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February is the month of love. The best way to make our children feel loved is to improve our connection and bond with them. As I mentioned in a previous post, every child's love language is different. However these are three things we can do that will improve our connection with our child, regardless of what love language they prefer:
1) Talk and listen to them:
Ask them questions about their lives, get to know them, discover what makes them feel loved, figure out what you could improve as a parent, and take interest in their interests. Listen with the intent of getting to know them better and creating a connection.
Avoid jumping into immediate judgement or problem solving mode. As parents we tend to offer our advice even before our kids finish telling us their stories. That's very disempowering for them, let's learn to listen to them and sit with whatever they're telling us.
I once read that when we are trying to improve our communication with our kids, we should consider ourselves to be on a "word budget", and try to use as few words as possible. Listen more than you talk.
You will be amazed what a huge difference these simple changes in the way you communicate with your child, will make in your ability to connect with your child.
2) Have special one on one time with each child:
Even if it's just 10 minutes a day, make sure you connect individually with each one of your children. Of course, it would be fantastic if you can take more than 10 minutes a day, and if you can incorporate longer periods of time at least once a week.
This special one on one time doesn't have to be a whole production. You can play together, read together, cook together, go for a walk, go for dinner, lay in bed before the lights go off at night… let them choose how they want to use those 10 minutes that they have you all for themselves. During those, imply BE with them, look at them, set aside the electronics, and dive right into your child's world. You will be surprise how just 10 minutes of undivided attention can change your whole relationship with your child.
3) Find them doing good:
Make sure you point out when you see your child doing something good, so they feel appreciated and loved. I am going to give you an example, one of my daughters has been going through a phase of pushing boundaries for the past few weeks. We were trying everything we know, but were still not getting through to her.
A few days ago, I remember this positive principle 'catch them doing good.' So, that's what I did, I started focusing on everything she was doing right, and making sure I told her, and it has made a huge difference. She feels better about herself, and she's starting to do good things on her own without being asked, and taking the time to make the rest of us feel loved and appreciated.
On Valentine's Day, when I came out of the shower I found my bed already made and two teddy bears on the bed, with a mom and dad hearts. I went downstairs and I learn that my daughter – who actually hates making beds by the way – had made our bed, bought Valentines for us, and placed them on the bed. It melted my heart!
When we are going through rough patches, we sometimes forget that our children actually want to do good, and when we acknowledge all the good things they actually do, they just want to do more. When interacting with your children, remember the 5 to 1 ratio, for every criticism, correction or negative comment, we should give them 5 positive ones.
Let me know if you try following these tips, and how it goes!
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About The Homestead Lodge
Whether your interest lie in the Ultimate Hunting Experience, Organic and grass fed farming, sustainable living, or a Working and Survival Retreat, you will find our family and "God's Country" here for you. The Homestead Lodge in Oxbow, Maine a year round combination of the classic New England Farmhouse and Traditional Hunting Lodge with all of the modern conveniences thrown in.
We offer clean comfortable rooms with the beds made up and towels laid out. We do not mix parties and have rooms to accommodate parties of two to parties of ten. The dining hall is off the back of the lodge and buffalo herd watching can be enjoyed while you eat family style home cooking. The showers are hot, there is a pool table and card table, use of the phone, and even high speed access for those who can't "leave it all behind".
For our guest's comfort and an increase in success, we ask that you smoke out doors only. Alcohol is not available at the lodge and although drinking is allowed, this is our home and drinking to excess is not.
Hunting success begins when you choose the location of the hunt. And Northern Maine is known for it's endless miles of pristine forests and primeval bogs which lore hunters from all over the country in their quest for that all time Trophy. Hunting success continues when you choose your outfitter. The Homestead Lodge and Big Game Preserve is our livelihood not just a seasonal income. We know the value of what might well be a once in a lifetime memory! Or even an annual memorable event! So we take our responsibility very seriously and offer World Class Hunts carried out with Old Fashioned Pride and Family Values. So if you are looking for that one on one experience, as well as the trophy and memories, the Homestead Lodge is the place.
Life Experiences are found every day - every minute if we are looking for them. And at the Homestead Lodge we pride ourselves in taking the time to look with you. We believe in and practice good stewardship for the land, river, forest, and wild animals as well as for our own animals. And we back up our family, community and business ethics with our Faith, and conduct ourselves accordingly.
We own 250 acres, which includes the right side of the "Bow" and 1.5 miles of shoreline along the Aroostook River. We are only 4 miles from the Oxbow entrance to The North Maine Woods with 3.6 million acres and 2000 miles of dirt roads. Simply drive north on Interstate 95 to exit 264. Then Route 11 North about 45 miles to the Oxbow Road. Easy access takes 6 hours from Boston, 1 hour from the Canadian Border, and 2 hours from Bangor.
The Homestead Lodge is located in Oxbow Maine. Simply drive up Interstate 95 to exit 264. Take Route 11 North to the Oxbow turn off. Easy Access takes just 6 hours from Boston, 1 hour from the Canadian Border, and 2 hours from Bangor.
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Patient Care
Tomer Avraham, MD is a board certified plastic surgeon who specializes in breast reconstruction. He believes in a personalized approach to the patient, with the goal of a natural and restorative outcome. Dr. Avraham utilizes all techniques of breast reconstruction, and has specific interest and training in the use of autologous reconstruction, such as the DIEP flap. Watch a video with Dr. Tomer Avraham>>
Dr. Avraham obtained his MD from Tufts University in Boston. Following this, he completed his plastic surgery residency, as well as specialized microsurgery fellowship training, at the NYU Department of Plastic Surgery. Additionally, Dr. Avraham completed a research fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York where he was appointed Chief Fellow and was awarded the Chairman's Award for Excellence in Research. Dr. Avraham is well published both in the basic science and clinical literature, and currently has a research interest in outcomes following breast reconstruction.
Education & Training
- MDTufts University School of Medicine (2005)
- Microsurgery FellowNYU Langone Medical Center
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Terminal Operator
Sinking Spring, PA, US
When you work for AmeriGas, you become a part of something BIG! Founded in 1959, AmeriGas is the nation's premiere propane company, serving over 2 million residential, commercial, industrial and motor fuel propane customers. Together, our 8,500 dedicated professionals will deliver 1.5 billion gallons of propane from 1,400 distribution points across the United States.
