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A financial report, or financial statement, is a formal record of a company's financial transactions. A company's earnings and losses as well as the value of its assets and stocks are reported in the statement. The report is comprised of several subtopics that describe and define a company's financial health or weakness.
1Begin preparing your financial report by balancing your company's financial holdings.
- The balance sheets in a financial report provide an overview of what the company currently owns (assets), the amount of debt owed (liabilities) and the profits it has made that will be paid out to shareholders (equity).
- Use your company's preferred financial report template to organize the information. On this component of your financial report, you can place the assets on the left side of the page or on the top of the page. Present liabilities and shareholders' ownership in the company on the right side or the bottom of the page.
2Create a statement of the company's income. The statement of comprehensive income, also known as the profit and loss statement, shows how much money your company has earned and the amount of money it has lost during a year.
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- After the operations and sales deductions, add income from interest earned on funds. If your company is paying interest on a loan, deduct that amount. Next, deduct income tax.
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3Calculate shareholders' equity or earnings per share (EPS). This section of your financial report is the statement of changes in equity.
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- Reading the footnotes in a financial report provides additional information that can help readers gain a better understanding of the company. Include information about employee compensation and benefits as well as accounting procedures and taxes paid in footnotes where applicable.
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Hi Tim Yes, we did have a gas- I will link up @ One winch, and you can expound from there
My Fair Maiden flight report
Hello everyone.
Let me start of by saying thank you to all of you who were able to attend the event. I think I can safely speak for all of us when I say it was a blast. My head count comes out at 12 pilots, by far the best turnout at a Rochester Soaring event. The event was not without its moments.
The day was cloudy with low winds and the thermals were few and far between. We were even sprinkled with rain for a few minutes but people stuck it out. Needless to say long thermal flights were not the order of the day. The event format was a ladder style event with times starting at 5 minutes and topping out at 20 minutes. I was figuring this seemed reasonable, some of the pilots would easily work the ladder up to the higher times and the newer pilots would work the low t middle times. Well, mother nature would have none of that. I think only 2 guys had flights over 5 minutes and nobody made a flight to the second ladder time of 7 minutes. Even the more experienced guys were working hard to get 4 minutes. Overcast and drizzle does not make for long flight times.
We had 3 hi-starts out and Doc's One Winch. I had really been looking forward to trying it out and I can say it is a really slick system. It launched everything we could throw at it. My Riser and Art Hobby Thermic launched higher than ever before. No doubt the One Winch launches higher than my hi-start. It only took a couple of times and I had it down and was doing solo launched no problem. We even launched the Captain's 100" canard. Now I think it can safely be said that this is a world first, launching a canard from a One Winch. If you want to see it launched go have a look at the end of the video posted a few posts back. It was at the very end. Once I can squirrel away the funds I will be getting one for myself, no Captain not a canard, a One Winch.
We had 3 accidents, 2 of which were fairly major. The first was JohnnyDXYZ and his BoT. He was doing a trim flight before the event started and the plane nosed in and was damaged beyond repair for the contest. The second oops happened to Ray while landing his Mirage. I'm not really certain what happened there but during the landing, which looked fine to me, a joint in his fuselage popped apart. When I looked at it I did not see any broken wood just an open joint. It could possibly have been field repaired but Ray had another plane to fly so he decided to to a more complete repair at home. The last accident was my BoT. The carnage of that crash can be seen on the video posted by Captain Canardly. I had done probably 3 or 4 hand throws and had the Bot flying hands off. I hooked it up to Ray's 3 meter hi-start, announced launching, and pushed it into the air. The second it left my hand it rolled hard to the left. I got on the Tx and gave right rudder to straighten it back out but it was already too far over and it caught a wing tip and went into the ground still hooked to the hi-start. It was without a doubt damaged beyond what a field repair could do. All the damaged planes will fly again.
I think you can tell from the video and pictures that we all had a really grand time. Paul even brought his daughter along and she was working the transmitter sticks as well as any of us. She is always welcome, that is until she starts to beat us. I'm sure others will fill in details I have not mentioned here.
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A few Pics from the early part of the day
Wayne was really well organized:
Not the best picture but a panoramic shot of the field
I see Paul Naton posted a 30 minute tutorial about getting the most out of the Radian:
Had fun flying Saturday, I should have arrived sooner, had one really good flight with the old Skeeter HL. I flew Sunday in what would appear to be better conditions and did not get a flight as long as I had on Saturday.
Anyone else get out yesterday?
After a few post-contest repairs, I stuffed a 2200 mah battery into my beat-up Radian just to see how the extra weight would affect things, and had to tape a washer onto the horizontal stab to get the COG right. Result was much better than expected, but maybe it was the huge wave of warm air washing up off the field. I stayed up for 25 minutes on 2- :30 second motor runs, and most of that was at 200 - 300 feet.
Radian-only Contest starting @ 9AM in Farmington tomorrow 7/23.
Thanks for the post, I did send out an email to everyone yesterday letting them know about your event but I forgot to post something here. Hopefully some of our e-power guys will journey up there and fly your event. I have commitments for tomorrow afternoon in Winona so I won't be able to join in the fun. Please post something back here so we can hear how the event goes.
I do plan on trying to take my Radian Pro up to the event tomorrow moringing leaving around 7:30. I may hang around for a little flying after the contest but also plan to head back home through Owatonna and stop and see the AeroTow event going on at one of the fields there.
Radian meet cancelled
Unfortunately, the Radian meet was cancelled due to rain. I was really interested in seeing how my Radian Pro climbed compared to the Radians and Radian Pros that would have showed up. I was at this meet last year when my RP was new. I had trouble climbing and would stall out as I climbed. The Radians there could significantly out-climb me. I don't remember how the Radian Pro that was there compared with mine. After a lot of reading on the RCGroups Radian Pro thread, I decided to get a Graupner Aeronaut CAM 10 x 8 prop and an aluminum spinner. That change really increased my climb-out ability! I have been using the stock 1300 mAh 15C battery and have recently decided to get a battery with a higher C rating.
The sun finally came out an hour ago, and, since I still had my Radian Pro in the car, I drove over to the Century High School field to see how the plane performed with my new 1300 mAh 25C ThunderPower lipo. Into a 10+ mph wind, my RP climbed almost vertically! I have a Soaring Circuits CAM unit in my plane, and, for the first time, I obviously hit the 200 meter mark before the 30-second timer cut off the motor. The motor quit at about the 25 second mark, so I must have been at 200 meters at that time. The plane was definitely way up there.
The Aeronaut CAM 10 x 8 prop and 25C ThunderPower lipo are a great combination for the RP..
Ray, I thought it climbed pretty close to vertical with the stock pack based on flying at the RAMS field.
I did look at the radar this morning and decided that the fly wasn't going to happen so slept in a little longer.
I don't know if they had the AeroTow but it did look like it was raining a little longer in Owatonna so decided the two hour drive there wasn't happening either. Just flying around the house today (not the aircraft variety). Glad you got out though.
Coulee Region Modeler's fly in
Hello to all my Rochester flying friends.Just thought I'd post a quick note about my clubs fly in .It is next Saturday at the Coulee Region Modelers field.We are located south of Lacrosse WI.On highway 14-61 and county mm.We have a really nice field with a 360 deg view of lots of sky, good thermals and a well mowed runway.Air craft of all type's are welcome.So If you or any one else is interested we would love to see you at our event.
I'd also like to thank every one again for showing at our last Rochester event. .Wayne did a great job of putting that together.I have now gotten very used to my cam unit, and I like it a lot .I'm looking forward to a Rochester ALES contest.I have continued refining the set up on the Crimson ,and my Electra, and have made some real progress in getting them flying very well , especially the Electra.Ray did you get your Mirage repaired?
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(Wild Watermelon Mountain Sage) Large, watermelon-pink flowers and the fruity fragrance of this long-blooming sage's mid-green, veined leaves make this sage a treat to grow.
As a Mountain Sage, this pretty subshrub has a combination of soft herbaceous foliage and woody growth.
Native to the Southwest and Mexico, Mountain Sages are heat and drought tolerant. However, they appreciate average watering based on local conditions. This is an ideal plant for creating small wildlife habitat, because it feeds hummingbirds, honeybees and butterflies.
Give this sage full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Use it as a border or pathway edging. It is ideal for dry gardens and native gardens.
Wild Watermelon was named by North Carolina plantsman Richard Dufresne, when he selected it during a visit to San Francisco's Strybing Arboretum. Dufresne's seedling came from a group collected by plant explorer Don Mahoney at Cerro Potosi, Mexico. Mahoney found the plants at an altitude somewhere between 7,000 to 8,500 feet above sea level.
These are species that produce woody stems, but die back to the ground in the winter in all but the warmest climates. In warm winter areas these can become woody shrubs, but they generally benefit from the following pruning methods.
Pruning is both an art and a science. It takes practice, experience and learning from your mistakes to become a proficient pruner. The pruning information about this plant should be considered as a guideline for getting started. Your particular climate, soils, watering and fertility schedules, sun exposure, space requirements and weather are all factors that influence how and when you choose to prune. We're providing a starting place for you, and over time you will learn the particularities of this plant in your garden. Don't be afraid to get started – Salvias, in general, are quick to rebound if inappropriately pruned.
