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Pathogens often are found in coastal waters; transmission occurs though shellfish
consumption or bathing. Coastal waters in developed and developing countries
frequently are contaminated with untreated sewage. Higher temperatures encourage
microorganism proliferation. The presence of Vibrio spp. (some of which are
pathogens that cause diarrhea) has been associated with higher sea-surface temperature
(SST) (Lipp and Rose, 1997). Vibrio vulnificus is a naturally occurring estuarine
bacterium that may be more often transmitted to humans under conditions of higher
SST (Patz et al., 2000).
Acute poisoning can occur following consumption of fish and shellfish contaminated
with biotoxins (WHO, 1984). Phytoplankton organisms respond rapidly to changes
in environmental conditions and therefore are sensitive biological indicators
of the combined influences of climate change and environmental change (Harvell
et al., 1999). Algal blooms are associated with several environmental factors,
including sunlight, pH, ocean currents, winds, SSTs, and runoff (which affects
nutrient levels) (Epstein et al., 1993; NRC, 1999). Algal blooms can be harmful
to fish and other aquatic life, often causing severe economic damage, and are
reported to have increased globally in the past several decades (Hallegraeff,
1993; Sournia, 1995), although some of the observed increase is attributed to
changes in monitoring, effluent, and land use.
There is no straightforward relationship between the presence of an algal bloom
and an outbreak of poisoning. Human poisoning can occur in the absence of a
bloom. Two main types of biotoxin poisoning are associated with temperate climates
and colder coastal waters: paralytic shellfish poisoning and diarrheic shellfish
poisoning. If water temperatures rise as a result of climate change, shifts
in the distribution of these diseases could follow. Biotoxins associated with
warmer waters, such as ciguatera in tropical waters, could extend their range
to higher latitudes (Tester, 1994). An association has been found between ciguatera
(fish poisoning) and SST in some Pacific islands (Hales et al., 1999a).
Recent evidence suggests that species of copepod zooplankton provide a marine
reservoir for the cholera pathogen and facilitate its long-term persistence
in certain regions, such as the estuaries of the Ganges and Bramaputra in Bangladesh
(Colwell, 1996). The seasonality of cholera epidemics may be linked to the seasonality
of plankton (algal blooms) and the marine food chain. Studies using remote-sensing
data have shown a correlation between cholera cases and SST in the Bay of Bengal
(Lobitz et al., 2000). Interannual variability in cholera incidence in Bangladesh
also is linked to ENSO and regional temperature anomalies (Pascual et al., 2000).
Epidemiological evidence further suggests a widespread environmental cause of
the 1991 epidemic in Peru, rather than point-source contamination (Seas et al.,
2001). There is some evidence for a link between warmer sea surfaces and cholera
risk in the Bay of Bengal, but it is not possible to extrapolate such findings
to cholera incidence inland or in other regions. The potential impact of long-term
climate warming on cholera incidence or risk of epidemics remains uncertain.
Climate-related ecological changes may enhance primary and secondary transmission
of cholera in developing countries, particularly among populations settled in
low-lying coastal areas in the tropics. However, the causal link between sea
temperature, plankton blooms, and human disease requires further elucidation
and confirmation.
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JavaFX + Facebook
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One of my previous post discussed about OAuth based authentication for Twitter, LinkedIn and Yahoo. Here I'll discuss about authentication and usage of Facebook. It also provides OAuth based authentication, but the flow and usage is slightly different. Please refer to Desktop Application Authentication for more information.
For new application, please ensure that you register your application with Facebook. Specify Connect URL as base URL of deployed applet. Note down Application ID which will be used as client_id. Using client_id and Applet URL we can create the authorization URL as shown below.
Authentication Steps:
- Click on above link and login to Facebook
- Authorize JavaFX Sample application to access your Facebook profile
- Page will be automatically redirected to the JavaFX Applet page
- Extract the access_token parameter from URL
- Pass access_token to JavaFX Applet as argument
- Use Facebook Graph API to access all rest of information
Please refer to JavaFXFacebook.html for more information related to extraction and passing of access_token and client_id to JavaFX Applet. The view is implemented using ListView. Please refer to New to JavaFX 1.3: Cells for usage on ListView + ListCell APIs.
Update: There was some confusion due to additional steps related to "redirection of url to applet". Yes, Twitter, LinkedIn and Yahoo didn't have this concept. The difference is, there user needs to copy the access_token numbers from the page and paste it in application. In case of Facebook, due to url-redirection, the access_token can be automatically passed to application as argument. So user don't have to do any copy-paste.
Try it out and let me know feedback

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Help Stem the Spread of Aquatic Invasives — Inspect, Clean, & Dry Your Gear.
As the threat of Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) such as New Zealand mud snails and Didymo grows, anglers wonder what's the best way to care for gear to help stem their spread.
"The best way to care for your gear to prevent the spread of aquatic invasives is to
* Chemicals used to clean gear are harsh on gear and environmentally harmful. Orvis and most leading conservation organizations do not recommend them.
Felt-soled wading boots - one source of the spread of ANS
While birds, wildlife, and outdoor pursuits other than angling can carry ANS from watershed to watershed, we anglers play a part. Felt soles on wader boots are the primary concern of anglers, as they make the most contact with the river bottom where ANS live. Combine that with felt being absorbent and slow to dry, and they become the #1 carrier of ANS due to angling.
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Our new River Guard Wading Boots with EcoTraX™ Soles help stem the spread of ANS because ANS can't cling to them as well as to felt. EcoTraX soles also dry exponentially faster than felt, which can take days to dry thoroughly enough for absorbed ANS to die.
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Wash invasives away! Rubber soles make washing off invasive species far easier. The smooth non-absorbent surface, unlike felt that absorbs water and spores that can remain in it for weeks on end, gives spores and the like no place to take root or "hide.''


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Following on from the high profile launch of Matthew Williamson's H&M range for women comes his men's collection.
As you can tell the collection takes inspiration from Williamson's mix of traditional Brit and colourful hedonism, with brights, seersucker (a brilliant summer fabric) and tie dye. "I have aimed to incorporate a styling juxtaposition where global inspiration is fused with quintessential English style." said Williamson. It might be a little much to wear all together, but the seperate pieces will definitely give your summer wardrobe some pep.
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For pure '80s charm, you can't do much better than the Back to the Future series, which saw Marty McFly and Emmett Brown ping-ponging from the 1980s to the 1950s, before heading on to the future and back to the wild west. However, there's nothing quite as retro as what people dreamed the future would be like in the past. In fact, a lot of the inventions that the film makers imagined might populate the world of 2015 already exist today. Here are 10 inventions that became real and another 5 that are on their way!
10. TV video phones
In the 1980s, nothing said science fiction so much as a gigantic wall mounted videophone. While we've spent two decades attempting to make communication devices smaller and more versatile, the flat-screen videophone has indeed come to pass, care of Skype enabled sets. Feel free to shout at the wall like it's 1989/2015!


