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The Lebanon City Council voted March 7 to eliminate the city's restaurant tax, which would kill the local tourism commission.
But, it's not a done deal yet.
The council must approve two readings of an amendment to its tourism ordinance and that amendment must be published officially before the tax would end.
The Lebanon City Council will meet again Monday, April 11.
Do you think the Lebanon City Council should eliminate the city's restaurant tax? Why or why not?
Whatever the decision that would come out, I hope it would be for the betterment of the tourism industry. I do support every actions that was done by the tourism commission of the place.
If the tourism commission was so useless to Marrett then why did he come to them asking 20,000 for a barbecue festival, which he received 12,000 for and 10,000 for snowflake lights which he received. Kenny just couldn't control the commission the way he wanted and decided the only course of action was to do away with it because he knew he could never get Chris fired because he had no legal grounds. It's this type of good ole boy system and backwards thinking that will keep Lebanon behind most other cities. If you look at the numbers the restaurant tax numbers were growing in years when everyone else was in recession. Actually only 20-25% of the budget was spent on employee salaries making them apply for additional monetary assistance in a form of cash advance loans. The state average is 40%. You can't change the minds of people who don't want to be changed though. It wouldn't have mattered what Chris did Kenny was a bulldog who wouldn't let go. It's just a shame that the city will suffer because of the actions of one person who had a personal agenda.
Once the tax is off I think the area will become more attractive touristically because it's becoming more affordable. It's unfair for the locals to pay this tax just because it's a touristic area and unfortunately this is not the only place with this kind of policies. I am so glad they don't have a tax like this at the Washington PA hotels, they're really making things easy for the tourists and on a long shot this policy alone is bringing greater revenues for the businesses in the are. Nobody needs this tax.
In my opinion, the tourism tax was a good thing for the restaurants, but not so great if you are living in the county and have to pay extra to bring tourism into the county, just for going out to eat. When you have a family and have to pay regular bills and buy the essentials for your family, especially if you have children going to school, that little bit extra soon adds up. So the citizens of our fair Marion county can't even afford to take their families out to eat for a special treat, without it costing an arm and a leg. I think the solution is logical, issue the citizens a card stating they are citizens-something that would cover the entire family-so that they would be excluded from paying the tourist tax. This way the tourist pay the tourist tax, and it doesnt do any harm to the wallets of marion county citizens.If this is done, then maybe more Marion Countians can enjoy more of this fair county that we live in.
I read from an article about the tax information from the city of Lebanon stating that all Lebanon residents must file a tax return annually whether or not taxes are owed. All businesses within the city limits must file a return, whether or not a profit was made. All nonresident businesses and individuals who have sales, work done, services performed or rental property within the city limits must file a return, whether or not a profit was made. There is no minimum age requirement for filing on earned income. Well, I guess this has been a great issue that debated on the entire city and residents might run on their payday loan to fix their tax problems.
I read the 1 month snapshot of the tourism office's activities (posted on 3/21/11 on lebanonenterprise.com). It seems like the economic benefit to business owners and the city has overshadowed any perceived negative impact of a tax - which, by the way, is very minimal and comparable to other communities' tourism tax.
In the short time this tax has been in effect, it has funded a tourism office and a plethora of activities, the likes that have never been seen in this community.
During the office's short time in existence, events have been promoted and are growing, festivals are in the works and concerts are taking place. At the same time, arrangements for even more tours, concerts, festivals and other activities are continually being made. The community is increasingly enjoying a position of more prominence on Kentucky's tourism map.
Because of the activities of this tax-funded tourism office, there are business owners out there who have enjoyed increased sales. Restaurants, hotels and retailers are all beneficiaries of a minimal tax that CUSTOMERS, not business owners, pay. (Maybe a good question for another forum topic would be, "Why aren't business owners coming out in support of this tax?")
At a minimum, the result of the tax seems to have been favorable for the community. I'm sure most would say that tourism is on a positive trojectory. Given the list of prospective events planned for the future, why are we considering cutting of our nose to spite our face?


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HANBURY Hall and Gardens, the National Trust property near Droitwich Spa, is hosting a series of events to celebrate the different places which five key generations of the Vernon family visited or were inspired by.
The top Worcestershire tourist attraction will begin by celebrating the travels of Thomas Vernon (1654-1721), the builder of Hanbury Hall. Thomas was a talented solicitor at the Courts of Chancery in London where he earned the kind of money to enable him to build Hanbury Hall. He also commissioned the artist Sir James Thornhill to create the wall and ceiling paintings for which the hall is best known.
The weekend of March 17 and 18 will see visitors transported back to 1710 as Thomas Vernon and his wife Mary return to the hall from London along with Mary's widowed sister, Anne, and the artist, James Thornhill.
Visitors will be able to see the family arrive in style as they are driven up to the hall in a horse and carriage, then have the opportunity to meet them surrounded by the magnificent wall and ceiling paintings created by Thornhill.
The event, which will run from 1 - 4.30pm, will include pie and mash being served in the tea room and the chance to enjoy a horse and carriage ride.
Visitor services manager Alice Eddy said: "We're all really excited about the chance to bring the hall to life from the time of Thomas and Mary Vernon – something we've not done before."
Hanbury Hall will also be running the popular Dawn Chorus Walks again this year on Sunday, March 25 and Sunday, April 1 from 6am to 8.30am. The walks are being led by an RSPB expert and tickets, which include breakfast, cost £14 and must be pre-booked by calling 01527 821214.
For more details about the property and opening times visit nationaltrust.org.uk/hanburyhall

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In this blog post, I would like to share my thoughts, experience and knowledge about FIX protocol which I had acquired by working on different areas of FIX.
Basics of FIX protocol and FIX EngineFIX protocol is a tag value protocol where every field has a unique tag name and signify something e.g. Price (tag 44) denotes the price of particular shares , OrderQty denotes a quantity of order.
FIX protocol specify different types of messages for different trading purposes e.g. for Sending an Order to exchange they used NewOrderSingle message (MsgType=35) or for Sending a Cancel to exchange they used CancelOrder message (MsgType=F). MsgType (tag 35) and they message for all purpose of trade life cycle e..g they have pre-trade message ( e.g. News , Indication of Interest ) , trade message (NewOrderSingle, OrderCancelReplaceRequest , OrderCancelRequest) and post trade message (e.g. Allocation messages).
Messages on FIX protocol can be broadly classified into two type's first Session level message also called Admin messages and Second Application level messages. Session level messages are used to establish FIX session between two FIX engine and Application messages are messages which are meant for some purpose e..g NewOrderSingle message which is used to send an order via FIX.
MsgType (tag 35) is an important tag in FIX protocol which is used to uniquely identify an FIX message. Every single message in FIX protocol must have corresponding MsgType otherwise, FIX engine will reject those messages saying it's not a valid FIX message.
As per FIX protocol connection between two FIX engine is called FIX session and every FIX session has pre-agreed on host/port and comp id. Since a single FIX engine can be used to serve multiple clients on broker side every client is uniquely identified by combination of IP , port and there Comp IDs , Comp IDs are a combination of SenderCompID and TargetCompID which are two separate tags in FIX protocol.
Once FIX Session established now the client can send Orders via FIX and broker then send it exchange for execution.
I will try to keep it updated with relevant information, please ask if you have any questions, doubt etc.
Happy learning and welcome to FIX protocol world :)
To read more about FIX protocol, please see my FIX protocol tutorial series


