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At first blush, the Stooges and Steely Dan — who will close out the Beale Street Music Festival on Friday and Saturday nights, respectively — have nothing in common beyond their proximity in record-store bins. They were two of the very best American rock bands in that diffuse, transitional period between the breakup of the Beatles and the rise of punk, but it's hard to think of two major rock bands more different: in sound, image, background, and fan bases. (The only people who like both bands: rock critics.)
The Stooges, whose original run lasted from 1969 to 1973 (with a hiccup of a breakup in between) and whose original recorded output consisted of 23 songs and just over a hundred minutes of music across three albums, were essentially the bridge between mid-'60s garage rock and mid-'70s punk. Led by snarling, combative, confrontational singer Iggy Stooge (later Pop), the Stooges were middle-class Michigan kids who blasted away at suburban nothingness with the biggest, ugliest sound they could muster. Iggy later described the band as "juvenile-delinquent kids, running wild in America." (By contrast, Steely Dan could have described themselves as overprivileged collegians, smirking lazily in the dorm lounge.)
The Stooges' first, eponymous album, produced by the Velvet Underground's John Cale (who didn't seem to quite get them) included a few duds and three eternal anti-anthems — "1969," "No Fun," and the elemental "I Wanna Be Your Dog." Iggy, at age 21, opens the record — and closes the decade — with a summertime-blues lament for an age of literal rioting in the streets: "Well, it's 1969 okay/War across the U.S.A./It's another year for me and you/Another year with nothing to do."
The band's last album, 1973's David Bowie-produced Raw Power, added a fourth classic, "Search and Destroy," which not even a Nike TV commercial could ruin. But, in between, was the megaton bomb: Fun House, which opens with Iggy yipping and howling before the band launches into the menacing groove of "Down on the Street." Intense dirges "Dirt" and "Loose" were a self-lacerating peak no punk band would ever match. The title track, with Steve Mackay joining on a squawky saxophone, is like a spazz-out, garage-rock version of a James Brown jam.
If the Stooges were a pure rock band, Steely Dan was nothing of the sort. After launching their 1972 debut Can't Buy a Thrill with the beautiful, bitter radio-rock classic "Reeling in the Years," the band became AOR staples throughout the decade. Yet musical partners Walter Becker and Donald Fagen never really seemed that fond of rock. Rather, Becker and Fagen assembled their sui generis sound from every element tangential to rock-and-roll — jazz, traditional pop, blues, and R&B. And, unlike the Stooges, who got an unlikely record deal on the strength of their assaultive live shows, Steely Dan eschewed the traditional origin-and-development arc of the "rock band," forming in the studio and pretty much staying there. Steely Dan has almost always been a two-man operation — with a rotating cast of studio musicians — and the "band" ceased touring after 1974 until an unlikely return to the stage in the '90s. Where the Stooges were committed to total audience
Where the Stooges spoke directly and simply, lashing out with a first-person revulsion that was clearly their own, Steely Dan's songs were tricky, laden with irony and delivered by untrustworthy narrators, qualities hard to hear through a sonic aesthetic that could sound like cocktail hour for upscale fortysomethings.
But the very source of Steely Dan's charm is in the tension, such as it is, between the band's low-life lyrics and high-toned jazz-rock soundscapes (a dynamic reinforced by the knowledge that this totem of serious, musicianly respectability is named for a dildo in William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch). Those plush, meticulous backing tracks are perhaps best heard as the idealized interior soundtrack of the typical Steely Dan protagonist — invariably a well-educated and well-off white guy of questionable moral character for whom things aren't quite working out. Fagen has even sort of endorsed this reading by confessing that he and Becker think of their albums as comedy records to some degree.
Steely Dan albums are populated by junkies, losers, and killers, but these subjects tend to be approached with distance and irony. The Stooges were the "dirt" they sang about. And yet this ostensible perversity unites the bands. Both the Stooges and Steely Dan were bad-vibe bands, essaying a societal sickness without ever making message music. They approached the same bad shit from very different perspectives, and the more you listen and learn about them, the more the distinctions begin to blur. Steely Dan's songs are more writerly, to be sure, but are also suffused with cryptic, sneakily personal references. And, as primitive as the Stooges may have sounded, they were no savages. In later years, Iggy explained the band's music as a deliberate, thought-through artistic strategy: "Slowly I came up with a kind of concept. A lot of it was based on the attitude of juvenile delinquency and general mental grievance that I'd gotten from these dropouts I was hanging out with," he said, comparing the band's basic, overwhelming sound to the drill presses at hometown Ford plants.
The bands also shared a jazz connection, though Steely Dan were inspired by bop, and the Stooges were more attracted to the atonal attack of free jazz.
The Stooges and Steely Dan have also made comebacks this decade, a move that, on record at least, has worked out better for Steely Dan. (In concert, this dynamic could well be reversed.) This is predictable: Steely Dan's music has always sounded "old," so, in a way, Becker and Fagen may just be catching up with their own sound. By contrast, the Stooges' "juvenile-delinquent" rock doesn't befit AARP members, and on the band's recent comeback album, The Weirdness, you can hear Iggy and original bandmates Ron and Scott Asheton (with Mackay back on sax as well) struggle to keep pace with the past.
Where Becker and Fagen have only grown more familiar with the questionable characters they've long given voice to, Iggy struggles to enliven an aesthetic rooted in a snotty, personal dissatisfaction that doesn't age well. The result is lyrics like, "I got the top down on my Cadillac" and "You can't have friends/The money's gonna see to that."
Steely Dan's comeback album, 2000's Two Against Nature, was a triumph by comparison. The cheekily titled Two Against Nature was something of an album-length sequel to the band's last hit single, 1980's "Hey Nineteen," in which a class of '67 "dandy of Gamma Chi" tries to pick up a girl too young to remember Aretha Franklin, a mortality-enforcing romantic failure that leaves our hero repeating the refrain "The Cuervo Gold/The fine Colombian/Make tonight a wonderful thing" as jazz-fusion sings him to sleep.
Two Against Nature is consumed with tales of aging men in pursuit of sex, from "Gaslighting Abbie"'s cryptic triangle to the protagonist of "Almost Gothic," who is so infatuated with a Little Eva of Bleecker Street that he's "sizzling like an isotope." But most memorable of all is "Janie Runaway." It's the story of a Manhattan painter rejuvenated by jailbait Janie who ends the song angling for a threesome with her friend Melanie.
Two Against Nature completed Steely Dan's comeback by beating out Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP for the Grammy, a feat that was widely derided as an example of the Grammys' old-fogey instincts and probably was. But what critics and Grammy voters seemed to miss, equally, is that Two Against Nature is, in its own way, as prickly, confrontational, and outré as The Marshall Mathers LP — or anything by the Stooges.
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9 RV Parks near Ringwood, New Jersey
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Mahwah, New Jersey 5.57 miles SE
Wanaque, New Jersey 5.78 miles SW
West Milford, New Jersey 6.48 miles NW
We did however find 9 campgrounds within 25 miles of Ringwood. You can also find a list of cities with campgrounds or RV Parks near Ringwood in the left hand column.
115 Cozy Lake Rd Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 110 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 2 Reviews
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Sep 2014 - $35.00
If you are wondering why you cannot find any reviews on this "worst campground" in the USA, read on. This was our first time in the New Jersey area. Since we live out of state, we searched for hours online to find an rv park within reasonable proximity to the New York City area. We did a Google search and found Sun Air Campground. We phoned the owner to ask if he could accommodate a large motorhome, if it was easy to get to New York City by mass transit and what amenities they had. I was led to believe that everything was fine; no sewer, but good electric and water hookups, a dump station and fishing just steps away with a nice view of the lake. We believed we would be staying in a nice country setting with good access and modern amenities. So here is what we saw upon arriving in town. Without a GPS we never would have found this place. No directions were given on the website. When we turned onto Cozy Lake Rd, it was a very narrow road in a residential neighborhood with low overhanging trees. There were no signs along the road to provide direction until we finally came upon a small weathered sign nailed to a tree by a driveway. This was our first clue. The driveway entrance was rutted and rocky with pot holes, heavily wooded and very narrow. We pulled into a turn around area and straight ahead was a rundown modular residence with a little sign "Office" above the door. I knocked on the door (9:15 am) - no answer. My wife and I walked down the road into the campground only to be met by a vicious barking boxer, luckily on a chain in front of what looked to be a permanent trailer residence. The available sites were uneven, difficult to get into and covered in leaves and tree limbs. All occupied spots looked like permanent residents. We immediately decided this campground would not even rate a negative one star rating. There is a reason why there are no photos of the campground on the website. Cut-out areas in a heavily wooded area does not make a decent rv campground. We knew we were taking a chance on this place with so little information online, but we thought we'd check it out. Couldn't see any satellite images on Google maps because the area is so overgrown and the buildings are trashy and in horrible shape. In our 20+ years of motorhome travels, this is truly the worst place we have ever seen. Needless to say we drove on down the road. - cal corvette
Sep 2014 - $35.00
Family owned, people are nice. Gravel roads that are not maintained, gravel sites, ours was not level even with the use of leveling blocks. We parked by the lake, which was full of algae. There had been a boat dock at one time, now the area is roped off with "do not enter" signs. There is only one bath house for showers that is in very poor condition. You have to pay to use the shower. There is another bathroom that is in even worse condition. Neither were clean. There is a dump station, but no sewer hook up. The majority of the sites are seasonal renters in run down trailers. This place only takes cash. - esta34950
197 Wheeler Rd Florida, New York 10921 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 151 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 82 Reviews
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May 2019 - $72.00
We were in a back in gravel site with full hook ups. Also included were picnic table, fire pit, and Wi-Fi. They are also pet friendly resort with laundry facilities. The staff is very helpful and friendly and a store at the office. The best part they have bus tours from campground to New York City. Upper camp sites are newer, but close to one another. There are pull thru sites along with back in and roads are paved. Best part was friendly neighbors on both sides as well as throughout park. - KEN9XL
Aug 2018 - $63.00
We stayed here for access to NY tour bus . Well worth the money . We stayed on the upper level for satellite access. Staff very friendly & helpful . Also close to West Point. Nice view of the valley . - lv ron
Jul 2018 - $81.00
Easily accessible near Newburgh from 84 heading east from New England. Our site was on hill in a pretty and quiet setting with nice views. Very large property with areas still forested and other areas cleared. Ample space between sites and some grass. Saw lots of deer. Enjoyed pool although we had to disconnect to drive to pool as our RV was up the hill. Folks without mobility issues cop an go down a trail to pool near office and then walk back up. Seems like the RV parks I this area are all high. Only negative was employee made us sign in and then sat there, waited until 7, citing he had to lock up pool to treat it. The pool was lovely, it was hot day and would have stayed longer except for this. Bathrooms were spotless, modern, good lighting. Perfect for one night stay. Would stay longer in the future. - Andrea W
7 Babtown Rd Sussex, New Jersey 07461 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 100 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 1 Reviews
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May 2018 - $35.00
Great Stay! Office and check-in, is by the entrance. Trailer sites are spacious and shady. The lake is beautiful and there was a restaurant facing the beach. I will definitely come back. - Woodland Trails
100 Tall Timbers Road Sussex, New Jersey 07461 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 0 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 0 Reviews
Weldon Road Jefferson Township, New Jersey 07849 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 29 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 24 Reviews
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Aug 2018 - $25.00
This is a great little stopover or getaway. Quiet (except the cicadas), shady, peaceful. No sewer but bathrooms were awesome. Some of the sites are short, but there were also plenty of big rigs. No satellite or OTA signals except one Spanish channel. AT&T and Verizon work well. Bring bug spray! - Keeping up with the Joneses
Jul 2018 - $20.00
Reservation help was excellent. We got in after dark, site #7 took 25 tries to back in, then got help from a retired trucker. Took her 15 tries and we aren't in straight. 34 ft Fifth wheel and F350. The park is beautiful wooded New Jersey hills. Very scenic. Electricity is fine with 50 amp service. Water hoses are provided on this site as the connection is about 100 feet away, and is in the middle of the woods, very odd setup. Others have water on their site near the street, but requires extra hoses. There is no sewer, but there is a dump station. This is a small park with only 19 sites, none are perfectly level, but most are easy to adjust for. Overall a very nice place, but the water and site 7 issue made it difficult for us. Water connections are difficult to find. Will need extra hose. - BWolfAR
May 2018 - $23.00
This is a very beautiful small rustic campground. Sites were very well spaced out and paved. Picnic tables and grills in great shape. Wonderful trails throughout the park. About a 10 to 15 minute drive from the highway and stores. Note-be careful driving there at night. Lots of deer. Our site was a little challenging to level for our length but doable. Great service when making reservations. Only complaint is the bathrooms. Both women's showers had clumps of hair in the corners and on the walls. One had a slight drainage issue probably due to hair. Items were left from prior users in both the women's and men's showers. The bathroom area had lots dead bugs on the floor. We were there for 5 nights during memorial weekend and it did not appear that the showers or bathrooms were cleaned during that time or prior to our arrival. - Bonniem10
1 Croton Point Ave Croton on Hudson, New York 10520 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 92 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 58 Reviews
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Sep 2018 - $90.00
Okay, first of all the location is old. Very very very old. It is really really really in a beautiful location. Just amazing. Problem is if you need power ...literally at all, this is not the park for you. This is the worst power you will EVER find at any camp site. WARNING: Were barely getting 25 amps out of a 50 amp circuit. The power spikes are severe. Killed the washer and dryer. Freaked out all electronics. This is in a very beautiful area. You may have to run your generator the entire time here. Power is nearly none functional. Scenic and amazing place to camp, but the power will damage your systems. Sad! - ErikJ
Jul 2018 - $35.00
One of the better options when visiting NYC, but I don't plan on returning. The electricity to the campground was intermittent, which posted a big problem on hot days. Most sites are on the small size for a big rig. The campsite is in need of renovation and investment. The county Park as a whole is huge and attracts hundreds and hundreds of people on the weekends. The train station is nearby, but probably too far to walk for most folks. The dumpster area is pretty rough. If the fix the electrical problems, I might give them a look again, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. - Undivided Nation
Jul 2018 - $40.00
Been here several times, each time is worse. I don't plan on returning. County workers everywhere riding around on golf carts, but not doing much. Let's start with the bathrooms: heavy mold on the shower curtains, dead bugs everywhere (because the door doesn't close tight and the lights are on all night). Hair, mud, cigarette butts, empty shampoo bottles litter the restrooms. Windows are covered in cobwebs and dead bugs. I've been here a week so far and have only seen the restrooms cleaned once (they need to be cleaned 2x a day). Hoards of city kids bussed in for summer camp walk up from the tent sites and use the same 3 showers / 3 toilets on weekends. 2nd issue: Dumpster stinks and is overflowing most of the time, stray cats everywhere around dumpster. Big sign says "Don't Feed Cats". 3rd issue: Lot's of permanent trailers have been here for years, lots of work trucks, big propane tanks, messy sites. 4th issue: There is a field and hall adjacent to the campground used for family outings/company picnics. Last weekend a large group was there with loud music all day long, and they were playing softball in the field and several balls ended up under my RV and car; I was worried about my rig getting hit. No respect to the campers and kids were running through occupied sites to get water for squirt guns. I didn't drink the tap water because I think it's well water and the campground is adjacent to a huge closed landfill.??? 5th issue: Lots of low branches, the place needs a lot of tree work. All the campers around me have branches scraping their roofs. The Good: Proximity to NYC via train, full hookups, but only 30 amp. Grocery store within a mile. Nice area. - eventanman
Sussex, New Jersey (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 130 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 7 Reviews
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Jul 2009 - $40.00
Super nice place: very clean, and well laid-out. The only complaint is the office hours are not very reliable. They close from 5-7pm and again at 10 pm each night: which is inconvenient. So I went down at 4:45 pm: they were already closed. We went for firewood at 9:30 pm: again they were already closed. Other than that, a great park! - ST59
Jun 2009 - $40.00
We chose this campground because it was close and offered a lot of amenities for kids. Best part? The very large playground - the kids had a BLAST. The mini golf course was cheesy to us adults but the kids thought it was great. The kids never got to use the beautiful pool because a large group of adults took over the whole pool area for water football. Bathrooms were yucky but luckily we had a camper! Walking trails were overgrown and not maintained. - Its Me
Nov 2007 - $35.00
Nice location - rural. Bathrooms weren't very clean. The sites were not very level. There were many campers with a lot of junk all over their site. The entrance looks like it will be wonderful, but the sites and the junk take away from that perception. - bonniejames
1348 Round Pond Rd West Point U.S. Military Academy, New York 10996 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 62 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 14 Reviews
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Nov 2018 - $27.00
MWR facility located next to West Point. Sites have water and electricity. Water is disconnected usually when it first opens, and at the end of the season. Water available by the maintenance building. Sites are selected for you depending on the size of your RV. Sites by the Bathhouse are close together (usually motorhomes), the ones on the hill are more spacious and private(not as level). Some long-term RV's appear to be in the same sites, don't know if they are designated as such. One road (one-way) loops around the campground pond. The bathhouse has showers with plenty of hot water. Laundry room next door. The road leading into the campground is very steep and winding road, but not long. Just take your time. Larger rigs need to watch-out for overhanging branches, especially going pass the bathhouse up the hill. Good Verizon service. No WiFi at campgound. - JC0311
May 2018 - $35.00
Very disappointed with this military CG! Not only did they raise the price by $8 a night because of "graduation week", the bathrooms needed updating and cleaning, the grass was overgrown, the "sites" were not well defined. No wifi. No sewer. No cable although over air got a few channels. Laundry room had both dryers "out of order" for 2 days as the man with the "keys" was off! All back-in sites! - CSM Carolyn
May 2018 - $27.00
This place earns a 5 star for location; however, the sites were designed for 20' travel trailers. That being said, the sites are not well organized or standardized and definitely not very level. You never know which side the power pedestal and water hookup will be located. When it rains, puddles are everywhere because of the lack of even gravel. The laundry room and showers were dirty and didn't appear to be truly cleaned for months. And since there is no sewer hookup at the sites, you are forced to use the facilities. No WiFi and cell coverage is spotty, which is common for the area. If I were the Commander of USAG West Pont and the USMA, I would almost be embarrassed that this place is associated with the school that produces some of the finest engineers in the world. - Techn0
61 DeWitt Rd Sussex, New Jersey 07461 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 290 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 22 Reviews
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Aug 2017 - $60.00
The roads to the campground from the interstate are steep. The utilities were well placed on our pull through site and worked well. There is no cable tv and we couldn't get any clear channels on our antenna. The wifi was hit and miss. The dumpster to dispose of your garbage is outside the campground and difficult. I doubt we would stay again. - FSUWizard
Jul 2017 - $74.00
LOVED this campsite, although not our site. It was right in the front, near the action but in between two seasonals that weren't the nicest. It was quiet, and quiet hour was observed. Staff and other campers were very friendly. Our son loved the animals (they brought out bunnies this weekend) and we all loved feeding the ponies. The only downside is that the pool was cold and the hot tub was too hot. We had a wonderful time though and loved seeing the souped up golf carts going by! - Missusdeeg
Aug 2016 - $72.00
My family has been camping here now for about 10 yrs. we keep going back ,Staff couldn't be any friendlier, I have 4 children ,2 dogs the activities are good, all the folks here are friendly, my kids ride there bicycles here and they are safe , Pricing is more than fair, this is the only campground we go to that has an array of farm animals right at our campsite, food and soft serve ice cream is great, but most of all it is family run (not corporate ).only amenity they don't have is cable ,but that's ok I'm not there to watch TV anyway.. - TheSkilz


