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The Big, Bad Book of Beasts: The World's Most Curious Creatures (Paperback)
The world's wildest collection of animal knowledge and lore!
Lions, and tigers, and bears . . . and dinosaurs, dragons, and monsters. Oh my!
For hundreds of years, the most popular books in the Western world next to the Bible were "bestiaries," fanciful encyclopedias collecting all of human knowledge and mythology about the animal kingdom. In these pages, eagles and elephants lived next to griffins and sea monsters. Now, in The Big, Bad Book of Beasts, award-winning author Michael Largo has updated the medieval bestsellers for the twenty-first century, illuminating little-known facts, astonishing secrets, and bizarre superstitions about the beasts that inhabit our world—and haunt our imaginations. You'll learn about the biggest bug ever, the smallest animal in the world, and the real creatures that inspired the fabled unicorns. You'll discover how birds learned to fly, why cats rub against your legs, and a thousand other facts that will make you look at nature in a wonderfully new way.
Did you know?
The fastest animal in the world is the peregrine falcon, which reaches speeds of over 200 miles per hours.
Circus ringmaster P.T. Barnum fooled many when he displayed a "mermaid" carcass that was later proved to be monkey bones sewed together with the body of a fish.
Discovered in a remote volcanic crater in New Guinea, the Bosavi wolly rat grows to the size of a cat.
President Andrew Jackson bought an African gray parrot to keep his wife company. The bird outlived them both and was removed from Jackson's funeral for cussing in both English and Spanish.
A to Z: From Aardvark to Zooplankton!
For all ages!
Includes 289 illustrations!
About the Author
Michael Largo is the author of The Big, Bad Book of Beasts; God's Lunatics; Genius and Heroin; and the Bram Stoker Award-winning Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die, as well as three novels. He and his family live in Florida with their dog, two turtles, a parrot, two canaries, and a tank of fish.
Praise For…
"In the great tradition of the bestiaries of yore... Largo... parades the real, the extinct and the imagined for our shivers and delectation. ... Fascinating. ... An entertaining and occasionally enlightening read."
— Kirkus Reviews
"A fascinating journey. ... If you like animals and odd stories and gooey oddities then this one is for you."
— Examiner.com
"An expert guide. ... Delves into truth and lore about our furry friends."
— Miami New Times
"Wild. ... You will find yourself drawn back... time after time"
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Robinson Park is located on the north west side of Lake Lanier. From GA 400 take exit 17 Hwy 306 east towards Lake Lanier, take a right on Hwy 53 and then a right on Lyncliff Drive and finally a left on Robinson Rd that will lead to the park . A listing of what the park has to offer as well as pictures and information are listed below. Robinson Park is a Corps of Engineers park. Call 770-945-9531 for more information.
GPS Coordinates N34 18.206 W83 53.795
Robinson Park has two boat ramps:
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I like the book because you learn some interesting facts about the Alamo War. I like it when her aunt has a baby and his name is George Washington. My favorite part in the book is when Lucinda has to care for her brother and is strong for the family when they find some bad news. When I read the book I felt sorry and I couldn't imagine having to be like that, it was a crying over book that I loved. I don't cry, but feel really sorry for all the characters in the story. This book reminds me of me because when someone in my family passes away I am strong for my family. I take care of my brothers and my cousins.
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Q. In our international magazine mailings, we always include the country name; however, we would like to know the correct procedure for including "USA" after the city/state/ZIP. Is there a comma after the ZIP code or not? Your assistance would greatly reduce the amount of tension/dissension among the writers and editor and proofreader.
Q. If you say "so-and-so is vice president, finance, of such and such," should there be a comma after "finance"? My boss and I are in disagreement. I think there should be a comma but she says no. I can't find a specific reference to this anywhere, though.
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INDIANAPOLIS – A large skin care products company with a distribution center in Greenwood, Ind., will pay $30,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC charged in its suit (Case no. 1:09-CV-0354-LJM-TAB in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division) that Arbonne International LLC violated federal law by refusing to hire Lisa Wilson due to her disability (deafness).
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement.
In addition to the monetary settlement, the 18-month consent decree provides for Arbonne to comply with prohibitions against further discrimination, post and distribute a policy of non-discrimination, train its employees and report to the EEOC.
EEOC Regional Attorney Laurie Young noted, "The ADA was passed to protect applicants like Lisa Wilson who are willing and able to work but are discriminated against by employers who may have false perceptions about disabilities."
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HADOPI Wants To Research File Downloads: Shouldn't It Have Done That First?
from the better-late-than-never dept
One of the most important aspects of the UK's Hargreaves Report was that it called for copyright policy to be based on evidence. It also noted that so far that simply hadn't been the case, and that practically all of the so-called "studies" used to justify laws in this area came from the copyright industries, with missing or dubious methodologies.
The French three-strikes scheme known as HADOPI (actually the name of the government agency that oversees its implementation) is a perfect example of such dogma-based legislation: no research was done into how files were being shared or even whether they did any harm (there's a fair amount of evidence that file sharing increases sales).
So it's interesting to see HADOPI putting out a call for some research into streaming sites (original in French):
The commissioned study focuses on an economic analysis of streaming sites and direct download where illegal practices are the most common, offering cultural property in the areas of music and video.
This new interest in streaming sites is presumably a consequence of Nicolas Sarkozy's announcement at the recent Forum d'Avignon that "we have to tackle the streaming web sites." It's certainly welcome that HADOPI is doing some research before it draws up its proposals in this area; but shouldn't it have done the same with the original three-strikes scheme?
There's an interesting parallel with SOPA here. In the section with the splendid title "Denying U.S. Capital To Notorious Foreign Infringers", we read the following:
Report to Congress- The Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that includes the following:
Again, it's good that some research into that "significant harm" will be carried out, but shouldn't that come before the legislation is drawn up and enacted, not after it?
(1) An analysis of notorious foreign infringers and a discussion of how these infringers violate industry norms regarding the protection of intellectual property.
(2) An analysis of the significant harm inflicted by notorious foreign infringers on consumers, businesses, and intellectual property industries in the United States and abroad.
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Restrictions on Press Freedom
Iraq is still one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. This year more than 30 media professionals were killed there – reporters, photographers and cameramen. And not all of them, by any means, fell victim to attacks by Islamic fundamentalist groups.
Eight journalists were killed by American fire. Nonetheless, after the end of the "official hostilities", the greatest danger is seen as coming from radical or criminal groups. Thus, it means little that on paper there are no restrictions on reporting in Iraq.
Fear of revenge prompts self-censorship
"There is no actual control or censorship," says reporter Sahr Al Samurai from the government-friendly daily Al-Sabah: "But the censorship that used to come from outside has been replaced by a censorship from within."
