, after spending some time with the talented defenceman last week. "I'm glad he's on my team this year."
Byfuglien can't take the Jets to the next level all alone but if he's ready to fulfill the unlimited potential trapped inside his body and mind, Cheveldayoff may have acquired the best player available this summer without having spent a dime or going outside his own house.
Byfuglien has hovered around all-star status the last few seasons but hasn't been able to crack the ceiling from very good to great. Conditioning is the key to unlocking that mystery and the Jets have addressed that with their star player again and again.
If Cheveldayoff and coach Claude Noel have found a way to reach Byfuglien, there's no limit to what he can accomplish. By extension, Byfuglien could drag the Jets to some unexpected places.
So things are looking good in late July. The best they've looked since the Jets returned to Winnipeg.
But, and Cheveldayoff said this himself on Monday, the games are won on the ice.
True enough.
So bring on the games. And the expectations.
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HOUSTON - A Little League organization is making big changes after a suspicious man approached a child inside a ballpark restroom.
A man stood and watched a Little League player as he used the restroom at Bayland Park, 6400 Bissonnet near Hillcroft, on Tuesday evening.
"Being out here on a day to day basis, there are a bunch of kids being it's a Little League park," said Ricky Watkins, Westbury Christian High School coach. "
Park officials have warned parents about the incident and let them know about changes being made to keep their kids safe.
"Effective immediately, any player at your practices that requests to go to the restroom must be accompanied by a same-gender adult … the buddy system is no acceptable at this time," a note from the park stated.
The same rule goes for high school students.
"A couple of them tried to laugh it off because they think they're tough guys, but you really don't know what you're dealing with until you deal with it. So, we're not going to take any chances for our students and we're going to be as precautionary as we can," Watkins said.
Park officials have not released a description of the suspicious man.
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10/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination
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The Tenth Gate
Mindfulness of Sangha is a gate of Dharma illumination;
for [with it] attainment of the truth is steadfast.
Mindfulness :
attentive, aware, careful or heedful; awareness of the present moment
May we, together with all beings
Realize the skill of mindfulness;
That with our brothers and sisters,
We can harmoniously reach the truth.
May this offering bring peace to all beings
May our actions contribute to the harmony of The Universe
And, may all hearts and minds be opened to The Present
仁道 生開 - Jindo Shokai "Open to life in a benevolent way"
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Over on Planet Elder Scrolls, which has tons of cool mods, I came across one this morning that I found particularly interesting. Looks like your hero will now have the ability to use the Force Push technique that the Star Wars prequels decided to overuse.
Only bad news is that Liam Neeson didn't agree to add some Qui Gonn dialogue for the game. Anyhow, check out the mod here.


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This past weekend, food-crazed crowds flocked to New Jersey's famous boardwalk for Atlantic City's 2011 Food and Wine Festival. With a star-studded line-up of Cooking Channel and Food Network chefs behind the burners, familiar faces were abound and good food was aplenty. A celebration of everything edible, drinkable and down-right delicious, the four-day feast featured tons of loosen-your-belt-worthy eats like Ben Sargent's fiery Fish Curry Soup (pictured above).
Like Cooking Channel favorites Ben Sargent, Kelsey Nixon and Roger Mooking we couldn't help but join in on the festivities. From Guy Fieri's Cheese Steak Battle to Fire & Ice (an outdoor food and booze party), we made sure to bring back some of our favorite leftovers. Here's what caught our eyes — and stomachs.
Conch Ceviche Topped with Citrus Sorbet
Chef Robert Irvine and his crew's innovative pairing worked wonders on the palate. The ceviche and ice-cold sorbet met in perfect harmony, and the tangy citrus livened up each and every spoonful.
Cubanos: Pressed Cuban Sandwiches
A classic Cuban lunch: Buttered white bread, freshly sliced ham and pork, melted Swiss cheese and yellow mustard — simple, and yet so satisfying.
Spicy Crusted Seared Tuna, and Much, Much More
Robert Irvine's station also served up a mouthwatering combination of spicy crusted chunks of seared tuna and black beans. Check out his fine-looking fish and all our other faves.