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Jenison had the size advantage, and probably every other advantage on the floor Friday night.
When Zeeland East basketball coach Mickey Cochran called multiple timeouts in the second quarter with the game getting out of hand, there really wasn�t a whole lot of adjustments he could make.
The Chix were swept aside by the Wildcats in the final of the Zeeland East Holiday Tournament, 61-29. Jenison led 30-6 in the second quarter, and used its vast size advantage to gain second chances on offense, and score easy layups. Zeeland East (1-4) was also overmatched on the offensive side and couldn�t get into a rhythm as passes were intercepted and drives into the post were rejected.
"They outplayed us in every aspect of the game," Cochran said. "They were well-prepared and on top of their game, they really wanted it. You have to give credit to Jenison because they frustrated us with their length and size, and we didn�t have an answer."
The Wildcats (4-1) have a center who is 7-feet tall and another forward who is 6-foot-10. Zeeland East couldn�t match that size at all and got down in a hurry in the first quarter, 13-3.
In the second quarter, Cochran tried to rally his team with two timeouts when the game was getting out of hand. Neither worked to quell the onslaught and Jenison led 37-8 at halftime.
"We just tried to attack them. That�s all we can do," Cochran said. "Even when we did attack we were mismatched inside."
The second half didn�t yield any better results for the Chix as the score ballooned, 51-12. Ike Tilden was Zeeland East�s lone threat, scoring nine points through the third quarter. Tilden ended up as Zeeland East's top scorer, even though he�sat much of the fourth quarter, as did many of the starters.
"We just have to regroup because we have these guys in the first round of districts, so we�ll see how far we can get from here, to that point," Cochran said. "Right now we�re second to them.
"We didn�t make good decisions. We didn�t really play well. We didn�t hit shots, but it was more Jenison being on top of their game. They just played really well."
Ben Ritsema finished with five points for Zeeland East and Noah Poll mustered four.
Khylin Barton had two points, and was named to the all-tournament team because of his 19-point performance on Thursday.
Jenison�s Luke Diekevers was named the tournament�s most valuable player and had 13 points against the Chix. His teammate, CJ VanTimmeren scored 13 as well and was named to the all-tournament team.
Jenison storms past Zeeland East
Jenison had the size advantage, and probably every other advantage on the floor Friday night.


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Talking portraits
Talking portraits
Three portraits come to life to tell you about crime and punishment, politics and quality of life across the 13th to the 16th century. One is a lord, one is a wealthy businessman and one is a peasant.
Can you guess who has been selling beer without permission?
When we filmed this with actors, the man playing the peasant was the tallest of the 3 actors so they had to stand the others on boxes so that they could look down on him!
More paintings
You can see an amazing range of portrait paintings at the Walker Art Gallery.


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Sharing Process Information
Does your company share and manage process information centrally? And, if so, where is that information share/stored?
I usually make a general distinction when thinking about enterprise information. I distinguish four types of information:
- process information: information describing the processes of the company, the way of working and best practices, the document templates, etc.
- product information: information about products, such as designs, requirements, parts descriptions, product structure(s), etc.
- project information: information used to manage a project, like minutes, task lists, progress reports, customer visit reports, etc.
- departmental information: information about resources, monthly reports about the department, presentations given to the department, etc.
In many companies process information is shared and stored all over the place. Part of the information can be found on the intranet. I think most process info is shared here. Some process information is stored within the project team on a share or project site. Other process info is shared in a more formal quality management tool (to be able to be ISO certified for instance).
What I'm seeing is that companies are slowly moving process information to the wiki (or a wiki-like platform). We are doing this too.
Processes, working methods, best practices, etc. is daily experience for employees. They have to work with them and they know what works and why. For this reason I think a wiki is a great way to share process information. Management could start the 'process wiki' by providing an initial structure and by monitoring its content (top-down). It is very important management doesn't start from scratch but acknowledges there's all kind of process information on the wiki already, it's mostly not coordinated yet. But the content itself will be provided, bottom-up, from the employees. Following the edits to this content gives lots of information about the way employees see the company, what really works according to them, and tells you who in the company is good at rightly in an analytical way about how the company works.
By having your employees provide the process information they are also committed to right it down in the way it actually is in daily practice and keep it up-to-date. It's not "something management imposed", but it's "ours" or "mine".
Furthermore, process and ways of working are not static, but alive. They change continuously, usually with small steps. Keeping up with these changes does not work with a complex governance structure on topic of a closed intranet or quality management site.
So, I'm curious: are you seeing process info move to wiki's? If so, share your experiences with us. If not, let us know how you manage process information.


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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police in northwest Nigeria say 27 people riding atop a truck carrying livestock have been killed when it tipped over and crashed.
Sokoto state police spokesman Sani Salisu said Wednesday that the crash happened Monday when the truck took a corner too fast on a major road in the state.
Salisu said the truck had been heading to Nigeria's Delta state in the nation's oil-rich southern delta. He said some of those riding atop the truck survived the crash.
Hitchhikers in the north often ride atop the trucks carrying produce and livestock to the south.
Traffic crashes remain common in Nigeria, a nation with potholed highways and many speeding drivers. The World Health Organization has said Nigeria is the third worst country for traffic fatalities, after China and India.


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FX has announced premiere dates for all of its fall shows, with the network's three comedy series — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League and BrandX with Russell Brand — all bowing on Thursday, Oct. 11.
Sunny, entering its eighth season, will kick things off at 10/9c and will be followed by the Season 4 premiere of The League at 10:30/9:30c. Brand's talk show will return for seven more episodes at 11/10c.
As previously announced, American Horror Story: Asylum will premiere the following week, on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 10/9c. Sons of Anarchy kicks off the network's premiere season Tuesday, Sept. 11, with a 90-minute episode at 10/9c, while The Ultimate Fighter Fridays begins Friday, Sept. 14 with a two-hour premiere at 9/8c.
See all the FX premiere dates below:
Tuesday, Sept. 11
10/9c: Sons of Anarchy
Friday, Sept. 14
9/8c: The Ultimate Fighter Fridays
Thursday, Oct. 11
10/9c: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
10:30/9:30c: The League
11/10c: BrandX with Russell Brand
Wednesday, Oct. 17
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Document, Control and View
Control, Document and Oversight
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Detect, Verify and Respond
Detect, Signal and Evacuate
Alert, Notify and React
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Providing critical security solutions has been ISI's mission for more than 20 years. Our clients, leading detention facilities, distribution centers, finance operations, government facilities, chemical facilities and defense contractors have trusted ISI to understand what is truly critical to keep secure at their facilities. With more than 300 employees led by a management team with unmatched experience, ISI is ready to provide design, engineering, installation and other services in critical security solutions.
- More than 2000 detention facilities secured
- Thousands of critical security facilities delivered
- Ranked as a leading provider for the past ten years
- Bonding capacity and insurance for the most demanding projects
- Safety Act certified
Design, Engineering & BIM
The right design begins with an analysis of critical security issues at a client's facility. This means an understanding of risk tolerance and budget, while determining the efficient deployment of capital for a project, meeting the client's expectations.
- Designing the right mix of products and the integration of complex systems. Creating clear documents that allow for multiple parties to interface and deliver results.
- Properly engineered submittals for a comprehensive plan review by the appropriate architects, owners and AHJ. This requires meeting deadlines and accommodating the ability for a client to obtain proper occupancy permits.
- The ability to utilize the latest in AutoCAD and BIM systems so that the client can obtain a virtual recreation of all products, systems and documents.
Project Management
Project management begins with a clear understanding the project scope, timeline and ultimate deadlines for a complete turnover to the operator.
- Onsite project managers who have delivered multiple projects of similar scope and size. Real world experience to manage multiple systems and trades working to build an integrated interface is crucial.
- Experienced management that supports the onsite project managers. An understanding of the support required to keep large projects moving forward on time and on budget. An experienced team of purchasing managers and an accounting staff is required to meet the strictest standards.
- Securing bonding and insurance to meet the needs of the largest and most complex projects. The financial strength to complete the largest and most complex critical security projects is key.
Clear documentation of installed systems and interfaces between ISI installed components and systems installed by others are vital to proper maintenance. The ability to quickly and efficiently analyze product and system failures and respond in an effective manner is paramount to keeping a system functioning to its highest level of effectiveness.
- 24/7/365 inbound service dispatch with an experienced service team to respond to your needs quickly.
- Trained service technicians with the proper support from purchasing, warehousing and corporate based technical support. A dedicated management staff who is committed to the restoration of systems in an urgent manner.
- Offsite monitoring for intrusion detection, life safety systems, access control database management and offsite video monitoring. UL rated central stations with the latest in communication and backup systems.