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No power shortage for Utilities, despite fire closing Drake plant indefinitely (article updated May 14)Colorado Springs Utilities can meet customer electrical needs, despite the temporary loss of the Martin Drake plant, which provides about a third of the city's power.
Located off Cimarron Street, just east of I-25, Drake is closed for the time being after a fire May 5 (deemed accidental) that damaged part of the facility.
An explanation was provided May 7 by Patrice Lehermeier of Springs Utilities:
"At this time, we are able to meet the electricity demands of all our customers today and in the weeks and months ahead, despite this current challenge. Much to the benefit of our customers, we are able to rely heavily on our other local generation facilities, such as the Ray Nixon Power Plant and Front Range Power Plant. This is the most cost-effective option and an advantage of locally owned, locally managed public power. We also have access to purchase power agreements and short-term spot market purchases, although these alternatives come with a greater price."
The following is an updated report released May 14 from Springs Utilities:
"We now are focused on recovery and repair. Because the Drake plant remains one of the lowest cost and most reliable power facilities in Colorado Springs Utilities' generation portfolio, we are working to get the facility back on line as soon as possible.
"We have made a great amount of progress over the past week, including:
- Completed property turnover from Colorado Springs Fire Department.
- Completed preliminary structural and electrical evaluations.
- Conducted site visits with insurance adjusters.
- Secured contractor for facility cleanup.
- Restored all services to administrative areas.
- Updated all Drake employee assignments.
- Scrubber contractor resumed work.
- Expedited completion of Front Range scheduled outage, bringing that plant back to full capacity.
- Stopped coal deliveries to the Drake Plant.
"We still do not know the full extent of the damage to each of the power generators at Drake, but we believe that all units can be restored. We expect our insurance policy to cover the vast majority of repair and recovery costs. A comprehensive condition assessment will begin this week.
"How does the fire affect the study to decommission the Drake plant? We will continue to receive public input through June. At the same time, we are still assessing the damage, and what will be the costs of repair. Those costs of future investments and operations will be measured against the costs of any permanent replacement generation as well as that of replacement power."
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To cook the Quinoa
- Using a fine mesh strainer rinse the quinoa under fresh running water for a few minutes & allow to drain.
- In a suitable pot place the quinoa & cover with the water, bring to the boil & allow to simmer for approximately 15 minutes, stirring regularly.
- Remove from heat, & reusing the strainer to drain the water from the quinoa & run briefly under cold water to cool & stop the cooking process.
- Place the cooled quinoa in a mixing bowl.
To cook the Salmon
- In a heavy based fry pan place a small amount of cooking oil & bring the pan up to a med to high heat.
- Place the salmon into the pan skin side down (even if not using the skin continue the same method). Allow the salmon to cook two thirds through, skin side down then turn the heat off the pan, turn the salmon & allow to cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from the heat & allow to cool.
- Reserve any salmon oil from the pan & allow to cool, this will assist to dress the salad.
To Serve
- Dress the quinoa in the bowl with the lemon juice, olive oil & reserved salmon oil & season to taste.
- Add all other ingredients except the salmon & gently mix to combine the ingredients evenly.
- Place the quinoa salad into your chosen service bowl.
- Using a fork, flake the salmon into chunky pieces, if you have cooked with the skin on (which should be crispy) then with a knife rough chop the skin & sprinkle it over the salad.
- Place the flaked salmon pieces on top of the salad & serve.
Chefs Notes:
Omega 3 Oils – Salmon is very high in Omega 3 oils which using the methods in this recipe offers a healthy option to dress the salad as well as flavoring the salad.
About the Chef
New Zealand King Salmon is renowned for its exceptional flavour and for being naturally high in the healthy Omega-3 oil. As a travelling ambassador for New Zealand cuisine I am proud to prepare and showcase our farmed salmon, which due to our isolation and rigorous farming practices is naturally free from ...
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May 8, 2013
Hampton Village Community Association
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Meeting Minutes
- Call to order – President Justine McCaffrey at 6:55
- Adoption of Agenda was motioned by Cathy Baerg and Lynn Heale seconded – passed
- Approval of the minutes – Wednesday, April 10, 2013 – Cathy Baerg motioned to ratify the email vote for the soccer budget from $3500 to $4200. Jen seconded – passed. Jan motioned to make a date correction regarding grant reports due in April not August. Cathy seconded – passed
- 4. President's Report – Thanks to Rylan, Lynn, Chasity, and Justine for working the trade show. They came back with some new ideas for our community. Chasity also attended the Indoor Coordinator Workshop and has agreed to be the new indoor coordinator. Thank you!
- 5. Treasurer's Report – Michelle Tremblay was not present at the meeting.
- 6. Community Consultant Report – Jan Cunningham – Jan thanked those of us who attended the Trade show; it was a success and plan to have them every other year. Jan informed us that the Hampton water park will open June 7th this year. Jan presented the changes to the grounds behind St. Peter and Dundonald school. The project has been split into 3 phases. First phase will be on St. Peter's side of the park. Both schools will work together regarding sharing available grounds for children to play at scheduled times (recess schedule shared by both schools).
- 7. Coordinators Report
a)Soccer – Soccer windup will be held June 26th in the park near the rink. It starts at 5:00 pm and ends at 8:00pm. Safeway has donated all the hotdogs and buns and will also be cooking for everyone.
b)Kinder Soccer – It was discussed at the meeting the possibility of lowering the registration fee for soccer.
c)Sign – Cathy bought the new license. Sunday she will change the sign, advertising the slo pitch tournament.
d) Flag Football – Thank you goes out to Steve Bilan for being our flag football coach!
e) Rink – Crusher dust will be delivered this week. We will need to put a gate in the rink for bobcat access as well as level some of the boards and ground. Thanks to HJR Asphalt for donating the crusher dust.
f) Website – Justine spoke on behalf of Brent Upton, webmaster. We have an option to pre-pay for the website, which would change save almost $4 a month on the cost of the website. Jennifer motioned to pre-pay for the website, Abby seconded- passed
9. Rink Fundraiser
a) Steak Night- The Steak Night was a success, thanks to all those for donating to our silent auction and supporting our cause. We raised $3015.25.
b)Garage Sale – Garage sale will be held May 11, 2013. Garage sale starts 9am – 3pm. We will need a BBQ. Discussion of where to get the BBQ
c)Slo Pitch Tournament – Tournament in Martensville will be Saturday, June 8. Deadline to register is May 31st. $200.00 to register.
10)New Buisness
1) It was discussed that all coordinators should come to the monthly meetings, Justine will contact each coordinator and encourage them to attend the meetings. It was also mentioned that the coordinators should join the registration nights. Jan will find liability forms and distribute them to the coordinators.
2) Deb Stevens came to the community meeting and presented all the changes being made to Caroline Robins School and benefits they will receive from it. Renovations should be done mid fall. Caroline Robins will be incorporating a technology based program, which will include children having access to iPads, Tablets and Computers. There will be additional technology staff provided to the school for the technical support.
3) Information getting out to our community regarding safety issues and concerns was discussed. It was suggested that we use our community facebook to let the community know of any immediate safety concerns in our area as well as putting it on our website. Jan will look into this more and talk with our Community Liason.
4) Abby made a motion to send the newsletters out via Canada Post. Members of the association voted. Motion was declined
11)Next Meeting – Wednesday, June 12, 2013
12)Motion to Adjourn – Motion to adjourn was made by Jen and Lynn seconded at 9:25 pm.