Her colleague Abd Al Sahra Zaki, editor-in-chief of the daily Al-Mada, puts it in a nutshell: "Self-censorship exists," he says. "Many groups in Iraq react violently when criticized. Thus, we journalists have to be very careful." The more closely the newspapers are associated with the American occupiers, the more dangerous it is.
At the same time, the scope of the market is unclear. In Baghdad alone there are more than 80 newspapers, according to estimates, many of them nothing but the propaganda organs of political groups. Eighteen months ago there was a virtual newspaper boom. But not even half the papers have survived.
Elections at the end of January
Sahr Al Samurai and Abd Al Sahra Zaki were part of the first group of Iraqi journalists to visit Germany, invited by the German State Department. The goal of the project, organized by the Deutsche Welle Akademie, was to show the Iraqis how a pluralistic media system functions. Iraq still has a long way to go to achieve such a system.
The country's first step in this direction is supposed to be the parliamentary election set for January 30 – the first free election after decades of dictatorship. Seventy-three political parties and alliances are expected to take part.
The Shiite bloc "United Iraqi Alliance", consisting of more than twenty parties and groups, is expected to be especially successful. The two major Kurdish parties are joining forces, while Acting Prime Minister Ijad Allawi, with good connections to the USA, is betting on his own list.
Shamil Hamdallah takes a critical view of Iraq's prospects, even after the election. "Our politicians have big ideas and promise a lot, but they put little into effect," says the journalist from the newspaper Al-Taachi, which is associated with the "Democratic Party of Kurdistan". "So far the United States has also promised a lot and done little."
That is why he still has trouble believing in really fair and free elections. "If the radical Islamic fundamentalists win, will the USA accept it? I don't think so," he says. "Anyway, at the moment we don't have any politicians capable of governing without the Americans."
Limited freedoms
The new parliament is a temporary solution in any case. As soon as a new constitution is passed, a new election is supposed to be held, perhaps as soon as late 2005. At least the media will be able to report freely on these first free elections – even if this freedom has its limits.
For example, the Arab newspaper Ash-Sharq al-Ausat had to close its Baghdad office temporarily in mid-December. Islamic extremists had threatened a terror strike unless the newspaper wrote about a supposed rebel leader in Falluja.
The Baghdad office of the pan-Arab television network Al Jazeera was also closed down – this time by the Iraqi provisional government, which accused the network of aggravating the violence in Iraq.
And so the situation remains touch and go for journalists. The group Iraqi journalists will have plenty of work waiting for them when they return home – the election campaign has begun.
And then they will be miles removed from the conditions they came to know in Germany. "The difficult security situation puts restrictions on our reporting," says Abd Al Sahra Saki. "We simply can't move freely."
Gernot Jaeger
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Joseph Smith
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Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader. He is the purported translator of the Book of Mormon, a "lost testament" of Jesus Christ's apparition to indigenous peoples of the Americas, and is the founder of the modern Latter-Day Saint movement.
Early life[edit]
Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont, to Lucy and Joseph Smith, Sr. on December 23, 1805. He grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Smith's education consisted of a very limited exposure to reading, writing, and arithmetic. In Lucy Smith's diaries, she later recalled that Joseph was alternately "studious and given to meditation" and "uneducated."
First vision[edit]
In addition to seeing visions of treasure, gold mines and lost tools, Joseph Smith also claimed visits from angels, the devil, John the Baptist, Elijah and other characters from the Bible and Book of Mormon. The most significant of these visions, and the most often repeated by Mormons, is called the First Vision. The official version of the First Vision evolved significantly over time. The earliest versions were written in 1838, 18 years after the event supposedly took place, and the details vary with each version.[1]
In the official version, now circulated by the Mormon church, Joseph recalls being confused in 1820 by the varying claims made by Revivalist preachers who flooded New York and Pennsylvania. He encountered James 1:5 , instructing any who lacked wisdom to "ask of God". Early one morning in the spring of 1820, Joseph said he retired to the secluded woods near his Palmyra home to ask God which church he should join. The following is a direct quote from the official account:
It was the first time in my life that I had made such an attempt, for amidst all my anxieties I had never as yet made the attempt to pray vocally ... I kneeled down and began to offer up the desires of my heart to God. I had scarcely done so, when immediately I was seized upon by some power which entirely overcame me, and had such an astonishing influence over me as to bind my tongue so that I could not speak. Thick darkness gathered around me, and it seemed to me for a time as if I were doomed to sudden destruction. But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction -- not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being -- just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.
It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I beheld two personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name, and said -- pointing to the other -- "This is my beloved Son, hear Him."
My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therfor, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right -- and which I should join. I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong, and the personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in His sight: that those professors were all corrupt; that "they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; they teach for doctrines the comandments of men: having a form of godliness, but they deny the power therof." He again forbade me to join with any of them: and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. (History of the Church, Vol. I, pp. 5-7)
Although Joseph Smith claimed that he told others of this vision, and was harshly persecuted by neighbors and the local clergy, there is no mention of any such local uproar or the vision in local papers or even family documents of the time.[1]
The First Vision is a major proselyting tool for Mormon missionaries.
Divination for buried treasure[edit]
- Main Article: Joseph Smith was a con man
History provides us with evidence suggesting that Joseph Smith had a great interest in treasure hunting or money-digging. He even claimed to be able to use seer stones and diving rods to find lost treasures. Usually, Joseph would approach local farmers, claim to have the ability to find treasure, dig a few holes, and then try to collect his fee. When questioned about the lack of discovery, Smith would often claim that the treasures "had sunk lower" because of a lack of spirituality on the part of the seekers.
Court records from Bainbridge, in Chenango County, New York, show that on March 20, 1826, Joseph Smith Jr. was tried and convicted of disorderly conduct and of being an imposter in relation to an event where he pretended to be able to find buried gold and treasure through the use of a magic stone or by looking into a hat. Joseph, apparently trying to argue that really had the power of divination, testified in court that he had a seer stone which he used to divine the location of buried money, treasure and artefacts. [1]
Joseph Smith was involved in Freemasonry, along with many other early church leaders. Many ritualistic elements of the Freemasons were imported into Mormonism.