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They work for who?
How many of you out there make $180,000 or more a year and only have to show up for work about 2.4 days per week—or 126 days a year and have 239 days off out of 365—and do very little work once you get there?
I'm guessing not too many. Well, me neither.
Sure, there are numerous CEOs in charge of these gigantic corporations who get zillions of dollars in bonuses per year just for being there, but I'm talking about the working class—the "meat and potatoes" backbone-type people.
Believe it or not, those jobs do exist in this country, but if you really don't believe me, just ask John Boehner and Eric Cantor—they have these jobs. Yes, the American people elected these guys to work in public service for the people and the country.
Wow, what happened there? They are the ones, along with some others, who still believe the very wealthy should get tax breaks on their hidden money in Swiss banks or the Cayman Islands, or how about their private jets they also use for vacations and recreation.
I bet most of you didn't get tax breaks for driving your car or truck to your workplace. I didn't either.
Now, back to Mr. Boehner and Mr. Cantor and company—known as Congress. The Congress are the ones that have the primary power in our political system. Their job, if they would only do it, is to write up and vote on and pass bills. That is not the president's job. His job is to sign or veto a bill.
Congress could have stayed, as they should have, and negotiated with the president on how to end the sequester, and write and pass a bill. Even if the president vetoed it, Congress has the power to overturn it.
Now, since there was nothing accomplished with the sequester, and Cantor sent Congress home, maybe they should just stay home without pay until they are ready to do their jobs that they were elected to do by the American people. Are you listening Adrian Smith? After all, it was Congress that gave up on negotiations.
Some Republican aides are saying behind closed doors that Mr. Boehner sees no need to negotiate, because he claims Congress is in a good place for getting spending cuts, and those cuts are taking effect. Well, those cuts sure aren't helping people that will lose their jobs.
I'm not jealous that Mr. Boehner will be receiving $223,500, and Mr. Cantor will receive $193,400 for their services—or lack of—for 2013. I just hope they and Congress get their act together and leave their pride and ego at home, and not bring it to the workplace—the few times they show up there throughout the year.
The bottom line is, I might not have liked my boss, and my boss might not have like me, but I was getting paid to do my job to the best of my abilities, and that was expected of me to do so.
That being said, Congress if you claim to be working for the American people, you have a very strange way of showing it.
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Ionia tops Portland in district semifinals
The Ionia girls basketball team held the Raiders of Portland to 11 first-half points, then outscored them 13-6 in the fourth to earn a 36-26 victory Wednesday night in the Thornapple-Kellogg district semifinals.
The victory was the first over Portland for the Bulldogs since 2006, and the first for the 2012-13 Lady Dawgs over a top Lansing-Area team.
"We have struggled all year to beat the better teams we have played," Ionia coach Andy Barr said. "But I guess I can take eight losses to those teams in exchange for one in district play.
"Tonight our defensive intensity was good all four quarters. We struggled a little in the third and (Portland) got back within two, but Camryn Klein made a basket to push the lead back to four and we never looked back."
Junior Sarah Swartz got the Lady Dawgs off to a good offensive start, scoring 13 of her game-high 17 points in the first half. She also pulled down seven rebounds.
Taylor Bovee finished with 12 points and seven boards for Ionia, while Anna Riccuis finished with four and Klein chipped in with 3.
Along with her basket in the third to slow down the Raiders' run, Barr said Klein's defensive effort was also a key part to the team's victory.
"We made the decision to bring Camryn up two weeks ago and I am glad we did. She makes us a little more athletic and she did a good job tonight on defense, as did all of the girls."
Maddie King paced Portland with nine points, while fellow senior Kelsey Spitzley finished with seven and junior Allie Grys chipped in with six.
Following the win, Barr said he appreciated the sportsmanship of the Portland players, coaches and fans following the game.
"This was a great win against a good team," He said. "Their players, coaches and fans are a class act and that is part of why they are such a great program."
Ionia (13-8) will take on Lakewood in the district final on Friday at Thornapple-Kellogg High School.
Covenant Christian 55, Saranac 40
GRANDVILLE — The Redskins jumped out to an 8-2 lead Wednesday night, but were unable to keep up with Covenant Christian after that as they fell in the Calvin Christian district semis.
Kaylee Hardy led Saranac with 16 points and six rebounds, while Sadie Guernsey finished with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Kendall Seiler chipped in with six points and six steals or the Redskins as well.
Saranac finishes the year with a record of 8-14.
St. Pats 72, Ashley 32
ASHLEY — The Shamrocks took control early, taking a 20-4 lead at the end of the first quarter, en route to a district semifinal win Wednesday night over the host Bears.
Anna Bosworth led St. Pats with 13 points, while Courtney Dixon chipped in with eight.
St. pats (20-1) will return to Ashley on Friday night to take on Fulton in the district title game.


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Two Cheers for Partisanship
These are polarized times, but partisanship isn't as pernicious as its critics insist
Everyone complains that American political life these days is highly polarized—and everyone is right. The Pew Research Center reported last year that, among the voting public, Democrats are now more liberal and Republicans more conservative than they have been in decades. And what's true of voters is true of their representatives, too. On issue after issue, Congress makes decisions along ever more predictable partisan lines.
About the only thing the two parties agree on, in fact, is that such partisanship is lamentable—and...


