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We are the UK's leading retailer for games room equipment, supplying both home and commercial customers with a wide range of high quality products, all of which come with free delivery. We also work on projects for games rooms for interior designers. Finance is available on a selection of products, which is subject to acceptance. Applications can be completed either online or in our showrooms.
We understand that to buy a pool table, pool dining table, table tennis table, table football table, snooker table, arcade machine, jukebox or air hockey, the product must be suited your needs. This is why we have a team of well trained expert advisors a freephone call away to answer any questions you might have.
Everything we sell is clearly described on our website, so making your choice should be an easy and enjoyable experience. If you need any advice at all just give us a call on 0800 622 6464 and one of our friendly team will be able to help you.
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You can visit us at our Showrooms in Elberton, which is just north of Bristol. We are just 10 minutes away from the Cribbs Causeway shopping centre. For directions please see our How to Find Us page for a helping hand.
We have three showrooms on the same site, the first displaying pool tables under £2,000, the second showcases pool tables over £2,000 up to as much as £26,000, the third showcases a wide range of products including arcade machines, pinball machines and much more. We also have on display arcade machines, jukeboxes, football tables, and table tennis tables. To compliment your purchase we also stock an extensive range of accessories, with over 150 pool cues on display to try out on any of our 5 playable pool tables.
Our expert team that you have spoken to on the phone also work in the showrooms, so you will be able to see the same person you spoke to on the phone. To be sure they will be available it is worth calling ahead to book an appointment.
We have the largest range of pool tables in the country, from all the top manufacturers in the UK, Europe, America, and China. There is a diverse choice available, so we should be able to help with whatever you are looking for.
We have all the different types of pool covered, choose from English Pool Tables and American Pool Tables, so whether you would like to play on one of the 6ft or 7ft pub type pool tables, or you prefer a larger 8ft or 9ft pool table found in pool halls, we can cater to your requirements.
There is a huge range of finishes available. We can supply a range of wood finishes in light or dark walnut, oak, black or white, even carbon fibre and aluminium effects are available. If you prefer solid wood we offer a huge choice of luxury pool tables, including: cherry, mahogany, oak, beech, teak, tulipwood, and walnut.
If you would like to maximise the use of the space you have available you may find that our pool dining tables provide an ideal solution. These are designed so that you can fit a dining top to them, and the cabinet is made sufficiently shallow so you can fit chairs or benches underneath for when you are entertaining.
When you have invested a serious amount of money in a pool table it is essential to upgrade the cues if you are really going to improve your game, and get the best out of your table.
We have a huge range of different pool cues to choose from, whether you need an 8 Ball pool cue, where a smaller 8mm - 9mm tipped cue is necessary, or you need an American pool cue where you will need a 13mm tip.
Snooker cues are very popular with customers playing at their local snooker hall, but want to improve their game with a cue of their own. With an average tip size of 11m, these cues come in a range of styles and prices to match most pockets.
Our range of brands is extensive, including Peradon, Buffalo, Predator, Cannon, McCorran, Cheetah, Dufferin, Cuetec, and Adam. We offer over 200 models of cue, so you can ensure you get the look, feel, and weight of cue you need.
We have a range of over 150 cues in our showroom, including rest sticks and extensions. Come along and give a few a try to ensure you pick the right one. Our expert staff will be happy to provide all the help and advice you need.
You can't beat a trip down memory lane, with a few hours spent playing arcade games you used to enjoy either a few years, or even decades ago. We have a huge range of arcade machines for sale, with the UK's best selection available.
There are a few choices to make, depending on what you are looking for. If you want to enjoy the games from the early 80s then one of our multigame machines is for you, with 60 classics including the likes of Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. We have these in either cocktail, upright or even bar-top formats.
If you prefer a genuine dedicated arcade cabinet, then you can choose from driving machines, gun games, ride-on, sit-in, dance machines. We have all the top brands: Sega, Namco, and Global VR. We also have pinball machines for sale, featuring the latest models from Stern.
The jukebox has long been an object of desire for most people, either from fond memories where the local diner or bar had one, or from old 50s movies where there was a classic Wurlitzer or Seeburg playing in the background.
We have a great range of jukeboxes for sale, from two of the top brands available in the world today. Sound Leisure, who are based in Leeds, England, manufacture a stunning range of CD jukeboxes, made in solid wood and use genuine metal chrome cappings to ensure the look and feel are just what the nostalgic buyer is looking for.
We also carry a range of jukeboxes from Wurlitzer, re-creating the stunning design of the 1015, which is the most popular jukebox of all time. If you want some bubbles, stunning lights, and most important of all the lovely warm sounds a jukebox brings, it's time to treat yourself.
Table tennis is growing in popularity, with players of all ages picking up a bat and getting involved. Following the well publicised speech from Boris Johnson on the subject of wiff waff, or ping pong, during the handover of the Olympic flag in Beijing the British have been reclaiming the game of wiff-waff!
So, to get yourself involved, you will need to choose from our wide range of table tennis tables. Depending on where you plan to play will determine the type you need to buy, choosing between indoor table tennis tables, or outdoor table tennis tables. We have the top brands available, including Butterfly, Cornilleau, Andro and Adidas.
Our range of products includes tables which are suitable for use by schools and colleges, camping parks, clubs and even for competition use with models recognised by the ITTF. We also carry an extensive range of accessories including bats, balls, practice robots, net and post sets, covers and competition equipment.
It's amazing how normally civil mannered individuals can become incredibly competitive when challenged to a game of foosball. Most people have had a game at one time or another, but those that are practiced and have honed their skills are great to watch, but a nightmare to play against.
Our range of table football tables includes all the top brands, such as Garlando, FAS, Sam and Bonzini. Prices start at just over £100 for a game for the kids, with tables designed for serious use starting at just under £400. The iconic Bonzini Babyfoot tables start at around £1300.
We carry tables for indoor and outdoor use, ones with coin mechanisms for commercial purposes, and some have glass tops to prevent the ball being removed and drinks or debris finding their way onto the pitch. Invest in one of our high quality football tables and be prepared to find a competitive side to yourself that few people have ever witnessed. But it's all in the name of fun!
Snooker continues to be an incredibly popular sport, for both TV viewers and players alike. As a product for the home its appeal is somewhat limited due to the amount of space required to accommodate full size snooker tables. However, we do sell a surprising number to private buyers, as well as to commercial establishments and hotels.
We carry a range of snooker tables starting from just over £2,000 for an 8ft model. Prices then rise depending on whether you are looking for 9ft, 10ft or the full size 12ft model.
We offer the Sovereign snooker range, as well as the more expensive tables from Sam. We can also have bespoke snooker tables made for you to your exact specifications. Just contact us with your requirements and we can either book in with you for a consultation or provide you with a quote over the phone.
The familiar ping of air hockey tables can often be heard in a variety of commercial premises, such as bowling alleys, cinemas, and seaside piers. The game attracts players of all ages, as it is simple to pick up and play, it's fast moving and exciting.
We range air hockey tables which are suitable for the home specifically, which are smaller and lighter due to being made from MDF. Our commercial air hockey tables are made from plywood and are far more substantial, manufactured to withstand the most exacting of environments.
The home models are provided with free delivery, whilst the more expensive commercial ones are both delivered and installed free of charge, to a groundfloor location, providing it's easy to reach with no steep slopes or steps.
10th Birthday Open House Event!
15 September 2017
We are holding our 10th Birthday Open House Event on the 1st October 2017, 2pm to 6pm. Come in and have fun at our showrooms and take part in our amazing competition to win one of our Signature Tournament Pool Table.
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The Christmas season is coming in fast and we would like to give you a heads up on what that means to Home Leisure Direct and our Pool Tables and Pool Dining Tables.
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Just two years after former Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle struck down efforts to bring raw milk to one of the nation's top dairy-producing states, lawmakers are it again. The issue has quickly sparked passionate debate from both sides and divided the dairy state.
According to The La Crosse Tribune, a hearing of the Senate's Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues drew support – and criticism – as both sides fought to be heard.
Supporters of the bill, including Democratic Rep. Chris Danou, point that the bill offers guidelines to what is already happening.
"What is a reasonable framework for selling something people want to purchase?" he said. "Unregulated black markets aren't a good idea."
Others point that eight of the nation's top 10 dairy states also allow raw milk sales.
Not everyone agrees. Some, like Jim Mlsna, a retired veterinarian and dairy farmer from Hillsboro, Wis., points that even one outbreak could tarnish the industry's reputation.
"That gallon of raw milk that gets somebody sick is going to look no different than a gallon of milk from my farm," he said.
Read, "Raw milk debate stirs passion — on both sides."
Mlsna is backed by dozens of industry groups and health professionals. Both the National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association have publically opposed legalizing raw milk sales, saying that "consumption of raw milk is a demonstrated public health risk. The link between raw milk and foodborne illness has been well‐documented in the scientific literature, with evidence spanning nearly 100 years."
"Nearly two‐thirds of all outbreaks associated with raw‐milk or raw‐milk products involve children," a joint letter from the two groups said. "It is the responsibility of Wisconsin's leaders to make decisions to protect the health of the public, most especially those who are minors and are unable to make fully informed decisions that could have profound consequences for the rest of their lives."
The Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal Sentinel reports that Michael Gutzeit, chief medical officer at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, shares this concern.
"My key message is that this bill unintentionally poses a potential threat to the health of children," Gutzeit said.
Earlier this year, as Nevada mulled a similar bill that would bring raw milk to the state, a former raw milk advocate and mother of a toddler seriously sickened by contaminated raw milk, spoke out against the bill. Nevada's bill was ultimately vetoed by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Could current Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker follow Gov. Sandoval's and former Gov. Doyle's precedent?
According to WTAQ News, anything could happen. Gov. Walker has said he will listen to the dairy industry and public health professionals, and if consumer safety can be guaranteed, he would approve the measure. Read more.
The last time the state considered legalizing raw milk sales, former Secretary of Agriculture Rod Nilsestuen, appointed a panel of experts to consider whether there are legal, regulatory means that might allow dairy farmers to sell unpasteurized fluid raw milk directly to consumers and, if so, what conditions would be necessary to protect public health.
However, after a year of deliberation, the 22-member panel reported that it could not endorse raw milk sales. The group agreed that if raw milk sales were made legal in Wisconsin, the state would need to impose restrictive requirements that go beyond any now found in America. Click here for more.