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At Vermont Woods Studios we're privileged to work with some of the world's finest craftsmen. Some of these furniture makers have had a tradition of fine craftsmanship handed down to them through many generations of Vermonters while others have emigrated to our state, attracted by the natural beauty and the close community of artisans living here.
One of the passions we all share is a love of the outdoors and a connection to the forest: the source of our wood. Vermont furniture makers care immensely about where their wood comes from as this affects not only the look and quality of a piece but also the sense of "karma" that every handmade piece has. The sustainability of our forests is an important issue to us.
I read this note about forest conservation from friend and sustainable furniture maker Dave Allard recently and wanted to share it:
In 2008, the US Forest Service reported that the volume of American
hardwoods is 90 percent larger than it was just 50 years ago and nearly
twice as much hardwood grows as is harvested every year. When managed
responsibly hardwood forests are at the least carbon neutral.
American hardwoods are abundant and self-regenerating. For centuries
they have been providing beauty, warmth and functional value for floors,
furniture, moldings, millwork and cabinetry.
Conservation weighs heavily on our minds. We
have always purchased the finest hardwoods from local, and reputable
sustainable resources. This allows us to virtually hand pick our lumber,
save on the use of large trucks that emit pollutants, thus limiting our
carbon footprint and waste factor overall. We were 'Green' before it
was cool.
I agree. Vermont is not only the fine furniture capitol of America it is also the sustainable furniture capitol of our country.
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This blog is written by your friends at Vermont Woods Studios. Check out our Vermont made furniture and home decor online and visit our showroom and art gallery at Stonehurst, the newly restored 1800s farmhouse nestled in the foothills of the Green Mountains.


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Along with the Piedmont, Tuscany is Italy's most important wine-producing area. Chianti, Brunello, Vino Nobile, and Vin Santo are known all over the world, as are the ""Super Tuscans,"" a large group of important, high-quality reds born in the early 1970s and now representing some of Italy's best wines. Back then, producers began chafing under the restrictive regulations of the DOC (Denominazione di Origin Controllata). Some sought to avoid using certain legally recommended grape varieties, such as the Italian white grapes that were considered an integral part of Chianti; others started blending Cabernet and Merlot, which at the time were proscribed, with native grape varieties.
While Tuscany offers a plethora of riches to the wine lover, some of its most famous Tuscan wines, especially Chianti and Brunello, are experiencing a slump in sales. There are many reasons for this, beginning with a steep rise in prices over the last five or ten years. There has also been a wave of new, moneyed owners who have not let their lack of winemaking experience get in the way of buying a piece of this beautiful region. This has opened the floodgate for oenological consultants, many of whom work for numerous estates in the same area but routinely apply their tried-and-true recipe to winemaking, leading to the production of Tuscan wines that resemble one another to a dismaying degree. Add to this the insistence on making deeply colored wines that are often overconcentrated, overoaked, and charmless, and you begin to have a good idea of why Chianti and some other Tuscan red wines don't sell all that well anymore. Fortunately, producers have begun to recognize these errors, prices have finally stopped rising, and, mercifully, more trees are being allowed to live as less importance is afforded to new oak barrels.
Italy, like France, offers a world of wine styles within a single country: dry Italian white wines ranging from lively and minerally to powerful and full-bodied; cheap and cheerful Italian red wines in both a cooler, northern style and a richer, warmer southern style; structured, powerful reds capable of long aging in bottle; sparkling wines; sweet wines and dessert wines.
Most of Italy enjoys a relatively warm climate, and the southern portion of the country can be particularly hot in the summer months. However, Italy's Apennine mountain chain, which traverses the country from north to south, provides an almost infinite number of soil types and exposures, as well as favored hillside sites in virtually every region, where vines can be cultivated at higher, cooler altitudes. Mountainous terrain has also resulted in the segregation of many small wine regions, enabling dozens of indigenous grape varieties to survive in near isolation. Here, Italy markedly differs from most of the wine world, which is becoming increasingly international in nature.
But Italian wine, as most North Americans know it, is a fairly recent phenomenon. Prior to the 1950s, only a tiny proportion of Italy's wines were even bottled by the farmer who grew the grapes. Most Italian wine was consumed by the local market. The Italian government's DOC system (Denominazione di Origine Controllata), created in the 1960s, imposed more explicit standards and thereby improved Italian wine quality while at the same clarifying the labeling of wines and thus making it far easier for Italian producers to ship their wines abroad. (Today DOCG -- Controllata e Garantita -- is theoretically the highest level in the quality pyramid of Italian wine, with this special status more recently granted to such historically important Italian wine areas as Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello di Montalcino and others: areas that had previously enjoyed DOC status for at least five years.)
Of course, some of the most innovative Italian wine makers quickly began to look for ways to escape the restrictions of this system. They believed that DOC laws actually prevented them from making the best possible wines -- for example, by proscribing the use of certain grape varieties or by requiring them to age their wines in wood barrels longer than they believed was beneficial in some years. Those with a more independent bent essentially opted out of the system, instead producing wines that were simply classified as Vini da Tavola (table wines) but that in a number of cases surpassed the "official" best Italian wines in quality and price. (A new law passed in 1992 created the IGT category, or Indicazione Geografica Tipica, for the innovative Vini da Tavola for which DOCs were not yet created.) These trailblazers have revolutionized Italian wine over a period in which French wines have merely "evolutionized."
While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit.
In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape withstand more extreme climatic conditions. The climatic conditions in the Northern Rhone are especially conducive to the growth of the grapes, for they require heat to attain full ripeness. Still, even slight overripeness can cause the grape to lose its varietal character. In the Northern Rhone, Syrahs are all oak aged for some period of time. While historically, this aging has occurred in large, old oak casks, small oak barrels like those used in Bordeaux and Burgundy are currently gaining in popularity. Wines from the top appellations, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, will have the most pronounced oak character.
But these wines can be shockingly expensive; collectors know that they have the alcohol, tannin and concentration to age for years, and the price reflects this awareness. The most famous producers in Hermitage are Chapoutier and Chave. In Côte Rôtie (where many of the wines are actually co-fermented with a small amount of the white grape Viognier), look for Guigal and Jasmin.
Retreating a little bit on the price spectrum, the appellations of Cornas, St. Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage produce high-quality wines, albeit with less body, tannin, and intensity from the top appellations. In Cornas, look to Auguste Clape. For St. Joseph, Chapoutier and Jaboulet are especially reliable. The top producers from Hermitage also have a presence in Crozes-Hermitage, but also look for wines from Alain Graillot.
Syrah retains a presence farther down the Rhone Valley, but in the southern Rhone, the Syrah tends to be more opulent, and less structured. Here it does not stand on its own and is frequently blended with other Rhone varieties like Grenache and Mourvedre, most notably in the appellation of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Similarly, it retains a key place as a key blending grape in wines from Coteaux de Languedoc.
In California vineyards, as part of the general rise in plantings of Rhone varietals, the presence of Syrah has dramatically increased in the last fifteen years. The problem is that these wines are often made with less finesse in California than in France. In too many cases, we find wines that are just too much-- too much sugar, too much alcohol, too much extraction. But looking carefully for more restrained examples can yield great dividends. The Central Coast has a number of winemakers that show discipline and keep the intensity of their wines in check; consider Jaffurs Wine Cellars, Beckmen Vineyards, and Qupe.
In Australia, where the variety is known as Shiraz, the greatest examples come from the Barossa Valley. Here, the vines were first planted in the mid-1800s, and some old vines continue to produce fruit for terrifically concentrated wines. As a general trend, Barossa Shiraz will be richer, and show more stewed-fruit flavors than Syrah from the Rhone. Similarly powerful Shiraz also comes from McLaren Vale. Two Hands makes terrifically concentrated bottlings from both regions, and Penfolds is another reliable producer of burly Shiraz. While Australia's reputation rests on intense, concentrated Shiraz, more understated examples come from Hunter Valley and the Heathcote region, including wines from the producer Heathcote II.
Syrah pairs well with red meats, spicy pizzas, and and other savory meat dishes. These dishes provide an excellent complement to the peppery flavors and heft of the wine.
2006 had 12 regions scored 95 or above. Germany got the highest score, with a 98.
Other regions that scored 95 points or higher were Barolo (Piedmont), Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany), Tuscany, Bolgheri (Tuscany), Chianti Classico (Tuscany), Barbaresco (Piedmont), Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (Germany), Napa, Piedmont (Italy), Ribera del Duero (Rioja), and Sonoma.
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When you think of supermodels, who pops into your mind? According to WWD, Manhasset, N.Y.-based Marketing Evaluations Inc. has found that Tyra Banks is actually the most recognized model to the American public. Number two on the list is Cindy Crawford, now 40, and 52-year old Christie Brinkley rounds out the top three — hardly the nubile teens that grace the pages of today's fashion magazines. Check out any newsstand, and you're more likely to see Daria Werbowy hawking Lancome or Gemma Ward in Prada, but Tyra's successful America's Next Top Model series and talk show have made her a household name. Others on this list: Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Elle Macpherson, Heidi Klum, Rachel Hunter, Gisele Bundchen, and Christy Turlington. Tell us: Who's your favorite model? Who is the ultimate supermodel to you?
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- As the U.S. subprime housing market went into meltdown in 2007 and brought Wall Street to its knees -- leading to trillions in bailout measures -- some officials in the Federal Reserve were ready to buy up bank stocks. Little did they know by 2008 it would be all but impossible for the Fed not to hold them despite stated policies against equity ownership. While transcripts of meetings from 2007 released on Friday provide a glimpse into the Fed's slow recognition of the cracks in megabanks that would imperil the global economy, poorly timed comments like one governor's hypothetical recommendation to buy bank shares near pre-crisis stock highs also foreshadow the extreme and still unknown steps that the central bankers took to rescue Wall Street when the crisis hit. According to transcripts from a Sept. 18, 2007 meeting, then-Governor Frederic Mishkin recommended that the Fed consider buying bank stocks given the bright long-term prospects of the financial sector, particularly in originating home loans if lending standards improved. "In particular, we've gone to an originate-to-distribute model, which
Fed Governor Randall Kroszner mentioned, and we have found some serious flaws in it. The expectation is that we will have new models coming out. In fact, I think that this is actually going to be a long-run profit opportunity for the banks. So if we were allowed to buy bank stocks, I think it would be a good idea," says Mishkin. " Laughter ," is the reaction of Fed officials to Mishkin's idea, according to the Fed's transcript. Mishkin's recommendation was used as a hypothetical to describe the health of the U.S. financial system when early signs of crisis emerged. Still, it raises key unanswered questions from the financial crisis and the Fed's unprecedented action. Notably, the mid-September meeting was the first where the Fed considered novel programs to dramatically expand its balance sheet and provide relief to America's largest banks and Wall Street dealers. Within months of the meeting, the Fed would be pumping trillions into the banking system and taking assets in return such as equities and complicated debt instruments it previously considered unacceptably risky. While the Fed might not have bought bank shares as Mishkin recommended in 2007, it may very well have held them as collateral against emergency loans during the crisis. At the Sept. 2007 meeting, one of the first to occur after clear signs of crisis emerged and propelled the central bank into action, Mishkin detailed his impressions of the potency of a housing market bust for the financial sector, characterizing it as somewhere between quick crises such as the failure of hedge fund Long Term Capital Management and the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and more structural collapses such as the savings and loan crisis. The key question Mishkin raised in the Sept. 2007 meeting was whether the Fed should use its 'lender of last resort' powers, as it did in the LTCM crisis and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, or whether issues were beyond its purview. "The problem here is really the interaction of the financial side with the real side. I'm worried that, as the economy becomes more nonlinear, we have the potential for a vicious circle or a downward spiral... So the big issue here for me is that this nonlinear element is very real right now. The question is what to do about it, and that's what we will be discussing shortly," says Mishkin, in his analysis. It's precisely the Fed's actions, increasing in their creativity and desperation through the crisis, which makes Mishkin's hypothetical of buying shares in banks ironic. In the Sept. 18, 2007 meeting, the Fed first broached the idea of a program, eventually called the Term Auction Facility, which would pump safe assets into banks and temporarily cast off risky ones onto the Fed's balance sheet. In TAF, the Fed offered trillions in repurchase arrangements where it would auction off safe assets to banks and take riskier and less liquid ones such as mortgage backed securities off their books for as long as 28-days. The program was intended to help pump money into increasingly illiquid banks and alleviate strains in the financial system that could harm the real economy, as Mishkin and some Fed officials worried in 2007. Notably, Fed transcripts reveal the program was designed to allow banks to access the Fed's funds in a manner that wouldn't indicate their duress, unlike the so-called 'discount window.' "By allowing the Federal Reserve to inject term funds through a broader range of counterparties and against a broader range of collateral than open market operations, this facility could help promote the efficient dissemination of liquidity when the unsecured interbank markets are under stress," the Fed stated in a Dec. 12, 2007 press release announcing TAF. TAF would eventually beget even riskier operations conducted by the Fed such as the Primary Dealer Credit Facility, Term Securities Lending Facility, Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility and direct toxic asset portfolio buys from JPMorgan Chase ( JPM)-owned Bear Stearns and AIG ( AIG), in an effort to give banks cheap short-term funding and ease the burdens of risky assets on their books. It's in the Primary Dealer Credit Facility, an eventual $9.7 trillion program, where the Fed very well may have heeded Mishkin's recommendation and bought bank stocks - by way of overnight repurchase agreements with Wall Street dealers.
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Gingerbread Pursuit 4-Miler
Fort Wayne, IN
Sat 12/08/2012
4 Miles, Competition Run/Race
245 Participants
Chip Timing, Online Entry Available
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Create a new downtown Holiday tradition. Start on Wayne Street near Clay on the east side of dowtown, then head east before turning on Coombs Street and running across the historic and newly restored Tecumseh Street bridge. Then run west along the Rivergreenway and cross over the historic site of Harmer's defeat. Then cross Columbia and continue along the Greenway to the Tennessee Avenue bridge. Runners will then run back downtown along the Greenway, past the confluence, past the Old Fort, and along the St. Mary's River, turning south on Harrison Street to cross the old Lincoln Highway bridge before finishing downtown. Runners will help promote the Gingerbread Festival at The History Center and will get a free entry to the Festival after the race on its last day. It is amazing to see all the Gingerbread structures created for this Holiday tradition. Route: You may view the tentative route on the USATF mapping service at: http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=453105
- Name:Mitch Harper
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- Phone:260-436-4824
- Address:Fort Wayne, IN
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802