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Star Wars: Collectibles Update
Join eFX, Gentle Giant Studios, Kotobukiya, and Sideshow Collectibles for product development insights and exclusive previews of the latest in Star Wars collectibles. Moderated by Chris Spitale of Lucas Licensing.
Room 7AB
Hasbro: Star Wars
Hasbro's Derryl DePriest (VP, global brand marketing), Jeff Labovitz (director, global brand marketing), Michelino Paolino (senior director, product design), Brian Merten (senior manager, product design), Adam Pagano (senior art director), and Erik Arana (Star Wars product designer) discuss the popular Hasbro Star Wars line. Attendees will also get a sneak peek at upcoming, never before seen items. The panelists will also host some Q&A for your burning Star Wars action figure questions.
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A Quirky Point of View: The Fun Star Wars Books of Matthew Reinhart and Jeffrey Brown
New York Times bestsellers Matthew Reinhart (Star Wars: A Galactic Pop-Up Adventure) and Jeffrey Brown (Darth Vader and Son) discuss writing and illustrating the world of Star Wars for two generations of fans. Matthew will discuss the joys and challenges of creating Star Wars pop-up vehicles, aliens, droids, and Jedi, while Jeffrey will discuss finding inspiration in fatherhood for his humorous graphic novel that puts a new spin on the classic saga. Moderated by author Pablo Hidalgo (Star Wars: Head to Head).
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Author Notes: It's easy and quite foolproof. Swap herbs for pimento or saffron. —wingirls
Serves: 4
pound assorted grape and cherry tomatoes - different colors work beautifully
cloves garlic, chopped
tablespoons olive oil
1/1/2 -2
pounds cod
Assorted Olives, kalamata and nicoise work well together
handful chopped fresh herbs (basil, thyme, mint and oregano work well)
cup chicken stock - depending
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place tomatoes in overproof dish and toss with garlic and two tablespoons of olive oil. Roast for 25 minutes on lower rack in oven.
- While tomatoes are cooking, cut fish into 4 equal sized pieces, rinse and pat dry.
- Remove tomatoes from oven, nestle fish into the tomatoes and their juice, scatter olives and return to oven for about 25 minutes but of course this depends on the thickness of the fish.
- Test for doneness - cod should separate easily and be just opaque. Remove from oven.
- Sprinkle fresh herbs, and salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle last two tablespoons of olive oil all over. Serve hot with quinoa, couscous or crusty bread.
- Extra note - juiciness of the tomatoes can vary - when adding the fish, if the tomatoes are not seeping, add 1 cup of chicken stock to the dish.
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Christian LaRoche of Deerfield works with Kaitlyn Mercier of Manchester, both culinary arts students at Lakes Region Community College, at the trial-run day of the Shaker Table restaurant at Shaker Village in Canterbury Thursday. (DAN SEUFERT/Union Leader Correspondent)
— Faculty from the Lakes Region Community College and employees of Canterbury Shaker Village had the first lunch at the trial run of the Shaker Table restaurant Thursday.
The restaurant opens to the public Oct. 1. It is in an old kitchen in one of the sections of Shaker Village's main buildings originally designed for culinary education, said Funi Burdick, the village's executive director.
The three-story section of the building has another kitchen in the basement, a large dining room upstairs, and a full cooking area with a dining room in the main section. It was used a decade ago by culinary students from other schools, Burdick said.
Last year, Burdick heard that the culinary arts students from LRCC were looking for a new home. The college's 90 culinary students, who study for associate's degrees in three areas of concentration over two to three years, desperately needed a new kitchen and dining room, culinary arts professor Pat Hall said.
The program had been using a kitchen in the Belmont Mill until they were forced to leave in January. Since then, they've been using area school cafeterias for their class work.
Burdick reached out to Hall and the college.
"Our goal was not just to lease out the space to some restaurant, we were looking for someone to use that area for educational purposes as well, as education is part of our mission," Burdick said.
"They add a lot to the village, especially because they bring another age group here," she said. "It's great to see fresh young kids around."
Hall said the feeling is mutual.
"It's perfect for us here," he said. "Their mission is education, and our mission is education. It's a great fit."
In fact, the partnership of the school and the village — the college has signed a two-year lease — has added another dimension to the college's culinary programs, Hall said. The Shakers taught the concept of "farm-to-table," or self-sustaining food systems in which little or no food stock was needed from outside sources.
Teachers and students are hoping to replicate that tradition by using locally grown beef and other animal products, as well as food from local farmer's markets, Halls said.
And there will be a lot of collaboration in the future between the village and the students, Burdick said, as there was at a recent event the students catered at the village.
The restaurant will be open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. all year long, though it will close for a school break in December.
"You'll be able to get a full-course meal for nine bucks," Hall said.
On the menu at a test run Thursday were chicken fricassee, seafood bouillabaisse, and balsamic demi glace, among other items. Kaitlyn Mercier of Manchester and Christian LaRoche of Deerfield were among several students cooking the sumptuous meals.
"We love the new facility; it's such a huge kitchen!" Mercier said.
"The atmosphere is great, and we love what we've seen of our new clientele," LaRoche said. "It's like we finally have a home here."