Book of Mormon[edit]
- Main Article: Book of Mormon
There is discrepancy in the record of when Joseph retrieved the Book of Mormon. Some accounts place the discovery as early as 1823, while others place the discovery closer to the time at which Smith transribed the account, inscribed on thin golden plates. Smith claimed that the angel, Moroni, had shown him the place where the account had been buried and asked him to dig it up. Martin Harris met Smith in Harmony, Pennsylvania, in February of 1828. They "purposed to transcribe" the plates and record the Book of Mormon. Joseph used two seer stones, the Urim and Thummim (deposited with the plates), and a hat, to translate the plates. Martin Harris would sit on the other side of a curtain and record Joseph's words. This first account, transcribed by Martin Harris, was lost when Harris took the chapters home to his wife. Harris' wife claimed that "if Joseph is telling the truth, then re-writing these chapters should not prove difficult." It is unknown what Mrs. Harris did to the original transcription, but it is thought that she threw it into the fire. Martin Harris had to return to Smith and tell him what his wife had done. Joseph spent a few days in a "melancholy state" (according to the diaries of Lucy Smith) and then told Harris that God had decided that Smith should no longer translate the story of Lehi, but would translate the story of Nephi and Mosiah, through the book of Moroni. Thus, any rediscovery of the original 116 "lost pages" would not contradict the latter translations. They are simply a different testimony. The resulting manuscript, the Book of Mormon, was published in March 1830. On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president.
Later life[edit]
Joseph married Emma Hale on January 18, 1827, and was described as a loving and devoted husband. Emma Hale and Joseph Smith had eleven children (two adopted), only five of whom lived past infancy. During the thirty-nine years of his life, Joseph established thriving cities in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; produced volumes of scripture; sent missionaries throughout the world; orchestrated the building of temples; served as mayor of Nauvoo, one of the largest cities in Illinois, and as general of its militia, the Nauvoo Legion; and was a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Joseph also created the idea of plural marriage (i.e. polygamy), as one of God's holy ordinances, and had at least thirty-three wives. He was a controversial figure in American history—beloved of his followers and hated by his detractors. Joseph was killed along with his brother Hyrum by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27, 1844. Hyrum was shot. Joseph likely succumbed to two mortal wounds: a gun shot and blunt force trauma (sustained upon impact with the ground, after jumping out of a second story window).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brodie, Fawn. No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith. New York: Vintage Books, 1945. No Man Knows My History
- No mention of Joseph Smith's "First Vision" or denouncement by religious leaders during the time he claimed (Ch 2, pp 23).
- Earlier versions of Joseph's first vision include only one personage, angels and finally God and Christ (Ch 1).
- Joseph didn't start is autobiography until 1838 (Ch 2, pp 25).


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You watch hours of top quality Premier League soccer each week on television, the Internet and sometimes mobile devices, but do you have an allegiance to any or all of the TV networks that provide the coverage to you?
If so, depending on the part of the world you live in, are you loyal to FOX Soccer, ESPN, Sky Sports, BBC, ITV, ESPN Star Sports or any other network that shows you your favorite English football club each week?
For example, if you live in the United States, and the majority of Premier League matches switched overnight from FOX Soccer and ESPN to NBC Sports, would you feel any remorse? Would you continue subscribing to FOX Soccer and ESPN even though they didn't carry the games you watch each week?
Of course, this is all hypothetical, but the question I'm trying to get to answer is how loyal you are to your favorite soccer channel? Are you married to them? Or, if they no longer showed your Premier League matches, would you care and would you miss anything? Or would you simply go wherever the coverage was?
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The Gulf of Mexico's annual dead zone is located just off the shores of Louisiana. But it is just the manifestation of a problem that resides up and down the Mississippi River.
The Gulf of Mexico's annual dead zone is located just off the shores of Louisiana. But it is just the manifestation of a problem that resides up and down the Mississippi River.
The zone, which is depleted of oxygen every summer, causes a massive shift of ocean life that must either move or die.
The dead zone, though, thousands of square miles in size, is just the outcome resulting from a failure of the nation to contain or regulate the runoff of fertilizers and other pollutants into waterways that eventually end up in the river and then in the Gulf.
The nutrients that help plants grow upstream gets to the Gulf and creates a growth of algae, which then dies and decays, sucking the oxygen from the water and jeopardizing the nearby plant and animal life.
The annual dead zone is a problem that affects fishermen — both commercial and recreational — and could ultimately endanger some of the nation's most-productive fisheries.
Part of the fight to measure and contain the zone could soon take a hit because of federal budget cuts that would make the phenomenon much more difficult to study.
The annual effort of the Louisiana Marine Consortium, based in Cocodrie, to measure the dead zone and keep tabs on how big or small it is each year, could be set back if the research agency is hit with expected budget cuts that are part of the federal sequester.
LUMCON Director Nancy Rabalais said she has already gotten word from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that the dead zone project could be on the cutting block.
"LUMCON and Dr. Rabalais have done good work helping to define the size, scope and conditions of the annual dead zone. Their work helps us to measure progress," said Garrett Graves, chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. "There seems to be an effort in D.C. to cut higher profile programs rather than cutting the fat. This appears to be an example of that strategy."
If Graves is right, LUMCON's work could suffer because of an inability at the federal level to distinguish between sensible budget cuts and draconian cuts to some vital public projects.
The stakes are high. LUMCON's effort to map and measure the dead zone isn't some academic effort with little real-world consequence. The dead zone is a real problem in a part of the world where fishing isn't just a pastime, it is part of the economic structure of the Gulf Coast.
The dead zone is evidence of problems upstream, and a detailed accounting of the yearly event is part of the process of turning around the nation's attitude toward pollution. It could in the long run lead states to take ownership in the problem and responsibility for fixing it.
Without LUMCON's work, the nation will be tempted to once again ignore an inconvenient problem that has become a yearly plague on the Gulf and the many people and businesses that rely on it for their incomes.
Our federal lawmakers must do whatever they can to keep this program alive and contributing to the nation's knowledge about a national problem.
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Students at a school in Surrey have been threatened with having their bikes locked away unless they comply with a new policy on cycling to school, which includes having a number plate attached to their bikes.
In a letter sent to parents, Keith Batchelor, head of the Beacon School in Banstead, said that he was implementing new rules on children cycling into school, and parents would have to sign an agreement before their children were allowed to ride in.
As well as telling students to stick to the Highway Code, wear a helmet, and use hi-vis clothing and bike lights "where appropriate", the new rules also mean that students will have to have a number plate (supplied by the school) attached to their bikes, which Mr Batchelor hoping that this will make students not following the rules more identifiable.
"On joining the school this September, I decided to refine the current cycling policy to enhance further the safety of the students in our care and develop their sense of responsibility on the road," Mr Batchelor said in a statement, as reported by Get Surrey.
"The procedures will support the safeguarding of our students on their journeys to and from school and help us to celebrate safe cycling. We will provide extra training to students where it is needed."
As part of the new policy, the school says that students who fail to follow the rules may be banned from cycling to school, with those who continue to ride in having their bikes locked up until their parents or carers are available to collect them.
Number plates for bikes have been the subject of discussion in recent months after a survey by Halfords found that two-thirds of respondents were in favour of cyclists having to have them attached to their bikes.