AmeriGas Propane is the nation's largest propane distributor, serving over 2 million residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and motor fuel propane customers in all 50 states. AmeriGas is listed on the New York stock exchange [NYSE: APU]. For more information visit our website at www.amerigas.com
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Regional Logistics Manager, the incumbent will oversee the terminal inventory; complete daily and month end inventory reports; unload propane rail cars; oversee loading of trucks; do maintenance and repairs in the terminal while operating a safe working environment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Take daily temperature, pressure and liquid level readings of the storage tanks and record
- Complete a daily inventory report using Microsoft Excel
- Complete a month end inventory report using Microsoft Excel
- Spot and unload propane rail cars, and be able to load rail cars if applicable
- Oversee the loading of LPG trucks and be able to unload LPG trucks
- Complete rail car and truck paper work
- Perform facility and equipment maintenance and repairs
- Assist in achieving the terminal operations expense goals
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Regional Logistics Manager
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- Computer experience using Microsoft Excel and Word
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- High School education or equivalent
- Previous propane rail car and truck experience preferred
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NATICK, Mass., June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the global launch of its Mustang™ PTA Balloon Catheter, a highly deliverable 0.035 inch percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) catheter designed for a wide range of peripheral angioplasty procedures. The Company plans to launch the product immediately in the U.S., Europe and other international markets.
Boston Scientific developed the Mustang PTA Balloon Catheter to meet physician needs for a low-profile, high-pressure balloon catheter in a wide range of sizes. It is the first to use Boston Scientific's NyBax™ Balloon Material, a proprietary co-extrusion of nylon and Pebax® polymers engineered to provide high-pressure, non-compliant dilatation in a low-profile balloon. The Mustang Balloon Catheter offers excellent rated burst pressure (up to 24 atmospheres) and is the only 7 x 200 mm balloon compatible with a 5 French introducer sheath. Available in 203 sizes, it provides the broadest matrix of any available peripheral balloon.
"The Mustang Balloon Catheter offers a low tip profile and excellent deliverability to accommodate workhorse and complex lesions," said Joe Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President and President of Boston Scientific's Endovascular Unit. "Its versatility and extensive size matrix allow physicians to address nearly every peripheral need, ranging from treating blockages in femoral arteries to dialysis fistulae. The Mustang Balloon Catheter demonstrates Boston Scientific's commitment to continuing its legacy as a pioneer and global leader in peripheral balloon angioplasty."
An estimated 8 to 10 million patients in the United States alone suffer from peripheral artery disease (PAD), which is characterized by blockages in vessels of the peripheral vasculature and is associated with high rates of morbidity. PTA balloon catheters are used in peripheral angioplasty and stenting procedures to open blocked arteries.
About Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more information, please visit: www.bostonscientific.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words like "anticipate," "expect," "project," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "intend" and similar words. These forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and estimates using information available to us at the time and are not intended to be guarantees of future events or performance. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding new product launches and launch cadence, the market for peripheral artery disease treatment, regulatory approvals, clinical trials, product performance and competitive offerings. If our underlying assumptions turn out to be incorrect, or if certain risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. These factors, in some cases, have affected and in the future (together with other factors) could affect our ability to implement our business strategy and may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the statements expressed in this press release. As a result, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of our forward-looking statements.
Factors that may cause such differences include, among other things: future economic, competitive, reimbursement and regulatory conditions; new product introductions; demographic trends; intellectual property; litigation; financial market conditions; and future business decisions made by us and our competitors. All of these factors are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of them are beyond our control. For a further list and description of these and other important risks and uncertainties that may affect our future operations, see Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we may update in Part II, Item 1A – Risk Factors in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q we have filed or will file hereafter. We disclaim any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or in events, conditions or circumstances on which those expectations may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. This cautionary statement is applicable to all forward-looking statements contained in this document.
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I have been trying to get my head round what happened in Europe this past week—particularly with regard to what our Prime Minister David Cameron has managed to achieve.
Events in Euroland are just too big for me to assimilate. I am unable to find words to express my thoughts rationally. Bombarded by news and comment from all parts of the media, I simply put up my hands in resignation and switch off.
Part of me is chuckling at headless chickens running around trying to save a failing system. Part of me slips into deep despair at the total lack of vision of our global leaders, and worries where it will all end.
One reason why I have not been blogging about this whole ongoing farce is that I promised myself I would try to be more positive in outlook. However, the lunacy going on around us will insist on encroaching into my life. As Harold Macmillan famously said, when asked what represented the greatest challenge for a statesman, "Events, my dear boy, events."
I'll leave any acerbic comment about lightweight leaders of the 21st century Conservative Party hanging at that point. Any British political party for that matter.
The lie of the land
I am an unreconstructed and unrepentant liberal. I make no apologies for that. I sit firmly in the centre, perhaps even on the proverbial fence. Those of the "left" and "right" have managed to sidle their way into my centre ground so well that it is impossible to squeeze a fag paper between us. When the Liberal-Democrats got into bed with the Conservatives, after the 2010 general election failed to let anyone win sufficient seats to claim a mandate, I was sceptical but hopeful the coalition agreement would temper the excesses of the right. I blogged about it here. Perhaps the liberal tendencies would temper the rabid Conservatism of the Bullingdon Club elites.
I was so wrong. Nick Clegg has let me—us—down. So far, the fact there are Lib-Dem members of the Cabinet has had little effect or no effect on what can now be seen as an utterly out-of-touch and rabidly right-wing Tory government obviously bent on destroying decades of social good, yet all the while blaming it on the previous administration. Let's just leave it that. As far as I am concerned, the "ConDem" coalition has made everything infinitely worse over the past year or so.
Keep on course
Where are we going with this? It's a question that has vexed many liberals for some time, I suspect.
