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First off, our best advice would be to only bring what you really need – however you arrive, you'll inevitably have to carry your stuff a fair distance to where you camp. And as part of our Love Worthy Farm, Leave No Trace campaign we'd definitely encourage you to only bring things which you can take home – that includes everything, even your tent.
For security reasons, all ticket holders will be subject to extra searches of their vehicles, their bags and their person at this year's Festival. This will make entrance slower than in previous years. Please be patient if there are queues, and please cooperate with any security requests and all searches.
We do appreciate that you're going to be staying on the farm for several days, but the less you bring, the quicker you'll get through the gates. As a general rule, we would ask you to only bring as much as you can carry yourself. It really will make things quicker.
There will be separate search lanes for those with large luggage and trolleys, and we anticipate that these lanes will be significantly slower. So, please think: do you really need that camping chair? Can you manage without that extra food and drink? You can buy pretty much anything you need here on site – and many of our food stalls offer 'Food For A Fiver' – but it is worth baring in mind that from 2019 there will be less camping equipment stores on site than there have been in the past. So please bring a sturdy, fit-for-purpose tent that will last a lifetime of festival camping.
We would also ask you to put luggage tags on all of your bags and belongings with your name and mobile number, so that we can identify them as yours. Also, please do not wrap your bags / kit in the thick plastic wrap you sometimes see at airports. Your bags will need to be accessible for searches.
If you're driving and you really do need to bring more than you can carry, then we would advise you to make separate trips to your vehicle, by exiting and re-entering (just make sure you hold on to your ticket and pass out to do this).
What to bring
- Festival ticket
- A reusable water bottle, to fill up from the free taps on site
- Tent
- Sleeping bag
- Roll mat
- Wellies or sturdy boots
- Toilet roll
- A warm jumper (it can get cold at night)
- Sun tan lotion
- Waterproof
- Toiletries
- Enough change of clothes in case you get wet
- Medical info (if you have any allergies or medical conditions)
- Medication if required (click here for the Festival's prescribed medication policy)
- Torch
– Original ID documents (not photocopies) are needed for: Hospitality tickets, Challenge 21, Lead Booker for coach packages, Sunday tickets
– Photocopy of ID is okay if a child is under 12 but looks older
– Standard public ticket – no ID required as photo on ticket
- Money/cards
- Hat
- Bags for dirty clothes and rubbish
- Contraceptives
- Mark valuables with house name and postcode so it can be posted back to you
What not to bring
- Too much stuff so you can't take it home again.
- Please don't bring gazebos – they take up valuable tent space in the campsites plus an awful lot of them get left behind. We'd also rather you didn't put tape around your enclosure of tents, please. It makes it harder for other people to get to their tents.
- Only food and alcohol for personal consumption can be brought onsite.
- Excess packaging – if you purchase something new for the Festival, please remove all the excess packing at home, before you arrive.
- Please don't bring anything made of glass (even perfume or mirrors) it will be confiscated if found.
- Please do not bring non-biodegradable body glitter and avoid the use of disposable wipes. Wipes – even biodegradable wipes, which quickly breakdown into micro-plastics – are problematic environmental pollutants. Plant fibre-based biodegradable wipes rot, releasing methane into our atmosphere, so we would like people to really try to use alternatives.
- You may be searched at the entrance for any items that may be used in an illegal or offensive manner – which will be confiscated. Persons suspected of carrying out illegal and/or offensive activities onsite may also be searched and face eviction. No portable laser equipment or pens are permitted. NB: Confiscated items will NOT be returned.
- NO animals (except registered guide dogs), sound systems, generators, sky lanterns or kites, unauthorised fireworks, or wax flares.
- Persons using fireworks will be evicted from site and materials confiscated.
- No unauthorised tape recorders, professional film or video equipment are allowed onsite. Cameras for personal use are welcome.
- No sound systems.
- No drums.
- Flying or filming with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, or so-called drones) is not allowed on site before, during or after the Festival – and is prohibited by law. We have a working site and the safety of our audience, crew and staff is paramount.
- No nitrous oxide (laughing gas). As a contraband good, under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 this substance is banned at Glastonbury.


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The 2012 American Working Malinois Association National Championship held in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Nov. 9-11. The competition was a success with good weather and a great turnout. The AWMA was hosted by the Motor City Working Dog club and had a great crew of helpers and Judges. There was plenty of competitive Malinois and a good amount of spectators. We are proud to have been able to be apart of this great competition.
Graubaer's Boker and his Handler and trainer Fabian Robinson have been extremely busy lately from the "CBS Person of Interest "filming to competitions. We were so proud after all that is going on how well Graubaer's Boker performed. Fabian Robinson and Boker showed up ready to give 110 percent and were rewarded for it. They took home first place in IPO3 with nearly perfect scores in all 3 categories. Graubaer's Boker scored a 97 in Tracking, 95 in Protection and 95 in Obedince with a total score of 287. We are also happy to announce Boker and Fabian will be apart of the USA world Malanois dog team. We are very proud of Graubaer's Boker and Fabian Robinson and are looking forward to see whats next for our Superdog. You can follow us on our Facebook page, Youtube and our Main website.


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August 27, 2008
…turn to more important matters than transporting gold to your grave. ~Credenda~
structube modern furniture
August 25, 2008
we're taking some relatives to montreal tomorrow to show them the city.
whenever we visit montreal, we always make a stop at one of my favorite minimalist furniture stores: structube. it's like minimalista, but more affordable. specifically, i'll be looking for a new clock for the wall in my redesigned office. i'll let you know if i find anything… in the meantime, check out some of structube's furniture design.
related posts: minimalista; operation: minimalist office complete
lessons from the garbage dump
August 23, 2008
i made some time to do some work around the house today and decided to take a trip to the garbage dump. over the last three months, i have thrown countless things into our garbage cans for the garbage man to haul away. but we have also amassed a small pile of "large items" that won't be picked up curbside.
i loaded up the family mini-van with old vacuums, a chair, suitcases, a garage door opener, two old doors, weed whacker, sheet rock, a medium sized bag of tools, two large toys, and some other miscellaneous trash. while at the dump, two things struck me.
1. i paid $15.50 to dump the junk. while i was actually quite happy with the price, i couldn't help but think, "this is so ironic. i'm giving you good-for-nothing junk and you're charging me money? i mean, i already had to pay for this stuff once, i've got to pay again just to get rid of it!" it got me thinking… essentially i just paid them $15.50 to purchase some space for my junk. i am simply buying real estate in some hole somewhere in the earth to store my stuff. now, i'm smart enough to know that there are other costs that go into running a junkyard such as tranportation, machinery, and labor… but essentially, i'm just paying them for space in their garbage hole aren't i?
that reality led me to lesson #1. whenever i make a purchase, i am forever responsible for finding the space to store that item – whether it be a baseball, a vacuum, or a sofa. unless i can sell the responsibility to somebody else, it will always be my duty to find space for it to exist (even if it means a one-time fee of $15.50). and that seems like a good way to think though any purchase.
2. i helped a young man unload a treadmill machine from the back of his pick-up to leave at the dump. i was thinking of the good feeling that i was experiencing after removing the large items from my home and i said to him, "i bet it feels good to get this out of the house." "it sure does," he responded with a smile on his face. lesson #2 – never buy a treadmill.
related posts: the story of stuff; minimalism in america, part 2
note to self – jello molds
August 23, 2008
next time you decide to minimalize your wife's football shaped jello molds that she was planning to use for your son's birthday party… don't!
related posts: note to self – scratch paper
two by two
August 22, 2008
today i ran into some interesting advice from christine over at organize magazine for my linen closet. she wrote: "a bed requires only two sets of sheets, period – one to wash, and one to wear. the rule of twos applies to towels as well: two bath towels, two hand towels and two washcloths per family member. (have some extras for guests, but not too many.)"
i can't think of any good argument against the two-by-two rule. looks like i've got some more work to do.
you can read the whole article about organizing solutions for your linen closet right here.
the cluttered space under my kitchen sink
August 21, 2008
i did some minimalizing around the house yesterday. i didn't set out to find a minimalizing project, i was just looking for some dishsoap. but when i opened the cabinet door under the kitchen sink, i knew i had found my most recent minimalizing effort – cleaning solutions of all sorts, sponges, scrapers, and plastic bottles.
i followed my typical formula: pull out everything, create three piles (sell/donate/trash, relocate, return), reorganize, and complete. but for this project, i added one important step: test. that's right! i took every product that we don't use regularly and tested it before deciding to keep it. it's amazing how many "specialized" cleaning solutions seem to do the same job as one multi-purpose disinfectant.
it took me one trash bag and about 45 minutes to complete the task. at the end, i had one new minimalized, clutter-free cabinet, a new understanding of our cleaning solutions, and one clean shower (the bathroom cleanser worked so good i decided to keep cleaning and finish the shower too).
my advice to my wife and to you – the next time you are about to buy a new, specialized cleaning solution in fresh-looking packaging, ask yourself if you really need it. and if you do, ask yourself how you ever kept it clean without it…
related posts: benefit #4 – easier to clean; i had to do something
hans hofmann on minimalism
August 19, 2008
i found inspiration this afternoon from hans hofmann who was once labeled the "artist of the century" by american heritage magazine. he said…
"the ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."
becoming minimalist is ultimately about removing the unnecessary so that we have room in our lives for the necessary – brilliant.
related posts: humor; minimalism – the heart's desire of most