However the idea came was slammed by both cycling campaigners and motoring groups, with the AA describing it as "impractical and unnecessary" while Cycling UK said "rather than encouraging people to cycle, and bring all the associated health and wealth benefits, it is more than likely to put newcomers or occasional cyclists off cycling altogether."
The number plate 1D was bought for a record £352,000 at auction yesterday.
Tycoon Nabil Bishara won it in fierce bidding and plans to put it on his wife's Bentley.
His £352,411 offer beats the previous £254,000 best for a DVLA sale, set by 51NGH in 2006. The DVLA's Damian Lawson said after the auction in Claverdon, Warks: We're absolutely over the moon."
Britain's priciest car reg is F1, bought privately for £440,625 in 2008 by Afzal Kahn of Bradford, West Yorks."
A Swede with a passion for offensive number plates has failed in his cause yet again, after transport authorities denied two of his latest attempts to create 'offensive' personalised plate combinations.
The man, from Varberg in southern Sweden, gained some media attention last year when he attempted to register a personal licence plate reading "3JOH22A".
The Swedish Transport Agency (Transportstyrelsen) rejected the licence plate request on the grounds of it being offensive, the reason for which is made clear when the combination is reflected in a mirror.
The same man has now made two further attempts to change his plate to "8UTT5EX" and "X32TTU8" respectively, but they were also denied, as they too could be considered offensive.
If not immediately obvious, the explanation for rejecting the latter combination is once again made clear when a mirror is introduced to the equation.
"We get a lot of requests and some of them are very subtle. Many see it as a sport to try and get a word through. This one was quite easy to reject," Eva Isaksen from the Swedish Transport Agency told public broadcaster SVT.
The Transport Agency's rules state that a personalised number plate "may not be designed if it causes offence or harm to anyone else," including allusions to alcohol, drugs, sex, swearwords, religion or criminality.
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Dear Guys,
Do somebody have any idea where I can find some recent statistics of the Kite surf world? The size of the market, the amount of kite surfers, is it a growing market or a declining market?
I can use every own experience or advice!!
I would like to know your experience and advice, because I working on this moment for a small unknown Kiteboard brand and doing market research for them. (This research is for me also the final stage of my study 'Commercial Economics'). I need some information about the Kitesurf market on this time and the changing of the market, but there is relatively litte information available because the small size of the market. Somebody any advice were to find more…?
I've got the idea to implemented a new sales concept for this company and would like to finger out what the success rate are of this concept.
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Author Notes: I really, really love Earl Grey tea cookies. There's nothing better on a cold afternoon. So when I saw the vanilla contest pop up, I figured I'd try to make a recipe for vanilla tea cookies. I cobbled together a recipe with inspiration from my favorite Earl Grey tea cookie recipe (vintage The Kitchn) and from Heidi Swanson's tip to use the whole bean in cookies. Since rooibos tea goes so well with vanilla, I swapped that in for the Earl Grey. The result is a crisp, buttery cookie with a seriously sultry flavor. My officemates gobbled them up in no time. As you can see from the photo, the first time, I tried to use whole rooibos leaves both in the cookies and mixed with the turbinado crust. Texture? Not so lovely. Much better ground up, which is what I recommend here. This also makes for a beautiful, toast-colored cookie: perfect for fall and winter. —Rivka
Food52 Review: WHO: Rivka is a cookie-addicted Food52er who is health consultant by day, food blogger by night.
WHAT: A cookie that captures tea time all in one bite.
HOW: Whip up a shortbread-style dough, roll in sugar, and wait impatiently by the oven door.
WHY WE LOVE IT: For the tea time twist, Rivka has you toast Rooibos leaves until they're beautifully fragrant -- this perfumes your kitchen (and your cookies) from the very first step of this recipe. —The Editors
Makes: 36
cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
tablespoons rooibos tea leaves (about 5 tea bags)
vanilla bean, whole, ends trimmed, cut into segments
1 1/4
cups flour
cup powdered sugar
teaspoon salt
teaspoon vanilla
teaspoons milk
cup unsalted butter
1 1/2
tablespoons turbinado sugar
- Heat a small stainless steel pan over medium heat. When pan is hot, add rooibos leaves, and shake pan to distribute tea into a single layer. Toast for about 2 minutes, until tea is fragrant but not darkened. Depending on your leaves, this may happen much more quickly; watch it carefully. When leaves are fragrant, transfer them to a bowl and let cool for a couple minutes.
- Combine the sugar, vanilla bean, and rooibos in the bowl of a food processor and pulse for about 2 minutes, until there are no chunks of bean left in the bowl. Add the powdered sugar, flour, and salt to the bowl and pulse a few times to combine. Then add the milk, vanilla, and butter and pulse several times, until a dough forms.
- Turn dough onto a very lightly floured surface, gather it together, and roll it gently into a log 1.5-inches in diameter.
- Sprinkle turbinado sugar on a plate or work surface, and roll cookie dough log in the sugar, making sure to cover the entire surface of the log with sugar. Wrap log in plastic or wax paper and transfer to the fridge or freezer for at least 30 minutes to chill. (You can leave the log in the freezer and slice off cookies one by one, whenever the urge strikes.)
- When ready to bake, turn on the oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment or silpat.
- Remove log from fridge or freezer, and cut 1/3-inch slices off the log, rotating the log as you go to ensure that cookie slices stay round. Transfer cookies to the prepared baking sheet, leaving 1/2 inch between each (they don't really spread, but they need breathing room to crisp up). Bake for 12 minutes, until cookies are just starting to brown. Leave on the cookie sheet to cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to racks.
- Cookies will keep in an airtight container for several days.
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Big, burly bodybuilders generally don't do them. Neither do little old blue-haired ladies. Nor does anyone in between. That's because, as strength training goes, the pull-up, the king of the back exercises, is quite difficult. But the benefits of this rigorous, compound body-weight movement -- which targets the latissimus dorsi along with a host of supporting muscles -- are so pronounced for posture, balance, flexibility and overall upper-body strength that everyone should try to do at least one or two at home. After all, pull-up bars are among the least expensive of all home-training equipment, require no space other than a few inches of a door frame, and will even help you blast your abs via hanging leg lifts. A couple of the models reviewed below offer some surprising innovations that make pull-ups more convenient and doable for all ages and fitness levels. And, of course, they all double as great coat hangers in a pinch.
-- Roy M. Wallack
The old-fashioned bar
Altus 3-in-1 Chin-Up + Push-Up + Sit-Up Bar: Simple, age-old design featuring a telescoping aluminum tube suspended in place between two brackets on each side of a door jam.
Likes: Basic, simple, safe design. Affix two brackets in the door jam via five screws each and slip the bar in place. Thin neoprene hand pads are comfortable. With bar solidly in place, you can confidently place a lot of torque on it; do knee raises-leg lifts and rotate legs through your arms, like you're back on the monkey bars. Two extra brackets give you the option of positioning the bar low to hook ankles for sit-ups or 3 feet off the ground for Australian pull-ups, in which you hang your body at a sub-45-degree angle in plank position with feet on the floor and pull up -- a great movement for all, including beginners.