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|Subject: Portfolio Strategy in a Global Down Draft
|Date: 9/14/2008 8:20 PM
|Author: WatchingTheHerd
|Number: 251847 of 544525
(also posted at: http://watchingtheherd.blogspot.com/2008/09/portfolio-strate... )
The number and size of the recent failures in the financial industry (from Bear Stearns, IndyMac, Fannie and Freddie and now, apparently, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch) are causing millions of investors to review their investments and try to find a way to protect their assets from future turmoil and losses. A lot of the thinking likely began during the first credit freeze-up in August of 2007 but the worldwide nature of the problem requires rethinking many truisms of portfolio management that might have been useful in the past but may have limited value in the current situation.
A Triangle Model of Investments
Traditional strategies for investing are based upon long-observed patterns of performance with assets in three key categories. Each category can exhibit movement (and hence, provide opportunity for making / losing money) independently of what happens in the others but they also frequently move in patterns related to each other which have encouraged certain strategies by investors based upon their goals (growth versus safety) and horizon (long term versus near term).
Stocks -- Investments in stocks are based upon obtaining mid- to long-term gains in the price of the stocks based upon long term growth in a company's earnings or based upon speculation of short-term mistakes in other investors' current valuation of the company. The truism with stocks is that over a long term period (NOT just one or two business cycles), a well-diversified portfolio managed to proactively cull out losers will outperform virtually any other category of investment. Another truism is that stocks should be avoided by investors with capital preservation goals over a short time horizon, especially when economic growth slows or declines outright since slow/no growth cuts earnings and drives stock prices down.
Bonds -- Investments in bonds produce profit directly for the bondholder by interest paid back to the bondholder by the issuer at maturity. Because the actual value of promises of future, fixed payments of principle and interest are DIRECTLY dependent upon changes in real (or imagined) interest rates, the price of bonds at any given moment not only reflect the credit worthiness of the borrower but reflect larger estimates of changes in interest rates over the life of the bonds. One key truism with bonds is that accurately rated bonds pose significantly less risk over short periods than stocks and are therefore a more suitable investment vehicle for investors with short term horizons whose tolerance for risk is lower than those investing with a 15-20 year horizon.
Commodities -- Commodities act as the raw materials to higher level products and services and provide two avenues by which investors can profit. By their nature, many commodities such as wheat, rice, pork bellies, oil, natural gas, etc. can have regular, seasonal fluctuations in their supply, demand or both, requiring producers and consumers to constantly make bets on those numbers and their impact on their ability to fill next week's orders of widgets. This short term speculation is virtually required in a modern economy and has profit potential for those with nerves of steel. Because of commodities' perceived role as required inputs for an economy (albeit with some seasonal fluctuation), investors often use commodity investments as a hedge against currency concerns. The idea behind this is that no matter what a government may do to devalue its currency through monetary policy, a barrel of oil or a bushel of wheat is "worth" what we get out of a barrel of oil or bushel of wheat and therefore, in theory, if a currency declines in value by half, any commodity position denominated in that currency will double, protecting the investment. The key truism for commodities is that overall demand for commodities may fluctuate week to week or month to month but is predictable and steady over many months / years. In other words, demand for commodities is nearly independent of the long term performance of one or both of the other investment categories.
Trade-offs In the Triangle
Much of the established wisdom of portfolio management for individuals and institutions revolves around correctly understanding why each of these corners of the triangle traditionally behaves the way it does and how problems with one corner affect the other two. For example,
1) fears in the stock market will lead many short-term investors to shift funds to lower-yield but higher-safety bonds, raising prices in the bond market, lowering interest rates
2) fears of weak economic growth or actual reductions in economic output often lead the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates to reduce the cost of borrowing to spur the economy, raising bond prices
3) signs of stable earnings growth increase valuations on stocks, attracting more investors into stocks and lowering demand for bonds, reducing their price and causing borrowers who DO need to borrow money to pay higher interest rates to attract lenders
4) volatility in credit markets combined with weak growth or losses in equities can trigger increases in commodities prices as investors assume steady demand for commodities will protect against currency declines resulting from inflation
The obvious assumption behind this financial triangle concept is that the primary source of uncertainty in the system is the inability of the players involved to correctly forecast performance of the system down to the nearest billion (mere rounding errors in a multi-trillion economy) in the immediate term. These short term errors cause the system to go through the normal undershoot / overshoot oscillations of the business cycle but they are systematically identified by properly functioning accounting and risk management systems and acted upon. The events since August 2007 prove this assumption is absolutely no longer holding true. Banks have been caught holding commercial paper rated AAA until the day they sold at 25 percent of face value. Banks not even on the FDIC watch list have capsized and disappeared under the water with little notice.
The larger but more subtle problem with the triangle model is the assumption that at least one investment segment --- equities, bonds or commodities --- would retain a negative correlation to the others and provide a mechanism for hedging risk due to financial / monetary problems within an economy is likely untrue. The theory doesn't account for a global economy in which systemic failures in one economy produce systemic failures in other economies at the same time. Global trade requires currencies in different economies to become a commodity for other economies to facilitate trade OR requires many economies to consciously hold a subset of currencies as a de facto world currency for transactions.
Regardless of which approach is chosen, either one immediately links the "triangles" at not only the commodity corner but the bond / credit corner as well. If a systemic problem is encountered in the bond / credit sector of one of the economies, it can immediately affect the bond / credit sector of other economies. That in turn violates the assumption of larger world markets for commodities remaining stable / predictable over the long term as economic growth in multiple economies slows due to "contagion" in the financial sector. The net result is that the interconnected financial markets create POSITIVE correlations between all three corners of a particular economy and can create POSITIVE correlations BETWEEN economies. This might be good when things are going well in the short term but poses tremendous concerns when trouble arises.
Stated in the simplest terms, the triangle concept works as long as at least ONE corner of the triangle has a strong negative correlation to the performance of the other two corners. If the stocks and bonds corners are performing poorly, an investor can still shift money to commodities and ride that up as the other two corners go down until they stabilize. If larger problems crop up in all the triangles and reduce economic growth and demand for commodities, suddenly ALL THREE corners have a positive correlation to each other, leaving investors with no where to flee to protect their investments.
The concern facing all investors now is that this is precisely the situation we face. Gross mismanagement and outright fraud in the American housing market and financial industry have propagated trillions of dollars worth of bad debt to banks throughout the world. Any economy in the global system that attempts to shun more of the bad paper at the root of the problem will trigger a collapse in its local credit markets which already carry vast amounts of that bad paper. Any such credit meltdown will likely shrink economic output, weakening its equities and reduce demand for commodities, further increasing the positive correlation in all of the economic triangles.
So what's the best strategy for protecting one's portfolio? In a global economy linked by credit systems which have poisoned the fiat money of nearly all the players at the same time, it isn't clear there IS a winning strategy. The only way to win is to not play and that option doesn't exist.
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Volume 78 - Number 35 / January 28 - February 3, 2009
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A grain barge pulls into the Liverpool docks, 1969.
Remembrance of things past
By Matt Harvey
In the late1920s Carl Jung had a dream about Liverpool, then the second busiest port of the worlds most powerful empire. The psychoanalyst associated the dreams contenta flowering tree in the middle of the city squarewith mans unconscious relationship to an ancient cosmology.
A new documentary about Liverpool, Of Time and the City, opens in the vaulted, ornate dining room of one of the citys swankiest restaurants. The camera swoops down from on high, and pans across a crowd of well-to-do middle-aged professionals dining stiffly in a gilded ruin. Its the interior of a deconsecrated two-century-old Catholic church, St. Peters.
Civilizations discontentment established in digital color, the beautifully edited and narrated 70-minute audio-visual collage flashes back to the subdued black and white of late 1940s Little England; the image of a family huddled around their wireless on a quiet Saturday afternoon. Over stock footage of a football match the narrator says, Football, like life, was played in black and white.
The bleak post-war periodlong seen as a fleeting period of unity and innocencehas an unparalleled significance for the British. It is also when the films Liverpudlian auteur, Terence Davies, was born. Hes been revisiting his childhood since the 1970s, when he produced three autobiographical short films about growing up working class after the war. Of Time and the City takes on the primary sources; an audio-visual collage is woven together to breathe life into Daviess city of memory.
The directors narrationrife with classical allusionstakes us further into the heart of austerity-rich Britain. Shots of children playing and walking to school are paired with references to popular BBC radio serials, sporting events and his religious upbringing. When combined with Daviess use of the pronoun we, these cues simulate the illusionfor the audienceof being deep in the collective unconscious of Englands baby boom. In a deep and quivering baritone, Davies asks, Do you remember? Do you remember? Christmas? After a long pause he continues his aching plea, his tone rising. Do you, do you?
Daviess infusion of sepia tones into 1950s life does not color his take on the aristocracy. His voice dripping with disdain, he labels the apotheosis of the class system a fossil monarchy. For much of the working class, Elizabeth Windsor was not a reluctant symbol of hope among decay; she was an obsolete Marie Antoinette, stealing from poor children for self-affirming grandeur. When Davies lists the number of silk stockings given to the then princess on her weddingto illustrate the royals rapaciousnesshe unwittingly makes a larger point. The economic world order had forever shifted away from the Empire; multiple pairs of silk stockings were becoming commonplace in middle class American homes.
His point is better illustrated by a rare splash of color spliced in Technicolor footage of Elizabeth IIs 1953 fairytale coronation. It fades to a wide-angle portrait depicting two of the new Queens poor and elderly subjects crouched in a grim bedsit. Beyond the royals, the upper classes are only noticeable in Of Times breach; the smokestacks, shipyards and terrace houses are definitive of Northern Englands dirty old industrial towns.
After Davies experiences the first stirrings of same sex desire, the narrative becomes more personal. Realizing that ritual cannot relinquish longing, he turns away from the church and God. By the time the hometown Beatles briefly appear we are far from the maddening crowd; the world-conquering heroes are quickly dismissed as petty bourgeois professionals. When Davies says, We could still find the pleasures of ball room dancing, the we signifies the plural first person. I became more aware of Daviess posh dictionas it contrasts with the notoriously nasal Scouse working-class accent.
Nothing swings in Daviess 1960s Liverpool except the wrecking ball. The Labour governments response to the unchanging poverty of Northern citiesslum clearancedemolishes the Victorian terrace houses. A montage of terraces being razed to rubble is set against Peggy Lees spare orchestrated melancholy standard, The Folks Who Live on the Hill. The construction of council estatesthe UKs answer to federal housing projectsfollows, and the personal connection of neighbors to each other disappears. The new apartment buildings leave an oppressive Soviet looking cityscape. Mothers, the elderly and children are shown looking scared and alone, lost inside the nooks of massive, graffiti tagged, and concrete housing blocks.
Davies intones bitterly, We had wanted paradise and we got the Anus Mondi instead. Since the war is the films ever-present, yet unseen backdrop, the implication is clear: callous social planners accomplished what German bombs could not. The bureaucrats crushed the spirit of indomitable Britain.
Like Ozymandias, which Davies cites in the films intro, Of Time is an elegy for a dead civilization. The directors dark vision of Liverpool as an ancient, wrecked colossus is usually convincing. But, at times, the ever-present nostalgia, rising tone of despair and soaring rhetoric threaten to topple the film overinto parody. The lives of Liverpools contemporary citizenscertainly far wealthier than their predecessorsare only fleetingly glimpsed. The director focuses on what remains of the citys monuments (mostly churches and museums).
I found myself asking; Was it ever that good? Is it really that bad now? Then a startling black-and-white naturalist image of the empty docksoffset by Mahlergrounds the film. Davies cannot resist being seduced by the home fires that burned in his past, so hes found the perfect medium to render their ephemeral beauty.
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Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and Prep, returns with a mesmerizing novel of family and identity, loyalty and deception, and the delicate line between truth and belief.