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Myst V: End of Ages was released last September as the final chapter of the Myst saga. It seems like the publisher, Cyan Worlds, pulled out all the stops for this game. Now, I haven't actually played Myst V, but from what I have seen of the trailers and heard from friends, it is a game that lived up to all of its hype. To help facilitate the success of this game, Cyan Worlds turned to their own in-house Composer and Sound Designer Tim Larkin to produce a soundtrack that would match the ambiance of the world the Miller Brothers created and Cyan Worlds was about to close the book on.
Having left Myst V unplayed to this point, I cannot say which tracks are in the game and which are not but upon listening to the soundtrack in its entirety, I was left with the impression of something dramatic and also very organic. The soundtrack opens up with Descent, a short but very exciting piece that throws the listener straight into the action. The timpani provide a dark, almost tribal feel that will set the pace for the next five tracks. Seeing the trailers, I imagine this piece and the next five pieces take place in the Great Woods at the beginning of the game. I have to say that they really do fit the images I have seen. Track 3, especially, gives a person the feeling that they are traveling through a dark and ancient forest with untold secrets waiting for them.
The tone switches in Track 7, the Tahgira Ice Fields. There is a suspicious lack of a bass of any sort. The sound here is somewhat sparse with the foreground sounds sounding in discord with the background. It creates the image of a lonely ice field quite well. Out of all the tracks, Noloben Lab is probably the most unusual. It begins with the same kind of dark feeling that the earlier six tracks had, the almost sinister undertone track 7 and onward had but there is a brief trumpet solo that lasts for about a minute of the piece that adds to the piece but also hints a bit at Mr. Larkin's jazz background. It's a very different piece and while it jumped out at me, it is still subdued enough to blend seamlessly with the rest of the soundtrack.
By 10, the listener is back to the same kind of dark dramatic sounds that drive the first track. The following tracks are less tribal and instead begin using various string instruments to accompany the dark sounds of the timpani and the bass drum. This is a theme that will continue all the way till the last Track, the Finale. Out of all the tracks, the Finale is the one that is the most 'musical.' It features the full range of an orchestra and is not nearly as subdued as the rest of the soundtrack. Here, the instruments take front stage, slowing down and speeding up in the same way must ending credit songs tend to do. Unlike the rest of the soundtrack, it fluctuates between bright sounds and dark sounds until it reaches a triumphant crescendo at the end.
Overall, I will have to say that stylistically, this is a beautiful soundtrack that really brings to life some of the stunning images the Myst World has been known for. As a soundtrack, it does its job well, providing that extra subtle push in mood and ambiance without being overpowering.
This soundtrack was originally released with the Myst V Limited Edition box but it can now be purchased separately from Amazon, the Ubistore and a few other places online.
Reviewed by: Rebecca Cheng
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March 2012
|The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
|Rowntree Players
|Wed 7 Mar to Sat 10 Mar 2012
|Music Night
|Joseph Rowntree Theatre
|Sun 11 Mar 2012
|Dance Express
|Evelyn Witcombe School of Dance
|Wed 14 Mar to Sat 17 Mar 2012
|Singalong The Mikado
|Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company
|Sun 18 Mar 2012
|MPS presents WEST END HITS!
|YSJSU Musical Production Society
|Fri 23 Mar to Sat 24 Mar 2012
|Summer Holiday
|Flying Ducks Youth Theatre
|Thu 29 Mar to Sat 31 Mar 2012
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
by Jim Cartwright, Directed by Nik Briggs
Rowntree Players
Wednesday 7 March to Saturday 10 March 2012
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice tells the story of a shy, reclusive girl, Little Voice, and her larger than life out of control mother Mari.
Desperately missing her dead father, Little Voice spends her time locked in her bedroom listening to his old record collection and perfecting astonishing impersonations of favourite divas including Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland and Marylin Monroe.
When Mari starts dating small time club agent Ray Say, she thinks he's her last chance for a better life. When Ray Say hears Little Voice sing, he thinks she's his ticket to the big time. Little Voice just wants a normal life and to be loved. Not everyone is going to get what they want.
An evening full of laughs and tears, when the worlds collide sparks are going to fly...
Music Night
A Celebration Through The Decades Of The Queen's Reign
Joseph Rowntree Theatre
Sunday 11 March 2012
With music from Don Pears with the Steve Cassidy Band
Featuring songs from Jo Pears, Marie Louise Scott, George Horne and Martin Lettin
The night will be compered by Ken Humphries
Sunday Night is Music Night
Dance Express
Evelyn Witcombe School of Dance
Wednesday 14 March to Saturday 17 March 2012
Singalong The Mikado
Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company
Sunday 18 March 2012
Whether it's the Lord High Executioner reciting his Little List, the Mikado devising punishments to fit the most heinous of crimes or the giggly girls in Three Little Maids from School there can't be many people who haven't heard and loved a song from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. A hit with audiences since it's premiere 127 years ago, this tale of love, deceptions and misunderstandings, set in Japan, where flirting is punishable by death, is returning to York this March with a twist.
Following our very well received Sing-a-long-a-Pirates of Penzance in 2011 we're delighted to be returning to The Joseph Rowntree Theatre with Singalong The Mikado, which will provide an evening of entertainment for everyone. Performed by Jorvik Gilbert and Sullivan Company, this semi staged production, with narration encourages audience participation with all the choruses. Song sheets will be provided but if you have your own score you are welcome to bring it along. An excellent way to enjoy this popular production, suitable for all ages.
MPS presents WEST END HITS!
Featuring the music of Footloose and more!
YSJSU Musical Production Society
Friday 23 March to Saturday 24 March 2012
YSJSU MPS present an evening of West End Musical Numbers including extracts from Footloose and much much more.
This is a change from the original programme due to cast injury
Summer Holiday
A Fabulous Sixties Musical
Flying Ducks Youth Theatre
Thursday 29 March to Saturday 31 March 2012
In an age when ten bob was a small fortune, cream soda a favourite tipple and a first kiss sent you into raptures, this musical comedy will have you wanting to dance in the aisles.
Summer Holiday follows a group of teenage pals on an adventure which takes them from grey London to sunnier climes, all aboard a big red bus.