Dislikes: Each bracket requires the drilling of five holes in the door jam for wood screws.
Price: $19.99 to $29.99. (800) 654-3955; www.altusathletic.com.
A well-rounded program
Perfect PullUp Complete System: A unique system featuring a hanging padded bar and rotating handle grips. The bar is attached to hinged struts and moves in an arc from standard vertical pull-up position to waist level, for use with horizontal Australian pull-ups.
Likes: Fun, beneficial variability. Friendly to older users due to the range of possible exercises. The bar can also be freely positioned half-way up for a relatively easy standing row, which adds the challenge of an unstable, unsecured bar. The comfortable swiveling handles, said to reduce joint pain, also add to the challenge. Nice touches include a comfortable rubber coating on the bar, and ab straps (included in the complete system) for use in hanging leg lifts. The bar itself works fine without the handles.
Dislikes: Though anyone more than 5 feet tall with normal-height doorways has to bend his/her knees to clear the floor while hanging off any bar, the bend increases and the knees come precariously (and uncomfortably) close to the floor here, as the swiveling handles hang 6 inches underneath the bar itself. (Of course, you don't have to use them at all.) Also, you do have to drill into the door jams to secure the bar support frame with wood screws.
Price: $99.95; without ab straps $79.99. (800) 738-4543; www.perfectpushup.com.
Look ma, no screws
Everlast Multifunction Home Gym Bar: Pull-up bar that rests on the lip at the top and sides of the doorway frame.
Likes: Very convenient -- no holes to drill (or holes to fill when you move). Can be instantly moved to any door. Numerous padded hand positions for underhand, overhand and handshake-style holds. The various grips and body angles let you target different muscles and develop your back more fully. Example: The basic overhand pull-up grip works your outer lats, while the wide-grip pull-up with your back arched (pulling your mid-chest to the bar) stresses the middle of your back and your rear deltoids.
Dislikes: Although the bar was stable, I had a nagging fear that it might suddenly fall off the door sill or that the wooden sill would collapse or splinter. After all, your entire weight is resting on the thin 1/2 - to 3/4 -inch sill of the door frame. Also, you can't leave the bar in place because you can't close the door, as with the others. I'd be afraid to do upside-down monkey-bar moves on it. You can't do Aussies or horizontal rows.
Price: $39.99. (800) 221-8777; www.everlast.com.
The bargain bar
Ironman Chin-Up Bar: Simply designed telescoping bar, like the Altus, but without an extra set of brackets.
Likes: Simple, effective. Drill three holes per bracket, slip in ends, and go to work.
Dislikes: You're stuck with just one position for the bar, eliminating any horizontal rows or Aussies. No padding. Feels a bit flimsy.
Price: $15. www.ironmanfitness.com.


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What has become of tradition? In every walk of life, from the way we communicate to the way we dress, the old way of doing things, the traditional way, has changed. High definition TV, Twitter, Facebook, Groupon, need I say more? The world is changing, so why are we still confined to the norms of nursery design?
In this spirit, I ask you, why does a boy's room need to be blue, or a girl's room pink. Why not create a gender-neutral nursery, or even a gender-neutral room that incorporates pink, blue, or both! Not crazy about the idea? Try these ideas on for size:
Color! Gender neutral used to mean shades of green and yellow but you are not confined to those traditionally neutral colors. Many of these color combinations can be tweaked to go either way (boy or girl) depending on fabric and furniture.
- White, Ivory and Beige. Start with a neutral wall color and crib bedding set – such as Solid White, Ecru, or Organic Ivory – and accent with unexpected vibrant color.
- Navy and White. Not just for nautical or ocean inspired nurseries, navy and white can easily be accented with green, orange or pink for a preppy or modern style nursery.
- Tangerine and Turquoise. This color combination looks great with pink, for a girl, or throw in blue and brown if you have a boy…or both if you have twins (one of each!)
- Yellow and Gray. Think beyond yellow and green and pair pastel yellow with Silver Gray and white for a modern, soft combination. Or a brighter yellow with Steel Gray for more of a contrast.
- Turquoise and Light Lime. This color combination can be soothing, light and airy…shown in this beautiful Turquoise Floral Fabric (more on patterns later).
Themes! Having trouble picking a gender-neutral color combination? Pick a theme – you can find inspiration from nearly anywhere; many inspirations for an entire nursery can come from a favorite decal or print.
- Animals. Does the adorable owl in this weeDECOR wall decal speak to you? Go with owls. Or check out our Gray Zoology crib bedding set to pack more punch (or more animals). If your older children are obsessed with sock monkeys and Blabla dolls (not technically animals)…incorporate this adorable Sock Monkey fabric in your nursery design.
- Nature. Have you fallen in love with a sweet nursery wall mural or print inspired by nature? Use those colors and design your own set, knowing the color combination is inspired by favorite artwork.
- Letters. The same could be true for an alphabet inspired nursery…you may love the look of wooden letters or Custom Wooden Alphabet Wall Art on the wall. And you will be amazed how your little one will enjoy it too in a few years upon recognition.
Patterns! Sure there are some traditionally gender neutral patterns…such as geometrics, dots & stripes, toiles, and damask, but let's think outside the box. What about florals and paisleys? Traditionally these patterns have leaned towards feminine designs, but we've found that there are ways to include floral (aka fancy foliage) or paisley patterns in a gender neutral nursery. Many patterns that lean one way (feminine) or another (masculine), can work by accenting with a neutral or opposite gender color, material, or pattern.
The great thing about creating a nursery these days, is there is no "right way" and your options are almost limitless. You really can choose palettes that reflect your style and fit in with the décor of the rest of the home. Enough about what we think, what do you think about these gender neutral ideas?


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The shortjaw cisco (Coregonus zenithicus) is a widespread species in the salmonid subfamily, Coregoninae. Originally described from Lake Superior at Duluth, Minnesota by Jordan and Evermann in 1909, it was subsequently discovered in most of the Laurentian Great Lakes and many smaller lakes in central North America. Mature adults generally approach 300 g in mass, and exceptionally large fish can reach 1.0 kg. The biology is best known in the Great Lakes (including Lake Nipigon) where the species was once a major component of thriving commercial fishery, occupying depths between 40-200 m.