New York City Food and Wine Festival is fast approaching. Get your tickets here!
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SALINA – Freshman Jamie Patrick's sixth offense rebound of the night was her biggest as she was fouled with 2.0 seconds remaining in regulation and subsequently buried two free throws to break that tie with Northwest Florida State College and propel the Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team into the Final Four for the second-straight year.
Patrick buried both free throws to cap off a career-high 25-point night and then sophomore Aja Sorrells intercepted the Raiders long inbound pass as No. 3 Hutchinson outlasted No. 5 Northwest Florida State 73-31 in the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament at the Bicentennial Center in Salina.
Hutchinson (35-1) moves into the national semifinals for the second-straight season. That game will be a rematch of last year's national semifinal between HCC and No. 2 Central Arizona. The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday.
"It was a remarkable game," said HCC head coach John Ontjes, who won his second Top 5 matchup this season. "Playing a great team like Northwest Florida, our kids just battled all game long. We were fortunate to be able to make the play at the end. Jamie making those two free throws was the icing on the cake for her and for the team at the finish.
Hutchinson took a 71-67 lead with 2:50 to play on Chrisstasia Walter's spectacular three-point play. The Raiders (26-6) fought back to tie the game at 71-all and missed three chances to take the lead. The first when Tavarsha Scott couldn't complete a three-point play with 1:04 remaining. The second was when Carla Batchelor missed two free throws with 13.5 seconds remaining.
Walter looked to have the rebound secured on the second missed free throw, but couldn't totally control the ball. After a mad scramble, a tied possession was called and the possession arrow was pointing Hutchinson's way.
On that final possession, Walter tried to penetrate to the basket and pulled up from about 6 feet and missed long. Patrick, who as huge on the offensive boards all game, grabbed the rebound and was fouled 2.0 seconds left. Patrick hit the first, then had to wait out two Northwest timeouts before hitting the seconds for a 73-71 lead – Hutch's only points of the final 2 minutes, 50 seconds of the game.
Northwest Florida, out of timeouts, then tried a long inbound pass that Sorrells picked off and held on as the buzzer sounded to punch's HCC's ticket to the Final Four,.
"I know my team believes in me and I believe in myself to make the first one at least," Patrick said. "Their coach then called two timeouts to try and get me out of my rhythm. I was so shaking on the bench."
"Jamie was in the right place," Ontjes said. "She made a play on the basketball. Chrisstasia drove it in. She tried to get and get it as deep as she could. We were fortunate to get an offensive rebound and that was the key in the game."
Patrick finished the game with a career-high 25 points, tying a career high with 4 of 6 from the 3-point line. She had eight rebounds, six were offensive boards and she scored after four of those offensive rebounds.
That worked helped Hutchinson build a huge 46-28 rebounding advantage. HCC grabbed 22 offensive boards and had a decisive 19-4 advantage in second-chance points.
Walter had another great postseason game with 18 points – hitting three 3-point goals, – nine rebounds, four assists and three steals. With her second assist of the game, Walter became the first player in Lady Dragon history to have 200 assists in a season.
Sophomore Jasmine Patterson had 12 points and six rebounds. Freshman Jade Herl finished with nine points on three 3-point goals.
The Lady Dragons shot 37.9 percent from the field (25 of 66) with a season-high 11 3-point goals on 24 attempts and 12 of 17 from the foul line. HCC turned the ball over 18 times.
Northwest Florida State scored the most points by an HCC opponent this season and became the first team in 99 games to shoot at lead 50 percent (25 of 50). The Raiders his seven 3-pointers in the game, but only one in the second half, one 20 attempts. NWFS was 14 of 22 from the foul line.
Scott had 18 of her 23 team-high points in the second half. She added eight rebounds. Luiana Livuto added 19 points and Kiani Parker had 11 points, five rebounds and five assists.
"They have speed and they have strength, but I always believed that we would win in the end," Walter said.
"They hardly missed any shots in the first half," Herl said. We were sagging off a couple and they just stepped up and made shots. Hopefully they were going to cool off and they never did. We just got enough stops to win."
