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The Sparkletones celebrated its recent induction onto the Spartanburg Music Trail in grand fashion Saturday, playing for a sold-out crowd at The Showroom at Hub-Bub.
The Sparkletones celebrated its recent induction onto the Spartanburg Music Trail in grand fashion Saturday, playing for a sold-out crowd at The Showroom at Hub-Bub.
The legendary Spartanburg- based band, which achieved national fame in 1957 with its hit single, "Black Slacks," delivered a high-octane, harmony-drenched performance that will likely go down in Hub City lore as one of the most memorable music events in recent history.
Although the concert was obviously tinged with nostalgia, the Sparkletones did a fabulous job of making songs that are more than a half-century old sound fresh and invigorating. Even the abundance of 1950s and '60s cover tunes were done in a unique manner that brought newness to the otherwise familiar material.
For the show, Sparkletones founding members Howard "Sparky" Childress, Wayne Arthur and Jimmy "Sticks" Denton were joined by veteran local guitarist Randall Lark. Unfortunately, the group's original front man Joe Bennett has been battling health issues, which prevented him from performing.
But as disappointing as it was not to have Bennett there, special commendation should be given to Lark for his role as a tasteful representative of the Sparkletones' legacy. Of course, it shouldn't be a surprise that he would effectively perform the material, considering that he played with Bennett in an early '60s version of the Sparkletones.
Decked out in matching white blazers with shiny silver lapels that were nicely decorated by Arthur's wife, Brenda, the Sparkletones began their set after a warm introduction by recent Delaware transplant Jack Fisher, a retired rock 'n' roll disc jockey who was also a regular dancer on "American Bandstand" in 1957.
As a tribute to Fisher, and as a means of setting the tone for the time period in which the group had its biggest commercial success, the Sparkletones kicked things off with "Bandstand Boogie," the theme from the popular ABC television show on which they appeared in the late '50s. Right away, it was fully evident that these guys, decades removed from their teenage heyday, are still highly skilled musicians with a special gift for showmanship.
After the bass-playing Arthur took lead vocals on a spirited rendition of "Hello Mary Lou" (a song best known for Ricky Nelson's 1961 hit version), things really got going with the bouncy "Boppin' Rock Boogie," a Sparkletones original that was the B-side to "Black Slacks." As Childress and Arthur shared lead vocals, Lark filled in the catchy "ooh ooh-ooh" refrain that drives the melody.
Next up were a series of cover tunes: the traditional "Corrine, Corrina," Ray Charles' "Hallelujah I Love Her So," Carl Perkins' "Matchbox" and Bruce Channel's "Hey! Baby." After Arthur shouted, "Pick it, Howard," Childress turned in a particularly impressive guitar solo on "Matchbox."
While introducing "Hey! Baby," Childress said the group was going to do a "different version" of the beach music classic. He wasn't kidding. Given Sparkletones' treatment, the laid-back song was transformed into something new as Childress sang lead while Arthur and Lark provided jaunty "ooh-ahh" background vocals.
Then, after the Sparkletones performed their original "Late Again," Arthur jokingly commented, "I just looked at my watch, and it's 10 minutes past my bedtime." This was around 9:45 p.m., and the set wasn't even halfway completed. Needless to say, the group was, in reality, still going strong.
As Denton continued to keep time on drums, the Sparkletones next played the Coasters' "Searchin'," and it was fun hearing Childress subtly toss in a couple of barking dog noises as Arthur sang lead. Another Coasters' hit, "Young Blood," was played later in the set.
One of the biggest surprises was a rendition of "A Mess of Blues," a lesserknown 1960 Elvis Presley hit that was penned by the legendary Brill Building songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, who also wrote such classics as "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "This Magic Moment." Before launching into the song, Arthur entertained the audience with an anecdote about the Sparkletones meeting Elvis in 1957.
Other covers in the show included "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)," "Mountain of Love" and "That's All Right," the latter of which featured a brief but impressive drum solo by Denton. The Sparkletones also played a medley that paired another Marty Robbins hit, "Singing the Blues," with Hank Williams' "Hey Good Lookin.' " But, again, it was the rockabilly-fueled originals that packed the biggest punch. "Let's Go Rock and Roll" and "Penny Loafers and Bobby Socks" set the stage for the big finale, which, of course, was the iconic "Black Slacks."
After a rousing ovation, the band returned to the stage to close the set just as it had started, reprising "Bandstand Boogie" to the delight of the cheering audience.
The Sparkletones' wonderful performance alone would have been worth the price of admission, but the evening was made even more complete with an outstanding opening set by Mill Billy Blues, a side project featuring some of the finest musicians on the contemporary local music scene.
Even without band member Shane Pruitt, who was sidelined by illness, Mill Billy Blues — rounded out by Freddie Vanderford, Brandon Turner and Matthew Knights — gave an excellent performance. It certainly didn't hurt that the group was accompanied by area songbird Fayssoux McLean for a significant portion of its set.
Mill Billy Blues will return to The Showroom on March 1 for an official CD release party. The members of the Sparkletones highly recommend that you attend.
The Sparkletones set list:
1. "Bandstand Boogie"
2. "Hello Mary Lou"
3. "Boppin' Rock Boogie"
4. "Corrine, Corrina"
5. "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
6. "Matchbox"
7. "Hey! Baby"
8. "Late Again"
9. "Searchin' "
10. "A Mess of Blues"
11. "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)"
12. "Cotton Pickin' Rocker"
13. "Maybe Baby"
14. "That's All Right"
15. "Mountain of Love"
16. "Young Blood"
17. "Let's Go Rock and Roll"
18. Medley: "Singing the Blues"/"Hey Good Lookin' "
19. "Penny Loafers and Bobby Socks"
20. "Black Slacks"
21. "Bandstand Boogie" (reprise)


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barry Levinson, director of such modern American classics as "Diner," ''The Natural" and "Rain Man," makes a surprising venture into the horror realm this week with "The Bay," an unnerving fright fest about a coastal July 4 celebration that goes horribly wrong.
Except for the fact that "The Bay" takes place in his beloved home state of Maryland, you'd never know this was a Levinson film. He has embraced the found-footage conceit that's become so popular within the genre in recent years, but he's done so more consistently and effectively than the vast majority of these films. He uses the stillness of mundane moments to build real tension, which makes the intensely graphic gore that much more startling. But it's all in the service of a substantial fundamental message: "The Bay" is a powerful indictment of bureaucratic ineptitude and corporate greed.
Since this is such a departure for Levinson, we were curious to find out what his five favorite horror movies were. He was nice enough to take the time to answer in his own words:
— "The Exorcist" (1973): "The Exorcist" has some gutsy filmmaking. If you go back and watch it, pretty much nothing scary happens for the first 45 minutes. It?s just slowly building tension. Then the daughter comes downstairs in the middle of her mother's Georgetown cocktail party and urinates on the carpet in front of all the guests. It?s an incredible moment and the movie just goes from there. It?s not trying to have fun with the horror like a lot of the films of today. It suggests that this very well could have happened.
— "Frankenstein" (1931): Don't think you can overlook the original "Frankenstein." Great design for a monster. Classical form. And one of the great understated scenes of tension when the monster comes upon a very young girl. She accepts him without question. And we just wait for something terrible to happen.
— "Diabolique" (1955): The 1950s French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. As far as I know, no one was doing horror/thriller with as much originality as this film. The story takes place at a boarding school in the French countryside where a schoolmaster?s wife and his mistress conspire to kill him. When they do, the body disappears and a series of strange and disturbing events occur. This film has some fantastic imagery and incredible psychological tension.
— "Psycho" (1960): Again, all the great horror movies remain great because they did something outside the box. Killing a movie star as big as Janet Leigh was unheard of. Nobody did that. And to do it in the shower like that. It?s now become an iconic moment (I actually made a good deal of fun of it in "High Anxiety"), but I remember my mouth kind of dropping when I saw it. I heard Hitchcock tried to grab the rights to "Diabolique" and lost out to Henri-Georges Clouzot. In turn, he made "Psycho" a few years later and used some of the great imagery "Diabolique" used with water, bathrooms, death.
— "Let the Right One In" (2008): I don?t know if I would label this one strictly horror, but it certainly is terrifying. And touching. Tomas Alfredson is one of the many talented directors coming out of Sweden right now and this one works so well because it's as interested in character as it is in horrifying moments and imagery. Shot against a cold, icy landscape, it's as much a love story between the two children as it is vampire film.
What are your favorite horror films? Share them with AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire through Twitter: http://twitter.com/christylemire

