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Anglo-Saxon in origin. It was a name given to a landowner who was not a member of the nobility. Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old French word fraunclein, which became frankeleyn in Old English, and denoted rank within the feudal system; a person who owned land but did not have the right to call himself a lord.
Frankelin Early Origins
Buckinghamshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Frankelin Spelling Variations
Frankelin Spelling Variations
Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Frankelin include Franklyn, Francklyn, Francklin, Franklin, Franklind and many more.
Frankelin Early History
Frankelin Early History
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Frankelin research. Another 175 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1195, 1234, 1274, 1630, 1684, 1647, 1625, 1640, 1630, 1685, 1661, 1679, 1697 and 1735 are included under the topic Early Frankelin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Frankelin Early Notables (pre 1700)
Frankelin Early Notables (pre 1700)
Notables of this surname at this time include: Robert Franklin (1630-1684), an English nonconformist divine; Sir John Franklyn (died 1647), an English politician, Member of Parliament for Middlesex in 1625 and 1640; Sir Richard...
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Frankelin In Ireland
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration
Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Frankelin were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records: Henry Franklin who settled in Virginia in 1635; Thomas Franklin settled in New England in 1679; Josiah Franklin settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1630.
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Pro rege et patria
Motto Translation: For King and country.
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The coming of Hurricane Frances had St. Johns County residents in a panic.
It left countless households without electricity, some without water and others in shambles.
Amidst the damage to property, loss of electricity and all other hardships people had endured as results of the storm, students are among the most distraught about when the missed days of school will be made up.
The following students were asked to give their opinions about having to make up the days and what they did to keep busy during the week.
Eric Mincey: Junior, student athlete, Pedro Menendez, and brother of the author of this piece:
"We had to go two nights without electricity because of the storm. Those were the worst two nights of my life! We played cards, lifted weights and just talked most of the time."
When asked about the highly anticipated return to school, he said: "I don't think we should have to make these days up because the storm is something that we could not prevent."
Nicholas Hicks: Freshman, Pedro Menendez:
"The week was boring because of the storm, but I can't complain really because we had time off from school. I really don't care about making up the missed days either, just as long as we still get the Christmas vacation days off."
Austin Ecklund: Sophomore, St. Augustine High School:
"I don't mind making up the days later in the year. It's to be expected when you live in Florida, the hurricane capitol of the world."
Walter Smith: First Coast Technical Institute:
"If they added the days so that our school year would have to be extended during the summer, I probably wouldn't come anyway."
Teachers from SAHS seemed to be unmoved by the topic either way. When asked to comment they responded:
John Ryder: History teacher, SAHS:
"Just tell me when to be here, and I'll be here. My main concern was to get back to my students and to see that they had returned in good health.
"I was also concerned about our school. I was glad to see that it had suffered no severe damage. Other than losing the power for a couple of hours, I made it through the storm just fine."
Lynn Sox: SAHS, French/Spanish teacher:
"Never in my 20 years of teaching have I ever seen so many days that had to be made up. I just hope that the school board is able to come to solution that is fair and convenient for teachers and students.
Note: A decision was made Sept. 14 by the St. Johns County School Board as to how the days will be made up.
The make-up days begin Sept. 24 -- previously an in service day for teachers and holiday for students.
Veterans Day on Nov. 11 is another make-up day.
The next day, Nov. 24, shaves a day off the Thanksgiving holiday.
Finally, classes resume one day earlier Jan. 3 from winter break.
In addition, early release days for middle and high school students Oct. 5, 12 and 26, will now be full days
However elementary schools were not scheduled for early release those days.
Because the elementary schools are short one day, Superintendent of Schools Joseph Joyner said the district plans to apply for a waiver.
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Corrine Olague
Assistant to the Head of School
I am lucky enough to call myself a native San Franciscan.
Growing up in Bernal Heights before it was called Bernal Heights, I didn't discover the community of The San Francisco School until I was looking for a school for my daughters. I started working here (20+ years ago) as a parent volunteer, which led to work in various areas from Development and Admissions, to the Front Desk. As Assistant to the Head, I love that my job is varied and includes daily interaction with the students - it's fun to witness their transformations and accomplishments!


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Elian, a geometric captivatorNovember 1st, 2013 | By Laura Calle | 1 Comment »
Last week, Elian finished a piece titled Environmental Influences, situated in the outskirts of Cordoba.
Elian's work captivates shapes, colors that contribute to building structures in a way that can definitely bring life back to the space and, as he put it, the environment. I appreciate the thoughtful intent in all his works found in different places, even in abandoned country sides (like this one).
The explanation to his interventions is cohesive and shows strong efforts to communicate with the already built structures that are then enhanced by transformative colors and shapes that play in just right.
Photos courtesy of Elian
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The menu for my Memorial Day barbeque is coming along quite nicely. I've decided to use recipes from a bunch of different regions to maximize flavor. It's also a good idea to have a lot of options when feeding a bigger crowd, this works especially well in case there are any picky eaters or guests with special dietary needs. To start, offer guests seafood skewers, olives, nuts, and hummus. For the main course make baby back ribs, grilled eggplant, a mozzarella sun-dried tomato pasta salad, and a refreshing fruit salad. Dessert will be the perfectly cool finish to a meal, delicious and decadent coconut lime bars. Sound tempting? Take a look at the recipe,
Coconut Lime Bars
From Real Simple magazine
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons lime zest
1/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Heat oven to 350° F.
- Combine the coconut, 3/4 cup flour, 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, and the butter in the bowl of a food processor.
- Pulse several times until a crumbly dough is formed.
- Press firmly into a greased 8-by-8-inch pan. Bake until just golden, about 12 minutes.
- Sift together the granulated sugar, the remaining 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, and the 2 tablespoons of flour.
- In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, lime zest, lime juice, and vanilla.
- Slowly pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture, whisking to avoid lumps.
- Pour the filling over the baked crust. Bake until the lime curd is set in the center, about 22 minutes.
- Cool completely in the refrigerator, about 2 hours.
- Cut into 16 bars and dust with powdered sugar before serving.
Makes 16 squares.
NUTRITION PER SERVING CALORIES 171(44% from fat); FAT 8g (sat 6g); PROTEIN 2mg; CHOLESTEROL 41mg; CALCIUM 9mg; SODIUM 25mg; FIBER 1g; CARBOHYDRATE 23g; IRON 1mg


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Well I'm a Hungarian so my family eats A LOT of Hungarian food. One of my all time favorites is szilvas gomboc (aka plum dumplings). These are delicious and great for desert, breakfast, and snacks all day. They are just AWESOME, and super easy to make. Keep in mind that all of these ingredients are approximate - some people like more dough, some like less.
What you need:
-About 16 plums, pitted. I've used both canned and fresh, either works. But if you use fresh I suggest more tart tasting ones.
-3 to 5 medium potatoes
-4 cups flour
-1 egg
-1 tsp salt
-sugar cubes (enough for all of the plums)
-bread crumbs
-Boiling water for potatoes
-Large pot of boiling water for dumplings
To make it:
1. Peel the potatoes and cook in boiling water until soft (this first part you're just basically making mashed potatoes)
2. Mash the potatoes up and add salt and the egg (DO NOT add any milk to the mashed potatoes, my dad did this once and it wasn't good!)
3. After those are well mixed slowly add the flour
4. Roll the dough out to about 1/2 inch thick (keep in mind that how thick the dough is is totally up to you - some prefer less doughy dumplings)
5. Cut into squares of roughly 4 inches
6. Place a sugar cube inside of each plum where the pit was
7. Place each plum on top of a dough square, and wrap the dough around the plum, roll it in your hands to get a good shape
8. As you finish each dumpling place it inside your large pot of boiling water, when the dumplings are done cooking they will float to the top - no need for timers!
9. Pour about 2 cups of breadcrumbs in a large frying pan and turn it on medium-low heat. As the dumplings float to the top place them in the pan of breadcrumbs. Roll them around to cover the whole thing.
10. When each dumpling is covered with breadcrumbs place them on a place for serving and pour the remainder of the breadcrumbs over them. Sprinkle a mixture of sugar and cinnamon for added sweetness.
The best thing about these is they keep for days, and they don't have that rich, sweet dessert taste. You can literally eat them with every meal! Hopefully some of you will try this out and like it.


