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Caviar has always been considered a luxury treat. Ancient Persians believed caviar had healing properties. Ancient Roman and Greek fishermen had a ready supply of caviar, but it was still a delicacy for the very rich and powerful, considered to be a gift worthy of a king. King Edward II of England took this to heart and made it law that all caviar was to be given to him. Czar Nicolas II of Russia was more benevolent, allowing fishermen to pay their taxes in caviar.
Today, caviar is still associated with wealth and luxury, served for special occasions such as weddings and the festive holiday season.
Traditionally, caviar referred only to the roe from the wild sturgeon from the Caspian and Black Seas but due to the severe depletion caused by overfishing, smuggling and pollution, importation of caviar from these areas has been banned and it is now considered an endangered-species product.
Over the years, alternative and sustainable sources have emerged from other parts of the globe, from salmon and trout to whitefish. At the China Seafood Expo in Dalian, China a few weeks ago, I even saw a simulated caviar product made from seaweed (which was actually not bad). But it's the mildly salty roe from the sturgeon varieties of Beluga, Ossetra and Sevruga that is the most prized for the size of its eggs as well as its sublime delicate buttery flavour.
Having eaten caviar of varying quality over the years, I still remember the first time I had "real" prized Beluga caviar. It was 1997 in Paris at the famed Michelin-starred restaurant Pierre Gagnaire. A generous mound of the silver-black pearls were sitting atop probably the most brilliant scrambled eggs I've ever eaten. Soft and silky, the sublime oeufs brouillard were gently shirred with crème fraiche and finely chopped chives, nestled delicately in an eggshell and garnished with the prized quenelle. It was heavenly and I could have eaten a baker's dozen of those eggs.
Today, with modern sustainable aquaculture and fish farming, sturgeon farms are found in regions ranging from Italy to Spain to California and recently, B.C.'s own Sunshine Coast. The most renowned is Sechelt's organically grown Northern Divine Caviar, produced by Target Marine Hatcheries, which started its first production of sturgeon in 2000. According to Target Marine's Justin Henry, eggs were transported to their site from Vancouver Island University's aquaculture program. The university originally collected sturgeon from the Fraser River in the mid 1980s for their program and when the fish were mature enough, the eggs were shipped to the Sunshine Coast, starting Canada's first white sturgeon farm. It takes some 11 to 15 years for a female to mature. At the moment, the Northern Divine Caviar is the only producer of premium quality caviar in the province. It's become so renowned that I was served it as a garnish on an appetizer at famed chef Norman Van Aken's Tuyo Restaurant in Miami last year.
I've asked a few of our local chefs how they are planning on serving caviar this holiday season. From the long established Lazy Gourmet Catering and its executive chef Jenny Hui, an elegant appetizer of poached prawns on a bed of roasted tomato sauce topped with caviar. C Restaurant's Chef de Cuisine Lee Humphries serves the prized delicacy with delicate potato blinis and traditional garnishes of crème fraiche, chives to capers and shallots. One of the city's newest catering enterprises, Butter on the Endive. and its young and talented chef prefers to serve caviar as simply as it comes, on deviled eggs or a miniature potato rosti. Chef-owner Owen Lightly says he likes to keep his recipes with caviar very simple, "as it's really all about tasting the caviar. It is such an expensive and luxurious ingredient. You really want it to shine."
From the elegant Hawksworth Restaurant at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia and its Chef de Cuisine Kristian Eligh is a sublime Japanese influenced yellowfin tuna tartar, graced with the buttery pearls. West Restaurant's Quang Dang has a wonderful rustic champagne vinaigrette enrobed with caviar, perfect for grilled scallops or lobster to grilled or seared whitefish. And from my kitchen, still one of my simple favourites, reminiscing from my heavenly experience at the famed Pierre Gagnaire in Paris, delicate scrambled eggs topped with these pearls of black gold.
There's also the question of what to pair caviar with. For Russian purists, it has to be freezing cold vodka, and for the French, Champagne on ice.
Here's to the start of the festive season.… Enjoy!
Poached Prawns with Roasted Tomato Sauce and Caviar
From executive chef Jenny Hui of Lazy Gourmet Catering. Fresh prawns, poached in an aromatic bouillon, are served individually over a pool of roasted tomato sauce with a simple garnish of caviar.
1 cup (250 mL) white wine
2 cups (500 mL) water
6 black peppercorns
1 lemon, cut into quarters
½ medium onion, cut into chunks
1 bay leaf
12 medium to large raw prawns, peeled, deveined and tails off
28 grams (1 oz.) caviar
In saucepan, combine wine and water. Add peppercorns, lemon, onions, salt and bay leaf. Bring mixture to a boil. Add prawns and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until prawns are opaque and pink. Remove prawns and place into an ice-water bath. Once cooled, drain well and set aside.Roasted Tomato Sauce
6 medium tomatoes, cut into 2-inch (5 cm) pieces
½ white onion, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces
2 garlic cloves
2 sprigs of thyme
1 teaspoon (5 mL) sugar
2 teaspoons (10 mL) extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons (10 mL) chopped basil
sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 350°F (170C).