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We will confirm the date required, and coaches are available, as soon as possible. Once confirmed a £60 non-refundable deposit is required, at least 14 days before the date of the party. Full payment is due before the party starts on the date you required. An invoice will be sent once the party is confirmed.
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Based on the novel by Richard and Florence Atwater
For licensing & perusal script, contact Robert here.
Script by Robert Kauzlaric
Music & Lyrics by George Howe
GENRE: Family musical comedy
LENGTH: 60 minutes
CAST: 1 females, 1 male, 2 either (4-18 actors possible)
SET: Flexible set
Money is tight and times are tough in the town of Stillwater. With no houses to paint till next spring, Mr. Popper is stuck at home daydreaming of adventures in far-off lands, while Mrs. Popper must scrimp and save just to put beans on the table. But with the unexpected arrival of a spirited penguin named Captain Cook, a new horizon opens before them. As a quiet partnership expands into a boisterous flock, the Poppers learn that there's no problem that can't be solved with steady determination, lots of love, and a dash of unconventionality. Join this offbeat family on an unforgettable adventure in a new musical based on the 1938 classic by Richard and Florence Atwater.
"Richard and Florence Atwater's 1938 children's tale — adapted for the stage by playwright Robert Kauzlaric and songwriter George Howe — is the endearing and enduring tale of a housepainter whose fascination with faraway places leads him to write a fan letter to an antarctic explorer, who responds by sending Popper a penguin from the South Pole… This charming and funny hour-long family show, which uses life-size puppets to represent the birds, emphasizes the loving partnership of Mr. Popper and his improbably patient and supportive wife, whose participation in the action has been expanded from the original book… Kauzlaric's witty script and Howe's bouncy score is well delivered." —Chicago Reader
Premiered October 2015, Lifeline Theatre, Chicago, IL
Regional Tours:
Children's Theatre of Charlotte (Southeast USA: 2017-18)
Produced by:
The Children's Theatre of Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
Nashville Children's Theatre (Nashville, TN)
South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, CA)
Production photo by Suzanne Plunkett


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Main line looking down gullet from N.W. corner, south jetty [Victoria Dock construction, Bombay].
Photographer: Taurines, E.
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1885
The need for the new docks at Bombay was created in the mid-19th century when the city experienced a growth in economic prosperity due to an increase in trade, particularly in cotton. Construction was initiated by the Elphinstone Land and Press Company launched by Nicol and Co. in 1858 and completed by the Bombay Port Trust in the last decade of the century. All of the building took place on land reclaimed from the sea.


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Winner: Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore; illus. by Susan L. Roth
(Lee & Low)
This gorgeously illustrated history of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot, along with the settlement and development of Puerto Rico, underscores the environmental consequences of human populations on indigenous animal species. The beautiful green and blue parrots witness early human settlement on the island, then suffer a decline in numbers over centuries of human population growth, colonization, and wars; invasive species that compete for resources; and natural disasters. The parrots were down to a population of only thirteen in 1975; conservation efforts, located first in the El Yunque rainforest and then spread out to other locations across the island, have increased parrot numbers to several hundred. With stunning paper-and-fabric artwork on each spread, the book is laid out vertically to best give a sense of height. Ruffly feathered parrots, colorfully clothed people, and a series of Puerto Rican landmarks are located within dense, intricate illustrations in which layer upon layer of branches, leaves, ferns, and other greenery capture the lushness of the landscapes. An afterword includes additional details about conservation efforts, several color photographs of the parrots and the people working to save them, and a timeline of historical and environmental events in Puerto Rico. DANIELLE J. FORD
Honor: A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant; illus. by Melissa Sweet
Horace Pippin drew and painted from an early age, but as the eldest son in a working-class African American family he was not afforded the luxury of pursuing an education or career in art. Instead, beginning at age fourteen he worked a series of menial jobs to help support his family until he enlisted as a soldier in World War I. There, he sketched and recorded what he saw. When he was shot in the right shoulder, he sustained an injury so grave that he was discharged from the army; it also weakened his right arm to such an extent that it ended his ability to draw or paint. But years later he felt inspired to create art, and he realized he could do so if he supported his right hand with his left one. He went on to create dozens of paintings, based on memories from his childhood and wartime experiences, stories his grandmother had told, stories from the Bible, and scenes he saw around him. Bryant's well-researched, articulate account of Pippin's life is interspersed with direct quotes from him, most of which are embedded directly into Sweet's expressive gouache, watercolor, and collage illustrations. Although only five of Pippin's actual paintings are reproduced here (and only on the back endpapers), Sweet includes her own versions of many of them, created in the "simple colors" Pippin was fond of—black, white, browns, greens, yellows—but usually including a touch of bright red. KATHLEEN T. HORNING
Honor: Locomotive by Brian Floca; illus. by the author
Talk about a youth librarian's dream come true: a big new book about those ever-popular trains from a bona fide picture-book-nonfiction all-star. Striking cinematic endpapers lay the groundwork, describing the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s. Then, in a sort of historical-fiction-meets-travelogue narrative, Floca zeroes in on one family's journey from Omaha to San Francisco. Floca excels at juxtaposing sweeping panoramas with intimate, slice-of-life moments: here a widescreen shot of the train chugging across the Great Plains; later a vignette at a "dollar for dinner" hash house ("If the chicken tastes like prairie dog, don't ask why," cautions the narrator). Varied font sizes and styles on the large pages beautifully capture the onomatopoeia ("Hisssssssss"; "huff huff huff "; "chug-chug chug-chug chug-chug") of the train and the feel of the Old West. One spread finds the train precariously crossing a trestle ("The train is so heavy, the bridge is so narrow, and rickety rickety rickety!"); the concluding ricketys are displayed in an appropriately jarring shadowed font alongside a picture of passengers shaking — and praying — in their seats. Luckily, our family makes it safely to its destination: "the country's far corners have been pulled together…thanks to the locomotive." An author's note and thorough discussion of the sources used are included, and don't miss the back endpapers — the steam power diagram would make David Macaulay proud. SAM BLOOM
Honor: The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
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"Eccentric" is an apt word for Ohr, a Mississippi blacksmith's son (1857–1918) who reinvented himself as a potter: though he began his distinctive works on a potter's wheel, he then reshaped them into "pronounced curves and free-flowing forms" and would "twist, wring, pummel, and fold" for effects "witty, rhythmic, and sensual." Thus, literally and figuratively, a form's original center was shifted in order to create a unique (and usually nonfunctional) sculpture, rather than the teapot or bowl its shape might suggest. Mostly self-taught and way ahead of his time, Ohr was undeterred by his lack of worldly success; a shameless self-promoter, he billed himself as a "Mad Potter" and priced his works high even when they hardly ever sold, though he did make utilitarian items to keep his large family afloat. There's not much here about that family. They valued his work so little that "his grandchildren and great-grandchildren used a few bowls as targets for their BB guns"; a son burned all of Ohr's papers. Fortunately, the pots themselves—whimsical, fantastical, downright beautiful—were rediscovered in the 1970s. Soon they were selling for tens of thousands of dollars, inspiring other artists, and being displayed in museums, including one especially built for them in Ohr's native Biloxi—designed, appropriately, by Frank O. Gehry. Once again, Greenberg and Jordan (Ballet for Martha, rev. 7/10) have produced a magisterial portrait that's both a character study and an appreciation of their subject's oeuvre. Precise, vividly descriptive language; excellent, scrupulously sourced photos; full notes and bibliography; and useful back matter (on the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, "How to Look at a Pot," "And How to 'Boss' One of Your Own") all contribute to this inviting, eye- and mind-opening biography. JOANNA RUDGE LONG
Honor: Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate; illus. by the author
Author-illustrator Cate begins with a confession: "I'm not an expert birdwatcher—not a single pair of my binoculars even works properly! I just really love birds." Her desire to share this passion with a new generation of nature enthusiasts shines through in this delightful and thoroughly detailed introduction to the hobby (some might say addiction) of birdwatching. The book starts by encouraging children to sharpen their awareness of their natural surroundings and, in doing so, to notice the presence of birds in any setting, pastoral or urban. Next up are the basics of bird identification, guiding readers through consideration of bird color, shapes, behaviors, and songs (including helpful discussions of the challenges of differentiating among birds that are brown, the peskiest color, and among sparrows, the peskiest species). Once mastered, it's on to the more intermediate characteristics that distinguish one species from another: habitat, range, and migration. The discussion is lighthearted; Cate and the birds, portrayed in cartoonlike illustrations with speech balloons, poke fun at themselves and one another as they teach bird observation. Even when amusing, however, the asides and comments are full of scientific information. Cate also suggests that readers document their observations through sketching and drawing, providing tips on the art as well as the science of birding. DANIELLE J. FORD


