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After years of reviewing PND after PND, it's hard to get excited about a GPS device's physical form. However, the Nuvi 3597LM has managed to capture my attention with its glossy, black face and slim chassis.
The Nuvi looks slimmer than it actually is thanks to tapered edges that visually shrink the device's profile and make it easier to slip in and out of a pocket. Strategically placed black panels on the top and bottom edges also aid in visually slimming and classing-up the silvery metallic device. However, at its thickest point, the 3597LM is about as thick as the rest of this class of portable navigation devices.
The hardware
On the face of the Nuvi 3597LM, behind a capacitive glass panel, shines a crisp 5-inch TFT screen that is gorgeous. The 800 by 480 pixel resolution isn't as hypersharp as today's Retina-class smartphone displays, but its brightness and clarity are better than on nearly every other portable navigation device that I've ever tested. Being capacitive, the glass can register swipes and pinches as well as taps, and the Nuvi's interface takes advantage of these new input types. Just to the right of the screen, you'll find a pinhole cut into the glass bezel for the Nuvi's microphone.
The Nuvi features an internal accelerometer of some sort and its display can rotate between portrait and landscape orientation for the maps and menus.
Along the bottom edge of the Nuvi 3597LM is a small slot where a microSD card can be inserted to increase storage for downloadable maps and updates.
On the back panel is the Nuvi's single physical control: a power button. Tapping the power button suspends the Nuvi, shutting down its screen. Tapping it again causes the device to instantly reawaken. For those times when you need to shut the Nuvi down for extended periods of time, such as when packing it for travel, holding the power button for a few moments will totally shut down the device.
Also on the back panel is the Mini-USB port for charging the Nuvi 3597LM and updating the software with the aid of an Internet-connected computer, Garmin's proprietary 12-pin dock connection, and a very tiny integrated speaker behind a drilled grille.
The integrated speaker isn't nearly loud enough to be heard over the levels of road and wind noise and car audio that you'll experience while driving, but it doesn't need to be because the 3597LM's cradle-and-suction-cup mount features a speaker of its own that is plenty loud. The cradle attaches to the Nuvi with a powerful magnet, for easy one-handed mounting and dismounting, and attaches to the windshield or other smooth, nonporous surfaces with a strong lever-activated suction cup.
The last bit of hardware is the power cable, which converts your car's 12-volt power source into a 5-volt charge usable by Nuvi and connects to the cradle with a Mini-USB connection. The cable also powers the cradle's loudspeaker and integrates the FM/HD Radio antenna that receives the free, lifetime over-the-airwaves traffic data that transforms the Nuvi 3597LM into the Nuvi 3597LMTHD that I tested.
The upside of integrating the antenna into the cable is that it makes a thinner device possible. It also means that with no cable, you also get no traffic data, though the Nuvi still remains usable for navigation for a few hours via its internal battery.
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The 3597LM features wireless connectivity with a smartphone via Bluetooth. That connection enables hands-free calling using the PND's microphone and speakers, and a feature called Smartphone link, which we'll get to momentarily.
Upon pairing with a smartphone, the Nuvi will attempt to sync the phone's address book -- although just the numbers, not the addresses -- which can be accessed via a phone menu. The reasoning behind Garmin's decision to hide the phone menu under the Apps subcategory rather than putting it in the main menu like in previous Nuvi models escapes me. Fortunately, there is an easier way to access those contacts.
This Nuvi includes a great voice command system that is truly hands-free. It isn't even activated by a button, instead being awakened with a customizable spoken command -- by default this is, "Voice command."
When the Nuvi hears you speak that command, it responds with onscreen and audible prompts that guide you through spoken address input, points-of-interest search, and dialing contacts for hands-free calling. The system is remarkably accurate; I particularly appreciated the almost conversational way that I was able to speak to the device, inputting full addresses in one go rather than wading through a half-dozen prompts.
I also appreciated the conversational tone of the Nuvi's spoken turn-by-turn directions, which call out landmarks and use natural language. Rather than say, "In a quarter mile, turn left," the Nuvi may say, "Keep straight past the hotel and turn left at the traffic light." When on the highway, the Nuvi may tell you to "Stay in any of the three left lanes" when approaching an exit, which helps me, the driver, to better avoid last-minute hustles to get in or out of a valid lane for the trip. It also meant that I didn't have to watch the screen for lane guidance, which allowed me to keep my eyes on the road.
One more change that I like in this iteration of the Garmin Nuvi interface is the decision to use a search-driven destination selection system. With the 3597LM you can still browse POI categories and input addresses with prompts for house number and street name, but at the top of the "Where to?" menu, you'll find a search box that can accept street addresses, business names, and destination categories. Start typing "123 Main" and the Nuvi may automatically autocomplete the address. Type "movie theaters" and it will display the nearest movie theaters. Type "Starbucks" and...you get the point. I love that I can just tell the Nuvi what I want and it will figure out the best way to get me there.

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Blackheath & Bromley Harriers finished runners up in the second southern athletics league match at Croydon.
None of the Clubs who won the opening matches were victorious in the second round which means that B&B are one of three clubs on 7 points at the top of the 16 team Division One.
They are third because Southampton and Brighton & Hove, who they beat in the opening fixture, have more match points.
Louis Mascarenhas had a most successful afternoon winning three A string Shot, discus and hammer events setting personal bests in each.
Other A string wins came from Toyin Orelaja (triple jump), Rachel Dickens (200), Krystal Galley (400), Shannon Riskey (800), Jessica Keene (3000), Kelsey Fuss (2000 steeplechase), Duayne Bovell (200), Will Fuller (800), Mark Cryer (long jump) and the men's 4x100 metre and women's 4x400 relay teams.
There was also a new Club record as Jackie Montgomery improved the women's over 50s pole vault record by 90 centimetres with a clearance of 2.50.
With a number of athletes setting personal bests, and a pleasing mix of young and older athletes competing with an age range in the squad of nearly 55 years, the Club look forward to the next match at Southampton on June 21. Blackheath & Bromley's youngsters continued their good progress in the Kent Young Athletes League winning three of the four age groups in the second round match of the season to maintain their overall lead.
Just as pleasing was the number of new athletes making their debuts for the club - and the haul of over 50 new personal bests achieved.
Highlight in the under 15s age group was a personal best a grade one performance of Eloise Locke in the shot with a throw of 11.13.
She also produced a grade one distance in the javelin of 31.95, but in a high standard contest she had to settle for second place.
More throws success came from Carys Marsden who won the discus with a throw of 26.93; and from James Lancaster who launched the hammer out to 40.28.
Magda Cienciala enjoyed a most successful day with wins in the 200 (26.6) and long jump (4.97) and then with Olivia Richer, Nicole Farmer and Mhairi Brooks in the 4x100.
In the under 13s, Keir Lundy moved from third to first on the last bend to win the 800 metres in a personal best of 2.29.7.
The middle distance success continued as Lauren Goddard took the 600 metres in a new best of 1.47.3.
It was a new best also for Caelan Raju as he cleared 1.40 in the high jump.
While Myles Xavier won the long jump with a leap of 4.44. Peter Guy is best known as a middle distance runner but he won the hammer, set a pb in the 200 and was part of the winning 4x100quartet with Billy Keene, Benjamin Gardiner and Leo McCallum. It was an evening of mixed emotions for the Club's older members at the latest Kent Masters League match at Canterbury.
While the women celebrated victory in both Divisions One and Two, the men again struggled finishing in fifth place and now sit five points behind joints leaders Cambridge Harriers and Dartford.
In the women's division one match, Barbara Terry won the over 60s shot by over a metre with a throw of 7.20.
The over 50s category saw a win for Rosie Ferguson in the 1500 in 5.52.8 and an eclectic mix of over 35s,50s and 60s, middle distance runners, pole vaulters and sprinters resulted in Jennie Butler, Jackie Montgomery, Jenny Neal and Helen Godsell winning the over 35s 4x100.
This capped a memorable evening for Helen as she continues her systematic revision of the Club over 60s records. Her time of 30.8 in finishing second in the over 35s B string 200 metres improved the previous 10 year old record by a sensational 8.7 seconds.
Demonstrating her versatility she also took over half a minute off the 1500 record with 6.50.2 in finishing second in her own age group race.
Adding to the celebrations the B team win won the Division Two match thanks to the efforts of Anne Cilia who did five events in the over 50s, Honey Oyenade, Angela Powell, Tracey Ashenden and Maz Turner.
For the men Mike Van Den Dobbelsteen won the over 35s javelin with a throw of 50.84 and Graham Coates the over 60s 1500 metres in 5.36.3.
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The featured song is a live version of their song Kerosene from the 1986 release, Atomizer, and it kicks off with possibly the greatest sound ever produced by a guitar. That sound is metal! Not the stuff produced by those '80s boys with long hair, make-up, and leotards. This is what '80s heavy metal should have sounded like.
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If you've been baking gluten free for a while you have probably noticed the wealth of recipes calling for sorghum. But despite its remarkable nutritional properties, this humble grain is rarely the center of attention. This is surprising because sorghum is an excellent source of protein and fiber for anyone, and there are even some surprising new studies about other possible health benefits that sorghum might have for diseases as varied as diabetes and cancer.
One fun thing that you may not realize even if you are already familiar with using sorghum is that although the flavor most resembles wheat in baking, the plant itself looks an awful lot like corn in the field. So much so, that there are seasonal "corn" mazes in some parts of the country made entirely from Sorghum! In fact, you've probably seen sorghum growing in the field without even noticing that it wasn't corn.