Toss all ingredients and roast in oven for 1 hour or until brown. Remove and cool. Remove thyme sprigs. Transfer mixture to a food processor and process until smooth. Set aside. To assemble, place a teaspoon of the roasted tomato sauce on a Chinese soup spoon. Top with a prawn and garnish with a small dollop of caviar on top.
Serves 6 as an appetizer
Potato Blinis with Caviar and Traditional Garnishes
Blinis are small pancakes, traditionally made with buckwheat flour. At C Restaurant, Chef de Cuisine Lee Humphries serves caviar alongside meltingly tender blinis made from Yukon gold potatoes.
1 pound (454 g) Yukon Gold potatoes
2 tablespoons (30 mL) all-purpose flour
2 to 3 tablespoons (30 to 45 mL) crème fraîche
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
Coarse salt and freshly ground white pepper
Clarified butter or olive oil, for greasing griddle
1 to 2 ounces (28-56 g) caviar
3 large hard boiled eggs (yolks and whites separated and each finely chopped)
Finely chopped chives
Crème fraîche
Finely chopped shallots
Finely chopped cornichons
Place the potatoes in a large saucepan and fill with cold water, covering the potatoes by at least two inches. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and let simmer until the potatoes are thoroughly cooked to fork tender.
Remove cooked potatoes from saucepan and peel. Press the peeled potatoes through a ricer or a heavy-duty sieve.
Weigh out 9 ounces (270 g) of pure´ed potato and place in a medium-sized metal bowl. Add the flour to the warm potato pure´e and mix thoroughly. Next, whisk in the creme fraîche, beating in the eggs, and the egg yolk one at a time.
Once the batter is smooth, hold the whisk with some batter over the bowl. The batter should fall in a thick stream but hold its shape when it hits the batter in the bowl. If the batter is too thick, add a little more creme fraîche to the mixture. Season to taste with coarse salt and freshly ground white pepper.
To cook, heat an electric griddle to 350°F (170C). If you do not have a griddle, heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-low heat. Lightly grease both with clarified butter or olive oil. Spoon 1 ½ teaspoons (8 mL) batter onto the griddle to make each blini. Cook for one to two minutes, or until the bottoms are golden brown. Flip each blini and cook for about one minute. Each blini should be evenly browned with a small ring of white around the edges.
Transfer the cooked blinis onto a small baking sheet and place in 150°F (60C) to keep warm. Before making the next batch, wipe the griddle with a paper towel to remove any left over batter or residue and lightly re-grease before making more blinis.
Place the caviar in a serving dish (either in a bowl or in the tin) on top of crushed ice on a large serving platter. Place garnishes in separate bowls on the platter with small spoons. Arrange potato blinis on the platter and serve.
Serves 6
Yellowfin Tuna Tartar with Caviar
Elegant and chic Hawksworth restaurant serves caviar atop an Asian influenced Yellowfin tuna tartare, served with fingers of warm sourdough toast. The restaurant's Chef de Cuisine Kristian Eligh encourages guests to scoop a bit of both tartare and caviar onto the toasts with each bite.
10 ounces (280 g) sashimi grade yellowfin tuna, finely minced
2 tablespoons (30 mL) finely chopped chive
1 teaspoon (5 mL) seeded and finely minced birdseye chili
2 tablespoons (30 mL) shiro dashi (available at specialty Asian markets)
Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl.
For Garnish:
4 slices sourdough bread, crust removed and toasted, cut into long quarter strips
2 ounces (56g) caviar
To assemble, divide the tuna tartar mixture in a mound amongst four small chilled bowls. Carefully spoon ½ ounce (14g) onto the top of each tuna mound.
Serve warm toasted bread bars on the side.
Serves 4
Deviled Eggs with Caviar
Owen Lightly is the chef and owner of Butter on the Endive. Deviled eggs and lightly fried potato roesti are his "perfect" and simple ways to showcase this luxurious ingredient.
8 large eggs, at room temperature
1 tablespoon (15 mL) white vinegar
3 tablespoons (45 mL) mayonnaise, preferably homemade
2 teaspoons (10 mL) Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon (3 mL) Spanish smoked paprika
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 lemon, zest and juice
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1-ounce (28 gram) tin sustainable caviar
Finely cut chives, to garnish
In a large saucepan, place the eggs carefully in a single layer, covered by at least an inch (2.5 cm) of cold water. Add the vinegar and salt to the water. Heat over high heat and bring to boiling point. As soon as it comes to a boil, remove saucepan from heat and reduce the heat to low, returning the saucepan to the heat. Let simmer for 1 minute, then remove from heat, and allow to sit in the saucepan for 12 minutes, covered.
Remove eggs and transfer them to a bowl of ice water. Once the eggs are cool, peel and cut them in half lengthwise directly through the centre of the egg. Cut a small flat spot on the base of the egg to help it to sit up nicely. Remove the yolks and reserve the whites in the fridge.
Place the yolks in a bowl and add the mustard, mayonnaise, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, lemon zest and juice and mash well until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper and remove mixture to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe in approximately 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of filling in the hollow of the egg. Place a small dollop of caviar on top (depending on how decadent you are feeling) and garnish with freshly cut chives. Place the eggs on a platter and serve cold.