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Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play legend Bob Cole, who will turn 81 later this month, admits he was "sad" to learn he would not be part of the coverage of the Stanley Cup final.
But he grudgingly accepted the decision. Instead of sulking, he went golfing in Florida. He jokes that he'd like to shoot his age, but his goal this year is to break 90.
His last assignment this season was calling Game 7 of the Western Conference final between the Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings.
The polarizing announcer from St. John's, Nfld., said he is excited about the prospect of coming back for another season of calling NHL games when Rogers takes over control of the airwaves. He said he accepts the criticism from some fans that he has misidentified players from time to time, but resolves to do better.
Here is an edited question-and-answer interview with the man who made "Oh, baby," his personal catchphrase.
Q. Did you ever think about retiring after this season?
A. "I didn't think about retiring. I had no idea what CBC wanted. I didn't seem to be all that comfortable (with retiring). That was before the announcement was made that they (CBC) are not going to be around anyway. Scott Moore (president of Sportsnet and NHL Hockey for Rogers) called and we began talking and I was delighted we did."
Q. Are you signed up for one year or more than one year?
A. "I don't know yet. I haven't been home. The contract will be looked at and my lawyer will look at it, and I'm sure everything will be fine, and we'll see where we go. I don't know what they plan on doing. I'm delighted. I can't wait."
Q. How long can you go?
A. "Vin Scully and I are rolling along (laughs). I've never thought about it, you know? A good friend of mine in the sports business said anytime anyone asks you, just say, 'I'm going to keep doing this until I get it right.' I hope forever, but you know, it's not going to happen, but to answer your question, no, I have not planned at any time for my retirement. I just enjoy it so much."
Q. The job doesn't seem like work to you?
A. "I'm lucky to have a job that I've always wanted to do and I'm trying to do it the best I can. Some people may not like it, but others do, it seems. It's great to go to work and everybody has got to be, without question, on the ball."
Q. How do you define your job?
A. "That's my job, to describe what I'm seeing and try to use my voice to aid and abet what they're looking at. I'm not a fan of trying to educate hockey fans because a terrific majority of them know as much about the game as I do, and some of them even more."
Q. What's the best advice you have received?
A. "Foster (Hewitt) told me years ago if you can do a game and people can tell you they really enjoyed the game immensely, it was great to watch, they don't mention your name, you know you've done your job. I've always remembered that."
Q. What's it like in the moments before you pick up the microphone?
A. "I get my butterflies. I get a little nervous every time we go to the booth and get ready. When the game starts, I feel the way the players feel, I think."
Q. Will you change in any way?
A. "I'm too stubborn. Nobody's going to change me now."
Q. You're heard the critics. Are they fair?
A. "Sure they are because I've got a fault. . . I probably have many faults, but the one fault I have is to stay precisely on top of the action. Sometimes if I wait a split second, maybe Sidney Crosby doesn't look like whomever, because you'd be surprised, you're so far away in some buildings, maybe it would be better if you just back off a little, be sure and then continue."
Q. Do you know when you're screwed up?
A. "I know the moment I misplace somebody. I know the second. It hurts, but you've got to keep going. Don't stop the game for that. I don't know if there's a play-by-play guy out there that hasn't misplaced somebody one time or another. That happens. It's gotta happen."
Q. Where did, 'O, baby!' come from?
A. "It happened with Mario (Lemieux) on a great play he made, I think it was in Minnesota and it just slipped out of me for no reason. It was a great, great goal, and 'Oh, baby' and it stuck, I guess."
Q. Do you plan any of your calls?
A. "You can't plan that stuff. These things happen, you know. It's you. It's your identity, I guess. And that's what makes me a little different. Then I'll screw up a couple of names or something and keep going."
Q. Do you watch the broadcast later and critique yourself?
A. "I do air checks every now and then. Still do it. I see that I could have done a little better there. Maybe I should do more. I'll get my friends at CBC to send me the DVD and I'll find a spot to sit down and listen to it and watch it. Maybe play it twice. Just make a few mental notes. At one time, I used to write them down and go over everything."
Q. Were these playoffs the most exciting ever?
A. "The three series I just finished were quite exciting. They were all close. Six games, seven games, my goodness. It was a great month, I'll tell you that. I'm not sure if they were the most exciting. We've had lots of exciting games. Philadelphia and Edmonton years ago, 1987 or something. Seven-game series. When Vancouver was in there against the Rangers, it was exciting."
Q. You have a competitive streak?
A. "Competition, I've always lived on it. In high school, I played a lot of football, soccer, that is. I played hockey. I played all sports. Rowing, whatever."
Q. What is it you like about golf?
A. "It's just a pleasurable game, you know. You have to be competitive to play the game and not feel badly when you're not doing well. You've got to come back keep trying. Keep trying."
Q. How are you different in front of a microphone?
A. "I think I become a different person, for better or worse, I don't know. I've been accused of being very intense. I'm working. Years ago, our executive producer Ralph Mellanby, said, 'You've got to have fun up there, Bob.' I said, 'Ralph, I can't have fun up there. I'm working.' It's serious business to me."
Q. Are you underpaid, overpaid, or paid what you deserve?
A. (Laughter). "Don't tell my employer, but I would do this for free. But thank God they pay me."
Q. Who's paid more? You or Don Cherry?
A. "Nobody can keep up with Grapes, are you kidding? He's fabulous."
Q. Finally, Bob, how would you announce that the Leafs have won the Stanley Cup?
A. "I don't think it would be any different than announcing the New York Rangers or the Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup this year. I just love the game."
Q. It would be a kick for you to announce for me that the Leafs have won the Cup. Can you try?
A. (Laughter). "Leaf fans would love it, but others wouldn't. I have no idea. You can't script that. I hope I'm there when they do, how's that?
Q. Could there be an Oh, Baby?
A. "There could be, yeah, there could be. I'm sure it would be pretty good."
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that Rogers takes over control of national NHL broadcast


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Mistaking saliva for cave slime and teeth for stalagmites, explorer Richard Winston was in for a big surprise Saturday as he entered a creature's mouth thinking it was a big cave. "There sure is a warm, wet draft in this big cavern," Winston said, struggling to keep his footing on the creature's wiggling tongue and grasping for a handhold on the creature's slippery cheeks. "I've been in lots of caves before, but this is definitely the softest and wettest. Normally, I like caves because they're quiet and cool, but this one is really hot and there's a loud rumbling that sounds exactly how my stomach sounds, but much louder and scarier." At press time, Winston was shining his flashlight on the creature's uvula in order to get a better look before silently muttering "oh no" to himself.
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Is it any surprise that the CIA has disbanded the unit that is hunting for Osama bin Laden? After all, he's Bush's buddy. The Bush's and the bin Laden families are business partners in the Carlyle Group. Osama appeared on television 3 days before the election to help Bush win a second term. And after 9-11 the only plane in the air after the attack was a plane taking the bin Laden family back to Saudi Arabia. Osama is the Republican's boogie man and they pull him out every time they take away more of our freedoms. The "war on terrorism" is a fraud. If we aren't going after bin Laden then we aren't going after terrorism.