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Fan-favorite Characters and New Originals Enter Your Home Video Library...
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There's no denying Pixar continues to impress and many of their top talent are present here in this second volume of animated shorts, some featuring fan-favorite characters and others new and unseen. The set includes a total of 12 shorts with optional commentary.
The shorts included here...
Your Friend the Rat, which features two fan-favorite characters from Ratatouille - Remy (Patton Oswalt) and his brother Emile (Peter Sohn). The pair spout facts for 11 minutes expanding on the history behind the human/rat relationship and the importance of the rat in general. Both hilarious and fun, it's also educational and features a variety of animation styles which impresses. The short also includes optional commentary with director Jim Capobianco and production designer Nate Wragg.
Presto comes in at just over 5 minutes and is hilarious as it features an engaging story about magician Presto DiGiotagione who fails to feed his rabbit and learns just how smart his rabbit is when hungry. With no dialogue, the story unfolds through action and situational humor, which is plenty. This short includes optional commentary with director Doug Sweetland.
BURN-E, a funny, minor character from the feature film WALL-E, takes center stage here in a 7 minute tale that's fun and entertaining. When a broken external lamp on the space station needs fixing, BURN-E gets into trouble trying to replace it and learns it's not easy to do the right thing the first time. This short includes optional commentary with director Angus MacLane.
Partly Cloudy, a brilliant near 6 minute film that's packed full of emotion and humor, revealing just where all - and I do mean all - the world's babies come from and how they get there. This short includes optional commentary with director Peter Sohn.
Dug's Special Mission seems more like a deleted scene from the touching 2009 film Up than a short. Featuring an interesting back story for the talking dog Doug, this near 5 minute short leads up to the character's introduction in the feature film and includes some great character building and emotional development. This short includes optional commentary with director Ronnie del Carmen and supervising technical director Brad Winemiller.
George and AJ, a 4 minute tale that's more an extended scene of Up, tells the tale of George and AJ, the two nursing home employees who came to fetch Carl. Of course, when Carol floats away, it inspires others to avoid George and AJ's association. My least favorite of the collection due to the style of animation.
Day & Night, one of my personal favorites, is 6 minutes of pure glee as two characters - Day and Night - realize they have more in common than they originally think. Originally shown with Toy Story 3, it's an emotional revelation that'll have you realizing just how much we have in common with others. This short includes optional commentary with director Teddy Newton and layout artist Sandra Karpman.
Hawaiian Vacation, a near 6 minute trip for Ken and Barbie (of Toy Story fame) to The Aloha State, is some of the most fun you'll have as the entire crew help ensure the couple gets their ideal first kiss. This short includes optional commentary with director Gary Rydstrom, story supervisor Jason Katz and supervising animator Angus MacLane.
Air Mater, a great addition to the Mater's Tall Tales series of shorts, introduces Mater to flying as well as a number of planes which fans can (hopefully) look forward to seeing in the forthcoming Planes. This short includes optional commentary with director Rob Gibbs, producer Kim Adam and production designer Bob Pauley.
Small Fry, the second Toy Story short on the disc, gives us an entertaining look inside the role of a happy meal mini me Buzz toy who looks to replace the real Buzz and enjoy some quality play time. This short includes optional commentary with director Angus MacLane.
Time Travel Mater, another of Mater's Tall Tales, gives viewers a 6 1/2 minute look at the beginning of Radiator Springs and how Mater - jumping through time - played a pivotal role in the start of the town he calls home. This short includes optional commentary with director Rob Gibbs, editor Torbin Xan Bullock and production designer Anthony Christov.
Last, but certainly not least, is La Luna. Originally featured on the Brave Blu-ray, this film is gorgeous - both to watch and to understand - as viewers discover three generations of custodians who clean the moon. It's a heart-felt tale that'll have viewers both amazed and engrossed in the storytelling. The short includes optional commentary with director Enrico Casarosa and producer Kevin Reher.
The video and audio presentations here are brilliant, with gorgeous animation in 1080p and each film featuring either Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks, DTS-HD HR 7.1 tracks, or Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio tracks. In all, the films are simply some of the best animated short films to come out of Pixar and once you see them you'll agree
As for bonus features, the collection includes a total of seven short films by student filmmakers who would later go on to lead the way in cutting edge animation. The student films include John Lasseter's "Nightmare," a hand-drawn piece about a child's fear of monters; John Lasseter's "Lady and the Lamp," about lamps which come to life; Andrew Stanton's "Somewhere in the Arctic" about Eskimos chasing polar bears; Andrew Stanton's "A Story," featuring a character who looks to be a precursor to Sully from Monsters, Inc; Peter Doctor's "Winter" about a young child ready for the snow; Peter Doctor's "Palm Springs" about a purple dinosaur; and Peter Doctor's "Next Door," a tale about a man who simply wants to relax and the little girl who just won't calm down.
Overall, Pixar's Shorts Collection Volume 2 is full of fun, family-friendly animated short films which will entertain animation fans both young and old with the variety of emotionally-driven, engaging, and enjoyable short films which make up this collection.
Be sure to check out previews of a number of these shorts HERE.
Pixar's Shorts Collection Volume 2 is available now wherever fine home video is sold.
- Jess C. Horsley