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The AARP Foundation, which sponsors Jeff Gordon's No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports car, has extended its 22-race sponsorship through 2014.
The sponsorship was scheduled to expire after the 2013 season, but according to the SportsBusiness Journal, AARP has signed a one-year extension. Financial details were not available.
The foundation will continue to use the sponsorship to promote its Drive to End Hunger campaign, which raises awareness and money for seniors suffering from hunger.
The campaign has raised more than $17 million in corporate sponsorship and individual donations over the past two years, AARP Foundation president Jo Ann Jenkins told SBJ. The foundation has provided more than 13 million meals across the country during the period.
Gordon, a four-time Sprint Cup champion who also is known for his charitable work, has won one race this season and made the Chase for the Sprint Cup. He is 10th in the Chase standings after three Chase races.
Gordon, 41, is third all-time with 86 Cup wins. He has driven for Hendrick his whole career, dating back to 1992.


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A mother with blood alcohol level four times the legal limit was arrested on charges of drunken drivingĀ -- with her 9-year-old child in the back seat -- Sunday morning in Lake Orion, police said.
A complaint about a reckless driver came in around 11:30 a.m., said Lake Orion Police Department officials. The caller said a white Chevrolet Equinox was running off the roadway -- driving across the sidewalk and into a yard at one point -- and had crossed the center line of the road, nearly hitting opposing traffic.
A Lake Orion police officer responded to area where the erratic driver -- a 47-year-old Orion Township woman -- had driven into a parking lot near M-24 and Atwater Street.
The officer reported the woman had laid her head on the steering wheel, and her young son was in the back seat, not wearing a seat belt. It took a knock on the window to get the mother to respond, said the officer.
After failing sobriety tests, the mother was arrested for drunken driving as well as child endangerment. Her blood alcohol content was 0.36 percent, four times the 0.08 limit in Michigan. The child's father came to the scene to take custody of the 9 year old.
"The driver had such a high level of alcohol content she required a medical clearance before she could be incarcerated," said Lake Orion Chief Jerry Narsh in a Monday release.
"It is amazing that no one was injured or killed -- including her and her child -- based on her driving behavior."
Lake Orion officers have completed arrest reports and submitted the case to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office for review. The 47-year-old's drunken driving and child endangerment charges are misdemeanors that could result in a one-year imprisonment or up to a $1,000 fine if she's found guilty.
According to Narsh, the woman had no prior drinking and driving convictions and no criminal history.
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The United States Air Force's mission of rapid global mobility, agile combat support, precision engagement, air and space superiority is fine in combating international terrorism and humanitarian rescue missions.
But when it comes to entertainment, the slogan "Aim High" becomes "Aim High Notes," with The Blue Yonders, a six-member folk and bluegrass group.
Returning from deployment in Southwest Asia, the Blue Yonders perform March 13 at the Palm's Playhouse in Winters.
The Blue Yonders -- from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West from Travis Air Force Base -- are back after four months of entertaining service members and NATO troops in nine countries and more than 65 shows.
Not bad for a group that's been together less than a year.
"Doing 65 shows in a row, you get pretty tight, and not just musically. You become a family," said Master Sgt. Sherry Garza, thrilled that the bluegrass angle of the Yonders goes back to her Tennessee roots.
"It's close to my heart," she said.
Garza and musical director and mandolin player Paul Wells put the group together as an alternative to the hard-driving rock bands that are typically sent on tour, she said.
"We wanted to do something different," said Garza, happy with the Irish folk/bluegrass/American folk genre of The Blue Yonders.
"I thought it was a cool idea. It's the direction of music on the radio these days," Garza said. "This type of music is popular right now."
Garza said the Blue Yonders "were a big hit" with the deployed Airmen after the usual "loud and rowdy" music they may have been used to.
"This is more intimate. It allows them to sit back and relax and not be so ramped up," Garza said.
Other Yonders members include: Keyboardist and accordionist Staff Sgt. Brandon May, Staff Sgt. Megan May, on penny whistle, drummer Airmen First Class Benjamin Johnson, and bass player Staff Sgt. Jonathan Biccum. Staff Sgt. Lou Kohley is the audio technician who is the unofficial "tour manager," handling the immense logistics.
"He made sure we're getting on planes and makes sure we get through customs," praised Garza, grateful the Blue Yonders are flown around by Air Mobility Command on a C-130.
"We're from Travis and we ran a plane from Travis, so Travis is well-represented," said Garza, adding that the Blue Yonders were either traveling or performing during their tour.
"Our job wasn't just to play, but to talk to the people, get out and see what they do for the military," Garza said. "Often, they were musicians who got up and shared their music with us. That was a cool exchange to have."
It's great, Garza said, "to provide musical relief" to the men and women of the Air Force.
"It's not just about fighting a war. It's also about taking care of people," Garza said. "There's a lot of humanitarians support when the job is to get people and supplies anywhere in the world in 24 hours.
We're often responding to a crisis on the other side of the planet."
The good thing about music, continued Garza, "is that it's an international language. We did some performances in communities around bases. You don't have to speak the same language to develop a relationship."
It makes them see the American military in a different light, Garza said.
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text: Parkersburg collector repairs antique clocks By Rusty Marks October 30, 2011 Story Share Chris Dorst Roger Mackey of Parkersburg has been collecting and repairing antique clocks for more than 40 years. Chris Dorst Mackey just finished working on the wooden movement of an old clock. Most of the parts, including gears, are made out of wood. Chris Dorst Painted clocks from the mid-1850s are on display in Mackey's home. clockman4 PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- When Roger Mackey has to spring forward or fall back, it takes him a little longer than the average Joe.The clock collector and repairman has about 400 antique clocks at his Parkersburg home, of which about 50 are kept running at any one time.Mackey says you can't just move the hands back or forward an hour on most old clocks, because it will throw off the chiming mechanisms. So how will he set 50 clocks back by one hour when Daylight Saving Time ends this coming weekend?"I'll probably just stop them all for an hour," said Mackey, 62. "To completely reset them would take the better part of a day."Mackey got his first antique clock when he was 15. His grandfather, a garbage collector, found it in the attic of a home he was cleaning out in Parkersburg's historic district.Mackey traded an old shotgun for the clock. "I didn't know whether I got a good deal or not," he said, but it turned out the clock was worth a lot of money."That just got me started," he said. "When I got it, I got it bad."Before long, Mackey's interest in antique clocks made him want to repair the precision timepieces. "A couple of old guys showed me the basics," he said. "Over the years, I just picked it up. "It's nice to pick up something somebody was going to throw away and bring it back to life."Mackey has been repairing clocks for more than 40 years. He runs Mackey's Antiques & Clock repair out of his Parkersburg home.Mackey says most old clocks can be repaired. But sometimes it will cost more to fix an old clock than the clock is worth.He said the most common enemy of old clocks is neglect. "People run clocks for years and never oil them," he said. When that happens, things wear out. Commonly, the pivots of gears will start to wear out the holes they sit in, distorting the shape of the holes and eventually bringing the clock to a standstill. The only remedy is to put in new brass bushings for the gears to ride in, an exacting and time-consuming task few people know how to do. "I'm one of the few true clock repairmen out there," Mackey said.Repairs to old clocks start at about $85, but could cost more depending on how much work Mackey has to do and whether he has to fabricate new parts. He says he is able to charge less than other repairmen because his tools are paid for and he doesn't have to pay rent for a workshop.His relatively low rates keep Mackey busy constantly. On a recent day he was finishing up a wooden clock movement -- complete with wooden gears -- and working on an antique cuckoo clock. Mackey was waiting on a new bellows, the part that makes the clock "cuckoo." "I've had clocks in here from Greece," he said. Customers have sent clocks to be repaired from Alaska and all over the United States.Some antique clock movements can be quite intricate. He has several antique calendar clocks that display the day and date, and know which months have 30 days and which have 31. They even account for leap years, automatically adding a 29th day for February every fourth year."I've got clocks that date back into the early 1800s," Mackey said. Back then, a clock was a major investment, and good clocks might only be found in banks, railroad stations or other public places.Mackey is already training another generation in the ins and outs of antique clock repair. He is showing what he knows to his grandsons, Logan, Walker and Lakota Wilson.Mackey said Logan took his first clock apart before he could talk. "These boys will be taking over pretty soon," he said.Mackey used to keep 100 or so clocks running at all times, their ticking and chiming filling the house and workshop. But he's had to make a few concessions for age. "It gets to be a hassle to wind them all the time," he said.To reach Mackey's Antiques & Clock, visit www.mackeysclockrepair.com or call 304-422-7274.Reach Rusty Marks at email@example.com or 304-348-1215. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Volunteers aid flood victims in Elkview, Clendenin 3 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 4 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 5 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent Artist restores carousel horses Previous Story Tractor-trailer fire on West Side (photos) Next Story