Hutchinson saw two nine-point leads quickly disappear, once in each half.
The Lady Dragons led 15-6 with 14:37 left to play in the first half. Northwest quickly reversed that deficit with a 12-0 run over the next two minutes to lead 18-15 with 11:39 to play in the half. A Walter 3-pointer and Sorrells putback reclaimed the lead for Hutchinson.
Tied at 24-all, the Lady Dragons closed the first half on a 19-12 run, hitting eight first-half 3-pointers.
"We had to shoot the ball well from the perimeter to even have a chance to win the game because baskets were hard to come by around the rim tonight," Ontjes said.
Patrick's basket just 34 seconds into the second half gave HCC its second nine-point lead of 45-36. HCC forced five turnovers on Northwest's first five possessions of the second half, but couldn't cash in missing several layuyps or short putbacks early in the second half.
Northwest shot 61.9 percent (13 of 21) and took a 52-49 lead with 11:58 to play. The Lady Dragons responded with a Sorrells outback and a Patterson fast-break layup to reclaim the lead at 53-53 with 11:04 remaining.
The Lady Dragons kept holding off Northwest charges for the remainder of the game. Tied at 65-65, Patrick buried her fourth 3-pointer with 3:28 to go to give HCC a 68-65 lead. The Raiders answered with a two-pointer and Walter then created and then converted a wild three-point play to go up 71-67 with 2:49 to play.
Those were the last Blue Dragon points of the game until Patrick's late game heroics with 2 seconds remaining.
GAME NOTES – Hutchinson is now 9-5 all time in the NJCAA Tournament and 3-0 in the quarterfinal round. … This was the closest margin of victory in tournament play. … The 71 points allowed is the third most in HCC tournament history. … HCC's 35 season wins are one win a away from last year's 36-1 record-breaking bunch. …This was the 71st win by the Sophomores. … HCC is 2-0 in NJCAA poll Top five matches this season… John Ontjes is 22-7 vs. ranked opponents at HCC. … This was the first-ever meeting between HCC and Northwest Florida State. … Chrisstasia Walter moved up to sixth in career steals with 138. She is already the single-season steals leader. … Jamie Patrick has 63 3-point goals this season. … The Lady Dragons how have 2,746 points for the season, which is 19 points away from breaking a team record. … The 2013 Lady Dragons became the second team in HCC history to reach 1,000 field goals with 1,222. … HCC is up to fourth in 3-pointers (195), up to third in total rebounds (1,560), up to second in assists (952) and is tied for fourth in total blocks (136). … Jasmine Patterson is up to 17th on the career scoring list with 750 points. … The only two teams in the last three years – South Plains and Northwest Florida – to shoot 50 percent have been right at 50 percent. That means an opponent hasn't better than 50 percent in 218 games. …HCC is 33-1 when lading at halftime.
(By Steve Carpenter, HCC Sports Information Director)
Head Coach John Ontjes
On the HCC rebounding …
"To only give them six offensive rebounds and out-rebound them by 18 way whey we were in the ball game.
On the role players …
They had some kids step and step up and make some shots for them. We never backed down. We kept our composure and we are moving on to the Final Four.
On the competitive nature of the team .
We have a very cohesive group, a very competitive ground. Each one of those kids understand their role and they love to win.
Freshman Jamie Patrick
On final minute of the game …
I thought that I ruined the game because I fouled the girl right at the end. It was the stupidest move that I fouled her. I was so nervous. We stayed with it and kept going."
On the early hot outside shooting …
"We know that we are good shooters and you can't let one miss get you down. You have to keep stepping up and taking open shots you get from your teammates."
On playing in the national tournament …
"It's always more fun playing than sitting the stands. The team last year was amazing and they did so well. I just want to carry on and be a part of the Hutch team.
Sophomore Jade Herl
On Jamie Patrick and the final free throws …
"I was really confident that she was going to make them. I am usually her partner when we work on them and she hardly ever misses, so I was confident she was going to make both of them and she did."