Deadheading – the removal of spent flowers, is a practice that will always benefit the plant's health and appearance. This can be done at any time. Pruning involves removal of entire stems of spent growth. Becoming "spent" means that flowering stems stop blooming and begin going to seed.
(Elk Pomegranate Autumn Sage) We're proud to say that this is an FBTS cultivar. It is one of the finest dark flowered, compact Autumn Sage varieties we have seen. Its extraordinarily large, raspberry blossoms bloom from spring into fall.
The large, luxuriant leaves are a bright Kelly green as are the stems and calyxes. Although it does well in full sun, it especially thrives in morning sun and afternoon shade. This heat-tolerant, drought-resistant sage is ideal in patio containers and along borders. It's also just the right size and look for a dry garden groundcover.
We aren't the only ones that love it. Butterflies, honeybees and hummingbirds frequently visit our Elk Pomegranate plantings. They highly recommend it and so do we.
(Pink Beach Autumn Sage) When it blooms from spring into fall, this heat- and chill-tolerant sage is covered with large, two-tone pink flowers that attract butterflies, honeybees and hummingbirds. This compact, drought-tolerant beauty also features small, shiny, bright green leaves.
Pink Beach was selected and developed by Paul Bonine and Greg Shepherd of Xera Plants in Portland. This sun-loving sage tolerates partial shade and greatly appreciates settings with morning sun and afternoon shade. It is an excellent groundcover, border or container plant.
The first person to bring Autumn Sage to the notice of the horticultural world was Josiah Gregg, after whom the species is named. A pioneer and plant explorer, Gregg discovered the species in Northern Mexico in the mid-19th century.
Pink Beach is our best small-growing, pink Autumn Sage. Big thanks go to Paul and Greg of Xera as well as Josiah, because we appreciate plant explorers and developers.
(Texas Wedding White Autumn Sage) This is our best white-flowered Autumn Sage. It is compact, hardy and blooms abundantly. We love it as a contrast to the generally bright colors of its group. Texas Wedding seems to always be blooming, with massive displays in spring and fall.
The flowers are small but so profuse that they seem to outnumber the leaves.
This variety of Salvia greggii makes a great, small-scale groundcover when each plant is spaced two feet apart. Although it tolerates some shade -- especially in hot climates -- it needs full sun. Good drainage is another necessity, but it doesn't require much watering.
Texas Wedding is reliably hardy to 10 degrees F, but can tolerate colder temperatures with mulching. Here's some other good news: Deer don't much care for it.
(Glimmering White Mountain Sage) Heatwave Glimmer isn't a mirage. It is a Salvia microphylla that tolerates extremely hot climates as well as cooler coastal regions. It doesn't just survive; it thrives in the heat of Southern California, the Southwest and Texas.
Pale cream flowers with the slightest blush of pink contrast dramatically with dark calyxes and stems. The sage's well-branched frame is dense with large, green leaves that are heavily veined and aromatic.
At 2 feet tall and wide, this sage is just the right size for groundcover. It also looks lovely edging a path, as part of a shrub border or in a container. It is ideal for dry gardens, because Mountain Sage is a species native to the American Southwest and Mexico.
Although heat tolerant and drought resistant, this sage appreciates regular watering and can handle partial shade. It is adaptable and grows well in many kinds of soil as long as it gets good drainage. Butterflies and honeybees are drawn to it at bloom time, which is spring to fall with lightest production in summer.
(St. Charles Day Mountain Sage) Especially in spring and fall, masses of red-violet flowers bloom amid the silvery green foliage of Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival'. Put this one into the "must have" column.
The densely branched foliage features oval leaves that are fragrant, textured and slightly ruffled. This Mountain Sage is an herbaceous perennial in cooler areas and a shrub in warmer zones.
Native to the eastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, it was collected near the village of San Carlos in 1992 by plant explorers from Yucca Do, a nursery in Southeastern Texas. Five years later, Yucca Do introduced the plant to commercial horticulture. It has been one of our favorites ever since.
Mountain Sages are drought resistant, but respond well to regular watering. This mid-height variety grows up to 24 inches tall and 36 inches wide in a location offering full sun to partial shade. It is adaptable to many soil types, but needs good drainage. Although well adapted to dry gardens, it appreciates regular watering.
Even though this hummingbird favorite has been popular for years, it can be difficult to find in commercial production. We highly recommend it for borders, short screens and background planting.
(Texas Blue Sage) This is a cutie and a tough customer once established. It even grows well in caliche soils. Although Salvia texana typically blooms only during spring in Texas, it has a longer season stretching into fall up north.
Flower colors are in the blue range and include purple and violet. Our strain could be described as having the violet of Scarlet O'Hara eyes as well as pronounced white beelines. Its deep green, oblong leaves and bracts are covered with silky hairs so long that they look like eyelashes.
Although short at 12 to 24 inches tall, Texas Blue Sage is so charming that we like to crouch down to get a closer look. In Northern California, it thrives in full sun, but in Texas, it appreciates a bit of shade on the hottest days. This drought resistant Texas perennial does well in a dry garden, but also accepts regular watering in well drained soils.
It can be temperamental outside its native range, so please take special care with this species. Not a good plant for moist or humid parts of he country.
Grow it as a groundcover or in borders, native plant gardens and prairie-type landscapes. We agree with the butterflies, hummingbirds and honeybees that visit this beauty: What's not to love about it.
(Light Pink Joy Sage) Salvia x 'Alegría Light Pink' is one of the most vigorous new plants at Flowers by the Sea. Its light pink flowers are supported by handsome burgundy and olive green calyxes.
A hybrid of Salvia dichlamys and S. microphylla, it has remarkable vigor and more flowers than either parent. The tall spikes and large, showy flowers are a hummingbird's dream.
This full-sun sage is adaptable to many kinds of well-drained soil and grows well where winters are slightly chilly to mild. Give it an average amount of supplemental watering if local rainfall is insufficient. Suitable as an annual in colder Zones, as it grows to a large size very rapidly.
This new introduction is in its first season at our farm. However, we are so impressed with its strength, superior growth characteristics and good looks that we've decided to share it with you now.
Joy Sage is an introduction from plant explorer Roland Uria, an agronomy professor at Argentina's University of Buenos Aires. Thanks, Professor Uria.
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We're all concerned about the declining habitats and food sources for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees - and by planting these in your garden you will be doing a great service to our animal friends that being stressed by the lack of flowers. Because of the large number of suitable varieties we grow, we'll plan to send along a balanced, long blooming mix. You can plant now and enjoy these beauties for years to come, even if the drought continues.
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(Vermilion Bluffs® Mexican Sage) The brilliant red flowers of Vermilion Bluffs bloom abundantly from August to October. This variety of the Mexican native Salvia darcyi is cold hardy to Zone 5b at altitudes up to 5,500 feet.
Salvia darcyi comes from Mexico's eastern Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range where it grows at altitudes up to 9,000 feet. Denver Botanic Gardens developed Vermilion Bluffs to withstand the colder winter weather of the Rocky Mountain region. It is a welcome substitute for Salvia microphylla or Salvia x jamensis , which struggle in cold weather.
This sun-loving sage likes loamy soil. Plant it in shrubby borders, dry flower gardens and containers. Its underground runners form a tough mat that blocks weeds.
The wrinkly, soft green foliage forms a graceful mound that glows against the bright flowers, which attract butterflies and hummingbirds. After frost, the foliage dies to the ground like an herbaceous perennial. Then it returns in spring.
We can't help but highly recommend this easy-care plant.
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(John Whittlesey Sage) Hardy, vigorous and long blooming, John Whittlesey Sage is a hybrid of D'Arcy's Sage (Salvia darcyi) -- a native of Mexico -- and Mountain Sage (S. microphylla), which is native to the American Southwest and Mexico.
The long flowering season of this sage makes John Whittlesey Sage a garden favorite; it begins bursting with salmon-red blooms early in the growing season. You can grow it as a bedding plant in areas with winters cooler than those of USDA Zone 7. In warmer zones, this tidy sage is an herbaceous perennial.
In coastal areas, John Whittlesey Sage is a great stand-in for the plethora of little-leaf species -- Mountain Sage, Autumn Sage (S. greggii )and Jame Sage (S. x jamensis) -- that often struggle with humidity.
Hummingbirds love the bright red flowers of this full-sun, heat-tolerant plant that makes a tall but effective groundcover. However, it is generally used in mixed borders.
Horticulturist Mike Thiede of Chico, California, developed this sage and named it for John Whittlesey of Canyon Creek Nursery in Oroville, California.
(Scarlet Spires Sage) This is a brilliant cross between the sturdy D'Arcy's Sage (Salvia darcyi) and the beautifully colored 'Raspberry Delight' Littleleaf Sage (Salvia microphylla 'Raspberry Delight').
Sometimes children exceed the success of their parents, and that is the case with Scarlet Spires. This is one of our top hummingbird plants as well as one of our best Salvias for cut-flower gardens. It is a long-blooming choice with foot-tall spikes of large, scarlet flowers and attractive gray-green foliage.
Drought tolerant and dramatic, it is ideal for massing, mixed borders or patio containers. Give it full sun and well-drained soil.
Highly recommended!
Depending on where you live, September may be a time to keep busy planting perennial Salvias or to hunker-down and plan garden recovery following storm damage. Each month, FBTS publishes a list of tips suggesting ways to maintain and beautify your Salvia garden. New plantings and transplanting of sages in autumn works well; dividing or pruning them doesn't.
Hummingbirds love Salvia (sage) nectar and are attracted to it by the bright colors of tubular sage blossoms. In particular, these little whirlybirds can easily spot flowers in the red spectrum, which is prevalent among sages. Here are some hummingbird gardening tips.
Fragrance as well as color attracts butterflies. However, they don't have noses. Instead, butterflies smell and taste with their antennas and feet. Here are some ways to attract them:
If you live in suburbs or rural areas where deer plunder gardens, Salvias (sages) can be part of your plan for discouraging these hungry visitors. Here are some tips.