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LaRoche picks up first multi-hit game of July
DENVER -- Jayson Werth delivered the game-winning hit in the Nationals' 5-4 win over the Brewers on Sunday, but it might have been an inconspicuous second-inning single that brought the biggest sigh of relief.
That early hit by Adam LaRoche broke an 0-for-16 slump for the Nationals' first baseman. He added another single in the fifth for his first multi-hit game since June 28.
It's been a difficult July for LaRoche. Even after Sunday's two-hit outing, he was batting .140 (7-for-50) in the month with no home runs and four RBIs.
Nationals manager Matt Williams said LaRoche has struggled with a mechanical issue in his swing.
"He stands up at the plate," Williams said, "and if he doesn't stay on top of the baseball with that top hand, it can dip a little bit. Then you start to see some balls that are lofted to left field. Knowing him as well as I know him, that's what I see when he's not right."
Williams, though, isn't worrying too much about LaRoche, who hit .307 with 12 home runs and 44 RBIs through the first three months of the season.
"It happens," Williams said. "We don't expect him to do as well for a full season as he did the first couple months. That's pretty good stuff. A little hiccup here and there is going to happen."
Nick Kosmider is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It's great to see so much attention being directed at our editorial choices. "Out of the Humidor" is revitalized by all your e-mails and letters. That tells us one thing: we're taking some chances that are stirring up your thoughts and opinions. But don't for a minute think we are abandoning our original charter. We are committed more than ever to telling you about the world around us, and what is best or most interesting about it. As we say in this month's editorial, being a cigar smoker is about having a certain attitude about life. One of our loyal readers told us recently that he loved the expanded editorial coverage because as a longtime cigar smoker, it's the same transition that's happening to him. The magazine has served as a guide for the best and most interesting subjects the world has to offer. With your help, we'll continue to do so. You can now e-mail us directly at firstname.lastname@example.com so keep those letters coming.
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Dear Marvin,
Were you really serious or just blowing smoke with your December 2001 Cigar Aficionado "gag" issue that "with honor and great pleasure" you recognized Al Capone and Fidel Castro on your list of "great" people because they shared a common trait, a love of cigars? May these creatures of the devil be relegated to the ashtray of history! In case you forgot, in 1962 Castro pleaded with the Russians to launch nuclear missiles from Cuba. I wonder, if you were a member of the ASPCA, would you have honored Adolf Hitler because he was kind to his dogs?
If you were serious in listing these two miscreants in the company of Churchill, Horowitz and Kennedy, you and your editors should get brain scans to check for lasioderma serricorne [tobacco beetles].
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Dear Marvin,
I rarely find myself at odds with your magazine. However, I must take issue with your placement of President Clinton in the Top 100, much less at number 13. My reasons are not due to my feelings about him politically, as I can find others on your list that I may have philosophical differences with, but nonetheless respect as a cigar smoker. My reasons that he should not be on the list are:
1. He cannot even admit he smokes them. How can I respect him as a cigar smoker when he has to do it in secret?
2. There has never been such a unified attack on the rights of smokers as there has been under his term in office.
3. No one person has done more to damage the tobacco industry than President Clinton has. We know that it is not just cigarettes that they are after. The Justice Department, the Food and Drug Administration, et al all follow the lead of who is in the White House. Please adjust your list to find someone more deserving to be included in such an elite group.
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Dear Marvin,
Please explain to me your theory that Whoopi Goldberg is the 19th "greatest cigar lover this century." I have seen many things that I disagree with, but this tops them all. Zino Davidoff at number 22 and Whoopi Goldberg at 19; just think about how stupid that sounds. If Zino was alive today, would you have printed that, and given the Davidoff Double "R" an 80 in the same issue? This magazine has no class.
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Winter Park, Florida
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Dear Marvin,
As a physician with a passion for fine cigars and vintage Port, I enjoy my subscription to your magazine. However, I found the article on famous cigar smokers of this century simultaneously amusing, informative and annoying. Your glaring omission of Sigmund Freud's primary cancer of the mouth struck me like the proverbial ton of bricks! All the vignettes took pains to include cigar-related details of people's lives; surely Freud's illness qualifies in spades. This omission reveals a consistent bias in your publication. Please do not minimize the health risks of cigar smoking on the basis of insufficient data in occasional smokers. This approach is hauntingly similar to that taken by the cigarette industry until recently. Instead, restrict your arguments to those dealing with personal freedom, which are far, far more valid.
Morris Browman, MD
via Cigar Aficionado Online
via Cigar Aficionado Online
Editor's Note: We continually remind our readers that cigar smoking is not risk-free, but a pleasure freely chosen as is our right as American adults. Our listing was a fun diversion, not a pathology report. It should also be noted that Freud lived to the age of 83, dying in London in 1939. At the time of his death, the average life span of American men was 60 years.
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Dear Marvin,
I enjoyed the article about the "Greatest Cigar Smokers of the Century" and it reminded me of a great cigar smoker of two centuries. He is my great, great, great, great uncle, Sir William Van Horne. He was a man of many accomplishments, credited with building the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Banff Springs Hotel as well as many other successful businesses in Canada. But it was while building the Cuba Co. Railroad in 1900 when his lifelong love of fine cigars took hold. (The Cubans praised him for his honesty; he refused to use kickbacks and payoffs to build in Cuba.)
After twice rejecting knighthood, Van Horne reluctantly accepted the honor in 1894. Sir William was a gourmand, and at a dinner shortly after being knighted Van Horne announced that his coat of arms would be "a dinner horn pendant upon a kitchen door." One of his life philosophies was, "I eat all I can; I drink all I can; I smoke all I can; and I don't give a damn about anything!" His legendary poker games were supplemented by snacks of caviar, whiskey and pungent cigars.
Shortly before his death in 1915, Sir William was hospitalized for a stomach ailment. While he was recovering, his doctors pleaded with him to limit himself to three cigars a day. He agreed. The next day a package arrived for Sir William. Inside it was a special selection of perfecto cigars--each one two feet long. Complying with his doctor's orders, he smoked no more than three cigars a day; however, each cigar was a four-hour smoke. I like to think that my love of a good smoke comes from my uncle of the past, and to him I light up and enjoy.
Tobin Benham
Galveston, Texas
Galveston, Texas
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Dear Marvin,
I have been a satisfied subscriber to your fine periodical for over three years. I am now compelled to write regarding my extreme displeasure with your choice for the cover story of the latest issue of 2001 Cigar Aficionado.
A feature story on "professional" wrestling is something I would expect from Smoke magazine, but certainly not from you! Surely you can find a subject matter more deserving of your periodical than the societal abomination that is the WWF (or WCW, or whatever).
The cover of your magazine has been graced previously with such noteworthy cigar smokers as Winston Churchill, JFK, Groucho Marx and any number of other historical and celebrity figures who represent the best of our culture. Stooping to provide Vince McMahon with the same exposure is a disservice to your readership.
I was mildly disappointed with the soap opera diva featured on the cover of the last issue; I find this issue's cover disturbing, to say the least. Please don't dumb down your outstanding magazine in an effort to pander to the lowest common denominator of our society.
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Lounges of Distinction
Smoking lounges sponsored by cigar brands are opening virtually everywhere
The last time you were at your local cigar lounge, you may have noticed that all the previously unmarked ashtrays now say Diamond Crown. Or that the Montecristo logo seems to appear on everything from matches to wall art. Bigger selection of Rocky Patel than you remember? It is very possible that your tobacconist has decided to brand his lounge. Branding can be as much a psychological approach to the market as it is an academic one, and applying it to the lounge dynamic is a recent trend in the industry that is giving cigar companies the chance to advertise and perpetuate their products by way of branded merchandise, promotional art, comprehensive cigar selections and, more abstractly, experience.
Though some companies have had branded flagship smoking lounges and stores for years, an increasing number of branded lounges are opening in cigar shops and even on a stand-alone basis. The phenomenon has gained particular momentum with smoking bans, as these lounges and cigar bars have proven advantageous to cigar brands in smoking restrictive environments.
Brand owner Rocky Patel has taken both routes. While he has put his name on nearly 30 cigar-shop lounges across the country, Patel's most ambitious investment came last November when he opened the luxuriously appointed Burn by Rocky Patel. Situated in Naples, Florida, the city where the company makes its headquarters, the modern, 3,500-square-foot space draws from a Byzantine color palate, marrying both vintage and contemporary designs influenced by Havana, the Near East and India.
"When I observed cigar lounges all over the country, and the world, I noticed a common theme: everything looked like a library," says Patel. "I wanted to build something with 'wow' factor and something that transports and inspires you."
Burn is an exercise in design fusion and this was accomplished by incorporating the dark, ambient lighting of a hookah bar with stained-glass embellishments, lit candles and well-researched furnishings. Intricate Moroccan-style lanterns hang from the ceiling throwing an almost ritualistic light on Burn's marble surfaces and inlaid tile floors.
"The stone bar is underlit to look like flowing, volcanic lava," says Patel. "The effect is stunning. All these details combined with the cigar allow you to take a journey."
Naturally, every Rocky Patel cigar is available here, but Patel enlisted such companies as Illusione, Fuente, La Flor Dominicana and My Father Cigars to create private labels just for Burn. There's a full bar and a list of fine wines. Fresh air filters in every few minutes and 1,300 square feet of outdoor patio space has been allotted for smokers who want to puff in the Florida sun. At sundown, Burn transforms into a more night-clubby environment. "It gets a bit louder after 11 p.m.," says Patel, "but there are many sections for quiet conversation." Patel plans on opening more Burn lounges in Washington, DC, and Las Vegas.
Such a grand undertaking as Burn can require hefty construction costs and long-term investments. As an alternative, the newest and more cost-effective strategy in branded cigar lounges comes in the form of the retrofit. In other words, a cigar company will assess a preexisting tobacconist and turn it into a branded lounge by supplying promotional art, furniture,
signage, accoutrements and cigars. This face-lift method is far easier and faster than designing and building something from scratch, and many cigar stores across the country have been more than willing to participate.
signage, accoutrements and cigars. This face-lift method is far easier and faster than designing and building something from scratch, and many cigar stores across the country have been more than willing to participate.
Back in 2005 Jeff Borysiewicz, founder and president of Corona Cigar Co., opened the first Avo lounge within his 3,500-square-foot retail shop in Lake Mary-Heathrow, Florida.
"The question is 'What is the ultimate smoking experience the lounge will give the smoker?' " says Borysiewicz. "With the Avo lounge, we give the smoker an upscale experience to match the upscale image of the Avo brand, but it is not too high-end as to be out of reach."
The lounge defines itself by its Avo-branded merchandise, a cigar exclusive to the lounge, and an alabaster bar top where smokers can sip beer, wine or port. A grand piano was also brought in for live performances by jazz pianist and brand ambassador Avo Uvezian himself.
A few years later, J. C. Newman Cigar Co. put a well-funded lounge-branding campaign in motion. In September 2007, Davidus Cigars in Urbana, Maryland, hosted the first Diamond Crown smoking room. This got the attention of Borysiewicz and a few months later, another Corona Cigar shop, this one in Orlando, became the stage for an amenity-rich, 3,000-square-foot Diamond Crown lounge within its 6,500-square-foot store.
"When we were presented with the lounge concept from Diamond Crown, I was impressed at just how well conceived the image and plan was," Borysiewicz says.
Corona Cigar's Diamond Crown lounge is the largest, and most elaborate space in the Diamond Crown lounge program. Themed to be reminiscent of a Nicaraguan villa, the lounge offers full bar service, food, plasma televisions and the complete portfolio of J. C. Newman products.
Diamond Crown lounges are popping up all over the United States, and today there are 54 in 22 states, plus an honorary Diamond Crown lounge in Afghanistan.
"The designation of a Diamond Crown lounge is more of a philosophy than a look," says Eric Newman, president of J. C. Newman, which is based in Tampa, Florida. "All of our cigar lounges have a unique character but share the same commitment to excellence that is befitting the name Diamond Crown."
Though not every shop needs so much space to participate, not every shop automatically qualifies. "They have to be nominated by their J. C. Newman regional sales manager and they have to meet a certain criteria within the home office," adds Shanda Lee, J. C. Newman's vice president of marketing. "Once that is established, we have a comprehensive program that allows us to partner with the retailer. Our main goal is to provide enough value-added support through product, advertising and other methods to help the retailer increase his business overall, not just with Diamond Crown."
One of Altadis's particularly impressive co-ops is the immense Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Illinois. It's a meticulously designed, 8,000-square-foot cigar emporium where the Montecristo logo recurs throughout the store without garish overstatement. Anything from etched glass to ashtrays bear the mark, and the selection of Montecristo cigars is all-inclusive, spanning the entire regular-production portfolio as well as limited-edition releases.
Casa de Montecristo's combination of amenities and distinct design elements just might make this haven a glimpse into the future of the high-end cigar retail landscape. The front area is furnished with a series of 40 solid-elder-wood cabinet display humidors filled with cigars, which supplement the shop's walk-in humidor, housing around 6,000 boxes. A limestone and walnut inner chamber deemed the Vintage & Rare Gallery is a veritable cigar cellar of aged smokes, and the Reserve Selection Room is a small glassed-in space built with 42 honeycombed cubicles crafted to resemble the shelving units of an aging room.
They hold stacks of unbanded cigars, a combination of first releases, small batch or last-run brands. A V.I.P. program takes the experience to another level with a spacious bar area, conference room and even a theater.
Not every setup for Altadis has to be so grand. The company has smaller lounges at Cuenca Cigar in Hollywood, Florida, The Porter House restaurant in Montvale, New Jersey, and in Washington, DC's, FedEx Field.
Camacho Cigars took the initiative of branding a stadium in 2006 when it opened the Camacho Cigar Bar at Comerica Park in Detroit, home of the Tigers. Since then, it has opened other lounges.
"I like supporting shops because I believe that the U.S. will eventually become a completely nonsmoking country," says Camacho president Christian Eiroa. "Stores will be the last place to smoke, so I'll do whatever I can to support them."
Eiroa is in the midst of branding a Smoke Inn tobacconist in Port St. Lucie, Florida. "It really allows us to help the retailers," Eiroa adds. "Independent cigar store owners are getting clobbered right now. It's tough to be in business, but the lounge gives the retailer an edge over catalog or Internet vendors."
Branded cigar lounges aren't only the domain of larger brands. In 2009, Toraño Cigars partnered with Fumée Cigars in Cedar Park, Texas, and brand owner Charlie Toraño is very pleased with the results.
"The branded lounge is a win-win situation for the distributor and the tobacconist," Toraño says. "From our standpoint, it gives us more facings in the store, it gives us an opportunity to make a major branding impact, it brings us closer to the tobacconist and the staff becomes more educated about our product. This all translates to the store's customer base and takes the relationships to another level."
Tabacalera Perdomo and My Father Cigars Inc. have also joined the trend, sponsoring branded lounges with tobacconists in Alabama and Arizona, respectively. There's also a Gurkha lounge in Long Island, New York, two Nestor Miranda branded lounges and a La Aurora lounge. (Cigar Aficionado magazine is also part of the trend, with a branded smoking lounge at the Cigar Inn on Second Avenue in Manhattan.)
In South Norwalk, Connecticut, the Cigar Factory Outlet is home to the largest Oliva Cigars branded lounge and club. An imposing awning emblazoned with the Oliva logo is telling of the store's focus. Although it carries myriad brands, Oliva's strong presence is obvious, despite the Cigar Factory Outlet's large warehouse setting. "Our clientele is very Oliva heavy," says Brian Shapiro, co-owner of the store, which charges a $350 annual fee for admission into the lounge. "Oliva rugs, ashtrays and cutters just reinforce the brand to my customers. Oliva is also the only brand we'll sell [to non-club members] by the stick."
There are two more Oliva branded lounges in the United States—one in Tampa, Florida, (Tampa Humidor) and another in Baltimore (Cross Street Tobacco). Oliva also enjoys international exposure with lounges in the Netherlands, as well as Berlin and Düsseldorf, Germany.
Outside the United States, one could argue that the 142-shop La Casa del Habano chain is a branded lounge for all Cuban cigars. In 2006, the first Cohiba Atmosphere cigar lounge opened in Tokyo, and now there are locations in Cancún, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Prague and Beijing.
Casa Fuente, the only branded cigar lounge on the Las Vegas Strip, has become more than just a cigar lounge, but a destination spot for cigar lovers. A beacon for all things Fuente, Casa Fuente's colorfully tiled floor, lively bar and boldly baroque Fuente Fuente OpusX sign ushers you in to a humidor full of every brand and size made at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia., including complete portfolios of Ashton and Diamond Crown, a comprehensive selection of Arturo Fuentes, plus a vertical of the coveted OpusX brand, which extends to novelty sizes that are otherwise commercially unavailable, and a house brand called Casa Fuente.
As a cigar oasis, Casa Fuente offers an ambience that is both distinctly Vegas and at the same time, evokes the comfortable and convivial atmosphere of a Havana café. As a business model, Casa Fuente exposes its entire repertoire to an international clientele interested in nothing more than spending money and stimulating their senses. It opened in 2005 and is to date the only Casa Fuente in existence.
Cigar giant General Cigar Co. has invested in both the retrofit and flagship lounge models. Club Macanudo, General's largest lounge, is the first branded cigar lounge in the United States. It opened in 1997 and has become a world-class destination for cigar smokers.
The New York City club subtly intermingles stately décor and clubby ambience with Macanudo wall sconces, monikered ashtrays and branded bar napkins. The layout is zoned to welcome the cigar enthusiast of every social echelon. A marble lobby hall takes you to a reception room that leads you to the bar area and then gracefully transitions to a back parlor. You may consciously or subconsciously pick up on Punch or Macanudo logos on your way to a table at the full-service restaurant, or to a leather chair in one of the smoking salons. The club's cocktail program, table service and extensive cigar menu serve to enhance General's brand portfolio.
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Financial resources necessary for the redevelopment of the Museo della Civiltà Romana have been allocated today. With the funds, requested by the mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino and by the Municipal Councillor for Culture Flavia Barca, a tender will be called for the renovation works, which will include: the redevelopment of the exhibition halls , the upgrade to current regulations on hygiene and fire prevention, the safety of the area and the removal of architectural barriers .
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By Paul Dieterle
From: Pasadena, CA
Aug 21, 2009
|How's this crag around thanksgiving as far as ice goes? Would most routes be exclusively drytooling or would they be mixed?
By Garrett Soper
From: Duluth, Minnesota
Sep 19, 2009
Good question...
By Frank Furter
Oct 30, 2009
|It will all depend on when the temps drop. Right now we have been getting alot of rain so the streams are flowing and the groundwater level is high. So a couple weeks of below freezing temperatures leading into Thanksgiving and we should have some ice forming up. But a safe bet would be mostly drytooling.
By Sam Daley
From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jul 5, 2010
|Any info on the routes as sport leads?
By Lucas Kramer
From: Duluth, MN
Nov 30, 2011
Update to parking at Casket Quarry:
Please no longer park at the old 57th Ave West entry. There is a much safer and better gravel parking lot just opposite the old entry located off 59th Ave West. This lot is adjacent to the Loll Designs HQ building.
From Duluth, continue approximately 2 blocks past Medina on 8th to Central, turn right then immediately left onto Highland. Turn right on 59th Ave W, park in the lot on the right.
From the cities, take the Central Ave exit, turn left onto Highland, right on 59th Ave W and park.
The walk in is shorter, flatter, you will not be towed (no train tracks) and we will not block any driveways.
If you have questions, please contact me. Lucas Kramer 218-726-6257
By Mark Mahaney
From: St. Paul, Minnesota
Feb 13, 2012
|Be much appreciated if anyone in the Casket area could post a Condition Report, I would surely show my gratitude with a case of beer, belay, etc. Thanks MP!
By Kris Gorny
Feb 13, 2012
|Climbed there yesterday. Dry as a bone. But still a lot of fun. I'd avoid climbing Martini. The Martini glass-shaped flake sounds and feels like it could go.
By Mark Mahaney
From: St. Paul, Minnesota
Feb 14, 2012
|Thank you Kris! Much appreciation.