Serves 8
Potato Roesti with Crème Fraîche and Caviar
From owner/chef Owen Lightly from Butter on the Endive Catering:
2 russet potatoes
Sea salt
¼ cup (60 mL) clarified butter
¼ cup (60 mL) thick crème fraîche
Finely cut chives
1 ounce (28 g) tin sustainable caviar
Peel the potatoes and slice thinly on a mandoline set with the julienne attachment. Squeeze out any excess moisture from the potatoes and place them in a mixing bowl. Season the potatoes generously with salt and add 3 tablespoons (45 mL) of the clarified butter. Heat a non-stick or cast iron pan over medium heat with a few tablespoons of clarified butter. When the oil is hot, add 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of the potato mixture to the pan, forming small pancake shapes with a spatula but do not overcrowd the pan. When they are golden brown on the bottom, flip the potato cakes and repeat on the other side. Add clarified butter as needed. Remove the pancakes to a small sheet pan lined with paper towel and repeat with remaining potato mixture. Place a small dollop of crème fraîche on each roesti and top with caviar. Garnish with freshly cut chives and serve immediately.
Serves 8
Scrambled Eggs with Caviar and Chives
The first time I ate fine quality Beluga caviar was in 1997 at the esteemed Michelin 3-starred Pierre Gagnaire. Delicate warm shirred eggs, enrobed with crème fraîche and butter were gently placed into an egg shell topped with a generous mound of the black gold pearls. Sinful, but so memorable. Here's my adaptation, with a light infusion of finely chopped chives.
6 large free range eggs
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons (60 mL) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 teaspoons (10 mL) finely chopped chives
2 tablespoons (30 mL) crème fraîche
1 ounce (28 g) tin caviar
Remove eggs from refrigerator 20 minutes before cooking. Add about 2-inches (5 cm) water to a medium saucepan (about 6 to 8-inches diameter) and heat to a steady simmer. Crack eggs into a fine mesh sieve and push into a medium-sized bowl (8 to 10-inches diameter). Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Transfer the bowl of eggs set over the saucepan, but not touching, simmering water. Stir with a wooden spoon until they turn into a porridge-like texture, about 10 minutes (they should be soft but not runny). Remove from heat and stir in the butter, chives and the crème fraîche. Adjust seasoning if necessary.
Transfer to warm serving plates and top with caviar. Alternatively as an elegant appetizer, spoon the eggs into clean eggshells set in egg cups.
Serve with toasted brioche.
Serves 4 as an appetizer, 2 for a main course
Caviar and Cauliflower Vinaigrette
This elegant vinaigrette is from Chef de Cuisine Quang Dang of West Restaurant. It's served with chunky florets of cauliflower which help to capture the small caviar globes. It's a wonderful accompaniment for seared scallops or lobster to drizzling over a filet of halibut or sole.
3 tablespoons (45 ml) butter
2 shallots, minced
2 cups (500ml) cauliflower, cut into ½ inch (1cm) florets, blanched until tender
3 Tablespoon (45ml) champagne (or sparkling wine)
3 Tablespoons (45ml) champagne vinegar
1 28g tin (1 ounce) white sturgeon caviar
1 lemon, zested and juiced
1 bunch fresh chives, finely cut
½ tsp (3ml) espelette chili
Heat a skillet over medium heat and add butter, shallots, and blanched cauliflower. Saute until the shallots become translucent. Add champagne. Reduce till the champagne has evaporated. Add vinegar and reduce by half. Chill until slightly warmer than room temperature. Mix in lemon zest and juice, chives, and espelette. Fold in the caviar just prior to serving.


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Among the group of objects at West Wycombe Park recently accepted in lieu of tax and allocated to the National Trust are four handsome pedestals in the Music Room inlaid with Siena marble and Sicilian jasper.
They are by the sculptor Henry Cheere (1703-1781), and one of the reasons for keeping them at West Wycombe is the fact that there are several other works attributed to Cheere in the same room.
The chimneypiece is most probably by the Cheere workshop as well, as are the doorcases. In decorating this room Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet, was mixing original classical works of art with modern works in a classical style to remind him of what he had seen on the Grand Tour.
The chimneypiece is made of carved white statuary marble against a Sicilian jasper background, and its frieze depicts Venus and Cupid attended by putti.
The theme is continued on the ceiling, where Giuseppe Borgnis (1701-1761) was employed to depict a banquet of the gods, copied from Raphael's work in the Villa Farnesina in Rome.
The decoration in the coving was copied by Borgnis from various frescoes by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese.
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When the demonic first-person game "The Darkness" was released in 2007, it was a twisted breath of fresh air among all the war simulators and space-marine romps.
AP video game reviewer Lou Kesten called it an "intriguing mix of stealth and first-person shooting."
Unfortunately, a sequel that's arrived five years later isn't as much of a revelation.
"The Darkness II" (2K Games, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99), developed by Digital Extremes instead of Starbreeze Studios, feels like an unworthy follow-up that's just a little too late. Jackie Estacado is back as a mob boss possessed by an ancient baddie known as the Darkness, which appears as snakelike tentacles jutting from his back.