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MP softball claims first SEC win
With some big hits early — and good defense backing up a solid pitching performance — the Mt. Pleasant softball team shut out Ft. Madison in the first game of a Southeast Conference doubleheader on Tuesday night.
The Panthers put forth a strong effort in the nightcap as well, but the Bloodhounds managed a four-run seventh to take game two, 6-3.
In the opener, the Panthers started the scoring with a pair of runs in the second inning, and they added three more in the third frame for what would be the final score.
Sarah Moffett led the Panthers at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles, including one that she crushed to deep centerfield.
Leslie Taylor was 3-for-4 and also had a double in the game. Morgan Fraise and Hattie Liechty each added a pair of hits as well.
Stukerjurgen was on the mound, starting her third game in two days. A few too many mishaps and a lack of Panther hitting stuck the sophomore with both losses in the Panthers' twinbill against Fairfield on Monday night, but she came back strong in Tuesday's conference contest.
"I was moving the ball around a lot and working a lot of different pitches," Stukerjurgen said. "I tried a new pitch, too, and that worked pretty well."
In seven innings, Stukerjurgen allowed eight hits but did not allow a single run. She struck out two batters and walked none.
"It feels really good — I needed that," Stukerjurgen said. "Our defense was really good and we had the bats going; that helped a lot. You've got to score to win."
In game two, the Panthers got on the board early with a run in the first frame. Ft. Madison answered with a run in the second, and took the lead when they scored again in the fifth.
Mt. Pleasant responded with a run in the sixth to tie the game at two, but Ft. Madison fought hard to avoid the sweep, scoring four runs in the top of the seventh.
The Panthers managed a run in the bottom of the inning, but couldn't quite close the gap.
Goble went 3-for-4 in game two with a double and an RBI. Fraise was 2-for-4 and knocked in a run. Other hits came from Liechty, Kelsey Smith and Moffett.
Goble was on the mound. She went the distance and gave up eight hits for six runs (three earned). She walked three batters and struck out five in the loss.
The Panthers are now 6-11 overall and 1-5 in the conference.
They are at Wapello tonight before returning home for their final SEC doubleheader of the week, which will be against Keokuk. They have the weekend off, and then they see Ft. Madison again, this time on the road, on Monday.
Ft. Madison 000 000 0 — 0 8 1
Mt. Pleasant 023 000 0 — 5 12 1
WP — Jena Stukerjurgen (2-7)
LP — Lexi Schmidt (2-5)
Mt. Pleasant — Hattie Liechty: 3-4, RBI. Leslie Taylor: 3-4, 2B, run. Morgan Fraise: 2-4. Sarah Moffett: 2-3, 2 2B, RBI, 2 runs. Ali Dorn: 1-3, RBI. Bailey Johnson: 1-3. Brianna Shelman: 0-0, 2 runs. Steals — Shelman (2), Taylor and Dorn.
Ft. Madison 010 010 4 — 6 8 0
Mt. Pleasant 100 001 1 — 3 8 2
WP — Jaycee Pumphrey (1-6)
LP — Sammi Goble (3-2)
Mt. Pleasant — Liechty: 1-4, run. Allison Buckert: 0-0, BB. Kelsey Smith: 1-3, BB, run. Taylor: 0-3, BB. Goble: 3-4, 2B, RBI. Fraise: 2-4, RBI. Moffett: 1-3. Dorn: 0-2, BB. Shelman: 0-0, run. Steals — Shelman.


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I'm back to show a little more inspiration from the furniture market last week. Some of you have asked what the color theme was this spring and basically it is just plain colorful! Lots of tangerine, chartreuse, fuschia, turquoise….. We weren't in many furniture showrooms this trip, so I have very few pictures of any upholstered goods. But trust me, the Pantone colors were everywhere!
This contemporary sectional was in the Basset showroom- what a great company with a quality product. Just look at the gorgeous chartreuse accented with blue pillows. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but I really enjoyed seeing the bright color.
I saw some wonderful case goods in the showroom, too. Here's the piece I would love to have in my own study. Barrister bookshelves, drawers, and lots of cubbies supply needed storage. A pull-out drawer is the perfect place to do your paperwork or use your laptop. Note the built-in clock and the key holder.
The sales rep was very excited about the new finish in the line. This farm table is sporting it- it's a look-alike chalk paint finish!
This grouping in the line was not given the typical, flawless furniture finish; instead the finish was done to mimic a DIY paint job. You can see brush strokes and the uneven finish in the grooves. Do you think the company big whigs read blogs for inspiration?
I'll be back with more accessory photos tomorrow. I saw some great accent pieces made from reclaimed wood, as well as some cool lighting fixtures. I'm off to pot some plants that I got at the nursery before they croak in the heat. Yes, we're back up in the high 70's again! But who knows what tomorrow will bring? Gotta get the work done while I can.
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note: Perfect Game recognizes that there are dozens of standout
performers at this year's 16u WWBA National Championship. The
thoughts provided below are first-hand observations from Scouting
Coordinator Jheremy Brown during the event's fifth day.
Schaller (2016, Lebanon, Ind.) has been on the national scene for
a little bit now, despite being a rising junior, as he has
participated in the last two Junior National Showcases and has
already committed to Vanderbilt University.
a well-built 6-foot-3, 186-pound frame and room to still fill with
added strength, Schaller is only going to get stronger over the next
two years of high school. On the mound Schaller shows a steady
tempo'd delivery and then explodes to the plate, showing a fast arm
with a high three-quarters release. He repeats his mechanics well and
stays online with his lower half, allowing for him to stay consistent
and throw strikes with all his pitches.
his three innings of work, Schaller pitched in the 87-90 mph range
with his fastball, with the ball coming out of his hand clean, and he
showed the ability to locate to his glove side. Though he wraps
around his mid-70s curveball a bit, Schaller is able to create
11-to-5 shape with some depth on the pitch and kept hitters off
balance. The most effective of his three offerings yesterday however
was his slider, which looks like a fastball out of his hand with late
break down in the zone, throwing it in the 81-82 mph range.
Scorpions Prime 2016 team showed the majority of their pitching staff
yesterday, throwing six different pitchers over the course of seven
innings. Mark Potter (2016, Melbourne, Fla.) started the game
and stands at 6-foot-6, 235-pounds and isn't done growing, as he
has a young face and is only going to get stronger over the next two
years of high school. Working in the mid-80s with his fastball,
Potter topped out at 87 mph and showed nice life to his arm side with
the pitch. He uses his height to create leverage in his delivery and
work downhill, showing a short and quick arm action in the back.
Potter also showed a feel for an 11-to-5 curveball in the upper-60s
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The DIPLE project helped small and medium sized businesses within the printing and coating industry in Wales to become more competitive through the implementation of best practice as well as developing new high quality products through novel uses of printing. The project won the Research, Technological Development and Innovation category for best project in the 2009 RegioStars awards.
The project was funded by the ERDF with the aim of bridging the gap between academia and industry. Its main objectives were to encourage and help companies within Wales to innovate, deliver new technologies to industry and to promote the wider application of clean technology reducing the use of natural resources. DIPLE, an acronym of Digital, Industrial, Packaging, Lean & Environmental, targeted specific areas of the industry in order to maximise its impact by to build case studies showing best practice to enhance the transfer of knowledge amongst businesses.
Between January 2004 and April 2008, over 118 collaborative projects were conducted within partner companies, which lead to significant increases in turnover and 170 jobs safeguarded.
As printing is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in Europe, and is a significant economic driver and major industry in Wales, there is a strong need for Welsh businesses to be at the forefront of innovation and to be involved with research and development, in order to create a sustainable, high skill sector for ongoing employment and economic development.
DIPLE aimed to help Welsh businesses become more competitive, to improve production quality and to reduce waste and emissions to improve the environment. The project also aimed to make companies aware of the opportunities for innovation in their sector - from smart packaging, to biomedical technologies, to printed electronics. The team achieved this by;