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This Vermont winter event is the perfect opportunity to get outside to do something you love, or to try something new. There is a small fee to participate in the event, $10 (or $8 if you're a member), but the Green Mountain Club's 17th Annual Snowshoe Festival and Winter Party is to benefit their education programs.
The event consists of guided snowshoe hikes and nature walks around the 40 acres surrounding the Green Mountain Club's headquarters in Waterbury, Vermont. The tours are tailored towards a variety of skill levels, so if you're a beginner, don't be afraid to join in on the fun! This is a great time to learn how to snowshoe and enjoy wintertime. The event will also have tours for intermediate and advanced snowshoers. These hikes will take place from 8:30am-3:00pm.
If staying at the Green Mountain Club's headquarters is up your alley, here is the list of on-campus workshops:
- A Bird On Glove demonstration by VINS (with funding from Kettering Family Foundation)
- Dog Sledding with Anam Cara Siberians
- Winter Cooking and Camping with South Burlington's Eastern Mountain Sports
- Kids' activities through the Winooski Valley Park District
- Massages by Jeffery Williams, Certified Massage Therapist
- North Branch Nature Center's Animal Tracking
- How to Dress in Layers and Having Fun with Kids with Outdoor Gear Exchange
- Face-painting with Joy from vermontfaceandbody.com
- Snowflake making, snacks, and more!
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A PIONEERING project which is bringing iconic Dudley buildings back to life is into its final phase.
New images released by Dudley Zoo show how the multi-million pound restoration of the main entrance and shop will look when they open at Easter.
Bosses at the Castle Hill zoo say work is on schedule to complete the upgrade of the 1930s structures, which are part of the world's biggest collection of Tecton architecture.
Dudley Zoological Gardens chief executive, Peter Suddock, said: "It's been five years in the making, but it's a unique project and will give the buildings a much-deserved renaissance and secure them for future generations.
"We are very much a part of the region's heritage: most families in the West Midlands have passed through our iconic entrance – more than 30 million visitors have been through those turnstiles in the past 77 years.
"From Easter when visitors arrive they see the original view of the castle and zoo as it was intended to be seen."
The zoo has 12 Tecton buildings which were constructed between 1935 and 1937 by Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin using new techniques of reinforced concrete and restoration work has involved a mix of methods from the 1930s and the 21st century.
Mr Suddock said: "All concrete repair work has been completed employing the exact formula used when they were built and we've also identified original paint colours.
"It's been a fascinating journey taking a unique set of buildings apart; so much previously-unseen architecture has been revealed and it's also offered an insight into past construction methods.
"The structural engineering for the time was very intelligent. For example, the entrance has 39 pins supporting the roof's five iconic concrete waves that form an interlocking serpentine. We now understand how that was constructed whereas prior knowledge was very limited.
"It's not all retrospective, we've re-insulated the shop's roof, added underfloor heating and new windows and doors."
After the completion of the of the first two buildings workers will turn their attention to Bear Ravine and Kiosk 1 at the zoo for the next stage of the project.
The current phase of restoration has cost £417,000 including £200,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of a £1.15m grant which, along with funding from the 20th Century Society, English Heritage and the European Regional Development Fund, has already helped pay for the restoration of the zoo's 1958 chairlift.
The project itself is also a groundbreaking initiative between the zoo and Dudley College to develop apprenticeships for building students.
Mr Suddock said: "This is the first time such a dedicated course has been launched and we believe it will provide valuable skills within the building restoration industry."


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By Ivan Suzman
Home safety - especially in the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom - is a prime concern for someone who is living with Parkinson's. Fortunately, there are several easy ways to ensure a safe and comfortable home.
General Home Safety Tips
First, arrange the furniture to allow plenty of space for comfortable standing, sitting and turning (for those who use wheelchairs, the standard is to allow at least five feet). If you use the stairs, add handrails to both sides of the staircase, and mark the first and last step with white, non-slip paint for easy recognition.
Linoleum, vinyl and wood floors are safer if we either secure or remove loose rugs. If you are considering remodeling, Mary Ann Ryan, from Orion, MI, suggests staying away from carpet and instead opting for vinyl or tile floors. These surfaces will be easier to navigate when using Hoyer lifts, walkers, canes and wheelchairs and do not show as much wear. The downside of these materials, Mary Ann points out, is that they can be dangerous; vinyl can be slippery and tile is a hard surface if a person falls. If you choose instead to lay down a carpet, make sure it is low-pile so that your feet do not get caught in it.
Note that you can widen the area around your doorways slightly to provide extra space by purchasing door-widening hinges that expand doorways by about two inches. ElderWeb sells boxes of 2 DMI Offset Door Hinges for $15.00 on www.elderweb.com, or you can call (309) 451-3319 for more information.
Keeping Up in the Kitchen
The kitchen is one of the most potentially-dangerous areas in the home for people with Parkinson's. Between our unpredictable "off" periods and our dyskinesias, routine kitchen activities such as chopping, sautéing and mixing can be more than a bit challenging. Set up ingredients and kitchen tools in a place where you can sit to prepare food, and use plastic mixing bowls and measuring cups to avoid any breaks. Be sure to keep plenty of extra towels on hand to clean up any spills.
There are gadgets to ease some of the difficult kitchen tasks while protecting oneself from burns and cuts. The Hot Hand® Protector and Jar Opener protects hands from burns and helps open jars. Devine Medical Supplies offers this for $15.25 through their website, http://store.devinemedical.us/ or by telephone, (800) 609-3409. You can also pick up a rubber gripper at the grocery store for under a dollar to help with opening jars. To mitigate the dangers of cutting and chopping, consider purchasing an ULU knife, which has a rounded blade with a wooden handle that lines the top of the knife. These are available in most kitchenware stores.
Another way to reduce kitchen problems is to replace manual utensils - for example, can openers, vegetable peelers and scissors - with electric or battery-operated versions. There are several options on www.Dynamic-living.com; call (888) 940-0605 to request a free catalogue. Remember to keep plenty of fresh batteries available!
Bed and Bath
Make your bedroom safer by placing it on the first floor if possible (to avoid the stairs) and by attaching rails to the side of the bed to help with getting in and out. For help in rising, securely tie a nylon repeller's rope to the foot of the bed or to a bolt in the wall. You may wish to try the Norco Bed Pull-up, available for $13.95; visit www.activeforever.com or call (800) 377-8033 for more information. Satin sheets or pajamas can also be helpful when you need to turn over and slide into various positions.
When heading to the bathroom, avoid the usual bedroom slippers, which can be slippery and flimsy. George Docken of Minneapolis, Minnesota, recommends using anti-skid slipper socks when walking on slick floors. These are issued by many hospitals and are available at medical supply stores.
If your shower set-up requires you to climb over the side of a tub, consider adding a transfer bench, which allows you to sit down and swing or pull your legs over the side. To keep steady while in the shower, add a shower chair (perhaps a plastic garden chair) and install grip bars on the walls. These can be found in most medical supply stores. I prefer plastic grip bars to those made of steel, because they do not take on either extreme of the water's temperature. I find the "w" shaped bars to be the most useful. Joyce Cialkowski, of South Holland, Illinois, recommends purchasing rubberized mesh from a fabric store to line the shower floor. She finds that it provides a secure, non-slip surface that is machine-washable and dries easily.
For more tips, consider asking an occupational therapist to do a Home Safety Evaluation for you. Keep in mind that this is a for-charge service and that implementing the therapist's recommendations can be expensive and extensive.
Ivan Suzman has lived with young-onset Parkinson's disease for over 20 years. For several years, he wrote a regular column, The Parkinson's Mailbag, for PDF's newsletter, News & Review.
Originally published in the Summer 2005 issue of PDF News & Review.