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COURT ORDERS GOV'T TO PASS NEW LAW OR DRAFT ALL HAREDIM> Haredim stage mass protest over draft arrests> Jerusalem police raid haredi anti-draft NGO officeYONAH JEREMY BOB Haredi man and IDF soldiers in Jerusalem.. (צילום:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)Haredi man and IDF soldiers in Jerusalem.. (צילום:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)The High Court strikes down Israel's new policy on haredi recruitment, deeming it to be discriminatory and presenting the gov't with a tight deadline to replace it.The High Court of Justice has struck down the government's 2015 policy on recruiting haredim into the IDF and national service, ruling on Tuesday that it fails to meet that goal and discriminates against most Israelis who are drafted.The court gave the government one year to pass a new law before the default emergency regulations kick in, which will require drafting all of-age men, with no exemptions for haredim.The decision follows a massive almost year-and-half lag in which no hearings were held and it appears that the High Court and the government played a game of chicken. The court did not issue a ruling and waited to see whether the state would modify aspects of the law that it had watered-down to please the haredi parties in the coalition, but which the court and the petitioners had criticized.The last hearing was in April 2016, and the court had already ordered the state in January 2016 to explain how its policy was not discriminatory.Likewise, the state waited to see if the court would refrain from ruling to avoid being attacked for judicial activism and so that it could avoid addressing the time-bomb issue that could blow up the coalition.Haredim as a rule oppose army service as they are concerned about their young men losing their religious values, which include a focus on Torah study. Most secular Israelis are angry that haredim mostly get an exemption from the draft that binds them – an exemption which haredi parties demand before joining any government coalition.The decision was 8-1, including Supreme Court President Miriam Naor, who wrote the majority opinion, and just-retired justice Elyakim Rubinstein – whose retirement forced the court to issue a ruling so that he could still participate. Rubinstein reached the mandatory retirement age for judges of 70 in June, but, as is the rule, continued to sit on cases he had already begun hearing.The one dissenting vote came from Justice Noam Sohlberg.The 2013 coalition government, under pressure from Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid and which excluded the haredi parties, had passed a revolutionary March 2014 law requiring haredi men to join the IDF and, for the first time, with the teeth of criminal sanctions for draft-dodgers.This fix was also necessary ever since the High Court struck down the "Tal Law" in August 2012. Absent a new law, the state would have been obligated to draft all haredi men into the IDF at age 18 – the same as all other Israelis. So even the Lapid law did not require all haredim to join the army, which made the issue of discrimination a close call for the court.But the Lapid law's aggressive targets were eviscerated by the government's 2015 law, making it easier for the High Court to strike it down and send the government back to the drawing board on the issue.Explaining the decision, Naor wrote that "the new recruitment policy harms equality in a deep way which harms the constitutional right of the dignity of man."She said the new law failed to achieve its purposes of significantly raising the number of haredim joining the IDF, national service and the workforce through setting incremental but concrete benchmarks for recruitment.Naor emphasized that the court never required full equality and full drafting of haredim, only a substantial change and a sign that as close as possible to fuller equality would be on the horizon.She attacked the 2015 law as imposing only voluntary benchmarks over a six-year period, which was itself too drawn out. Following that period, another three-year period had even more amorphous targets that the defense minister had too much discretion about. Then beyond those nine years, there were no clear targets at all.The Supreme Court president said that if the data the court was given had showed substantial increased enlistment despite the weak legislative framework, the court might have held back.Instead, she said the numbers the court received, which she implied were far too low, reinforced the finding that no major increase was occurring.Rubinstein wrote a stirring defense of Torah study and the haredi cultural way of life, but still came out saying that these values could and needed to be balanced with service in the IDF, just as for other Israelis.Justice Yitzhak Amit, who sometimes sides with the conservative side of the court, likewise said he respected haredi culture and was ready to agree to a temporary emergency transitional period in which enlistment increased only gradually.However, Amit found that the current law failed to even achieve modest necessary progress, and came out against any law that pushed off the decision for haredim from age 18 to a later age.Justice Neal Hendel, who also sometimes sides with the conservatives of the court, said the very idea of having to choose between Torah study and IDF service was disproved by the religious-Zionist community which combines Torah study with extensive IDF service.Sohlberg agreed with the majority that the new law had not yet met its goals. However, he said it was too soon to toss it out the window and that the law was an improvement on the 2012 Tal Law.The conscription law passed in 2014 would have required the majority of young haredi men to enlist in the IDF or civilian service by 2017, with a small percentage of exemptions for elite yeshiva students.The amendment to the law for haredi conscription passed in 2015 at the behest of the haredi parties postponed the implementation of obligatory enlistment until 2020 and also gave the defense minister the authority to exempt any number of yeshiva students after that date, essentially eviscerating the target-based system.
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I have had the pleasure to know Cidney Corpuz for the past few years. Along the way I have had him in classes, watched him taking other classes and overall have been privileged to realize the human side of this extraordinary man.
It's a rare opportunity in the area we live in to come into contact with someone like Cidney. His great respect for yoga, for the people that attend classes and the actual yoga studio surrounding itself, is unmatched. Because of his marital arts background and great knowledge of eastern philosophy, his presence alone is peaceful but yet disciplined.
Cidney is extremely aware of the mind- body connection. His senses are highly attuned and I can tell from watching him in class and discussing yoga with him that he understands and feels the deep healing benefits of yoga beyond the physical realm. He responds especially well when adjusted, with less resistance then most people I've encountered. Cidney then from this learning discovers the pathways in which his body can move to unleash habitual patterns on all levels, which no longer make sense or serve his highest good.
Cidney is one of the most unique, genuine, loving and dedicated yoga practitioners I've met in the 10 years I've owned Triad Yoga & Pilates with my business partner Newton Campbell. It's with a deep conviction of the heart, that I unconditional recommend Cidney for teacher training. Cidney is one of those rare people you meet in life that you never forget and I know that as a yoga instructor, people will be taken on an unforgettable yoga journey like none other.
Thank you and Namaste,
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I have written about our Warrior Bunny, Reggie. He is funny, mischievous a little pushy at times but we love his spirit. Almost a month ago, we had a scare. Reggie came down with something. He stopped eating, and started losing weight. He became lethargic. So we took him to his vet, Dr. Riddle. He got an injection of antibiotics and an additional 7 day supply of antibiotics to take home. It took almost 7 days before we saw that he was making a recovery but he is doing awesome now and from this experience he has become more affectionate and sweet. He will come up to me and ask me to pet him. if he is in his little hiding place under his chair and I need to see him, I call him and he comes out so I can pet him. This experience brought us closer together. I realized then I wanted to get a portrait done of him. I have never been able to paint or draw rabbits but when my husband's Friend, Bruce Hilvitz, who is a very talented artist donated a pet portrait for the yearly Humane Society of the North Bay's Barkitecture, I asked Bruce to make a portrait of Reggie. It was an easy process. We sent Bruce a hi-resolution photo of Reggie and he sent us back a digital file of Reggie within the week. It was really fast. He really captured Reggie's essence. As I am looking at Reggie's portrait, these questions about Bruce's art started flooded in my mind. How did he develop his style? Does he believe he has to suffer for his art? So I decided to ask the artist himself. Here is a short interview I did with Bruce:
Did you take formal art classes?
Bruce: One month in art school was all I could muster. Back in those days, where I was, there wasn't any respect for cartooning in art school. Although, I did grow up within an arts community, via my Mother, so way before High school, I had experience in virtually all disciplines of art.
What was the defining moment when you realized you wanted to pursue your art as a career?
Bruce: I can't recall one, per se…I've always drawn, played with paints, clay, whatever was handy at the moment. I've always relied on visuals, be it art, toys, cars, buildings…anything that I enjoyed looking at.
How do you describe your art?
Bruce: My art and career has been based on comic art mostly. Something I've been drawn to my whole life (no pun intended). It can run the gamut since I've had to learn to wear many "hats" in order to make a living … comics don't pay very well, and they are time consuming. Illustrations a bit better, general graphic design, hourly, is the best. Special projects, here and there are also nice when there's that opportunity…like book design, and editing, limited edition print production.
What artists influenced you when you were developing your style?
Bruce: Early on I was weened on MAD Magazine, of course…guys like Basil Wolverton, Jack Davis, Wil Elder, Harvey Kurtzman. I had a very short lived love affair with super hero stuff…I appreciate that stuff more now, than I did then…but my true love came to light when I first laid eyes on a Robert Crumb comic, and it finally struck me with the thought that ANYTHING is possible. And so it is.
How would you describe the medium you work in?
Bruce: These days it all seems to be based on digital technology. I sometimes start with a regular 'ol drawing that I scan then work out color or details in a vector based program, usually Flash or Illustrator. I don't draw "on paper" as much as I really should, digital art doesn't have the tactual satisfaction that paper does…no originals to really drool over. You can see who has "chops" when you see an original drawing on stiff white bristol board.
Do you agree you have to suffer for your art?
Bruce: No, but it helps. Truthfully it's a tough profession, if you are not willing to sacrifice common things in life, then you better think of something else to do.
When did you decide to start doing pet portraits?
Bruce: I started this past holiday season…I live in a neighborhood with many, many dogs, I figured someone might be interested…just another "hat" to wear.
Do you have any animal companions?
Bruce: The best dog on earth…a reformed runaway name Aristotle. A black Pekingese, only an Anti-Pekingese…he doesn't bark, maybe twice a year, if that…he does sneeze, and fart a lot though…I can't blame him, he's in the neighborhood of 14 (years).
Any advice for aspiring artists?
Bruce: Don't do it!!! no…just learn, work hard, be honest with yourself… The best advice I try to follow, not sure who said it, in the lines of… "Do art as if your parents are dead."
Can you expand on that philosophy- "Do art as if your parents are dead."
My interpretation is 'don't be afraid of what other people think…just do it.' Criticism, and especially self-criticism, is the death nell of art. Even though it's hard to avoid, or listen to.
For anyone interested in having you create a portrait for their pets how can they contact you?
Bruce: Easy as going to my site…