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Be cautious who you order from this company has like 10 web pages that I have seen and 3 phone numbers. you always get the same 2 people (David or Steve) they screwed me and many others. Just be cautious who you order from. some of their web pages include: gunsatcost.com, topglock.com, handgunheaven.com, handgundirect.com, handgunlover.com, theurbanarmory.com, concealgun.com. I'm sure there are more but all their pages seem to have the same design so just be aware.


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Outstanding food and service both for eat-in and take-out. When getting take out they always put in a small portion of an interesting dish that was not ordered. The buffet is very good with a wide selection.
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"I was amazed to find such authentic and high-quality Indian cuisine in a small town in Connecticut. The owners are lovely and the husband truly loves to cook - he even brought us out some of his special recipes tha... "
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"Very nice place and a great staff"
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"Route 10 Pizza is the best restaurant ever! Anyone who's anyone in Simsbury should go there! The waitress that works there on Saturdays is really nice and pretty!"
Little City Pizza
"Helpful and friendly staff, fun atmosphere, yummy food = happy customer EVERY time!"
Fitzgerald's Pizza
"i absolutely love this place. Even though it is not a dine in restruant, it is the best pizza i have had. They have a nice thin crust or a thick crust if requested, a perfectly lightly seasoned sauce, and a great mo... "
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"The BEST!!!"
Apollo's Pizza & Pasta
"love the pasta dishes. they accomadate menu choices. super with kids. Never had a bad seafood dish always can count on great food every time"
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"Good pizza.. thick crust. Better eaten in than take-out, it's hotter in temp and just better. Grinders are good. Eggplant, even in summer, can sometimes be of the frozen variety. I like fresh eggplant in my gr... "
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"nice...fast...good value"
Antonio's Restaurant
"We sometimes drive 20-25 minutes from home to just get take out. We're treated like celebrities every time we decide to eat in! Try the Northern Lights! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"
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"Typical run of the mill pizza restaurant. The pizza is one of the highlights, which is a good thing. However the dishes border on the generic side, nothing outstanding. Stay away from the seafood dishes, the fish of... "
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"I like this place. The Maple Tree is a bar/restuarant, hence the 2 ** for kids, but there are lots of families here at meal hours on weekends. Nice outdoor dining patio. The basic menu is salads, the usual suspec... "
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"I love this place, we enjoy eating here about once a week. The service is prompt and friendly and the food is consistently good."
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Bargain hunters have continued to flock to Southampton's WestQuay shopping centre for the traditional post-Christmas sales.
More than 92,400 shoppers went through the doors at the mall on Friday December 28, as the John Lewis sale got underway.
The figures were up on the same time last year, when the popular shopping venue welcomed 87,000 visitors.
It comes after 58,000 shoppers clamoured to get their hands on cut-price goods on Boxing Day, when almost 2,000 people queued from as early as 3.15am to be among the first through the doors.
And 160,000 shoppers visited the mall on the final weekend before Christmas.
General Manager at WestQuay, Andy Collyer, said: "The post-Christmas sales period is always a busy time for WestQuay, and the past few days have proved no exception.
"The majority of our stores are now in sale, with high numbers of shoppers visiting the hugely popular Next sale and John Lewis clearance, and the other retailer sales events taking place around the centre.
"Overall, Christmas trading at WestQuay has been positive and we are looking forward to continuing to welcome even more shoppers as we move into 2013."


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The Tex's Challenge Adventure Race held this past Saturday, May 12th, was spectacular. The spring flowers were still in full bloom, offering an extra mystery event as riders maneuvered down the single-track trails on their bikes. The race started with a 1/3 mile run, then a 5-mile bike to Inks Lake State Park through the hiking trails of granite and flowers. There the racers exchanged their bikes for boats and paddled across to Camp Longhorn main camp. A 3-mile run ensued, (with Jeff Peters having to run in his bike shoes as his running shoe had fallen out of his pack on the bike ride down). Following the run, the racers climbed to the top of a slide and slid down to make a loop around the lazy river. Next came a quick paddle back across the lake to the bikes, followed by a return mountain bike route of technical trails, up a killer hill, ending in some fast jeep road riding. Just before the finish, the racers had to jump in another lazy river, this time making a complete circuit against the current.
Kudo's to "Classic Zoe Fitness" (Thomas Mullins) for grabbing top spot on the podium. It was a close race with "Terra Firma Racing" (James Bielamowicz) trading spots back and forth all day. At one point in the race, Thomas passed James on a mystery event by stepping over him on the slide into the lazy river, as James was momentarily sitting down stuck and not moving. Being a true sportsman, Thomas crossed the finish line and returned to run the last 100 yards of the race with his competition, but James was running so strong up the last stairs, that Thomas just shouted words of encouragement instead.
Coed Masters "TXAR-Masters of the Universe" (Gabe Haarsma & Tammy Killebrew) took top honors for all coed teams with a scorching time of 1:48:45, proving that oldies are still goodies and the ones to beat. Their time was also fast enough to bring home the 3rd place overall trophy for any 2-person team, coming in just behind male teams "Ridin Dirty (Adam Kain & James Malia) and "Project Mayhem" (Neil Decker & DJ Snyder) who had a last minute sprint finish battle of their own crossing just 1/100th of a second apart in a time of 1:46:56. (Ridin Dirty 1st, Project Mayhem 2nd).
"Ferocious Kitten" (Melissa White) also turned in a sub-2-hour performance to take top honors for solo female in 1:51, while the 2-person female category was won by "Flying Tomatoes" (Lyn Kruger & Christy McWilliam).
Thanks again to Camp Longhorn for hosting the race, providing us with so many volunteers and food, and we are once again able to donate proceeds of the race to one of Tex's favorite projects ~ The Country Store.
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The coming Christmas season is widely predicted to generate sensational sales growth for online retailers. However, will it be equally rewarding for the shoppers who shop online?
Online retail is big business. In Europe consumers are expected to spend 36 billion during the upcoming Christmas season, with the Brits most wired to the new phenomenon, accounting for nearly 40% of the European online retail revenue.
The advantages of going cyber are well-known for the merchants, as well as the customers. One of the greatest benefits to the customer is the increased choice and variety. This is particularly true for online fashion retail. A cursory search on Google and Yahoo will return thousands of online boutiques marketing anything imaginable. However, if what the Internet offers is where our imagination stops, our imagination needs some stretching.
The offerings from mainline fashion brand names are colourful and resplendent. Yet, a squint of the eye would reveal a homogeneity that flows down to the largely same cultural root from which the famous brand names have sprung up. A consumer wanting to experience luxury outside the mainstream would have a limited choice. A fact that is not generally known is that Europe and North America are not the biggest consumers of luxury goods. East Asia is. More than 50% of the worlds luxury goods consumers live in Japan and China; less than 30% live in Europe and North America. It reasons that Asia knows a thing or two about luxury fashion that an open-minded fashionista would find elevating and enriching. In fact, the legend of Silk Road and the travelogue of Marco Polo are evidence that the Chinese were the first to live in luxury and fashion. In todays fashion world, whether it is on the catwalk or in the online space, there is very little presence of Asian high fashion.
The recently formed fashion company Exquisites London is a breath of fresh air to give the fashion customers not only more choice, but also a glimpse of life in the worlds most dynamical region.
ExquisitesLondon.com offers a fine selection of cutting edge designer handbags, luxury fashion and unique gifts and accessories, influenced by the latest Asian trend. They also offer free shipping and returns on all orders.