After two years of keeping the Darkness at bay, an assassination attempt re-animates those light-averse supernatural forces residing within Jackie, who is still reeling from the shocking death of his girlfriend in the first game. The story by veteran comic-book writer Paul Jenkins is frustratingly uneven, and the single-player campaign is far too short.
The sequel switches up the Darkness abilities, opting for a gory shoot-'em-up focus instead of open-ended sneakiness. With the two extra limbs, Jackie can use car doors as makeshift shields while wielding Uzis in both hands. They can also be used for bashing bad guys, creating ammo and slicing electrical wires.
The levels -- a subway, warehouse, mansion, carnival, etc. -- are not only cliched, they're also more linear than the first game's playgrounds. The never-ending barrage of religious fanatics attacking Jackie is pretty boring. They're too easy to put down and come in just a few varieties.
"The Darkness II" wisely trades the realistic style of the original for a more colorful cell-shaded aesthetic, recalling the game's origins as a popular Top Cow comic book, and old-school tunes like Ram Jam's "Black Betty" and Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" organically plopped into Jackie's urban environment make "The Darkness II" a more dynamic experience.
Besides those few flourishing touches, the only saving grace of "The Darkness II" is a fun multiplayer mode that extends the single-player campaign in ways that are more exciting than the single-player campaign itself. Players can embark on cooperative missions as one of Jackie's four assassin pals, each with their own Darkness-inspired powers and weapons.
I would have given an arm and a leg -- or two demonic arms -- for a "Darkness" sequel that combined the original's adventurous first-person gameplay with this second installment's ripped-from-the-comic-book style. Luckily for me, the hurried campaign and dumbed-down design of "The Darkness II" means I'll be keeping all of my limbs.
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Willful blindness
Jerry Philipson
The United States Department of Justice, which
includes the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (the FBI) and the National Security
Division, has been
ordered to remove all references to Islam from any
examination of Islamic terror in its training materials and procedures. That
means investigation of the Islamic beliefs, motives and goals of Islamic
terrorists in the U.S. is verboten in the Department Of Justice and the rest of
the Federal Government because accurate, knowledgeable, honest and objective
discussion of Islam has been forbidden and is no longer possible there. Islam
cannot be examined in depth or criticized in any way, shape or form and woe
betide any government employee who does.
Beyond that, Islamic apologists and supremacists whose
purpose is to turn America into an Islamic state governed by Islamic Law are the
only people the government allows to speak about Islam to its employees and they
present a distorted and totally false portrait of it which has nothing to do
with reality and history and everything to do with bringing about the downfall
of the country.
These edicts come straight from the top, straight from
President Obama, and they are a clear, unequivocal threat to freedom of speech
and freedom of expression and the survival of the United States as a free,
democratic, secular, pluralistic nation. Thanks to Obama, the tyranny of Islam
has come to the Federal Government and if Americans aren't careful it will come
to the rest of the country as well. It is entirely predictable that Obama will
attempt to extend these edicts in some form to the American people
themselves…if he is allowed to get away with it the United States is doomed,
pure and simple. Islam and Islamists are evil personified and the U.S. is in a
war for survival with them, even if Obama doesn't want you to think so and won't
allow you to say so.
Memo to Americans: vote the bum out of office and
fight him at every turn because if you don't there won't be an America
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Women on Waves aims to prevent unsafe abortions and empower women to exercise their human rights to physical and mental autonomy. We trust that women can do a medical abortion themselves and make sure that women have access to medical abortion and information through innovative strategies. But ultimately it is about giving women the tools to resist repressive cultures and laws. Not every woman has the possibility to be a public activist but there are things we can all do ourselves.
Women on Waves was founded in 1999 by Rebecca Gomperts. After completing her training as an abortion doctor, Rebecca Gomperts worked as a physician on board Greenpeace's ship, the Rainbow Warrior II. In South America she met many women who greatly suffer both physically and psychologically due to unwanted pregnancies and lack of access to safe, legal abortion. Their stories were all heart wrenching. There were women who were raped. There were women who had no means of support. And there were women who were ostracized from their communities. These women and their stories are the inspiration for Women on Waves.
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Air Conditioning Problems Endanger The Media!
Many members of your Gawker editorial team are not in the Gawker office at the moment. Why? Because the AC there is a crap shoot (or has been), and SOME PEOPLE don't want to take their chances in DANGEROUS HEAT like we have today. I'm in a coffee shop in Brooklyn, and I'm sweating here, too! But it's not just us; a trendworthy number of key media figures are facing air conditioning problems. The media cannot work like this!
Former Gawker-er Alex Balk needs every bit of his energy and concentration to be focused on the delicate task of editing Radar's website. But how can he, when he's on the verge of heat stroke because of a shamefully malfunctioning AC unit? Earlier today he reported he was "entirely covered in sweat." He even wanted to take off his shoes! Later he said the AC in Radar's office might be working "within the hour." Well, we certainly hope so, for god's sake!