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Just recently I was talking with one of my church members and she said, "I know I am so blessed. I know I am."
What she was talking about was the fact that she had raised four healthy children, who are each a credit to the world. She was surrounded by most of them at a family function and the sheer size and number of the group was humbling.
The Kidzone Children's Ministry at Lighthouse Word Church kicked off its Celebration Summer program. The events include music, drama, dance on Sunday, June 10.
There were two bounce houses, train rides, face painting, popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones.
Each Sunday at 10:30 am throughout the summer will be packed with fun and rewards for those who bring their friends. All children from kindergarten through 5th grade are invited, and classes for toddlers and babies are also provided.
Call 493-1554 for more information.
Hardeetown Baptist
offers adventure
The adventure begins for pre-K through fifth grade children with vacation bible school Sunday-Thursday, June 24-28, from 5:15 to 8:30 nightly at Hardeetown Baptist Church. Dinner is included in the program.
For more information, call 352-493-4523. Hardteetown Baptist Church is located at 1716 N.W. 14th Street, Chiefland.
Operation Overboard at Parsons Presbyterian
Lighthouse Word Church is hosting a Patriotic Service on Sunday, July 1, at 10:30 am, in honor of our independence as a nation.
Special guests include keynote speaker Chiefland Police Chief Robert Douglas, State Attorney Bill Cervone, 8th Judicial Circuit Judge David Glant, Levy County Judge James T. "Tim" Browning and many other city and county officials.
Patriotic music and voter registration will also be featured at the service.
The public is invited to join in the celebration.
The Lighthouse Word Church Children's Ministry is hosting a Kids Celebration Summer, celebrating who we are in Christ through art, music and dance, each Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m., during the summer months.
IncrediWorld Amazement Park at Joppa
It will be "A thrill ride through God's Creation" at Joppa Baptist Church's Vacation Bible School June 10-15.
The "IncrediWorld Amazement Park" classes are for ages 4 through adult. There will be songs, crafts, games, goodies and dramas.
For information, call 352-463-6947 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Joppa Baptist Church is at 7530 N.W. 165th St., Fanning Springs.
Joppa Baptist
Homecoming Sunday
Joppa Baptist Church would like to invite you to join them for their homecoming celebration on Sunday. beginning at 10:30 a.m. Joppa Baptist Church was established in 1896 and will be celebrating its 116th year. The homecoming theme this year will be "Nehemiah's Wall."
There will be dinner on the grounds following the service. A special invitation is being extended to all previous pastors and their families.
In 1501, a young, 25 year-old, Michelangelo began work on his 17 foot-tall sculpture of David. It was his belief that the sculptural image is found within the block of stone, much as the human soul is found within the physical body. I had read that when he was sculpting that magnificent work, Michelangelo made the statement that David was concealed within the marble all the time. The left cheek of his face was already revealed and all he, the sculptor, had to do was to chip away the stone until he exposed the rest of David's body.
By GARY MILLER
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The Chiefland Citizen is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Levy County and Chiefland Florida, and the surrounding area.