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Manchester United have confirmed that they have completed a deal to sign Eric Bailly from Villarreal on a four-year deal, with the option of a further two years.
[post_ad]The 22-year-old becomes Jose Mourinho's first signing since taking over at Old Trafford and joins the club for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around £30m.
The Ivory Coast international joined Villarreal for around £4.5m in January of last year, going on to make 47 appearances for the Yellow Submarine.
"It is a dream come true to be joining Manchester United. To play football at the highest level is all I have ever wanted to do," Bailly told the club's official website.
"I want to progress to be the best that I can be and I believe working with Jose Mourinho will help me develop in the right way and at the right club. I am looking forward to meeting my new teammates and to starting this new chapter of my life."
Mourinho added: "Eric is a young central defender with great natural talent. He has progressed well to date and has the potential to become one of the best around. We look forward to working with him to help nurture that raw talent and fulfil his potential. Eric is at the right club to continue his development."
Bailly has made 15 appearances for the Ivory Coast national team and was part of the side that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.


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SAN JOSE — Police are continuing to investigate an officer-involved shooting that sent a female suspect to the hospital Wednesday afternoon with non life-threatening injuries.
San Jose police on Thursday morning offered few new details surrounding the shooting, which occurred when a patrol officer shot and wounded a suspected car thief who tried to run him over, according to Officer Albert Morales.
Police have not yet identified the suspect who was wounded or the officer who fired the shots.
Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. police dispatchers received a call about a stolen red car in the area on Almaden Road and alerted patrol officers nearby. When officers arrived and stopped the car, Morales said, the woman behind the wheel backed up, drove forward, backed up again and drove forward again. During those motions she hit the officer and a parked car, Morales said.
"The vehicle came directly at him and the officer tried to get out of the way and realized he was unable to," San Jose police Sgt. Albert Morales said. "So he discharged his firearm."
Wednesday's incident was the city's third-officer involved shooting this month.
Police on Thursday could not provide an update on the female suspect's condition. A second passenger in the stolen car, a man, suffered minor injuries, possibly from broken glass, Morales said.
The officer who was struck first went back to police headquarters on Wednesday and later was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.
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First Coast Christian Homeschoolers presented a Christmas pageant recently at Moultrie Baptist Church, and Good News Presbyterian Church.
The backdrops and props were painted and constructed by the homeschoolers who range from pre-K to first grade.
Each child was responsible for designing a costume and learning a small part for the play which was based on the book of Luke, Chapter 2.
The homeschooler group meets at Moultrie Baptist Church every two weeks for a co-op session.
Mothers plan various activities including palates, language and drama.
Between 70 and 80 home schooled children participate in the program.
For information go to www.homeschool-life.com/fl/fcch.com or call Tara Guernon at 540-1380.
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PASADENA, CALIF. — Anyone of compassion must certainly admire Rudy Linares` bravery. He so loved his son that he risked his future to save him from years as a vegetable. His act, though considered ``illegal`` by present antiquated laws, was one of great love and devotion. He allowed the little boy a tender and dignified passing, in the arms of his daddy.
This family has suffered greatly, and now, as the final insult, the strong arm of the law is treating Mr. Linares as a common criminal. Is this what we call justice?


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"You see these things happen from a distance but never think they can happen to you."-- Argentine club Laferrere coach Eduardo Cáceres, after one of his players collapsed and died during a match. (REUTERS, 8/28)
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Football's new record transfer "is close to completion following a summer of tortuous debate and wrangling after Tottenham Hotspur finally admitted it was in 'the final stages' of transferring" Welsh player Gareth Bale to Real Madrid, according to Roger Blitz of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Tottenham said that "the deal was expected to eclipse" the £80M Real paid ManU for Cristiano Ronaldo in '09.
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ATIH 2012 .tib filename problem
I recently upgraded from ATIH Home 2011 to 2012 and have 2 problems as a result.
I have a few scheduled backups for individual partitions to backup to a slave hard drive.
I use single full backup (no rotate or incremental) split on 4.7GB
I used to have filenames like this:
now I get filenames like this:
one even did this:
I deleted the schedules and made new ones, same result.
Other problem:
DataTraveler 4GB is no longer recognized by Windows. Windows asks "This drive needs to be formatted". It works in WinXP on another computer.
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WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA
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Did you ever get a resolution to the backup filename problem? For years I have scheduled full backups to rotating daily folders. The backup is split so they can be copied to DVD if necessary. This worked great until 2011 came along. Now I get the filenames you describe, I get others with incrementing numbers in parens, and using 2012 I even had it create 14 backup files successfully and then go back and delete all but the first and last backup file. I have searched for a solution many times. I have uninstalled, reinstalled and repaired. After being a dedicated ATIH user going back many versions, I am finally going to have to call it quits. I will still use ATIH to do the occasional full backup manually - it seems to work then. Now I use Microsoft Backup to create a scheduled daily full image. With a dos command I can mount the MS virtual drive (backup) and recover individual files if necessary. It overwrites every day, but that is better than the mess I have been dealing with when ATIH is used.
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So, It's Ash Wednesday Already And Mardi Gras Is Over… What Do You Do With The Beads?
This isn't just a problem for people in Louisiana anymore! It's no surprise a 'festival' featuring booze, beads and boobs would be adopted in other areas of the country, is it? Heck no! If people are honest, they like at least two of three of those items. In fact, when I worked in Syracuse, NY, the tried to do a Fat THURSDAY event each week… in the Summer (The idiots clearly didn't get it!) Either way, yesterday we celebrated the end of the Mardi Gras season and got out all our sins on Fat Tuesday in preparation of Ash Wednesday, you know, the part where we're absolved of said sins and try to do better for the next 40 days or so. I'm not even Catholic and I give up something for Lent every year. I figure it's as good a reason as any for self betterment. I mean, if you can't do it in the name of Jesus, who can you do it for? Regardless, no matter where you live, chances are you have a pile of shiny, mostly useless and cheap beads. Remember when you got them? They were worth more than gold at the time and now you just want to figure out what do with them other than fill the local land fill. I've come up with a few ideas. I did the wall art above for a friend of mine. When I started I thought it would be easy. Little did I know I would have to cut each bead off the string individually with the cheaper stands! Another use is your drink coasters. Take a coaster that has raised edges and glue a medallion in the middle and surround with smaller beads. It's festive! Do you have any ideas? I'd love to hear them! And remember, a woman's glue gun is just as important as a man's duct tape!