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All boys and girls 5th grade and above are eligible to take part in the Mass at Holy Ghost as Altar Servers. There is a training program after which the boys and girls will be scheduled to serve at the parish liturgies. Contact Deacon Andy Sommer for more information.
This group consists of lay people called both by the Pastor and commissioned by the Archbishop for a 3-year period. After receiving training for a deeper understanding of the Eucharist, they serve the parish by assisting with the distribution of the Eucharist at Mass and by taking Communion to the sick, elderly and homebound. Anyone who is
unable to attend Mass because of illness or infirmity and would like to receive Communion at home, please call Deacon Tom Schulte.
If you are called to commentate or proclaim the Word of God at Saturday or Sunday Mass, then being part of this ministry will get you the necessary training and will schedule you to take part in the liturgy. If you are interested in finding out more about this ministry please contact Deacon Al Aulner.
Gift Bearers bring the bread and wine to the altar in preparation for the consecration into the body and blood of Jesus. If you are interested in helping with this ministry please contact the rectory during business hours.
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Ushers assist the people with finding their seats, assist when needed with the congregation, and take the collection up at all masses. If you are interested in this ministry please call Lyman Bridgman.
This group comes together to keep the inside of our Church clean. They are here on Friday mornings to make our Church ready for the weekend Masses. If you have an interest in joining this ministry please call Lyman Bridgman.
Money counters are accountable for counting the collections from the weekend Masses and reporting back to the Parish Business Office. If interested in this ministry please call the Parish Business Office.
To ensure the beauty, prayer and order in the Mass at Holy Ghost, preparation, not only by the ministers of the liturgy, but also by the sacristan, is required. This ministry of sacristan is essential for the preparation of the vessels and all of the items necessary for the liturgy. Invisible during the celebration, the effects of this ministry are visible as the
community is able to participate without distraction or disruption. A sacristan's role is to prepare all that is needed in the worship space and the items needed at the altar for Mass. This includes preparing the liturgical books and the
credence and gift tables that hold all of the sacred vessels. After Mass, they make sure everything is put back in order in the sacristy. The sacristan serves in this important ministry with a prayerful reverence and respect in handling materials used for the Mass. Call Kathy Schulte with questions or if you are interested in helping with this ministry.
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This is a network of people willing to pray for anyone who is in special need of prayers. You can call Geri Rewolinski to add requests to the prayer chain or if you are interested in getting involved.
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This committee is available to set up and serve luncheons for the family of a deceased parishioner who is buried from the Church. The committee representative is also available to give suggestions to the family on various supplemental items for the luncheon and food. If you are interested in helping with this ministry you may call Grace Pohl.
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The Camellia Sinensis Tea Flavor Wheel
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The Camellia Sinensis Flavour Wheel was first developed by our team back in 2008 as we put all the material together for the original French edition of our book 'TEA History, Terroirs, Varieties. It is a tea specific version of similar flavour wheels used in the worlds of wine, scotch and other forms of tasting.
The flavour wheel is a simple tool that helps us categorize the olfactory characteristics of a tea during a tasting. Start in the central zone of the wheel with your first impressions. Moving progressively outwards to refine the vocabulary you use to relate your experience.
Aside from helping us focus, the flavour wheel also presents us with the fascinating concept of aromatic crossover from one style of tea to another…..Enjoy!


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Ann Arbor Farmers Market report for March 6, 2010
A total of 41 vendors came to the Ann Arbor Farmers Market on Saturday, March 6. They came from Alpena, Ann Arbor, Britton, Chelsea, Dexter, Henderson, Homer, Manchester, Milan, Oscoda, Pinckney, Plymouth, Stockbridge, St. John and Ypsilanti. They brought alfajores cookies, apples, beef, bread, brioche, buffalo, cheese curds, coffee, cutting boards, donuts, duck eggs, eggs, furniture, gluten-free baked goods, honey, organic ice cream, jams, jellies, jewelry, knife sharpening, kombucha, lamb, pea greens, potatoes, pussy willows, rag rugs, spinach, sprouts, yogurt and more to market.
Here's a few market highlights and links to more market information. It's based on the list of vendors at market for the week on Arborwiki.
The market report
Each week market manager Molly Notarianni sends out a brief market report on Twitter. This week's report reads "lots of vendors basking in the warm sunshine: Gardenworks, Tantre, Cafe Japon, MI Mushrooms, Cecilia's Pastries, & cheerful fresh flowers! oh boy! Pilar's Tamales are back at market as well!."
Tantré Farm is an organic farm on Hayes Road in Chelsea. This week they brought potatoes, kale, and sauerkraut to market. The Tantré Farm Recipes weblog has recipes for everything they grow on the farm, so you never have to worry about wondering what to do.
You can't mention kale without a nod to the weblog 365 days of kale, written by registered dietician Diana Dyer. Dyer has a Google kale alert to notify her of all of the writing about kale on the net, and her most recent kale soup and salad recipes post gives an acknowledgement to Debra DeMille, MS, RD, CSO, nutrition counselor at the Joan Karnell Cancer Center at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.
Garden Works, on Joy Road in Ann Arbor Township, brought sprouts and pea greens to market this week. I was too late to pick up any pea greens (they had sold out quickly) but I'm looking forward to more of them as the season comes along. "Dou miao" refers variously to pea greens, pea shoots or pea tips; this set of recipes from the Eating Asia weblog will help you enjoy them, either stir fried with garli, or in a noodle salad as Hot and Spicy Noodles with Pea Shoots.
Michigan Mushrooms LLC is a small family mushroom farm in Alpena about five hours north of Ann Arbor along Lake Huron. They were sold out by the time I made it to market at 11 a.m.; earlier in the year, when the February market had less competition for goodies, we enjoyed some of their Blue Oyster mushrooms sauteed in butter with eggs.
Prepared foods
Café Japon, a bakery and restaurant downtown on Liberty Street in Ann Arbor, brought 20 brioche to market and sold out right away. (Are you noting a theme here? The author going to market later than necessary to write about everything first hand.) They were waiting for a second shipment of baguettes from their bakery six blocks away to restock.
Cecilia's Pastries was also closing up shop at 11:30 a.m.; chef Cecilia Mercante had sold all of the French pastries she had brought to market.
Pilar's Tamales is back at market. Chef Sylvia Nolasco-Rivers, a native of El Salvador, served up hot tamales from her cart. She was right next to John Roos of Roos Roast who was invigorating the scene with his hot coffee. John's Subaru had had its catalytic converter stolen the week before, but it was back in service.
Farmer John Hochstetler of Our Family Farm in Manchester brought a Ukranian style "pysanka" painted egg to market to go with the duck and chicken eggs that are his usual staples.
Edward Vielmetti is a regular at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market. See him Saturdays at the market, located at 315 Detroit Street in Ann Arbor. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Pizza Hut, is Pizza Hut, is Pizza Hut, right. WRONG! Not in Bozeman, Montana. We have a dining experience you can't get at any other Pizza Hut, from our ranch pizza, to our 36 inch trout hanging over our Yellowstone Riverbed, sandstone encased fireplace, to the beautiful view of the Bridger Mountain Range while eating on our patio! (open weather permitting.) We have an interesting local menu featuring favorites of the Gallatin Valley in pizza and pasta. This mountain valley community is home to Montana State University, Bozeman. There are more skiers and fisherman per square mile here than bear and elk, which are all numerous! If you are staying in Bozeman or just passing through, be sure to give our Pizza Hut a try. We have a Montana feel to our Pizza Hut!
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Jigsaw is made up of two highland musicians with a wealth of talent and experience earned through countless years of playing in all types of bands for all types of events. They specialise in Weddings, Company & Club events.
Their talent extends to; Weddings, Barn Dances, Marquee Dances, Small Intimate Parties, Pub and Lounge Gigs and Dinner Dances & Theatre Events.
From their very extensive repertoire they play music to suit all tastes; from Frank Sinatra to Robbie Williams and everything in between, including Scottish dance music.
They have state of the art equipment and, with all the latest digital technology, can produce a full band sound. They can provide an unforgettable evenings entertainment for your event.
Jigsaw is a Top Class Entertainment Duo based near Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands.