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On Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 you can join your fellow truck drivers as law enforcement escorts the World's Largest Truck Convoy across highways and byways in Dartmouth, Cole Harbour, and Eastern Passage.
With your help, we can raise pledges for Special Olympics athletes and change attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities.
Types of Vehicles Welcomed: Semi-trucks, truck/trailer combinations, large trucks, low-boys, dump trucks, flat beds, buses, large tow trucks, large box trucks, etc. All trucks entering the convoy must be of 10-GVW or larger.
In order to participate, you must have the minimum insurance limits required by Nova Scotia law, as well as a Commercial Driver's License.
Please note: No hazardous materials or trucks with alcohol or tobacco names or logos are permitted.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
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Please include a $125 cheque for your registration fee. This fee is PER DRIVER. Be sure to make out all cheques to: Special Olympics Nova Scotia.
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Dalesman (Newcastle) Ltd became part of The Dalesman Group following an acquisition in March 2000 to service the North of England and borders of Scotland. The reputation of Dalesman products grew and opportunities in the area meant that by 2009 the Newcastle operations doubled the size of its office, sales and warehouse, moving from our previous 7,000sq ft site to a factory and office suite of 14,000 sq ft.
Offering the full range of Dalesman seasonings and spice blends, manufactured at our head office to BRC Grade A certification, Dalesman (Newcastle) Ltd also provides packaging products and butchers sundries to its customer base in the north including trays, film, knives, sharpeners and saws, bags, display items and kebab pipes.
Dalesman (Newcastle) Ltd
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This is the fourth year of brewing the Punkin' Porter, which is the only one of our brews that has made so many repeat appearances.
Before kicking off our brew day we did a side-by-side tasting of the 2012 and 2011 batches. Unfortunately, the 2012 had a slight sour note to it. I assume this comes from experimenting with roasted pumpkin seeds, but really could stem from any part of the process of using real pumpkin. The 2011 batch was–even after two years–pretty amazing!