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I am truly looking forward to school being out. Well. I say that now. We'll see how I feel about it in a few weeks when the kids are bored and asking me every 30 seconds what they can do. But for now, I very much look forward to those sweet and lazy afternoons. Today's Steal, the Sweet Afternoon collection by Teresa Collins, with it's soft pastels, just screams of stress free times and barefoot walks in lush summer grass.
Today we are lucky enough to have extremely talented, guest blogger Lisa Dorsey here to show us just how sweet and relaxing today's steal can be to preserve all of those warming memories.
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Wow, I was incredibly inspired by all of the gorgeous papers and embellishments in this kit. The papers are so soft and pretty. They are perfect for so many different projects.
The first project I completed was a layout about my parents. As soon as I saw the blue floral papers I knew I had to cut out all those beautiful flowers. They made the perfect border for my photos. To add to the vintage look of the photos I edited them in Pixl-o-matic.
Having two girls, we are all about pink in my house. There are so many products in this kit that lend themselves perfectly to cards, especially pretty pink ones. I used the 6x6 designer pad for this card along with the accessory sheets and brads. I created the lace flower by stitching along the top edge with embroidery thread and then gathering it to make the flower.
Soft blues, yellows and pinks instantly remind me of babies. This card came together very quick and easy because of these great papers. Simply added a few lace punches to soften things up a bit.
The great thing about this kit is that there is so much to work with. I barely scraped the surface while creating this layout and two cards. I can guarantee that I will go back to these papers and embellishments time and time again.
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Lisa, thank you so much for being our guest blogger today! Your projects are perfection. If you haven't already stopped by Lisa's Blog be sure to swing by and say hi!
Hope you have an excellent weekend and I will be seeing you on Monday for a little more Monday Card Madness.


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The last weeks I have, like most of you, been thinking very intently on the state of our union, the economic disparities, the corruption of our systems and institutions, real estate and even OWS.
So here is another kicker. I decided to toss in the towel and buy a place, in spite of most here and elsewhere reminding me of my potential folly. But I finally found a place that we adore and it made financial and spiritual sense so to speak. It just feels right. Tomorrow we close on the deal.
Tonight under the door, our rental complex 'landlord' slipped a rent increase notice under the door. When I read it I about sheet a breek. We rented a place DT on the Embarcadero as we are new to the city and didn't really know where we wanted to live and didn't have time to visit the city to shop around for rentals. What we rented is nice, but nothing great. It does have a stupendous view of the Ferry Building and overlooks a huge chunk of DT and the SF Bay. Stunning. 600sf, an equally large balcony on the 18th floor and a block to Bart/Muni and the Transbay Terminal. Rent $3200. Rather steep but manageable and I get it for the convenience and view. Tonight I find out that if we choose to stay, our rent is going up to.....drum roll....$5200/month. No lie.
So of course I am elated that we have someplace to move to, for quite a bit cheaper, 3x as big and in a great setting and neighborhood just north of the city. But I truly get why the 99% are so pissed and why OWS is more than justified in their anger. It is like everyone is now out of their homes or folks with good jobs and cash can't even buy a place if they wanted to are all flooding into the rental market, allowing landlords such as mine an open opportunity to screw everyone. Pay it or get out.
So my question is this; do they now have us pinned in a double whammy? Is this the beginning of skyrocketing rents even as housing prices continue to drop lower? Is the middle class just so screwed that it has gone completely numb with the shifting realities? Quite frankly, I am joining OWS. I used to even be a loyal democrat. I am now, simply, the 99%.
So what are your thoughts? More rent increases? More social unrest due to what I describe above? I am just a little freaked out at the moment I guess. I do well financially and can only feel compassion for those who make far less. Not even sure how folks are making it. I know, I know, some will say that they are renting someplace an hour or two from the city for 400/month and they don't know what I am talking about....Love to hear what you are all seeing/hearing/and experiencing out there....thanks.


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For all those kind customers and friends who have sent their best wishes to Vermont Woods Studios and our network of Vermont woodworkers, here's a quick update on Vermont's status after Hurricane Irene.
- This storm will most likely prove to be one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in the nation's history
- Analysts said that much of the damage might not be covered by insurance because it was caused not by winds but by flooding, which is excluded from many standard policies
- 3 people in Vermont have died and a fouth is still missing
- All rail traffic has been stopped
- Nearly 300 roads and 30 bridges are closed
- The state office complex in Waterbury is shut down
- A dozen villages are cut off by bridge and road wash-outs, with no way in or out
- The National Guard is airlifting food, water and supplies to them
- Nearly 20,000 Vermonters are still without power
- These photos give an idea of the damage and destruction in VT
Skiers – sorry to report that this is a base lodge at Killington.
Also, if you love horses you have to see this video. It's a horse and rider braving the floods and stormy weather to deliver medicine to a stranded Vermonter. And speaking of horses, here's a tip for Vermont horse owners: New England's only non-profit donkey, horse and mule rescue may be able to help you with boarding displaced animals. It's called Save Your Ass, of course (really- you can't make this stuff up). Give them a call at 603-835-2971. Ask for Ann.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who are suffering through this disaster. Vermonters need help. The Brattleboro Reformer had a great article today on ways to help. Yesterday I posted links to the American Red Cross of VT and other organizations that are helping Vermonters. Your encouragement and support is greatly appreciated!
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Heather Nyberg-Schlotzhauer
Beacon Correspondent
Retired, past, and present Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department firemen and firewoman, along with friends and family gathered at Company 1 Main Fire Station on Fortuna Boulevard to honor 50 years of service by Mel Berti.
The evening was filled with laughter and great food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary and FVFD to honor their longtime friend and fireman. Guest entered signing a guest book and posters where they could leave personal messages to Berti.
Berti is only the third member in the history of the FVFD to reach 50 years of service. Retired Company 2 Captain Bob Durfee shared, "Mel has always been good with people and when there are situations where we have needed to deal with traffic he has a way with dealing with individuals."
FVFD Chief Lon Winburn described, "Berti is all about the community." Chief Winburn went on to share a heartfelt, "Thank you for everything."
Longtime FVFD retired Chief Frank Hizer joked, "Berti had to get a Corvette to get to the fires on time. One time he passed me on the way to a fire and that was 40 years ago."
Bill Terry, former Fortuna Police Chief, made the trip into town to honor his long time friend sharing, "He will always be my best friend and my partner." Terry reminisced about a time downtown during the last street dance where FPD could not get the crowd under control and so the longtime group of FVFD members turned the hoses on the crowd.
FVFD has a new Captain for Company 1, Trevor Miller shared, "Mel comes to calls at all hours of the night and morning when ? of the Department do not. This is true commitment."
Kent Johnson reflected on his 26 years on the Department with Berti saying, "We backed each other up. We were a pretty darn good hose team." Johnson also presented Berti with a gift to acknowledge his 50 years of service to the community.
Berti reflected, "I have worked with a lot of excellent people in the Fire Department." Berti shared about his introduction into the Department remembering, "I have to thank my dad for getting me into the Department. He was a great fireman, as was my uncle."
After some funny stories and tragic reflections on loss on the job the large group said their congratulations and thanks for all he has done. Berti responded, "Thank you so much for coming here tonight. It is a great honor."
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1. Members of Company 1 present Mel Berti and his wife with a congratulatory and thank you gift.
2. Members of the Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department past and present join around Mel Berti to congratulate him on his 50 years of service to the community.