On where this ranks in exciting games for her career …
"This is at the top. Going back and forth with a team and they get a lead by two and we come down and make a basket. People stepped up and made shots and we got stops on defense. I was one of the most exciting games I have played in."
Sophomore Chrisstasia Walter
On the final play …
"I was hoping they don't any half-court shot at the end. I was thinking that we have it, we just had to make one more stop."
On returning to the Final four …
"It feels good being a part of something like this. Some girls might not get a chance. We just want to live for tomorrow and keep pushing."
On Jamie Patrick and the final free throws …
"I had confidence in her."


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Methadone treatment services in Centennial, CO are offered by BHG Recovery. BHG specialize in effective outpatient opioid treatment services utilizing either methadone or buprenorphine (the active ingredient in suboxone). Medication-assisted treatment using methadone or buprenorphine is FDA-approved and has been identified as a best practice medical intervention for those people suffering with chronic opioid withdrawal symptoms. Below are links to more info on methadone program effectiveness, opioid dependency, addiction & recovery counseling, and job openings in methadone clinics.
Phone: 303-824-5866
Methadone Availability
Imagine trying to medically manage advanced diabetes with no insulin or grand mal seizures without anticonvulsant medication.
Modern medicine has raised our standard of living and sustained life in ways that people could not have imagined just 100 years ago.
In the cases cited above of diabetes and epilepsy, medication functions as a miracle intervention that saves the patient from suffering and death, and allows him or her to lead a full and productive life.
Science is clearly instructing us that addiction is a treatable illness which can at times be successfully managed with medication assistance, similar to the stabilizing role that insulin plays in the life of the diabetic patient.
A critical element of opioid addiction is the physical dependency which leads to debilitating opioid withdrawal symptoms. For many individuals, the persistence and severity of opioid withdrawal leads them to chronic failure in any effort to recover. With the assistance of methadone (or buprenorphine), many of these people will finally be able to cope with their illness by having their withdrawal symptoms alleviated.
The value of relief from opioid withdrawal is monumental. It is often the first major step toward being able to face one's addiction. Medication assistance is good science, and it opens a door that was likely closed for many years. The value of having a new start is priceless. We only have one life. It is worth saving. Whether it's diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, or addiction – specific medications can help a patient restore their quality of life.
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Right Path Treatment Centers
Right Path provide a variety of opioid, alcohol, and other drug addiction treatment services through their various outpatient programs located in Virginia and North Carolina.
The organization utilizes Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders, and they provide confidential consultation to individuals who are trying to determine the best of course of treatment for dealing with their addiction issues. Right Path are equipped to now provide the new Probuphine implant that utilizes time-released buprenorphine to alleviate opioid withdrawal symptoms as individuals pursue a solid, long-term personal recovery.
Right Path endorse the benefits of 12 Step philosophy while also incorporating a strong medical component in their opioid recovery program due to the statistically high percentage of opioid addicted people who will ultimately relapse without medication-assisted support.
Read more about Right Path's services and counseling approach at the link above.
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Access to Addiction Treatment
Many state-funded addiction treatment services have undergone gradual cuts during the last 15 years. With the rising opioid addiction crisis in America, better access to opioid treatment is definitely needed.
There are a number of private clinics and outpatient treatment centers opening their doors in most every state. These private clinics are meeting a need for services that are often absent in more remote areas of the country.
Some new opioid treatment providers are smaller, independent methadone clinics while others are part of a larger network such as those owned by Acadia Healthcare, Behavioral Health Group (BHG), or Colonial Management Group.
They all have one thing in common, and it is that they provide their patients with medication-assisted treatment (MAT). MAT is scientifically proven to be more effective than other forms of abstinence-based treatment.
Medication assistance typically utilizes methadone or buprenorphine-based products to alleviate a patient's chronic opioid withdrawal. Without medication-assistance, patients often face either a detox admission or they struggle on in a daily effort to secure opiates so as to prevent the return of withdrawal sickness.
People ready for opioid treatment may find that their local methadone clinic is full, or that their nearest clinic is just too far away to access on a daily basis. For some patients, suboxone/buprenorphine may be the best solution since a prescription can be obtained for several weeks of medication before a return visit is required.