The shortjaw cisco was once a common chub species in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, but populations were extirpated in Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan and greatly reduced in Lake Superior as a result of commercial overharvest. Shortjaw ciscoes have a widespread distribution throughout central Canada and have been reported from at least 22 lakes in Canada extending from Ontario to the Northwest Territories. The species was last verified in Lake Erie prior to 1970, in Lake Michigan in 1975, Lake Huron in 1982, and was never reported from Lake Ontario. In 2004, and again in 2005, a few individuals were identified from commercial catches in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, but it is not known if these represent remnant stocks or migrants from Lake Superior (N. Mandrak and T.N. Todd, pers. Commun.). At the present time in the United States, viable populations of shortjaw ciscoes may exist only in Lake Superior and while they were once the dominant chub species there, they are now the rarest member of the chub assemblage. Small populations of uncertain status also occur in a few small lakes on the U.S.and Canadian border.
No protection is provided for shortjaw cisco populations in the United States, nor has there been any attempt to regulate the chub (deepwater ciscoes) fishery or to manage and recover the stocks. In Canada, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) listed shortjaw ciscoes as Threatened, but no specific protection has been provided for the shortjaw cisco in Canada except for general protection afforded through the Fisheries Act.
Population Sizes and Trends
Shortjaw ciscoes have been an important part of the food fishery in the Great Lakes since at least the mid-1800s. Landing records, on the whole, were not recorded by species, but were lumped into a general category, "chubs", for all the deepwater cisco species that excluded the shallow-water lake herring. In Lake Superior, shortjaw cisco was the dominant chub species and was the target of a commercial chub fishery that thrived from the late 1800s through the mid-1970s. In 1921 Koelz found that shortjaw cisco represented 90% of the chub assemblage but even as late as 1953, shortjaw cisco was numerically the most common chub species in most areas of Lake Superior and were especially abundant in the eastern half of the Lake. Research assessment monitoring showed that populations declined precipitously in the 1960s and 1970s during the most intensive period of commercial harvest in the Lake's chub fishery history. By the early 1980s the fishery collapsed, and since the early 1970s bloaters have been the dominant chub species in Lake Superior. Today, the shortjaw cisco represents less than 1% of the chub assemblage of Lake Superior.
The species still persists in Lake Superior, but has declined in relative abundance from nearly 90% of the chub catch in the 1920s to about 50% of the catch in the early 1950s to about 25 % of the catch in the late 1950s, to 6-11 % in Michigan waters in the 1970s. Two small collections made in Michigan waters in 1997 revealed abundances of 5 % and 11 %, in the same range as the 1970s. In 1999-2001, USGS resampled areas sampled by Koelz in 1920-1921 and found that shortjaw cisco abundance had declined from greater than 90% to less than 1%. Similar comparisons of assessment sampling conducted by Smith in 1953 with assessment sampling conducted by USGS in 1999-2003 showed that abundances declined from >50% of the catch to <4% of the catch.
In Lake Superior, shortjaw cisco have been found to occur in waters of 40 to 200 m in depth, however, recent assessment data show that peak densities occur at depths of 80-160 m. In comparison to other chubs, the depth distribution of shortjaw cisco overlaps considerably with bloater (40-160 m) and kiyi (80-200 m).
General Biology
In Lake Superior, spawning occurs in either the spring or the fall. Fecundity of shortjaw cisco is likely similar to that of other deepwater species such as the bloater, ranging from 3,230 eggs for a fish 241 mm total length.
As in most fish species, shortjaw cisco grow quickly in their first year of life. While the sexes have been found to have similar growth in length, females grew faster in weight than the males. In Lake Superior, maturity occurs in about the fifth year, compared to the third or fourth year for lake herring. Like most coregonines, shortjaw cisco are opportunistic, particulate feeders that generally ingest prey one item at a time. Because shortjaw cisco live in deepwater habitat, limnetic crustacea (copepods and cladocerans) and benthic organisms (Mysis and Diporeia) are the most common items they are likely to encounter.
Limiting Factors
While commercial over-harvest is the most important factor known to be responsible for the decline of the shortjaw cisco and other chub species in the Great Lakes, other factors contributed or now may be deterring the recovery of stocks. In Lake Erie, profound ecological changes occurred that shifted the lake environment to a more mesotrophic condition, and while the physical conditions of Lakes Michigan and Huron have not changed as dramatically over the past 100 years (with the notable exception of Saginaw Bay), the biological community has become considerably altered by the introduction of many exotic species across several trophic levels. Reproductive capability of shortjaw cisco stocks were compromised in the early 1900s when the commercial fisheries targeted the larger individuals at first, and as densities of large fish dwindled, mesh sizes were periodically reduced to target smaller and smaller individuals as a means of maintaining catch levels. Introduced rainbow smelt and sea lamprey populations in Lake Superior peaked well after the start of the decline of shortjaw cisco stocks but their late arrival and continued increases after the decline indicate they may have an impact impeding recovery of shortjaw cisco by imposing unnatural sources of competition and predation. Rainbow smelt compete for food resources and larger individuals prey on larval coregonids; sea lamprey predation continues to take a toll not only on larger species such as lake trout, burbot, and lake whitefish, but also smaller species such as chubs and lake herring. Abiotic factors such as weather and thermal changes (e.g., those associated with global warming) in the lakes have also been suspected to play a role in population destabilization.
Special Significance of the Species
The shortjaw cisco along with the lake herring, appear to be the ancestral colonizing species for most of the post-glacial distribution region of the Mississippi Refugium. Within the Great Lakes, the shortjaw cisco represented one lineage in the most spectacular radiation of sympatric forms in northern lakes. It is a unique form with a distribution that is intimately tied with post-glacial hydrology, and is thus of great scientific interest. Food fisheries in the Great Lakes, especially included this species as part of a highly desirable and commercialized smoked chub market, but it was not considered more desirable than other cisco species of its same size and condition.
The absence of Coregonus zenithicus from Lakes Michigan (since 1975), Huron (since 1982, see earlier note about 2004 and 2005 occurrence), and Erie (since 1957) supports a conclusion that the species has been extirpated in these lakes. The decline of the species in Lake Superior during the 20th Century, coupled with its extirpation in the lower Great Lakes, should be viewed with alarm. The species is vulnerable to excessive food harvest, habitat degradation, and impact by introduced exotic species throughout its range. Low numbers of shortjaw cisco remain in Lake Superior, which suggests that the potential for recovery is good. However, recovery is unlikely to occur or to be sustained if protection is not afforded. Population levels of shortjaw cisco and other chubs should be monitored systematically throughout Lake Superior to determine population trends and population structure. Other studies focused on determining life history and identification of specific stocks (e.g., fall and spring spawning stocks) should be fully supported to provide information critical to development of recovery and management actions. The ultimate goal should be to fully recover shortjaw cisco stocks so that a well managed and valuable fishery can be supported indefinitely.