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OKOLONA, Miss. – (WCBI) An Okolona church turns to law enforcement and members of the medical community to teach area young people the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
They used real life situations, including the death of Michael Jackson, to show that drug use and abuse can be fatal. Chickasaw County Narcotics Agent, Deputy Keith Roberson also offered them tips on how to say no, even when their peers apply pressure.
"Peer pressure is a big influence on our youth today. We have an opportunity to speak into our kids' lives, to give them the opportunity to make the right decisions, but it takes us as police officers and as a community to do that," says Roberson.
This is an on-going series hosted by Calvary Baptist Church in Okolona. They will be addressing a number of issues that teenagers are faced with everyday.


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Bookshelf: The inspirational books of music video director Abbie Stephens
Director and animator Abbie Stephens came to our attention when she directed a spectacularly psychedelic, glam rock-inspired music video for the latest Temples single. She's also made animations for Primal Scream and some spectacular short, personal films. Trained in design, Abbie has an eye for what looks just right, which perhaps is part of the reason why she's been able to take some of the coolest photos of her book collection we've ever seen on this feature. Without further ado, here she is…
Ken Robinson: The Element
I bought Ken Robinson's book after being inspired by an RSA Animate talk on Changing Education Paradigms. In his book he talks about how, by putting a higher value on academic subjects, the public education system has guided many people away from where their true talents lie. Therefore many brilliant people remain undiscovered and don't really know what they are capable of achieving. Not only is this book massively inspiring to keep pushing yourself in the direction you want your life to take by following your passions, but he also talks about not being scared to make mistakes along the way and to keep doing things that excite you.
If ever I get a bit stuck on a project, dipping into this book often lifts me and makes me think about things in a new light. One of the quotes that is really exemplary of this is: "One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense. The playwright Bertolt Brecht said that as soon as something seems the most obvious thing in the world, it means that we have abandoned all attempts at understanding it."
Aperture Foundation: Erwin Olaf
This is not technically my book, I borrowed it from a friend, but it is definitely one the most looked-at on my shelf at the moment. Not only are the images exquisitely composed and cast, but Erwin manages to really beautifully expose a great vulnerability to the characters in his portraits. He wrote that on occasions his picture s were taken in a moment where he had asked the models to wait while he adjusted lighting. It's really interesting to see the honesty in the expressions of these people that he captures under no direction. He calls it: "A moment between action and reaction, between turning from happy to sad. There is just emptiness". It's just beautiful. I studied graphic design and so have a really appreciation for print and beautifully crafted books. The blue ribbed book cloth and gold foil-blocked text really makes this book a thing of beauty.
Daniel Mason: Materials, Process, Print
This book was recommended to me but two of my design tutors, who have the design studio Eat Sleep Work/Play. It still remains one of my favourite books. From posters to packaging, this book breaks everything down into it's material parts and manufacturing processes, with a real emphasis on craftsmanship. I used to make a lot of books for my degree, I find working with paper and bookbinding really therapeutic. I have just recently picked up this book again and become really inspired to start doing some more print-based work.
Candice Breitz exhibition brochure
This is the exhibition brochure to Candice Breitz exhibition at the White Cube Gallery in 2005. It was this exhibition that made me start working more seriously with film. In Candice's film's Mother and Father she hijacks snippets of poignant mother and father rolls in Hollywood films. Isolating them on a black background, she re-edits the material in a way to make new meanings from scenes that have become so iconic. After seeing this installation whilst on my foundation, I was inspired to make my final project, which was a video installation of my grandparents, recorded separately and then edited to appear as in conversation. This was the beginning of my fascination with film as a medium to express ideas.
Gestalten: Precursor: The Creativity Watchlist
This book is a showcase of tactile and beautifully art directed work. I love how this book celebrates multidisciplinary practice. A lot of the work is a result of collaborations between disciplines all of which are incredibly exciting. The emphasis being put on the concept, and the medium being chosen as the best means to support the idea. There is something for everyone in this book. I often pick it up to free up ideas when getting a little bogged down. This year alongside directing I have been making a lot of stills and installations. Working across disciplines is something that I find really exciting and keeps my ideas flowing.
- Calypso Mahieu's photography makes the simplest things sexy (some NSFW)
- Foster Huntington's stop-motion short of an 80s Californian skate off
- Dax Norman's weird and wobbly animations with "cigarettes and eyeballs a plenty"
- Photographer Evija Laivina explores the ridiculous reality of the beauty industry
- Zhiyuan Yang's photos of her parents scrutinise China's nuclear family dynamics
- Mikey Please takes us behind the scenes, and the backlash, of the Bake Off trailer
- Hate the iPhone X notch? There's an app for that
- Lisa Simpson's bookshelf: from the curator of Instagram's Simpsons Library
- Biplab Hazra's photo of elephants being attacked by mob wins Sanctuary prize
- Michael Bierut: 13 ways of looking at a typeface
- Uncle Ginger uses hypnotic shapes to animate the facts and feelings of bipolar disorder
- Michel Gondry's John Lewis Christmas advert – Moz the Monster – is unveiled