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Friday, April 2, 2010
Newsletter Issue #18 - Vintage Decorating Resources & More!
If you haven't signed up yet you had better do it now - I'll most likely send it out Saturday afternoon or evening! :)
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I'm also a lover of VINTAGE and am stopping by to sign up for your newsletter. Thanks for doing such a wonderful thing!
Herbal Blessings, Mandy
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there's always something about the vintage..it's classic and timeless
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i too am also a huge lover of vintage, what a great blog!
i've just started a blog of my own, it is still a work in progress but it is getting there... i think it may be your kind of thing.
i'm inspired by all things french, feminine and that have been before.
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There are Hamptoners who only use their houses here one week a year. I know this because two years ago I worked as a sous chef for such a family. Headed by one of the biggest Wall Street whales, they only inhabit their Water Mill House during Thanksgiving week, the rest of the year being spent in the city, Florida, England, France, and probably more places to which I'm not privy.
With its team of gardeners planting all sorts of autumnal foliage around the vast bay-touched property, its cozy fireplace-lit rooms, and its barn with indoor squash court and bowling alley, the compound is an idyllic spot in which to celebrate bounty. They have much to be thankful for.
I received a call a few days before Thanksgiving from the estate manager. I had known her when she was the private chef of now-divorced friends, a Wall Street pasha and his wife who had a house on the ocean near the Maidstone Club. She knew that I cheffed on occasion. Could I start Monday? There were three days of prep work before the extended family of roughly 30 would gather on Thursday.
I had never been a sous chef. I had worked the line at a restaurant once, had been a cook at two top Los Angeles caterers, had a couple of catering companies of my own, and had been a "private chef" for several clients from L.A. to Connecticut.
I would be working under the clients' French chef, who followed them to their various residences.
"How's your knife work?" she asked. Not great, was the truth. Knife work? This had never been important to me. Then again, I never worked for clients who cared if a carrot was properly julienned or a leaf chiffonaded. It's not that I don't know how to properly slice and dice, it's just — like penmanship — I'd never mastered it. I'm a very fast cook, preferring to rely on the various blades of the food processor. But that, I knew, would not please a classically trained French chef.
I consider myself a creative chef. My formal training is limited. In my 20s my neighbor in the city, Peter Kump, founder of the James Beard House, inveigled me to attend the first class of his cooking school. Today it is the widely respected Institute of Culinary Education. I already knew what I was doing, having fooled around in the kitchen since I was 15. My first meal: Chicken Kiev from "The New York Times Cookbook." Yes, the melted butter spurted. I was hooked.
I loved Peter's school, learned a lot, but found I preferred my usual method of immersing myself in cookbooks (always piled high on my nightstand), then using recipes as veering off points from which to experiment with my own versions. Like covering songs. A few years later, while living in London, I took a few classes at the Cordon Bleu, but found its methods dated. In one of the classes a dour woman demonstrated how to prepare a marrow squash, basically a large tasteless zucchini. I reverted to the books of Elizabeth David and Madhur Jaffrey, going through a stage where I cooked only Indian food, seduced by the exotic aroma of toasting spices.
As I was buzzed through the security gate, I was anxious about what the chef would think of my skills. Never mind my years of cooking untold dinner parties for friends, not to mention cooking three meals a day for myself. (For today's lunch, just a regular weekday meal, I stuffed a poussin with dried fruits and threw some vegetables into the roasting pan. It took me the same time as making a sandwich, not including cooking time.) The first day went well. We mostly made menus and lists of ingredients, which we gave to another kitchen helper whose only job was to shop.
That night the estate manager suggested we go out for dinner, an opportunity to bond. She chose Bobby Van's. Since we were on Long Island, I suggested fluke. When the chef took a bite I could see it was not up to his standards. Then I tried it. Strangely cardboardish. I sent mine back. He didn't, but he didn't eat his either. I later found out this had scored against me. But I'd be damned if I'd pay $35 for an inedible fish.
The next day the prep work began. Two housekeepers and the Water Mill and New York butlers bustled about on the perimeter. The chef eyed me suspiciously, but didn't find much to complain about. I kept my eye on three kitchen maids who grabbed my chopping block to clean whenever I wasn't looking. We endlessly peeled and chopped and, as there was not enough room in the three kitchen refrigerators, it was my job to find space in the pool house refrigerators, and its outside closet that stored cushions, but was cold enough to keep vegetables safely. For the next few days I made the trek between the pool house and kitchen dozens of times, carrying boxes of produce through where dozens of clumps of helenium were being planted, and wondered what it would be like to be so rich. I felt like I'd landed on Planet Billionaire: 10 or so acres of privilege and excess.
On Wednesday, a team of seven tabletop designers spent 12 hours arranging foliage and owl and turkey candles and sculptures spilling a cornucopia of fruit and nuts, as anticipation built. When the head butler, a Brit who spent a lot of time making himself tea and eating jelly sandwiches, rushed through the house calling "Wheels up!" all hell broke loose. Everyone scurried about to ensure all was in order before our lords and masters descended upon the household. If I were rich, I wondered, would I have servants unscrew my Perrier cap as did the lady of the house?
We made lunch for six. As we lined up platters of sea bass, lobster, and salads (lentil, Caesar, arugula — each one fiddled with by the chef with the precision of a diamond cutter), the missus sent word through her New York butler, Anthony, for us to prepare sandwiches. Back to the pool house with the uneaten food, no one daring to tell the boss that there'd been a communication breakdown. The bill from the Clamman alone was $700. When the chef saw the sandwiches I'd prepared he had a minor freakout. I had to start again and cut the crusts off the bread just so.
On Thursday a half-dozen freelance butlers arrived (one told me he was paid $1,000). Glorified waiters, it was their job to set the tables and serve the food, but mostly to stand around and look servile. It upset me that we went through miles of plastic wrap and aluminum foil, but there was nothing I could do. It was clear the chef had no respect for Americans' traditional holiday fare, boiling to death huge pots of vegetables and Frenchifying them with lots of butter and cream. Didn't that go out in the '70s with Cuisine Minceur?
Service went smoothly. The chef had me put beads of Sevruga from a large tin on boring white crackers. Only two were eaten. I didn't amputate any fingers, didn't elicit much ire from the chef. But since he never had the opportunity to taste any of my food, I knew he didn't respect me. I learned many lessons, most notably: Cooking is something I love, so I now I reserve it as a gift for the people I love.
Debra Scott is a real estate columnist at The Star.