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But once the situation is more stable, France wants African troops to do most of the work to wrest the north of Mali from the Islamists, as called for under a United Nations Security Council resolution passed in December.
French officials conceded, however, that there were disputes over how African participation would be paid for and about the best way to transport troops to Mali. In Paris, French officials said that the United States, while willing to help ferry African troops, wanted to bill France for the use of transport aircraft, which officials said would not go down well with the French.
But the officials said that France and the United States were sharing intelligence about Mali and the Sahel region garnered from drones and other means, and discussions with Washington continued amicably.
The African troops also need equipment and training, and Mr. Fabius pointed to a donors' summit meeting in Ethiopia scheduled for Jan. 29 as "a key moment."


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Dean Starr Delivers Fifth Annual Address
In a bright change in tradition, Dean Peter Starr turned his fifth annual address into a town hall meeting and brought the College of Arts and Sciences' faculty and staff up on the stage with him in the Abramson Family Recital Hall on April 23.
"It was a great opportunity to get everyone more directly involved in a discussion of upcoming goals, challenges, and priorities for the College," said Starr.
Surrounded by faculty and staff, Starr reviewed the College highlights of the year and discussed the findings from the Dean's Advisory Committee's most recent survey of College faculty.
"The College has reached new levels of excellence in many areas, including new hires, faculty honors and awards, innovative programs and initiatives, student achievement, and fundraising," said Starr. "At the same time, the survey identified areas for growth and will help us set faculty priorities for the next several years."
New Hires and Faculty Awards
"We had another strong recruiting year, which included hires from Yale, Princeton, the University of California–San Diego, the University of California–Santa Cruz, and the Rand Graduate School," he said. "We look forward to having these outstanding new faculty join us in the fall."
Starr also highlighted the accomplishments of current College faculty. This year, for the first time, five faculty members were named or served as presidents of their respective scholarly organizations:
- Michael Brenner (Israeli studies), Leo Baeck Institute
- Terry Davidson (psychology), Eastern Psychology Association
- Martha Starr (economics), Association for Social Economics
- Alan Kraut (history), Organization of American Historians
- Robert Lerman (economics), President of the Society of Government Economists
Starr announced that four faculty members were awarded Fulbrights: Deborah Payne Fiske (literature), Max Paul Friedman (history), Adrienne Pine (anthropology), and Elizabeth Worden (SETH). In addition, Richard Breitman and Allan Lichtman (history) received a Tikkun Olam Award and the National Jewish Book Award for their book FDR and the Jews. Vivian Vasquez (SETH) received the Advancement of People of Color Leadership (APCL) Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
American University honored three College faculty for their outstanding teaching, research, and service. Max Paul Friedman (history) was named the American University Scholar/Teacher of the Year, the university's highest faculty award. Robert Blecker (economics), won the Outstanding Service to the University Community Award, and Yuliya Gorenman (performing arts) won an Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment Award.
College faculty built on their strong record of winning research grants. Major research funding was won by Dave Culver (biology), Amos Golan (economics), Kiho Kim (environmental science), John Nolan (mathematics and statistics), Andrew Taylor (performing arts), and Paul Winters (economics), among many others.
New Programs and Initiatives
Starr noted the importance of innovation and collaboration in new programs and initiatives throughout the College.
New programs include a game design master's program with the School of Communication, an undergraduate neuroscience major, and three online master's degrees: teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), nutrition education, and applied economics. In addition, work is well under way on the proposed CAS Leadership and Ethical Development (LEAD) program.
"Substantial progress has been made in gathering departments and programs together by similar disciplines to create purposeful learning spaces," said Starr. "These plans include a state-of-the-art science building on the future East Campus. This building illustrates that we are serious about the sciences and serious about pedagogical innovation. It will serve as an incubator for new collaboration among the sciences."
Student Achievement
Starr praised the faculty's efforts towards nurturing and supporting College students. "This year our student body included a Truman Scholar, a Udall Scholar, four Fulbright Scholars, seven Gilman Scholars, three Killam Fellows, and our third Rhodes finalist in as many years."
Alexis Dobbs, a College senior majoring in public health with a minor in biology, received the highest honor for undergraduate students: The President's Award, which is presented to a graduating senior whose accomplishments are considered exceptional and reflect American University's highest ideals.
It was a strong fundraising year for the College, with newly endowed scholarships for literature, psychology, special education, and the sciences. The highlight of the year was a naming gift from Carolyn Alper funding a space in the AU Museum to showcase art and artists from the Washington, D.C., area.
Dean's Advisory Committee (DAC) Report, Spring 2014
In fall 2013, the Dean's Advisory Committee conducted a survey of College faculty to gather information about widely shared suggestions and concerns for which it could identify concrete recommendations for action.
Starr turned over the meeting over to DAC committee chair Phil Johnson (physics) to present the survey findings and recommendations. Some of the recommendations are already being implemented, including creating a new faculty mentoring plan, expanding research and grant support, developing more opportunities for faculty recognition, and increasing efforts to help associate professors find a strong path to promotion. In addition, to promote innovative pedagogy and community building, the DAC recommended the College provide more opportunities for team-teaching and collaborative work, as well as more informal conversations and events for College faculty.
"I want to thank the DAC committee members for all their hard work on the survey, and for their clear, insightful, data-driven analysis of issues," said Starr. "I look forward to more discussion and faculty input, and to seeing these recommendations implemented across the College."