The shortjaw cisco (Coregonus zenithicus) was once a common chub species in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, but populations were extirpated in Lakes Huron and Michigan and greatly reduced in Lake Superior largely as a result of commercial overharvest. We previously reported on a study conducted during 1999-2001 in Lake Superior, where we evaluated shortjaw cisco abundance in five areas in the U.S. waters of Lake Superior, and compared our results with a similar assessment conducted by W. Koelz in those areas in 1921-1922. Koelz found that shortjaw cisco was the dominant chub species at all of his survey locations in the 1920s. During 1999-2001, shortjaw cisco were present in four of the areas sampled but abundances were not significantly different from zero. To follow up that study, we proposed searching for historic capture records of shortjaw cisco that could potentially detail the rapid decline of the commercial chub fishery in the 1970s. We were successful in finding several sources of capture data and were also able to incorporate additional nearshore and deepwater trawl survey data collected by us in 2001-2003. The oldest historical dataset discovered was that from the 1953 survey of Lake Superior conducted by Stanford Smith, et al. They found that like Koelz, shortjaw cisco were widespread, abundant, and the dominant chub species of the lake. Their surveys provide invaluable baseline information on distribution and densities of shortjaw cisco, habitat associations, and gear catch efficiencies. Records from the years following the establishment of the Lake Superior Biological Station in 1957 also proved to be an invaluable resource. Small mesh gillnet surveys conducted in the Apostle Islands between 1958 and 1973 showed the abundance of shortjaw cisco plummeted in the early 1960s and were essentially at zero by 1970. Small mesh gillnet assessments conducted in Isle Royale between 1958 and 1992 showed a similar pattern to that in the Apostle Islands; however, shortjaw populations declined rapidly in the late 1960s and reached near zero levels by 1980. Records of the commercial catch of deepwater chubs in Lake Superior showed a period of increased yield between the late 1950s and 1980 and then abruptly dropped to low levels by 1990. Most of the residual catch of chubs after 1980 probably represents harvest of bloater chubs. The intense fishing pressure that occurred during 1958-1980 closely tracks the rapid depletion of shortjaw cisco in Lake Superior and supports previous assertions that population declines were the result of overfishing. Recent deepwater surveys in 2001-2003 show that shortjaw ciscos are still widely distributed in Lake Superior but at very low densities. The greatest frequency and densities were found in eastern Lake Superior and only a few specimens were taken in the western half of the lake.
The widespread, but low numbers of shortjaw cisco found in recent years suggests that recovery may yet be possible, but management strategies should be adopted to ensure that recovery. Population monitoring should continue to assess population trends and to evaluate success of recovery efforts.
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In The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain - a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas.
With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award.
It's a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
Starring Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman, Jeremy Piven, Brendan Gleeson, Salma Hayek, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
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Williams files new motion
by Joshua Maloni
A controversial land transfer in the Village of Lewiston was not unconstitutional.
So said State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. on Thursday, as he ruled in favor of the municipality and its deeding over of 197.23 feet of Water Street property to Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours and its president, John Kinney, for $1. Kloch said the sale, coupled with potential insurance savings, was adequate consideration.
Lewiston businessman Jerome Williams filed an Article 78 motion in December 2010 against the village and the whitewater tours company, citing the November 2010 sale as illegal and unconstitutional. The village's action enabled Kinney to obtain variances permitting him to build a new WJBT U.S. headquarters to the north of Water Street Landing.
Williams sought to have the land transfer voided.
A second motion was filed Monday, questioning the validity of the lease agreement between the village and WJBT, but Kloch did not rule on that topic.
The judge began Thursday's hearing by saying, "Get rid of it!" in regard to what he called "the five-foot sliver" of land. In response, Village of Lewiston Attorney Edward P. Jesella said, "That's what we did."
Williams' attorney, Gregory P. Photiadis of Buffalo law firm Duke, Holzman, Photiadis & Gresens, said the land transfer was not made with "fair consideration" of its "intrinsic value." The parcel overlooks the Niagara River.
Kloch asked, "Who better to provide it to than the property owner?"
Photiadis said that wasn't the issue. Rather, he argued the village essentially gifted the property over to WJBT for the sum of $1.
"How much more (is it worth)?" Kloch asked.
Photiadis said he didn't know.
"If you have no idea, how can you say it's worth more than a dollar?" Kloch asked.
Photiadis said WJBT has to pay something more substantial.
"It can't be a gift - that is illegal," Photiadis said. He speculated someone might pay upwards of $10,000 for the land. "(The village) can cure this by doing it correctly."
The parcel consists of two joined segments: 101.15 feet lies directly under Water Street Landing, while the other 96.08 feet runs north alongside the restaurant's sidewalk.
WJBT counsel John Bartolomei said the transferred land had "no marketable title."
"(The building) actually sits on this land? Amazing," Kloch said. "It's inside the covered entrance of the restaurant."
"One part of it is," Photiadis said, noting the remainder would obstruct the waterfront view. He said the village failed to competently assess the parcel's value.
Quite the contrary, Jesella said, "$1."
Kloch referenced the village's intent to seek relief from liability. When selling the land, village trustees argued the strip was more of a potential risk than an actual asset.
The judge said a person injured on the former village right-of-way would waste little time in filing suit against the municipality.
"That's what happens in this courtroom all the time," Kloch said.
He called the village's land transfer prudent, and said the $1 fee and newfound liability protection "more than exceeds the value of the property." Kloch ruled the sale was neither a constitutional violation nor a public trust doctrine violation, as the Article 78 claimed.
"It was right on point," Jesella said of the decision.
The judge rejected a motion filed Feb. 16 by the defendants to dismiss the case and compel Williams to provide $15,000 in relief.
Prior to Kloch's court session, Williams' attorneys, Photiadis and Elizabeth A. Kraengel, provided Jesella and Bartolomei with what they called "courtesy copies" of a new motion - a "taxpayer lawsuit" - that was filed on Monday. It describes a land lease, signed in 2002 by the Village of Lewiston and WJBT, as "illegal," and states it "violates the New York State Constitution, the public trust doctrine and the General Municipal Law." Further, the motion states WJBT dock easements "violate the requirement ... that the premises be used for the public benefit as a public recreation area" and the lease itself "is also inconsistent" with the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.
Williams is requesting the lease agreement be nullified.
In response, Bartolomei said, "It seems to me there is no merit to that, either."
"We'll be moving to dismiss that, as well," he added.
Neither Williams nor Kinney appeared in court.
On Thursday afternoon, Kinney said the village turned a piece of property that had no significant value - but significant liability - into something better.
"(It's a) project that will create significant tax base to the village over the next 10, 20, 30 years," he said. "That seems like a pretty good business move on the part of the village."
Kinney intends to begin constructing the two-story, almost 2,700-foot WJBT headquarters in April or May, continue working through mid-June, and resume the process after Labor Day. The project, estimated at $1 million, was expected to open this summer, but has been delayed in court.