text: A paper being published in the Strategic Management Journal, by researchers at Columbia Business School and the University of Maryland's business school, looked at what happens when a woman gets one of the five highest-paying executive jobs at a S&P 1500 company. Jena McGregor's Washington Post article, "The Stereotype of the 'Queen Bee' Female Executive is Losing its Sting", dives into the research which found implicit quotas as the culprit stalling female advancement, not the "queen bee" stereotype. Companies fill a quota after feeling pressure to add women into senior management, but don't take any other action once the quota is filled. However, the research did reveal other women have a better chance of holding top positions when the CEO is female. Read more here


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Published on April 19, 2010 | by LawNews
Prof. Norman Silber's Book Test and Protest Cited in Article on Consumers Union
Professor Norman I. Silber's book, Test and Protest, was referenced in the article The People's Regulator on the blog Dirt Diggers Digest. The article talks about the influence and importance of Consumers Union and Consumer Reports. The blogger, Phil Mattera, observes: "More than a magazine, it [Consumer Reports] is a bulwark against shoddy manufacturing and dishonest practices that threaten the physical and financial well-being of the public. It is the people's regulator." Mattera traces CU's history back to the beginning, referring several times to Professor Silber's book on CU.
CU was established in 1936 by a group of engineers, researchers, writers and editors who were unabashedly leftwing and saw their work as complementary to the growing labor movement. The organization's mission was, Silber notes, threatening not only to manufacturers but also to the commercial media, which saw its independent product ratings as "an unfair and subversive attack upon legitimate advertising." Many major magazines and newspapers refused to let CU advertise Consumer Reports in their pages.
Read the full article at: Dirt Diggers Digest.


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From Geo Hashing
Chermside, Brisbane, Australia[edit]
Ubethatway, KzazB and Cpt.Hardthing set out from the Brisbane CBD at around 3:30pm in the middle of a rain storm for the geohash location at Chermside. Following a quick geoSquishy at Aspley, the trio made their way to the geohash location. Unfortunately (due to an inconvineantly placed house), the geohashers could only look on in envy from the footpath, just 15m from the co-ordinants. However, a great first geohash was had and the concept of geoSquishies pioneered.
Cpt.Hardthing, Ubethatway and KzazB outside the geohash target
Achievements Earned[edit]
| Ubethatway,KzazB, and Cpt.Hardthing earned the Virgin Graticule Achievement
- GeoSquishy: First Sip
- GeoSquishy: 5-Star Squishy
- GeoSquishy: Squishy-ing in the Rain
- GeoSquishy: Product Placement