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Supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the study will compare standard care to an intervention arm. Patients enrolled in the early intervention arm are using ERT's AM2+ lung function monitors – an integrated, portable spirometer and electronic diary –twice weekly to measure FEV1 and to enter responses to the CF Respiratory Symptom Diary (CFRSD) questionnaire. Equipped with remote data transmission, the AM2+ transfers the data to the investigative site, which enables the physician to closely monitor the patient's entries. If spirometry values or symptoms have deteriorated substantially, treatment for a CF pulmonary exacerbation are initiated. By expanding the number of investigative sites, the researchers are aiming to enroll an additional 120 patients, which will enable them to study the effects of intervention on a broader, more diverse patient group.
ERT's comprehensive line of centralized spirometry devices and services have been used in hundreds of studies worldwide, delivering reliable, high-quality data to clinical trial sponsors as they develop new medical compounds and / or medical interventional strategies for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, and many other respiratory diseases.
"We're honored to work with Johns Hopkins and the University of Washington on this novel study and to support their efforts at better understanding the value of greater patient involvement in their own care through home monitoring of symptoms," said Michael Taylor, Senior Director, Healthcare Solutions for ERT. "We hope that the use of home monitoring at these additional investigative sites will lead to earlier, more reliable recognition and treatment of CF exacerbations, which can improve the quality of life for those suffering from this disease and potentially lower overall healthcare costs by decreasing the demand for expensive medical care."
For more information on the eICE study, visit www.clinicaltrials.gov. Or, for information on ERT's comprehensive line of respiratory devices and services, visit www.ert.com/respiratory-solutions.
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Hi Ya... any drum fans out there... can you tell me if you know anything about the rhythm Lekule?
where does it come from?
why is it played?
... and do you know if theres any videos of it, dance or drumming!
Re: Lekule
hi. this is mamady keita rhythm that was adapted to djembe/dunun a while ago.
the rhythm itself is from the forest region of guinea and is played by the guerze if i recall correctly.
lekule was the name of a very beautiful dancer. in an hommage to his beautiful wife, her husband, a drummer, composed a song and rhythm.
i have more notes on this rhythm but i believe it was originally played on the mult-headed drum.
here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIfSELBbp_A
should i shave my moustache?
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Kelvin Hayden is out for the season. Way too many season ending injuries already this year.
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/t...ABN4614561.htm=== Bears' Hayden lost for season with torn hamstring ===
Bourbonnais, IL (Sports Network) - Chicago Bears cornerback Kelvin Hayden
has joined the list of training camp casualties.
The team announced Wednesday that the 30-year-old needs surgery to repair a
torn hamstring and will miss the upcoming season.
Hayden totaled 37 tackles and one interception while starting two of the 16
games he played last season, his first with the Bears.