Access to treatment is currently on the radar of national healthcare officials and government legislators, many of whom have received numerous letters and calls from families requesting more funding for treatment, and better access. Media coverage has also been much improved during the past 3 years in part due to the widespread opioid crisis and its broad impact.
Supporting local opioid addiction treatment services is important for every community. It ultimately saves lives, reduces crime, and promotes recovery so that addicted patients can work and function.
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21st Century Cures Act
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a sweeping reform, called the 21st Century Cures Act, that will infuse $1 billion in new funding earmarked for opioid treatment and prevention services.
It has taken several years of alarming statistics on the national opioid epidemic, but Congress has responded. This USA Today article provides an overview of the numbers. In addition to the $1 billion for opioid services will be another $4.8 billion for cutting-edge research around treating Alzheimers, cancer, traumatic brain injury, and other medical issues.
The bill received enormous bipartisan support and passed 392-to-26. In 2016, death by drug overdose surpassed death by car crashes and gun fatalities. The public outcry for government intervention has been steady. With so many families having been affected by addiction issues, the new funding allowance should open doors for opioid treatment particularly in rural areas where opioid services have been severely lacking.
Methadone remains the #1 medication-assisted treatment option. Buprenorphine medications are; however, making a big impact in the treatment field with a wide variety of buprenorphine-based formulations coming to market. In addition to the familiar suboxone film, are probuphine (a buprenorphine implant), subutex (an uncoated buprenorphine tablet), and bunavail.
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New National Buprenorphine Website
Buprenorphine.US is the newly developed companion website to Methadone.US. Methadone has been in use as an opioid addiction treatment medication for nearly 50 years. In 2002, buprenorphine became available in the U.S. as a new alternative for people suffering with opioid addiction. Since then, various medications containing buprenorphine have been released such as suboxone and zubsolv.
Buprenorphine for opioid addiction treatment can only be prescribed by qualified physicians who have received training on the proper use of buprenorphine. As the opioid addiction problem grew over the last 15 years, many thousands of doctors pursued training and were approved in the use of buprenorphine-based medications to treat opiate addiction.
At Methadone.US, we have served over 1 million U.S. visitors since the website's launch in 2011. Buprenorphine.US will aim to connect many more individuals with qualified physicians who can help them in their journey toward a genuine recovery and improved quality of life.
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A BID to beat the great British weather is at the heart of plans to create a new festival in East Lancashire.
Following a year of washed-out and cancelled outdoor events, an arts centre is planning a flood of fun activities in an event that will actually celebrate rain.
Staff at the Civic Arts Centre in Oswaldtwistle say the event will feature an umbrella parade, mud sculpting and singing and dancing in the rain.
The Weather or Not! Festival is to take place this Easter and organisers are urging people to get involved in planning the festival which will take place on the streets of Oswaldtwistle.
Centre director Gayle Knight said: "This festival is to be a brand new outdoor cultural festival featuring more or less anything that can be weather related.
"We spend so much time complaining about the weather and quite often rain can cancel an event.
"Weather or Not! is all about enjoying the great British weather and having fun outdoors – regardless of rain or shine."
Organisers are also appealing for hundreds of donated umbrellas which will be transformed into a colourful parade, worthy of being rained on.
Gayle said: "We're putting out an appeal for anyone with any old, plain umbrellas to drop them off with us at the Civic Arts Centre so that we can decorate them and parade with them. As long as they open up we want them."
And if it doesn't rain?
Gayle said: "We've been joking about that – and it will still go ahead in fine weather! We might have to create some rain for some events but the clue is in the title of the 'Weather or Not' festival. It's an event where you can have fun whatever the weather."
Residents and groups are also encouraged to submit their own weather themed ideas. Visit the centre, email email@example.com or call 01254 398319.


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March 25, 2013
Little Sprouts - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 01, 2013 - Crown Heights
Kids under the age of 5 learn how people and plants need similar things to live and grow. They'll become learn how to sprout their own plant to take home.