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NEW YORK ( Real Money) -- Is there suddenly too much of everything? Or has there been too much for everything for a long time and we just didn't know it? Was there too much of gold before its collapse? Are we now discovering that there was way too much copper all along? Did we always have too much oil and we didn't know it? I think everyone has to be thinking along these lines right now because of the sudden declines in so many commodities that seem to all have gone from some tightness to equilibrium to glut in a blink of an eye. Let me offer you my theory. In the last two decades we have seen an unprecedented financialization, if you will, of all commodities. Pretty much everything is traded either through glibly created ETFs or through futures backed up by warehouses somewhere or through physical hoarding via tanker ships. The pools of money that have chosen to make commodities as an asset class is much larger than we can ever know because those funds aren't registered anywhere and pretty much report to no one. I am sure at one time, before the ETFs and the large pools of capital, you might have traded these commodities on actual supply and demand. But if you look at the excellent work that Alcoa ( AA) done on commodities you would know that supply and demand have had little to do with any of the prices of metals in the last few years. What mattered was the financial buyer not the natural buyer. Right now, for example, when Alcoa looks at all the smelting facilities that are open, when it looks at how much aluminum is available vs. pretty constant needs -- as opposed even to the accelerating ones we are seeing -- supply, after overwhelming demand, is finally getting tight. But it has done nothing at all to the price of aluminum, which is very weak. Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Real Money on April 18. To see Jim Cramer's latest commentary as it's published, sign up for a free trial of Real Money. That shouldn't be. But it is. Trying to understand how it can be requires you to think like a hedge fund manager, not an aluminum merchant. And here's how you think: China's going to reaccelerate growth so I will take down a lot of aluminum and when China does reaccelerate I will make a killing. In the meantime, interest rates are so low I can afford to warehouse the stuff.
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CYCLISTS in Dudley are being urged to have their say by joining a lobbying group.
The Dudley Cycle Forum tackles cycling issues and comments on council proposals and strategies that relate to active travel.
Attended by elected members and senior council offices, it also encourages debate on wider issues such as, education, training and promotion of cycling and whether roads and cycle paths are fit for purpose.
Councillor Judy Foster, cabinet member for transport, said: "There are a number of cycling initiatives taking place in the borough at the moment and we are keen to engage with local cyclists and other interested parties to see what's important to them.
"The cycle forum is a great way to get involved and find out what's going on in Dudley borough and I hope lots of people will come along and have their say on this important topic."
It meets four times a year and its first meeting of the new year will be on Monday January 14 at the Dell Stadium in Brierley Hill from 6pm until 7.30pm.
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CHICO — The track at Silver Dollar Speedway was fast Friday night for points race No. 14 in the track championship series.
Some drivers couldn't handle it, as shown by the seven wrecks over the first 11 laps of the 360 winged sprint car 20-car, 25-lap A feature. It took four tries to get the first lap in.
Others definitely could handle the conditions, especially Roseville's Sean Becker, who passed Chico's Brad Bumgarner for the lead after a lap-11 restart, and went on to his 45th career victory at the quarter-mile dirt oval.
There were no more wrecks after a rollover immediately following Becker's pass for the lead, and the Oroville native sliced through lapped traffic to win by about half a straightaway ahead of Bumgarner in second.
Auburn's Andy Forsberg worked from deep in the field to finish third, followed by Arboga's Gary Burdick in fourth and Colfax's Colby Wiesz in fifth. Rounding out the top 10 in order were Anderson's Keith Bloom, Australia's Michael Cunningham, Plumas' Max Adams, Grass Valley's Billy Wallace and Placerville's Andy Gregg.
Adams led all eight laps and won the first of three heat races by about two car-lengths ahead of Penngrove's Alissa Geving, with Australia's Josh Ruhs in third.
Bloom similarly dominated the second heat from the start, finishing about half a straightaway ahead of Carmichael's Brandon McMillen, followed by Chico's Kevin Sharrah in third.
Gregg made a lap-four pass for the lead in the third heat and won by half a lap. Grass Valley's Jeremy Burt took second with Chico's Clint Wilson in third.
Becker had the fastest time in qualifying out of 21 cars with a lap of 12.655 seconds.
Olivehurst's Ryan McDaniel won two main events and two heat races in one night, taking first in both the dirt modifieds and limited late models.
McDaniel led all 20 laps in the five-car modifieds A feature, winning by half a lap with his father Randy McDaniel in second and cousin Duane Cleveland of Plumas Lake in third.
Randy McDaniel led the first four laps of the single modifieds heat race before pulling off, leaving Ryan McDaniel to inherit the lead and edge Chico's Richard Papenhausen by less than a car-length. Cleveland took third.
Live Oak's Matt Micheli led the first two laps of the nine-car late models A feature before Ryan McDaniel passed him. McDaniel went on to win that race by about a full lap, with Micheli in second, and Paradise's Duane Zeider in third.
Ryan McDaniel passed Live Oak's Ken Micheli, Matt's dad, on the fourth lap of the lone late models heat race. McDaniel won by half a lap, with Matt Micheli second and Ken Micheli third.
Chico's Don Emery led all but one lap to win the five-car, 20-lap wingless sprints A feature. Oroville's Ron Laplant passed Emery for the lead after a lap-11 restart, but Emery passed him right back on the next lap and went on to win by several car-lengths.
Anderson's Rowdy McClenon finished second followed by Laplant in third.
Laplant led every lap of the one heat race to win by several car-lengths ahead of McClenon in second, with Chico's Taylor Nelson in third.
Brentwood's Fred Ryland started the 12-car, 20-lap street stocks A feature on the pole, led every lap and won by half a straightaway.
Rough and Ready's Brent Lawrence ended up second, with Orland's Jake Vantol in third. Cottonwood's Richard Workman and Paradise's Kevin Ward rounded out the top five in order.
Vantol led all eight laps to win the first of two heat races by several car-lengths ahead of Lawrence in second, while Ryland came in third.
Ward passed Chico's Mike Slightom for the lead on the third lap of the second heat, and Ward ended up winning by half a straightaway with Slightom in second. Cottonwood's Gary Newman placed third.


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Fans heading to the Cherry Red Records stadium this weekend for the Dons clash with Stevenage could be forgiven for turning away after both managers' less than flattering description of their players.
However, Neal Ardley and Stevenage chief Graham Westley will not be hiding.
Instead, they will be looking for a reaction after calling their side's performances and subsequent defeats last weekend "lethargic" and "ugly" respectively.
AFC Wimbledon had looked on course for a third successive League Two win against Hartlepool United thanks to Matt Tubbs' fourth goal of the season.
However, two second half goals gave the visitors their first win of the season and left Dons with just one point from two home games.
Stevenage went down 3-1 at home to Wycombe Wanderers, leaving them with only one win from four games.
Ardley said: "After Hartlepool, I was not angry with the players, I was just disappointed.
"We'd had two really good results and we wanted to see the third one through.
"It was a test for us because we had problems at home last season and we wanted to get our home form off to a good start.
"It was game we would have typically lost last season and all the signs were good for the first 45 minutes.
"So in the end it was more deflating than anything."
He added: "We were very lethargic in the first 20 minutes of the second half – as much as we brought legs on to freshen it up, it looked like it was a game too far.
"Having the MK Dons game as our second game of the season was tough because we had to go flat out, while other teams could rest players.
"But it's not an excuse because Hartlepool travelled a long way and their players would have played the same amount of games."
Stevenage boss Westley said: "We didn't have any sense of ambition [last weekend] and sometimes you have to admit it was ugly."
Ardley remains without the service of Jack Smith (knee) and Andy Frampton (ankle).