"It's going to have to be done in two phases," Kinney said, adding it's "a shame" construction workers will be delayed and visitors to the waterfront will have to wait for new river overlooks included in his design.
"All for the sake of an exercise that proved to be a big waste of the village's time, money," he said. "Now we're going through another round of it."
Attempts to contact Williams, who was out of town, were unsuccessful.


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Region's first platinum pre-certified building opens in busy Hong Kong luxury shopping district
Located in Causeway Bay, one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts, Hysan Place is a Grade A office building developed by Hysan Development Company and designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. The 36-story mixed-used office and retail building totals around 710,000 sf in floor area. Hysan Place is the region's first commercial project pre-certified LEED Platinum, and features enhanced daylighting, individual occupant control of natural ventilation, and public access to sky gardens. It opened in August. Gammon Construction served as contractor.
Healthcare communications firm moves up in Chicago's West Loop
Healthcare communications consultant Emmi Solutions' new corporate headquarters in Chicago's West Loop was completed by Summit Design + Build (on-site construction) and Eastlake Studios (project architect). The company was previously located on a different floor in the building, and when additional space was needed, Emmi Solutions chose to relocate and take over the entire top floor of the 12-story structure. The 20,455-sf headquarters features loft-style space with exposed masonry and mechanical systems, two large rooftop skylights, and private offices with full glass partition walls.
New Middlesex County College building earns LEED Silver stamp
The $10 million David B. Crabiel Hall is a 36,000-sf academic building designed by DMR Architects on the main campus of Middlesex County College in Edison, N.J. The two-story project includes classrooms, computer labs, administrative offices, kitchen facilities, and meeting rooms. Certified LEED Silver, the building is fitted with occupancy sensors in each room as well as daylighting, drought-resistant plantings, low-flow water fixtures, and a highly reflective elastomeric roof coating. The Building Team also included Epic Management (construction manager), Concord Engineering (MEP), Remington & Vernick (civil/landscape engineering), and Arco Construction Group (general contractor); all firms are based in New Jersey.
Arkansas Geriatrics Institute gets a 54,000-sf vertical facelift
The Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock has undergone a 54,000-sf vertical expansion. Designed by Perkins Eastman, the expansion provides an additional four stories, including multidisciplinary research, education, and administrative spaces. A 400-foot pedestrian bridge links the institute to the network of medical center facilities and services. Others on the Building Team: Polk Stanley Wilcox (associate architect), Kenneth Jones & Associates (structural engineer), and Nabholz Construction (construction manager), all based in Arkansas.
UC San Diego parking structure set to handle up to 1,200 vehicles
A new 500,000-sf parking structure complex serves visitors and staff of the Thornton Hospital Cardiovascular Center at the University of California, San Diego's East Campus in La Jolla. Designed by International Parking Design, the $24-million facility includes 1,200 stalls in two adjoining garages, one of two levels, the other of five. The design-build project also features a synthetic-turf soccer pitch and archery range on top of the two-level garage. Bomel Construction, Wolf Architecture, Hope Engineering, and RBF Consulting were members of the Building Team.
Largest stone mill in Maryland repurposed into mixed-use complex
Formerly one of the largest cotton duck producers in the world, the historic 86,000-sf Union Mill in Baltimore was restored into a mixed-use complex development for the surrounding community. Baltimore-based Seawall Development Co. repurposed the former industrial space to support local nonprofit organizations and provide housing for public school teachers new to the city. The complex features one- and two-bedroom apartments, 30,000 sf of office space, and a 1,500-sf café restaurant. Other firms on the Building Team: local firm Marks, Thomas Architects; Fairfax, Va.-based Sustainable Building Partners (energy engineer); and Columbia, Md.-based Allen & Shariff Engineering (mechanical engineer). +


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With this guide and a bit of practice, you'll be rocking a bow tie just like my man, Charles Osgood. I love CBS Sunday Morning.
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Thanks for the interesting article in the Amarillo Globe-News (Henry: Fear a factor in Amarillo gun sales, Dec. 15, amarillo.com) in regards to fear being a factor in gun sales in Amarillo.
I've been reading and hearing about President Barack Obama raiding homes, businesses, banks, etc., ever since he was first elected in 2008, and now in 2012 after his being elected to a second term he is going to take away firearms from all U.S. citizens.
With the entire state of Texas in the back pocket of the National Rifle Association with "protect your freedom," it is easy to understand why gun sales have skyrocketed 300 percent.
Obama has never said he intends to confiscate personal firearms owned by U.S. citizens or anyone else.
This rumor was started by far-right religious groups, the NRA and radical people that can't stand the ground on which Obama walks.
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The BRIC nations—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—will be fertile territory for non-GMO sales as their emerging middle classes look for healthier eating options.
Rockville, MD (PRWEB) November 13, 2013
Global sales of non-GMO food and beverages are projected to rise to $800 billion by 2017 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15%, and will account for about 15% of total global food and beverage sales at that point, according to Packaged Facts' recently released report, "Non-GMO Foods: Global Market Perspective." Global sales of non-GMO products reached $400 billion in 2012, accounting for 8% of the overall global food and beverage sales of $5 trillion.
Excluding the United States and Canada, Packaged Facts identifies 10 countries that represent as much as two-thirds of the new global non-GMO product introductions from 2009-2013. Russia is the leader with a 15%, followed by the United Kingdom with a share of 10%. From a comprehensive global perspective, the United States' share is roughly 40%. Aside from the U.S. and Canada, Europe represents seven in 10 global non-GMO food and beverage rollouts between 2009 and 2013. Europe is followed at a considerable distance by Asia and Oceana.
Packaged Facts projects that non-GMO sales will increase in all regions of the globe, as will the practice of labeling foods and beverages with non-GMO verified or certified labels. Prompting increases will be the inevitable expansion of GMO crops into territories where they had previously been banned or limited. Concerned shoppers will want GMO and non-GMO labeling to help them distinguish between the two types of products. The BRIC nations—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—will be fertile territory for non-GMO sales as their emerging middle classes look for healthier eating options, according to David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts.
As other nations seek to clarify the labeling of their products, both GMO and non-GMO, Packaged Facts projects the portion of the global non-GMO market represented by sales in the U.S. will decline through 2017. In addition, non-GMO labeling will become more available as certified testing operations, like NSF International, join Cert ID in the non-GMO verification market to take advantage of a growing demand from marketers.
For more information on "Non-GMO Foods: Global Market Perspective," please visit http://www.MarketResearch.com or http://www.packagedfacts.com/Non-GMO-Foods-7822141/. The previously published companion report, "Non-GMO Foods: U.S. Market Perspective," can be found at: http://www.packagedfacts.com/Non-GMO-Foods-7779884/
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