 From an early age, Kate and her identical twin sister, Violet, knew that they were unlike everyone else. Kate and Vi were born with peculiar "senses"—innate psychic abilities concerning future events and other people's secrets. Though Vi embraced her visions, Kate did her best to hide them.

 Now, years later, their different paths have led them both back to their hometown of St. Louis. Vi has pursued an eccentric career as a psychic medium, while Kate, a devoted wife and mother, has settled down in the suburbs to raise her two young children. But when a minor earthquake hits in the middle of the night, the normal life Kate has always wished for begins to shift. After Vi goes on television to share a premonition that another, more devastating earthquake will soon hit the St. Louis area, Kate is mortified. Equally troubling, however, is her fear that Vi may be right. As the date of the predicted earthquake quickly approaches, Kate is forced to reconcile her fraught relationship with her sister and to face truths about herself she's long tried to deny.

 Funny, haunting, and thought-provoking, Sisterland is a beautifully written novel of the obligation we have toward others, and the responsibility we take for ourselves. With her deep empathy, keen wisdom, and unerring talent for finding the extraordinary moments in our everyday lives, Curtis Sittenfeld is one of the most exceptional voices in literary fiction today.

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March 26, 2006 - 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Event Location:
Poets House, Spring Street
Douglas Florian reads from his book Zoo's Who and tells us how he creates his collages and poems. Right on the spot, we'll write poems about all the beasts in our zoos too.
Event Sponsored By:
Poets House
Event Type:
Children's Events


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Voting is now open! Click HERE to vote
Voting begins today, Tuesday February 12 and ends at 11:30pm PST on Thursday February 14th. Two winners will be chosen, one by popular vote and one from internal votes. Winners will be awarded $100.00 credit to Marx Foods each! And I could really really use some vanilla beans 😉 Thanks!
A few weeks ago I signed up to take part in another Marx Foods Challenge. This one was called "Its Easy Being Green" and for those who know me really well I'm a bit obsessed with green. Some have been known to call me Kermit. In addition to my love of all things green (which includes my favorite animal, turtles) I love my green veggies: broccoli, brussel sprouts, spinach, green beans…well almost all – I truly despise peas, except for in my homemade fried rice. I received samples of bamboo rice, dill pollen, green eston lentils, whole cardamom and mint herb crystals from Marx Foods and was asked to create a dish using at least two of the above ingredients.
Life has been a bit hectic the past few weeks with school, my first chef's table, and of course blizzard Nemo where go figure we lost power! We seem to lose power on Aquidneck Island when the wind blows but the past few days have been miserable, with loosing food (again), and no heat (we have electric everything), so my original recipe idea for this was scratched and today I made a very green inspired risotto using the bamboo rice, cardamom, and some spinach.
You may have noticed on Creative Cooking Gluten Free that I also love risotto because it's a blank canvas and you can do so much with it. This one is packed with flavor and color! This is also a great way to get that extra serving of vegetables (especially the leafy greens) that you may be lacking in your diet. Highlighted below are the two ingredients I choose – you could even add a little of the dill pollen to this as well.
Popeye Risotto
Spinach Stock
- Olive oil 2 teaspoon
- Garlic 2 tablespoons
- Baby Spinach 9 oz (1 Bag)
- Grey Salt 1/4 teaspoon
- Black Pepper 1/8 teaspoon
- White Wine 1/4 cup
- Cardamom 2 Whole – crushed and seeds removed
- Vegetable Stock 2 1/2 cups
- Olive Oil 1 tablespoon
- Butter 1 tablespoon
- Bamboo Rice 1 cup
- Ground Ginger 1/8 teaspoon
- Parmesan Cheese, grated 1/4 cup
Method of Preparation:
Gather all ingredients and equipment.
Peel garlic and rough chop it, set aside.
In a large, heavy bottom skillet, heat 2 teaspoons of the olive oil over medium heat.
Add chopped garlic and saute for 1 minute.
Add cardamom seeds and baby spinach.
Cook over medium heat until spinach has wilted.
Add white wine and cook for an additional minute.
Season with salt and pepper
In the pitcher of a blender add 2 1/2 cups vegetable stock and spinach mixture.
Blend on high-speed until well blended.
Add spinach stock to a medium sauce pan and keep warm over low heat.
In the same skillet as before add remaining olive oil and butter over medium heat.
Once the butter has melted add the bamboo rice and stir until well coated.
Sprinkle ground ginger and stir well.
Stir in 1 cup of spinach stock – just enough to cover the rice.
Stir well and continue to stir until the rice has almost completely absorbed the stock.
Continue this until all stock has been added to rice and absorbed. This should take about 20-30 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in Parmesan cheese.
To serve top with grated lemon zest and pine nuts (optional)
Chef Notes:You can use arborio rice instead of the bamboo rice, it will have the same texture and consistency. I have made a similar recipe with the arborio rice and it is very delicious and flavorful.
It is easy being green…and delicious too!