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Evouni Covers the iPad 2 Territory with Leather Arc review
Evouni Leather Arc Cover is a unique book tablet case for iPad 2 . The new case is essentially a single piece of handmade premium Italian calfskin leather . The one-of-a-kind case will not only protect your precious device from minor impacts and dirt, but can also convert into a tablet stand case .
Thanks to its natural curvature and rigid nature the Arc Cover can form simplistic shapes providing infinite number of viewing angles. The case also features a handmade metal buckle and a flexible rubber band, which firmly shut the case and ensure the iPad 2 stays inside at all times.
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Well, let me tell you something first. It is true and I'm going to show you how it works and where you can get it for free.
Everyone is always looking for the next big thing in traffic generation not to mention free organic traffic. It can be a pain to keep up with, not just the best way but the most ethical as you don't want Google changing their algorithms and your best webpage or worst still your whole website gets stuck in the search engine combustion chamber and spat out Google's exhaust pipe.
You see, getting a free traffic generator that increases organic traffic by 94% is unheard of especially if it's ethical.
Well here is the best overlooked method and it's straight from the big Gs mouth itself.
Google Authorship. You may have heard of Google authorship but don't know how to get it or at least, make it work on all your posts.
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Interactive Web Design
Database Design and Hosting
E-Commerce Tools
Online Promotion
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By Mark Idzik
Since writing about these last month, I've found more
tools (mostly free!) you can add to your web site to keep
your visitors coming back. Actually, this may become a
regular article since attracting and keeping visitors
becomes harder as the web grows.
According to recent reports, the next big trend on the
web is "remote file storage". I tend to agree. If you
travel between computers and locations, and need to
have access to your files, lugging around zip disks and
diskettes can get very tiring.
i-FileZone is a new service that offers 10MB of disk
space for all your files, accessible from any web browser,
stored and encrypted, and best of all it's FREE!
If you have a commercial web site and want to offer this
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or the visitor, visit the site and become a partner.
We've just added i-FileZone to our HelpTalk Online site
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i-FileZone also offers a "bounty" for each new account
established. It's a win-win service - offer a free service
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Since the web reaches almost every corner of our world,
translating web sites, email or phrases into another
language may offer your visitors a great benefit.
Freetranslation.com is a revolutionary new service that
translates on-the-fly, and is surprisingly accurate.
Most services until now have translated word-for-word,
where Freetranslation.com uses machine translation,
by analyzing sentences based on the rules of the
language and translates the words and phrases in the
context of the original document.
The site offers methods to link to the translation page,
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Why not offer a new positive, uplifting message to your
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HamWeather is a perl script that you install on
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Address: P.O. Box 13456, Springfield, Illinois 62791-3456 U.S.A.
Our Association is an international group of students that study the Sun, Moon, planets, asteroids, meteors, and comets. Our goals are to stimulate, coordinate, and generally promote the study of these bodies using methods and instruments that are available within the communities of both amateur and professional astronomers. We hold a conference each summer, usually in conjunction with other astronomical groups.
We have "sections" for the observation of all the types of bodies found in our Solar System. Section Coordinators collect and study submitted observations, correspond with observers, encourage beginners, and contribute reports to our Journal at appropriate intervals. Each Coordinator can supply observing forms and other instructional material to assist in your telescopic work. You are encouraged to correspond with the Coordinators in whose projects you are interested. Coordinators can be contacted through our web site via email or at their postal mail addresses listed in back of our Journal. Out web site is hosted by the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona which you are encouraged to visit at http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/alpo/. Our activities are on a volunteer basis, and each member can do as much or as little as he or she wishes. Of course, the A.L.P.O. gains in stature and in importance in proportion to how much and also how well each member contributes through his or her participation.
Our work is coordinated by means of our periodical, The Journal A.L.P.O. ("The Strolling Astronomer"). Membership dues include a subscription to the Journal. The A.L.P.O. offers a printed version of the Journal that is mailed out quarterly. An identical digital (Acrobat Reader) version is available over the internet at reduced cost. Subscription rates and terms are listed below.
We heartily invite you to join the A.L.P.O. and look forward to hearing from you. For your convenience, the form below may be filled out, detached, and mailed. Again, thank you for your interest in the A.L.P.O.
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Ceiling light fixtures – You can make your home lighting a fancy focal point with little creative craftsmanship. Bath bars and crystal chandeliers – fixtures like home builders and most individuals install in their homes – are mainly made of brass and chrome. Why settle for the usual when you can easily light up your lighting with some color and simple craft supplies? The steps described here can help you create an antique-looking luminaire using a color glaze.
Clean the ceiling light fixtures with an ammonia-based cleaner to remove all grease and dirt from the surface. Place the fixture on a cloth outside. Sprays have a tendency to travel and produce harmful fumes. Making work outside minimizes the mess and reducing the effects of paint smoke. Tape away all areas that you do not want to paint with low tackiness to target magazines and newspapers. Remove all decorative items such as shades and set aside.
Spray the whole ceiling light fixtures or bath bar using white splash primer. Choose a spray primer for slippery surfaces. The can should be labeled "bonding primer." Spray the primer in a steady, reciprocating motion, slightly overlapping each passage of the spray can. Apply 2:58 rocks; allow the primer to dry for about an hour between each layer. Turn the fixture over to the opposite side and spray all areas you missed.
Tips and warnings
Purchase crystals and fabric lampshades to add to antique charm your fixture. Crystals can be found at most craft shops.


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Five Ways to Screw Up Your Life with the Internet
One of the odd things about the Internet is that so many people don't seem to understand that it's real. Sure, they realize that there's a computer in front of them, a "series of tubes," and then...it gets kind of foggy. It's like they think there are magical pixies from the land of Lulz on the other end, as opposed to their family, friends, co-workers, and old boyfriends who are obsessively poring over their Facebook page.
Granted, they are aware that they do need to be careful about a few things: viruses, hackers, identity thieves, Nigerian princes who want to give them millions of dollars -- all the standard stuff. But there are some lesser known dangers of the Internet that can steamroll your life like Paris Hilton stampeding towards a line of cocaine.
1) Upload naked pictures and videos.
You'd be surprised how many people have naked pictures of themselves. Maybe they're guys like Anthony Weiner who have the mistaken impression that anyone wants to see their junk. Maybe they're women who get a little excited at the idea of a man seeing them naked. Maybe they're even a couple who wants to take it to the next level by filming themselves having sex to see if it looks more like a porn movie or two sea lions fighting under a blanket. Whatever the case may be, the problem is that in a digital age, these pictures and videos can get out to a much larger audience than originally intended. Just ask Weiner about that.
Personally, I once had a roommate call me in to look at some woman he'd met online who was trying to turn him on via webcam. I've also had more than one guy who broke up with his girlfriend who just flat out offered to show me naked pictures of her. One of them had dated the girl for almost two years. In all of those cases, the offers were completely unsolicited, so who knows how many other people got a look? I could tell you another half dozen disturbing stories about naked pictures (yes, it's really that common of an issue) -- but instead, let me just say this: you'd be surprised at how often those pictures end up causing problems. Think very, very hard before you take those pictures in the first place because once they get out of your control, you'll never get them back.