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September 22, 2011
I want to thank you for being here today. Over the past year, all of us in the Obama administration have been joining forces to address and reduce bullying. I believe we've made real progress – but I know that we have a long way to go.
September 20, 2011
It is great to have the opportunity to talk with the HBCU family once again.
It's been almost three years since the President offered me this job. It has been a wonderful opportunity, one of the best jobs in the world.
September 16, 2011
Thank you so much Josneil.
September 15, 2011
I'm excited to be here to celebrate the launch of the 2011 competition, and its potential to propel a quantum leap forward in education reform. We're on the verge of harnessing education's power to unleash the full measure of human potential.
September 9, 2011
For the past week I've been on a bus tour of the Great Lakes Region. Everywhere I've gone, I've talked about the urgent need to elevate education to build a better workforce and an expanding economy.
And yet everywhere I've gone, I've heard a tale of two cities.
September 2, 2011
This is a great day. It's a time to reflect on your wonderful accomplishments and look forward to your future and the future of our nation.
It's a chance to honor those who have supported you and nurtured you – and to think about how you can serve your community, your culture and future generations.
July 29, 2011
Thanks for having me. It's a real honor to be addressing an organization that has done so much to strengthen America's most important profession.
I don't look at newspaper cartoons much, but someone showed me one the other day that got me thinking. It showed a sports fantasy camp with a bunch of athletes standing around waiting to get an autograph from a short, balding guy.
July 27, 2011
Good morning Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Shelby. Thanks very much for having me here today to talk about education, the economy and the need to continue investing in our futureeven as Congress and the administration work together to reduce overall spending and manage our deficit.
July 26, 2011
I'm excited to be here this morning--and to participate in the Iowa Education Summit with Governor Branstad and so many distinguished educators, school leaders, district administrators, lawmakers, and parents all committed to giving Iowa's children a world-class education.
July 26, 2011
It is a real pleasure to be able to join you today. And it also pleased me to see that this year's convention was being held here in Houston. Now, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but it's not because I'm in love with Houston's hot and humid summers. I've got plenty of that in DC. But it's because Houston has something in common with what's going on in Washington DC.


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BOSTON — In his first extended stint in the NHL, Boston Bruins defenseman Matt Hunwick has registered a lot of career firsts.
Today in the third period of the Bruins' 5-1 win over Carolina at TD Banknorth Garden, he broke the seal with his inaugural fight in the NHL. It all started when he leveled Carolina forward Justin Williams at the red line. In an ensuing scrum, Williams made sure to find Hunwick, who decked the Hurricanes veteran with a right hook. Here's a look at the hit and the fight:
After the game, Hunwick was proud of his accomplishment.
"I got one right in the top of the head. Hopefully you guys won't be able to see a nice knot up here. But he threw a nice one right on the top of my head. It was one of those things where I was kind of just waiting for the opportunity," he said.
Hunwick said his only previous fight was last season with Providence (AHL).


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A Mist Of Prophecies
St. Martin's, May 2002, 24.95, 288 pp. ISBN 0312271212 In 48 BC Rome is engaged in a great civil war with both sides led by a powerful warrior. Though the battles take place in the outer province of Thessaly, Rome is being drained by the war as inflation is running rampant and people are going into debt with barely enough money to eat. Gordianus the Finder finds himself besieged at every turn. He is worried about the debt to his bank...
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Simon & Schuster, Feb 2003, 24.00, 256 pp. ISBN 0743213661 Amethyst, Texas might no longer be home for Rue Dunwitty but going back to the small town makes her feel nostalgic. It is a peaceful place unlike San Francisco where she now lives. When she spots a poster asking if anyone has seen Dawn who has gone missing on the way to the Amethyst supermarket, she's shocked because things like that don't happen in her hometown. Rue is staying at he...
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Set in the Roman Republic, Gordinianus the Finder is hired by Cicero to find the killer of a Roman citizen. Cicero is currently defending the man's son who is accused of patricide and faces a horrible death. The trial and investigation takes place during the time when Sulla is dictator and Gordianus finds himself involved in events that are as dangerous politically as they are personally....
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St. Martin's, June 2004, 24.95, 288 pp. ISBN 0312271190 Gordianus the Finder and his beloved wife Bethesda are sailing from Rome to Alexandria both hoping that bathing in the Nile River will restore her to her health. An Egyptian by birth and sold into slavery, Bethesda knows exactly where she wants to bathe in the healing mystical Nile. When they reach the place next to a sacred shrine guarded by a priestess of Osiris, Bethesda leaves Gordianu...


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It's time to hit dealers with a very inconvenient truth. One I am sure you have heard before but maybe you weren't quite sure how to handle it. If you are a salesperson, don't take it personally.
There, I said it! Now before I go any further I should mention that there are exceptions to every rule. I have encountered people who work on the sales floor who do an exceptional job with the phones. You might be lucky and have one or two of these people on your sales team. But if you are like most dealerships I have worked in and mystery shopped in my career, your dealership is losing profits by the day over botched phone calls.
Now I wouldn't dare make such a bold claim without TONS of justification. I also wouldn't serve up such a huge problem for dealerships without offering up a solution that works.
By now you are probably a little rattled at what I am saying and you might even disagree. You have put your sales team through phone training, invested in them, you have communicated your expectations about how you want the phones to be handled, and you feel as though your sales people can be counted on to do things the right way. I am here to tell you that your sales people….MOST sales people ain't cutting it on the phones.
Training your sales associates on how to handle phone calls may improve things, but I can assure you that in most cases it isn't the best overall fix.
The long and short of the matter is that it's all about "END GAME". What is the desired end game for your sales people? How are dealerships nationwide set up to reward sales people? Simple. Your sales people get paid to sell cars. The "END GAME" for sales people is a customer driving away in their new vehicle. (The right answer to the question by the way for GREAT salespeople and what their end game is would be something along the lines of building relationships, getting repeat and referral business, etc. but that also isn't on most sales people's minds on a day to day basis the way it should be. That's another blog and another day.)
The end game for any inbound lead that isn't standing on your lot or showroom: internet, phone, fax, etc. should be to get them to be standing on your lot or showroom. Great dealerships are aware of this, but even the ones who realize it aren't all taking real strides in making it happen.
So by now you are wondering, "Allright Kid Car Business, what do you propose we do if the answer isn't training?" Quite simple really. I suggest you put someone else in charge of answering your phones!
This isn't to punish sales people. It isn't because your salespeople are bad. You might have bad salespeople, but this isn't because of their phone skills. Not in this day and age. Salespeople are driven to have a one track mind. It doesn't make them bad, it's just what business dictates. It's what their pay check dictates!
Sales people want to deliver a car. The person you have answering your phones should want to deliver a customer!
That's it! That's my secret! Salespeople are trying to sell cars. The people you have handling inbound leads should be trying to sell…are you ready?…APPOINTMENTS!
This has probably been the single, most important advice I have received in my career managing Internet Sales and setting up BDC's. "Sell the appointment, not the car." You have heard this before. We all know we can't sell a car over the phone. So why do we have our sales people on the front lines trying to find out things like credit, budget, down payment, etc. and virtually talking people OUT of coming into the dealership vs. reducing stress and inviting them in? The questions are OK, but the timing is all off. You see, what you need to do is position yourself to have that conversation at the appropriate time. If you choose to do this before your client visits the showroom, chances are your client won't visit the showroom.
BDC's or one-person Internet Departments work best when the people staffing them are rewarded for and trained to set appointments…not try to sell cars over the phone. Your sales people for the most part are conditioned to qualify, learn about credit, discuss price and payments and even ask financial questions that probe too deep for a phone call that ends in a set appointment. Remember, all we want from the phone call is the chance to sell them on the idea that our place should be the first and last word in their car buying experience.
While your customers might think that they are shopping a price on a new car, what they are really shopping for is the person and place that they want to do business with. It isn't hard, MOST places don't have it figured out and will talk the customer OUT of coming in. You want your place to stand out on the phones and internet now more than ever. Especially in a time when the ability to produce traffic is what will help you dominate your competition.
My suggestion on how to address this is to start small and expand as quickly as you can. A BDC (That's Business Development Center) can be staffed with 2 or 3 people. For most stores this is enough to effectively handle all of the inbound phone calls, e-mails, and internet requests in a professional manner and cover all of your business hours. The department will reward you with more customers standing in your showroom, more service appointments, and more revenue! Provide them with an effective system for managing leads, a variety of lead sources (you can add more as you grow), train them on how to handle the calls and leads effectively for maximum appointments, and watch your business grow!
If you need help setting up your BDC or Internet Department, call me right away!


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Crash on I-43 near Mequon Road cleared
Crash on I-43 near Mequon Road cleared
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A crash has blocked a lane of Interstate 43 near Mequon.
The left lane of southbound I-43 is being blocked by emergency vehicles just south of Mequon Road.
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office said a collision between a tractor trailer and another vehicle occurred around 8:30 a.m., and the vehicles ended up on the left-hand shoulder.
Deputies have not yet commented on the nature of the crash or if there are any injuries.
The scene was cleared around 8:55 a.m. and all lanes of traffic were opened.