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Terry Sacka Explains How the Dollar Lost It's Gold Standard Status
Terry Sacka appeared on The Wealth Transfer Show to address the concerns of investors who wish to protect their assets and educate themselves on the pitfalls of paper currency while taking us through the history of the Gold Standard.
Gold, throughout history, has been considered money and the relative standard for currency equivalents until the latter part of the 19th century. The gold standard was suspended in the 1971 Nixon Shock, when the United States unilaterally suspended the direct convertibility of the US dollar to gold, as the system made its transition to a fiat currency system.
Terry Sacka is a regular speaker and financial expert who appeared on The Wealth Transfer show recently to discuss how the dollar lost it's Gold Standard status. Mr. Sacka dicussed his viewpoint of a well-diversified retirement plan that includes precious metals, one of the few assets that demonstrated the ability to retain value even during economic downturn and decline.
He explained the role of precious metals throughout history as documented in ancient religious texts such as The Holy Bible. God say's in Proverbs 11:1 not to partake in dishonest weights and measures it as an abomination, honest scales are a delight.
He went to say, "Paper dollar money is a dishonest weight and scale managed by the Federal Reserve which is nothing more than an IOU. Gold and Silver is considered an honest scale, an ounce is an ounce, Haggai 2:8 says 'the gold is mine, the silver is mine'."
Today, gold is a commodity that has physical intrinsic value. Prices in other mediums against gold vary, but gold itself retains the same purchasing power. His principles of investing are based on the fact that since before the dawn of history, gold has been the medium of exchange preferred from civilization to civilization. Tributes, trades, and other international situations dealing with money used to all include exchanges with gold on one side of them. Wise investors know that gold, in inflation and recession alike, retains value in ways that no paper money or speculation can.
Mr Sacka's philosophies state "Instead of playing the stock market, or engaging in usury by proxy, investments in precious metals such as gold is the best way to protect your wealth and future with a deposit in solid money as God intended. The reason why gold offers such protection is very simple. Unlike other commodities gold behaves like the currency it was intended to be."
About Terry Sacka
Terry is a financial analyst and accredited asset management specialist (AAMS) at Cornerstone Asset Metals, a private bullion dealer located in Jupiter Florida. The company enables investors, both large and small, to use metals such as gold, silver, platinum and palladium as an effective hedge for their retirement accounts against inflation. The company mission is to put people back in charge of their wealth through tangible assets that have been used as a medium for exchange since the dawn of civilization.
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Seismological Research Letters
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In northern Baja California, the two largest regions with different geological characteristics are the granitic Peninsular Ranges of Baja California (PRBC) and the sedimentary environment of the Mexicali Valley (Lomnitz et al., 1970). The boundary of these two regions is the Main Gulf Escarpment (Fig. 1). The northern Baja California peninsula has active normal and strike‐slip faults originating from the transtensional limit between the Pacific and North America plates (Stock et al., 1991). In this limit, separation of the Baja California peninsula from the continental North America plate occurs and continues to the northwest through the right‐lateral movement (Fig. 1 inset) of the San Andreas fault system (Axen and Fletcher, 1998; Suárez‐Vidal et al., 2007; Plattner et al., 2007; Suárez‐Vidal et al., 2008; Armstrong, 2010; Wei et al., 2011; Oskin et al., 2012). Within our study area (Fig. 1), south of Mexicali Valley, the Cucapah and El Mayor mountain ranges are located northwest of the Gulf Extensional Province (Suárez‐Vidal, et al. 2008). These two mountain ranges are the result of the uplift of Mesozoic basement flanked by active faults: Laguna Salada and Cañada David detachment faults (Spelz‐Madero et al. 2008), with the Laguna Salada basin to the west and the Mexicali Valley basin to the east. Both faults dip west and have accommodated >10 km of offset since the middle‐late Miocene (Fletcher and Spelz, 2009). The Laguna Salada is a tectonic basin 20 km wide by 100 km long in a north–northwest direction (García‐Abdeslem et al., 2001). It is bounded on the west by the Gulf escarpment (Angelier et al., 1981; Henry, 1989) and on the east by the Cucapah and El Mayor Mountains. According to García‐Abdeslem et al. (2001), the thickness of the sedimentary blanket in the Laguna Salada basin increases eastward, reaching a maximum depth of …


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From: "Donald Alexander Barnett" <>
Subject: [R-M222] Barnett surname with m-222 marker
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:04:41 -0300
I'm a Barnett whose ancestor Daniel Barnett or Barnet
supposedly emigrated from Orkney about 1811 to Pictou then Edgetts Landing
in what is now New Brunswick
Canada. Scotlandsdna tested my DNA and reported that I've the m-222 "north
Ireland - lowland Scotland" marker.
I note on the
web pages that Andrew Barnett, born in co. Antrim Ireland in 1808, is
M222+ also.
Apparently there is a descendant in Australia.
Barnetts with M222 seem rather scarce on the internet.
I am wondering if there are any other Barnetts out there who know they are
M222, and if they know of any relationship between
Andrew Barnett of Co. Antrim Ireland, and Daniel Barnet(t) of Orkney. I
haven't been able to clearly trace Daniel in Orkney though a local
Search was done for records.
This is my first shot at using this forum, so I hope the content is
Donald A. Barnett
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Apple releases new iMacs, Mac Mini, Mac Pro, proves PCPer right!
Subject: Systems | March 3, 2009 - 10:04 AM | Ryan Shrout
Okay, so we were exactly two months early on the news, but just about everything I predicted would happen for the Mac line in 2009 basically came true today.
New iMacs were released in 20-inch and 24-inch varieties that both utilize the GeForce 9400M mobility chipset as their base, have Intel Core 2 processors and discrete NVIDIA graphics as well - though now the GPUs have been renamed from the 9600-series to the GT 100 series just like our recently reviewed GTS 250 retail card.
The Mac Mini was also updated as I predicted with a faster Core 2 processor and the GeForce 9400M chipset.
I also correctly predicted the updated Core i7-based Mac Pro update that no one else seemed to see coming...
The only thing missing really is the 28" iMac that I still think is on the way. But it's nice to be vindicated. ;)
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To Read Walras - From Archives Funds to Edition and Reinterpretation of the Complete Economic Writings of Auguste and Léon Walras
Are surveyed here the confronted problems and the choices accomplished by a team of economists of the University Lyon 2 to accomplish the edition of the complete economic writings of Auguste and Léon Walras. One remind here the theoretical and practical reasons of their decision, their confrontation with scarrered funds of archives, their editorial choices and of characteristics of the critical apparatus. Also are underlined various difficulties that they met with, particularly those linked in search of means over long period, but also possibilities opened for the interpretation of a great work. Finally, wins and disappointments of a heavy editorial enterprise.
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Methods of soil and tissue analysis used in the analytical laboratory. 1977. MacDonald, C.C. Canadian Forestry Service, Maritimes Forest Research Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Information Report M-X-78. 34 p.
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Liverpool line up move for Inter Milan star to ease injury crisis
LIVERPOOL are planning to swoop for Andrea Ranocchia after he turned down a £7million move to Norwich, according to reports.
The 27-year-old has had limited opportunities at the San Siro so far this season with just one start in Serie A to his name.
Despite captaining the club last year, former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has told the centre-back he can find another club.
Inter had agreed a €10million (£7.3million) deal with Norwich for the player, but Ranocchia turned down the move.
And now according to reports in Italy Jurgen Klopp has agreed a deal in principle with Inter although a fee is yet to be decided.
Ranocchia has also rejected a move to Bologna but Anfield and Klopp's reputation may prove too much of a pull for the Italian international.
Ranocchia has been out of favour at Inter Milan this season
The defender is likely to slot straight into the first team at Liverpool as they find themselves in the depths of an injury crisis at centre-half with Kolo Toure their only fit specialist central defender.
Klopp has also been linked with Joel Matip and Neven Subotic, but Ranocchia's obvious availability is likely to make the deal easier to complete quickly.