Furthermore, the Midtown offices of legal publisher ALM are sweltering! Hardly the conditions in which solid reporting about lawyers can be done. A tipster says there's been no AC for the past two days—throughout the worst of the heat wave—and they might not be fixed tomorrow, either. The company's solution for the restless staff? Ice cream sandwiches. But "the cheap kind!"
And Choire Sicha is reporting that the peons at the Observer are suffering from a broken AC as well! Can't Jared Kushner buy a truck full of ice?
How long must the media suffer? Send us your tales of woe. Together we will overcome!
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Canadian Union Protests Lack of Compensation in Vertis Plant Closure
TORONTO—Jan. 17, 2013—A large printing plant owned by Vertis has been shut down in Fort Erie, Ontario, leaving the staff without jobs or compensation. About 100 members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) Local 425G in the Niagara region have just learned of the closure and are confronting the company's refusal to pay out termination and severance, required under Canadian law.
"A company does not have the right to shut down without notice or compensation for the employees that have worked for them, many for most of their lives," said Dan Wickson, President of Local 425G.
The Fort Erie plant is one of three that were not included in the purchase of Vertis by Quad Graphics. It was the only Canadian plant owned by the American company Vertis.
"The union is demanding that the company pay its legal and moral obligations to these long-standing employees who have built the company over decades," said Kim Ginter, CEP Vice-President for the Ontario region.
CEP, which represents the employees, is currently in discussions with legal counsel, the Town of Fort Erie and its development agency as well as the local Member of Provincial Parliament.
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Eilis (AYE-lish) reluctantly immigrates to New York from a small town in Ireland, leaving all she knows behind. Homesickness is almost crippling until Eilis begins to embrace her new life, making friends and finding work. The author captures the isolation and struggle of the immigrant experience well. When tragedy strikes, she discovers that returning to the old world can be as much of a challenge as adjusting to the new world. There is a sense that when she is in one place, the other has become a sort of fantasy and feels very far removed.
There is an emotionally handicapped quality to Eilis, who can't seem to take charge of her own life and is swayed too easily by a sense of duty or by what others want of her. Toibin portrays well the fact that life is a collection of choices. Eilis seems to let destiny make most of her choices for her. Emotions are submerged and relationships suffer because of ambiguity and passivity. Perhaps during these 1950s immigration times, that's just how it was for young women like Eilis. Some have drawn parallels to the character of Isabel Archer in 'The Portrait of a Lady' by Henry James with similar themes of freedom, responsibility, betrayal, and sexuality.
This was a book club assignment for me, and since I have often seen this author's name, I was glad to read one of his books. It was highly readable and interesting to discuss, if not a bestseller. I will definitely read more by this author at some point. The writing is intriguing because it is unadorned and unsentimental, but has depth, layers, and themes to explore.


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WRESTLING: Terryville remains undefeated after defeating Thomaston
THOMASTON >> Terryville and Thomaston split the first two matches of the evening Thursday but unfortunately for the Bears they didn't have anyone to wrestle another one.
Up 6-4 after two matches, Terryville received forfeits in the remaining 12 matches to post a 78-4 victory over Thomaston in a Berkshire League matchup at Thomaston High.
The Kangaroos improved to 8-0 on the season and will now turn its attention to Saturday and the Bristol Central tournament. Terryville will be tested at Bristol Central against some in-state powers as well as teams from Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York.
It is just the kind of test the Kangaroos need considering they haven't been tested in weeks. Terryville defeated Derby, Bacon Academy, Pomeraug and New Fairfield at a meet at Pomperaug on December 22 but have only faced Northwestern (78-4) since before Thursday.
"We are doing some things well and working hard in practice but it's hard to get a sense of where we are because we haven't really wrestled much lately," Terryville coach Pete Veleas said. "We'll know a lot more Saturday after Bristol Central. There are going to be some strong teams there and we'll get a much better sense of where we are and what we need to work on."
Learning what the Kangaroos need to work on and facing tough competition can only pay off down the road for Veleas and his team, which has its sights set on a Berkshire League title and making a strong showings in Class S at the state level.
"It's a good measuring stick going to a tournament like Bristol," Veleas said. "It will give us an idea of what we need to do and it will help us prepare for the big matches we have coming at the end of the season. The best way to prepare for it is to go through it and we'll get a taste of that on Saturday."
Thomaston is in a much different position as coach Mike Herschenfeld has trained his focus on his four remaining wrestlers, two of which were unavailable due to injury on Thursday.
"We aren't worried about the team score because we know with our numbers there is nothing we can do about that," Herschenfeld said. "We are focusing on each wrestler as an individual and trying to get better each day."
The numbers have been dwindling on Herschenfeld from the beginning of the season. After 12 wrestlers initially tried out for the team that number slipped to eight as the season started. Four more abandoned ship during the holiday break, leaving the Bears with a shell of a team.
"It's unfortunate but people dropping off has always been a part of the sport," Herschenfeld said. "And the kids who left over the break, it doesn't seem like they had the dedication or desire you need anyway."
Dedication and desire are not in question when it comes to Thomaston senior Rigon Gilani who is having a strong campaign and posted a victory Thursday night. Coming off a fourth-place finish in the BL last season and a third-place showing in Class S, Gilani has a shot at a memorable season according to Herschenfeld.