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The Delaware Department of Transportation is asking motorists in Sussex County to avoid driving until the rainstorm subsides, as water on many roads is creating potentially hazardous conditions.
The Delaware Department of Transportation is asking motorists in Sussex County to avoid driving until the rainstorm subsides, as water on many roads is creating potentially hazardous conditions.
If you must drive, please do so with caution.
DelDOT is reporting downed trees, flooding and road closures throughout Sussex County due to today's heavy rain.
Trees are down at:
34397 Rickards Road in Frankford
Camp Arrowhead Road at South Drive in Lewes.
Road flooding has been reported at:
Route 24 eastbound west of Longneck Rock
Old Landing Road between Route 1 and Airport Road
Route 1 northbound between Route 26 and the Indian River Inlet Bridge
Indian Mission Road at Beaver Dam Road in Millsboro
Holly Lake Road at Route 24
Route 26 at Towne Center
Lighthouse Road at London Avenue
Main Street at Warrington Street
Route 20 between Route 26 and Dagsboro Road
U.S. Route 113 at Nine Foot Road
Holts Landing Road at Ellis Lane
Hollymount Road at Karma Lane
Hollyville Road at Route 24
Hardscrabble Road at Shortly Road
Route 113 and Route 9
The following roads are closed:
>> Lighthouse Road at Sand Cove Road in Selbyville is closed due to storm erosion.
>> Falling Point Road at Cow Hoon Road in Dagsboro is closed due to the road bucking.
>> Woodland Avenue at Briar Court in Georgetown is closed due to an accident and flooding.
>> Holly Lake Rd between Phillip Branch at Route 24 is closed due to a foot of water flooding the roadway.
>> Banks Harbor Retreat in Ocean View is closed.
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for eastern Sussex County till 5:15 p.m. Locations at risk include, but are not limited to, Long Neck, Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach.
The NSW Doppler radar indicated that rainfall amounts up to four inches and more is expected.
Motorists are urged to not drive in flooded areas, as nearly half of all flash flood fatalities are auto-related. Driving in a flooded area can also cause serious damage to automobiles.
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:58 am
Post subject: Some recipes from our kitchen...
I'm going to start this thread to add a few recipes of our own here. Some are handed down from family history and some are variations of those we come across in various magazines, books, web sites, etc.
Hopefully Michael will try a couple and add anything he likes. Otherwise, anyone else who tries them, I welcome feedback.
With autumn upon us, my wife is eager for me to make her favorite recipe in the world....Butternut Squash Soup with Curry and Shitake Mushrooms.
Easy recipe...war and delicious.
1 butternut squash - halved lengthwise
1 garlic bulb, peeled, cloves halved
1 cup shitake mushrooms (fresh, or dried mushrooms soaked for 20 minutes)
1 tbsp curry powder
4 12 oz. cans of chicken broth (I use low sodium and salt to taste)
crushed black pepper to taste
kosher salt to taste
Scoop seeds from halves of butternut squash.
Generously spray exposed halves of squash with Pam Butter Flavored Cooking Spray (TM), or use any olive oil or butter of your choice...my wife is very "cooking fat" conscious.
Add halved cloves of garlic to each pit of the squash.
Grill over hot coals or flame for 20-30 minutes or until meat of squash is tender when poked with a fork. (You can bake also, but I don't have time or temp suggestions for you. Probably at least 400 deg. until tender.)
Slice shitake mushrooms into thin strips. I sautee them in olive oil for just a few minutes. You can add them to the soup raw if you like.
Once squash is cooked, scoop meat and garlic cloves into a blender or food processor. Add about a 2 cups of broth, or enough to puree the mixture until smooth. (depending on the size of your squash and food processor/blender, this may take 2-3 times to puree all squash)
Add puree to a large pot. Add curry and broth (if you like your soup thicker or thinner, adjust the amount of chicken broth you use).
Stir in mushrooms and add salt & pepper to taste.
For decoration, you can serve with a couple slices of red bell pepper, roasted red pepper, or a dollop of sour cream. I just add a dash of paprika on the top for appearance.
This is a warm fulfilling soup that appeals to those who are concerned with eating healthy too. I'm a fan of butter and cream, but I find dishes my wife will enjoy with her strict diet, and I enjoy cooking and eating.
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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:28 pm
Post subject: Baja style Ceviche
One of the bonuses to marrying into a Mexican family!
My wife makes a very simple Americanized version of Baja Ceviche. Good for you and tasty!
6 roma tomatoes, diced
½ - ¾ white onion, finely chopped
2 jalepeños, finely chopped
2 tablespoons minced garlic (or 1tsp garlic powder)
¼ - ½ cup cilantro, chopped (to taste)
12 ounces (or 2 cups) imitation crab meat, diced
9 limes, juiced
dash of salt
Basically, just dice and mix everything and add enough lime juice to keep the entire mixture very wet. I like to add other seafoods (shrimp, scallops, tilapia, squid, mussels, etc.) but the immitation crab is cheap and easy to get. Sometimes I'll even add a few dashes of jalapeno sauce to spice it up more. Depends on how much heat you like.
Serve with tortilla chips, tostadas, pita chips, or eat with a spoon.
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A little frittata off the cuff for dinner tonight...
My son (almost 2 now) is not a fan of eggs, so I've been trying different ways to get him to eat them. Here's tonight's recipe, inspired by many recipes found on the American Egg Board web page:
6 large eggs
1 small handful of green olives, stuffed with pimiento, drained and sliced
1 tsp of minced garlic
2-3 oz. of goat cheese (mine was rolled in herbs)
1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 thinly sliced roasted red pepper (jar or fresh)
grated parmesan cheese
Heat olive oil in non-stick skillet and add goat cheese. While cheese softens, beat 6 eggs in a mixing bowl. Beat in garlic and sliced olives. Add egg mixture to skillet with goat cheese and mix. Stir while heating over medium heat, similar to scrambling. When mixture is almost fully cooked, but still very moist, lay strips of roasted red pepper across the top and sprinkle generously with parmeson cheese. Move skillet to the broiler and broil until fully cooked and color turns slightly golden. Remove, plate, let sit for 3 minutes and slice into pie slices.
If you're using a skillet with a plastic handle, wrap the handle in 2 coats of aluminum foil before putting in the broiler. It won't be in there long enough to melt.
This came out light and fluffy with a rich savory flavor. Wife and son both loved it!
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A plane has skidded into a snow bank at an upstate New York airport and become stuck, temporarily stranding passengers.
A spokesman for the Albany County Airport Authority says there were no injuries.
GoJet Airlines flight 3645 was leaving the gate in Albany en route to Chicago on Saturday when it slid off a paved roadway. It had been snowing lightly all day. The flight was operating as a United Express flight.
The 66 passengers and four crew members were sent back to the airport by bus.
Airport authority spokesman Doug Myers says the accident didn't cause any other airport delays. The plane was removed from the snow bank. A GoJet spokesman says the aircraft will remain in Albany and undergo a full inspection by maintenance crews.


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Jordan, is it possible to have this feature added?
Sometimes I would like to know which topics I've posted in so that I can come back to them and make a further reply.
As more topics are added it gets difficult to remember which ones I've replied to (grey matter declining here).


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|Symphony No.1 in E Flat Major, K16
|Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major, Op.15
|Symphony No.41 in C Major, K551
|Gábor Takács-Nagy Music Director
|Martha Argerich Piano
Manchester Camerata and legendary pianist, Martha Argerich, are reunited for the first time since their remarkable performance at MIF 2013, for a programme which includes works by Mozart and Beethoven. Gabor Takacs-Nagy has called Martha Argerich 'both a poet and a tiger on stage' and her performance with Camerata in Manchester drew accolades from many critics, include Hilary Finch from The Times, who described it as 'one of the best performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 that I've heard in my life'. The Concerto is reprised here in Bologna alongside Mozart's first and last symphonies, the latter, named 'Jupiter' being one of his most loved by audiences around the world.
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"On This Day in MMA History" pays tribute to some of the more bizarre and infamous moments from MMA's past. Four years ago today, on February 6th, 2010, UFC 109: Relentless took place, featuring Mark Coleman's final appearance in the UFC, Matt Serra's final victory in the UFC…and an Octagon ice spill that will forever live in infamy. The following post was published on CagePotato three days later.
Those of you who missed the Spike TV broadcast of the Melvin Guillard-Ronnys Torres fight at UFC 109 didn't just miss a very close three-round scrap, you also missed a chance to see Joe Rogan flip out over something besides marijuana, locker room meat-gazers, or the craziness of space. I refer now, of course, to an ice spill in the Octagon.
It's no one's fault, really, except maybe the person who decided to use a cheap grocery store produce bag in Torres's corner. The thing comes apart at the most inopportune time, and the result is a group of grown men trying frantically to clean up a large pile of ice while Rogan yells at them and a packed arena boos their efforts.
The difficulty these men (or, as Rogan refers to them, "the goddamn Three Stooges") have in this task just goes to show how much more difficult everything becomes in a high-pressure situation. Try unlocking your front door while someone yells at you about what an incapable moron you are, or clean up broken eggs on the kitchen floor as your emotionally unstable girlfriend stands nearby and refers to the situation as "a disaster." Then maybe you'll understand.