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So along comes Michael Perry's Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting. You look at the cover. Bald-headed young guy holding a chicken in his arms, his goofy, slightly deranged grin apparently acquired on his escape, unscathed, from a rugby scrum. More of the same, you expect.
The summary at the top of the jacket flap seems to promise it, too:
In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Truck: A Love Story gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.Ah, you tell yourself. I always like reading this sort of book. Gonna be an entertaining read. So you settle in for 350 pages of laughs at thumbs smashed by farm machinery, seat-squirms at the births (probably literally first-hand) of livestock, and moodiness induced by lyrical passages about sunsets, breezes, the undulation of meadows, the cawing of crows, the smell of sod.
You encounter your first little surprise in the prologue's first sentence: "At the earliest edges of my memory, my father is plowing, and I am running behind him." So you amend: Not just a one-year memoir. He's returning to his roots, not inventing roots where none existed.
But that's not right, either -- not entirely, exactly right. Perry's book resists categorization, in ways that must have frustrated the bejeezus out of his editors and marketing-type folks at HarperCollins.
Coop interleaves these strands of plot:
- the loving relationships among Perry, his wife Anneliese, their six-year-old daughter Amy, and their (eventually) newborn infant Jane;
- memories of his boyhood on a family farm;
- reflections on matters of the spirit, a sort of backstory viewed through the lens of a lapsed member of a small religious sect; and yes,
- starting a farm: acquiring (and housing) chickens, growing (and feeding, and feeding, and feeding) pigs, and so on.
Even if the sentiments of domestic life fail to move you, though, prepare yourself to nod in appreciation of Perry's ease with the English language.
As I read, I dog-eared dozens of pages as examples to cite in this review. In the event, the page to which I just opened the book has no dog-ear, though. It's the start of Chapter 5, right at a time in the story's arc when Perry has been regaling us with the saga of Jane's any-day-now birth:
Across the valley, the bare-bone tree line is thickening. The maple leaves are fit to bust but holding fast, this year's greenery still clasped in a tight fetal furl. The bud scales are dark red, infusing the canopy with a rubrous blush, shrouding the hills all smoky maroon. It is mid-afternoon, sunny, and still. I hear sparrows.Oh.
There is a baby on my lap.
That first paragraph treads awfully close to the line of purple (or at least dark-red, rubrous, smoky-maroon) prose. It's saved -- barely -- by that casual bust, where a writer less in control of himself might not have resisted the tug of burst.
But the second short paragraph throws on the brakes, redeeming the nearly hokey springtime-is-icumen-in metaphor with the sudden, stubbornly plain-spoken fact of new birth. Passages like these, yes, may pluck at the heartstrings. But more, they're the product of a writer who knows (probably without thinking) how a reader's mind may turn at each moment -- who knows how to help it turn, without the browbeating of melodrama.
Sometimes Perry recalls details of the adoptive siblings and temporary near-siblings -- over a hundred all told over the years -- with whom he and his generous birth family shared a house and meals, and who wandered into and out of their lives. His parents, it seems, were so well-regarded as parents that various social agencies ensured a changing cast of characters. Many of these children were "special-needs" kids: like Rya, who---
Well, no spoilers. But as with the passage quoted above, Perry manages to tell Rya's story in a manner both matter-of-fact and moving. I think you'll remember Rya.
Now, it's true: Coop is not perfect.
I expect in reading a book like this -- any nonfiction book, for that matter -- to come away knowing some things I didn't know when I walked through the door. But I started to lose patience with Coop during a long passage in which details of the mechanics of plowing seemed to go on, and on, and on. I started to wonder if maybe this was an implicit metaphor for long days seated on a tractor, the sun beating down, the cruel trick of geometric perspective teasing you that you're almost to the end of the row, almost, you're getting there, almost, any damn minute now you'll be turning the corner...
But such moments, for me, were rare. Especially, to repeat: Coop comes with plenty of laughs.
By the time I finished the book, yes, my predominant mood was regret. But as I look back now at all those dog-eared moments, I remember again how much I'd flat-out enjoyed reading it.
At one point, Perry is recalling the work of a man employed by his father as an artificial inseminator -- "the breeder man" -- who, umm, serviced the cows.
...the inseminator stopped behind the cow, drew on a shoulder-length plastic glove, and stepped across the gutter [in the barn floor]. After patting the cow to calm her, he grabbed her tail, hoisted it, and from then on the whole deal was very personal.Ha! Again, Perry intuits just how to nudge the reader along, without prod or bludgeon, down paths complicated by emotion, biology, and the sheer weight of fact.
I can't say the cows ever appeared overly distressed by what certainly had to be a disruption in their day. They would pause in chewing their cud, kinda freezing in a "hunh?" sorta pose, and their eyes would bulge a tad, about like yours would at the point of realizing your taxes were due yesterday.
I greatly admire this talent, especially in non-fiction writers; it's a gift they don't have to give us, after all. And it's a gift which Michael Perry grants (yes, even in the loooong furrows of the plowing epic) on every page of his marvelous Coop.


