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In the Titans' Tuesday night loss to North Oldham, the Mustangs showed Collins what it takes to compete with some of the best that 8th Region volleyball has to offer.
The Titans (4-1) took a tough straight set loss at home to North, with the visiting team showcasing its athletic ability.
With several new starters stepping in for Shelby County football, it was unknown how that lack of experience would translate in the Rockets' season-opener at Fairdale.
The game was smooth sailing for Shelby's offense, as the team racked up 466 yards of total offense in the 49-12 shellacking of the Bulldogs.
The Rockets quickly jumped out to a 28-12 lead at the half, and never allowed Fairdale to reach the end zone again.
Senior fullback Caleb Morehead led a Rockets' rushing attack that gained 404 yards on the ground in the win.
Collins football was looking to keep to its high-scoring ways from last season, and in the process reestablished itself as one of the preeminent offenses in all of 4A football on Saturday night.
In game one of the Roy Kidd Bowl, the Titans dominated Madison Southern 38-7 to move to 1-0 this season.
And while the offense lit up the scoreboard, head coach Jerry Lucas said he saw his defense shine as well.
Both Collins and Shelby County high schools saw their girls' golf programs compete against top-flight golf teams on Saturday, as the two schools joined 22 other squads for the Joy of Golf Invitational at Wild Turkey Trace Golf Course in Lawrenceburg.
The Rockets earned a top-five finish as a unit with a team score of 350, just 30 strokes back of winner Green County.
Shelby County's volleyball team has taken on some formidable opponents over the course of its opening week, and should be better and more experienced in the long run for it.
After dropping a match to Oldham County Thursday night in straight sets, the Rockets took on both Walton-Verona and Simon Kenton, splitting those matches to close the weekend.
Shelby County 2, Walton-Verona 0
The Rockets closed Saturday's doubleheader at Walton with a shutout win over the host school, bringing Shelby's record to 2-2 on the year.
Shelby County's girls' soccer team will be searching for a reliable source of offense after taking a tough 1-0 loss to Bullitt Central on Saturday morning.
The Rockets and Cougars each put several shots on goal throughout the contest, with BCHS finding the back of the net in the second half, and moving Shelby to 0-2 on the season.
"I'm not really sure what to say about my team yet," Rockets coach Joe Turner said. "I wasn't happy that we lost, but we did play a little better."
The Collins boys' soccer team fought hard to earn its season-opening win over Eastern High School on Tuesday night.
With time running out in regulation, and the Titans looking to avoid a draw to open the year, junior forward Jack Sanford found the back of the net with two minutes remaining in the contest, sealing the 4-3 win over the Eagles and moving Collins to 1-0 on the season.
With the opening game of the 2017 season just one day away, Shelby County football will look to march into Louisville and come up with a win over a Fairdale team that struggled last season.
The Bulldogs mustered a 3-8 record in 2016, and struggled to stop opposing offenses.
Enter Shelby, a team that runs one of the most efficient rushing attacks around.
The Collins football team will look to kick its season off on a high note when it faces Madison Southern Saturday night in the opening contest of the Roy Kidd Bowl.
The Titans are expecting a tough opponent in the Eagles, which compiled a record of 8-4 last season before falling to North Bullitt in the second round of the 5A State Football Playoffs.
"I'm very excited for the game on Saturday," Titans coach Jerry Lucas said. "They are an excellent football team, and are really good at what they do on both sides of the ball."
Behind junior Catie Kelly's school record-low 38 on a nine-hole round, Collins girls' golf defeated both Henry County and Assumption in a tri-match in the Titans' hosting duty on Monday afternoon.
"Catie putted the ball really well tonight," Titans coach Matt Cockrell said. "And Anna Mercer played really well tonight. Anna hit her irons with precision and accuracy."
Collins posted a total team score of 191, defeating Henry by 14 strokes, and Assumption by 34.
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Sweden may not have conquered UEFA EURO 2012, but their fans certainly have conquered Kyiv. In terms of fan count, Tuesday's final group match against France is already a rout in the Blågult's favour.
For the Group D opener against co-hosts Ukraine, Sweden were always going to be at a numerical disadvantage. But who could tell? The majority of Ukrainians were waving and wearing Sweden's familiar yellow and blue.
The same colours dominated the stadium and the city on Friday as the Swedish presence dwarved the English contingent. Now there's one game to go, and the biggest win of all seems at hand: I have seen only a handful of French supporters in Kyiv as yet.
The fans here would have loved their team to progress, but that's part of football – no one ever sees their side win all the time. The Swedes in Kyiv haven't let defeat stand in the way of a good party. The Swedish corner of the fan zone on the central avenue of Khreschatyk is the prime example.
I went there the other night to meet ten friends who had come to town to watch the Blågult play. The Swedish corner was heaving, and not only with Swedes. True, the English guys next to us were a bit disappointed that there were fewer female fans from Sweden than they'd hoped, but they still looked in good spirits.
When the Swedes led the chants of "Stå upp, vi är gul och blå", it didn't matter who wore yellow and blue or not. Regardless of nationality, people stood up in a joint celebration.
The Swedes – supporters as well as players – deserve to leave the tournament with at least a point. On paper, France may appear the most difficult opponents for that to happen, yet count on the fans to do their bit. They're already winners on the streets of Kyiv.
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New businesses in Albany open offer more choices
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:39:22 GMT —
Albany is now home to two new restaurants.
Zaxby's has opened on Dawson and Slappey Boulevard. The restaurant was packed Monday for lunch, even the drive through was wrapped around the building. District Manager George Houston says they hired around 50 new employees and are still hiring for the new and old locations. Open Tuesday in downtown on Jackson Street is Elements Coffee. Folks Fox 31 News spoke with say they're excited new businesses are moving downtown again.
City commissioner Chris Pike says the opening of the coffee shop is a sign Albany is recovering from the economic downturn.


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First Fleet Concerts presents
The Hush Sound
The Waiting Room
6212 Maple Street
Omaha, NE
Doors 6:30 PM / Show 7:30 PM
This event is all ages
Chicago is to Pop-Rock as Detroit was to Motown, according to any recent music buff. A new band has emerged from the ever-growing musical sanctuary of the Windy City -- The Hush Sound. Revolving around the microphone, Bob Morris, Greta Salpeter, Chris Faller, and Darren Wilson weave their lyrics into rich, imagery-laden stories. Their catchy, dreamlike, folk-influenced waltzes swell with elevating piano and guitar into songs that are equally perfect for bedtime or dancing.
After being a band for only three months, The Hush Sound recorded their first full-length album, So Sudden, in the spring of 2005. They released their debut album on their own before gaining the interest of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz (who was urged to listen by Panic! At the Disco's Ryan Ross) and were signed to his imprint label on Fueled By Ramen, Decaydance Records. The Hush Sound began writing Like Vines immediately after the release of their first album and recorded it over three weeks in March of 2006 with producer Sean O'Keefe and co-producer Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy.
On June 6th, 2006, The Hush Sound will unveil Like Vines. Each imagery-rich song tells a story that is different from the next, yet they connect to form a complete thought, like scenes in a film. When you turn on Like Vines, you will run through a circus scene, be haunted by a ghost in a lighthouse, enter the mind of a stalker or go for a picnic. Swing, groove, rock, pop, and classical influences are woven in beneath the boy-girl vocals. You will be lifted by the summery melodies, lulled by the haunting songs and intrigued by the sometimes quirky, sometimes sweet, and always imaginative nature of The Hush Sound.