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A teenager is still missing after falling from the Torpoint Ferry on New Tear's Eve.
Police are appealing for information following "an incident on the Torpoint Ferry at around 9.15pm on New Years Eve", December 31.
A spokesman said: "Officers are concerned for the welfare of 16 year old Jordan Cobb from Plymouth, who was seen to jump from the ferry into the Tamar river at around 9.15pm. Police Coastguard and the RNLI attended and conducted an extensive search for Jordan, who at the time of writing remains missing.
Chief Inspector Ian Drummond Smith said " We are treating Jordan as a High Risk missing person and we are working with the coastguard to try and locate him.
"The river was extensively searched by air and sea for several hours, but there remains a possibility that he managed to swim ashore, and I would ask anyone with information to call the police on 101".


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"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Yup. Maybe KJ should coach the team.
I'm happy for Westphal. He didn't have to quit and hence will still get paid. Feel really bad for Keith Smart, though. Good luck to him, he's gonna need it.
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How'd you like to try to enforce things now as a coach in Sacremento?
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
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Regarding @wojyahoonba report that Keith Smart was given 2-yr guaranteed deal, Maloof was not aware but said Petrie given green light there.
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Maloofs were upset that he disclosed in-house matters. It clearly played a part here. Westphal indicated that Petrie had spoken to Maloofs.
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Kings co-owner Joe Maloof tells SI that ownership had no knowledge that Paul Westphal would be making public statement about D. Cousins.
The more I think about it, I believe Westphal knew exactly what he was doing. If anything, I wouldn't be surprised if management was undercutting him with Cousins, so he put this out there to force the issue. Either management would back him, or they'd pay him to go away, and he wouldn't have to deal with the looney bin anymore.
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This is long over due Westpau was a joke.
According to Marc Stein
Whoa.Of the eight teams ESPN.com has confirmed as registering interest in trading for Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins in the past week, in the wake of Cousins' recent one-game suspension, five of them hail from the East.
According to sources close to the situation, they are: Boston, Detroit, Indiana, New Jersey and Washington. (Portland, Houston and Utah are the others.) The Wizards might rank as the most surprising team on that list, given their longstanding non-interest in Cousins and the number of hard-to-harness youngsters already playing in the nation's capital, but perhaps the Wiz couldn't resist exploring the possibility of reuniting John Wall with his college teammate.
Dear God. Please no.
They aren't trading him IMO
He didnt want a trade Westpau did.
Pretty sure he wants to be traded. It's not like Westphal made it up.
For the Kings to win long-term, either Evans or Cousins need to go. They cannot play together, and they are both too high-maintenance to keep at the same time.
I think the Kings plan to keep Cousins, regardless of his wishes.
But it sure is strange to see Indiana on the list of suitors. Ditto Washington and Utah. Don't they have enough headcases already in Washington? And Utah already has a young talented frontline.
We probably looked into it to see if we could get him for nothing. Hoping they were wanting to cut bait and move on.
If not, then I'll be shocked, but I'm pretty sure that would be the case.
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@ @MikeWellsNBA @IamaGM said that #Pacers are 1 of 8 teams interested in DeMarcus Cousins. I cant see that happening. Wat u think?
If we trade for Cousins, Larry obviously learned nothing from the Artest saga. Stephenson, I can understand, but Cousins? Hopefully our interest culminated in Morway calling and offering Jones and a second round pick and the Kings hanging up.
Yup, just did our due diligence on it I'd imagine.
Actually, I think we just called to offer our services as a third team. No way Larry's stupid enough to want that guy.
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I think he really would go after him. It is a track record for Larry to give guys a chance and to help guide them in the right direction. Just look at who has been and is on our roster. This would be nothing new.
If you go back to Larry's young adult hood he had his share of problems and people gave him a 2nd chance as well. I just think it's in Larry's make up to do such a thing. Not a bad quality to have if you ask me.
If the team existed in a vacuum I'd agree with you. But akin to what Peck and I recently discussed with Stephen Jackson, his attitude would go over like a lead balloon with our fan base.
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I had never heard the Pacers attached to him until this. Has anyone else seen any indications we might be interested? To me, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to bring in a headcase like him when Hibbert is playing so well. But you have to at least see what it would take to get him. He certainly has a ceiling of a top 3 center in the league.Of the eight teams ESPN.com has confirmed as registering interest in trading for Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins in the past week, in the wake of Cousins' recent one-game suspension, five of them hail from the East.
According to sources close to the situation, they are: Boston, Detroit, Indiana, New Jersey and Washington. (Portland, Houston and Utah are the others.)
Edit: Sorry I didn't read this whole thread. I wonder where the notion that we are interested came from.
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Dont worry, the kings arent trading him
I'm not sure that I showed worry in my post. Do you have any facts to back that up, or are you just saying what you feel is right? If I was Sacramento I would at least see what a C with top 3 potential could get me. If they could trade him for a lottery pick in the upcoming draft and decent player, why would they not entertain that? That would give them possibly 2 lottery picks in a pretty good draft and unload a MAJOR head case.