As I mentioned, I have been avoiding putting into words what I think about events in the wider world because I simply cannot find the words to explain how I feel. I began to see the European "project" being moved in a direction I was not comfortable with, a direction that would lead to individual member states effectively giving up sovereign rights to become part of a United States of Europe. I found I was not in favour of ever greater European integration. To me that was not something I wanted a part in. Yet I have literally no say. In referendums to approve treaties, a country votes "no", only to be told to vote again and this time vote "yes". How is that democratic?
No, Europe is heading in a direction I am not happy with. I am all for economic co-operation, borderless travel, even a single currency (at first), but not a superstate.
So, being outside Europe—as we now find ourselves thanks to inept leadership—must be a good thing, right? Well, no. Britain needs to be in Europe at a level where we can make a difference. What Cameron and his lack of statesmanship has done is to isolate the United Kingdom even more than it was before. We won't be listened to at the European level, even where we still have a voice.
This is where understanding and words fail me once more. I admit the following is still liberal in scope, but Andrew Rawnsley, Nick Cohen and Will Hutton in today's Observer explain it so well I urge you to read them whatever your own political views. The Observer and Guardian are about the only publications that give a liberal view of the world: the rest of our media is so polarised it makes it all but impossible to get a balanced view, as far as I can tell.
(Don't read the comments, though. Never read comments to online opinion—that way madness lies.)
The rest of the European Union simply shrugged at his "veto" and will now proceed to try to fashion a new regime for the eurozone without a British voice in the room. The prime minister's agenda is left in shreds. He did not get the protocol he wanted to exempt the UK from European regulation of financial services and Britain's exclusion from the negotiations means that he is now even less likely to secure one in the future. He may get a hero's welcome from some of the Tory Eurosceptics who are exulting in Britain's isolation and celebrating this as the most magnificent performance since Margaret Thatcher wielded the handbag. But that is likely to prove to be very short-lived. They forget that Mrs T never made the mistake of leaving an empty chair where Britain ought to be sitting. Once their initial euphoria has worn off, Tory sceptics will discover that this outcome does not advance their ambition to repatriate powers from Brussels—it has made it even harder to achieve.
The weekend's headlines about David Cameron isolating Britain or bravely standing up for Britain's independence, depending on which newspaper you read, may be irrelevant in a fortnight. The best reason for treating them with suspicion is that political actors are enjoying playing their familiar roles and reciting their old lines. British Eurosceptics are thrilled that David Cameron has reignited the passions of the Thatcher era. European leaders are again boasting of their commitment to the European ideal.
When you look at what that commitment means in practice, however, you see it is more of the same. Germany, Holland and the other northern countries are still refusing to spend the money or allow the inflation that would stop southern Europe descending into depression and dragging down the over-leveraged banking system with it. Trade imbalances and an uncompetitive exchange rate still crush Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
There might have been a case for David Cameron to veto the use of the EU treaties for the eurozone bailout if Britain's national interests had really been threatened. But they were not. Much of British finance in whose name Cameron exercised his veto—routine banking, insurance and accounting—was wholly unaffected by any treaty change. The financial services industry in Britain constitutes 7.5% of GDP and employs a million people; the City represents perhaps a third of that and, in turn, that part threatened—if it was threatened at all—some fraction of that. This is a tiny economic interest. If the coalition is serious about rebalancing the British economy, it is preposterous to place a fragment of the City at the forefront of our national priorities.
Moreover, any tax, such as the financial transaction tax about which Cameron was so exercised (and which is, in any case, a good idea if done right as recommended by the IMF), has to be agreed by all. Which means that the threat was nil. Even regulatory proposals, although proceeding by qualified majority voting, have in financial services proceeded, in reality, by unanimity.


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尊皇棋牌Wichita State University is the most diverse university in Kansas and has a strong commitment to diversity as a core institutional and educational value. We want our faculty, staff, and student body to mirror the variety of the types of people found in society.
Division of Diversity and Community Engagement
The Division of Diversity and Community Engagement exists to cultivate and sustain community relationships with key constituency groups that promote and elevate the mission of Wichita State University. The division is vital to ensuring Wichita State University is reflective of the community it serves and strives to promote equity and opportunity for all.


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Installing an efficient heating system - Marine Hotel (video)
The Marine Hotel is situated in the Causeway coast resort town of Ballycastle with 31 bedrooms, dining and hospitality areas and large function rooms to heat.
Claire Hunter, the hotel's Director, explains how they moved from an oil fired heating system with hot water tanks to a more efficient LPG gas-zoned heating system.
Claire explains how they assessed their energy and heating needs, the support and advice they received, the practical benefits of the zoned system they chose and their annual cost savings.


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SCHEDULE OF NLEX ROAD WARRIORS GAMES - UAE TIME (updated as of 17th Jan)
Friday 16th January
9:00PM NLEX Philippines vs Al Ittihad Libya
SUNDAY 18th January
7:00PM NLEX Philippines vs Al Riyadi Lebanon
Monday 19th January
9:00PM NLEX Philippines vs UAE
Tuesday 20th January
9:00PM NLEX vs El Zamalek Egypt
Venue: Al Ahli Stadium
Tickets to the elimination games cost AED25 and available at the gates.
Asi Taulava and his NLEX Road Warriors side will be competing against perennial Middle East ball clubs in the invitational Dubai International Basketball Championship 2015. The tournament is scheduled from 14th to 25th January.
The Road Warriors will be bringing in NBA veteran Al Thornton who will also be their import in the PBA Commissioner's Cup.
"It's an invitation from the PBA. Parang international league yan. Invitational tournament, which sasalian nang ibang teams from other countries," said coach Boyet Fernandez to Rappler.
Current NLEX roster also includes KG Canaleta, Mac Cardona, Enrico Villanueva and Aldrech Ramos and the promising rookies Juneric Baloria and Harold Arboleda among others.