BubbleMania: Science, Art & Comedy! - New York Hall of Science
March 25, 2013 - Flushing
Enjoy the hilarious humor and spectacular science of this fun show by comic bubble-ologist Casey Carle, who has been featured on The Science Channel. See how science can turn the ordinary soap bubble into something extraordinary. Warning! Come prepared to be wowed! Small fee, plus NYSCI admission. Children under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the show. A limited number of tickets will be sold for each performance.
Children under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Small fee, plus NYSCI admission.
Enjoy the hilarious humor and spectacular science of this fun show by comic bubble-ologist Casey Carle, who has been featured on The Science Channel. See how science can turn the ordinary soap bubble into something extraordinary. Warning! Come prepared to be wowed!
Small fee, plus NYSCI admission. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the show. A limited number of tickets will be sold for each performance.
Board Games for Kids - Brooklyn Public Library, Cypress Hills branch
March 25, 2013 - Cypress Hills
Kids play traditional board games.
Read and Play - Brooklyn Public Library, Greenpoint branch
March 25, 2013 - Greenpoint
Babies and toddlers hear stories, explore books, and play.
Chess for Kids - Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge branch
March 25, 2013 - Bay Ridge
Kids, 8 and older, learn and play chess.
Irish Step Dancing - Staten Island Children's Museum
March 25, 2013 - Staten Island
Clap to the beat of lively traditional Irish Step Dancing with Dawn Daniels and her dance troupe.
Space No. 1 - Extreme Kids and Crew
Through March 31, 2013 - Bedford-Stuyvesant
An initiative of Extreme Kids and Crew, Space No. 1 offers a safe, sensory play space where special need children and their parents can play, teach, learn, sing, sprawl, and swing. An array of multi-sensory equipment provides for this.
The Child's Place for Children with Special Needs - Brooklyn Public Library, Sunset Park branch
Through March 31, 2013 - Sunset Park
This program accomodates all kinds of children inclusively for reading, story telling, and various kinds of play sessions. Parent workshops are also available. See Brooklyn Public Library for other locations throughout Brooklyn.
Fantasia's Feeding Frenzy - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through March 31, 2013 - Crown Heights
Look for animal curators in the Science Inquiry Center and see what's on the menu for Fantasia, the museum's 21-foot-long albino Burmese python.
School Tour - Brooklyn Free School
Through March 31, 2013 - Clinton Hill
Learn about this K-12 independent school known for its student-centered and student-directed initiatives. Email firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve a spot.
Cirque Du Soleil: Totem - Citi Field, Lot C
Through March 31, 2013 - Flushing
The mission of Cirque du Soleil is to invoke the imagination, provokethe senses and evoke the emotions of people around the world. A fascinating journey into the evolution of mankind.
The world's most famous circus traces the human species from its amphibian state to its human desire to fly. Characters evolve on stage. This production traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on a stage evoking a giant turtle, the symbol of origin for many ancient civilizations. Inspired by many founding myths, this show illustrates, through a visual and acrobatic language, the evolutionary progress of species.
The word "totem" contains the idea of the order of species. We carry in our bodies the potential of all species, all the way to our desire to fly - like the thunderbird at the top of the totem pole.
Somewhere between science and legend TOTEM explores the ties that bind Man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential.
Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents 'Built to Amaze!' - Barclays Center
Through April 01, 2013 - Prospect Heights
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus presents 'Built To Amaze!' This show takes the audience through the stages of creating an actual circus. Andre McClain, ringmaster and "America's favorite cowboy," takes the Ringling Bros. reins and leads the show, accompanied by his horse Comanche.
More than 110 of the world's best performers representing 17 countries along with 95 exotic and domestic animals will be assembled, creating never-before-seen, heart-pounding performances. Ringling Bros. is thrilled to introduce nine-time international award-winning comedic animal presenting duo Alex and Irina Emelin of Russia. Also new to Ringling Bros. is the Tower Tumblers, a troupe of competitive aerial athletes from the Ukraine who launch themselves from trampolines to scale and pass through a three-story-high translucent tower. Plus, the legendary King Charles Troupe, hailing from New York City, will perform a spirited game of basketball atop unicycles.