"Rigon has a great shot this season at 152 to do some special things," Herschenfeld said. "He's got a really good chance to win the BL's and then go on and make a run in states.'
On Thursday Gilani posted an 8-0 decision over Terryville's Dan Folino. Gilani led 1-0 after the first period and took control in the second with a take down and a near-fall to grab a 6-0 advantage entering the third period.
In the night's other match, Terryville's Joey Bellmay pinned Thomaston's Sam Voor with two seconds left in the first period of their 145-pound match.


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In a case involving an asserted estate tax deficiency of over $2.5 million, the Tax Court has held in Estate of Joanne Harrison Stone, TC Memo 2012-48, that real estate transferred to a family limited partnership (FLP) did not have to be included in the transferor's gross estate under Code Sec. 2036 because the transfer was a bona fide sale for an adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth.
A decedent's gross estate includes transfers under which she retained the possession or enjoyment of, or the right to the income from, the transferred property. (Code Sec. 2036(a)) The decedent need not have a legally enforceable right, but there must be an agreement, either expressed or implied, that the decedent will retain the benefit. Inclusion is not required if the transfer was a bona fide sale for full and adequate consideration. (Code Sec. 2036(a))
In this case, the decedent, Joanne Harrison Stone (Mrs. Stone) was married to Roy A. Stone (Mr. Stone). They had six adult children and numerous grandchildren at the time of her death in 2005. The Stones were a prominent family in their hometown of Crossville, Tennessee. They held significant amount of real estate in the area for several generations including 740 acres of undeveloped woodlands. One son acquired real estate near these parcels and collaborated with the local authorities in forming a lake near them.
Once the lake had been constructed, Mr. and Mrs. Stone concluded that they wanted the woodland parcels to become a family asset. To that end they sought the advice of an attorney. They informed the attorney that they wanted to give gifts of real estate to various family members and were seeking the best way of doing so. The attorney told them that a limited partnership would simplify the gift-giving process by not requiring execution and recording of new deeds every year. He also said it would help guard against partition suits, which could cause the land to be divided into smaller tracts.
The Stones took his advice and formed Stone Family Limited Partnership of Cumberland County (SFLP). The SFLP agreement provided that its purpose was to hold and manage property for the family members. It listed various ways in which SFLP could be terminated, including by written agreement of partners owning 67% of SFLP or upon sale of all SFLP property and distribution of proceeds. The agreement placed various restrictions on a partner's ability to transfer their partnership interest and allowed SFLP to purchase the interest of any partner upon his or her death.
Upon its formation, Mr. Stone and Mrs. Stone each obtained 1% general partnership interests and 49% limited partnership interests in SFLP. On Dec. 30, '97, they quitclaimed the woodland parcels to SFLP and the parcels became SFLP's only assets. Shortly before that, the combined parcels were appraised at a value of $1,575,600. On Dec. 31, '97, they gave portions of their limited interests in SFLP as gifts to their 21 children, children's spouses, and grandchildren. They valued each 1% interest in SFLP at $15,756 for gift tax purposes or, in other words, at 1% of the combined value of $1,575,600.
In point of fact they did not claim gift tax discounts, such as "a minority interest discount†or "discount for lack of marketability,†both typically used in estate planning in valuing the gifts of the partnership interests to family members. Typically, individuals who transfer assets to an FLP do so in the hope of achieving large estate tax discounts for the assets that would not otherwise be available if the assets were retained in outright ownership. As noted, the Stones did not claim discounts. But, as shown below, this factor actually worked in their favor in helping to convince the Court that a bona fide sale occurred.
The Tax Court said that Code Sec. 2036 is applicable when three conditions are met: (1) The decedent made an inter vivos transfer of property; (2) the decedent's transfer was not a bona fide sale for adequate and full consideration; and (3) the decedent retained an interest or right enumerated in Code Sec. 2036 in the transferred property which the decedent did not relinquish before his death.
IRS argued that the three conditions were satisfied by Mrs. Stone's transfer of the woodland parcels to SFLP, while the estate argued that the latter two conditions were not satisfied. The parties agreed that she made an inter vivos transfer of property.
The Tax Court observed that, in the context of family limited partnerships, the bona fide sale for adequate and full consideration exception is met where the record establishes the existence of a legitimate and significant nontax reason for creating the family limited partnership and the transferors received partnership interests proportional to the value of the property transferred.
The estate argued that Mrs. Stone had two nontax motives for transferring the woodland parcels to SFLP: (1) to create a family asset which later may be developed and sold by the family; and (2) to protect the woodland parcels from division as a result of partition actions. IRS countered that she was motivated only by a desire to simplify the gift-giving process by not having to execute deeds each time a gift of a portion of the woodland parcels was made.
The Tax Court disagreed that gift giving was her only motive. Testimony at trial established that a significant purpose of the transfer was to create a family asset managed by Mrs. Stone's family. She and Mr. Stone desired that their children, their children's spouses, and their grandchildren work together to develop and sell homes near the lake. The Tax Court found that desire to have the woodland parcels held and managed as a family asset constituted a legitimate nontax motive for her transfer of the woodland parcels to SFLP.