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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Officials at the American Council on Exercise encourage breast cancer survivors to incorporate regular physical activity into their everyday routines.
ACE officials said it has been showed physical activity helps prevent recurrence of breast cancer and increase survival rates.
Regularly exercising has been found to provide a multitude of physical and psychological benefits, including improved immune function, improved sleep, reduced fatigue and cancer-related fatigue, enhanced happiness and reduced stress, ACE officials said.
ACE recommends breast cancer survivors interested in beginning an exercise regimen to:
-- Always consult a doctor before starting an exercise program.
-- Engage in aerobic activities at moderate intensity for a total of 150 minutes per week or vigorous/strenuous intensity for 75 minutes per week. A combination of both is also beneficial.
-- Strength training that works the major muscle groups in both the lower and upper body is recommended two or three times per week. This also helps reduce the risk of developing breast cancer-related lymphedema.
-- Stretch major muscle groups when aerobic and strength-training activities are performed.
-- Allow time for healing after surgery and then evaluate arm/shoulder mobility before performing upper-body exercises.
-- Avoid exercising on days of extreme fatigue or pain.
-- Set short-term goals, especially if undergoing chemotherapy, to prevent loss of interest or motivation. Chemotherapy can cause nausea, which may lead to lack of appetite and then to low energy. Account for these times when you may feel weak in your goal-setting.


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1om2, 20 NMR models
[TOM20_RAT] Central component of the receptor complex responsible for the recognition and translocation of cytosolically synthesized mitochondrial preproteins. Together with TOM22 functions as the transit peptide receptor at the surface of the mitochondrion outer membrane and facilitates the movement of preproteins into the TOM40 translocation pore (By similarity).
CheckConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Most mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol as precursor proteins with a cleavable N-terminal presequence and are imported into mitochondria. We report here the NMR structure of a general import receptor, rat Tom20, in a complex with a presequence peptide derived from rat aldehyde dehydrogenase. The cytosolic domain of Tom20 forms an all alpha-helical structure with a groove to accommodate the presequence peptide. The bound presequence forms an amphiphilic helical structure with hydrophobic leucines aligned on one side to interact with a hydrophobic patch in the Tom20 groove. Although the positive charges of the presequence are essential for import ability, presequence binding to Tom20 is mediated mainly by hydrophobic rather than ionic interactions.
Structural basis of presequence recognition by the mitochondrial protein import receptor Tom20.,Abe Y, Shodai T, Muto T, Mihara K, Torii H, Nishikawa S, Endo T, Kohda D Cell. 2000 Mar 3;100(5):551-60. PMID:10721992[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Categories: Buffalo rat | Abe, Y | Endo, T | Kohda, D | Mihara, K | Muto, T | Nishikawa, S | Shodai, T | Torii, H | Mitochondrial protein import across outer membrane | Mitochondrial targeting signal | Presequence peptide | Receptor for presequence | Receptor-oxidoreductase complex complex


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All quotes by Brad Roeber
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"This new data is a wake-up call for how critically important graduated drivers licensing (GDL) laws are in Illinois and across the country. It also makes it clear that we in the safety community must approach the issue of teen driver safety differently and that greater parental enforcement and involvement is key."
"In Illinois, we've made significant strides in tightening up GDL laws to ensure safety all while giving our newest drivers the experience they need to make them responsible drivers. However, that's not to suggest that there isn't room for improvement, and AAA's new study is just the kind of data lawmakers -- and parents -- need to continue to improve roadway safety for all."
"Parents who understand the risks recognize that it is important to keep teens from riding with other teens, even if it means playing 'chauffer' for one more year."
"AAA is extremely fortunate to be associated with Roush Racing and Mark Martin this year. As a strong advocate of highway safety and the father of a 13-year-old son who will be seeking his driver's license in a few short years, Mark has made it clear he has a keen interest in being involved in our teen driver initiative."
"AAA's great legacy is our service to the AAA member. Everything we do in insurance, travel and automotive revolves around providing the best value and service to the member. And, I truly believe that our focus on our members -- particularly our advocacy for them as motorists and on matters of traffic safety -- is the underlying reason why our organization has maintained its relevancy for more than 100 years."
"I think the hallmark of the organization is built around the membership. The members recognize that AAA has stood not only for running a business, but it's an organization that has advocated for traffic safety."
"I think people see us as more than a business. I feel people just have a good feeling of AAA as an organization."
"When people become part of the auto club, they get a better understanding of what we're about and what we can offer. It's our hope that if they become part of the auto club, they will look at our insurance products, and if they buy a policy for their vehicle, they also will consider a policy for their home."
"We don't lose a tremendous amount of members annually, but it's still a big number to replace every year."


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Bring on the sexy guys! People magazine has unveiled its annual Sexiest Men Alive list, and while Magic Mike hunk Channing Tatum earned the top honor, the list features a slew of sexy stage stars as well. Grace headliner Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper (who's eyeing a return to Broadway in The Elephant Man), Tony winner Denzel Washington and Glee guest star Matt Bomer were all singled out for their hotness!
In the feature's United States of Sexy section, special mentions were also given to The Book of Mormon Tony nominee and New Normal star Andrew Rannells, Mad Men star and Broadway vet John Slattery, Man and Boy alum and Girls star Adam Driver and Tony Awards host extraordinaire Neil Patrick Harris.
Rudd, who spends much of Craig Wright's drama Grace stripped down to his boxers, admitted he uses his physique to his advantage. "I'm no Harvey Keitel or anything," Rudd said. "But over the course of the last 20 years there's a chance that maybe once or twice I have gotten naked for a cheap laugh." No complaints here!
The sexy new issue of People will be available on newsstands November 16.