The Hush Sound recently opened for Fall Out Boy and The All-American Rejects on their spring arena tour and for The Academy Is...and FOB in the UK before joining labelmates Panic! At the Disco on a full US summer tour full of polka dancing and gambling.
A lot has been said about time spent in the woods in solitude. From classic
Thoreau literature, to music from the Big Pink, or Bon Iver, all examine shutting out the
world, losing, and perhaps finding yourself. In the fall of 2010, Hockey left behind the
flowering fields of Oregon for the tiny town of Hillsdale, New York. The band toured
almost non-stop in support of their debut album "Mind Chaos" (2009) and the desolate
forests of upstate New York seemed an appropriate place to get away and work on
developing new material.
Hockey started as a duo (Ben Keys, Jerm Bass) at The Johnston College
in Redlands, California in 2002. After stints in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Spokane,
the band eventually landed in Portland, OR. In the summer of 2008 they embarked on a
quixotic tour of the West in a converted van running on vegetable oil. Despite serious car
trouble, the tour was a success. On the road, the band caught the attention of influential
BBC radio host, Zane Lowe. After a few spins and a spot as "Reaction Record of the
Week" for song 'Song Away', the band signed to Capitol/Virgin/EMI and things began
to soar.
Over the next two years, the group toured worldwide, focusing heavily on their
influence in the UK. After appearances on 'Later with Jools Holland', 'Live from Abbey
Road Studios', and 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon', Hockey booked gigs with Friendly
Fires, Passion Pit and Phoenix, as well as headline tours in the US, UK, Europe and
Japan. Festival spots for 2009 and 2010 included: Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds, Islie of
White, Peace and Love, Hove, Eurocannes, Laneway, Bonaroo, Coachella and
Lollapalooza. In Aug 2010, following the many tours and the subsequent breakup of their
live band, Ben and Jerm decided to head east and start work on their next record.
Arriving upstate, the band set out on what was ostensibly a short time in the
woods, to
get away, write, and think. The result was twenty two months of creating and recording
what eventually became the band's sophomore effort, "Wyeth IS". Using vintage
keyboards and drum machines made famous by 80's hip hop, as well as a "half time"
technique which resulted in a deeper, more lush sound, the band began to re-imagine
themselves, to evolve, and mature. Under considerable pressure from Label and
Management about "hits" (a la Song Away) the duo eventually parted ways with both,
freeing them to follow a new path. During this time the band almost changed their name.
But they ultimately stuck with Hockey, while Ben replaced his last name, Grubin, with
his middle name Wyeth.
After months of breakthroughs and defeats, Ben and Jerm whittled the work down
over fifty demos to a final eleven songs. From the broad, universal perspective of "Wild
Style" to the self reflective triumph of "Thought I was Changing", Hockey created an
album about change, resilience and authenticity. This is the record they found in the
woods, after they took the time to look...
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text: St. Alexius has joined a network of hospitals connected to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Joining the Mayo Clinic Care Network will allow St. Alexius physicians to connect electronically with Mayo specialists for second opinions, which may allow more patients to stay closer to home, according to St. Alexius and Mayo Clinic officials. Other network members include Altru Health System, ASU Health Services of Arizona State University and Kingman Regional Medical Center in Arizona, Dartmouth-Hitchcock of New Hampshire and Vermont, Heartland Health of Missouri, NCH Healthcare System of Florida, NorthShore University HealthSystem of Illinois and Sparrow Health System of Michigan. John Castleberry, St. Alexius board of directors chairman, emphasized that the collaboration is not an acquisition or merger.


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Man dies - two years after erecting his headstone
A man who incurred the wrath of a local authority when he erected his own headstone before his death will finally be buried today.
Poet, writer and philosopher PJ Barry (62) from Ardnacrusha, Co Clare, died last Friday, two years after he had his own headstone inscribed.
He will be buried at Ballycannon cemetery today.
The colourful character, who sold sheds for a living, had the headstone mounted at a burial plot in 2006.
However, he subsequently found out the plot was too small to accommodate his coffin, after three other people passed away and took the surrounding space.
Clare County Council wrote to the Mr Barry in 2006 to inform him his €2,000 headstone and plot would have to be relocated.
Speaking at the time, Mr Barry said: "You cannot put the coffin in diagonally or lengthways. My grave is as useful to me now as a knickers to a mermaid.
"By law, the grave has to be eight feet deep and my headstone could come in on top of me. It is over two tonne weight.
"I wouldn't like that falling down on me. That could kill a man," he joked.
"Basically, I have nowhere to go. I can't encroach on another grave and there is plenty of misfortunes here already without me adding to their miseries. I don't want to be upsetting these poor people."
A new plot was found and PJ, who died from lung cancer, will be buried today in Parteen church.
A family member revealed he was being laid out in a cowboy suit.
"We got him the US marshall's badge also. If we laid him out in an ordinary suit, he would have sat up in the coffin."
Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' will be sung and his favourite poem 'The Ballad Of Reading Jail' will also be recited, she said.
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Have book and pen, will travel.
Somerset, Tour St Catherine's – Swell
Swell St Catherine's little more than a chapel. 1450s. Rectors here since 1319.
Tim Baynes has recorded his impressions of more than 20 years of travel in Moleskine notebooks. Each week The Passport blog will bring you a new sketch from his collection.


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So excited to be announcing the 'launch' of my new 'Launch EP'. It's got three great tracks on there, all offering different sounds and experiences, so please take a listen and tell me what you think.
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Of course you may use all my songs in your videos. You have my permission and I'm glad you enjoy my music. Take it easy man.
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NORLEY: Trophy for Mark
2:57pm Wednesday 16th July 2014
By Andrew Simpson
2:57pm Wednesday 16th July 2014
By Andrew Simpson
MARK Winnington lifted the Norley and District League's Fred Hopkins Memorial Trophy following a 21-10 success against Jamie Hulse, of Hop Pole, in the final at Winsford Cons.
The Castle Private man also defeated Dennis Leather (Comberbach), Steve Owen (Spinner & Bergamot) and Peter Sheen (Tarvin) on finals day.
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Biographies of Great Indians & Hindus
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Eight hundred years ago, there lived a couple by name' Madarasa and Madalambike in a village called Bagewadi of Bijapur District, in Karnataka, (South India). They were very pious and deeply religious. There was a temple of andeesh- wara in that village. The husband and the wife were devotees of Nandeeshwara. Madalambike was longing to have a son. She offered worship every day to God Shiva and prayed to Him to fulfil her desire. One day after performing the worship she sat in meditation. A jasmine flower, placed on the Shivalinga as an offering, fell into her lap. She took it with great devotion, pressed it gently to her eyes and then wore it in her hair. The whole day she was beside herself with joy. At night she had a dream: Shiva from Kailasa had sent Nandi, the bull on which he rode, to this world. Nandi came to the house of Madarasa and Madalambike. Then there was light everywhere.
The next morning Madalambike revealed this dream to Madarasa. He in turn reported it to the Guru, a spiritual guide of the village. The Guru told him that it was a good sign. The couple would have a worthy son; he would exalt the entire family. He would also uplift and enlighten the whole world. The couple felt very happy when they heard these words of prophecy.
Bagewadi was a small village. Madarasa was its chief. Soon the news of Madalambike's dream spread all over the village.
In course of time Madalambike gave birth to a son. It was a charming baby. Its face shone with a brightness not of this world. But strangely enough it did not cry at all as babies usually do. It did not open its eyes. It did not move its limbs. It was still and silent like a sage in meditation. The mother
was worried. The revered Guru of the family was in Kudalasangarna. Madarasa decided to report this curious state of the baby to him.