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How about the 9'0'' standing reach? Or did they fudge that up somehow?
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How about the 9'0'' standing reach? Or did they fudge that up somehow?
But Olynyk actually has some skill.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I view Olynyk as incapable of playing defense worthy of being a major minutes rotation player, for us.
That doesn't mean he couldn't be a role player with offensive ability- his shot is way way better than either Tyler or McBob. He might even be a Steve Novak someday. But you still have to hide him on D.
If Dieng were there and we took Olynyk instead, I would grumble for sure.
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The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
From http://www.sbnation.com/2013/6/9/440...nba-draft-2013
"Jeff Goodman, now at ESPN, wrote this after Ledo committed to Providence in 2011:
Many of those who have suited up alongside Ledo aren't enamored with him because of his unwillingness to be a quality teammate -- and the attitude he often displays.
Ledo's record this past July, at one point, was 1-10. The last high-level guy who had a mark like that one was Renardo Sidney, and um, look what's happened with him.
Let's hope I am wrong about Ledo - and he winds up academically qualifying and buying into his role as a member of a team.
However, I'm skeptical."
Read Draftexpress write up on him, it might change your opinion.
Draftexpress new mock came out, and has the Pacers taking
Hardaway at #23
Siva at #53
Not impressed with those picks.
You are correct but I thought Olynk's strength is his shooting? That is Griffin's weakness.
I like Siva at 53 but I am not a big fan of Hardaway and basically I think our sg position is fine for a couple of years with OJ.
Siva defense would be awesome on the Pacers and he would be really nice next to Lance off the bench. Siva motor and focus would fit in nicely IMO. Put him on high pick and roll situations with Jeff or Ian and I think he could run the 2nd string offense.
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Draftexpress has been wrong about plenty of players(like every scout is) it is a great site, but no one is the law for a player.
I have heard the negatives on him, but I have read some great reports about his game. It seems he is a flat out scorer. We are just saying we are interested. If you never watch a guy it is very interesting to see what he can do. Especially when every report I read says he is a lottery talent. We will find out next year on how he turns out, well more likely 4 years from now.
On Kelly's standing reach. I mean that is ok, but I dont think it is amazing and it surely doesn't negate his wingspan.. He has the size of an undersized 4. Ed Davis is as longer than Kelly so is Derrick Williams. I just think the way he plays combined with the short arms will really limit him at the next level. I mean Kevin Love is really the only guy I can think of with that frame that has a ton of success banging and boarding. But Love and Kelly's games are so different hard to compare. Kevin Love is a much better athlete than Kelly too. I just don't know I dont see him translating. I think best case is a offensive specialist who is a liability in defense. I just don't think he has what guys like Faried have to make up for his lack of size JMO.
I've been doing some research today, and as a late pick James Ennis seems interesting. He's a SF with a nice wingspan of almost 7'. He shot 36% from the 3, seems pretty good at "D", and can finish at the rim. Raw as only played 2 years D1 ball, but interesting for a #53 pick.
Anyone know if he's had a workout with the Pacers?
Yes he has been one of my favorite guys for us, his tape isn't great though. He isn't NBA ready. He needs some coaching, but I like the tools a lot. He has great defensive potential. I doubt he will be there at #53. I like him a lot as a guy to throw at LBJ, . I have watched a ton of him this year and last year. He did a great job on Orlando last year. He still looks lost at times, but he has a chance.
EDIT: Pretty sure I commented on him a while back here.
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Im pretty sure the Pacers could straighten him out. Heck, Lance might even be a helping hand to a guy like that now.
That's a solid draft in terms of need. I've been wanting Hardaway Jr. since March when everyone said he was a mid 2nd round pick...appears to be climbing
Comparing Ford's mock draft 4 to his mock draft 5 and there are some players who moved in the mock 5.
Players moving down
Schroeder from 14 to 21
Gobert from 17 to 26
Dieng from 22 to 28
Franklin from 18 to 20
Those moving up
Plumlee up to 17 from 20
Antetokounmpo up to 18 from 29
Bullock up to 19 from 23
Noguiera up to 14 from 28
Ledo up to 25 from 27
Players moving up to 1st rd
I won't worry about the Pacers drafting someone unless they have they in for a workout. Otherwise it doesn't happen. If it does, like in the case of Jerryd Bayless...that player will be traded for a player that worked out for the Pacers, which in this example was Brandon Rush.
Hansbrough, PG, Lance, Hibbert via trade, Orlando Johnson, Plumlee, AJ Price, Magnum Rolle... all worked out for the Pacers
Novak type player... stretch 4 with no "D"??
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
and if i recall, he was also one of the slowest players in the combine too.
big guy with short arms and slow- we had one of those before didn't we?
not saying he is murphy 2.0 but what if he is?
I love Olynyk's huge scoring ability for our team. Sure, it'd be nice if he had better physical attributes to give us more confidence in his NBA defense, but if he had those things, this discussion would be irrelevant as he'd be a top-5 pick. Personally, I think we have plenty of defensive bigs as it stands. I'd like to see another scorer, and that's exactly what Olynyk can do on a very high level.
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
Also Kevin Love has dropped 20lbs since coming into the league easy. It wasnt until he hired a chef and got in great shape that he became Klove. I would imagine if you tested him now he would test much better.
I can't believe I called someone a worse athlete than Klove that is pretty bad. I just don't know I love that someone mentioned Murphy he might be Murphy without the rebounding I just don't see him translating. Again I really hope I am wrong about him.
It's not just his defensive limitations that scare me, it's his lack of rebounding, shot blocking, foot speed, etc. (At 7'0 and playing sub-par comp most of the time he averaged less than 7 Rebs and less than a block per game) He's essentially a much slower Chris Bosh, which isn't what we need.
I think in the right system he could be a nice starter, just not here. Our frontline is slow enough as it is.
If we draft a big they should have the ability to play with West or Roy both offensively and defensively IMO
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So based off who we've had in so far. Hardaway Jr, Rice Jr, Leslie and Mitchell.