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Chrysler rolled out the Compass this past Monday in Detroit to a media-savvy crowd who couldn't hide their puzzlement. What did the wagon up on stage have to do with the Jeep brand? (The non-sequitur appearance of actress Angie Harmon — who can Law our Order anytime — distracted some from the puzzle, at least temporarily.) We'd seen the Compass in Frankfurt as a concept, read about its imminent arrival with disbelief and saw the spy shots — and yet none of it prepared us for the weird, silver car with the warped Liberty nose, front-wheel drive and a fully independent suspension, which wore its Jeep badging like a third-grader in sergeant's stripes. We get the accounting case: finding new markets, expanding to unserved buyers, attacking new segments, etc. But will the stated independent-minded, college-educated, recently married women in their 20s to early 40s dig it? (Likely more than their Wrangler-driving husbands (or partners) will.) Or will the Jeep-unjeep become the Yoko Ono of the Jeep brand.
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Page Speed SDK released; HAR to Page Speed tool created
Releasing the Page Speed SDK (all open source) is one step closer to having a common performance metric across all web development tools and environments. Imagine being able to get the same performance analysis results from Firebug, Web Inspector, HttpWatch, Fiddler, Keynote, and Gomez. This will help us develop a common vocabulary and bring more Read the rest…
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Through a licensing agreement with BBC Studios, CW Seed is bringing fourteen series from the UK to viewers in the US.
Bodyguard: Netflix to Premiere Hit Brit Thriller Series in the US & Beyond
Bodyguard, the most-watched new drama series in the UK in more than a decade, debuts on Netflix in the US and other territories next month.
British TV Premieres in Feb 2018: Ackley Bridge, Cardinal, The Frankenstein Chronicles, Maigret, McMafia & More
For the shortest month of the year, we certainly have a lot of British and Canadian TV premieres in the US. Let the bingeing begin!
Favorite British TV Shows of 2017
Actually, they're not all British. One is Canadian, another is Irish. But still. These are the brand new (to the US) shows that had me binge-watching until stupid o'clock in the morning.
Pine Gap: New Australian Political Thriller Coming to Netflix
The production company behind hit Aussie dramas Janet King, Underbelly, and ANZAC Girls begins production in 2018 on Pine Gap, which will screen on Netflix and Australia's ABC.
British TV to Watch in July 2017: Game of Thrones, Janet King, Rake & More
A dozen series from the UK, Australia, and Canada, plus a Brit-ified one from the US, premiere on telly in the States this month.
Best New Program Premieres of 2016
By my count, 215 new programs and program seasons from the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada premiered stateside in 2016. Of them, here are my picks for the best 20 that were brand-spanking-new to the US.
British TV to Watch in December 2016: Brokenwood Mysteries, The Hollow Crown-The Wars of the Roses, Travelers, and More [UPDATED]
Whether the weather outside is frightful or fantastic, chillax in front of your favorite telly screen with some terrific British TV this month, including the premieres of new and returning series and holiday specials.
British TV to Watch in November 2016: Close to the Enemy, The Crown, Undercover, and More! [UPDATED]
Before and after you rock the vote one week from today, check out all the new Brit and Aussie TV shows that will be screening in the US, including several can't-miss dramas.
British TV to Watch in October 2016: Black Mirror, Brief Encounters, The Durrells, and More!
Autumn is here, and with the crispness of the air and fewer hours of daylight come a bevy of British TV premieres, including some of the most highly-anticipated program returns.


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Food is the focus of Restaurant Week York, which takes place Saturday, Feb. 22, to Saturday, March 1. This year's lineup features veteran and new eateries as well as various ethnic cuisines.
YorKitchen to host three of these many events.
...Join YorKitchen for a free kids craft from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
By LAUREN BOYER York Daily Record 01/30/2014
The nut butters Sheri and Troy Karan concoct in their Dover Township garage-turned-commercial-kitchen look more like cookie dough than typical spreads you can pick up at the grocery store. It's on purpose — sort of. "We like to call it our lucky mistake," said Sheri, 41.
The new alliance consists of people, businesses and organizations that share a common goal.
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On Thursday, about 70 people gathered to discuss a multi-pronged issue that effects everyone: food.The York County Food Alliance held its first public meeting at the York Jewish Community Center. The recently formed alliance focuses on improving the local food system, and will address issues such as limited access ...
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Updated: 01/22/2014 11:29:27 AM EST
There's a certain type of entrepreneurial spirit we're seeing more of in the York area.It involves sharing - knowledge, workspace and even tools - to help others get ahead.First there was YorKitchen, a for-rent commercial kitchen and dining facility that opened nearly three years ago in an annex of Central Market at 37 W. Clarke Ave. in York.It has become well known as a businesses incubator for food companies that need somewhere to start, h...
By Samuel Frost For the Daily Record/Sunday News Updated: 01/09/2014 10:37:36 PM EST
As the house lights dim and the countdown begins, three chefs prepare their utensils and face the cameras for a live in-studio broadcast.But it's not "Iron Chef" -- it's a demonstration of proper cooking and healthy eating habits for Girl Scouts in central Pennsylvania.Held at Central Market's YorKitchen, the four episode series is streamed over the Internet to the 30 counties that form the Girl Scouts in th...
Posted on January 10, 2014 by Erin McCracken in Flipside
The next Chef Challenge is slated for Jan. 23 in YorKitchen, the shared commercial kitchen space at Central Market, 34 W. Philadelphia St., York.
By Sean Adkins
Record/Sunday News
York, PA -
Next month,
YorKitchen will host a course geared toward teaching managers how to implement
the essentials of food safety practices.
Those who
participate will work towards earning a ServSafe Food Protection Manager
Certification - credentials accredited by the American National Standards
Institute Conference for Food Protection.
The ServSafe
program provides food safety training, exams and ed...
By Sonya Paclob
of the Daily Record/Sunday News
...In just a few
short days, York's historical landmark will end its 125th year-long anniversary
and move into the start of the next 125 years.
Since this
summer, multimedia journalist Sonya Paclob has worked on a mini documentary of
Central Market. more...
Oyster prelude is Saturday at Central Market
York Dispatch STAFF REPORT
Updated: 10/04/2013 10:21:16 AM EDT
As a prelude to the York County Heritage Trust's 39th annual Oyster Festival, the Trust is partnering with YorKitchen to present "Shucks - an Oyster Cookoff!" from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at York's Central Market.
Part of a summer program at the charter school focuses on entrepreneurship.