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Strip clubs, others now regulated by city
Businesses must locate in specific zoned area
Restrictions are now in place if a sexually-oriented business decides to settle in Gothenburg.
The Gothenburg City Council, passed on final reading, an ordinance that restricts operators of such businesses from locating in certain areas.
Under the ordinance, passed at a Dec. 18 council meeting, businesses must:
Locate in I-2-zoned (light industrial) areas of town.
Be a minimum of 1,000 feet from hospitals, schools, churches and other religious facilities, residential areas, parks, libraries, youth and community recreation center or other sexually oriented businesses.
Existing businesses, that sell adult magazines secondary to the primary business, are allowed on a grand-fathered basis.
On second reading, council members approved a water management plan for the city that restricts usage during drought or other emergency conditions.
Council member Duane Oliver noted that an ordinance needs to be in place "in case we need it."
Following a public hearing, the council reconvened and voted to give Sterling Central, a private Christian school, a special use permit to erect a sign 10 feet from the property line.
The 6-foot-high sign will bear the name of the school "Sterling Central, Gothenburg Campus" and will be placed in the Eagle Crest Subdivision between 1710 and 1720 Ave. A.
City planning & zoning commission members recommended granting the permit which is needed since school officials want to place the sign more than 5 feet from the building.
On a related matter, Gordon Block—representing the school—asked about the erection of a sign near the school letting motorists know they are entering a school zone.
Block said he had talked with police chief Randy Olson about the matter.
Mayor Joyce Hudson said the request would be placed on the next meeting agenda.
"I realize we're not a public school but we're accredited just like the public school," Block said.
In other business, the council:
okayed a request for a special designated liquor license for Gothenburg Links to sell alcohol during a hospital foundation fund-raising event at the downtown Nebraska Salt & Grain building on Feb. 9.
authorized the signature of an agreement with Energy Pioneer Solutions that directs payments of utility customers to Gothenburg State Bank instead of the company.
Clymer said the Hastings company, that makes energy-saving improvements in the homes and businesses of utility customers who agree to the service, has a loan with the bank.
decided city offices would be open during regular hours on New Year's Eve and have the next council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, since the first Tuesday of January 2013 is New Year's Day.
If city business needs to be taken care of before the Tuesday, Feb. 5, meeting, the council will have a special meeting.
were told by council member Tim Strauser that the Rotary Club is working with the school to spruce up the "ugly corner," on the northeast corner of Lake Avenue and Highway 30, with murals painted on the walls of the buildings on the corner and perhaps a sign about the history of the town.
Strauser learned that some downtown revitalization money is available for improvements. A committee of Rotary members and the downtown revitalization board will meet after the first of the year for more discussion about the project.
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Be inspired by nature and fill your home with indoor plants and fresh flowers
Nothing makes me happier than filling my home with fresh flowers. But right now I have loving the trend of decorating with indoor plants. Keep it simple and stylish. I love the idea of simple white pots, glass planters or cane baskets for large, oversized plants like palms and figs. There is a huge craze for succulents with is perfect for me because I'm not great in the watering department so succulents are very forgiving if you forget to water them!
Here are some stylish ideas for decorating with plants.
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Randall "Shane" Thomas was a big man with a big heart, a former high school football player at Edneyville High School who found his calling as a narcotics detective and helped take millions of dollars in drugs off the streets, friends said Sunday.
Randall "Shane" Thomas was a big man with a big heart, a former high school football player at Edneyville High School who found his calling as a narcotics detective and helped take millions of dollars in drugs off the streets, friends said Sunday.
At 6 feet, 4 inches tall and 250 pounds, Thomas cut an imposing figure when dealing with drug dealers, said his partner of six years, Henderson County Sheriff's Deputy Geoff Bishop. But it was the combination of physical stature, smarts and warm-heartedness that made him great at his job, Bishop said.
"He was very articulate and he was one of those guys that never met a stranger," Bishop said. "Just the way he was, you'd go to a house and he'd get them to believe he was a friend, and they'd just give up whatever they had that was illegal."
Thomas, 47, passed away Dec. 28 at Park Ridge Hospital, more than three years after an equestrian accident left him mostly paralyzed from a spinal cord injury. Family members said his internal organs were spent after years of fighting a host of infections and heavy doses of antibiotics.
A 19-year veteran of the sheriff's office and a member of its Mounted Patrol, Thomas was training at Horse Shoe Farm on Banner Farm Road in May 2009 when the horse he was riding reared and fell on top of him, breaking Thomas' neck. He was airlifted to Mission Hospital and spent the next four months rehabilitating at Shepherd's Center in Atlanta.
Days before his daughter Lauren's eighth birthday, Thomas returned to a hero's welcome on Oct. 30, 2009, his specially-equipped van greeted by throngs of emergency workers lining Sugarloaf Road. Prior to joining the sheriff's office, Thomas was a volunteer with Edneyville Fire and Rescue and later with Blue Ridge Fire and Rescue.
Though he regained some movement in his arms and hands, family members said Thomas's mobility remained limited. But that didn't prevent him from using the computer, thanks to voice-activated software, or driving his own wheelchair. Thomas was also able to help fight the war on drugs during his convalescence.
"After (his accident), he helped us with computer data entry and managed confidential information about drug dealers," said Capt. Steve Carter of the Sheriff's Office. "He would come in on occasion as well, and attend high-level meetings that dealt with drug information. He was still very active; not full-time, but always still involved."
On Christmas Eve, Thomas spent several hours with his extended family at his parents' house, according to his sister, Amy Wilkie. On Christmas morning, he reveled in watching his children – including his eldest son, Josh, freshly returned from Harley-Davidson School in Florida – rip open presents.
"That day, he fed himself for the first time in about a year and a half," said Wilkie, a nurse who helped her brother recuperate at home. "That was amazing. We just knew he'd had a good day. Anita (Thomas' wife) said he was laughing and cutting up."
Later, though, Thomas started feeling faint and complained of chest pain, according to his father, Ivey Thomas. He was rushed by ambulance to Park Ridge, where he was put on a ventilator and blood pressure medicines.
"But as two days progressed, his stats kept getting lower and lower," Ivey Thomas said. "He just couldn't sustain life on his own."
A devout Christian, Thomas knew Jesus had a place for him in Heaven, his sister said. As family members waited out his final hours, Wilkie said Josh Thomas saw a sign that his father's ascension had begun.
"It was a really cloudy day Friday," Wilkie said. "Josh looked out the window and said there was a little opening the clouds and the sunshine came through when his dad passed."
A funeral for Thomas will be held at 1 p.m. today at Mud Creek Baptist Church, with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. prior to the church service.
Honor guards from both fire and law enforcement agencies will accompany Thomas' casket, which will travel in a restored 1946 Grumman fire engine donated by the Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department. Along the procession route, fire trucks from each department will block intersections and emergency personnel will line the route.
At the entrance to Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Tracy Grove Road, two ladder trucks from Blue Ridge Fire and Rescue and Valley Hill Fire and Rescue will drop a giant American flag for the procession to pass under. A law enforcement honor guard will send Thomas off with a 21-gun salute and flag-folding ceremony.