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The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco has passed a resolution urging radio station owner Ed Stolz to "rehire the talented staff" of Energy 92.7, a station that "was adored and appreciated by so many fans throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area."
Stolz should "reconsider his choice to abandon the successful format," the Supes resolved.
As we've reported, KNGY's Gay oriented dance music format disappeared from the airwaves early last week following the sale of the station to Stolz. Radio Survivor readers know that I called Mr. Stolz the other day just to get his reaction to all this, and he was not happy to hear from me, to put it mildly. But he did make what I thought was a reasonable point, that the previous station owner had abandoned the format, not him.
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Nonetheless, Fox News camp follower Brian Maloney has accused me of being part of a "pressure campaign" against Stolz, because I had the nerve to call him on the contact number that he or his staff gave to the Federal Communications Commission, and which is part of his public file. Plus I started "peppering" him with "questions about the operation." Eeek!
"Since there is little doubt 'progressives' will back Obama's coming crackdown on talk radio, how could they possibly walk away from the chance to strong arm KNGY's forced return to the airwaves?" Maloney warns.
Ah, it's all coming together now.
Never mind that I asked Stolz questions that I think any journalist would have asked. Never mind that I noted that he had a reasonable response to one of my queries. Never mind that KNGY wasn't a talk radio station and neither is Stolz's replacement, KREV. Never mind that the SF Supes' resolution does little more than ask Stolz to consider returning Energy 92.7 (something I suspect they know is unlikely). Never mind that there are thousands of people out there who could give a crap about the politics; they just want their dance station back.
Everything in Maloney-land gets read through the paranoid fear that somehow if people have even the slightest say over what happens over the public airwaves, it will hurt conservative talk radio (which, judging from Maloney's web site, he seems to have just a slight career investment in).
While I'm pissing people off, here's something else I've been wondering about. It would be interesting to know whether when Stolz bought the station, the transfer agreement required the previous owner to dismiss Fernando and Greg and the rest of the old Energy 92.7 team before Stolz got there. Not that I'm saying that happened, but it is sometimes part of such deals. Anyway, I'll probably never find out, and it's all water under the bridge now anyway.
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About The Cellar - Fullerton CA
In 1969, artistic craftsmen of Disneyland fame created a romantic rendezvous in the cellar of the old California Hotel. The Cellar is the perfect setting for an intimate and romantic evening of fine dining. Patrons will find themselves enjoying fine French cuisine while comfortably seated in soft velvet-backed chairs upholstered in rich mellow leather and surrounded by a dimly lit interior. Intimate and cozy, the dining room is elegant amid structured arches and cave-like walls, decorated with wine casks and silver lanterns. Culinary excellence abounds with only the finest and freshest foods prepared in a lighter version of classical French cuisine, and finely crafted cocktails which set a benchmark for all of Southern California!
Join us for a full dining experience, or simply stop by for some of the best cocktails in Orange County and perhaps a small plate or two!
Fullerton, CA 92832
Dining Style:
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French American, Contemporary French, Contemporary French / American
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Dining reservations from 5:30 to 9:30pm daily.
Bar and Lounge open from 5pm daily and open until at least midnight.
Happy hour in the Bar and Lounge from 5pm to 6pm daily.
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Wilshire Blvd.
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$31 to $50
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(714) 525-5682
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The Cellar - Fullerton CA Ratings and Reviews
This has been one of my husband and my favorite places to go for special occasions - especially his birthday. This year we had our friends met us and we did not have as good of an experience and were embarrassed we had recommended to our friends to join us. We got there early and bar area and drinks were FABULOUS! When our friends arrived and we were seated, the menu changed and there are not as many meats anymore. The guys had fish which was very average. My friends dinner was delayed 10 minutes so three of us sat with covered food and we all waited and waited and waited. Crème Brule was very eggy. Ambiance is great but definitely going downhill since the last time we were there.
It was our 21st wedding anniversary and my wife had not been to the Cellar. I had years ago and often went there with clients. Our reservation was early at 6 PM and we were ushered to our table promptly. The light was very dim, our waitress had difficulty reading the menu items we had questions about. I loaned her a small flashlight. Twice they brought us someone else's drinks and ours were long delayed. The menu items listed on the Web were not offered at the restaurant. My wife is vegetarian and I picked the Cellar only after reviewing the on-line menu which offered nice pasta and vegetable dish and Caesar salad. Neither were available. The vegetarian offering, ratatouille, was prepared with egg plant to which my wife is very allergic. So she ordered onion soup (excellent), potatoes (excellent), and we had to negotiate a side of risotto (also excellent) as it is not normally offered as a side. Fortunately, the evening ended on a high with the Grand Marnier soufflé. But it is not an experience I will subject my wife to again! The Cellar is definitely not vegetarian friendly!
I had the best time both with our guests and because the food was absolutely delicious. The lobster bisque remains an outstanding must order food. The chateaubriand was done perfectly for my medium rare request. My happy find, being on a ketogenic diet, was the chocolate crepe with cream cheese filling and sliced strawberries on top. (It's too bad there wasn't a Sweetleaf stevia sweetner option though for my decaf.) The waiter was timely and attentive. My only negative is that it seemed to take a longer than expected amount of time to actually be served drinks from the bar as well as our entrees. No matter ... when the food did arrive, it was so very worth the wait. This visit actually moved The Cellar up in rank to #1 for my favorite restaurants.
It took over 90 minutes to get our food. Our waiter was fairly good and tried to make up for it by giving us a lobster bisque, but that really wasn't enough. We got the chateaubriand and lobster thermidor. Neither were great. Water glasses sat empty for far too long. Ambiance was cheesy. We had high expectations from what we had read, but this fell far flat. We actually expected our meal to be significantly discounted considering how slow it was to received our food, but we were given a full bill (minus a lobster bisque that we had to share). Terrible. We will not be back and will never recommend. Don't waste your money!
Drove 50 minutes to dine here for my fiancé's birthday and was very disappointed in the service. I confirmed the special occasion twice when making a reservation online and over the phone the day prior, yet upon arrival, never once did the host or waiter ask us if we were celebrating a special occasion. Once seated, we browsed the menu on Yelp for a good 5-10min before having to ask for a menu. The food was good but took longer than I would expect to prepare. The waiter seemed to frequently ask how our meal was but failed to notice my empty glass of water. Even the person he was training failed to notice. I would expect better service for this overpriced fine dinning experience. I would never drive that far to dine here again and regret choosing this place to celebrate her birthday.
Great classic style service which you don't find anymore. The entire staff is kind and professional. The food is wonderful, with a great variety and quality options. A really nice wine list with an amazing craft cocktail list. Best part yet, they have wine specials with huge discounts off the list price for different bottles each time.
This is a place we save for special occasions. Service and food were great. Manhattan and martini were excellent to start with. We had the chefs cut pork chop & the catch of the day fish (John Dory).
We were disappointed in the salad (bland tomatoes & mozzarella was tasteless). We also were disappointed in the bread and butter offered (only white).
The food was over priced, under seasoned, cold and the choices were limited. We were a party of four, with reservations for 7:30. By the time we ordered, (2) appetizers & (1) entrée were no longer available. I would never recommend anyone spending their hard earned money on the experience & food offered at the Cellar.
Drinks were amazing! Truffle butter in the lobster bisque and truffle mac n cheese was awesome! One of the steaks was ordered well done and was presented as medium after being cut into. The sea bass with sake beet purée was delicious. The chocolate soufflé had minimal flavoring but had a good texture.
This was our first time at the incredible Cellar. The ambiance is dark, romantic and vintage. The cocktails were incredible and our wine was excellent (and well-priced for a special occasion). Very good food and just a perfect place to spend our anniversary. I can't wait to go back!
The whole thing about the cellar was great. But our server Laura was the best. Her ability to explain all the dishes. To how they are prepared and what ingredients were in each dish. But most of all her personality and service was over the top. Not once did our wine glasses go empty. She was on top of everything. The food was out of this world. Very romantic place. If I would have a complaint about one thing. The lighting over the booths, a little too bright for my liking. But that won't keep us from coming back. 5 stars all the way around.
We had a very nice time. Our waiter was great and attentive. The food was very good. The only suggestion would be to extend the main course menu a little as the selections are somewhat limited. Again, the food that we did order was very good.
My friend had been coming here for 15 years and brought me. Had their specialty Chateaubriand - amazing, best ever. The restaurant was a bit hard to find from the address. It is through the courtyard, to the right, down the stairs. Some signage would be helpful.
Love this place, complete surprise when we walked in and the look of the place, great decor complimented by the staff. Started our night at the entry bar, bartender was a perfectionist on making drinks. Table was ready, moved there and service was great, food was awesome.
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Overall - the server did an impeccable job. He carried this venue. The OpenTable description does not accurately reflect the quality and caliber of this place. It's very tired, musty, and rough; however, whatever shortcomings this venue has, the server over came them with a natural ease. I recommend that you GO here knowing that it's a casual venue, NOT an elegant experience. It's not French by any means. It's not cheap by any means. It cost the same as Mastro's Steakhouse without the fineness. What you do get here is GREAT service and good food in a dark subterranean 1960's style decor, which if you are an old schooler like me, it reminded me of old times. This place 30 years ago was The Bomb for this area, nothing better nearby.
According to the staff, there's a flying black pest that there's no way to get rid of, which seems implausible. My first impression was the rougher than expected crowd at the bar and the black flying pests, which gave me great pause. Again, let me repeat that the server who has been there for decades was so flawless in his presentation that he well surpassed the great anxiety that we developed initially. Well Surpassed! So long as he is working there, I will return with a well-adjusted mindset.
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One of the proudest progressive victories of the Nov. 6 elections was produced by some scrappy citizens in the burg of Brecksville, Ohio, population 14,000.
Organized under the banner of Brecksville Citizens for Transparent Politics, they decided they needed to speak out about the U.S. Supreme Court's outrageous edict allowing unlimited sums of corporate cash to flood secretly into America's elections.
So, they collected signatures to qualify an initiative for the local ballot, calling for a U.S. Constitutional amendment "To establish that corporations are not people and money is not speech."
A couple of states and dozens of cities proposed similar initiatives this year, but Brecksville's unique proposal added a useful bit of oomph to the call.
If passed, it would require city officials to designate one day in February for the next 10 years as "Democracy Day," on which the mayor would host a citywide hearing about how the surge of campaign money was affecting the city.
After the hearing, the mayor must send a letter to the legislature and Congress proclaiming the citizens' opposition to corporate electioneering.
Mayor Jerry Hruby, however, balked at this outbreak of democracy, saying it required the city to take an official position on a federal issue outside its jurisdiction.
He went to the board of elections to disqualify it from the November ballot — but the board deadlocked, and the matter went to Ohio's secretary of state.
To the mayor's surprise, this Republican office broke the tie in favor of the citizens. Then the mayor appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court, where, finally, with barely a month to go, a 5-2 majority of the judges ruled that the people's proposal was legit.
Completing this triumph of citizens' perseverance, 52 percent of Brecksvillians proudly voted the initiative into law on Election Day.
See, it is possible to fight city hall.
And win!
Jim Hightower is the best-selling author of Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow, on sale now from Wiley Publishing. For more information, visit jimhightower.com.