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It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. —Luke 12:43
What do we mean by the phrase "living between the times"? To begin with, that is what life is—a series of events linking the past and the future. Most are mundane happenings, but others are so special in their nature.
Between the times is when you are waiting for it to actually happen. Could it be that is where you are? Perhaps you feel that you are living between the times. You may not realize that God has brought you to this place, but you will discover that God is up to something.
Why is it that God makes us wait and for so long? There are three things I want us to see:
1. Some things take time—even for God.
How many of you have ever said in your prayers, "O Lord, how much longer?" But what about God? He has to wait, too. He has the power to end everything, but for reasons that we will not understand until we get to heaven, God subjected Himself to the conditions He created, whereby He too must wait.
2. Between the times there's something for us to learn.
Perhaps you have lost sight of God's promises and are still blaming everybody else. You may be a mature person, yet you still wallow in self-pity. If that is the case, you need to seek a fresh and wonderful outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
3. Between the times, God still looks after us.
Some people mistake God's care for their needs for being in right standing with Him. Now, God's provision may show that God is with you, but it doesn't mean that everything is right with you.
From our viewpoint it is sometimes difficult to understand why God doesn't act sooner. But when, eventually, He acts, we come to see that it couldn't have happened sooner, and it is a mercy that it didn't.
Excerpted from All's Well That Ends Well (Authentic Media, 2005).
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A 74 YEAR-old Stourbridge man is in a serious condition in hospital this morning following a collision near Iverley.
The man, a cyclist, was riding along the A461 Norton Road, between Stourbridge and Kidderminster yesterday morning (Saturday, February 16) when he was involved in a collision with a silver Peugeot 406, at around 10.20am.
The pensioner was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where he is being treated for serious back, neck and head injuries.
The driver of the car, also a 74 year-old man from Stourbridge, was unharmed.
Police are now appealing for any witnesses who may have seen the collision, or saw the cyclist riding along the road prior to the crash.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Staffordshire Police's Collision Investigation Unit, by calling 101 and quoting incident number 223 - 16 February 2013.