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My first Operation Baking Gals!
Hubby and I have been wanting to get more into community service. When we lived in Ohio, we used to do community service on a very regular basis. We both feel it's important to give back. Since moving to Beantown, we've fallen off that wagon and we recently got the itch to get back on. I'm looking into multiple ways to give back, including participating in Operation Baking Gals.
If you don't know what OBP is all about, definitely go check out the website. Basically, a team of bakers send packages to one service member who is currently out of the country. Since that service member will be getting TONS of stuff, he/she can share it with others.
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I joined team Ugly Angel. Our soldier is Captain "Doober" Turner, the husband of our team captain Kim! (Check out her blog here.) They have 3 small children and another on the way. And, one of the reasons I chose this team is because he's a CH-53D pilot. I won't go into details here, but the engines on that helicopter have something to do with my day job…
And now on to the package. I had a super baking day while Hubby was off snowboarding with friends. It was a blast. I got all of my cookie dough made, and baked about 18 dozen cookies. The last 8 dozen were baked the next day.
I made double batches of 3 kinds of cookies. I followed the instructions on the OBG website about how to package them and how to fill out the post office forms.
For the package, I made Alton Brown's "The Chewy" (double batch yielded 8 dozen cookies)…
some Oatmeal Raisin cookies – Captain Turners's favorite (double batch yielded 8 dozen cookies)…
and Lumberjacks – Hubby's favorite (double batch yielded 9.5 dozen cookies).
I didn't end up shipping 26 dozen cookies because Hubby and I ate quite a few and I saved some Lumberjacks for him. But I think I shipped about 20 dozen cookies! I really hope the recipients enjoy them.
If you are interested in participating in the next round of OBG, check out the website and sign up. I will definitely be doing this again. Also, be sure to check out Kim's blog for a round up of the Ugly Angel's Team.
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That's really cool! Thanks for sharing the info. 😀
I did OBG last fall and enjoyed it I need to sign up again.
thank you so much for doing this, my husband just got back from 15 months deployed!
A have a quick tip for ya- since some of the soldiers are a ways out and their mail takes sometimes 4 weeks to get there, put a piece of bread (i wrapped mine in parchment paper) in with the cookies to keep them from going stale!
Thanks for the tip Jess. I followed the instructions on the OBG website that said that bread can sometimes mold, so instead use some apple peel. So I put some apple peel between the paper towels on the top and bottom of each container.
Great post! Thanks for sharing all the info! I hope you join us again next round! I checked with my husband about the condition of the cookies he's been receiving. It's been taking about a week or so to get them, and he said they all have been so fresh! They have a "community" table in the hallway and he says the homebaked goodies disappear in a flash! They are all very appreciative! Thanks again for baking! I'm craving your cookies right now!!!
How thoughtful of you! Your cookies all look delicious and I'm sure they will appreciate all the effort you put into them!
Thanks! I definitely plan on doing it again. Next time I probably won't send quite as many cookies. It did end up costing quite a bit more than I expected. That's what I get for sending 20 dozen cookies I guess…
What a great way to show your support and share your talents. High five to you!
How thoughtful of you! I used to do this for Desert Storm, and would pack it in popcorn. Just a thought.
Keep it Sweet,
just wanted to thank you for doing this…my husband served in Iraq for 16 months (yes you read that right). He said that receiving packages means the world to them. It will be much appreciated!
What a wonderful thing to do! I bet the lucky soldier will appreciate a little sweet treat from home. 🙂
You have such a generous heart! I am sure these lovely cookies will be appreciated! 🙂
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing!


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It seems everyone is finally coming to the conclusion that Europe hasn't been fixed, so the contrarian in me wants to jump back to the other side and be bullish. But I cannot. When I see the chart of the German Dax, I think that uptrend line begs to be tested, if not broken.
Italy's FTSE MIB Index, meanwhile, has support around the 16,000-to-16,250 area -- but it appears to me that this is just a stopping point before it goes lower.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if these markets rallied short-term. However, they have acted quite poorly relative to the S&P 500 since the start of the year, and that says the buying dried right up in the first week of January. Emerging-market indices, too, have been underperformers. I realize the bullish argument is that the U.S. is the best house in a bad neighborhood – but, in the last few years, we haven't managed to remain strong as the rest of the world has weakened.
In addition to my constant complaints about Europe, there has been a divergence in the ratio between iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond (HYG) to the S&P -- as this turned down on the first day of 2013, much in the way it did for the Dax vs. the S&P. The HYG-S&P ratio, however, has now taken out the October low.
I have circled points A and B on the charts, so you can see where the S&P was trading during both of those "low" points on the ratio chart. Notice the turns weren't on a dime. In each case, it took weeks to manifest itself in the stock market. But it did eventually matter.
Unless you believe that all of these prior relationships have changed drastically and are no longer relevant, these are signs that the market is late in the rally.
Other signs of this exist in the statistics I quote here almost daily. The number of stocks making new highs has failed miserably for a few weeks now. Well, really, it's been longer than that. But even last Friday's session -- when the market rallied on the employment data -- only netted 416 new highs vs. a previous peak of 495. This week's higher high in the S&P saw 258 new highs. Now, if we look at the net differential of new highs minus new lows on a 10-day moving average, we'll see it has rolled right over.
The McClellan Summation Index hasn't officially rolled over yet; it has stalled out. But, in the last week, it has not managed to get itself facing upwards again on rally days. That is a sign of faltering.
The 30-day moving average of the advance-decline line has enjoyed a small push upward in the last week. It will shift right back to overbought early next week. Please notice how it has made very little progress since the start of the year.
I do not know what the market will do over the next few days, especially since the selling dries up every time stocks slide. But we've previously seen this occur for weeks on end -- and then one day the selling starts and seemingly never stops. When I look at all these indicators I can tell you I do not see this as the start of a new leg higher. I see it as an area of a top.
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According to Woodland police Sgt. Steve Guthrie, the device was described as a "large soda-type bottle with an unknown material on the inside and a fuse."
Beyond that -- whether it was really dangerous or even a bomb at all -- "We don't know," he said. He added that police were "waiting for more information from the Yolo County Bomb Squad."
Whatever it was, authorities were taking no chances after someone carried the device into Fire Station No. 2, located at the corner of West Street and El Dorado Drive, at around 10:30 a.m. Monday. The unnamed person told authorities they found it in an empty house in the neighborhood, according to police.
Officers were called, and upon arriving they "isolated the device, evacuated the fire station, blocked traffic in and around the intersection of West Street and El Dorado, notified neighbors to shelter in place and relocated students and staff of Woodland Christian Elementary to the western portion of the school," police said in a statement.
Guthrie said members of the Yolo County Bomb Squad were called in, and that they "set the parameters to us" in terms of how big of an evacuation should take place.
The Bomb Squad worked to safely detonate and remove the device. The school and intersection were reopened at about 1 p.m., police said.
Guthrie said he wasn't sure where the house was where the device was found. He speculated it might have been discovered by a real estate agent checking on the property.
He said explosives are sometimes made "Where kids have found a recipe on the Internet to make something explode. If you agitate the materials inside, it can cause an expansion which will lead to an explosion. And that would be bad."
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Woodland police at 666-2411.
Guthrie reminded residents that if anyone finds a suspicious device they think could be dangerous, "Leave it in place and call us. Don't take it to the police station or we'll have to evacuate the police station."
Authorities advise people to not move or even examine the device -- rather, just leave the area immediately and call police.
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Q: My daughter-in-law and a lot of her friends really love Pinterest. I don't really understand the allure. Can you explain it?
A: The allure of Pinterest.com could be its attractive visual style and the ability to share and see pins that friends have posted on their boards. Pinterest is a relatively new social networking site that saves and organizes information you find while surfing the web.
A helpful metaphor to understand Pinterest is that of a physical corkboard next to your desk. Let's say you find an article in a magazine you want to keep for future reference. You might tear out the article and use a tack to pin it to your corkboard.
Pinterest allows users to do the same thing virtually, via the web. If you create a Pinterest account, you will choose themes that you are interested in and will also connect to friends, mostly through Facebook.
Users add to their boards in two different ways. The first way is to re-pin items from your friends' boards while browsing on Pinterest. The second way is to install Pinterest's "Pin It" button to your web browser, enabling you to save a picture and web link from almost any website.
Q: I want to hook up a new computer to my current printer, but I can't find my printer installation disk anywhere. Do I have to contact the manufacturer to mail me a new disk?
A: Downloading your printer driver from the Internet is a much quicker alternative than waiting for the manufacturer to send you a new copy of the disk.
There is nothing inherently magical about having the physical printer driver disk in hand. The printer driver software, downloaded and installed from the Internet, does the same job as the physical disk that came in the box with your printer. Print drivers allow the applications on your computer to communicate with your printer, and thus print your work.
To get started, you will need to gather a few bits of information to have on hand, like the make and model of your printer and the current operating system your computer is running.
Go to the website of the company that made your printer and look for a link that says "downloads" or "print drivers." Search and find your exact printer and download the appropriate software, following the prompts that your computer displays.
Terry and Clarence Low are co-founders of Byte Technology, a web design firm based in Monterey, Denver and Minneapolis. Their personal technology column appears on alternating Saturdays. Read more news on their blog at www.byte-technology.com/ blog. Send questions to email@example.com, or write to Bits 'N' Bytes, 30 Ragsdale Drive, Suite 110, Monterey 93940, Attention Clarence Low.