Kudalasangama is a holy place where the two rivers Krishna and Malapahari meet. A temple of God Sangameshwara is there. The revered Guru of Madarasa's family was in sole charge of the temple where he was running a Gurukula (a school). By his devout meditation and scholarship he
commanded the respect of all and wielded much influence. To him came Madarasa with the news of his new, born baby and its curious state. The Guru immediately went with him to Bagewadi.
He realized that this was no ordinary babe. He smeared its forehead with the sacred ashes brought from the holy Sangama. Only then the baby opened its eyes. The Guru tied the 'Linga' round its neck. It started smiling. Thus the Guru admitted the little infant into a spiritual order. This was something new to Madarasa and Madalambike. The Guru then said: "By the grace of God Shiva, Nandi (Vrishabha) himself has been born as your son. He will become a great man and will promote Dharma in the world. The welfare of the entire mankind will be accomplished by him. This indeed is your good fortune as also of this land. Name him as 'Basava'."
Basava is the Kannada form of theSanskrit word 'Vrishabha'. As instructed by the Guru the baby was named 'Basava'. Later, out of respect, people called him 'Basaveshwara'. While working for the good of all his fellowmen, he showed great love for them and was very close to them. So they began to call him affectionately 'Basavanna' (Basava, the elder brother). He was born in 1131 A.D.
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"It's a game that's different from the others because these are the two teams that have invested more money and they're in first place of their conference. They have some of the most important
players [in the league] on these two teams and this makes this game more important."
-- New York Red Bulls star Rafael Marquez on his team's clash with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday. (MLSSoccer.com)


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Local museums are getting their groove on. From Hofstra University Museum's Andy Warhol retrospective (on view through March 11) to the Heckscher Museum's overview of the artistic and cultural landscape of the '60s and '70s, the colorful pop art era is all around. more
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Need has been the driving force behind SIBSPlace, a free program that focuses on children who have a brother, sister or parent suffering with a life-threatening illness. more
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Twenty talented senior citizens are going to rock 'n roll, sing, dance and more across the Huntington High School auditorium stage in the latest edition of NYS 50+ Senior Idol. more
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For good reason, people cast a wary eye at new regulations purporting to protect the public's health and safety. Some such measures are unnecessary. Nobody loves the "nanny state."
But now and then a proposed regulation comes along that passes the threshold for acceptance, one that would address a unique problem and do so without robbing individuals of the right to make their own choices.
The bill to require health warning labels on bottles and cans of sugary drinks sold in California passes those tests.
The state Senate should pass SB 1000, by Sen. Bill Monning, D-Monterey, by Friday's deadline for bills to move out of the house where they originated.
The label would be required for drinks with 75 or more calories per 12-ounce serving, and would say simply: "STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAFETY WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay."
California would be the first state to put a warning like this on sodas.
Significantly, it wouldn't go only on sodas.
One of the arguments against warning labels on beverages is that nobody needs to be told that too much Coke or Pepsi is harmful. Perhaps so, but a lot of us do need to be told about the risks from many other kinds of drinks. They include a lot of products with "fruit" in their wholesome-sounding names.
The California beverage industry representatives who lead the opposition to SB 1000 like to point out that the bill would affect hundreds of drinks, including fruit juices, teas and soy, almond and rice milks. In a commentary published here in April, executives of the California/Nevada Soft Drink Association and the California Grocers Association wrote that the labels would be "a red-tape nightmare for businesses and consumers."
But they inadvertently make the point that the problem with sugary drinks is much broader than the focus on colas would suggest.
Opponents of SB 1000 also would have people believe sugary drinks are no more dangerous than sugary food. Wrong, say the medical facts.
Sugar in liquid form is ingested much faster than sugar in solid food, overloading the liver and pancreas, making it a direct cause of diabetes. Drinking one or two sodas a day raises the risk of diabetes by 26 percent. And nearly two-thirds of California teenagers drink one or more a day.
No wonder rates of Type 2 diabetes in California have risen 35 percent in a decade, and the disease afflicts 31 percent of the state's hospital patients, adding an estimated $2,200 per stay to hospital costs. Diabetes rates are even higher in black and Latino communities.
How to counteract this?
The labels currently on soda cans and bottles, listing ingredients and calorie counts, aren't enough. A 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola lists 39 grams of sugar. But who knows offhand if that's a lot or a little? (It's the equivalent of 10 sugar cubes.)
Nearly 50 years after the first cigarette warning labels (and nearly 30 after those labels began to specifically mention lung cancer, heart disease and emphysema), it is time to give beverage consumers the information they need to make smart decisions about what to put in their bodies.
The editorial board urges passage of SB 1000.


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San Jose, Calif. Pericom Semiconductor Corp. recently expanded its high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) switch portfolio with four high-bandwidth differential signal switch products for multi-source or multi-sink video applications, including TV, monitor, set-top box, switch box and game consoles.
Pericom's HDMI Rev 1.3 switches, designated the PI3HDMI412FT-A, PI3HDMI1212, PI3HDMI413-A and PI3HDMI414, are fully compliant with the newly released standard that was released in June 2006. For more on the spec, go to the HDMI website: www.hdmi.org/.
With 16-bit deep color support (3.3-Gbits/s), the switches can be used to connect various high performance high definition (HD) source products to a single HD video display.
The PI3HDMI412FT-A, PI3HDMI1212, PI3HDMI413-A and PI3HDMI414 also provide high bandwidth of up to 5.4 Gbits/s, low insertion loss, high electrostatic discharge (ESD) tolerance and ideal pin-out
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Fishing in Puget Sound offers a diverse range of fish as well as some of the longest fishing seasons you will find anywhere in Washington state.
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For us Puget Sound is primarily for fishing its many Salmon runs. With Coho, Chinook, Sockeye and Pink Salmon to be had there are few times when there aren't at least some fish coming through. Unless of course the Indians have been netting them all again. To make things better you also can't forget that there is ample Crabbing and Shrimping seasons. Nothing is better than really fresh Crab with a little butter!
Fishing Seasons & Regs!
Fishing Puget Sound – Know your Salmon!
With the wide variety of Salmon swimming in Puget Sound and the very distinct regulations for each one, it is essential that when you are fishing in Puget Sound, that you know exactly what each Salmon (or other fish) looks like and if it is in season! The following links will give you some guidelines to identifying the Salmon you catch, but experience and actually looking at fish in your hands is the best teacher.
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The salmon come through Puget Sounds in waves and knowing where they will be and when is about as important as it gets. The first rule of fishing is 'fish where the fish are' so read up on the links below to find out just exactly where and when the fish will be in your part of Puget Sound!
Chinook, Coho, Pink & Chum Salmon
in & around Puget Sound & it's rivers with the links below!
When & Where to Fish for Salmon Reports
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KAKI, Iran, May 6 (UPI) -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake rattled Kaki in Iran's southern Bushehr province Monday, officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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These ready-made tables and charts provide for snapshot of aid (Official Development Assistance) for all DAC Members as well as recipient countries and territories. Summary reports by regions (Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania) and the world are also available.
The OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts periodic reviews of the individual development co-operation efforts of DAC members. The policies and programmes of each member are critically examined approximately once every five years. DAC peer reviews assess the performance of a given member, not just that of its development co-operation agency, and examine both policy and implementation. They take an integrated, system-wide perspective on the development co-operation and humanitarian assistance activities of the member under review.