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TR35: Eben Upton – 35 Innovators under 35 @ Technology Review via Raspberry Pi.
Eben Upton thought a new generation of youngsters might never develop valuable hardware and software hacking skills unless they had access to cheap, hobbyist-friendly computers. So he set out to build one himself. The resulting tiny box, which sells for just $25, has been a big hit. It could boost computer skills not only among children but among adults in poor countries as well.
Upton came up with the idea in 2006, when he was finishing his PhD in computer science at the University of Cambridge. Having agreed to help out with undergraduate computer science admissions, he was looking forward to interacting with teenagers who loved messing around with computers as much as he had when he was younger.
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A professor at Georgia College and State University was one of two people killed in a three-car accident Monday night.
According to Georgia State Patrol, a 2005 Acura TSX, traveling southbound on Lake Laurel Road, crashed head-on with a 2014 Nissan Altima, which was traveling northbound on Lake Laurel Road, around 11:45 p.m.
Both Allison Everett, 51, and David Black, 54, were killed in the Nissan. Kenneth Everett, 54, was driving the car and airlifted to Navicent Health Care.
The driver of the Acura, identified as Brandon Hurst, 29, was also transported to Navicent Health Care.
The accident caused a third car, a 1996 Mazda B2300, to travel onto the east shoulder of Lake Laurel Road and into a ditch.
The driver suffered only minor injuries and was not transported to a hospital. Authorities are unsure what caused the accident.
Officials with Georgia College and State University released a statement on the tragic loss just before noon on Tuesday.
Georgia College is saddened by the tragic loss of Allison Everett. She has been a dedicated faculty member at Georgia College since 1991 teaching students in our School of Health and Human Performance as an exercise science lecturer.The GC community extends heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Allison. A tragic loss on a close-knit campus such as ours impacts many members of the campus community. The university will have counselors available for anyone on campus who needs assistance.
According to the university's website, Everett taught Exercise Science Courses.


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My father has many stories from his 40 years spent working in the structural steel business. Most of them involve large chucks of metal, mangled body parts and imaginative use of the verb to bugger. "Anything happen at work today?" my mother would ask as we sat down in front of the telly of an evening. "Well," my dad would say briefly diverting from a Look North report by George House on a haunted chair in a Murton social club, "this 70 foot girder swung loose. Kenny, the daft bugger, stuck his hand up to stop it, and buggeration if the bloody thing didn't take the top two joints of his fingers off."
"How is he?" Mum would inquire. "Mad as buggery," Dad would reply. "The blood went all over his jacket. He only got it back from the dry cleaners yesterday."
One of the things my father would often remark on was the changing nature of the workforce. "When I started out," he used to say, "there were three men for every administrator. Now there are three administrators for every man." I thought of this on Tuesday when flicking through the sports section I suddenly came upon the increasingly Dr Seuss-like face of Sir Clive Woodward (or The Grinch who Stole The World Cup as he is known Down Under). When he took over as England rugby coach Sir Clive contented himself merely with hoarding technical staff, but by the time he led the Lions to New Zealand he was towing an entourage to rival that of Louis XIV. Now he is involved with the Olympic Movement – the treacly spawning ground of sports admin – frankly the sky is the limit.
The BOA's elite performance director of elite performance directors won't, I'm certain, be satisfied until there are more people in warm-up coats and earpieces sitting in the stands typing furiously into MacBook Airs, than there are running about on the field. (Incidentally, a number of people have pointed out to me that Sir Clive's nose always looks wet. This is true. It is nothing to be alarmed about, however. A cold wet nose is a sign of health in a sports administrator. It's when you see Sepp Blatter or Jacques Rogge with a hot and dry hooter that you have inspect their stools for evidence of tapeworms.)
Anyway, as I was saying before I so rudely interrupted myself, Sir Clive was typically bullish when accepting his new post back in September 2006. "I will use my experiences in high-performance sport to assist the 35 Olympic sports to achieve their aspirations and, working in partnership with UK Sport and the national governing bodies and performance directors, ensure the performance of Team GB is maximised," he proclaimed to a background cacophony of whoops, yells and cries of "Way above spec, big guy!" from an audience of top UK sports bureaucrats.
Since then Sir Clive has been beavering away busily behind the scenes, or, as BOA chief executive Andy Hunt put it so lyrically, "Clive is a valuable asset to the organisation that we can leverage to help raise funds."
Perhaps as a result, for the next Winter Games in Vancouver the British Olympic Association will be fielding a chef de mission and four sous chefs de mission (I'm assuming they stick with the French, and that the full BOA brigade also includes chefs de parties de mission, a whole bunch of commis chefs de mission and, way down at the bottom, the lowly plongeurs who are tasked with wiping the dribble from the interactive whiteboards). Considering the amount of actual sportspeople the UK send to the Winter Olympics this may seem a little over the top, but it is merely the tip of a mighty iceberg.
You see Sport England, the body responsible for getting us to play sport as part of London 2012's legacy, currently hands out small grants to help regional sports organisations apply for the big grants. Most of this seed money goes to consultants who specialise in preparing grant applications. Because, let's face it, you are not going to get your hands on taxpayers' money simply by writing a letter on headed notepaper saying, "Please may we have £25,000 to hire a coach to teach local youngsters." Not when what you really want is, "Core funding to enable the building of the necessary platform for launching a positive and integrated pathway programme of goal-focused challenges aimed at facilitating a positive dynamic within the result-based framework" (as hiring a coach is more properly known).
Most of us are far from fluent in the new administrative lingua franca of power pointlessness and so we must pay the experts to translate for us. The going rate seems to be in the region of £3,000. And thus all across Britain handy wads of the funding apparently spent on sport actually goes not into buying equipment, hiring venues or coaching, but straight into the pockets of the sort of people who can use the phrase "ongoing delivery system" without feeling the urge to put a paper bag over their heads and hide under the nearest desk. "The way things are going," my dad used to say, "they are going to end up spending so much on administration, they'll have none left to invest in actually making anything. And then they'll be buggered."


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Whenever we have initiated a discussion about whether or not music can be or should be political on these pages, there is usually an outpouring of very interesting reader responses. David Smooke's post last week more than lived up to these expectations, with extremely articulate rejoinders from a wide range of perspectives. Among my favorites were Phil Fried—"Long after the rubble has been cleared art will bring the remembrance and the forgetting" and Mischa Salkind-Pearl—"Beethoven's 9th never set anyone free. But just think how many people it may have motivated."
My own feelings about contextualizing music in any way have always been somewhat ambivalent. While history clearly reveals that music has served as a catalyzing influence for just about every significant group activity for which there is surviving documentation (from marriages and funerals to wars to the establishment of new religions and the perpetuation of older ones, and on and on), I'm also well aware that the very music that might have been used for such contexts can just as easily take on new meanings if listeners are not aware of its original intent and, sometimes, even if they are. Music transcends place, era, and language, but to some extent that's because it's untranslatable. At the same time, as important as music is in my life, it is not the sum total of existence. An essay that Daniel Felsenfeld wrote for us back in 2005, which urged readers to directly help the victims of Hurricane Katrina rather than write a symphony about it, still makes a lot of sense to me. In my own compositional efforts, I've always been reluctant to create something that is a direct response to a specific event even though I'm well aware that such responses have triggered some extremely valuable musical works from others, e.g. even Katrina, which inspired Ted Hearne's tremendous Katrina Ballads.
Several of the events of the past couple of weeks have been extremely unsettling—the civil war in Libya, the earthquake in New Zealand, and the even more massive earthquake and tsunami and their aftermath in Japan immediately spring to mind. Some may find in these tragedies the seeds for extremely significant artistic statements that will stand the test of time, which is all well and good and which I will not discourage. But for the present moment I would like to shine light on another aspect of how the things we can do can make a difference in more immediate and tangible ways.
It was particularly heartening to learn last week that a March 27 concert that John Zorn put together at Columbia University's Miller Theatre to benefit Japan earthquake relief efforts sold out in less than seven hours after tickets were announced. Zorn has organized an additional benefit concert—which will include performances by Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Ikue Mori, and Norah Jones, among others—at the Abrons Arts Center on April 8. And on April 9 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Zorn will participate in a 12-hour long Concert for Japan presented by the Japan Society which will also feature Philip Glass, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Bill Laswell. In addition, on Wednesday, March 23, Wynton Marsalis and his quintet will appear at EN Japanese Brasserie, for a fundraising effort which will also include a meal featuring regional Japanese recipes from the areas most affected, as well as a silent auction. Tickets are $250 in advance and $300 at the door and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund and the Japanese Red Cross. And on Thursday, March 24 in Baltimore, violinist Hilary Hahn, whose upcoming concert tour to Japan had to be canceled, will headline a benefit which will feature performances as well as an art and jewelry sale at St. John's of Baltimore. All proceeds will go to Direct Relief International's Japan Relief and Recovery Fund.
We'd very much like to hear of other such events involving musicians taking place around the country (please provide as much information as you can: links etc.), all of which is extremely inspiring testimony that music can indeed have a direct impact.