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These perfectly cute round toe sling backs are great for updating your wardrobe with an ironically old school style. Marc Jacobs has probably gotten tired of seeing all the pointy toed sling backs out there and has opted for a round toe, which in my opinion was a great decision. I love a splash of … [Read more...]
Marc Jacobs 'Mulitcolored Oxford'
Don't you hate it when you spend tons of money on designer shoes and no one notices them? Well no worries, with these shoes not only will people notice you but they look like a hot pair of designer shoes. Marc Jacobs has found a way to combine bronze, patent leather, and gun metal into one … [Read more...]


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Taiwan is not a party to the Kyoto Protocol, which is likely to go into effect early next year. But the nation should soon establish specific goals to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to ensure its economic competitiveness, environmental groups said yesterday.
Yesterday, 69 groups held a press conference to remind the Executive Yuan of the importance of keeping Taiwan abreast of international trends and the fight against global warming. The groups urged the government to revise its out-of-date industrial policies, which have led to the continuous growth of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The Kyoto Protocol aims to reduce by 5.2 percent the amount of greenhouse gases emitted in one category of developed countries within the five-year period of 2008 to 2012. However, environmentalists said that it would be impossible for Taiwan to reach that goal.
Statistics from the Environmental Protection Administration show that in the energy sector, Taiwan's carbon dioxide emissions increased to 255 million tonnes last year from 113 tonnes in 1990.
"Our carbon dioxide emissions are still growing," said Mary Chen (
Chen also stressed the importance of informing the public about their responsibility to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Taiwan produces more carbon dioxide than all but 21 nations. For its size, Taiwan is a major emitter of greenhouse gases, environmentalists said. There are more than 15 million vehicles in Taiwan, which is home to 23 million people.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Creamy Pasta Salad with Greek Yogurt Feta Dressing
Pasta dishes have always been my favourite ones. It's because pasta is extremely versatile and you can think of thousands of yummy dishes to make with it. One of my latest experiments was this creamy pasta salad. What is good about it, is that despite being amazingly delicious, it is also healthy. The dressing is made with greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise.
P.S. it is even better the next day after being refrigerated overnight. Enjoy!
Creamy Pasta Salad with Greek Yogurt Feta Dressing
200g ditalini pasta, cooked and drained
1 can sweet corn
1 large tomato, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 red onion, sliced
55g (handful) of black olives, halved
1/2 head lettuce (Iceberg), chopped
75g mixed baby leaves, chopped
salt & pepper
Greek Yogurt Feta Dressing
100g Feta cheese
300g/ (a little more than 1 cup) greek yogurt
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp dried dill
1 tsp dried parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp white pepper
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1) In a large bowl, combine together all the ingredients for the salad. Set aside.
2) For the dressing, combine all the ingredients in a food processor and pulse to make a smooth paste. Alternatively, you can simply put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix everything by hand.
3) Pour the dressing onto the salad and mix until evenly distributed. Keep in refrigerator.
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Material composition
Zirconia is the result of a chemical process: the basis is zirconia sand, partially stabilized with yttrium and made into Zirconia blanks through a mechanical process. Among the dental ceramics available today, zirconium oxide is without any doubt the material with the highest flexural and tensile strength.
By omitting the ceramic layering, a more massive structure can be created, resulting in an overall higher resistance of over 200%. In this way, ceramic chipping and abrasion to the antagonist are being avoided.


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It's out
The book is out. The publishers have been in touch. I may have to - gulp - promote it. I'm ready, I tell you, or I will be after I've finished this glass of rose wine. Now there's a drink for an angler. Neither one thing nor the other, neither fish...
A New Hope
Having not been fishing since November - that's nearly six months, even by my poor maths - I feel pale and depressed. I'm richer than I was* by dint of all this flamin' work, but I haven't been to the bank, except for a walk. But the book, the book. It's nearly out. You can find it listed on Amazon. They've done a great job. The Australian edition is prefaced by Bonita Brown, the English edition by no-one.
About the author
Rob Beattie is the other of several popular fishing books. He's also a regular contributor to Waterlog magazine.


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Many prospective apartment renters frequently interchange the concept of a loft and a studio apartment, which causes confusion when considering your ideal apartment living situation. In the past, these two terms were distinct, but airiness, atmosphere, cost and square footage differentiate them today. If you're in the market for a new apartment home and are looking for some help, here's a deeper look at distinguishing the difference between studio and loft apartments:
I. Studio Apartments
You can easily find large lofts to accommodate a small family and host get-togethers. But studios are different, because a studio is generally defined as a single room with just a small kitchen or kitchenette and a private bathroom. These are ideal for single people and a small pet, or a couple who enjoys an urban setting. If you enjoy a challenge, it's possible to creatively divide the small space with the help of furniture, screens and other space-saving solutions.
II. Hard Lofts and the Soft Lofts
Hard lofts are generally situated in older industrial buildings and are real estate diamonds in the rough. Original features, such as vaulted ceilings, concrete flooring and exposed bricks, are common and provide creative potential to those who thrive on customizing apartment living spaces. Soft lofts are located in newly constructed buildings, where you'll find carpet, dividing walls and open floor plans.
III. Cost
No matter where you're renting an apartment, studios are typically the most budget-friendly rental option. However, budget-friendly and cost-effective are not synonymous, and the difference between studio and loft apartments in rental prices between New York City and San Antonio, Texas will vary greatly. More often than not, studios are all bills paid, or at the very least, utility costs are considerably lower than other apartment choices. Lofts vary more in terms of monthly cost, because its age, how it was converted or remodeled, location and square footage are all contributing factors.
Loft apartment living has been a trend that's stood the test of time, and they're rapidly rising in popularity with renters. Unfortunately, apartment locators and real estate agents use the term "loft" loosely, because it's an attractive selling point. Make sure to look for identifying characteristics in listings and advertisements, so you know what to expect before you visit a prospective property. You'll streamline your apartment search to the best possible options and gain more time towards finding a new home suitable specifically for you!
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It has taken me over 6 weeks to finally see someone, talk to someone, have someone help me. Maybe longer, two months maybe. A ridiculously long time for someone to not give a ounce of care about something that I personally think is rather a big deal.
I'm sick and tired of panicking every time I hear a door bang, or someone raises their voice. I'm tired of snapping at random people for walking to close to me, or telling me to 'cheer up'.
I found the most amazing quote the other day.
Asking someone why they are so unhappy when they have such a good life, is like asking an asthmatic why can't they breathe when there is so much air
On line, there are so many people who would seem to understand that quote. I can go on tumblr and meet hundreds of people who seem to care or offer support, yet in real life, no one seems to even want to understand, let alone anyone that actually does. Thanks tumblr.
I finally got to speak to a doctor today, who seemed to also be a psychotherapist and she was absolutely lovely! One of the kindest, most understanding and caring people I have ever spoke to in my life. I know it's kind of her job, but there are a lot of people in jobs they hate, just for a pay-cheque. This woman deserves an award. She had read through my files, asked if anything was getting better or worse, and then I had to retell the story again. She didn't just take my word for it, she asked about things she thought might have happened, which I had clearly forgotten. Things I would have kicked myself over later.She said how well I was doing, and how I was taking a huge step that most people would not do. She said I was clearly intelligent, and a thinker (both good and bad) and she asked who I had for support, and gave me numbers of people I could call if I didn't have anyone around me. She could be my best friend any day. It's such a draining thing to keep talking about, keep admitting how stupid I was, have been, and it's embarrassing, but talking to people who can reassure me I'm not crazy, that I'm behaving completely normal for the process I'm dealing with, does in fact make me feel a little better. Thank you.