New Zealand is a valued development partner for its small island neighbours, delivering aid effectively and using its experience of natural disasters to help manage risks in the region. It complements its development assistance by using liberal trade and employment systems to support poor countries, according to the OECD's latest Peer Review of New Zealand.
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Perham 8th grade football team drops a pair
The Perham 8th grade football team had two games last week. In the first game, the Jackets traveled to Detroit Lakes to take on the Lakers. The Lakers scored on their first two possessions of the game and that proved to be enough as the home town Lakers beat the Yellow Jackets 14 to 0.
On Thursday night, the Yellow Jackets looked to rebound with a home game with the Park Rapids Panthers.
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Yesterday afternoon I stopped by Forbidden Planet, my neighborhood comic book shop. On the agenda: Betty & Veronica Double Digest #177. They was but one copy remaining and it was pretty beat up with the cover all bent and everything. One of the guys working there offered to check for back stock, but that was all they had left :(
So we started talking about Archie comics. Back in November 2009, they had a big window display with HUGE originals of various Archie strips. The display was only up for a month, and then disappeared.
"What happened with those originals?"
"Still down in the basement. I have my eye on one of them, but I'm not sure what we're doing with the rest…"
"Oh?? Would you…perhaps…maybe…possibly…sell it to me?"
"Let me check!"
And then he disappeared down to the basement. And came up ten minutes later. With one of the BIG BIG originals.
"This is for you!" he said with a smile. And then handed it over.
"Can I buy it from you?"
"Nope. You can just have it!"
"Just have it?"
I was in HEAVEN.
Good thing I live close by. I carried it back to my apartment and man, was it windy yesterday! I just missed the rain too. Perfect, perfect. And then it was off for an early dinner with P at Grand Sichuan…sautéed pea shoots, hot oil dumplings, and garlic shrimp! Happy Wednesday :)
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Spoof news snippets from Thursday 13 August 2009
Fidel Speaks English, Well Three Words.
Fidel Castro well enough for three hour English speech in Cuba yesterday, consisting of "Viva Revolution!" 6,000 times. Near the end it began to sound more like "Viagra Bring the Lotion".
Cheney Upset With Bush
Former VP Dick Cheney says that George Bush went against his requests in the last two years of his Presidency. "Plus I had a heart attack in his office and he gave me the Heimlich maneuver."
The Spoof Is Most Hated Website
For the second time in a row, The Spoof was ranked Most Hated Website Of All-Time beating contenders like Perez Hilton and CNN.
TheySimply Vanished
Human Rights Watch Report: Pentagon admits that it has somehow misplaced $1.5 Billion in new land mines.
Embarrassing For Everyone
GOP House Members propose "zero tolerance" legislation for leaks after the release of all those photos of the Beer Conference.
Also, First Pie In Face
The United States Senate's first food fight ever blamed on Al Franken.
And These Guys Will Bring Healthcare
The U.S. Postal Service has just entered "The Twilight Zone." as they mistakenly place Rod STEWART on one hundred thousand first class stamps.
Avoiding Those Shopping Traps
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Mechanics Suffer From Traded Clunkers
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People Do Remember
Eunice Shriver was remembered at public wake Thursday afternoon as Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
Doc On "OCD"
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Trying To Remember Woodstock
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We Won't Know It's Coming!
Without new funding, NASA will not meet its goal of tracking deadly asteroids, according to a report today from the National Academy of Sciences. "Another billion & at least we'd know what hit us!"
Healthcare Town Halls Continue
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PCD No More!
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Quade Dead At 71
Character actor John Quade dies at 71. "That John Quade", say friends, "What a character."
Mimes A Favorite With The Deaf, Flop With The Blind
A survey shows 98% of the deaf enjoy pantomimes while less than 1% of the blind do. "It's a puzzle," said mime/rapper Shhh Boy. I always have a stage sign explaining my moves, but they don't get it."
Pit Bull Association Donates First Seeing Eye Dog
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Jewel Heist
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Hawaii Is Atlantis?
Polish scientist claims that the Lost Continent of Atlantis is Hawaii. When told that Hawaii was in the Pacific, replies, "That's how it became lost."
Spliff-a-day cure for stiff joints
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US seniors and others ask FDA for approval of special "Morning After" election pill to deal with electing another Obama.
Owes Life To Biggles
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Too Many Young Offenders Jailed
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Okay, I found this great recipe for butter cake, and it tastes great but sinks EVERY TIME! I noticed something strange about the recipe. It calls for 1 tablespoon of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of soda. Other important ingredients are: AP flour, sour cream and buttermilk.
I made a chocolate cake yesterday that had NO baking powder, some soda, and rose perfectly without sinking. It also called for AP flour (and unsweetened cocoa).
WHY IS THIS!!!??? Should I add less then a tablespoon of powder or can I omit it altogether, like the chocolate cake recipe???
Please help! My oven is on and ready
The sinking may happen because of the leavener. Or the cake was not baked long enough, or the pan size was not correct. And probably a few other reasons. Can you post the recipe?
Also make sure you check the expiration dates! That happened me two years ago I made like three cakes all fell after doing some research on troubleshooting I finally figured it out. It was a few months out of date. After I purchased a new container my cake came out awesome!
I've checked ALL of this, in the struggle to get this recipe to work properly!!! I've also used exactly the pans that the recipe calls for AND calibrated my oven and keep a therm in it!!!
It's this:
I've done it in cake pans and in cupcakes, and both sink. I've made it 4 times, while other recipes do not sink.
I have made her ooey, gooey butter cake before and it said to use a 9 x 13 pan not as this one. It has always sunk down to be the ooey, gooey namesake. It tastes good and I am not sure that it will turn out if baked in round pans to be stacked. Good luck with it though and maybe just try it in the sheet pan.
First, her recipe works. It has been reviewed well over 20 times and I'm sure a quick look at her FN reviews will be the same.
I have recipes with odd amounts of leaveners and they work.
My suggestion is to check your oven thermometer for correct calibration. On a sturdier cake or cupcakes, you may not have noticed a problem. But on a recipe that may depend on a more precise method, it can fail.
Good luck and get that thermometer. If that is the problem, it's a cheap and easy fix and will save you from future disasters.
Be sure on that recipe, to make sure you do not under bake.
I do have a thermometer! And I've tried several times to take it out a tad early (i.e., when the toothpick *just* pulls out clean) and again, baking for a few minutes more than that. I've baked it in 9"x13", rounds, cupcakes, etc.!!! All sink the same. The cake is still amazing, just no dome on the cupcakes and I lose about 1/4"-1/2" after cooling.
I've also tried preheating my oven for up to 45 minutes, for goodness sake, just to be sure the temp is reached and the heat has evened out!!!!
I'm stumped. :/
I THINK I FIGURED IT OUT!!! I made two minor changes. . . I've been so focused on using all ingredients at room temp, that I thought maybe the stuff was too warm. I didn't let the butter warm up quite so much.
I also increased my oven temp by 5 degrees, as it's susceptible to losing temp quickly when I open to put the cakes in.
I rose much nicer and did not sink!!! WOOHOO!
Hope this helps someone else!
Acids in those liquids react with the baking soda to create carbon dioxide while baking powder already has the acid in the form of cream of tartar. IDK...maybe they counteracted each other?I don't recall any of my scratch recipes requiring both, so maybe a misprint? Does the chocolate cake require buttermilk &/or sour cream as well?
For the amount of buttermilk and sour cream, you MUST use all purpose flour (which in some places bakes decent bread). That means that there is enough gluten structure to allow the cake to rise properly, but the acid will keep the cake tender. Using cake flour in this batter WILL collapse it.