IRS also argued that because Mrs. Smith stood on both sides of the transaction, as both transferor of the woodland parcels and general manager of SFLP, there was no arm's length bargaining and thus the bona fide transfer exception did not apply. The Tax Court rejected this argument because it had already found a legitimate nontax motive for the transaction In addition, the Court found that this factor did not weigh against the estate because Mrs. Stone received interests in SFLP proportional to the property she contributed.
IRS further argued that partners of SFLP failed to respect partnership formalities because: (1) in divorce proceedings, divorcing spouses of two Stone children quitclaimed their interests in the woodland parcels to their former spouses but did not transfer actual SFLP interests; (2) some inadequate documentation was kept for the partnership, such as using bills of sale to make gifts of SFLP interests; and (3) the Stones paid SFLP property taxes out of their personal funds.
The Tax Court agreed with IRS that the partners of SFLP failed to respect some partnership formalities. The Court found, however, that other factors supported the estate's argument that a bona fide sale occurred. First, the Stones did not depend on distributions from SFLP as no distributions were ever made. Second, they actually did transfer the woodland parcels to SFLP. Third, there was no commingling of partners' personal and partnership funds, as SFLP had no partnership funds. Fourth, no discounting of SFLP interests for gift tax purposes occurred. Also, the Stones were in good health at the time the transfer of the woodland parcels was made to SFLP.
Accordingly, the Tax Court found that Mrs. Stone had a legitimate and actual nontax motive in transferring the woodland parcels to SFLP. It therefore find that the bona fide sale prong was satisfied.
The Tax Court noted that a taxpayer's receipt of a partnership interest is not part of a bona fide sale for full and adequate consideration where an intrafamily transaction merely attempts to change the form in which the decedent holds property. The Tax Court stressed that it had already found that Mrs. Stone had a legitimate and actual nontax purpose in transferring the woodland parcels to SFLP. It therefore found that the transaction was not merely an attempt to change the form in which she held the woodland parcels and that the full and adequate consideration prong was satisfied.
So in conclusion, Mrs. Stone's transfer of the woodland parcels to SFLP was a bona fide transfer for which she received full and adequate consideration from SFLP. Therefore,Code Sec. 2036(a) did not apply to the transfer and did not operate to include the values of the woodland parcels in the value of Mrs. Stone's gross estate.


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Even More Pterodactyl Stories
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Dixie National Forest, Utah Sighting
I will tell you about the experience in as much detail as I can.
I have been studying such things as this; from Bigfoot (which is and always will be my main interest) to Chupacabras to Mothmen and more since I was in the 4th grade. From anything cryptozoological in nature to U.F.O 's and Ghosts you name it.
So naturally when my uncle told me of his experience I was a little more than intrigued. I must say first that while my uncle is not above a little exaggeration from time to time (guess it's an uncle thing) he swears that this did indeed happen and said nothing for years and actually never went into all the detail with anyone until just recently when he confided it to me the whole story and I do have his permission to tell it here and I did promise to leave out his name.
Anyway, the incident took place back in the summer of 1976 in the state of Utah somewhere between the town of Panguitch and Hatch in the Dixie National forest.
They were traveling north on highway 89. Sighting occurred at night at around 11:00 p. m.
The skies were clear and no other vehicles were in the area at the time. The area was lightly forested but there were no trees or brush obstructing their view, no tree stumps or boulders in the area either.
While driving north the headlights, which at the time were set to high beams, partially picked up what he describes as a half man/half bird creature standing in the middle of a clearing containing no visible grass.
The creature itself was approximately 70' away. He describes it as being between 5' 1/2 to 6' tall. It had large eyes that did not glow or produce any color a large head and no visible neck.
He describes it as having wings that were either folded or attached to or part of the arm and folded in front of itself.
There were no visible feathers and he describes the skin as looking like dark or weathered human looking skin with dark or dirty spots on it. He also describes it as having a large wide body but my thought is that it could have had something to do with the wings or whatever appendages it might have had.
Other witness included the passenger who had remarked on seeing something also. The sighting only lasted about 10 seconds. The car was traveling around 50 miles per hours but when the creature was sighted my uncle took his foot off of the gas and started to brake to slow down.
They continued traveling north after the sighting looking for a good place to turn around and when they returned to the location of the sighting it was already gone.
During the initial sighting and during their return to that location there was no sound or smell. They never exited the vehicle because they were scared and so there were no footprints seen.
One more thing that I should include is neither witness had been drinking alcoholic beverages or taking any prescription medication at the time. If my uncle recalls anymore information about his sighting I would be more than happy to forward it to you and you may also post this story if you would like.
Actually it is my hope that you do post it so that anyone else who had a similar occurrence could be motivated by this report to come forward and tell their story and maybe with enough people volunteering information we can get a better picture of what this is and maybe learn of something new.
Thanks again and take care, Fred
p. s If you get anymore information about anything like this in the area or even of something remotely similar in the state I would greatly appreciate anything you can send my way...Aliendave.com
San Marcos, California , Sighting: Date: July 6 2005
After a long day the witness had gone outside to his covered driveway for a smoke and look at the night sky.