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Farming gets high-tech! No we aren't talking about the advanced methods of plouwing, sowing, irrigation or harvesting……this structure deals with the protection of crops from rodents, animals and birds. Now you realize what this machine is to replace.
Yes, Scarecrows!!! The scary structures made of hay with horizontal spread out arms, dressed to look like a human figure, to scare away birds from the vast fields of crop is about to be a good memory of the past. May be the animals are just not scared anymore. So enters this digital scarecrow which uses ultrasonic wave to keep animals away from the fields without any damage to the animal. It is able to detect any animal approach with its infrared sensor eye, spanning an area of about 16,529 square meter. Powered by solar energy it stands stably on a tripod.
This looks a cool scarecrow robot!!!
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AUSTIN — The mayor of Austin is declaring a local state of disaster in the wake of flooding and heavy storms that damaged hundreds of homes in Central Texas.
Lee Leffingwell sent a letter to Gov. Rick Perry saying a "critical need" existed for state and federal help.
The Austin American-Statesman reported that the City Council was considering waiving permit and development fees for homeowners dealing with flooding.
Five people died in the flooding caused by storms Wednesday and Thursday that dumped up to 13 inches of rain on the region.
Monday morning, city officials said at least 1,100 homes within the city and 260 within Travis County's jurisdiction had been affected by last week's flooding.
Twelve properties in Austin had been determined to be uninhabitable, officials said, and 48 in the county and 324 in Austin had sustained "major damage." The city's Code Compliance Department has completed its assessment of structural and property damage; the county's similar effort was continuing.
Also Monday, officials said some 125 tons of debris had been collected.
The Red Cross of Central Texas again issued a plea Monday in the wake of the flood. Floods are notorious for not generating the donations other disasters do, said communications director Bristel Bowen.
"The damage is really widespread," Bowen said. "We're going to need a lot of help."
As of Sunday afternoon, more than 500 people had checked in at the Red Cross shelter set up at the Dove Springs Recreation Center, 5801 Ainez Drive, Bowen said.
"We have 55 people staying at the shelter, and that number also has been climbing," Bowen said. "People go back and see the devastation and they can't stay. It's unhealthy and it's dangerous."
The shelter offers meals, warm showers and computer access to displaced residents. The Red Cross is also operating a flood assistance center there along with the city, county and other agencies to register flooded residents and collect their contact information when funds become available, Bowen said.


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Barnet Hospital is creating hundreds of new parking spaces on abandoned land.
The hospital, used by Borehamwood residents, is preparing to receive extra visitors when two units at Chase Farm Hospital, in The Ridgeway, Enfield, are downgraded.
The accident and emergency department and the maternity service at the Enfield hospital are due to close, which means more patients will be relying on Barnet Hospital, in Wellhouse Lane.
The closure is part of the plan, approved by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, to shake-up hospital services with the aim of improvement and tackling inequality of health care.
The Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust has submitted its new parking proposal to Barnet Council and is expecting a decision at a planning meeting on September 5.
In a statement, the trust said: "We are confident that this will be a more than adequate way to cope with an increase in patients, visitors and staff."


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It's Official - More Live-Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
by Alex Billington
September 2, 2008
Back in July, just before the arrival of The Dark Knight, we posted a very far-fetched rumor stating that the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie would be live-action. It came from a quote on the website of Playmate Toys, which was quickly changed after the original report. Until today, we haven't heard anything since that rumor, and speculated that it might have just been a mistake. But alas, it's been confirmed, by none other than TMNT creator Kevin Eastman. Via the Heavy Metal Forums, Eastman writes that "it is true" and that Imagi is trying to do a "re-invention" or reboot rather than a sequel. Good idea? I'm not entirely sure yet, but I do know that I am getting a bit tired of reboots and remakes…
Eastman explains on the forums that it is indeed true that they're developing a live-action Turtles movie, but it's only an idea right now, and they're working out the early details. Here's his full post:
"Although the CGI film did well enough to warrant a sequel, there has been much talk between Imagi and Warners to do a better 're-invention' (newest Hollywood buzzword) of the TMNT's, in a live action film--like what was done with Batman. Back to basics, back to the origin and the intro of the Shredder, etc…there have been talks, trips to Northampton to talk to Mr Laird, and discussions with the original "first" TMNT film director Steve Barron to come back and do it right--but no official word yet…will keep you posted."
To counter what I said earlier about getting tired of reboots, I'll make an exception for the Turtles because I'm such a huge fan. Well, I'm a fan of the original live-action movies and TV series and all of that, back when I was a kid, but I still love them even today. It could be called a guilty pleasure, but I think most of my friends love them, too. I mean, come on, those movies were awesome, weren't they?! Both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1990 and Secret of the Ooze in 1991 were classics! Or maybe my inner child is getting the best of me. The question to ask now is whether a reboot will really result in a return that will live up to those original movies from the early 90's or whether it will be a ridiculous self-indulgent mess?
Hollywood is now completely wrapped up in the success of The Dark Knight and rebooting every franchise they can, not only because they have safety in knowing that fans are already familiar with it, but because they can put a new spin on it and potentially create another hit. This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise is getting a bit overloaded though, considering we had three live-action movies that told their own story, then we had a the animated TMNT movie last year, which told another separate story. Thankfully creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird are quite involved in this reboot, which is a great start. Let's just hope they find a director as good, too. Who else is excited to see the Turtles return?
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Six Finger Discount?
Hey, beware of Nike knock-offs! If you got a pair from a friend of a friend of a cousin through his sister's boyfriend in Georgia out of the trunk of a car, you could have problems.
Authorities in the Atlanta area have confiscated 78 pairs so far. They pulled over two South Carolina women on the intersate on a tip about the scam. The giveaway? The Nike logo with Michael Jordan on it…6 fingers on Michael's hand! Good lord!!!! Now that's total Lin-sanity. But wait, maybe that's why Michael was one of the greatest basketball players ever! He actually did have 6 fingers on each hand! DB


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Middletown, Ohio, wide receiver and Buckeye commitment Andre Amos showed a little concern over the allegations Maurice Clarett has made, though it shouldn't be a big worry to Buckeye recruiting fans.
"My official visit to Ohio State will be Dec. 3," Amos said. "That will probably be my only official visit, but I'm not sure.
"Indiana, Michigan, Purdue, Bowling Green, Michigan State, and Minnesota are still recruiting me.
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"The Clarett stuff bothers me a little bit. I feel like it's affecting the team. I'm just waiting things out right now.
"I'm going to the Ohio State-Michigan game."
The 6-foot-1, 180 pound Amos, caught 35 passes and intercepted seven during his senior season. Amos narrowed things down to Ohio State, Purdue, and Michigan before committing to the Buckeyes over the Boilermakers in late September.