By ANGIE MASON
Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 07/11/2013 03:09:19 PM EDT
...jewelry boxes are destined to be sold, as part of the entrepreneur focus of the school's summer program. Anne Clark, community outreach specialist for Lincoln and Thackston charter schools, said the lessons will click once the kids are able to sell their creations.
Then, "it goes from a lesson in the classroom (to) reality," she said.
The City of York issued the following press release on Friday. YorKitchen may be your solution for your Special Events.
Food prepared for special events in a private home, not approved by the City's Permits, Planning & Zoning Department, may not be used or offered for human consumption in a food facility or outdoors, according ...
ERIN JAMES 505-5439 / @ydcityyorkdispatch.com
Updated: 05/17/2013 11:03:11 AM EDT
Howard Cantor is like the ghost of chain-restaurant menus and pre-packaged foods...As a "food technologist" at a Baltimore company, Cantor spends his days whipping up unique flavor combinations for the global food industry. It's a cool job, Cantor said, because it allows him to "feed the masses."But the York City man's name won't be found on any wrappers.
Next step: Cantor, 42, is taking 21 South a step further...
The York Dispatch 505-5437 / @ydbiz yorkdispatch.com
Updated: 03/02/2013 02:25:21 PM EST
..."It was more like a dinner party," Bashir said. "It was very intimate and interactive, and all the guests sat at one large table with the chef."
Malaysian music played as Goins, who was born and raised in Malaysia, talked about the country's native fruits and other cultural elements of food preparation.
"It was as much a cultural interaction as it was a dinner," Bashir said.
WGAL news spot. 11:07 AM EST Feb 24, 2013 York residents are in for a week-long treat because the city's restaurant week is now in full swing with events going on all around the city. YorKitchen's Passport to Flavors Series is featured.
The Passport to Flavors Series started on Saturday with an evening of Malaysian cuisine and culture. By STEPHANIE REIGHART Daily Record/Sunday News Updated: 02/25/2013 02:33:29 PM EST York, PA - A small group of diners gathered in YorKitchen in Central Market on Saturday evening for a special meal. For one night only, a Malaysian restaurant was in full swing with music, tales of Southeast Asian living and authentic food.
City officials say limiting downtown food carts protects businesses. Others say it hampers consumer choice.
By TIM STONESIFER Daily Record/Sunday News 12/12/12
Jennifer Philippe, of Spring Garden Township, makes a crepe at YorKitchen last week. Philippe wants to expand her business, but right now she cannot sell from her cart in York city. more...
Posted: 11/07/2012 04:07:01 PM EST Flipside magazine Playing with food is no longer a faux pas. More people are digging in with both hands. Thanks to the foodie movement, it's now trendy to experiment with what we eat and how we serve it.
Incubator kitchen spaces provide startup opportunities for entrepreneurs in Lancaster and York
Central Penn Business Journal 7/5/12
By Brent Burkey and Lauren McLane
Joseph Lane and his wife have spent seven years in China after opening a pizzeria there. Now, they are coming back to the United States to make fruitcake in York.Their business, Dot & Eva's Oven Ltd., is one of the newest tenants of the YorKitchen food business incubator that opened last year adjacent to the York-based Central ...
Federal visitors have high praise for YorKitchen
CANDY WOODALL / The York Dispatch
Updated: 06/15/2012 11:39:54 AM EDT
..."It's fabulous," he said.
An annex of Central Market, the commercial kitchen can be rented for $25 an hour, helping entrepreneurs make their food business dreams a reality without the high costs associated with purchasing commercial kitchen equipment. Since it opened nearly a year ago, it has been utilized by 55 unique users and has created 32 jobs, according to Aeman Bashir,...
USDA officials tour YorKitchen in the annex of Central Market
Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 06/14/2012 05:35:27 PM EDT
York, PA -
State and national officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture toured YorKitchen Thursday to view what Pennsylvania State Director Tom Williams called "a success story."
"We wanted to come back and see what a great job they've done," he said. more...http://www.ydr.com/business/ci_20858790/usda-ofiicial-tour-yorkitchen-annex-central-market
Leigh Zaleski, FlipSide staff
Posted: 06/13/2012 11:19:32 AM EDT
Tom Bradney didn't really like chili when he was a younger.
Then he had to eat it once when he was 14 years old at hunting camp. He decided it wasn't too bad.
As a father of five children, Bradney often made large batches of chili and worked toward perfecting his recipe: smooth, with few chunks of tomatoes - very kid friendly.
Now, he sells it at market and eats it every time he works.
In April 2011, he got laid off after working f...
Project manager Aeman Bashir said businesses have started and expanded as a result of the incubator, which opened in July.
By LEIGH ZALESKI
Daily Record/Sunday News
While running her stand at Central Market recently, Donna Lott dashed into YorKitchen ...


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The First 30 on My New Trek… And How to Fix Skipping Gears
It didn't take long to get my first ride in on the newly repainted 5200. We put in a great 30 miles yesterday… Thank God for El Nino winters! If the rain holds off, and it's supposed to, we're meeting this morning to put in another 40.
My wife and I had to move some things from one church to another first thing yesterday morning so while my friends all started at 10, my wife and I couldn't make it until 11 so the fellas looped back and picked us up less than a mile from our house. We then headed south into a ridiculously heavy wind 15-20+ mph wind. Normally that's maybe enough to sniff at but yesterday it was pretty tough (I think not all winds are created equal – some are heavier than others). I got wow's all around from my buddies on the new paint job, Mike, Phill and Chuck and we formed up and headed into the southwest wind…
Just a mile and a half down the road and Mike starts looking over his shoulder. Then he moved a little to the left, which I'm good with because that's the direction the wind is coming from anyway so it's a little easier to draft. Then he called Phill to come up and he started talking about ride plans for tomorrow so I'm just sitting in, paying just enough attention to be safe in the pace line…
And Phill made a move for a town sign. I was caught unaware and had no chance. Mike had me perfectly boxed out. I gave Phill a deserved fist bump when we caught up to him.
The group moved fairly well considering the wind and we didn't miss much since the close of last season. We just fell into our places. Six miles later and I set myself up for a good one… Gaines Twp has two signs, maybe 300 yards apart and I was going to take both.