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Dilbert principle
The Dilbert principle refers to a 1990s theory by Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams stating that companies tend to systematically promote their least competent employees to management (generally middle management), to limit the amount of damage they are capable of doing.
In the Dilbert strip of February 5, 1995, Dogbert says that "leadership is nature's way of removing morons from the productive flow". Adams himself explained,[1]
I wrote The Dilbert Principle around the concept that in many cases the least competent, least smart people are promoted, simply because they're the ones you don't want doing actual work. You want them ordering the doughnuts and yelling at people for not doing their assignments—you know, the easy work. Your heart surgeons and your computer programmers—your smart people—aren't in management. That principle was literally happening everywhere.
Adams explained the principle in a 1995 Wall Street Journal article.[2] Adams then expanded his study of the Dilbert principle in a 1996 book of the same name, which is required or recommended reading at some management and business programs.[3][4][5][6] In the book, Adams writes that, in terms of effectiveness, use of the Dilbert principle is akin to a band of gorillas choosing an alpha-squirrel to lead them. The book has sold more than a million copies and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 43 weeks.
Adams' presentation of the principle is satirical—facetious but also addressing a real-world concern.
Comparative principles[edit]
The Dilbert principle is comparable to the Peter principle. As opposed to the Dilbert principle, the Peter principle assumes that people are promoted because they are competent, and that the tasks higher up in the hierarchy require skills or talents they do not possess. It concludes that due to this, a competent employee will eventually be promoted to, and then remain at, a position at which he or she is incompetent. In his book, The Peter Principle, Laurence J. Peter explains "percussive sublimation", the act of kicking a person upstairs (i.e., promoting him to management) to get him out of the way of productive employees.
The Dilbert principle, by contrast, assumes that hierarchy just serves as a means for removing the incompetent to "higher" positions where they will be unable to cause damage to the workflow, assuming that the upper echelons of an organization have little relevance to its actual production, and that the majority of real, productive work in a company is done by people lower in the power ladder. Unlike the Peter principle, the promoted individuals were not particularly good at any job they previously held, so placing them in a supervisory position is a way to quietly remove them from the workforce without actually firing them, rather than a reward for meritorious service. An earlier formulation of this effect was known as Putt's Law.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Funny Business" (PDF). BizEd. November–December 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ Adams, Scott. "Manager's journal: The Dilbert principle." Wall Street Journal [New York, N.Y.] 22 May 1995, Eastern edition: A12. Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Project Management Case Studies" (PDF). Haas School of Business. University of California, Berkeley. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ "Readings for CSCI 3308 - Software Engineering Methods and Tools". University of Colorado Boulder. March 16, 2001. Archived from the original on September 22, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ "Syllabus - SW Project Mgt - CSE5315 - 1998". Archived from the original on February 20, 2003. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ "EM 501 Management of Organizations". Washington State University. 2000. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams, HarperBusiness (1996) ISBN 0-88730-858-9.


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Store Apprentice
- Recruiter
- Aldi Stores
- Location
- Burntwood
- Salary
- From £5.52 to £8.02 per hour
- Posted
- 20 Sep 2017
- Closes
- 30 Sep 2017
- Sector
- Hair & Beauty
- Contract Type
- Full Time
One thing is certain if you're accepted as a Store Apprentice – you'll never be bored.It's a really fast paced environment. The team is fairly small, so if you're not contributing it will soon show. And you get to learn something new every day in a company that thrives on being different.As someone who wants to get stuck in and make things happen, you'll find all that adds up to an exciting challenge. And since there's always loads of support from everyone around you, ranging from the management team to other store assistants, you'll never feel like you're struggling.Balancing theory with practical store work, you'll be expected to work hard and to put some real effort in each day. But it's very rewarding, the time will zoom by and the prospects for a brilliant future have probably never been better, with new Aldi stores opening all the time.
This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/75965451
This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/75965451


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PARIS (AP) — Mercedes pleaded Thursday for leniency from the governing body of motorsport, saying it deserves no more than minor punishment for taking part in tire-testing that rival Formula One teams howled was unfair.
Lawyers for Mercedes, tire manufacturer Pirelli and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) rifled through thick binders of evidence as they debated back and forth at an all-day disciplinary tribunal hearing in Paris.
A thrust of the FIA's argument was that the 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) of private tire testing with Pirelli in May in Barcelona offered an advantage to Mercedes that other teams didn't get. F1 bans the use of current-season cars for track tests.
In response, Mercedes portrayed itself as having done a service to the whole of F1, because by offering up its car and drivers, it was helping Pirelli make its tires safer.
The tire manufacturer, for its part, outright rejected the FIA's case, calling the charges against it "totally inadmissible."
Immediately at stake was whether Mercedes and Pirelli would be sanctioned. A longer-term worry for F1 was whether the case risked antagonizing two big players in the sport — the German auto manufacturer that also supplies engines to other F1 teams and Pirelli, which supplies all of the tires for motorsport's premier series.
"Pirelli cannot accept and will not accept that its image and the quality of its products and its credibility be tarnished because of a case which is not admissible and which is unfounded," lawyer Dominique Dumas, speaking for the manufacturer, told the panel of four judges and a hearing president.
For the FIA, lawyer Mark Howard said Pirelli trialed a variety of tires, organized the test and paid for the Barcelona circuit. But Mercedes' 2013 car, driven by current drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, was used and this offered an advantage to the German team, Howard argued. The testing could have provided Mercedes with potentially valuable information about its cars and their reliability, he said.
"They have been enabled to do something which the other teams have not done," he said. "By testing the Mercedes car for three days, the 2013 car, with the current drivers and the current engineers, Mercedes may be said to have obtained an unfair advantage."
"Clearly there was data that was available to Mercedes," Howard reasoned. "It is difficult to say that Mercedes gained no benefits from the test."
Howard noted that Mercedes has suffered with the wear and failures of Pirelli tires this season. That has given a comparative performance advantage to other teams, he said. To preserve that advantage, those teams might have objected in advance about the Mercedes test had they known about it, he suggested. Red Bull and Ferrari protested about the test after it happened.
Mercedes lawyer Paul Harris insisted the German team got no sporting advantage, not least because they didn't know what tires Pirelli had put on their car. He argued these were purely and simply Pirelli tests: "They did it all, they were in charge of it all."
He also suggested the tests were warranted to help Pirelli improve the safety of its tires that have shed chunks of rubber, disintegrated on occasion, and faced criticism from some drivers this season.
"Our motivation was safety," he said. "We should actually be applauded for having that as our motivation."
Any rules-breach by Mercedes "is, in the scheme of things, a minor infringement," he argued. "If there is to be any sanction, then it has to be a minor one."
Harris suggested nothing more serious than a reprimand, a suspended sanction or, at most, preventing Mercedes from joining other F1 teams when they run their cars in July at a three-day test for young drivers.
The hearing president, Edwin Glasgow, promised the FIA tribunal's decision by Friday.
Harris also spoke at length about tests Ferrari conducted last year and this year with Pirelli, but wasn't charged for by the FIA. His suggestion appeared to be of double-standards. Ferrari driver Felipe Massa drove in at least one of the Italian team's tests with Pirelli, and they ran "significantly more" than 1,000 kilometers, he said.
"If we did these nefarious things to the fundamental principles (of sporting fairness) it cannot be the case that Ferrari didn't also do them," Harris said.
Howard, for the FIA, called the Ferrari test "a complete red herring." The FIA said it did look into a Pirelli tire test involving Ferrari in Barcelona in April. But FIA President Jean Todt, who worked for Ferrari from 1993 to 2009, closed that case. The FIA said the Italian team used its 2011 car for the test, which didn't violate the ban on current cars being used for track testing.
Harris, however, said 2011 and 2013 cars are very similar, the performance differences "miniscule."
"They haven't even been charged by the FIA," he said of Ferrari. "It is not fair, we respectfully suggest, to treat us in a disproportionate manner different to Ferrari. It would send completely the wrong message out to the sport and to the wider world."
Another bone of contention was whether Mercedes got prior approval for the test from the FIA. The team insisted that it did — from Charlie Whiting, a veteran FIA executive who directs the running of F1 races, backed by the FIA's legal department. Howard, however, said Whiting's opinion wasn't binding and that he wasn't the right person to authorize such a test.
Howard said none of the other F1 teams were invited to the testing and none were aware it was taking place.
"If Pirelli and Mercedes had been transparent and open about what was going on" other teams would have been able to say beforehand if they objected, he said.
Harris, for Mercedes, conceded: "We can see now with the benefit of hindsight how other teams may have become suspicions."
He acknowledged that Rosberg and Hamilton were asked to wear black helmets, masking their identity, for the testing. Mercedes now regrets that "and we apologize for that," Harris said.
"That was not the smartest move, and I can see that, and we take that on the chin."