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October 27
Instances of adventure and hairbreadth escape were frequent at this time.
—First Lessons in Georgia History, 1913
"I don't know, he might take to schooling," the old man said. "He ain't had a fit for going on two months."
"I speck he better stay at home," the officer said. "I wouldn't want to put a strain on him," and he continued to speak of other things.
—The Violent Bear It Away, by Flannery O'Connor
Dear Dixie,
So now in late October we come to the case of disappearing Dill. Never absent. Always in class. But there he is … I think see him … the phantom eighth grader.
Parent-student-frustrated teacher conferences have a super nifty way of acting as a hot spotlight on the annoying gorillas in the room of which we actually talk about in order to develop strategies and expectations for our lives ahead. Conferences and the amount of money parents are spending have a way of cutting through the stupid eighth grade doo-doo, in other words, especially when all of Dill's teachers and Lurlene and Coco, our assistant principal, have had enough of nothing.
Lurlene says in her parent-student-frustrated teacher conference voice … Dill … buddy … you're a great kid … we're so glad you're here … but this is called school and you're required to do work and not act like such a wimp. We need you to man up. I know you can do it.
Dill's parents nodded in agreement. They're either paying for super expensive baby-sitting or a chance of a lifetime, they said. You're surrounded by experts, they say. Teachers who care. It's time.
Lurlene says … it's so time.
Dill … mealy-mouthly says … O-kaaaay.
As if all this is an option.
Dill. Not the time to be a rebel. Always agree with Lurlene and act real enthusiastic about the road ahead when Lurlene's in the room.
So over a Friday, post conferences-catered gourmet lunch of sandwiches, salads, cookies the size of hubcaps, and motor-oil-thick sweet tea, Lurlene briefs us and reads the new Dill act, soon to be a riot of work and dedication and expectations like he's never seen or felt before. Lurlene said soon we'll know if he'll stay or if he'll go. Turn the screws hard as you can. Get his attention. Stay on him. Mom and dad are on board. It's up to Dill now. Lurlene says, Aren't these cookies wonderful.
So we come to today, Dixie, and my better focus, finally, on Dill. In my class his assignments are complete … up to speed … he's never given me any sass … but he's absently in class and now I want to call him out. I've been in a dancing mood lately, especially when an eighth grader plays with a little Bakugan Battle Brawlers toy while I'm eminently lecturing and that would be Dill. Here's what a mean ol' teacher I am: I asked Dill to start reading out loud from the book and not stop until I moaned something.
You, Dill … Right now.
Dixie, this morning if you would have described to me through the shower curtain while I was shampooing my hair about what was going to happen next I would have stopped shampooing my hair and I really love shampooing my hair. Dill starts up on page one hundred and thirty five in a section I can't say is real stirring, Westward Expansion. Anyway, Dill reads the first part real loud in an announcer voice … as if where announcing a Braves baseball game. Keep in mind, Dill has auburn hair and freckles across his nose and cheeks and a smile full of braces and when he's reading his eyes bug out and overall he's a good looking kid except for the eyes bugging out situation …
After the Revolutionary War, Americans believed they had a right to Indian lands west of the Appalachians, the area formerly claimed by Great Britain! Increasingly, they believed it was their nation's destiny to expand westward! This was especially true after the Lewis and Clark expedition revealed the richness of the vast area gained by the Louisiana Purchase!
Okay, then. Oh, my God, then. They're all of a sudden looking at me with their own bug eyes and I'm looking at Dill with my bug eyes and I know the rest of the class is wondering if Dill and I worked something out before class because this was the first time Dill had ever read out loud in class and it was quite a weird and welcome treat. I'm wondering why I waited so long to call on him. A whacky, unprompted treat … truly a wild thing was happening in The Cozy Room of Learning. In other words, I never asked him to all of a sudden start reading out of the Georgia History textbook in an announcer's voice. Hell, I'm sitting there like everybody else trying to get some sleep. Then Dill starts in on the next section in an English accent. Again, on his own … theatrically … confidently … with the biggest goofy-ass grin on his face you've ever seen … and those bug eyes of his …
Belief in western expansion came to be more than a desire for cheap land; it represented the freedom and unlimited opportunities that America offered! Initially, expansion involved moving eastern tribes of Indians to the West whether they wanted to go or not! Ultimately, Americans adopted the idea of a continental nation! By the 1840s, many held an almost religious conviction that their nation should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific! This belief came to be known as manifest destiny, a term coined by a New York editor in 1845!
What the hell else was there to do? We clapped and screamed his name as loud as we could. A move in the right academic direction? Who knows. Who cares. He's got a B in my class and that's fine with me. But he has a certain way of reading historical literature … and we'll be freaking for more in the coming weeks and months. Guaranteed.
Dill raised both hands up as if to stop our applause.
We didn't stop.
Dill still had that goofy-ass grin on his face.
I said to Dill … Awesome. Just awesome. Holy God almighty that was hilarious.
Like the entertainer he was, and probably always has been but we've never known it, Dill said … Folks, I'll be here all week.
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California imposes a progressive income tax with six rates, ranging from 1 percent to 12.3 percent. The state charges an additional 1 percent on taxable income of $1 million or more. Personal income tax has been the largest contributor to the state's general fund for years, comprising nearly 50 percent of revenue in recent years. The due date for filing California income tax is April 15. If you don't file your taxes on time, you will be charged a late payment penalty, as well as interest on the total of taxes due and possibly on the penalty.
How to File Late Tax Returns in California
Calculate the amount of income tax that you owe using your financial information. You may use one of the standard CA (540) forms or the worksheet provided on Form FTB 3519 to estimate your tax liability.
Pay the estimated amount of your tax liability by April 15 to avoid being charged a late payment penalty and interest. The penalty will be waived if you pay at least 90 percent of the tax by the due date. Form FTB 3519 offers four options for paying the tax: online payment, credit card, check or money order and through an installment agreement.
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Mail your completed FTB 3519 to the address on the form only if you are paying by check or money order.
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Oh no! You've been out camping and have nearly gotten eaten alive by pesky mosquitos! Within a couple hours you'll notice the raised bumps and itchiness that can be annoying, painful, and dangerous if they get infected. Here are some great home remedies and hacks for mosquito bites!
First, it is important to understand the science behind mosquito bites in order to treat them! As soon as a mosquito bites, it releases saliva, which contains an anti-coagulating substance to prevent your blood from thickening and clotting. This causes a mini allergic reaction in your body, creating histamines which result in an itchy bump on your skin! Medicines used to treat mosquito bites typically contain antihistamines to help relieve the effects, but here are some natural and helpful hacks!
Tea Bag
Refrigerate a damp green tea bag and hold it on the bite for a few minutes. The coldness of the tea bag will help to soothe the itch, and the green tea will help reduce inflammation!
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is a great soothing agent and can help to soothe itchy skin! For even more relief, throw some aloe gel in the refrigerator for a bit before applying, as the cold will help relieve itching!
Essential Oils
Essential oils seem to have a useful solution to just about everything, and mosquito bites are no exception! Tea tree essential oil has great anti-inflammatory properties that will help with pain and swelling at the itching site, and can even help in the prevention of infection! Lavender essential oil can also help relieve mosquito bites with its calming essence!
Soak a cotton ball in vinegar and apply it to your bite and leave it there for a few minutes. This helps to reduce the pain and helps the wound to heal! If you have several bites, fill a tub with water and add 2 1/2 cups of vinegar for overall relief! It is best to use organic apple cider vinegar, for a more natural solution!
Baking Soda
Mix baking soda and water to create a paste, and apply it directly to your bite. This will help to reduce itching and pain within minutes!
Witch Hazel
This natural astringent helps to pull moisture out of the mosquito bite while its anti-inflammatory properties help to reduce the swelling and heal the bite!
Toothpaste Or Mint
Toothpaste is an age-old hack for alleviating the itch of mosquito bites, and it has proven effective! While it doesn't necessarily heal the bite, the cooling sensation from the toothpaste distracts your brain from the itching sensation as the brain receives messages of cooling faster than those of itching! If you'd rather not spread toothpaste on your skin, you can use fresh mint on the bite, which will have a similar effect!
We hope these home remedies and hacks for mosquito bites have been a big help in relieving those annoying and painful bumps! Hopefully you won't get mosquito bites again in the first place, but in case you do, this list has you covered! Do you have any other tried and true mosquito bite hacks and home remedies? Comment to share them with us!


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What I run for a PC
So I was asked what I run for a pc and so I thought I would just show you exactly what I run with the good and the bad though there really isnt any bad.
I built this pc with one thing in mind I didn't want to have to build another one for at least 4 years. 4 years is along time so I went with the best I could afford at the time. I had my case from the last build so I opted just to use it. When buying a case I always go big simple big is room makes it easy for building and easy to keep cool. I got all my parts from amazon free shipping was the key once I figured in the shipping it was cheaper. So here is the specs from my pc.
for a monitor I use a element lcd tv think its 21 inch [email protected]
System Hardware:
Processor: AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core @ 3.89GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Western Digital WD1200BEVS-6 + 120GB SAMSUNG HM120JI, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: LCD TV, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
1). ASUS sabertooth 990FX , what can I say great board with easy bios 1 click over clocking have had no problems with it all great item room to grow with extra memory slots
2). AMD fx-8120 fd8120dfrgubox 8 cores have yet to have this maxed out and I have tried
3). kingston tecknoligy hyper x 8gb 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC cl9 DIMM (KIT of 2) XMP t1 Series khx160c9D3T1K2/ 8GX memory (never ran out of memory but still would like more.
4). sapphire Radeon HD6770 1 GB DDR5 Dvi/HDMI/DisplayPort pci Express Video Card 100328L (went with AMD even though the better choice is Nvidea now that they are building drivers for linux so I have included what I got and what I would get today., )
5). hard drives that I had saved from laptops under $30 (broken screen laptops or ones that get water spilled on them :) )
6). 1 cooler master fans 80 mm saf-882-E1 quiet and pushes air
7). thermaltake tr2 600w power supply (got mine local the power supply I had just did not cut it)
8). 2 smaller fans picked up local less then 5 dollars for the both of them.
I also use 2 usb wireless cards
the first is the one I use the most its a sinmax model SI-7200ND (the dual ant just looked cool but the ant after a month came loose so.) uses the rt2800usb driver
and a wifiski usb-1500nw (single ant and seam to be a great cheap usb) uses the RTL8187 driver
both of these can be used for injection and my thinking here was I can get both of these for the price of 1 alpha card if i was only going to buy one i would go with the sinmax even though the ant came off I just taped them and havnt had another issue
This is a great setup all together and everything went together easy and to date I have had 0 issues with any of the items listed above like I stated above I would at this point go with a different video card due to the fact Nvidea seems to be on the ball when it comes to drivers though my AMD is supported and the drivers do work. If you have any questions regarding this setup please fill free to ask.
one last note:
If I was to buy a built PC I would go with a system75 they seem to be the best thing I have seem next to my own :)


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We buy used college textbooks online from amazon.com and Barnes and Noble whenever possible, but it's not always feasible, especially when the materials include disks, software keys, and/or lab manuals. My daughter's college French texts run more than $200. I felt relieved when my son's textbooks only cost $150 this semester. I doubt that it will ever be that low again.
It's obvious that there's a lot of gouging going on, when textbook prices are rising at 400% the rate of inflation. Somebody ought to do something.
Well, somebody is, and they want you to join them. Textbook Rebellion has launched a website and petition drive to put pressure on both publishers and professors to rein in the costs of college texts, which can easily hit $1,000 a year.
From Textbook Rebellion's website:
We the undersigned believe the following:
- Textbooks should be affordable. Publishers should stop raising prices unfairly and offer a way to access each textbook for $30 or less per term without lowering quality.
- High-quality, affordable textbooks already exist in many subjects. Professors can reduce costs by considering these options.
- Open textbooks are an ideal solution, because they can be freely accessed, adapted and printed at a low cost. Decision-makers should prioritize support for open textbooks.
So far, about 2,500 people have signed the petition. Obviously, more signatures are needed. Visit the website. Share this post with your friends via Twitter and facebook. Let's do something to stop the rampant profiteering and make college more affordable.