Spring Break - Prospect Park Audubon Center
Through April 02, 2013 - Flatbush
Prospect Park offers a full week of activities for spring break. Visit the Audubon House, Lefferts Historic House, and the Prospect Park Zoo for a fun time during the break.
Morning Bird Walk: Early Migrants - Prospect Park Audubon Center
Through April 02, 2013 - Flatbush
Spring into action and train to be a naturalist. Learn how to use tools of the trade and make your own nature journal. A great Spring Break activity.
2nd Floor Tours - Lefferts Historic House
Through April 02, 2013 - Flatbush
Kids can explore the unique architecture of Lefferts Historic House and learn about life on a colonial farm on this special tour.
Tony Hawk / Rad Science - New York Hall of Science
Through April 22, 2013 - Corona
Find out how the physics of gravity, force, velocity and balance make radical tricks possible in action sports in this program that runs through April 22. Children under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Make it Grand - New York Transit Museum
Through April 23, 2013 - Brooklyn Heights
Join the Museum during spring break for Make It Grand!, an original, interactive musical that celebrates 100 years of Grand Central Terminal. The program is free with Museum admission. Performance is approximately 30 minutes in length. Recommended for ages 4 and older.
Natural History - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Through April 30, 2013 - Crown Heights
Artist Patrick Dougherty and a team of volunteers constructed a monumental woven-wood sculpture in honor of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's centennial. The result, large-scale sculptures made from sticks and saplings, is an organic structure that changes over time as the materials settle and decay.
Wacky Tuesday - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through April 30, 2013 - Crown Heights
Kids under 5 explore art, science, and culture in a wacky, fun, and exciting way.
Little Scientists - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through April 30, 2013 - Crown Heights
Kids under 5 investigate the world of natural science with hands-on activities.
Tales for Tots - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through April 30, 2013 - Crown Heights
Travel to far away places in your imagination by listening to tales from around the world.
Introduction to Birdwatching - Prospect Park Audubon Center
Through May 01, 2013 - Flatbush
Explore the Park's natural areas and learn how to look for amazing birds. Take a tour and learn about the 250 species of birds that call Prospect Park home.
Arty Facts - Brooklyn Museum
Through May 19, 2013 - Prospect Heights
Children ages 4-7 and their adult friends explore the galleries, enjoy a family activity, and make their own art in this 90-minute class, each one a variation on a monthly theme.
Transit Tots - New York Transit Museum
Through May 30, 2013 - Brooklyn Heights
Stories, games and surprises for our youngest transportation fans.
Art classes - The Painted Cloud
Through May 31, 2013 - Brooklyn
The Painted Cloud classes offer a nurturing, dynamic environment that introduces children to many new techniques and materials, and allows them the freedom to express themselves artistically. unique and creative art projects using a wide array of high quality art materials.
Art Classes - Chroma
Through May 31, 2013 - Brooklyn
Kids enjoy exploration, interpretation, and reflection through art-making. Activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, puppet-making, mixed media, collage, printmaking, clay, and much more!
Namaste Yoga Health and Wellness - Namaste Yoga of Kensington
Through May 31, 2013 - Kensington
Namaste offers a range of yoga classes for all ages, as well as Zumba fitness classes, kickboxing, pilates, belly dancing, and more.
Friday Singalong with Jarrod - Greenlight Bookstore
Through May 31, 2013 - Fort Greene
Greenlight offers a weekly singalong/story time event for babies and toddlers each Friday afternoon! Meet in the kids section for 40 minutes of favorite songs and stories for the littlest booklovers, led by Greenlight bookseller Jarrod and his trusty guitar.
Nature's Helpers - Prospect Park Audubon Center
Through June 01, 2013 - Flatbush
Spend some time outside enjoying nature while helping to keep the Park clean. Families are encouraged to come and take a tour of the Park and its waterways and help keep it tidy along the way. Gloves, garbage bags, and trash grabbers will be provided.