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BOSTON—Including the playoffs, Jaromir Jagr is a 13.8 percent shooter for his career, which means that he has scored on just about one of every seven shots he has taken. James Reimer had a .924 save percentage in the 2013 regular season, and a .914 mark through the first four games of the Toronto Maple Leafs' first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Boston Bruins.
The thing about percentages like that is that they are developed over the long term—Jagr has taken more than 5,500 shots on goal since breaking into the NHL in 1990. Reimer has faced more than 1,000 shots since the season began in January.
SCHEDULE: Game 6 Sunday in Toronto
If the Bruins and Maple Leafs played 100 games, with Jagr getting seven shots among a Boston flurry of 44 in each one, you would expect Jagr to score, and you would expect Reimer to give up more than one goal. In many a parallel universe, the Bruins' effort would have been enough to win on Friday night, but in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, Jagr did not score, Reimer gave up only one goal—to Zdeno Chara—and the Maple Leafs stayed alive with a 2-1 victory.
Small sample size? Yes, the playoffs are all about small sample size, and that is why a hot goaltender can make all the difference in the world.
"Reims has been unbelievable for us all year," Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf said. "Tonight was just another case of him being extremely solid."
NO USE FOR NUMBERS: Carlyle had confounding take on Leafs' play during season
Phaneuf, as ever, is a master of understatement. Reimer made 35 of his 43 saves over the final two periods, protecting a lead that Toronto claimed with 8:33 left in the second frame on a Tyler Bozak shorthanded breakaway, then doubled when Clarke MacArthur converted off a Johnny Boychuk turnover 1:58 into the third. Zdeno Chara's wrist shot, on Boston's 38th shot of the night, was the only one to get past Reimer, with 8:48 remaining in the game. Reimer stopped the remaining six shots he faced.
Reimer's best save came about two minutes before Toronto took the lead, as he got caught at the top of the crease while Patrice Bergeron was all alone at the side. Reimer stuck out his stick and his leg, and was able to kick the puck away with the bottom of his pad. If that shot goes in, it's an entirely different game, and maybe the hero is the other goalie, Tuukka Rask, who stopped all 19 Toronto shots in the first period. But Bergeron's shot didn't get past Reimer. Neither did any of Jagr's seven shots, nor any of Tyler Seguin's six.
None of this is new to the 25-year-old Reimer. The Maple Leafs were outshot more heavily than any team in the NHL this season, and made the playoffs in large part due to the efforts of a goaltender whom management tried incredibly hard to replace with Roberto Luongo, only to be unable to consummate a deal with the Vancouver Canucks.
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"As a young goaltender, he's been presented with a lot of pressure," Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. "And, you know, he's remained fairly calm and levelheaded. And you can see the growth of a hockey player, and specifically a goaltender, that's finding his way and learning some of the intricacies of playoff hockey, and the experience should be real valuable to him."
No goaltender in the playoffs has faced more pucks than Reimer, who has had 192 shots fired at him by the Bruins. After his performance on Friday, his save percentage is .928, four points better than it was in the regular season. That figure is over five games, though. On Friday night, none of the past numbers mattered. The ones that did were .977—43 out of 44—and the two goals that the Maple Leafs got at the other end of the rink.
THE EYE ROLLS: Reimer's wife, Elisha Cuthbert exchange looks
"You know they're a good team and they're a mature team and they're an experienced team, and they want to end (the series) as soon as possible so they're going to do whatever it takes," Reimer said. "That's what happens and I think as a team you've got to find a way to weather it and find a way to sneak a win and again we were lucky enough to do it."
And even within a game where the numbers did not add up as expected, those Toronto goals came not in the first period, when they were dominant, but on a Bruins power play in the second, and in a third period when they had a grand total of four shots.
"That's what happens almost every game," Toronto defenseman Jake Gardiner said.
Over the long term, those against-the-grain moments even out to provide texture to a season. In the late stages of a best-of-seven series, they can change everything in the space of 60 minutes.
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Jourdan Dunn
British beauty Jourdan Dunn was discovered by the same people who brought us Kate Moss. The expectations of such a comparison would weigh heavily on the waif shoulders of any model, but Jourdan Dunn has managed to hold her own. Her high volume of runway work, prime ads for Calvin Klein and YSL and prestigious cover shoots for Vogue have all signaled her arrival, and everyone is quite certain that she is here to stay.
AppealJourdan Dunn is a very tall woman at 5'11" and in keeping with modeling tradition, she's naturally thin. We're using the word "naturally" because she is quick to point out that she can get away with eating her choice of food without worrying about gaining any extra pounds. So does this mean that first date fast-food and ice cream would be OK with her, too? That's so good to know.
The news of Jourdan Dunn's pregnancy brought questions about who the father was, but all rumors were put to rest when she announced that her baby's daddy was her boyfriend of several years. She speaks highly of him in interviews, pointing out that he wasn't aware of her modeling gigs and genuinely knows her as the person she is, rather than her catwalk persona. Jourdan Dunn's grounded and supportive relationship is a testament to her close family ties. After living with other models for a while, she found that their lack of household cleanliness was too much to take, and her discovery of a mouse didn't offer any reassurance. Now she lives with her family, avoids model parties like the plague and enjoys catching up with her favorite soap opera, EastEnders.
Success2008's Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards was Jourdan Dunn, a young beauty who's attracting accolades for her catwalk professionalism and alluring persona. Already a runway regular for designers like Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and Donna Karan, she's also done advertising for YSL and enjoyed cover shoots for Vogue and i-D, to name a few. At this point, the only thing hampering her future success is finding the right shoes, which often seem to be too tight on the runway. To avoid appearing on any YouTube model bloopers, she practices walking at home, wearing what she affectionately calls her "hooker shoes."
As a dark-skinned model in a predominantly white industry, Jourdan Dunn sees firsthand how difficult it is for models of color to succeed. It's a noticeable bother to her, but her continued success and willingness to share her outspoken opinions about the issue will ideally make it easier for other models down the road. Jourdan Dunn's age has made it difficult for her to bond with other models, but one person who she has befriended is Naomi Campbell. Because of Naomi Campbell's often diva-like reputation, we'd like to think her first words of advice for the newcomer were, "Here's what I did… and here's what you're going to do instead."
Jourdan Dunn BiographyAt first, Jourdan Dunn's body made her feel very insecure. As a woman of color, she thought that being skinny made her ugly because she wasn't blessed with the same weight and curves that her relatives had. What she didn't know was that her tall and leggy figure made her a natural for the modeling industry. Jourdan Dunn's security with herself began to form after a modeling scout discovered her while on a shopping trip at a Primark department store in London.
The encounter with the scout in 2006 led Jourdan Dunn to a contract with London's Storm Models Agency, the same one responsible for launching the career of Kate Moss. It was one of five agencies that would sign her to modeling contracts. In February of 2007, Jourdan Dunn made her runway debut in Milan and New York City, walking for various shows including Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren. The former would become one of her favorite designers to work with, because of his flair for unpredictability. Jourdan Dunn closed 2007 with a feature on Vogue.com's British corner that hyped her as a face to watch.
jourdan dunn walks for prada and wins model of the year2008 was a year of great success for Jourdan Dunn, not only for her quick industry rise, but also for her groundbreaking jobs that brought increased awareness for models of color. Prada hired Jourdan Dunn on the runway, the first time in more than a decade that a black model had done a show for them. In print, she would also get the July cover of Italian Vogue, which was a special issue specifically dedicated to black models.
As the year progressed, Jourdan Dunn slowly but surely made her way on to magazine covers, with special highlights being the September i-D issue, the November British Vogue (posing with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Eden Clark), and the December French Elle. Already selected by Style.com as a prestigious Top 10 Newcomer, the send-off to Jourdan Dunn's successful year came at the British Fashion Awards where she walked away with top honors as the Model of the Year.
jourdan dunn shares the cover of vogue and advertises for yslIn 2009, Jourdan Dunn busied herself between runway assignments, magazines and advertisements. In the spring alone, she survived almost 100 different shows with no stumbles along the way. She also made another stop on the Vogue circuit by landing the cover of the May 2009 U.S. edition, a stylish cover that highlighted the best and brightest models of the time. In advertising, she tried in vain to keep her hands off of Vincent Cassel for YSL's fragrance line, La Nuit de L'Homme, and had more fun with fragrance for the one-and-only Calvin Klein.
Jourdan Dunn's headline-grabbing ways continued with a surprise pregnancy announcement. Rather than scare off designers because of the -- gasp -- baby-induced weight gain, Jourdan Dunn's new baby body attracted a wave of support across the industry, as well as playful speculation from Style.com about which outfits would suit her pregnant figure the best. The designs of Burberry, Stella McCartney and Duro Olowu made the short list. As Jourdan Dunn enjoys the last few months of her pregnancy, she's looking forward to a one-season break from the catwalk, before resuming her job and maintaining her status as one of modeling's hot new faces.
jourdan dunn is pregnantIn November of 2009, 19-year-old Jourdan Dunn announced that she was pregnant. At the same time, her face graced the cover of Teen Vogue. A bad role model for teens? We'll leave that up to the gossip rags to decide.
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Veterans Day was welcomed with patriotic ceremonies, music and a parade in Northern Solano County on Sunday but few were smiling more broadly than Vacaville resident Marvin Riehl.
At the age of 95, the veteran of World War II and subsequent military actions straight through the Cold War, had plenty to smile about on the holiday designed just for folks like him.
He quickly became the center of attention at the Downtown Business Improvement District's Veterans Day ceremony Sunday morning.
"I took my first flying lesson in Sacramento," he recalled when asked about his decision to join the Army Air Corps in 1939. The Air Corp would later become the U.S. Air Force. "I loved to fly everything. They didn't know what they were taking on me," he added with a laugh.
Riehl flew in the Berlin Airlift and other missions, many of which he says are still classified, as they were part of Cold War missions.
Riehl was one of dozens of local veterans thanked and honored by the crowd at the Vacaville ceremony, which included presentation of colors by local veterans and thank-you speeches by DVBID director Bob Vollmer and Mayor Steve Hardy, and the laying of a wreath by Hardy and Gold Star Father Pat Sheehan.
Vollmer encouraged the crowd to shake hands with those veterans among them saying, "We should thank them for their services. I think sometimes we forget how hard they fought for the freedoms we enjoy."
Later in the afternoon, thousands of veterans and residents from across the region gathered in downtown Fairfield to show their thanks in the annual Veterans Day Parade there. Brig. Gen. Jay Flournoy, commander of the 349th Air Mobility Wing, led parade waving to the crowd gathered along the route.
The parade featured floats, car clubs, marching bands and equestrian units, and plenty of red, white and blue.
Travis Air Force Base wowed the crowd with a fly-over of a C-17 cargo aircraft.