I think also that the name "ooey-gooey" might be a tip. Top make a nice white butter cake, I would skip all of that sour cream.
I think this recipe is a total fail. Most of the comments are loving on what happened in that show, not from people that made this cake. There are more negative reviews then positive!
There is way too much liquid and eggs.
This is why I dislike celebrity recipes - they have people that pen these things, give them to the "talent" to make on their shows (which are actually made by staff, they just pull a perfectly baked cake out of the oven), and then people get super discouraged because the recipe didn't turn out like Paula's did. This cake doesn't look like anything special, just a vanilla cake. I suggest you try a different recipe instead of trying to make this one work.
My favorite comment from that link, who have Paula 5 balloons or whatever those were:
"Hi Paula, I love your show and your recipes but I was disappointed when I saw a black man doing push ups on your show and even more disappointed when I saw you put your foot on his back out of disgust. Now I don't watch your show at all but as I was reviewing your website I see how great your recipes are and decided I might just forgive you and come back."
Those gooey butter cakes are awful, but people love them. I helped my daughter make one years ago. They are not cakes. They are supposed to be something like a sunken bar. So because those Ooey Gooey Butter Cakes are one of her earlier claims to fame, I seriously doubt the recipe is wrong. It just may not be what the OP and others were expecting.
I guess I know too much about those cakes. She was another celebrity that I studied because she started so small. But with no experience, she did a lot of things right.
Those butter cakes, to me, are one of the most disgusting things I have ever tasted. They are a sugar jolt packed with an instant headache and the need to brush your teeth. But many people love that kind of dessert. Those cakes have a huge following... so big that she sells them retail nationally.
Don't get me wrong, I actually dislike her because of the phoney way she has conducted her business. And personally, her recipes are all on the novice level and her desserts are all based on mega sweetness.
Lol I guess I'm the tool here because not only have I never heard of an ooey gooey cake, all i know of Paula Dean is she has diabetes. I've never seen one and had no idea it was a product you cold buy in a store somewhere! Must be a store we don't have here.
Yeah I made one of those things a long time ago when I was in high school. Epic sugar fail. Totally gross.
And yeah, she was fine when she started out in a small kitchen on the Food Network as a little old grandma, then sold out hard with her fake teeth and plastic surgery. Now I see her and her products everywhere and it makes me cringe. Dislike.
That cake is the most disgusting cake and she has recipes for quite a few flavors. My daughter did eat it but I had only a taste.
But again, those cakes have a huge, huge, following.
I love Anthony Bourdain and I agree completely with his take on Paula Deen. She actually had a commercial kitchen approved and then proceeded to bake out of her home with a fake license when she started.
I still studied her rise to the top. She did quite a few things right, obvoiusly. But she's actually the cook I like the least because of the phoney persona.
Paula Deen put her name to that ooey gooey cake, but she didn't invent it as people seem to think. Maybe you should check her recipe against the some of the original St. Louis recipes? You can really use any good vanilla cake of your liking for the cake part. It was invented in the 1930s and people even used a mix for the cake part...a lot. I think the original had a yeast raised sweet dough on the bottom, but it has been replaced with just vanilla cake.
Glad your changes are working for you, though.
OK, maybe call me dense, but this recipe looks like a failed recipe to me, something that would be thick, heavy, deflate in the oven and be and very wet.
Could this be another example of a non-scratch baker with a failed recipe that has figured out how to sell it anyway?
Suzie Cakes is a chain here that drives me nuts and is an example of this - the cupcakes are straight caved in failed cupcakes. Dense, strange texture, with a big sunken cavity. But they load the sunken cavities with frosting from a can and call them "Frosting Filled!". I would estimate cake to icing ratio is 1:3.
People pay $3+ each and gobble them up. I think they are beyond gross.
You're right Jen. It's like an overly sweet, wet bar. The one I made was a pumpkin one. I made it about ten years ago and I remember thinking how strange it was to add an entire one pound box of powdered sugar into the batter.
Okay, I obviously wasn't getting the notifications of responses!!! I just haphazardly came back to this post and saw all of your responses! They're making me LMBO!
First off, I can't stand PD either--I browsed upon the recipe, trying to find one that used both sour cream and buttermilk (I like some of both because it seems to keep the cake moist). I really have no baking background and haven't even been scratch baking for a year, so the science part is all new to me
I appreciate all of your insights!! And I am **dying** to find out what recipes FromScratchSF would recommend my trying instead
Well if you head on to her blog there's a scratch white cake that has been getting rave reviews. You might like it.
vgcea: is this the link http://fromscratchsf.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/white-cake-part-3-with-recipe/ ??
I'm not too technically savvy Is that her blog?
Thanks for the suggestion--I can't wait to try this recipe this week!


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There's nothing like a good-old-fashioned public inquiry to rouse Quebec pundits from their summer slumber. The Bastarache probe into alleged influence peddling in judicial nominations began last week with two days of testimony from former provincial justice minister Marc Bellemare. Earlier this year, Mr. Bellemare dropped a bombshell when he said Liberal Party fundraisers had undue influence on the appointment of judges in the province.
During his testimony last week, the former cabinet minister said Premier Jean Charest told him that party fundraiser Franco Fava was "a personal friend" and that if he told Mr. Bellemare to name certain people as judges, he should follow his advice. Mr. Charest, who has continuously denied having had such a conversation with Mr. Bellemare wasted no time reacting to the testimony. In a news conference convened less than an hour after Mr. Bellemare's testimony concluded Mr. Charest again denied all of Mr. Bellemare's allegations.
In a province where public inquiries are becoming de rigueur , the Bastarache commission is quickly emerging as the "he said, he said" battle of the season complete with a steady stream of colour commentary and breathless combat metaphors from Quebec political observers.
Mr. Bellemare has been widely characterized as the underdog in the fight against his former boss and a poll published last week found that 53 per cent of Quebeckers consider him " credible," while only 12 per cent were willing to say the same about Mr. Charest and his government. Le Soleil's Francois Bourque described the fight as a " David versus Goliath" scenario and his colleague, Pierre-Paul Noreau declared Mr. Bellemare a "white knight."
In a La Presse column published Saturday, Stéphane Laporte opined that many Quebeckers were more willing to trust Mr. Bellemare over Mr. Charest "because we know Mr. Charest better. We are always more willing to believe the person we don't know as well." Mr. Laporte went on to applaud Mr. Bellemare's "calm tone" and the inquiry's fairly "civilized" proceedings so far. He concluded, however, that Mr. Bellemare's lack of hard evidence to back up his claims about what was said during conversations with Mr. Charest means that, "after one period, it's hard to say what the score is."
La Presse's Yves Boisvert was similarly impressed with Mr. Bellemare's calm demeanour in the opening days of the inquiry, especially since "lawyers are rarely good witnesses." He contended that from "a judicial point of view, there was nothing lethal" in Mr. Bellemare's testimony. But from a political point of view "Jean Charest is dying," he wrote. "We'll wait and see how this commission evolves," Mr. Boisvert wrote, "but up until this point, Marc Bellemare's version of events does not seem too far fetched."
In a column titled "The slow death of Jean Charest" in the weekend edition of Le Devoir, Gil Courtemanche echoed Mr. Boisvert's death knell for the beleaguered Premier. Mr. Courtemanche accused Mr. Charest of " digging his own grave" by repeatedly allowing scandal and lingering allegations of corruption to destroy his credibility. "We are now ready to believe the worst of Jean Charest," he wrote. Mr. Bellemare, on the other hand, seems like a "modest, reserved and simple man, who is not motivated by political ambition" and who "is impossible to imagine as a dishonest person," Mr. Courtemanche opined.