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The future of Bawsey Pits could soon be decided as the owners meet to consider the site's fate after a public consultation has closed.
Sibelco received 600 responses from the people of West Norfolk in a month long survey of what should happen at the popular beauty spot.
Although the park has remained open, due to planning conditions, the car park has been closed after the deaths in July last year of Ryan Pettengell, 41, of Lynn, and 16-year-old Umar Balogun.
Now the company is due to meet and consider the responses before preparing a draft management plan.
Resources director Gary Stringer said: "To me the level of response shows just how much people want to make sure Bawsey Pits has a strong, secure and viable future.
"That's important to us too. We have to identify how further improvements can be funded.
"This is a site we restored many years ago and for the majority of the time since then it has been used without incident.
"In recent years the type of activities taking place have changed and, with the best will in the world, we don't think anyone could have predicted some of the problems that have emerged including a recent but significant rise in anti-social behaviour.
"Our job now is to take a considered look at what people have had to say and then come back with suggestions for a way forward."
The firm is expected to release further of the management plan within the next month.


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Slate Cheese Boards
Are you serving cheese at your Oscars party this weekend? Do you get annoyed when your guests jab their fingers at your lovely cheese board and say, "What's that one? How about that?"
Or heck - when you forget what cheeses you put out altogether?
Enter the slate cheese board. You can write little notes in chalk next to your cheeses and wipe them off later when all the cheese is gone.
The board pictured above is $24.95 from KegWorks. Here are a couple more options:
• VivaTerra has a board set that includes two knives and sells for $69.
• Crate & Barrel sells several sizes of slate cheese boards. They range in price from $9.95 to $24.95.
Here are a few of our favorite party cheeses:
• Nostrale di Elva
• Foglie Bergere
• Bartlett Blue
• Tomme de Chevre


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The Death Is Not the Life
By Katha Pollitt;
Published: August 18, 1991
ANNE SEXTON A Biography. By Diane Wood Middlebrook. Illustrated. 488 pp. Boston: A Peter Davison Book/ Houghton Mifflin Company.
Anne Sexton was frequently accused of excessive self-revelation in her poetry. Some of these accusations seem rather quaint today, a last-ditch effort to keep the dark side of middle-class domesticity -- one of her major themes -- under wraps. And some seem frankly sexist. "A poem titled 'Menstruation at Forty' was the straw that broke this camel's back," wrote Sexton's friend, the eminent poet and critic Louis Simpson, reviewing her third book, "Live or Die," in 1967. Male sexuality might have been a shocking subject for serious literature at the time, but at least it was acknowledged as a subject. Female sexuality -- Sexton's other major theme -- was just trivial and embarrassing.
We live in a different world now, of course -- one that Sexton herself helped usher in. Yet it seems oddly apt that Diane Wood Middlebrook's "Anne Sexton: A Biography," the first full-scale life of the poet, should already have attracted some of the same kind of scandalized attention as did Sexton herself. Most readers will be aware of the debate surrounding the decision of Sexton's first long-term psychiatrist, Dr. Martin T. Orne, to give Ms. Middlebrook (a professor of English at Stanford University and herself a poet and literary critic) access to tapes of his therapy sessions with Sexton -- tapes that Ms. Middlebrook, with the permission of Linda Gray Sexton, the poet's daughter and literary executor, extensively quotes. (Actually, debate is the wrong word, since nobody but the parties to the use of the tapes has risen to defend it. Thunderous condemnation is more like it.)
In view of the uproar, it seems important to say right up front that Ms. Middlebrook has written a wonderful book: just, balanced, insightful, complex in its sympathies and in its judgment of Sexton both as a person and as a writer. While she spares no detail of Sexton's pathology, her book is not, in any sense, what Joyce Carol Oates has called "a pathography." It is, rather, a deeply moving account of how one young woman -- badly educated, marooned in the Boston suburbs and hampered at every turn by mental illness -- managed to become, for a while, a poet of distinctive and original gifts.
When Sexton began seeing Dr. Orne in 1956, after the first of what would be many breakdowns and suicide attempts, she was almost 28 years old, a finishing-school dropout and, in her own view, a total failure as a wife to her businessman husband, Alfred Muller Sexton 2d (nicknamed Kayo), and as a mother to her two small daughters -- who, indeed, spent much of their toddlerhood living with Kayo's mother. Sexton was obsessed with childhood traumas -- her mother was cold and vain, her father rigid, alcoholic and abusive; her great-aunt Nana, who alone in the family had given her the affection she craved, had gone mad and died in a nursing home. When Dr. Orne asked her if there was anything she felt she could do well, the only answer she came up with was prostitution. He suggested writing instead: perhaps she could be of help to others who were suffering from mental illness.
Two years after writing her first sonnet -- sparked by a program on educational television -- Sexton had written the poems that were collected in her first book, "To Bedlam and Part Way Back," which was published in 1960. Within 10 years she was one of the most honored poets in America: a Pulitzer Prize winner, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the first female member of the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the subject of a television documentary.
To Sexton's many fans -- and with nearly half a million copies of her books sold in the United States alone, she has a huge audience among people who read little other poetry -- her appeal, like that of Sylvia Plath, lies partly in her life and early death, with its inescapable feminist drama, and partly in the apparent candor of her self-presentation. Ms. Middlebrook carefully shows how simplistic this picture is.
Like other so-called confessional poets, Sexton reworked her life to suit artistic purposes. "I use the personal when I am applying a mask to my face," she wrote, "like a rubber mask that the robber wears." As her friend the British poet George MacBeth astutely noted, "She saw sincerity as a technique, the style that happened to fit what she wanted to say." Sexton made her debut, after all, as a formalist, with poems relentlessly pushed through 20 and 30 drafts and shaped by criticism in workshops with Robert Lowell and John Holmes -- sessions attended by Plath, George Starbuck and Maxine Kumin, who became her lifelong friend and closest reader. Had Sexton merely been versifying her autobiography, she wouldn't have lasted two minutes in that crowd.
"How did a mad housewife become a star?" Ms. Middlebrook asks in her preface. Sexton's rise is a quintessential American success story, in which talent, ambition and staggering amounts of work (plus career smarts and a thoroughgoing refusal of domestic labor) triumph over seemingly insuperable obstacles: lack of formal education and family encouragement; treatment with mind-numbing drugs like Thorazine, which was first prescribed in 1964 and whose side effects she struggled against for the next eight years; an inability to go anywhere alone, even a bookstore or a supermarket.