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It's surprising that a hardy green such as fennel is so unknown to so many home cooks, especially considering the vegetable's adaptability: Its bulb, stalks, and fronds are all completely edible, either raw or cooked, and it possesses a pleasing, mild anise flavor. Although it's a perennial, fennel can be found at a reasonable price during Autumn months. Fennel newbies can sniff it at the market for a hint of the flavor to come. Select sturdy bulbs that are firm and free of blemishes, with vibrant, healthy fronds. Store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator, for use within 3 to 5 days. Before preparing, trim the vegetable of any discolored or tough outer layers. Discover your favorite way to use it when you read more.
The meatiest part of fennel lies in its firm white bulbs, which have the crunch of celery with a slight licorice flavor, but don't discount the stalks and fronds, which can be used as flavoring for just about any kind of dish. Some serving suggestions:
- Use the light green stalks to add flavor to stocks and broth.
- Chop and sprinkle fronds on soups, pastas, and proteins like fish.
- Serve raw on a crudité platter.
- Serve a delicate poached fennel purée as a hot or cold soup.
- Use a mandoline to shave fennel into an Italian inspired salad.
- Braise fennel with chicken and pears for a warming meal.
- Fennel slices make for great fries, too!
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Worley demoted to Triple-A to work on location
ATLANTA -- After giving up a career-worst eight runs in just 3 2/3 innings in the Twins' 8-3 loss to the Braves on Wednesday, Vance Worley was optioned to Triple-A Rochester after the game. Minnesota will make a corresponding roster move on Friday, presumably to bring up Samuel Deduno to start against the Tigers.
Worley, who was the club's Opening Day starter and was acquired in the trade that sent Ben Revere to Philadelphia over the offseason, has struggled his year, with a 7.21 ERA in 10 starts. The right-hander struck out just 25, walked 15 and served up nine homers over 48 3/3 innings.
"I just need to work on being myself and getting back to what I was doing," said Worley, who had a career 3.50 ERA in three seasons with the Phillies. "They haven't seen what I've been capable of doing. Ever since I've been here, it's been a battle, so I need to figure it out."
Worley left the ball up against the Braves and ended up giving up 10 hits and three homers, including a grand slam to Evan Gattis.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Worley needs to work on locating his pitches better while in Rochester.
"We're counting on him," Gardenhire said. "He has to pitch better than that. He needs to get the ball down and start making quality pitches. Even time he makes a bad pitch, they make him pay for it. He can turn it around, but he needs to make that happen."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Bethesda releases two new screenshots of Skyrimposted by yoba333 Game News
Yesterday, Bethesda released two new screenshots for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The first picture shows two new creatures introduced into the game: the wooly mammoth and the giant that watches over them. According to this interview with Skyrim's lead designer Bruce Nesmith, they will be involved in the overall ecosystem present in the land of Skyrim. The interview also has information about loot, game detail, and skills.
The second picture shows a man in either leather or fur armor, with war paint, scars, and bloodstains. The war paint and scars possibly show a new level of customization, meaning that the player character may also be able to have scars, war paint/makeup, and maybe even tattoos. The screenshot also reiterates the high level of character detail shown in other screenshots, such as this screenshot of a Khajiit.
Continue to look here for the latest Skyrim news, screenshots, and information. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be released on November 11, 2011.


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There are quite a few school programs these days that are teaching kids to crochet. I think that this is awesome. I was particularly touched by a story I read recently in the Mercury News about twelve-year-olds in the seventh grade class at a San Jose school who are crocheting baby blankets for newborns in needs.
Middle Schoolers Crocheting
There are lots of reasons that I think it's great that these kids are crocheting. Some of those reasons are:
- Seventh grade is a super tough year so anything productive that these kids can get into is good by me!
- It teaches them a traditional craft that they might not otherwise learn.
- They are able to learn about the value of helping others and how you can do that with just what you can make with your own two hands.
- Crochet is terrific. Kids are terrific. Crocheting kids are terrific.


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GOLDEN girl Stephanie Millward is targeting another medal glut after securing her spot in the British Gas GB Para-Swimming team for the 2014 IPC European Championships in Eindhoven in August, writes CARL FIELD.
Box star Millward, who swims for Aquae Sulis club in Bath, secured qualifying times in the S9 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 400m freestyle at the British Para-Swimming Interna-tional Meet in Glasgow last weekend.
The 33-year-old has set her sights on another five gold medals at this year's Europeans, having won a combined eight golds and three silver medals at the 2009 and 2011 events respectively.
That total includes her success in the 4x100 medley and freestyle relay events, which she will also enter in Eindhoven.
Speaking after her swim in Glasgow, she said: "I managed to swim some very good times, even though I was feeling pretty rough on the day, so to qualify for three events isn't bad. I'm pleased with that, very impressed.
"The aim will be to get golds if I can get them, so hopefully five with the two relays as well, but I just want to make sure I swim good times and swim well."
Millward has, however, missed out on this year's Commonwealth Games, which are taking place in Glasgow starting in late July – but she isn't too disappointed.
"I didn't swim fast enough in Glasgow last weekend, but I actually think that might be a blessing in disguise," she said.
"The two events are very close together, so it will allow me to focus everything on the Europeans."
Corsham ASC's Craig Harris is also on the way to Eindhoven after achieving one European standard qualifying time from the meet, in the SM14 200m individual medley.
Trowbridge ASC's Chloe Davies and Aaron Moores will also be competing, Moores achieving the required mark in the S14 100m backstroke, as did Davies in the women's version of the same event and the 200m freestyle.