In his column for La Presse, Vincent Marissal contended that Mr. Charest's lack of credibility with the public means that the only viable course of action is to launch an "aggressive and well-documented counter-attack" against Mr. Bellemare.
That effort began in earnest earlier this week when lawyers representing Mr. Charest and the government cross-examined Mr. Bellemare. La Presse called Mr. Bellemare's first round of cross-examination on Monday "a difficult day" for the former minister. In her assessment of Mr. Bellemare's performance on Monday, La Presse's Ariane Krol opined, "anyone else would have been quite shaken up by the contradictions and incongruities he had to face yesterday during [cross-examination] But he held up well." Ms. Krol attributed Mr. Bellemare's relative ease to his experience as a lawyer. "Imagine the preparation that he has undergone before going in front of this commission," she added. "If the lawyers for the government, Jean Charest and the Liberal Party want to destabilize him, they are going to have to come up with something very strong. Because their lawyer tricks aren't going to work on this witness."
On Tuesday morning, a headline in the Journal de Montreal declared that Mr. Bellemare was " still standing" but on "shakier ground" after a difficult day of cross-examination. Le Journal's Richard Martineau, who had written a column last week in which he said he was inclined to believe Mr. Bellemare's version of events, found himself wavering this week. Mr. Martineau had originally considered Mr. Bellemare to be quite "credible," but he had come to suspect that the former minister had "a hidden agenda." He was particularly concerned about Mr. Bellemare's chronology of events and "his difficulty specifying certain dates."
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Public inquiry junkies can get their up-to-the-minute fix from Le Devoir's Antoine Robitaille, who is tweeting live from the hearings.


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The US Postal Service has shelved plans to abandon Saturday delivery for regular mail, and will now seek to re-negotiate union deals and raise postal rates to find other ways of balancing its books.
The Postal Service had intended to implement the new delivery frequency plan from the week of 5th August, 2013, although package delivery would have continued to be six-days-a-week.
Today USPS bowed to pressure from Congress to continue delivering regular letters on Saturdays.
The Postal Service issued a statement from its Board of Governors, following its meeting today, conceding that legislation passed by Congress to fund government operations until the end of September 2013 "has prohibited implementation of a new national delivery schedule for mail and packages".
USPS said it had "no choice" but to put its plans on hold considering last month's Continuing Resolution from Congress.
The statement from the USPS governors said: "Although disappointed with this Congressional action, the Board will follow the law and has directed the Postal Service to delay implementation of its new delivery schedule until legislation is passed that provides the Postal Service with the authority to implement a financially appropriate and responsible delivery schedule."
"Extreme circumstances"
USPS said it will continue to press for the ability to move to a five-day-a-week delivery schedule for ordinary mail, stating that the move would save $2bn a year in operating costs.
In the mean time, the Postal Service said it will now have to re-open negotiations with the unions to find other ways to cut costs given the "extreme circumstances".
And, another attempt at an above-inflation postal rate rise could be on the way, USPS said, particularly for products not currently covering their costs – which would refer to Standard Mail Flats (catalogues and similar flat mail) and periodicals, which respectively lost $523m and $670m last year alone.
The Postal Service said: "The Board has directed management to seek a reopening of negotiations with the postal unions and consultations with management associations to lower total workforce costs, and to take administrative actions necessary to reduce costs. The Board has also asked management to evaluate further options to increase revenue, including an exigent rate increase to raise revenues across current Postal Service product categories and products not currently covering their costs."
Direct mail company Valpak told Congress today that $8.1bn out of the $9bn USPS operating losses (not including healthcare prefunding and workers' compensation payments) since 2006 have come from "underwater" products like Standard Mail Flats and Periodicals.
Congressional watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office came out at the end of last month to state their belief that the Postal Service doesn't have the powers to drop Saturday mail delivery under current laws.
USPS said it will be pushing for Congress to provide it with the ability to establish an "appropriate national delivery schedule" within postal reforms currently being developed.
A significant portion of Congress – particularly on the Democrat side – opposes the loss of Saturday mail delivery, concerned about the impact on service levels, mail volumes and jobs.
Today the Senate Government Affairs Committee chairman, Tom Carper, noted the USPS move to delay its "controversial" proposal for five-day mail delivery, but said there was still an "urgent need" for lawmakers in Washington to get together to save the Postal Service.
"While there may be differences of opinion about how best to solve the Postal Service's financial problems, we should all embrace the goal of enacting legislation that leaves the Postal Service stronger than it is today and better able to navigate through the difficult times it likely has ahead of it," said the Democrat from Delaware, who last year supported a two-year moratorium on abandoning Saturday mail deliveries.
House Oversight chairman Darrell Issa, who supports the move to five-day mail delivery, said he was "disappointed" that USPS was backing off from its plan for the summer, and blamed the "setback" on political lobbying.
He said: "This reversal significantly undercuts the credibility of Postal officials who have told Congress that they were prepared to defy political pressure and make difficult but necessary cuts."
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President Obama announcing his 2014 Budget today. The White House backs five-day delivery, and also wants to provide some short-time financial help for USPS
Coinciding with the USPS announcement, the White House issued a new 2014 Budget today, which included support for USPS to abandon Saturday deliveries even faster than its 5th August plan, perhaps as early as June.
The proposal offers "flexibilities that will allow the Postal Service to realign its business plan to better compete in the changing marketplace of increasingly digital communication, including provisions that enable the agency to reduce its costs and increase its revenues."
The White House said its proposed reforms would cut postal operating costs by more than $23bn over 10 years.
The proposed 2014 Budget also includes short-term financial relief for USPS, with pension surplus money handed back (between $2.6bn and $11.5bn depending on who is estimating it), while a restructuring of the Postal Service's health benefits pre-funding would mean USPS paying $10.6bn less than it would have been required to do in 2013 and 2014.
As of 2012, calculation of retiree healthcare liabilities would be based on actuarial assumptions and better reflect the substantial cut to the workforce seen since 2006, according to the Budget.
However, the Postal Service could be required to pay more in future years under the plan, including defaulted payments.
Previous budgets from President Obama have included similar promises on postal reforms, only to flounder in Congress.
Source: Post&Parcel/USPS
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As the men carrying muskets and rifles took up temporary defensive positions at the town's edge, a small band of officers gathered around a lantern and a box. Upon the box was a map, which the lantern illuminated. The map had lines and numbers scrawled all over it, and the men were motioning with their fingers, tapping a line or pointing to a few words while discussing.
"Keep the men in these positions until dawn. The rest of the militia will be here in the morning. Our orders are to hold this road against the redcoats until General Washington routes the British forces here--" a man in a brown coat and a tricorner hat pointed to a few circles on the map "-- and relieves us. We'll establish a headquarters in that tavern there." He departed from the circle of officers and walked across the street to the tavern, opening the door and inspecting the dusty and abandoned interior. He motioned to a nearby man and said, "Get a redshirt... er, a brownshirt in here to clean up this mess. I imagine this place will be a bit livelier tomorrow."
A cart pulled up behind him. He spotted some familiar items in it: a coffee machine resembling his favorite astro-droid, a beat-up but reliable jukebox, and a distraught Johnathan Frakes half-crushed underneath a pool table. "Put this stuff inside. And be careful with that Commander... I don't think we changed his uniform before we packed him up."