I was second bike behind Chuck and he'd been up there for a while so I tried to bide my time without waiting too long… I launched early to catch everyone else off guard. I passed Chuck pretty handily and pounded the pedals but I noticed Chuck's wheel to my right, he was going to give me a run! That's when my gears started skipping.
When I saw Chuck's wheel I reached down deep for another gear and went for it. I realized quickly that the more aggressively I pedaled, the worse my gears skipped so I tried to round out my stroke. When that didn't work, I just hammered it, gears be damned. I held Chuck off by a matter of inches – and almost felt guilty… his effort was plenty tough after pulling for more than a mile.
We both dropped from 25 mph down to about 12 to catch our breath and let the others catch up… Then I surprised him with a second weak sprint before the others caught up. Perfect, two down.
We resumed normal cycling till we hit the Byron town sign but I was leading out into a gnarly cross headwind and had nothing in the tank for a sprint. Mike ate me up, and I let him (hey, sometimes I'm the sprinter and sometimes I'm the lead out). The rest of the ride was pretty tame but my gears were slipping a lot more now… and I figured out the problem about four miles from home.
When I put the Trek back together I went with 5 mm housing instead of 4. This gives a better shift quality but the 5 mm housing caps I was given are too tight for the rear derailleur cable boss. I tried my best to jam it in there but it must have worked loose. As I get into the smaller (harder) cogs on the back, the cable slacked, allowing the cap to come out of the boss… this meant the cable moved and changed the tension on the derailleur so it tried to shift into another gear. Thus, what felt like the gear slipping was actually the derailleur trying to shift.
After I got home and showered up I went to the shop and picked up a different cap. I took three minutes to take the cable apart and change the cap, put the cable back together and voila, no more slipping. It's crazy that something so simple could cause so much trouble, but there it is.
I knew my chain and cassette were good, I just replaced them about 500 miles earlier, so it had to be in the cable. All bikes that have externally routed cables have attachment points where the cable and housings are kept to the frame:
Now let's zoom in…
Now just a little more…
Okay, so you can see what I'm referring to… you see three distinct pieces of metal (not including the cable). The piece on the left, that's the boss and it's bolted to the frame. Then you have that odd looking lever** in the middle, then the housing cap. That cap is pushed into a corresponding hole in the lever… this is what it looks like when it's right:
You should be able to see that a lot less of the cap is showing in the photo above… Without getting too technical, derailleurs work by being pulled into position by a cable. The smaller the gear (this holds for both derailleurs), the less tension there is on the cable. As the gears get bigger, tension increases on the cable. When I'm cruising at 18 mph, in the middle ring up front and the middle gears in the back, everything is okay because there's tension holding the cap in that hole… When I shifted to a harder, smaller gear for that sprint into Gaines, I decreased the tension on the cable and there was a little bit of slack at the cap. When I hit a bump, the weight of the housing pulled the cable to the ground, creating a lever or more precisely a fulcrum at the end of the cable housing cap and the hole in the lever. When that cable dropped, for a split second the tension on the cable was increased and the derailleur tried to shift to an easier gear. Thus, what felt like a slip, it was actually the derailleur doing what it's designed to do.
Knowing my way around my bikes pays off again. And now I also know that all caps are not created equal.
** The lever… In those zoomed photos, that lever that the cap sits in is a very special lever designed to be used in the event that the rear shifter breaks and cannot be used to shift the bike. There are three positions. The current resting position, then you reach down and twist it away from the frame… this changes the tension in the cable enough to give you two more gears. Kind of neat actually. Most bikes don't have this feature, it just appeared for a short time in the past – whether it is exclusive to Trek or not, I do not know.
Rebuilding My Trek, A Confession and Apology…
I had big plans for the rebuilding of my 5200. I thought about doing a YouTube video of the build. I scratched that idea for several reasons. There aren't a whole lot of photos on this site of my full face without sunglasses and a cycling helmet on my melon. Maybe a half-dozen over the four years and change I've been writing this blog… This is by design, and a requirement of my recovery. It is what it is. Then, why would anyone want to bother watching me build my bike? It just didn't make sense to me. Then there's the time into editing a video and getting it ready to upload… I'm way too busy to go through all of that. Too much work, too much going on. Oh, and it's tax season. No way I can mess with it right now.
I started building the Trek back up. Put the saddle on, put the handlebar on, brakes, the wheels… I took photos of all of it for a big photo illustrated build post:
Look, I'm already not fast when it comes to this stuff. Well, that's not exactly right either; I'm not "mechanic" fast, I'm everyday Joe fast. Taking photos of everything adds about 30 to 50% more time into completing repairs, for something this big, that's a lot of extra time. It became apparent early on that this was going to take too much time if I kept at it this way, so I did the selfish thing and quit with the photos so I could get the job done. There isn't going to be a big write-up about how I put a bike together, I just got it done. So, Sue, Bri and anyone else who would have been interested, I am sorry for taking the quick road on this one. On the positive side of this, instead of having to slog along on the Cannondale with the guys today, I'll be able to take the Trek out for it's first road ride. In about four hours as a matter of fact.
Complete rebuild time was about three, maybe four hours including all adjustments and a few trips to the bike shop for a few things that I needed.
For Posterity's Sake; It's Doubtful My Trek Will Ever Be this Clean Again…
Before and After, What to Expect from a Professional Bicycle Paint Job
This is my 1999 Trek before a $400 paint job ($305 for the paint job, $75 for the decals):
This is after:
Now, unfortunately when I took the "new" photo, the bike was a little dusty still – my excitement and exuberance at just how awesome the frame turned out got the best of me. It is what it is. Still, you can't miss the stunning difference between the two photos.
Now, I could have sanded that frame down myself (you can't use a chemical stripper on a carbon fiber frame for obvious reasons, they have to be hand-sanded). I could have tented off a corner of my garage with a few tarps for a make-shift "spray booth". I could have gotten my hands on some high quality spray paint and painted the frame myself. Then I could have scuffed the paint up with a Scotch-Brite pad and applied the decals and hit it with two coats of clear coat. Add in the new bottle cage bosses…. If I had a different day job – and it wouldn't have turned out that well. In other words, it was worth every penny.