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NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, JSSI chairman Lou Seno and former Cessna chief Jack Pelton separately weighed in on President Obama's remarks about "corporate jets" during the televised presidential debate last week. "Why wouldn't we eliminate tax breaks for corporate jets?" Obama asked. "My attitude is if you got a corporate jet, you can probably afford to pay full freight, not get a special break for it."
After a lightning-quick rebuttal issued by NBAA before the debate even ended on Wednesday night, Bolen sent an open letter on Thursday to President Obama. "I'm writing to convey my frustration at your disparaging remarks about our industry during [Wednesday night's] debate," Bolen said. "Your comments seemed to illustrate a complete lack of understanding about the importance of business aviation in the U.S., and appear to be at odds with your stated interest in promoting job growth, stimulating exports, driving economic recovery and restoring America to its first-place position in manufacturing."
In conclusion, Bolen wrote, "Please consider promoting, rather than disparaging, business aviation–it's a great American industry."
While Seno's comments largely echoed those of Bolen, Pelton brought the issue to a local level by penning a letter to Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer (D), who attended the Democratic National Convention last month. Pelton asked the mayor to educate others in his party about the positive effect that the business jet industry has on jobs and the economy in the U.S. In response, Brewer pledged to "continue to defend the aviation industry and will make every effort to take our message to our President."
scott elder (not verified)
October 11, 2012 - 12:21pm
How come Ed wasn't making headlines at Signatures PBI ground breaking g lime he was at Galaxy's MCO opening........... makes him look like a political hack. Can't believe he's still in charge of NBAA....
Mike (not verified)
October 11, 2012 - 3:23pm
Right on man!!
Atleast NBAA members can afford their corporate jets, unlike the Federal Government!
orville (not verified)
October 14, 2012 - 7:08am
mosquito jets suck!
unconfortabe as all hell
gime a suite cabin on an A380, now ur talkin
don't worry, Obama's all talk
besides, who doesn't mind paying a little extra for things we buy, so our beloved ceo's and banksters can ride in their own puke cans.
I'd pay 30.00 for a six pack and 10.00 a gallon if that could help Mr. Bud and Mr. Exxon give each one of their kids and girlfriend's kids a G-V.
Shoot, hell yehh


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|Low Sugar and Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins with Pecans
In Utah we're getting close to the time of year when giant zucchini start to appear overnight in the garden, and even a dedicated zucchini-lover like myself is searching for ways to use them. Last summer I posted Ten Delicious Zucchini Recipes to help those who are zucchini-challenged, but this year I got fixated on the idea of finding a version of zucchini bread or muffins that didn't use white flour or sugar. I tried a few recipes that were close, but the winner was this recipe, adapted from the Zucchini Muffins posted by my good friend Elise at Simply Recipes. Elise's recipe made a lot of muffins, so I cut it in half to make 12 small muffins, which I've been enjoying for breakfast the last few days. Even if you think you don't like zucchini bread, give these muffins a try and I bet they'll be a hit at your house.
Low-Sugar and Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins with Pecans
(Makes 12 small muffins, recipe adapted from Zucchini Muffins at Simply Recipes.)
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup Stevia In the Raw Granulated Sweetener, Splenda, or other sweetener
1/4 cup Agave nectar
(you can also use 2/3 cup sugar to replace the sweetener and Agave nectar)
1 1/2 cups grated zucchini (squeezed, then packed into measuring cup)
1/3 cup canola oil (can also use melted butter)
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (can also use all-purpose flour)
1 tsp. ground cinnamon (I used a generous rounded teaspoon of cinnamon)
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 cup chopped pecans (or use walnuts or almonds if you prefer)
In a smaller bowl, combine white whole wheat flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir dry ingredients into the zucchini mixture, then fold in chopped pecans.
Spray muffin pan or individual muffin cups with non-stick spray or vegetable oil, then divide batter evenly among cups to make 12 small muffins. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. (I baked mine exactly 30 minutes to get the nicely browned color in the photo.) Let muffins cool a few minutes in the muffin tin or cups, then remove and cool a few minutes more.
Muffins can be eaten warm or cold, but I like them best warm, and I've been microwaving them for about a minute to reheat.
If you make the muffins with white whole wheat flour, Splenda and agave, and using canola oil, this recipe is suitable for phase 2 or 3 of the South Beach Diet.
More Ideas for Zucchini Bread or Muffins:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Two Recipes for Zucchini Bread from Simply Recipes
My Special Zucchini Bread from 101 Cookbooks
Soaked Zucchini Bread Recipe from Food Renegade
Savory Onion Zucchini Bread from What Geeks Eat
Whole Wheat Zucchini and Cherry Bread from Daily Unadventures in Cooking
Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins from Pink Stripes
Zucchini Basil Muffins from Just Hungry
Martha Stewarts Zucchini and Cranberry Muffins from The Food Librarian


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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Browns got stuck in the mud on their way to their first road game of the season. Literally.
Their arrival in Indianapolis was delayed about four hours because their plane got stuck in the mud at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The pilot miscalculated taxiing to a runway.
The team had to deplane and wait for a new plane.
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It is a contagious, costly disease of animals that also affects humans. It is spread by direct contact with infected animals or with an environment that has been contaminated with discharges from infected animals. There were 124,000 infected herds in the United States in 1956. By 1992, this number dropped to 700 herds. On Oct. 31, 2002, there were no known affected herds remaining in the entire United States… so why should you continue to vaccinate for Brucellosis? Here are five considerations.
1. Sure, the threat of Brucellosis is low within the United States. But it is a threat nonetheless. Brucellosis is prevalent across our southern border and many foreign countries. Additionally, there is still Brucellosis within our border. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services National Brucellosis Surveillance Strategy of December 2010 gave a national prevalence of 0.0001 percent. The last known focus of Brucellosis abortus was in wild elk and bison in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
2. There are numerous states that do not accept dairy cattle that have not been calfhood vaccinated for Brucellosis. For best results, female calves should be vaccinated between four to six months of age. However, females may be vaccinated up to 12 months of age. Vaccination is not only an insurance policy against potential infection, but also against trade barriers. There is a perceived higher value for vaccinated heifers as compared to non-vaccinated heifers for this reason.
3. "Vaccination is just a way for veterinarians to make money." It is true that the vaccine is only available to accredited veterinarians or state or federal animal health officials. One reason for this is that the vaccine is modified-live and poses some risk to those performing the administration. In most herds, several other activities take place during vaccination. Four to six months is a good time to do pre-breeding evaluations. What other vaccines are necessary pre-breeding? Are there any health issues that have slipped by unnoticed after weaning? Are the heifers adequate-sized? Is there a dehorning that was missed or extra teats on the developing udder?
4. Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease. This means that it can be passed from cattle to humans. The combination of pasteurization of milk and progress in the eradication of the disease in livestock has resulted in substantially few human cases than in the past. Ninety-eight cases of human Brucellosis were reported in 1997. Many of these are people who have traveled internationally and ingested unpasteurized dairy products. The dairy industry certainly does not want to be the center of a documented infection of undulant fever in the United States.
5. Orange metal ear tags are all the rage these days in the heifer lots. They are optional, however. Check with your veterinarian to see if your RFID tag will qualify as official identification.
Angela M. Daniels is a veterinarian with Circle H Headquarters LLC, a dairy and swine veterinary practice, food safety laboratory and DHIA milk-testing and contract research organization in Dalhart, Texas.