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Streamlining the design of portable medical electronics
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Other connectivity options in the module include LAN, WiFi, 3G, and WiMax, among others. Depending on the scenario where the medical device is to be used, particular connectivity features can be present. Care has to be taken such that the user is not required to perform confusing put configuring of the device for the various protocols.
Standard formats like DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) can be used to communicate and ensure criticality and safety of patient data. The data has to be encrypted and transmitted over the channel to prevent potential compromise of medical data, Figure 2.
Figure 2: Top-level block diagram
The authorized personnel (caregivers) would have a secure login to access the medical data from the data centers. The comments provided by the experts are also logged on the server which forms a repository of patient data along with expert's comments. The servers can run complex algorithms to aid the caregivers in making a diagnosis.
The algorithms can automatically diagnose certain conditions and display this to the patients and care providers. The interface to the healthcare givers should also be intuitive and easy to use. The software must be robust and error free to ensure there are no issues involving erroneous medical data.
Further, the feedback from the caregivers must be communicated to the patients. Use of equipment must provide ample benefits to patients as well as drive the cost of healthcare down. This also increases the extent of quality healthcare by breaking the geographical barriers.
The following parameters which are necessary for a patient monitor are discussed in detail:
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Pulse oximeter
- Glucose monitor
- Respiratory monitor (Spirometer)
- Blood pressure monitor


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Besides holding down the editor's chair of Railfan & Railroad from 1974 to 1998, Jim Boyd was also a prolific author, having more than 30 books and hundreds of articles to his name. Jim enjoyed getting together with his friends to talk trains, as he is seen here signing a copy of his "Baldwin Diesels In Color: 2" at a 2009 picnic at Railpace publisher Tom Nemeth's. Photo by Otto M. Vondrak
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Jim Boyd helped popularize night photogrpahy, and his most ambitious set up was at the 1983 NRHS Convention in Richmond. Three railroads cooperated to make this unique photo possible. Photo by Roy Evans
It was a sad start to the new year in northern New Jersey when the news broke about the passing of Jim Boyd on December 31. He was 69.
It's been a dozen years since he retired as the founding editor of Railfan & Railroad. In that post he was larger than life, perhaps the best-known railfan in the world. And I used the term "railfan" because at a time when railroad publishing was more business-like and issues of Trains magazine carried ads from the likes of EMD and Union Pacific while its masterful editor David P. Morgan wrote about gross-tons per train-mile, Jim was loudly "proud to be a RAILFAN!" He made everyone around him proud be be a railfan, too.
Jim was born in the railroad town of Dixon , Illinois on November 26, 1941. After high school he enrolled in the University of Illinois, later attending the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee where in 1962 he began contributing magazine articles to Railroad Model Craftsman. After graduating Layton he took a job as a floor assistant at a Rockford, Ill., television station, which gave him real-world experience in lighting that he learned in school.
He left the television station to become a field service technician for Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) delivering diesel locomotives, primarily in the South, heavily photographing these railroads along the way. In 1966 during an NMRA convention tour at the EMD plant at LaGrange, Ill., he met Tony Koester who had recently founded the NKP Historical Society. The two struck up a friendship. Koester became the editor of Railroad Model Crafstman. When the EMD job ended Jim hired out as a brakeman on the Illinois Central for more than a year when, in 1971, Koester convinced him to come to Carstens Publications in Ramsey, N.J., as associate editor of Flying Models. Jim liked to tell the story that in 1974 "Hal Carstens got deal on a load of paper, so he launched Railfan to use it." Jim was its editor.
The magazine was a success from the beginning. Jim's intensity as a railfan, real world railroad experience and his ebullient personality made it work. He knew how to balance content and cultivate contributors. He was a meticulous researcher. A stickler for style, he understood graphics and layout enough to design everything in it but the first cover (that was Hal's work). Jim was a one-man show.
And what a show he put on in the magazine. He covered preserved steam and modern diesels while his "Camera Bag" column taught an entire generation of photographers how to record the railroad scene. Jim's smooth and friendly writing style was able to draw readers into the action by putting them in the cab of main line steam, or trackside on a quaint short line or in towers at busy main line junctions. And who else could talk steam-lover O. Winston Link into dragging out his flash gear to record the last night before Conrail? Readers were brought into the entire process.
A favorite tradition of Jim's was hitting Pete's Pizzeria in Morristown, N.J., after the Tri-State NRHS meeting. Photo by Preston Cook
Success bred more success, and in 1987 Hal Carstens wanted Railfan & Railroad to go monthly. Jim then hired me as his first associate editor. The work load became too heavy for two, and Bruce Kelly was added the following year. Jim loved the balance between the three of us, and for the following ten years Railfan & Railroad reached its peak of popularity. Fantrips and main line steam were increasing as a result, and the photo lines grew and spread like kudzu. Jim Boyd was a celebrity anywhere in the country.
Jim retired with the February 1998 issue, and by that time Bruce Kelly and I had moved on to other opportunities and our families. Jim became a prolific author, creating numerous books, more than 30 in all, scripting and narrating video programs, appearing in History Channel shows, contributing columns and features to Railfan & Railroad as its editor emeritus, and much more. Many of his books have become the ultimate work on the subject railroad due to his thorough research, but two stand out for their autobiographical nature: Illinois Central: Monday Morning Rails from Andover Junction, and Outbound Trains in the Era Before the Mergers from Boston Mill Press. Both are excellent.
So, "JB" is gone. As I write this immediately after the funeral and while helping his family with Jim's affairs, all kinds of feelings are running through my head. It was difficult to watch him age and to watch his health decline. As much as he was suffering, he never complained and he cheerfully rolled with it all. Nothing slowed him down. He always greeted everyone with a smile and a joke and he could always hold the attention of complete strangers. I saw him at least monthly at NRHS chapter meetings, and we remained good friends and helped each other with publication projects. In my current role as a trainmaster, I enjoyed bringing him to work where we could let him enjoy our Alcos as only he could.
Jim leaves a body of work unequalled in the history of railroad writing and photography. If people live as long as they're remembered, Jim Boyd could be to railfanning what Babe Ruth is to baseball. The personalities are similar. It's a coincidence he would have appreciated, that his death occurred the day after the last rolls of Kodachrome were accepted for processing forever.
A classic Boyd ending: He was to be cremated Friday afternoon for the Saturday afternoon funeral. A coroner's error stopped the process, so the urn was empty in a room packed with mourners responding to only one day's notice. Jim would have been the first to bellow that "Boyd was late for his own funeral."
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Terri McCormick and the gang that couldn't shoot straight forgot to file with the state elections board she is not running for re-election. As a result, the state election board has to keep the nomination signature petition process open in her district for another 72 hours.
Probably no harm done, as there are three Republicans and one Democrat already declared.
Update! McCormick's staff told the Appleton Post-Crescent they filed the paperwork July 1st, but offered no explanation why they were late.
Maybe she couldn't afford the stamp to mail it in?