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wikiHow to Put Strings on a Violin
Three Methods:Changing a StringStringing a New ViolinBuying New StringsCommunity Q&A
Learning to change your own violin strings will save you from making expensive trips to the shop, letting you keep playing and practicing. It's a good way to get more familiar with the action of your instrument as well, learning to see how it responds and settles in to a fresh set of strings. You can change strings, completely re-string your violin, and select the appropriate strings for the job. See Step 1 to learn to get a new set on your instrument.
Changing a String
1Remove each string and replace it individually. To keep the violin's bridge adjusted properly and to keep the tension from slackening too much, it's important to change each string individually, rather than taking all the strings off at once and replacing them, as is common on guitars and some other stringed instruments. If you've broken a string, put a new one on before removing the others. To remove old strings:
- Twist the large tuning pegs toward you, so the string becomes loose.
- If you have fine tuners, remove the small metal ball attached to the strings from the tuners. If not, pull the string in the tailpiece toward you and pull up to release the string.
- Continue twisting the large tuners until the string is completely loose, and remove it from the tuning peg.
2Orient the new string properly. Remove the appropriate string from the package and find the tip of the string, which should be inserted into the tuning peg, and the bottom of the string, which should anchor the string in the fine tuner.
- The top will typically be colored on the end to distinguish it from the other strings, and the bottom should have a small metal ball on the end to seat it in the fine tuner. The color depends upon the particular brand of strings you purchase.
3Insert the string through the tuning peg. Holding the violin with the chin-rest facing you, find the correct tuning peg to orient yourself and locate the tiny hole in it. This should be inside the scroll. Insert the top of the string through the hole, far enough that about half an inch hangs out on the other side.
- On almost every violin, the tuning pegs should be oriented in the same way. Make sure you insert the string into the correct peg:
- G string on the bottom left
- D string on the top left
- A string on the top right
- E string on the bottom right
- On almost every violin, the tuning pegs should be oriented in the same way. Make sure you insert the string into the correct peg:
4Seat the string at the base. If you have fine tuners, place the small metal ball in the appropriate slot. It sometimes has a tendency to pop out while you're tuning, so check with your thumb regularly while you're tightening the string to make sure the base is still seated in the fine-tuner snugly.
5Start tightening the string by turning the peg. Turn the large tuner away from you, so the string wraps itself around the peg, tightening and taking up some of the slack. It can be kind of a balancing act, because you want to make sure the base of the string stays seated (pop it back in if it pops out) and make sure that the string wraps around the top peg as straight as possible, which will make it easier to tune.
- To keep the string wrapping straight, use one hand to turn the peg and the other hand to pull the string back away from the violin, so it stays tight against the peg. Make sure it wraps around the half-inch sticking through the other side, to hold it in place as you turn.
6Straighten the string and let it rest. Make sure the string is in the appropriate notch in the bridge and continue tightening the string until all the slack is run out. It takes a while for a new string to settle in, so don't waste time fine-tuning until you've let the violin sit, sometimes for as much as several hours, before tuning it closely. Get it in the neighborhood and let the violin adjust to the new string.
Stringing a New Violin
1Put on all the new strings and leave them slack. If you're putting strings on a new violin for the first time, you'll have to seat the bridge, which takes some care and measurement. The first step, though, is to put all the new strings on and leave them slack enough to slide the bridge under them and stand upright. Following the basic method for changing a string, letting them stay somewhat looser than you normally might.
2Place the bridge. Hold the bridge facing down, and place it under the strings. After that, line the strings in the appropriate crevices are push the bridge up, into standing position, securing the strings into the notches before adjusting the bridge.
- The back of the bridge, facing the tailpiece, should be perfectly perpendicular to the violin. Lots of bridges will be stamped with manufacturing information, which indicates the flat side that should face the tail. The other side should have a slight but noticeable slope.
- The D string (second to the left, second thickest string) should be on the taller side of the bridge; the A (third to the left, second thinnest string) should rest on the slightly lower.
3Use the f-holes to align the bridge. The bridge should be horizontally centered on the instrument so that there is an equal amount of space between each string and the edge of the fingerboard. Use the small nicks on the insides of the f-holes to square the bridge to the center-line of the strings.
- To center the bridge, use the curve of the "f" on the interior side as a guide. It should align equidistant between them.
4Let the violin rest. You can tighten the strings somewhat to reduce the rest of the slack when you've positioned the bridge, but let it rest for at least 24 hours before attempting to fine-tune the instrument. It's possible to snap the bridge and ruin all your hard work, and also to pop it out and flatten it against the violin. Let it rest and settle.
5After a rest period, pull on the strings to stretch them. When you've first strung any stringed instrument, it's common for the strings to periodically slacken and go quickly flat. A common exercise to get the tension correct and let the strings settle is to firmly but gently pull the strings away from the neck of the violin, pulling out that slack to flatten the strings, and then tuning them again.
- It'll likely take several tunings before you can get the violin into a reliable tune. Stick with it and give the violin the appropriate amount of time to relax.
Buying New Strings
1Experiment with different gauges. You can buy strings in a variety of thicknesses, tensions, and styles. Experiment some with different sizes to get a sense of what sounds best with your particular style of playing and your wishes for your sound.
- Thicker strings put out more volume, resonating with a thicker vibration, while thinner strings tend to be brighter and sunnier. Try a set of each and see what you like.
2Consider steel core strings. The most basic form of strings used on violins are made of steel alloy, often wrapped in nickel. The higher E string is usually plated with some other metal. They tend to have less stretch and durability than other strings, but are by far the cheapest and most widely available strings you can buy. They're most recommended for beginners and if you're changing a string for the first time.
3Take the next step with rope core steel. With a warm sound a quick response, the next step up in the market is rope core steel, which is similar to steel core strings, but braided from more material, giving the player a bright, clear attack on the strings. These strings are commonly used by fiddle players.[1]
4Go old-school with gut strings. It doesn't get any more visceral than this: gut strings are made of the intestinal tissue of sheep or lambs. While somewhat gross, these strings feature an incomparably warm and lively sound. Gut strings are somewhat fussy, requiring lots of tuning adjustment. They're greatly affected by weather and temperature as well, making them more useful for very experienced players. Combine with a traditional horse-hair bow and you'll be playing with the same basic ingredients as the old masters.
5Step into the future with synthetic strings. Since playing on the colon of a dead animal isn't everyone's bag, manufacturers went about the business of replicating the sound and response of gut strings, but with a much less fussy and reliable. They're also somewhat expensive.[2]
6Think about your high E. Most players will put the variety of string on the instrument, while some experienced players like to use particular strings in the E slot for tonal reasons. Violin companies Hill and Westminster make E strings available separately from their respective sets and are popular inexpensive choices to experiment with.
Community Q&A
Why do my pegs not want to stay in place when trying to tighten the strings? I get the sound I want, let go of the peg, and then it turns back and loosens the string again.wikiHow ContributorTry pushing the peg inward as you tighten the string. You can also use what is called "Hill peg compound," which can help in preventing slipping pegs.
How can I put a string on without breaking it?wikiHow ContributorVery slowly raise the string tension until it is in tune.
My mom broke my violin and she isn't trying to put the strings on. How do I do it?wikiHow ContributorIf you are not an expert or are unsure how, it is strongly recommended that you bring it to a violin shop where the staff will know how to place the strings correctly and properly for you. Or you could bring it to your violin teacher/instructor. Why? Because the strings are very delicate and if not placed properly may disrupt your playing or even your violin. If you want to know how to do it yourself, ask the staff at the violin shop or your teacher to demonstrate it to you step by step.
I can't put on my tailpiece, and I can't really do much without it.