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PEWSEY Vale suffered their second defeat at the hands of title-chasing opposition in four days last night as they were beaten at Andover Town.
Lewis Taylor's men, who lost 3-0 at second-placed Petersfield Town last weekend went down 2-0 at league leaders Andover last night, with former Calne Town man Claudio Herbert grabbing both goals.
Vale, who are sixth in the Sydenhams League Division One, host Amesbury Town next weekend.
Meanwhile, Malmesbury Victoria returned to action after an enforced sabbatical of more than six weeks.
Gareth Davies' men travelled to Clanfield but slipped to a 1-0 defeat in Oxfordshire.
The Vics travel to Hook Norton next weekend.
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What's wrong with this chicken? – Introduction
An aspect of home kashrut not so well-known is the avoidance of traifos. Despite its colloquial usage to mean "non-kosher," a traifa is actually a bird or quadruped with a certain type of bodily defect that renders it non-kosher even when slaughtered correctly!
In OU Kosher's new video, Harav Yisroel Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, and OU Kosher Halachic Consultant is joined by two OU rabbinic coordinators with vast expertise in the certification of meat and poultry, Rav Nosson Goldberg and Rabbi Chaim Loike. Together, they elucidate in a clear and thorough fashion the red flags in raw chicken that YOU need to know. After watching this video, you'll have more confidence in the kashrut of the meat you serve.


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CHRISTOPHER Tillett is passionate about trains and Big Brother. But his plan to travel to the Gold Coast to meet the female stars of his favourite reality-TV show came unstuck when he only made it as far as Sydney.
Christopher, 22, has autism, and hatched his plan to seek out curvy bombshell Charne, ladette Angie and hopeless romantic Stacey by stashing clothes in his family's Hampton Park shed and saving about $80.
On Friday, he left his house about 9.30am, telling family he was catching a bus to the local shopping centre, which he did often.
Although he was armed with an iPad and a mobile phone, Christopher never returned home. His father, Leon Tillett, reporting him missing to Dandenong police once it got dark. He was able to trace some of Christopher's movements through his myki card, which showed he caught a train from Dandenong station to Southern Cross.
Christopher then caught a train to Sydney, ending up in Kings Cross, the centre of Sydney's red-light district.
Mr Tillett was at Dandenong police station when he learnt that a homeless man had taken Christopher to a Salvation Army shelter, where they stayed until police made contact.
''I was about to leave the Dandenong police station and I thought, 'I'll give him just one more try' and he answered,'' he said. ''When I heard he was safe, I felt like I'd won Tattslotto.''
Mr Tillett said had it not been for the homeless man, something terrible could have happened. While Christopher has the mental age of a six-year-old in some areas, in others he is a whiz-kid, his father said. He said Christopher was ''mad on Big Brother'' and watched every episode.
He said he ''should have woken up'' when he saw Christopher looking up dates and times on his iPad.
''When he saw me, he said it was frightening. He's never gonna do it again, he's gonna stay in Melbourne.''


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The North Platte boys cross-country team won the McCook Invitational Thursday, defeating runner up Ogallala by six points.
McGuire finished the hilly course in 16:12.57 for his third straight first-place of the season.
Ace Haws was fourth for the Bulldogs in 18:11.91; Christian Bradley and Marcus Miller finished 10th and 11th respectively.
St. Pat's boys finished sixth in the 10-team meet. Joe O'Malley was sixth with a time of 18:34.39.
The St. Pat's girls sparkled in the race, finishing second, just a point behind first-place McCook.
Anna and Mandy O'Malley were fourth and fifth respectively for the Irish and Maggie Vinton was 10th.
Gabriella Garcia of Holdrege won the girls race in 15:25.47.
As a team, the North Platte girls finished fourth. Sophomore Victoria Tockey finished seventh individually with a personal best time of 16:19.14.
Overall, North Platte Head Coach Dennis Fornander was real pleased.
"From top to bottom, we ran faster this week on a much tougher course. We're excited," Fornander said.
Boys team scores
1. North Platte 26
2. Ogallala 32
3. Dundy County-Stratton 62
4. McCook 66
5. Chase County 71
6. St. Pat's 101
7. Holdrege 112
8. Perkins County 140
9. Oberlin 149
10. Sutherland 170
Girls team scores
1. McCook 42
2. St. Pat's 43
3. Holdrege 52
4. North Platte 61
5. Ogallala 72
6. Oberlin 79
7. Perkins County 99
8. Dundy County-Stratton 133
9. Chase County 140
10. Hershey 203
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Misionero Vegetables has completed the expansion of its packing shed.
With the project's completion, Gonzales, Calif.-based Misionero increased its processing and loading capacity 40%, according to a company news release.
The revamped facility has been operational since April.
"We are excited that we have continued measured growth," Dan Canales, Misionero's vice president of sales and marketing, said in the release.
"We added additional processing lines and increased our loading capabilities. The expansion will facilitate more distribution and allow our organization to continue to improve our products and services," he said.
Misionero plans an open house this summer to allow customers and vendors a look at the addition.