Staff writer Joey Millwood contributed to this story.
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First it was "Irish" Joe Hanney who consented to drive in Monticello Raceway's 13th annual St. Paddy Pace. Now Anthony Haughan, another full-blooded native Irishman, will join his friend and fellow countryman on Wednesday, March 13th and participate in the race exclusively for drivers of Irish descent.
"We've always had plenty of Irish-Americans, or at least many drivers with some degree of Irish in their heritage in our St. Paddy Pace, but this year we will have, not just one, but two real 'Irishman' participating," noted Eric Warner, the tracks director of racing.
"Like "Irish" Joe , Anthony Haughan, is also from Dublin, (Ireland) and they are good friends and it was Joe who helped us recruit Anthony Haughan for our race."
Together, both Haughan and Hanney traveled from Ireland to North America and initially they settled in Canada but unlike "Irish" Joe, Haughan has stayed in north of the border where he is well-liked and has been racing with good success.
Haughan's first North American pari-mutuel start was at Flamboro Downs in 1999 and over the succeeding seasons racing at Flamboro , London, Georgian Downs, Green River Raceway and occasionally at Mohawk Raceway as well as some of the smaller raceways in Ontario, Haughan has thus far amassed a total of 900 driving victories with his biggest seasonal output (154 wins) during the 2010 season.
"He's my second favorite Irishman, just a nose behind Bono" mused Kelly Spencer ,the talented marketing director at Green River Raceway where Haughan competes on a regular basis.
"He's passionate about the sport and is an excellent driver. Anthony will do anything asked of him. He's a great ambassador for the
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RESERVATIONS:- All items for hire are reserved only on payment of the full hire fee and the following conditions.
Fees for cancellation prior to departure:- up to 28 days -no charge
from 27 to 14 days before departure - 25%
from 13 to 7 days before departure - 50%
less than 7 days before departure - no refund
Goods are hired to customers on the understanding that they shall be returned in an undamaged condition and customers are responsible for them at their current replacement value should they not be returned in an undamaged state. Loss or damage of hire items should be covered on your normal winter sports insurance. We reserve the right to change any Clothing and Equipment item for an item of the same or superior quality should this become necessary. PLEASE DO NOT WASH CLOTHING. Clothing and Equipment may be collected on the Thursday or Friday prior to the Saturday booking and returned on the Sunday or Monday following the Hire period. Thereafter a surcharge of the original daily fee will be charged.
A deposit will be taken on collection of the hired items. This deposit is NOT BANKED but held at the shop until the items are returned.
We will price match any Snowboards,Snowboard Bindings or Skis found in a Retail Ski or Snowboard High street shop in England at a lower price. This product must be in stock in the same size and colour and model. This guarantee applies to 2016/17 products only up to 28th February 2017. If you have purchased from us return within 14 days of purchase with your receipt and we will refund the difference. Please note this offer can not be used in conjunction with any other offer within our store.
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You must be the registered card holder to order any item from Captains Cabin Ltd.
Goods are generally sent to the registered card holder's address. However, if the goods are to be sent elsewhere (e.g. your place of work) for security reasons we may send a copy of the order to the credit card holder's address prior to releasing the goods. We may verify your name and address with your card issuer. Customers must provide a daytime telephone number. We log all originating information on online orders. We do not add surcharges to credit or debit cards. We reserve the right to decline orders as necessary due to credit card fraud.
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We try to send orders out on the same day if the item is in stock or normally within 2 days of receiving an order.
We will notify you as soon as possible of any delays or temporary out of stock situations.
Products are usually delivered by Royal mail or city link
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We only ask you to collect your Good's within 7-days, so you can shop with ease over the weekend.
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For orders outside the UK mainland you will receive a quotation before order is processed.
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Tel: 01227 457906 Fax: 01227 763292
You have the right to cancel your order within 14 working days after the day of receipt of the goods to obtain a refund or replacement. (In the case of a return being notified by telephone we will require a confirmation of your request via mail, fax or e-mail).
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a return of goods. (In the case of a return being notified by telephone we will require a confirmation of your request via mail, fax or e-mail). We will then issue you with a returns number and advise you of how to return the items to us. We advise customers to acquire proof of posting from the post office or to send goods by special delivery (which has to be signed for) when returning goods. Where goods are damaged or faulty, the cost of returning the goods will be reimbursed to the customer in addition to the cost of the individual item.
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Our aim at Captains Cabin is to fit your ski boots to the highest standard to compliment your ability and size. If after spending time on a boot fit and wearing at home you experience a problem with the boots, we offer a free refitting service excluding parts.
If the boots are unused we will exchange them for an alternative pair of the same value,
refund the difference if you choose a lesser priced pair or charge the balance should you choose a pair of a higher value.
If after refitting your boots you are still unhappy with the fit and if you have been skiing for less than 14 days we will take back the boots less the Comfort Fit Guarantee Charge (30% of the purchase price) and issue you with a Credit Note. Please note that the Credit Note will be valid for a period of six months.
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|Download driver for: SONY SVD1121X9RB
|Supported System
|Win 8, Win 7, Win 10, Win xp, Win Vista, Win 8.1, Win Server 2003
|File Size
|6299 kb
|8UPG_VU_Bluetooth Driver (Atheros) for SONYSVD1121X9RB
How to Update Sony Drivers by Yourself?
There are a variety of common alerts along with other messages that you could get in the driver upgrading process, several of which I've paraphrased and listed here along with advice on what you can do:
QUESTION: I have one Vaio SVE14A25CXH once i changed to windows 8.1 and later windows 10 We have lost the initial program's Vaio. In the course of all these transitions keyboard backlight settings have transformed. Currently, it only glows when handled. Just how do i return the function of continual lighting. I have to admit that my Vaio recovery disks are dropped. Thank you.
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How to Update Drivers with Device Manager?
1. Open Control Panel
Depending on your version of Windows, Control Panel is usually available from the Start Menu or the Apps screen.
What you do next depends on what Windows operating system you're using:
- In Windows 10 and Windows 8, tap or click on the Hardware and Sound link.
- In Windows 7, click System and Security.
- In Windows Vista, choose System and Maintenance.
- In Windows XP, click Performance and Maintenance.
Note: If you don't see these options, your Control Panel view may be set to Large icons, Small icons, or Classic View, depending on your version of Windows. If so, find and choose Device Manager from the big collection of icons you see and then skip to Step 3 below.
2. Open Device Manager
- In Windows 10 and Windows 8, check under the Devices and Printers heading.
- In Windows 7, look under System.
- In Windows Vista, you'll find Device Manager towards the bottom of the window.
- Windows XP Only: You have a few extra steps since Device Manager isn't as easily available in your version of Windows.
From the open Control Panel window, click System, choose the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button.
3. With Device Manager now open, you can view a device's status, update the device drivers, or do whatever other hardware management you came here to do.
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