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For more information about National Park Service air resources, please visit https://www.nature.nps.gov/air/.
Studies and Monitoring
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (NP), North Dakota, has its own unique environmental concerns based on its particular ecology. Click on the tabs below to access air quality monitoring information and to review key scientific references at Theodore Roosevelt NP.
- Studies & Projects
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- Key References
Regional oil and gas development, as well as nearby mining operations, power generating facilities, and agriculture, contribute to the formation of ozone and haze, sulfur and nitrogen deposition, and deposition of toxic air contaminants (e.g. mercury) at Theodore Roosevelt NP. While sulfur emissions from these sources are projected to decrease because of requirements under the Clean Air Act, nitrogen emissions, particularly from oil and gas production, are projected to increase over time (WRAP 2005). Air quality monitoring in the park is important for assessing these impacts. find data »
Air quality monitoring information and data access:
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|Wet deposition NADP/NTN
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CASTNet: EPA Clean Air Status and Trends Network
GPMP: Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring Program
IMPROVE: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments
NADP: National Atmospheric Deposition Program
NPS: National Park Service
NTN: National Trends Network
VIEWS: Visibility Information Exchange Web System
For more information regarding monitoring and data assessments conducted by the National Park Service, link to the NPS Air Quality Monitoring Program or to the NPS Air Quality Monitoring History Database for a history of active and inactive monitoring sites at Theodore Roosevelt NP.
Key air quality related references from Theodore Roosevelt NP, North Dakota:
Bennett, J.P. and Wetmore, C.M. 2001. 16-year trends in elements of lichens at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota. Science of the Total Environment 263: 231–241.
Fenn, M.E., Haeuber, G.S., Tonnesen, J.S., Baron, J.S., Grossman-Clarke, S., Hope, D., Jaffe, D.A., Copeland, S., Geiser, L., Rueth, H.M., and Sickman, J.O. 2003. Nitrogen emissions, deposition and monitoring in the western United States. Bioscience 53: 391–403.
Gough, L.P., Peard, J.L., Severson, R.C., Jackson, L.L., Arbogast, B.F., Motooka, J.M., Snow, S., Engleman, E.E., and Bennett, J.P. 1985. Baseline elemental-composition of selected plants and soils, and assessment of airborne element contamination, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota. US Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Open-File Report 85–251.
[IMPROVE] Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments. 2010. Improve Summary Data. Available at http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/improve/Data/IMPROVE/summary_data.htm.
[NPS] National Park Service. 2010. Air Quality in National Parks: 2009 Annual Performance and Progress Report. Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/ARD/NRR-2010/266. National Park Service, Denver, Colorado. Available at https://www.nature.nps.gov/air/Pubs/pdf/gpra/AQ_Trends_In_ Parks_2009_Final_Web.pdf (pdf, 2.8 MB).
Pardo, L.H., Geiser, L.J. Goodale, C.L., Driscoll, C.T., Fenn, M., Allen, E. Baron, J., Bobbink, R., Bowman, B., Clark, C., Emmett, B., Gilliam, F., Greaver, T., Hall, S.J., Lilleskov, E.A., Liu, L., Lynch, J., Nadelhoffer, K, Perakis, S., Stoddard, J., Weathers, K. In press. Assessment of N deposition effects and empirical critical loads of N for ecoregions of the United States. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report.
Peterson, D.L., Sullivan, T.J., Eilers, J.M., Brace, S., Horner, D., Savig, K. and Morse, D. 1998. Assessment of air quality and air pollutant impacts in national parks of the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains. Chapter 7. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Report NPS/CCSOUW/NRTR-98/19. National Park Service, Air Resources Division, Denver, CO. Available at https://www.nature.nps.gov/air/
pdf/reviews/rm/RM7thro.pdf (pdf, 3.0 KB).
[WRAP] Western Regional Air Partnership. 2005. Haze Planning. Available at http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/
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BATON ROUGE, LA (WVUE) - Les Miles was true to his word with both quarterbacks playing Saturday against Wisconsin, but true freshman Brandon Harris saw just one series, three snaps that did not go so well.
Meanwhile, sophomore Anthony Jennings had his share of ups and downs, but in the end, Miles said it was Jennings who gave his Tigers the best chance to win. Jennings finished 9-21 for 239 yards passing and two touchdowns.
"The quarterback in my opinion functioned the offense, did the things that he was supposed to do," coach Les Miles said. "Hit the passes he was supposed to hit, threw it away when he was supposed to throw it away. If he continues to play like that, I think we will have a certain level of excellence at that spot. I think Brandon Harris is coming, we're not going to predetermine a lack of playing time for him, we're going to continue to bring him on, but it was obvious in that game that the opportunity for us to win certainly right now is to get Anthony Jennings comfortable in there and let him play."
Sophomore receiver Travin Dural added, "As you can see, they did put Brandin in, so we may do a two-quarterback system, I'm not sure how that's going to work."
Freshman wideout John Diarse says both quarterbacks will continue to play, "Like I said, anything can happen, and I look for Brandin to do the same things that Anthony did or even better. We expect great things out of both guys, I think we'll get that."
So expect Anthony Jennings to get his second straight start this Saturday against Sam Houston State in LSU's home opener, but look for the freshman Harris to see extended playing time in Death Valley.
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James Garrelts, 65 - August 15, 2007
James Lawrence Garrelts, 65, of Utah, formerly of Gothenburg, died Aug. 9, 2007.
Memorial services will be held on Friday, Aug. 17, at 11 a.m. at Myers Mortuary Chapel, 845 Washington Blvd., Ogden, UT, where the family will greet friends and family from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m.
A private interment will be held at Myers Evergreen Cremation Gardens.
Garrelts was born on July 28, 1942, at Gothenburg to Lawrence and Laura (Gronewold) Garrelts, the youngest of four children.
He graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1960.
On July 16, 1963, he was united in marriage to Virginia Lee Hood, who died in 1977.
Garrelts married Carol Ann Peterson on Aug. 26, 1999.
He owned and operated several landscaping companies in Nebraska and Utah. He retired from landscaping in 1999 and went into business making lodge-pole furniture until 2005.
Garrelts was generous with a quiet demeanor and enjoyed woodworking, landscaping, gardening, bowling, crafts and riding his trike, with a sense of humor, according to family members.
?He was preceded in death by: his parents, Lawrence and Laura; his first wife, Virginia in 1977.
?Survivors include: his wife, Carol; stepchildren—Bobby Fraga and Shawn Fraga; children and grandchildren—James M. Garrelts of Cedar City, UT, Mark (Maria) Garrelts and children Philip, Cory and Nikki of Simi Valley, CA, Mindy (Rich) Keller and children Curtis, Jeromy and Jayce of Brigham City, UT; sisters—Jeanette Kandler of Michigan, Glenda (Charles) Crate of Missouri and Carolyn (Larry) Gering of Nebraska; brother-in-law, Roger (Paula) Hood of Nebraska; 12 nieces and nephews.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at: www.myers-mortuary.com.
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Where: Design Automation Conference at Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco.
When: June 1-5, 2014
Why: Attendees can learn how ARM works with the ARM Connected Community to enable leading semiconductor vendors and OEMs with optimized ARM-based system-on-chips (SoCs) for a wide range of applications. Our experts will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate the latest ARM technology.
ARM Connected Community Partner Pavilion:
ARM at DAC:
The ARM Connected Community Step Challenge at DAC:
ARM-based processors power most of today's wearables and IoT devices, including the Fitbit. ARM and its partners will be taking part in a Fitbit Step Challenge during the conference. Follow the leaders on the ARM Connected Community and on ARM Social Media under the hashtag #ARMStepChallenge.
Notes to Editors:
ARM is at the heart of the world's most advanced digital products. Our technology enables the creation of new markets and transformation of industries and society. We design scalable, energy efficient-processors and related technologies to deliver the intelligence in applications ranging from sensors to servers, including smartphones, tablets, enterprise infrastructure and the Internet of Things.
Our innovative technology is licensed by ARM Partners who have shipped more than 50 billion System on Chip (SoCs) containing our intellectual property since the company began in 1990. Together with our Connected Community, we are breaking down barriers to innovation for developers, designers and engineers, ensuring a fast, reliable route to market for leading electronics companies. Learn more and join the conversation at http://community.arm.com.
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Most people getting their cholesterol checked may not need to fast beforehand, a new Canadian study suggests.
Researchers found the blood tests showed similar average total cholesterol and "good" HDL cholesterol readings, in particular, regardless of whether patients had eaten recently or avoided food for more than eight hours, as is typically recommended.
Eliminating the fasting requirement before cholesterol tests would be more convenient for patients and for labs, which often get slammed with tests in the morning when most fasting patients come in, researchers said.
"There are logistic challenges when you're going to get a fasting sample on everybody," said Dr. J. Michael Gaziano, who wrote a commentary accompanying the new study.
"It makes long lines and it makes long waiting times, and if that in any way discourages patients from having these tests done, then that's another downside," Gaziano, a preventive cardiologist at VA Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women's Hospital, told Reuters Health.
Requiring a fasting cholesterol test may also mean patients have to return for lab work after their initial appointment - and some may not come back, Gaziano pointed out.
For the new study, Dr. Davinder Sidhu and Dr. Christopher Naugler from the University of Calgary in Alberta analyzed cholesterol test results for more than 200,000 people who had most recently eaten anywhere from less than one hour to more than 16 hours earlier.
They calculated the average cholesterol levels at a given fasting time and found that both total cholesterol and HDL varied by less than two percent across the range of fasting durations.
Those numbers are typically the ones doctors use to help calculate patients' risk of heart problems and whether they should be on cholesterol-lowering statins.
"Bad" LDL cholesterol, on the other hand, varied by closer to 10 percent, and triglycerides by up to 20 percent, in relation to fasting time, the researchers reported Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
. That suggests certain patients - such as those with high triglycerides or with diabetes, which is linked to triglyceride and LDL levels - should continue to fast before the tests.
But that's the minority of people who have cholesterol checks done. For most, a non-fasting test would be "a reasonable alternative," the researchers reported.
Gaziano said patients can discuss with their doctors whether they really need to fast before their own cholesterol test, but it may take a while for non-fasting tests to become the norm.
Participants in Sidhu and Naugler's study were an average of 53 years old with an average total cholesterol of 183 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL).
Another commentary printed alongside the study noted that this is a relatively low-risk group, and fasting and non-fasting results may not be as similar for people with much higher cholesterol, for example. Total cholesterol less than 200 mg/dL is considered "desirable" by the American Heart Association.