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The Draper MSC is an invaluable resource for genealogists interested in the "trans-Allegheny" area which was the focus of Draper's attention. In addition to primary source documentation (original sources, in BCG terminology) which Draper collected (e.g., militia rosters and similar material contemporary with the events with which Draper was interested), he also carried out an extensive correspondence with eyewitnesses or descendants. The latter items are of much interest, but when dealing with descendant reminiscences it should be remembered that what they have to say is what they "believed" to be true, based on interpretation of stories that had come down to them. In some cases what they believed to be true is different from what contemporary sources indicate. On occasion Draper provides marginalia in the originals when he thinks a mis-statement has been made.
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Separate articles pointing toward various locations where copies (microfilm) of the Draper MSC are housed. These articles were created by an agent as place holders, and currently provided no useful content beyond the fact that the repositories house microfilm copies of the Draper MSC. These are identified below. The items listed here probably do not represent a comprehensive listing of repositories for the Draper MSC.
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Roots Web holds a small (very) collection of Draper Manuscripts. Go here for an index to this collection.
A number of works have been published drawing extensively on the documents in the Draper MSC.
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Join us at Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Store on Saturday, August 29th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at 5000 SE International Way, Milwaukie, OR 97222. Bring a bike in good condition and help the Community Cycling Center broaden access to bicycling and its benefits. Bob's Red Mill will be giving away free breakfast or lunch coupons* to everyone who brings a bike.
When you donate a bike, the Community Cycling Center's professional mechanics refurbish it and direct it to bike safety programs for financially restricted adults and youth. Some bicycles are also sold in the bike shop to fund their community programs. They are particularly in need of adult road bikes and kids bikes.
The Community Cycling Center believes that the bicycle is a tool for empowerment and a vehicle for change. When people ride bicycles they become healthier, as does the entire community. Visit their website for more information: www.CommunityCyclingCenter.org
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Red Sox storm back, only to fall to Orioles in 12
Napoli caps five-run seventh; Pedroia, Papi make key outs on bases
BOSTON -- Any sport can really be described as a game of inches. There are moments in sports that decide a game between two teams so narrowly separated that it can only be described in something as miniscule as inches, cliché as it may be.
The Orioles scored four runs in the seventh Sunday thanks to six singles, several of which squeaked their way through the infield. The Red Sox answered in a similar fashion in the bottom of that frame, erasing a five-run deficit with a homer and six singles of their own. Maybe Sunday, something would be different from the rest of a tough 2014 season. Maybe those inches would wind up in Boston's favor.
But with Edward Mujica on the mound in the 12th, David Lough's leadoff triple brought the Boston infield in with the game tied. J.J. Hardy's seeing-eye single through the hole scored Lough, and closer Zach Britton shut the door in the bottom half to give the Orioles a 7-6 win. The Red Sox have dropped five of the first six games during their 10-game homestand, including two of three against Baltimore.
Boston's two best chances to break the tie beyond the seventh were both erased by outs on the basepaths. After a single in the ninth, Dustin Pedroia got caught stealing second with one out and David Ortiz at the plate. He slid slightly early, beating the throw, but not the tag. With one out in the 12th, trailing by a run, Ortiz hit a rope off the Green Monster and got thrown out in plenty of time by Lough while trying to leg out a double.
"We're trying to be aggressive trying to add 90 feet," Red Sox manager John Farrell said of Pedroia's stolen-base attempt. "We had a key on [Brad] Brach, the pitcher on the mound at the time. Unfortunately, we come up half a hand short."
"I slid early. I got a great jump. Everything went great," Pedroia said. "It's a game of inches and it didn't go our way."
Half a hand or inches --- there are plenty of ways to describe it --- the Red Sox came up just short Sunday, which seems to have become the norm at Fenway this season. The loss dropped them nine games back of the AL East-leading Orioles and 10 games under .500. But Boston's offense did battle back with timely hitting in the seventh, a rarity in 2014.
David Ross homered to start the seventh for Boston, reaching the 420-foot sign in right-center with his third long ball in his last five games. Xander Bogaerts, who ended an 0-for-27 drought Sunday, singled to score Jackie Bradley Jr. Brock Holt dropped a single into shallow center, then Daniel Nava grounded one up the middle to drive in Bogaerts before Pedroia struck out. Ortiz pulled a soft ground ball that found its way through the infield to plate Holt and keep the inning alive.
Mike Napoli followed with a line drive single to left, which scored Nava to tie the game at 6. Napoli grounded into a double play in the sixth with runners on the corners and the Red Sox trailing by just a run, and had just two hits through six games of a 10-game homestand before his game-tying single.
Past the seventh, though, Boston had just three hits, including the two from Pedroia and Ortiz. Brach threw scoreless ninth, 10th and 11th innings for Baltimore.
"It's so easy just to say, 'Boy it wasn't meant to be today,'" Orioles manager Buck Showalter said, "instead of making it happen."
Andrew Miller and Koji Uehara worked scoreless eighth and ninth innings for the Red Sox to keep the game tied. Bradley made a spectacular grab with two outs in the ninth and a runner on first, leaping on the center-field warning track to snag a hard-hit fly ball that would've been extra bases for Manny Machado. Uehara kept Baltimore off the board in the 10th again, and Mujica did the same in the 11th.
Jake Peavy allowed one earned run, six hits and two walks over six innings for Boston. Most importantly, he stranded eight runners and the Orioles went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position against Boston's righty. The Red Sox only faced a five-run deficit because of a rough seventh from their bullpen.
Burke Badenhop struggled for the second straight day, giving up three straight singles to start the seventh. He did the same before being yanked Saturday night. Junichi Tazawa replaced him, but allowed three singles as well, and Baltimore took a 6-1 lead. The inning came to an end when Bradley gunned down Machado at the plate after Bradley caught a fly ball in center.
"That's a very good hitting lineup that we're going up against," Farrell said. "Once again as it was the case [Saturday] night, they were able to string some hits. They used the whole field. The combination we tried to throw at them didn't slow them down."
Steven Petrella is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Olsen twins arrived looking more alike than ever to Thursday night's 7th on Sale gala — matching golden blond updos, smoky eyes and sexy white dresses. Ashley arrived on the arm of Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa, who called her "super-sexy", clad in one of his cut-out floor-length t-shirt dresses, while Mary-Kate hung out with Giambattista Valli, who supplied her minidress and towering platforms (we've seen those on Mariah Carey and Jessica Biel before too). We think that both young women are looking better than ever — but so similar that it's hard not to compare! Tell us: Which Olsen wears her white dress better? Ashley in Calvin Klein or Mary-Kate in Giambattista Valli?


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We've all been there: Go to bed with a clear complexion, wake up with blemishes.
SHRINK AND DESTROY "Gently press an ice cube over the pimple to reduce inflammation, then try a spot treatment with benzoyl peroxide to dry it out and kill bacteria," says dermatologist Dr. Sapna Westley. Or crush an aspirin tablet (it contains salicylic acid) into a paste with water and dab on.
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SQUEEZE IF YOU MUST Dermatologist Dr. Amy Wechsler insists that you at least avoid using your hands to do the deed. "Apply a warm compress for five to 10 minutes, then take two Q-tips and use gentle, even pressure," she says. "Then dab dry and apply a little antibiotic ointment."
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