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Farewell to Philippa: Tearful tributes at funeral of hero PSNI officer Reynolds
The sister of Constable Philippa Reynolds, who died in a crash in Northern Ireland, told mourners at her funeral that she was her hero.
Debra Reynolds choked back tears at the funeral, held in Mossley Methodist Church in Newtownabbey, as she paid tribute to her best friend and soul mate Philippa Reynolds.
"Never in my life would I think that I had to be the one saying goodbye," she said.
Constable Reynolds, 27, was a back seat passenger in the unmarked police car that was struck by the jeep in Londonderry in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Two men have been charged in connection with her death.
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott said she was a superb police officer, the best of the best.
He said she was compassionate and caring and wanted to make lives better.
Speaking ahead of Miss Reynolds' funeral, the PSNI Chief Constable said it was a day of "profound sadness and sorrow".
"She was the embodiment of what policing aspires too. She wanted to make Londonderry/Derry a finer and safer place, working towards building peace in that city," Mr Baggott said:
Miss Reynolds died instantly when the patrol car she was a rear seat passenger in was struck by a stolen vehicle in Londonderry in the early hours of Saturday.
The young officer, from Nutts Corner, Co Antrim, originally qualified as a teacher before leaving the profession to accept a place in the police training college in February 2011.
Mr Baggott said he had been the convening officer on the day of Miss Reynolds' PSNI graduation.
"The Police Service of Northern Ireland is undoubtedly the finest police force in the world, and Philippa was undoubtedly the best of the best," said Mr Baggott
"She was kind, she was caring, she was courageous when necessary, she was compassionate."
Mr Baggott said Miss Reynolds had made a huge impression on her colleagues and the public during her short spell in the service.
"She was part of the story of peace building in Derry/Londonderry. Peace comes when people show kindness, peace comes when people show caring, and Philippa was part of that story," he said.
"I just want to say thank you to the Reynolds family for giving Philippa to us."
Mr Baggott said Philippa was both "impartial" and "inspirational" and talked about meeting her family on Tuesday.
"I can see from her family why Philippa was so good at what she was doing, why she was such a fantastic police officer" he said.
"Philippa had a wonderful quality of humility, she just got on with it."
Miss Reynolds' district commander, Chief Superintendent Stephen Cargin, described the officer as "a loving daughter, a sister, a best friend".
He said Miss Reynolds' typified what it meant to serve the community as a police officer.
Both men thanked the public for their support since the tragedy.
"I've been overwhelmed by the support.," said Mr Cargin.
"Her parents said to me on Sunday 'we hope something good comes out of this'.
"Something good has come out of it - communities have come together, communities are uniting behind us as a police service, uniting together and supporting us as a police service. So something really powerful has come out of this."
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Four races after the venerable California Flag registered his seventh
career stakes victory in Saturday's Grade III, $100,000 San Simeon
Handicap, another 5-1 shot, 4-year-old filly Capital Plan, gained her
first stakes win in Santa Anita's 64th running of the Grade II, $150,000
Santa Barbara Handicap.
Under a crafty ride by Brice Blanc, Hall of Fame trainer Jerry
Hollendorfer's Capital Plan got the jump on her opposition turning for
home to prevail by 1 ½ lengths over Cambina in the mile-and-one-quarter
turf competition for older fillies and mares. She was timed in 2:01.78.
Longshot Glowing Spirit set out to steal the Santa Barbara, and
jockey Victor Espinoza seized the opportunity while taking the field of
seven through dawdling fractions that included a half in 50.06 and six
furlongs in 1:14.73.
Blanc, meanwhile, had the daughter of Rock Hard Ten placed
closest to the outclassed leader. He sent Capital Plan calling for the
lead on the far turn. In the sprint home, she had ample in reserve to
outkick her pursuers.
Cambina, ridden Rafael Bejarano, closed from last for the place,
a nose in front of Hard Seven and jockey Edwin Maldonado. Vamo a
Galupiar, the 2-1 favorite, could make little impact when fading to
sixth following a mild late rally. Camelia Rose, also 2-1, checked in
fourth while no threat.
Owned by Hollendorfer in partnership with Mark DeDomenico,
Capital Plan was making her 10th career start. Her only previous stakes
try had resulted in a fifth place finish in Santa Anita's Grade II La
Canada Stakes on Jan. 22. She, however, had won an allowance event on
grass in her only previous effort at 1 ¼ miles.
"She came home well," Hollendorfer said following the Santa Barbara. "It was a perfect ride by Brice Blanc."
"Jerry (Hollendorfer) told me to play it by ear," said Blanc.
"When everybody looked for cover on the front side, I kind of just let
my filly lope along, and I got a beautiful spot. I felt the momentum
from there, and I asked her to pick it up. She really responded and took
off the last three-sixteenths."
Capital Plan paid $13.20, $7.20 and $5.80. The prices on Cambina
were $4.60 and $3.60. Hard Seven paid $4.80 to show. The victory, worth
$90,000, increased the career earnings of Capital Plan to $215,800 from
a 4-2-0 record in 10 races.
At the age of 8 and sidelined since a 12th place finish in last
November's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs, California Flag
put on a dazzling display of dominance in the San Simeon at 6 ½
furlongs over Santa Anita's unique hillside turf course.
Reunited with jockey Joe Talamo, who was aboard when the gray
gelding captured the 2009 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint over Santa Anita's
downhill course, California Flag overtook Ain't No Other right after the
Scurrying down the hillside with little urging, he soon opened
up three lengths on his five pursuers, then four. He simply never
surrendered a clear advantage before crossing the wire 2 ¼ lengths ahead
of runner-up Sayif, a 26-1 shot.
"At the break, I just let him get out to the lead," said Talamo,
who had not ridden California Flag since October of 2010. "He relaxed
fine and did what he is known for. It was almost like déjà vu."
"He didn't spurt away quite as far as I thought he would, but he
just kept on going today," said winning trainer Brian Koriner. "It was
nice. Joe went ahead and let him show his class. He wasn't exactly
flying today, because he's seen crazy fractions coming down the hill
"It was nice to see him back. I love the horse, and when I was
being interviewed a couple of days ago, I predicted that he would win
this race. I just thought the horse would win because he's doing really
good and is super sound. The horse just loves what he is doing."
California Flag's final time of 1:11.59 was the third fastest in
stakes history and indicated the scope of the winner's triumph after he
cut out fractions of 21.89, 43.25 and 1:05.52. The times were just a
tick off those he posted when taking the Breeders' Cup event over the
course as a 5-year-old. He matched Glick (2004) as the San Simeon's
oldest winner. The victory was his sixth in nine races over the layout.
Runner-up Sayif, who tracked California Flag for much of the
journey under Jose Valdivia Jr., finished one-half length ahead of the
19-10 favorite, Compari, ridden by Rafael Bejarano.
California Flag, sent off as the fourth choice, paid $13.80,
$7.80 and $4.40. Sayif returned $20.20 and $7 while Compari paid $2.80
to show. Owned by a partnership that includes breeder Barbara Card's Hi
Card Ranch, the California-bred son of Avenue of Flags boosted his
career earnings to $1,288,825 with the winning purse of $60,000. He has
won 11 of his 26 lifetime starts.
Trainer Vladimir Cerin completed a rare four-bagger when he
saddled Father Pabst ($7.80) to win the 10th and final race following
victories with Format V. ($28.20) in the first, Put It There ($5.60) in
the fourth and Bet On Victor ($42.60) in the eighth. Cerin ran seven
horses on the program.
Saturday's Pick Six posed an elusive target for handicappers,
but there was one perfect ticket, purchased at Pleasanton, Ca., and it
paid $114,686. There were 49 tickets with five winners, each returning
Santa Anita concludes its 75th winter/spring season on Sunday
with a 10-race program featuring the historic Grade II San Juan
Capistrano Handicap at 1 ¾ miles on turf with 6-5 morning line favorite
Bourbon Bay aiming for his second victory in the marathon. First post is
at 12:30 p.m.
Unique Bella, winner of four of her five career st...
Idle since March 4, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's m...
While Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby is getting the...
Unique Bella, sidelined since last March with shin...
Chalk Racing's Ready for Rye will again make the s...
Jon A. Marshall's Tricky Escape bided her time for...
Phipps Stable's Fire Away overtook Monster Bea in ...
We continue to slog our way through the post-Breed...
In 2017, trainer Todd Pletcher had three horses s...
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