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(Springfield, IL) – Governor Pat Quinn's proposed state budget for next year will eliminate basic mental health services for more than 72,000 individuals, including 4,200 children in Illinois next year, according to the state's own estimates, but mental health advocates have collected more than 9,000 petition signatures demanding restoration of funding.
"Governor Quinn's proposed budget is telling mental health providers to toss more than 72,000 individuals, including 4,200 children, into the wood chipper. And we won't do it," said Frank Anselmo, CEO of the Community Behavioral Healthcare Association, at a press conference in Springfield today.
Hundreds of individuals working to recover from mental illness recently circulated petitions demanding the restoration of mental health care funding and today presented more than 9,000 signatures from Illinois citizens to the offices of Governor Quinn and the four legislative leaders.
According to the budget briefing conducted last month by Illinois Department of Human Service Secretary Michelle Saddler, the state budget for community mental health services decreased $90.7 million from last year. The $90.7 million reduction represents a 23.6% cut which eliminate care for 72,300 individuals currently receiving care across Illinois.
Anselmo offered a statewide breakdown of the loss of care for 72,300 individuals and 4,200 children:
- 28,197/1,638 children—Chicago
- 14,460/840—Suburban Cook
- 8,876/504—Collar Counties
- 3,616/210—Northwest Illinois
- 6,507/378—Central Illinois
- 10,644/630—Southern Illinois
Among those losing mental health care, more than 4,000 individuals on the road to recovery will be displaced from existing community-based residential settings, with most transferred into nursing homes.
However, such a transfer would threaten the state's ability to comply with terms of a proposed consent decree settling a federal lawsuit involving some 4,500 mentally ill nursing home residents, according to Anselmo.
"Simply put, the state is making a promise it cannot keep," said Anselmo.
In the proposed federal consent decree the state pledges, over the next five years, to reevaluate the treatment currently provided to residents of two dozen nursing homes designated as "institutions for mental illness" and to relocate those wishing to leave those facilities into smaller community-based settings.
"On the one hand," Anselmo said, "the state proposes to virtually destroy the existing infrastructure, while on the other it vows to expand treatment options."
"It's budget madness—and it is a budget that does not work," said Anselmo. "Governor Quinn and lawmakers need to go back to square one and design a budget that meets needs of residents and the state's legal promises to a federal court."
Mark Heyrman, a University of Chicago Law School Professor and Chair of Public Policy for Mental Health America of Illinois, agreed that the budget proposal seemed to contradict the promises made in the proposed consent decree.
"What the state pledges to do in the consent decree, its FY 2011 budget proposal will undo and deliver the exact opposite result."
"In the coming weeks, our plea is for the Illinois General Assembly to reshape the state budget proposal in order to avoid a $90 million cut to mental health services and to approve legislation, HB 5326, that creates a plan to move mentally ill from nursing homes into community settings," said Anselmo.
"Reversal of the $90 million cut will rescue care for more than 70,000 people and help 4,500 individuals leave nursing homes for more appropriate community settings."


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Last weekend I had a visitor! That's right, Daphne drove all the way to Canarsie, Brooklyn!!! After showing her all that my neighborhood had to offer (namely Caribbean food, bodegas and residential housing), we decided that we should venture into Manhattan.
Because Daphne was thisclose to finishing her Bachelors in Art History we chose to hit up some museums. Neither of us had been to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in years, so that was an obvious choice. One of the great things about a large city like New York are the sheer number of artists on display. As a matter of fact, one of the artist's Daphne was writing a final paper about was a featured exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, and as luck would have it, there are free visiting hours on Friday's from 5:30-7:30!
So first, The Met. Being the frugal gal's we are, we were hoping to find a way around the $20 entrance fee. Turns out, that amount is just a suggestion. For student's the suggested entry fee is $10. Even that was a little steep for us (in our defense I've been unemployed for longer than I'd like to admit, and Daphne has been a full-time student without an additional job), so we paid about half the suggested fee.
We began in the Egyptian Art area, simply because it was right in front of us. Daphne had an ambitious plan, because she seems to think that walking around a museum does not expend any energy. As an avid walker and gawker I knew that I would be tired after a few hours, but I let her choose the itinerary. Her goals: European Painting and Sculpture and Greek Art.
We had fun walking around. I especially enjoyed giving Daphne numerous pop quizzes. It went something like this:
Daphne: This is a great painting!
Me: Why? I need some historical evidence.
Daphne: Blah blah blah art history information…
In fact, Daphne was quite informative, and I actually learned a bunch. It was great getting historical context, learning specific terms, and her descriptions of what was going on in terms of symbology.
Walking around the museum was also fun because we have similar but diverging tastes in art. We both like impressionism in general. I like the more romantic paintings, and for some reason I also like creepy lithographic prints. Daphne likes creepier and ominous paintings (although I'm sure she'll deny it now).
Near the end of our walk around The Met, which involved quite a few wrong turns (that place is impossible to figure out, thank goodness for the docents/security guards!) Daphne's feet were in immense pain. For some reason she decided it would be a good idea to break in new shoes while being a tourist.
I read a great story in The New York Times (my favorite source for art reviews, apparently) about an installation being built on the roof of The Met titled Big Bambú by the Starn Brothers. I was very excited to check it out, and we were both excited about the opportunity to sit in the sun and relax. So up to the roof we went!
I loved how the viewer really gets the chance to interact with the art. You are literally walking through it, touching the bamboo, watching it being built before your eyes. It feels almost as though you are in an unique little jungle. You can even sign up for tickets to walk along catwalks that have been incorporated into the design (unfortunately we didn't know that ahead of time). The piece will be growing all summer, so you should definitely try to get over to the roof of The Met and experience it yourself.
After resting on the roof for a bit we decided to head over to The American Folk Art Museum to see Henry Darger (1892-1973).
Based on what I learned from Daphne, he was a very interesting man. Looking around the first part you saw his collages, which I thought were pretty appealing. A lot of his subjects were young girls, and girls from coloring books. That is when Daphne Started to fill me in (the following is a synopsis of what she told me). He wrote the largest manuscript in the world at approximately 15,000 pages single spaced. It was about a race of evil women who wanted to enslave a race of young girls. He illustrated the manuscript with large, graphic murals that depicted all the little girls with penises. This was likely not attributed to him using artistic license, but rather due to his incredibly sheltered upbringing. He simply didn't know that boys and girls are different. Daphne said that Darger had some far more provocative pieces, but wondered why they weren't included in this exhibition. I speculated that the museum wants to foster discussion, but needs to toe the line when it comes to outright offending people. I'm not entirely satisfied with this answer though, because I know some exhibits can be quite offensive, and that their point is to make the viewer uncomfortable.
All in all it was an informative and educational day. We both thoroughly enjoyed The Met, and hopefully Daphne got some interesting material to put the finishing touches on her final paper!


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I finished my Lace Leaf Shawl at lunch time today! I am so excited to have this done, well almost done. Let's just say I'm thrilled to have it off the needles! Now it's time to block. However, I don't have enough pins to do this so I'll have to stop on my way home tomorrow night and get some. I have 20 quilting pins and that's it.
I made up the small pattern and it is… small. I can't wait to see how much bigger it will be after blocking. I'll post all the details when I post the final pictures.
Up close pre-blocking…
The color is hard to get right, I'll take the next photos outside when I'm completely done.
I already can't wait to start another shawl. I started looking at other shawl patterns and I really like the Diamond Fantasy Shawl and Charlotte's Easy Lace Shawl designed by Lily Chin (Fiber Trends pattern), and I've seen many others too. But I'm not forgetting what is waiting for me in my cute little pink purse (knitting purse). It's my Sausalito sweater!!! And it's time to go knit on it now.