To wrap this up, $300-$400 is not a lot of money for a professional paint job that takes a frame that looked like the one in the old photo and gave me the one in the new photo. If you're in the market for a simple paint job and you're being quoted ridiculous prices (I know guys who paid thousands for a bike paint job), the shop that did mine takes bikes that are shipped to them. Check out their price list any other pertinent information here – scroll down to see the paint prices.
I should add, watch the incidentals and add-ons. They add up in a HURRY. Definitely best to take the bike apart yourself and just ship the frame and fork…
It's Done! My 17 Year-old Trek is a New Bike!
Fixing that Voice Inside My Head that Says, "You're not Good Enough"…
Yesterday was one of those miserable days where you simply can't figure out what you did to piss off the powers that be but you know you certainly pissed them off. It was one of those "career flashes before my eyes" days, it was that bad. Well, technically it started at the end of the business day on Monday (makes sense when I look at it that way). In any event, I spent a lot of time over the last two days making sure we would salvage the day.
I got on my bike around lunchtime yesterday, shortly after noon, to do my 45 minutes on the trainer. The more I pedaled, the harder it was to keep my mind on my workout and off of work. What was meant to be a hard ride ended up being quite easy. Every time I'd get a decent groove on, the phone would ring and the mess would get worse.
I wrapped it up after just 30 minutes. If I made it 9 miles, it would be a shock. I barely broke a sweat. 18 mph on a trainer is a joke, I'm usually between 24 and 26 mph on a decent effort.
I knew three things: 1) That workout was lame, 2) That was the best I could do given the circumstances, and 3) That this was just one of those times where life was going to intrude on what I wanted to do – it happens.
The steps I'd taken the night before paid off and everything worked out better than I'd hoped was possible. By the end of the afternoon I hoped I was out of the woods but wasn't sure of it yet. Last night was a lousy night of sleep. Maybe three or four hours.
Today, everything is fixed and back on schedule. Right as rain. The work I did over that past two days paid off. Only once during that time did I get the inkling that I was not doing everything I could to ensure the best possible outcome for my corporation: When I was on my bike, even though it was lunchtime.
By lunchtime the next day, not only was everything right, my guys found a new gear and actually beat an insane deadline by a day… I did my job so that my guys could do theirs and if I hadn't done mine there's no way my guys could have done theirs – this post would have been very different.
We all have that voice in the back of our head that lets us know when we're messing up, that we should be doing more, that we have to do what is uncomfortable for things to work out in our favor… Ignoring that voice or finding a creative way to ignore it by doing something unrelated is what leads to the "I'm not good enough" voice (or thought). Whether it's work or a workout, the only way the notion that I'm not good enough can survive is if there's some truth to it. Either that or we're dealing with False Evidence Appearing Real.
The fix is truth.
Not self-knowledge or awareness, that's not good enough, at best it only helps. I'm talking about the truth, unvarnished, unpoliticized* and devoid of falsity. Truth.
The truth was that I had to let go of what I wanted to do in order to get done what needed be done. My next workout was phenomenal, as one might imagine.
This also applies to my workouts. If I phone it in, if I whine about every little tweak and minor pain I have, if I take it easy when I should be going hard, if I wait until all of the stars align and nothing hurts, not only will I not progress, eventually I'll start falling back. This is when that thought, that I'm not good enough is right. That has no place in my life.
It's only when I can get a lid on that fear so I can do what needs be done that I can beat the thought that I'm not good enough… It's only when I know that I am that I find peace.
Just a thought for the day.
*Politicized Truth is a simple enough concept. Politicians practice it every day. They tell you the good part of what they want to do and leave out the bad part. Sure, let's all demand government run healthcare! WOOHOO! That's the part they tell you. You can keep your doctor! You can keep your current plan! These are political truths. The other half is; No you can't keep your plan – your monthly premiums are going up by 80% and your deductibles will cost you twice as much at the same time. You can't keep your doctor because you can't keep your plan and a lot of doctors who could afford it, retired to escape all of the ridiculous regulations. There really is no free lunch either, so if we do this whole hog, it's wait lines as far as the eye can see and it's going to cost half of everyone who works' paycheck to fund it ($4.1 Trillion dollars a year as proposed by Bernie Sanders – and if you think taxing the wealthy is going to cover that you're an idiot… EVERYONE will feel it). Real truth is an honest assessment of the whole thing as it is, not as we want it to be.
Why We Do What We Do…
I push my guys pretty hard, there's no doubt about it. There are a few who really take it and run with it though and I take care of them…
Today one of my best guys asked if his wife could pick up his check for him because he's working late. Obviously I said that was fine.
So she walks up to the door to grab his check and, with tears in her, "Thank you Jim, God Bless you from the bottom of my heart, for all you do for us".
I didn't know what to say.
I finally stammered out, starting to choke up myself, that Vince was one of my very best guys and I don't know what I'd do without him, that he makes my life easier so it is my pleasure to reciprocate…
She stuck out her hand and I shook it.
She said, "Well I don't know but you are the man. Thank you for taking care of us".
The thing that saddens me is that we conservative people get a bad wrap when it comes to things like this, especially if you listen to our hack of a President (or virtually anyone from the Democrat side of the aisle). The truth is, I go out of my way to spread what wealth I do have, around – and I don't need a frickin' government bureaucrat or some ass-hat liberal politician to prod me into it. We take care of the people who take care of us because they make our lives better, and this is exactly as it should be. This was an example of why I do what I do.
Anyway, enough politics for one week… and I apologize for writing this post to make that point. It's one of those fine lines between tooting one's horn (which I despise) and getting out something that needs to be said.


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This web log is 100% about lemons and alpacas in anime
Updated every other week
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
Just when you thought the name of each Hidamari season couldn't get any sillier than "☆☆☆" the fourth season hits you with "Honeycomb" (or "Hanikamu" for you weeaboos out there). The six girls from Hidamari apartments are back and bigger than ever (well, it's mostly just Hiro who's bigger). During a class trip to the country the girls run across a humble alpaca that reminds them of the shivering principal. It's a relatively unknown fact, but this alpaca happens to be the same one in
... meaning both shows take place in the same universe. Season five is sure to have a surprise visit by everyone's favorite yellow mascot.