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by Alfredo Zotti
Cut three large potatoes in halves and with a small spoon, carefully scoop out the potato flesh, leaving six potato shells with a bit of flesh and skin.
Squeeze with your hands the potato flesh that you have scooped out. You should see a real lot of water come out.
Place the flesh in a bowl and add some chopped walnuts, a clove of garlic, one very ripe banana, some parley, 1/2 grated turnip, 4 cherry tomatoes cut in halves, sea salt, pepper, one chili, some diced tofu, and some bread crumbs. Mix well.
Fill the potato shells with this mixture and place in a well-greased tray, with olive oil and a bit of water. Cover with foil and let cook for 20 minutes.
Uncover, taking away the foil, and let it cook for a further ten minutes without foil, till its brown on top.
Serve with rocket salad (olive oil and balsamic vinegar).
About the Author
As a sufferer with Bipolar 2 disorder, Alfredo Zotti decided, some 20 years ago, to attend university at the age of 30, knowing that knowledge is vital for people with mental illness. Ten years ago, he started to help sufferers online because he also realized that only by helping others can we truly understand the human condition. He also started to write a journal and found that writing this journal, in cooperation with other sufferers, made it possible for him to see mental illness from a totally different, positive perspective. Visit his blog http://www.alfredozotti.com/ to read his work.


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Ex-Va. teacher convicted of being drunk at school
Ex-Va. teacher convicted of being drunk at school
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. —
A former Virginia Beach teacher has been convicted of being drunk on school grounds.
Media outlets report that a General District Court judge found 28-year-old Jessica S. Snyder guilty of misdemeanor public intoxication on Wednesday.
Judge Pamela Hutchens ordered Snyder to pay a $200 fine.
School officials say Snyder was a French teacher at Plaza Middle School when she was charged Oct. 25. Police were called to the school after she fell in a hallway. She resigned the next day.


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MONTREAL - Transcontinental Inc. is buying Capri Packaging as it moves into plastic packaging under a diversification strategy aimed at offsetting declines in its traditional printing business and advertising softness in its media division.
The Montreal-based printing company announced the US$133-million acquisition of U.S.-based Capri on Tuesday after reporting net profit increased almost 10 per cent to $17.2 million in its fiscal first quarter despite a decline in revenue.
CEO Francois Olivier said the acquisition of Capri, which provides plastic packaging for cheese and fresh pasta, diversifies Transcontinental's holdings and will add to revenues.
"Printing is not a growth business and media is a transformation business," Olivier said after the company's annual shareholder meeting.
"Packaging for food is evolving, but there's no such thing as a digital transformation and there's growth every year."
Transcontinental is Canada's largest printer and publishes more than 30 magazines including Canadian Living and Elle Canada, as well as books and flyers. It has a network of community newspapers in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces and online portals such as AutoGo.ca and JobGo.ca, and is the owner of the Metro weekday daily in Montreal and co-owner of Metro Halifax.
The company also prints newspapers such as Montreal La Presse and the San Francisco Chronicle under contract.
Transcontinental is also the leading door-to-door distributor of advertising material such as grocery store flyers in Canada, with Publisac in Quebec and Targeo in the rest of the country.
Olivier said the company's printing expertise will help it succeed in the printed plastic packaging business by putting "ink on plastic instead of paper and finishing the product."
"The only thing we have to learn in the next couple of months and years is the raw material. Paper is very different from plastic."
Other companies such as Domtar also have diversified offerings as the Internet disrupts businesses models and consumers use less paper. The pulp and paper company now produces diapers and adult incontinence products.
Transcontinental could eventually make more acquisitions in the packaging business, said Olivier, noting the market is fragmented between big and small players.
"We're not in a rush to do that. We want to learn the business," he told analysts later on a conference call.
Capri Packaging is a division of Schreiber Foods Inc., a US$5-billion, employee-owned dairy located in Green Bay, Wis.
Under the deal, Transcontinental will acquire two plants in Clinton, Mo., which employ about 200 people and generate roughly US$72 million in annual revenue.
Schreiber Foods Inc. has signed a 10-year agreement with Transcontinental to secure Capri Packaging as a strategic supplier of its printed flexible packaging, which represents about 75 per cent of Capri's total revenues.
In Transcontinental's printing division, Olivier said the company recently signed contracts to print the Calgary Herald and the Vancouver Sun, owned by newspaper chain Postmedia Network.
In its media division, the advertising market has been soft for about the last five years, Olivier said, but the situation should start to improve over the next year.
Also on Tuesday, Transcontinental (TSX:TCL.A) announced it will increase its quarterly dividend by 10 per cent, bringing it to 16 cents per share and raising the annual dividend to 64 cents per share from 58 cents.
The company's revenues fell to $499.3 million from $525.6 million in same year-earlier quarter, due primarily to the soft advertising market.
Net earnings applicable to participating shareholders grew almost 10 per cent to $17.2 million or 22 cents per share from $15.7 million or 20 cents a year earlier, boosted by lower expenses but partially offset by higher income taxes compared with the first quarter of 2013.
Adjusted net earnings remained stable at $26.4 million, or 34 cents per share, as did adjusted operating earnings, at $43.5 million. The company attributed those results in part to changes to the company's cost structure and the positive impact of the loonie versus the U.S. dollar.
RBC Capital Markets analyst Haran Posner called Transcontinental's quarterly results "a little soft" but added that the acquisition of Capri Packaging was consistent with its goal of diversifying and using its experience in manufacturing.
Shares in Transcontinental closed down 53 cents or 3.52 per cent at $14.52 Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.