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David Greenfield, Ed.D., consulting educator
|David Greenfield, EdD is a multi-talented and experienced educator, artist, technologist and innovator. Dr. Greenfield, a life-long lover of comic books recently completed his doctoral dissertation on ways that graphic novels and comic books are used in classrooms around the world to teach social justice, community, individual identity and language learning.
He has been at the forefront in the investigation and application of digital technology in education and learning for over 20 years. Although experienced in the corporate, academic and museum sectors, he has been particularly interested in exploring ways that digital technologies can be used to promote storytelling in global learning environments, cultural exchanges and arts education.
At CAJE 1992, he was the first person to illustrate the use of computers and multimedia programming in Jewish education, demonstrating The Jewish Cultural Tapestry, a program about global Jewish communities that used interactive text, video and audio. Since that time, he has developed virtual exhibitions at museums, worked as an educational technologist in academia as well as consulted on educational technology issues at museums, schools and businesses.
Since 1990, he has been developing and investigating the use of digital media in three different types of learning environments: museums, K-12 education and academia. Greenfield is especially interested in the use of narrative and storytelling; the roles digital technology plays in enhancing learning environments, and developing and promoting communities of learner. Additionally, he is interested in the role of technology in creating innovative partnerships between institutions and disciplines. His professional, academic and artistic work is strongly influenced by the work of Lev Vygotsky, Jerome Bruner, John Dewey, Jane McGonigal, Elliot Eisner, Seymour Papert, Yong Zhao and Lave & Wenger. Other creative influences in my thought process include Ray and Charles Eames, Max Depree, Oliver Sacks, Ben Shahn, Wassily Kandinsky, and Jackson Pollack.
Other areas of his research include: the importance of formal arts education and transforming STEM initiatives (Science Technology, Engineering, Math) into STEAM (adding Arts into the mix); integrating emerging, accessible digital technologies to create communities of practice and communities of learners: and identifying the critical factors used to build trans-disciplinary, multi-institutional collaborations.


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Got married last month to my boyfriend of 3 years. My 2nd marriage, his 3rd. Just found out that he bought a $30,000 car and kept it hidden from me since the day after we got married. When I discovered what he was up to, he didn't know what to say except that he just HAD TO HAVE this car and knew I would not approve so he decided to keep it from me as long as possible. He says he loves me and he is sorry. I gave him an ultimatum. Told him I can forgive him for his deception and work things out if he gets rid of the car. He said no way. "Don't give me ultimatums – you will always lose." He says the car is none of my business, he pays for it with HIS money and I have nothing to do with it. "Either forgive me and get over it or I'm leaving." I feel that another $ 600 or so expense per month IS my business and cannot understand him at all. I thought I was being generous for offering forgiveness for what I feel is a huge betrayal, but I just need some reassurance that I'm more important to him than a car. He says I'm being stupid willing to throw everything away over "one mistake" – I say I'm not the one throwing anything away, he is. If he'd "fix" his mistake I'll still be here. Any thoughts?
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Your husband is just wrong when he says that he will pay for the car "with his own money". A marriage is about the merging of resources between two people who love each other. Your husband may earn his salary on his own – but the money he receives is owned by the marriage. Both parties to the marriage have some say as to how it is spent. That your husband hid his purchase from you until after the marriage suggests that he has withheld a significant portion of himself (and his money) from the marriage and has no intention of actually partnering with you on decisions that affect his happiness or freedom. He seems to have no problems, however, with selfishly strapping you with his debt load. He seems more of a child than a man. You seem to have (understandably) reacted to the whole thing with anger. Your interactions with him have been colored by your anger (e.g., your ultimatum, your demand that he sell the car, etc.). While I believe that you are on the right track with standing up for yourself, I don't think that the angry confrontational approach will get you results. Rather, I think that your assertive suggestion that he is approaching the entire marriage in the wrong way might get better results. Tell him that you love him but that you and he seem to understand what marriage is all about in very different ways that are incompatible. Tell him that the two of you ought to go for marital therapy so as to get on the same track. I can assure you, the car is not the problem; his attitude that brought him to purchase the car without telling you is the problem. The car will NOT be the last problem you will have if your husband's attitude towards the marriage doesn't change. Good Luck, – Anne


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GNSS Service Centre GSC
We participate in GSC infrastructure, operations and hosting services
GSC Infrastructure
The setting up of the GNSS Service Centre Infrastructure is dealt with in the GSC Infrastructure GSC INF contract. The main objective of this contract is to implement the design, development, deployment, acceptance, maintenance, warranty and support activities for the infrastructure of the GNSS Service Centre GSC located in Madrid, Spain.
- Consortium: GMV, INDRA
- Subcontractors: ESSP, ISDEFE
- Customer: European GNSS Agency GSA
- Duration of contract: 4 years
GSC Operations & Hosting Service Provider
The contract covering the operations and hosting services of the GNSS Service Centre, GSC OPS&HSP, have 2 main objectives:
- The setting up of GSC Operations & Maintenance for the Open Service OS and Commercial Service CS phases.
- The provision of GSC Hosting Services, which include:
- The maintenance of buildings provided by the Hosting Entity
- The running of the relevant services required to host the GSC facilities and operations teams.
GSC Operations
The consortium is responsible for:
- the provision of operations and preparation for first-line maintenance services for the ground facilities deployed in the GSC
- the preparation of all required operational products allocated to the Galileo provisions
- the operational validation of the GSC segment and procedures
- a limited participation on CS testing activities.
GSC Hosting Services
The consortium covers the design, acceptance, delivery and preparation for operations of the Hosting Infrastructure and Services until the GSC Operation Readiness Review ORR.
The current Hosting Service provision during the GSC Service provision Operation will be the subject of another Specific Contract to cover the Early Services until the end of 2016.
- Consortium: ESSP, INECO, INTA, ISDEFE
- Customer: European GNSS Agency GSA
- Type of contract: Framework
- Duration of contract: 20 months from September 2014


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Frequency: 104.9
Call Letters: KFFX
City of License: Emporia, KS
Format: Hot Adult Contemporary "Mix 104.9"
Owner: Emporia's Radio Stations, Inc.
HAAT/ERP: 279ft/3kw
Coverage: Excellent
Featured Media
1966-1975 - KVOE-FM - Full Service/MOR/Country //KVOE
Bluestem Broadcasting signed on KVOE-FM June 15, 1966, as the FM simulcast partner of the AM station. KVOE-FM duplicated KVOE two-thirds of the time. By the early 1970s, KVOE-FM adopted its own country music format while partially simulcasting the easy listening/middle of the road format of the AM station.
1975-1984 - KLRF - Top 40/Rock/Adult Contemporary "Colorful 105"
Around 1975, the FM station split programming altogether from KVOE. The FM station became KLRF, which stood for "Colorful." KLRF programmed a Drake-Chenault automated Top 40 format; the station is also listed as progressive, indicating it may have programmed album rock during other parts of the day. By 1982, the music had softened to more of an adult contemporary flavor.
1984-1993 - KFFX - CHR "Fox 105"
Following a licensee change to Emporia Broadcasting, 104.9 adotped a CHR format sometime in late 1984. KFFX is listed as an American Top 40 affiliate beginning in January 1986. Valu Broadcasting bought the station in 1987.
1993-2001 - KFFX - Album Rock "Fox 105"
Around 1993, KFFX flipped to an album rock format with a surprisingly wide playlist. The station leaned gold during the day, and modern at night. Valu Broadcasting changed its name to Emporia's Radio Stations, Inc., in 1994.
2001-current - KFFX - Hot Adult Contemporary "Mix 104.9"
Around 2001, KFFX flipped to a Hot AC format. KFFX began its Hot AC format completely satellite-fed through ABC. In 2013, KFFX seems to rely on automation, with a local afternoon drive host. KFFX also airs the Kidd Kraddick syndicated morning show. KFFX is the current home for Emporia State sports.


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