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I just finished the final module of this course. Overall I think it was a great course that provided a good overview of Ruby, and a thorough introduction to Rails. The next course dives into working with Databases and I am looking forward to learning more about Active Record.
Some Interesting Facts
- Rails has only been around since 2004.
- Startups love Rails since it makes it easy to do rapid prototyping.
- MVC has been around since 1979
Useful Resources
The lectures had a bunch of useful tools sprinkled throughout.
- Learned about the Programmable Web API directory.
- Discovered the JSONView Browser Plugin which makes looking at JSON output in the web browser really nice.
Things I love about Rails
- Convention over Configuration. I love this, I love best practices, and I love having some guidelines to follow. Think less, do more.
- ORM makes it easy to swap out your DB as times goes on. Start dev in SQLite and should be able to seamlessly transition to MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
- Rake = Ruby Make, comes with a ton of useful built in utilities. For instance if you want to see all of the routes that your application is aware of you can run
rake routes.
- Helpers (or view helpers) are reusable macros that can be used across any of your views. This is much cleaner approach than themacros that I am used to working with in Flask. There are at on of useful helpers built into rails, like "cycle" which makes it super easy to make striped HTML tables.
Things I learned
General Rails Tooling
- Finally have a solid understanding of how Gems, Bundler, and Rbenv work together.
- Learned about and used the HTTParty Gem
- You can use a Pessimistic Version Constraint (Love the name) in your Gemfile which basically says do not go over a certain version. Essentially you are betting against the house and saying that you believe that an update to one of your gems is going to break everything sometime in the future. (Trust me this happens all of the time).
Testing with Rspec and Capybara
Once again, I cannot say how happy I am that this course dives right into all sorts of testing. Kudos to the JHU team for thinking about this important skill even in an introductory course. This module talked about doing acceptance testing with Capybara. We learned about:
- Capybara – Acceptance Test Framework
- PhantomJS – Headless Browser
- Selenium – Browser Driver for Firefox/Chrome
- Poltergeist – PhantomJS Driver for Capybara
The built in debugging tools in development mode in rails are just awesome. You get an IRB console inside of the browser, this is super useful for debugging purposes. The gems that are responsible for this functionality are byebug and web-console.
Deploying To Heroku
The course walked us through how to deploy an app to Heroku. Super simple of course. It is really nice to be able to see your application out in the wild!
Pro Tip
The rails generator makes it super easy to create all of the files that you may need for a controller or model. However if you accidentally create a model with the wrong name and your project it huge it can be somewhat daunting to figure out what is safe to remove. You can reverse a rails generated command with:
rails d $TYPE $NAME
So for example, if I created a model called recipeee
rails g model recipeee
I could remove it with
rails d model recipeee
I can see how this will come in handy in the future.
Final Project
The final project is a simple web application called Recipe Finder that allows you to search for recipes using the food2fork api. I cleaned it up a bit and added an actual search bar (the assignment just had you add query params).


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Preparing for the Software-Defined Data Center
The software-defined data center is not for every enterprise. Smaller organizations may find that the cost, effort and risk inherent in migrating aggressively to an SDDC is not worth the eventual return on investment in improved responsiveness, enhanced control and reduced ongoing expense.
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Select a solution for policy-based infrastructure provisioning and for continuous and policy-driven capacity planning.
Start thinking about a strategy to adopt open standards. Carefully track the progress of standards such as OpenStack and OpenFlow, and confer with vendor partners on their approach to these standards.
Carefully assess and adjust software and hardware acquisitions to align with organizational goals. Implement guidelines based on product management APIs and consider vendor support for standards.
Transitioning to an SDDC requires a change that goes beyond simply adapting technology and processes, and extends to the culture and structure of the organization.
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SIDNEY — Imagine a city park field filled with 1,000 flag poles, each flying the Stars and Stripes against a brilliant, late summer sky.
That's the picture the Shelby County Historical Society hopes to create when it erects the Field of Valor just before Labor Day. The display will be one of several events comprising the Week of Valor, a tribute to America's wars and the people who fought them, on the battlefield and on the home front.
"We will exhibit the AVTT-TWF Traveling Wall, which is a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., also," said Tilda Phlipot, director of the historical society. "And there will be a display in the Ross Historical Center of artifacts." Also planned are a speech by retired Army Col. David Taylor; an exhibit of art by veterans, a cruise-in, a bridge rededication, a band concert and Sept. 11 tribute, a motorcycle parade at the wall, a breakfast, church services, a 5K run/walk and other activities.
"But first, our goal is to sell 1,000 flags and have them all flying over Custenborder Park here in Sidney," Phlipot added.
The Field of Valor is a program that honors veterans, first responders, home-town heroes and loved ones.
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This year's field will be open 24/7 from 8 a.m. Aug. 31 through 4 p.m. Sept. 6. People can walk among them, read the tags, and enjoy the silence of the special place the field will be.
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"It's the perfect way for employers to let the veterans who work for them know that their service to their country is appreciated," Phlipot said.
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Samsung's new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, went on sale in New Zealand at midnight through Vodafone, Telecom, and 2degrees.
The phone, which is being sold off-contract by all three carriers for $1049, is the latest in the Samsung Galaxy line, which has emerged as the biggest competitor to Apple's iPhone.
It has a high-definition touch screen that's nearly twice the size of the iPhone's. Like previous Galaxy phones, the S III will run Google's Android software.
The processor will be upgraded to include four computing cores. The iPhone and most other high-end phones are dual-core but there are some quad-core devices on sale.
The added computing power will be put to use in the S III's expanded voice-command features. When the phone screen is off, owners will be able to wake it up by saying, "Hi, Galaxy". They can then give further spoken commands.
Samsung doesn't release shipment figures, but most analysts believe its smartphones outsold Apple and its 35.1 million iPhones in the January-to-March period.
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Samsung said this month that the phone would go on sale in 145 countries with 296 phone companies, making it the company's biggest launch so far.