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It looks like we won't be seeing any 100-point games anytime soon this weekend. Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors announces that he will not play in the All-Star Game to rest his right knee which he aggravated in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge last night.
Curry will be replaced by Emmanuel Mudiay, who is unarguably the biggest snub in this year's ASG. Aside from points per game, Mudiay actually owns Curry in assists, rebounds, and steals.
With Mudiay joining in the West's Starting Five, there are now 3 Lakers in the starting lineup alone.
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Deer fat. That's the wax-like substance that lines the roof of your mouth after eating poorly prepared, half-cold venison steak or roast. But deer fat posseses great attributes when on a live deer. It is especially valuable in the northern portions of the whitetail's range.
Here, where winters are long, often brutally cold and the snow deep, deer need lots of calories to survive. Some of these calories they obtain from winter browse,
but most come from the deer's fat reserves. The layer of fat on a deer's body also has fine insulating qualities. Fat reserves start building up on deer
in the late summer months. The feeding done in spring and early summer is utilized for building up body losses resulting from the hardships of the previous winter.
The bearing does also need this feed for the birthing and feeding of their fawns. Nutritional demands of new-born fawns are great, yet the doe meeta them. Fawns of adult does who wintered well weigh about seven pounds at birth. If the doe is in good condition and on good feed, the fawn will double its weight in two weeks, and triple it within a month.
This rapid growth places much stress on the nursing doe and even if she is well-fed, she will lose weight through the first two months of summer. After that the
fawns, though still nursing to some degree, receive most of their nutrition from forage. Now the doe, if the feed is of good quality, will put on flesh and fat. Studies conducted in northern Michigan show that if fawns receive inadequate or marginal nutrition in autumn, growth stops or slows down.
Surprisingly, even these runty deer built up fat reserves. Growth gave way to the necessity of fat storage eseential for winter survival. Fat is concentrated energy. A small deer, with reserves of body fat, stands a good chance of living through a winter.
Adult bucks start losing weight during the rut. At this time, they drastically reduce their feeding. While their energy intake decreases, their activity and
energy expenditure greatly increase. Fat reserves are being utilized. This phenomena has been long recognized.
Diets of the English at the time of Henry IV (early 1400's) were short of fats and, therefore, even venison fat was appreciated. They held their deer seasons
when deer were "in the grease" and closed it before the rutting season.
Energy demands of deer vary with age and sex. In the fall, fawns put a lot of energy into growth, and bucks into the rut. Does, with the fawns essentially
weaned, go into the winter with the best accumulation of fat and, therefore, the best chance to survive a severe northern winter.
In the winter months, snow and bitter cold force deer to seek the shelter of dense evergreen swamps or wind protecting hills. At this time, their basic metabolic rate decreases and their food intake drops sharply. In fawns, it may be a 50 percent reduction even though good quality browse is available. Browse eaten by deer is digested poorly. Studies show that utilization is only at the twenty-five to fifty percent level, while fifty to eighty percent of summer foods are digested.
As said previously, deer would not survive the winter months without the availability of browse, but the fat reserves provide most of their required calories. In severe weather, deer normally spend more time in their beds, relying on their lower metabolic rates, hollow, highly insulative hair, and their fat for their needs. Browsing at such times would expose more of the body to the cold and the energy gained would not equal that lost. Most of the browsing in harsh weather occurs during the warmer daylight hours.
Deer can, and sometimes do, lose twenty-five to thirty percent of their body weight in a severe winter and still survive. Thus, an adult doe with a live weight of 120 pounds in November could weigh less than ninety pounds in the spring. If she was pregnant, chances are that the fawn or fawns would be born alive but would die soon after birth.
Such losses are usually caused by the weakness and smallness of the fawns, the mother's lack of milk, or by abandonment. Rarely are fawns aborted. Some of the does subjected to the rigors of a harsh winter will not become pregnant the following year. Fawns that enter a severe winter with little fat, yet live through it, may fail to ovulate or conceive the following fall or if they do conceive will have higher natal mortalities. Even older, hard-pressed does will have lower fawning rates.
It is the spring, summer and fall foods that allow deer to grow and accumulate fat reserves. Foods at these seasons of the year are largely succulents rather than woody browse. Grass, sedge, leaves of woody plants, agricultural crops, and ground cover forbs make up the diet. Diets change as the seasons progress and in the late summer and fall months grain, corn, fruits, acorns, beechnuts, and legumes become the choice deer foods. These, available in quantity, rich and easily digestable, build the fat which is so essential for the survival of wintering deer.
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A Summary of Discussions Held at the ALCTS Midwinter Symposium on January 15, 2010
Three Groups of Readings
Group 1: New Content, New Roles
The E-Memory Revolution by Jim Gemmell and Gordon Bell
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- Attention: A Twenty-First Century Literacy Skill by David M. Levy
- Between Now and 2020 ... by Stephen Rhind-Tutt
- Knowledge as a Network by David Weinberger
Group 2: Facilitating Collaborative Research & Scholarship
- Collaborate to Innovate by Meredith Farkas
- Library Renaissance by Susan Gibbons
- Slacker Libraries: Is Our Past, Our Future? by Thomas C. Leonard
- Scholarly Legitimacy by Dorothea Salo
Group 3: Library Structure and Infrastructure
- Library Futures by Peter Brantley
- In Defense of the Book by Daniel Greenstein
- Libraries Should Take Control of Library Technology by Lynne O'Brien
Five Groups of Discussants
- The Green Stars
- The Blue Dots
- The Red Dots
- The Green Dots
- The Red Stars
The Green Stars
The GREEN STARS agreed that the volume and kinds of information and data are proliferating as described by Gemmell and Bell in "The E-Memory Revolution." The networking of knowledge described by Weinberger in "Knowledge as a Network" also presents challenges. This increasing amount of information does require more time for "attention" to pause and reflect as described by Levy in "Attention: A Twenty-First Century Literacy Skill," along with the skill to process a lot of information more quickly. There needs to be a balance between the contemplative and the high- speed processing of information. Machines cannot determine quality and relevance for us as Rhind-Tutt points out in "Between Now and 2020..."
The human mind must engage with information in order to achieve knowledge and wisdom. Judgment must still be applied to the vast world of information. Both libraries and all of us as individuals have roles to play in curating and helping to evaluate content.
The Blue Dots
The BLUE DOTS felt that the subtext to some of the papers was the contrast between the work space realm and the personal realm: i.e., doing one's work as opposed to living one's life. We see three evolving roles re: the traditional flow of information:
- selection;
- organization;
- distillation.
Our role is to provide access as needed through all three. There is nothing wrong with traditional functions/services, as long as we actively embrace new methods of doing those things. Perhaps the meta-theme is focus.
We will be forced to outsource some things because we will need to shift our resources to new economic models. Value does not lie in content per se, but in how we "unleash" the content. We confer legitimacy by distributing, not by acquiring.
The book-centric orientation has to go. Libraries would previously try to collect as broadly as possible, but could never hope to be completely comprehensive. The power of the curator—in what is pruned—is frequently more valuable now.
The Red Dots
The RED DOTS agreed that there is an emerging new model that will depend prominently on common and open formats, software, and services. In that environment, our roles will be focused on coordinating, facilitating, monitoring the market, and building all of this into an immersive technology environment.
The success of this emerging model will require:
- new economic models;
- copyright reforms (in order to overcome obstacles for reproduction and sharing);
- an orderly transition (including how to dispose of all our books in useful ways).
We also believe that there will need to be more models than just the access-based digital model that seems to be the current favorite. In particular, we believe that there will be some continuing need for ownership models in order to ensure flexibility and economic and content security. We need to support our special collections appropriately, since those define our distinctiveness.
The Green Dots
The GREEN DOTS concurred that there is a massive increase in the amount of available information, and that there are many more avenues, besides libraries, available to users for finding information. As a consequence, user expectations have changed and are continuing to change. These changes make questionable what roles libraries will play in delivering, organizing, and guiding our users to the information they need.
Librarians used to vet knowledge and information; we provided "the best." Now it is all out there and available. Librarians need, therefore, to model serving not as gate keepers, but as guides—building upon our skill at developing and providing structures for organizing metadata and information so that it can be efficiently accessed. And, we must continue creating both spaces and strategies for reflection and contemplation.
The Red Stars
The RED STARS felt that the first group of readings called for a shift in library mantras from "access" to "connection." Though the librarian retains a role as a gatekeeper working to provide access, s/he must not give up her/his traditional role of vetting information. As access continues to move toward "total recall" of undifferentiated information, the librarian will serve an ever-more important role as guide through information structures, providing "access as needed." More information does not always help; the librarian can help refocus and bring stillness by guiding users through processes to filter information.
These readings also brought to the group's attention that more and more, life is lived in snippets.
The second group of readings made shifting paradigms obvious, including:
- collaboration vis-à-vis flexibility;
- interoperability vis-à-vis the dominance of a single system;
- customized sharing;
- face-to-face vis-à-vis online contact.
The paradigm of a collection being physical must also be re-evaluated. New models for collections are needed as electronic resources play a larger role. As they do, we will be forced to recognize the potentially widening gap between "haves" and "have-nots." In physical terms, we need to acknowledge that a library is not just a book warehouse. Instead, the importance of the "library as place" and of the "personal touch" must be recognized. Smart websites and social networks cannot replace libraries completely. Finally, we realized that our spending trends legitimize the value of new resources. As we move away from the paradigm that everything should be online and free, we will need to consider the implications of our spending.
Our take-away from the third group of readings is that collaboration takes more time. As we deal with changing structure and infrastructure, the library needs "rabble rousers." We need to make the time to move away from the ruinously expensive idiosyncratic development that we've experienced lately. We need to break away from institutional momentum and honestly answer the question "Why do we do what we do?" This will require open dialogues with everyone who interacts with the library (especially important are vendors and even our own IT departments). New models of copyright and ownership will require us to reconsider the relationship between finding aids and the materials themselves. If we commit to collaboration, though, we can "Do what we dream."
In considering the implications of the readings in three dimensions, we recommend:
- For the good of Our Institutions: Stop being reactionary! Find idiosyncrasies that we are willing to give up in order to increase consortial involvement.
- For the good of the Association: Survival is too low a bar! Help us create the infrastructure for more collaboration.
- For the good of the Profession: Focus on "soft skills." Provide training on flexibility, empathy, and managing (especially managing change).