- Make sure when you're putting your bridge on that it is facing the right direction!! The angles of the strings play a big part in the sound!
- Once you are done taking off the old strings and putting on new ones, make sure you keep the old strings! Later on, you might have a problem with the new strings, and until you get new ones, you could use the old ones.
- If you find that it is much different or harder to play the open strings, it may be that you are unable to play them at the same angle due to the bridge being misplaced.
- If you are unsure of your ability to string a violin, most music shops will do it for you, either complimentary or if you buy string from them.
- Since the strings are new, you will have to tune it often in the first couple of days. This is because they have to stretch out and get used to the violin.
- When you are first tuning, make sure you do not overturn the strings. This could cause them to snap, especially with the E string.
- If you find the pegs are not sticking in place when turning (meaning that they often slide back into looser positions), you most likely have made a mistake. Have someone more experienced or a music store employee fix it for you. There are adhesives to make the peg stick more, but the common underlying issue is improper stringing.
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Restlet bridges ADO.NET Data Services and Java (1 messages)
Restlet 2.0 M5 was just released, including a new extension for ADO.NET Data Services (ex-Astoria), developed in collaboration with Microsoft. For more details about the new extension: http://blog.noelios.com/2009/09/28/restlet-bridges-ado-net-data-services-and-java/ For more details about the Restlet 2.0 M5 release: http://blog.noelios.com/2009/09/28/restlet-2-0-m5-now-available/ Restlet is a lightweight REST framework for Java, with editions available for JSE, JEE, GWT, GAE and Android: http://www.restlet.org/
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It is a very nice framework for Restful web services. I am currently working on Restlet + Spring + XStream integration. Is there any working example available on the web? I have tried few, but didn't find a working one.
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System-circuit view of mixed-signal design
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Figuring out how to integrate more and more analog and digital blocks on a single chip has become a difficult task. A primary challenge is that these mixed-signal blocks have diverse design styles. Moreover, complex interactions among these blocks substantially determine the performance of the system of which they are part. Integration thus requires a dual system-circuit view. Design teams have already started to combine a system-level view of mixed-signal system-on-chip (SoC) design with full accounting for the circuit and physical interactions among these blocks and with their connected environment.
Mixed-signal SoC designs are effectively system designs. Although they may not include a software component, complex signal-processing algorithms are often encoded in these designs. More important, when taken together and combined with their adjacent packaging and connected environment, mixed-signal blocks form a system. This system must meet top-level performance and power specifications-a fact that has implications for the design process.
First, the design process must allow fast architectural optimization with explicit consideration of all architectural parameters. Otherwise, the critically important architecture space could not be covered systematically, with disastrous consequences for design time and quality. Mixed-signal designers know that they cannot fix an inefficient architecture at the circuit or layout level. A performance roof is achieved quickly and no circuit tuner can compensate for it. Addressing this issue requires a clear definition of the architectural design space, including key parameters or variables. Parameterization on a block-by-block basis is most effective, especially if a "canonical" design can be defined. Explicit definition of system objectives and constraints can then be defined and powerful optimization capabilities applied.
Second, the design process must have explicit power/performance trade-off capability. Performance in a broad sense (typically, bandwidth) has always been a fundamental part of mixed-signal design. Power and energy, however, are becoming critical in practically any useful application, wired or wireless. Thus, direct and explicit power/performance trade-offs are a necessity; both numbers need to be provided simultaneously when exploring a particular solution. And the option of considering either of them as an objective or as a constraint must be available.
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While fast architectural optimization is crucial, low-level electrical and physical interactions in and between mixed-signal components can be so intense that they must be taken into account when verifying against top-level specifications. Low signal integrity in individual circuits can be an insurmountable burden on overall performance. Such a situation has significant implications on the design process.
First, individual blocks need to be macromodeled from the beginning of the design. System-level parameters, such as various kinds of jitter, must be captured into well-defined parametric models. Power macromodeling is just as important-no system trade-offs can be performed otherwise. Second, circuit and physical interactions between mixed-signal blocks must be faithfully captured. Detailed frequency- or time-domain models are often the only way to account for subtle impedance effects between blocks. Perhaps more important is detailed modeling of the system environment, including I/O-to-package layout, package and off-chip connections. Linear and nonlinear system modeling help with this issue. Since these models can capture manufacturing variability effects, these can be readily brought back up in the chain.
New design processes are responding to the challenge of parallel refinement of system and circuit designs with incremental methodology improvements that link system-level parameter-based views with circuit-based macromodeling, thereby accounting for multilevel interactions. However, key to optimizing the system/ circuit balance is the use of standards for circuit IP "packaging." Fortunately, this work has begun and continues to grow.
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The Liberal Democrats are playing a game of whac-a-mole on welfare at the moment: each time they think they've blocked one cut they don't like, another one pops up. Last night a mole they'd already whacked a year ago appeared again: decoupling benefits from inflation.
The Newsnight scoop is that Whitehall is considering ending inflation-linked rises for many benefit payments – although the word is that this would not include payments to those with disabilities. This would be part of efforts to cut a further £10 billion from the welfare bill, which the Lib Dems oppose overall.
Last winter the Lib Dems blocked a similar move from the Treasury, which had proposed uncoupling benefits from the inflation rate, which was 5.2 per cent for that September. Today party sources tell me that the autumn statement is 'a long way off', adding 'we've made our position clear in the past'.
Either way, this is a key issue of differentiation for the parties as they approach their respective conferences. Next week in Brighton, Lib Dems can talk tough about the cuts they are blocking the nasty Tories from enacting. And a fortnight later, David Cameron and colleagues can point out to their party in Birmingham that they are trying to bring benefits into line with the conditions of 'ordinary working people'.
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What a tough choice! I love both names. I actually prefer Margot with Leo, despite the "o" ending sounds being the same. I just think Margot and Leo have a more similar style than Leo and Caroline. If it was Leopold, I would go with Caroline. But for just Leo, I like Margot. Margot Caroline is lovely!Mom to Alexander Patrick (11), Madelyn Esther (8), Genevieve Susan (3), and Theodore James (stillborn at 37 weeks on February 3, 2014). Expecting #5 (a girl) in May 2015 -- Penelope Bridget.
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I am super excited that you have narrowed it down to Caroline and Margot which are of course my two names. I think Caroline Margot flows better but there is absolutely no reason that you can't use Margot as her everyday name. Hardly anyone calls me by my first name now, I am known as Margot to all.
I also have a cousin and he goes by his middle name. I don't fine it strange at all to use the middle all the time.
However if it bothers you just go with Margot Caroline, otherwise just inform everyone that she will be known as Margot.
Please post in our Birth Announcements section when she is born.
Either way she is a lucky girl.
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June 17th, 2013 07:05 PM #19
Ooooo I love both! I guess it depends on what you're going for. Caroline is girly, elegant, french, and dainty. Margot is classy but not as proper sounding as Caroline, but has more spunk and personality than Caroline. Just something to think about. I really do love both names, theyre adorable. You have great taste
Btw I like Penelope too!
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As several members of the Wu Tang Clan touched down in the UK last week for their nationwide tour [catch their final two dates in Edinburgh on June 14 and Manchester on June 15], SoulCulture TV sat down with the legendary Method Man for a chat – watch below as he gives his thoughts on Odd Future, the media comparisons kicking around likening the West Coast group to Wu-Tang, and their likeably "weird" front-man Tyler, the Creator, in particular for his song "Yonkers."
"I like Odd Future – they're good, they're different… a breath of fresh air." –Method Man
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