Breastfeeding Support Group - New York Methodist Hospital
Through June 30, 2013 -
Discuss questions and concerns regarding breastfeeding and find support and encouragement with this group, which meets regularly.
Indoor Play - Powerplay
Through June 30, 2013 - Gowanus
Powerplay's play area is an environment that encourages physical and imaginative play. It's indoor play space is a warm embrace for the cold and frosty days. It provides amenities of a local playground in a fun and inviting atmosphere. Parents and caregivers must supervise their child.
Open Play - The Gym Park
Through June 30, 2013 - Greenpoint
Kids have fun, exercise, and enjoy alot of gymnastic-based sensory input. Use our 2,800-square-foot facility to explore, discover and help increase your child's awareness with positive play habits and a fun social environment. The Gym Park also offers a wide range of other programs including gymnastics and physical education for home-schooled children.
Kids' Yoga - Bend and Bloom Yoga
Through June 30, 2013 - Park Slope
Bend and Bloom Yoga offer children's yoga classes. Mondays are for 8-12 year olds. Tuesdays are for 3-5 year olds. Wednesdays are for 6-8 year olds. Kids are allowed to drop in ($18) or register for a series of classes. Family classes for moms and tots are also available.
So Smart Kids Fun Fitness Program - Vee Arnis Jitsu
Through June 30, 2013 - Canarsie
Fitness program helps build self-esteem and confidence, social skills, attention span and focus, gross motor development, and breathing and calming strategies for children with special needs.
Gymnastics - Aviator Sports Center
Through June 30, 2013 - Gravesend
Classes at Aviator's state of the art gymnastic facility is available for the home-schooling community.
Story Time with Emily - The Moxie Spot
Through June 30, 2013 - Brooklyn Heights
Emily, The Moxie Spot's resident storyteller, reads for the young and impressionable.
Sing-along with Andrew - The Moxie Spot
Through June 30, 2013 - Brooklyn Heights
Hear stories, sing, dance, then eat!
Dance Around with Nat - The Moxie Spot
Through June 30, 2013 - Brooklyn Heights
Nat, the Moxie Spot's proprietor, leads an hour of dancing and music.
Playspace - Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace
Through June 30, 2013 - Windsor Terrace
Children age 6 and younger enjoy an indoor playground, rockers, blocks, play panel for theater, rock climbing wall, bouncy castle, musical instruments, and easel boards for drawing. Have fun with many more age appropriate toys that encourage creativity and develop children's imagination.
Sunday Story Time - Greenlight Bookstore
Through June 30, 2013 - Brooklyn
Babies and toddlers enjoy stories as read by a different visiting author each week.
Saturday Story Time - Greenlight Bookstore
Through June 30, 2013 - Brooklyn
Saturday Story Time is geared toward kids ages 3 to 8 and their families. Authors and illustrators of picture books often visit us on Saturdays to present their new books, and neighborhood performers sometimes read as well.
Breastfeeding Support Clinic - Tribeca Parenting
Through July 31, 2013 - Park Slope
These clinics are helpful for moms who need a little reassurance or encouragement with breastfeeding. While many simple issues can be resolved in these helpful group sessions, please be aware that certain more complex breastfeeding issues may require more individualized attention which can be provided in a home visit.
Free Open Hours - Waterfront Museum
Through September 30, 2013 - Red Hook
Visit the Waterfront Museum during free open hours and learn about this historic Hudson River barge and the maritime history of New York harbor.
ElectriCity: Powering New York's Rails - New York Transit Museum
Through December 31, 2013 - Brooklyn Heights
This long-term exhibit engages visitors in a compelling and participatory exploration of electricity's role in powering the metropolitan region's subways and commuter rails.
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THE front door of a home in Elgar Avenue in Malvern was smashed in late Tuesday night.
The single panel was smashed between 11.30pm and 11.39pm and witnesses reported seeing a person fleeing the area carrying a baseball bat and wearing a balaclava.
This person was also reported to get into the passenger seat of a silver Ford Ka.
Anyone with information on this incident should contact the police on 101 and quote reference number 0758-s-050814.