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If you have a credit card, chances are you have seen cash advance solicitations in the past. A credit card cash advance is a type of loan you can get through your provider. While generally easy to qualify for if you are currently a cardholder, this type of loan comes with some pretty high interest fees and associated usage charges. Perhaps this is the reason this borrowing method has fallen approximately 36 percent since 2010, according to industry analysts. Learn more about the pros and cons of the service before you proceed.
While the prospect of getting a loan using your credit card may seem convenient and beneficial, it is a good idea to take a minute to think about the costs associated with doing so. First, these services are offered at a higher financing cost than what is associated with your standard card balance. It is not uncommon for the service to be accompanied by an interest rate that is 7% higher than the APR (annual percentage rate) on everyday purchases. In other words, you could easily find yourself paying an interest rate of 22% for the convenience.
Next, most providers charge an additional fee on top of the high interest rate. A typical fee ranges from $10 to $20 per transaction. This latter point is very important to think about if you are planning on using this service on a semi-regular basis. As you can see, the fees begin to pile up, but that isn't the end. If you use an ATM machine outside of your banking network, you may be forced to pay another $2 to $5 in fees on top of the previously mentioned charges!
Furthermore, these transactions are not subject to the grace period of standard purchases. In other words, once a consumer receives the funds, interest starts accruing at that moment, unlike the interest on standard purchases that begins to accrue after the payment due date. Those with lackluster financial histories can expect even higher interest rates, some close to 40%! Some analysts point to the 2010 Credit CARD Act as the reason cash advances have become more expensive in the last couple years. The act makes it more difficult for lenders to penalize customers that default on what they owe. As a result, lenders raise rates and add fees to recoup lost revenue. Additionally, these services are subject to the same borrowing limits imposed on normal purchases. This means you will not be able to get funds upfront if they will cause you to hit the credit limit.
Many people do not use credit for various reasons and opt for a debit card or checkbook instead. Another type of cash advance that has become more prevalent lately is an intentional overdraft. In other words, consumers spend more than their available account balance using a debit card or check. Since overdraft fees have become increasingly regulated in the last several years, some customers believe the overdraft charge is a benign way to get fast cash. Unfortunately, this option isn't as viable as one might think at first glance. Since banks have less financial recourse when it comes to charging overdraft penalties, they may simply cancel the account of a repeat intentional overdraft offender. We urge you to weigh alternatives that won't put your financial portfolio at risk.
Although the aforementioned method may seem like a convenient way of getting cash, it is important to consider other types of short-term loans as well. Chances are you can find a product with competitive financing rates that are not based on your financial history. Those with past financial blemishes will greatly appreciate bad credit short-term loans for this very reason. Be sure to read the fine print associated with the specific type of short-term loan you are thinking about.
There is nothing scarier than when you are face-to-face with a situation you can't pay for. For example, a medical emergency or a car accident. Not everyone can turn to relatives or friends for financial assistance. We are happy to bring solutions to consumers with limited options. In order to qualify for financial relief, the two basic necessities you will need are evidence of employment and a bank account that is equipped with a direct deposit feature. The evidence of steady employment stands in as a form of credit-worthiness. Hence, there is no reason to go through a stringent qualification process in order to qualify.


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This game was classified by the community with the following category scores - Violence=2/3, Sex=0/3, Mature Content=0/3. Bust a funky beat down on friends and foes in this crazy, quirky 3D fighter. Battle it out with 12 funky brawlers, 9 scenes and 5 modes of play, including Training, Arcade, Versus and Survival. Also, get in a little funky networked chaos on XBox Live in Online mode. So go ahead and get Funky Punch XL and feel the funky flow within you!
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DEAD ACCOUNTS Stars Norbert Leo Butz & Katie Holmes To Appear on 'The Joan Hamburg Show' Tomorrow
Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes, stars of the new Broadway comedy Dead Accounts, will be guests on WOR's "The Joan Hamburg Show" tomorrow, December 5 from 1 PM – 1:30 PM. WOR broadcasts on 710 AM or can be heard online at http://wor710.com/pages/11610132.php.
DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O'Brien is now playing at Broadway's Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). In addition to Butz and Holmes, the production also stars Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell.
In Dead Accounts, Jack's (Butz) unexpected return throws his family into a frenzy, and his sister Lorna (Holmes) needs answers. Is he coming home or running away? Where is his wife (Greer) everyone hates? And how did he get all that money? Theresa Rebeck's new comedy tackles the timely issues of corporate greed, small town values, and whether or not your family will always welcome you back…with no questions asked.
The creative team for the production features five-time Tony nominee David Rockwell (scenic design), five-time Tony winner Catherine Zuber (costume design), David Weiner (lighting design), Mark Bennett (sound design, original music), and Tom Watson (hair design).
DEAD ACCOUNTS is produced by Jeffrey Finn, John N. Hart Jr., David Mirvish, Amy Nauiokas, Ergo Entertainment, Harriet Newman Leve, Double Gemini Productions, 3toGo Entertainment, and The Shubert Organization.


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found a new home!
Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
I am already neutered, housetrained, purebred, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
For 2016 most of our puppies and dogs/ kittens and cats are still priced at only $150, including spay or neuter and shots as well as Heartworm test (or FIV/Felv tests) rabies, deworm, deflea and transport to NY. (There is an add'l $35 fee for a USDA health certificate, required by law.)
All dogs/ pups travel with their own leash and collar, which is yours to keep. Cats travel in their own personal carriers.
We are now offering our own transport service AT NO EXTRA CHARGE!! We will be happy to meet you and send your new pets home with you. Our current transports are into Greater Buffalo.
Please submit and application! We will be in touch within 48 hours to confirm your adoption and arrange your pet's travel itinerary.
Howie, a Buffalo English (Redtick) Coonhound dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a English (Redtick) Coonhound for sale in Buffalo, or seeking a English (Redtick) Coonhound dog from a breeder in Buffalo.


text: Join Heights Arts for an opening reception of "Herbert Ascherman Jr.: 40 Years," the first career retrospective of Cleveland's preeminent living portrait photographer. While making his living in portraiture, Ascherman also pursued passions in other photographic genres—street photography, nudes, and landscapes. This exhibition gathers approximately 60 key works from all of those interest areas, selected by the photographer and Heights Arts, which powerfully represent his wide-ranging career.


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One of my VERY favorite antique shops is open this weekend!
Gatherings at the School is in a historic schoolhouse building in Star, Idaho and it has the BEST antiques and decor.
It is only open occasionally so be sure to get on their email list so you don't miss out on the fun!
The Holiday House Boutique is also open this weekend in Meridian, Idaho!
They have lots of fun holiday decor.
I have handmade items in both places! I have been a busy girl.
If you live locally, you won't want to miss out!
I hope to share some pictures in the next couple of days 🙂


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Regime Forces
The work showing or naming any of the components of the regime forces: the Syrian regime army, the Secret Intelligence services, the General Security, the Shabihas (thugs), the public committees, and the National Defense Army. In addition to the outsider militias who support them, most importantly: the militia of Hezbollah, the Iraqi militia of Abu al-Fadel al-Abbas, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
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Upcoming events
- We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria
- Inauguration of the Agency of Artists in Exile
- Aleppo. A Portrait of Absence
- Deine Liebe Ist Feuer (Your Love Is Fire)
- Syria's Cultural Days
- Syria's Disappeared
- Silenced Voices: Syrian Women In Assad's Prisons
- 10's of 1000's: An exhibition on Syria's Missing and Disappeared
- The 4th Anniversary of the Chemical Massacre
- Ghouta4YearsLater: Global Day of Action
- Assad Chemicals
- Cries From Syria Screening
- Film Screening: White Helmets
- F*** This Sh**
- Celebrating Syria: A Festival of Arts and Culture
- Animated Images - Sulafa Hijazi
- Exhibition: The Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution
- My History: Syrians in their own words
- From Syria With Love - Berlin
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