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People. Things. Buildings. Habitats. Ways of life. Species. Technologies. Reputations. Memories. Affections. Everything disappears.
Still, the forms, means, and valences of disappearance vary widely, as do the means of its representational capture. This yearlong project hopes to bring together faculty across fields whose work deals with the implications and the meanings associated with disappearance—its polyvalent quality and its power to transform consciousness. How does disappearance produce cultural forms and artifacts; how does it create effects that are both visible and obscure? How is disappearance represented politically, historically, scientifically, spiritually?
Clearly, the power of disappearance is central to many disciplines. Visual artists often play with disappearance as a tool for representation, whether in the disappearance of the image when painting meets photography in the work of Gerhard Richter, or in the aesthetic act of decay that characterizes the crumbling (disappearing) sculptures of Cai Guo-Qiang. Conceptual artist Tehching Hsieh built on the trope of disappearance by dropping out of the art world (and the world in general) for 13 years, living in obscurity and working a minimum wage job. His reemergence, greeted with enthusiasm and surprise, provided a negative form for the constitution of art as a category. The fact of disappearance became itself the artistic act.
In history and politics, what is disappeared often speaks more loudly than what is present. Victims of Spanish and Argentinean dictatorships, for example, have come to be known (perhaps perversely) as "the disappeared." Their disappearance—and the means by which they are remembered and memorialized—crystallize our understanding of the state's mobilization of violence. "The disappeared" limn a sense of the state as powerful and capricious, but also vulnerable. The violent disappearance of bodies inspires terror, but these disappearances also open a space of cultural fantasy about "what happened," yielding transformative intellectual work, activism, and again, art.
In biology, of course, the fact of disappearance is fundamental: Species disappear and become extinct. Fossil records, entombed in stone, document those disappearances. But here again, the idea of disappearance has proved porous: Some species, like the Coelecanths, are assumed to be long extinct only to reappear in other parts of the globe. In other cases, the permanent disappearance of some species inspires activism which then prevents the disappearance of others.
The same patterns can be seen in the social sciences. Anthropologists and sociologists chart the ways that traditional customs and social norms disappear in the face of colonialism, agribusiness, and development. Yet scholarship in these fields documents how disappearance gives rise to new, hybrid forms of existence (as in the lives of immigrants struggling with assimilation), complicating the concept of disappearance and affording it a kind of generative capacity. In the digital era, we've become accustomed to the rapid appearance and disappearance of forms of technology. Older forms of sociality have disappeared in the face of virtual relations begging the question of what is lost and what is gained.
Working across disciplinary boundaries, considering the ways in which disappearance is studied and described across fields, we hope to expand our understanding of how what has disappeared shapes and gives meaning to what is left behind.
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Brewer at the Legislature: Mob rule
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North Platte Community College Music Instructor Elizabeth Peters and some of her former voice students recently received vocal honors on both the state and regional levels.
After performing Bester Jüngling from the opera Der Schauspieldirektor by W.A. Mozart in the finals, she took third in the advanced level of the competition.
Brooke Ludemann, a former student at North Platte High School and private voice student of Peters, was a finalist in the freshman female division.
Ludemann is currently a music major at Doane College and is a voice student of Hannah Jo Smith at Doane.
At the West Central Regional NATS competition Nov. 2-3 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Peters and several former students competed against individuals from schools and voice studios in Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Peters earned an impressive second place in advanced female classical vocals, after performing La Zingara by Giuseppe Verdi.
Also, her former student and NPCC graduate Katelynn Moore Titus, currently majoring in music at Wichita State University, was a semi-finalist in the sophomore female category. Titus is currently studying under Dr. Dorothy Crum at WSU.
I was so honored and proud to see former students of North Platte and NPCC do such an amazing job competing not only at the state level, but also regionally, said Peters.
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This Memorial Day weekend we pause to honor our nation's military heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to our country. For those of us lucky enough to be removed from the pain and suffering of our country's wars– I think it's hard to understand the hardships that others take on our behalf. So on Memorial Day we set aside special time to do that. Here are some ideas for honoring our military heroes, as offered by Lisa Dietlin of the Huffington Post:
- Participate in the National Moment of Remembrance: one minute of silence that occurs at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day
- Visit a cemetery and read the headstones of those who have died for our freedom
- Attend the Memorial Day parade in your community
- Fly the American flag in front of your home
- Make a charitable donation to a nonprofit doing work with veterans, such as the Wounded Warrior Project or the Gary Sinise Foundation
Fellow Vermonters, you can find the schedule of Vermont Memorial Day parades here.
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Wisconsin state employees awarded $14M in bonuses, raises
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — State employees have been awarded nearly $14 million in bonuses and merit raises this year, more than twice what they received last year.
Nearly 6,300 employees, or about one in six state workers, got a bonus this year. Last year, about 1,800 state employees got bonuses totaling about $6 million, WLUK-TV reported.
Some of the bonuses are one-time payments, such as for the six detectives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who each received bonuses of $6,922, or 11 percent of their salary.
Others are in the form of hourly raises, like the 7 percent raise given to a deputy administrator with the state Department of Health Services.
The figures, provided by the Office of State Employee Relations, are current through Oct. 20.
The Department of Corrections gave out the most bonuses, with 1,313 employees each getting $750. The Department of Health Services handed out the most money — a total of $2.2 million, as the agency awarded $2,500 to each of 905 employees.
DHS spokeswoman Stephanie Smiley said in an email that bonuses are a useful tool to acknowledge the value of top workers.
Gov. Scott Walker agreed, saying the bonuses are all about performance.
"If we've got employees who are doing more with less, who are finding better ways to be good stewards of the taxpayers' dollars and providing better quality service, just like employers all across the state, we should be able to find a way to reward them," Walker said.
The rest of the state's workers are getting a 1 percent raise this year and next year. That's the first general raise for state workers since 2008.
Brown County district attorney David Lasee handed out bonuses ranging from $1,344 to $5,915 to 12 attorneys in his office. He said his assistant prosecutors are underpaid relative to what they could make in the private sector.
When asked what he'd say to people who don't think taxpayers should be paying for government employees to receive bonuses at a time when the economy is still sluggish, Lasee said every employee who's doing a good job deserves to be compensated.
Information from: WLUK-TV, http://www.fox11online.com


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Evaluation of Patients With Heart Disease Not Eligible for Research Protocols
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An important mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to develop and carry out research studies designed to improve understanding of disease processes and treatments.
Clinical research continues to become more focused on specific diseases and the signs and symptoms of diseases in specific groups of people and patients.
This study is designed to permit inpatient evaluation and care of patients with heart disease who do not qualify to participate in research studies being conducted by the Cardiology Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). These patients are valuable to the Cardiology Branch of the NHLBI because they help to improve training and experience of its researchers.
|Heart Disease
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Heart and Vascular Disease (Training Protocol)
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|Study Start Date:
|January 6, 1995
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
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Patients with cardiovascular disease may participate in this training protocol. The following is a representative list of the types of patient presentations and potential diagnoses eligible for this protocol:
Coronary artery disease with effort or rest angina or inducible myocardial ischemia as determined by noninvasive testing.
Valvular heart disease.
Cardiomyopathies, including restrictive, congestive, and hypertrophic phenotypes.
Peripheral-artery disease of upper or lower extremities, with intermittent pain with activity (e.g. claudication) or limb-threatening ischemia.
Renovascular disease with uncontrolled hypertension, intermittent pulmonary edema, or evidence of ischemic nephropathy.
Congenital heart disease, with communications between chambers or major vessels
Heart surgery patients treated at the Clinical Center prior to closure of the Heart Surgery Branch in 1990
Pregnancy, for those patients who require testing or treatment requiring dobutamine, gadolinium or contrast media or radiation exposure.
Inability of patient, parent or legal guardian to provide informed consent.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00001458
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|NCT00001458 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 3, 1999
|Last Updated:
|June 30, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) ):
Exercise Testing
Radionuclide Stress Testing
Cardiac Catheterization
Holter Monitoring
Heart Disease
Muscle Leg Pain
Leg Pain
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Intermittent Claudication
Renal Vascular Disease
Uncontrolled Hypertension
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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Moderator: Mahavihara moderator
Stefan wrote:My question is: should I read the suttas in their true order or should I follow BB's thematic order?
Stefan wrote:Thank you all! I will be reading it in its proper order then.
Stefan wrote:Cool. I was thinking of starting tomorrow (MN 1 - June 1), but if you're starting today then I am too. 1 sutta per day, right?
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
Pleased to hear you're starting with MN 1... it's a very important sutta.
And for those who are not afraid of commentaries:Kare wrote:retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
Pleased to hear you're starting with MN 1... it's a very important sutta.
I agree. I remember talking to a Western monk in Bangkok many years ago. He said that in his opinion the two most important suttas in the Tipitaka were the Mahasatipatthanasutta and MN 1. The first describes the way, and the second describes the result. I tend to agree with him.
MN 1 is not among the easiest text to read and to understand, however. Some background from other suttas may be of use. But the most important factor for understanding MN 1 is meditative experience.
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Three people were taken to hospital after a crash between a police car and a bus.
The accident involving the marked silver Mercedes police vehicle and a blue and red passenger bus happened on the A320 in Ottershaw, Surrey, at 8pm yesterday.
The casualties were taken to St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey and police have appealed for witnesses.


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New Circuit Court Judge to Receive Commission
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New Circuit Court Judge Will Receive Official Commission on May 18
On Friday, May 18, at 4 p.m., Charles J. Maxfield will be presented his official commission as a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge. The investiture ceremony will take place in Courtroom 5E, Fairfax County Jennings Building Judicial Center, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax. The public is invited to attend the one hour-long investiture ceremony, as well as a reception immediately afterward in the atrium.
At the ceremony, Sen. Jay O'Brien will present the commission, and Circuit Court Chief Judge Michael P. McWeeny will ceremonially administer the oath. Judge Maxfield previously took his oath of office on Feb. 1.
Before joining the Circuit Court, Judge Maxfield was appointed as a substitute judge for the Fairfax County General District Courts in 1992. In 1994, he was appointed as a judge with the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and the College of William & Mary School of Law.
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Maybe you are just looking for a few activities to squeeze all the fun you can out of the final hours of summer break.
The Library has free programs at all 10 branches, but there are a few special back-to-school programs to check out:
There are many other great Library programs and events to attend before school starts and all year.
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Molecular Weight 120.1039
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