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Religion e-books at Cornell University
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology (Vol.2)
This extraordinary and scarce work by Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918), a professor and co-founder of Cornell University, is a unique study of the progress of humankind under two duelling forces: theology and science. White traces the evolution of human thought through a series of contrasts of ancient and modern theories of the world to show the impact of scientific research on the outmoded attitude of biblical literalism. Taking in an enormous range of subjects--including geography, astronomy, geology, chemistry, physics, medicine, psychology and economics--White illustrates the victory of empiricism over superstition, of scientific method and 'reason' over fundamentalism.
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Interested in playing in centennial park in evenings after 7 pm and on weekends anytime ?
Let me know.
would you like to play some tennis this year? i havent played in a long time, i think it should be fun. i can drive to the courts in elkridge.
Hello. I was looking for someone who can play in Ellicott City/Columbia area weekday early evenings or weekend mornings. I do play in Centennial Park and Cedar Lane courts on occassion. Hoping to get some tennis in before it gets too cold.
Sorry Kay, the friend thing limits the amount of text I can type. The matches are mainly on Saturdays with some Sundays. The league is a 3.5 league so I'll leave it up to you if you think you'd want to play. I'm not sure what to expect myself.
The format of each match is; men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and then two mixed doubles matches. Right now we have three men and two women on the team but that's not enough people if you account for injuries and vacations and whatnot. We definitely need more women and I recalled seeing you liked to play Saturdays in Rockville.
Matches are played next to Rockville at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda. Our first match is July 9 @ 5pm. Stop by if interested. We may need to put you in the lineup right then and there! :)
I was first planning to go to the Naval Hospital Courts. You can not go into the base unless you are active duty.
There are courts near the Giants. There is a middle school pass Giants opposite side. There are courts there. Faces Old Georgetown rd. I am leaving the house now. I will not be near a computer. Please call me at 240-755-2795, if you want to play. Thanks.
Sorry did not mean to offend you. Your previous email gave me that address. We can meet at Old George Town Rd Giant store. Is this ok?
Thanks for the reply. The hotel address is 7740 Wisconsin Av., I can meet in front of the hotel. Yes it is going to be hot. Do you want to make it later in the day around 5.00 pm. How will I recognize you? I will be driving a black sports car.
Thanks for the response 2-3 is fine. We can go to the Naval Courts in Bethesda. Where will I meet you? My cell is 240-755-2795
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Famed New York painter Chuck Close and other artists are suing Sotheby's, Christie's and eBay, contending the auctioneers willfully violated a California law requiring royalty payments on sales of their works.
The three federal suits filed Tuesday seek class-action status to represent many other artists and demand unspecified royalties and damages _ which could total hundreds of thousands of dollars given current art prices.
The suits were filed on behalf of Close _ best known for his enormous photorealistic paintings _ along with Los Angeles artist Laddie John Dill, and the estate of late sculptor Robert Graham. Graham's works include the ceremonial gate for the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that was commissioned for the 1984 Olympics and features nude statues modeled on some of the athletes.
A foundation of late California painter Sam Francis also is named as a plaintiff in the suits against Christie's and eBay Inc.
The Los Angeles Daily Journal first reported some of the suits.
The 1977 California Resale Royalties Act grants artists or their estates 5 percent of the proceeds from resale of their works if the sale is made in California or the seller is a resident. The law applies only to original paintings, drawings, sculpture or glasswork by living artists or those who have been dead for less than 20 years.
The lawsuits contend the auctioneers engaged in a "pattern of conduct" intended to conceal that the sale or seller was in California.
"We believe that we have meaningful defenses to the claims asserted and they will be vigorously defended," Sotheby's said in a statement Thursday.
"Although Christie's has yet to be served with the complaint, it views the California Resale Royalties Act as subject to serious legal challenges. Christie's looks forward to addressing these issues in court," the company said in a statement.
An email seeking comment from eBay was not immediately returned.


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The playoffs are here, and while most of us were hoping to meet Russia for the gold medal, meeting them in the quarter-final won't lessen the intensity, excitement or nervousness.
I don't think last night's victory over Germany will have much of an impact on tonight's game, except maybe for Rick Nash now that he has finally scored an Olympic goal. These two teams wanted to play each other and tonight we will have the pleasure of watching what could be the game of the tournament.
It starts with Crosby v. Ovechkin
While these two have a healthy respect for one another, they aren't friends away from the game. I think it's great that these two are so competitive that they just can't be friends. It irks me to no end when I see the great players laughing, smiling and joking around with each other prior to a game.
Crosby and Ovechkin didn't even joke around with each other when they played for the East in the all-star game. So you know that both of them will be ready for tonight, but with so many stars on the ice I don't see these two dominating the game like they did when Washington and Pittsburgh battled three weeks ago and they combined for five goals.
Both of them will be a factor, but I think it will come down to who has the best supporting cast. Eric Staal looked great last night alongside Crosby , while Ovechkin has Evgeni Malkin. Toss in Jarome Iginla and Alex Semin and the some would say they are equal, but Iginla has five goals in the tourney—granted they came against Norway and Germany —while Semin doesn't have a goal yet.
The San Jose trio looked decent again last night, but I'm still skeptical that Joe Thornton can elevate his emotion in a big game. His skill set has never been the problem; it is the emotional part of his game that has let him down. Ilya Kovalchuk doesn't have a point since the first game of the tourney when the Russians crushed Latvia 8-2. In fact you could argue that the KHL forwards, Danis Zaripov, Sergei Zinovyev and Alexei Morozov have been a better supporting cast to date than the Kovalchuk, Datsyuk connection.
The Russians definitely have some scary fire power, but if Kovalchuk and Datsyuk aren't a factor tonight I don't see them winning. Canada has a big advantage on the back end. Andrei Markov, Sergei Gonchar, Fedor Tyutin, Anton Volchenkov and Denis Grebeshkov don't match up to Duncan Keith, Drew Doughty, Shea Weber, Scott Niedermayer and Dan Boyle. And while the Human Rake has struggled, I'd still take him and Brent Seabrook over the three KHL D-men, Dmitri Kalinin, Ilya Nikulin and Konstantin Korneev.
It is fair to wonder if Roberto Luongo can win the pressure game, but Evgeni Nabokov has only taken the Sharks to the third round of the playoffs once so is he that much more proven?
If this was a seven game series I'd confidently pick Canada in six, but in a one game scenario it is much harder to call. One bad goal, bad penalty, bad pinch, missed open net or a lucky or unlucky break can be the difference. Canada clearly has the crowd advantage and I think that will be the deciding factor. Canada Place will be bedlam tonight, and unless Russia gets off to an early lead I think the crowd can energize Canada throughout the game.
The five things that need to happen for Canada to win:
1. The San Jose trio has to be a factor. Thornton and Patrick Marleau need to be emotionally invested in the game. Use their size to wear down the defence.
2. The energy line of Mike Richards, Brendan Morrow and Jonathon Toews need to by physical early. Be momentum changers with hits and a good cycle down low.
3. Roberto Luongo needs to be steady, not spectacular. Don't give up a weak goal.
4. Drew Doughty continues to play like he is a ten-year veteran. The kid's maturity and poise has been unbelievable.
5. If Joannie Rochette gives the pre-game speech. They should show her routine from last night to the players. It was inspirational to see her perform so well, and set a career high in scoring only three days after her mother passed away. If that doesn't motivate the boys to win, nothing will.
Five things that need to happen for Russia to win:
1. Luongo forgets to sharpen his skates and can't stand up in the crease.
2. It doesn't matter, because they won't win.
3. This is our game, in our country and we will end our eight game losing streak v. Russia at the Olympics TONIGHT.
4. It doesn't matter, because they won't win.
5. They lace our water bottles with Vodka.
Paint your face, cheer your ASS off and around 8:10 MST you can relax in your chair after Canada scores an empty net goal to cement the victory. I'm calling 5-3 Canada with an empty netter, in what will be an electrifying hockey game. The rollercoaster of emotions will make this game even better. I suspect you will be filled with joy, pain, fear and elation throughout the game.
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The new site has an easy-to-navigate product guide that also includes product "pop-ups" that show features, benefits, and common uses. There is a Spanish catalog, as well as the Computing Bucket Elevator Capacity Form. In the 'News' section, there is a short animated movie showing how a common U.S.-fabricated steel bucket is affected by an impact and how a CC-HD polyethylene bucket is affected by the same impact.
Plans are in the works to add French language catalog PDFs to accommodate Tapco's international customers and prospects.
Tapco Inc. stocks more than 900,000 elevator buckets in 60 sizes and over 12 million bolts in 38 sizes.