The witness looked towards the north and thought about his recent (saucer) sighting wondering what it was all about.
In the near distance, at no more than a couple of hundred feet he saw a faintly visible moving object that flitted from side to side. Whatever it was it reflected light from the streetlights.
Its side to side movement was so quick initially he couldn't tell if it was one object or two.
The object then zipped directly over his neighbor's house across the street. It continued to move side to side in a space of approximately 50 feet.
It then stopped and the witness was able to observe it more clearly. The object was a humanoid with large eyes and wing-like appendages and was probably 2 to 3 feet in width.
It remained still and he could see wavering reflections from its "wings". They were not beating like a bird, but showed shimmering reflections from the streetlights.
The witness felt the hair on his head rise al the way down his back to his ankles. It appeared to be watching the witness as he smoked his cigarette.
The witness felt threatened and then said out loud, "I see you!" Then the flying figure went from stationary to out of sight right over the witness head in an instant.
He then came out from under his covered carport and turned to follow its movement. Immediately it zipped into view directly above his head, obviously studying the witness who could see really large and intensely dark "eyes".
It seemed surprised by the witness looking right at it, it didn't like being seen. The witness apprehension rose even higher.
The creature then turned away and disappeared like a shot. It had a birdlike shape, but was thicker. The witness insists that it wasn't a bird, bat or any familiar nocturnal creature and has never seen anything like that before.
HC addendum Source: Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research
Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico Sightings: Date: Early January 2003
Delfino Garcia Zarate was at his post as security guard at the Technical Secondary school # 98 Mariano Escobedo and was making the rounds in the patio area when he heard a loud sound resembling a bird moving its wings at a very high rate of speed.
Curious he looked up in the direction from which the sound originated and was able to see a hairy man-like figure with two huge dark wings.
Terrified he ran into the school and hid in one of the schoolrooms until the morning.
Around the same time a woman living in the Unidad Puerta Grande suburb was out in her back patio washing some dishes when she also heard a loud thrashing sound overhead, at first she thought it could had been an eagle and looked up but was surprised to see a hairy man-like figure floating overhead on a pair of huge wings.
Terrified she also ran into the house.
Also around the same time in Cocolapam suburb a man and his son were repairing the TV antenna on their roof when they noticed a winged creature, gray and hairy in appearance that was approaching their location from a northerly direction; the winged humanoid glided on a pair of huge wings and quickly disappeared from sight.
Another woman reported being awake around 3 AM taking a shower when she looked out the bathroom window in the direction of nearby Cerro De Escamela was surprised to see a huge winged dark creature resembling some type of prehistoric being gliding slowly over the area.
Others in nearby Cerro del Borrego have seen a similar winged creature.
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Big Truths for Little Kids
Susan Hunt & Richie Hunt
How we live is based upon what we believe. Susan Hunt wants to help parents systematically teach their kids the basic truths of faith so that they live for the Lord. This wonderful book, with its easy-to-use story format, can help you teach the basic truths of the Christian faith to your children. Each lesson in this devotional for children begins with simple questions and answers about a biblical principle and is followed by a story of two youngsters, Caleb and Cassie, that portrays how that truth can be applied. You're children will learn right along with Caleb and Cassie that God's ways are best--and that even as kids, they can live for His glory every day. Recommended for ages 5 to 9.


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Since 2002, we've dedicated the March issue of Government Technology to 25 people who cut through the public sector's infamous barriers to innovation -- tight budgets, organizational inertia, politics as usual, etc. -- to implement changes that reshaped government operations for the better. Congratulations to our 2009 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers.
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Randell Iwasaki, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Transportation
Steve Jennings, Executive Director and CIO, Harris County, Texas
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Guitarist Mark Tremonti is a dyed-in-the-wool amp nerd. Plus, he isn't afraid to step away from the boutique side of things and use more affordable (and available) amps in his backline. His guitar foil in Alter Bridge, Myles Kennedy, also talks about which effects he keeps on his board.
Mark Tremonti's Top 5 Amps
Fender '65 Twin Reverb Reissue
I've never actually played an original, to be honest. Ever since I started touring, I needed that clean tone. I bought a Fender Twin, and I've never been able to replace it. I've tried Matchless, Roland, and AC30s, but every time I just go back to the Twin. It's got that super-high chimey sound. Since I use my fingers a lot, I like my clean sound to be really bright. It's totally stock. There's just something about that open-back 2x12 combo that I'm really used to.
Mesa/Boogie Triple and Dual Rectifier
I first tried a Triple Rectifier when I worked for a couple of months at a guitar shop in Tallahassee called Main Street Music. They were the high-end amp dealer in town. Mesas really shine in the live setting. You can't really get them up to the volume they need to be in a guitar store. There's no amp I've played that gets that chunky, crisp rhythm sound. The first Mesa I had was a Dual Rectifier. I have four or five of them, and they are still my favorite tonally, but I use the Triple Rectifiers live for more headroom.
Bludotone Bludo-Drive
My favorite Bludotone is the "'70s circuit Dumble-style" amp. It's that on-the-edge, expressive, upper-midrange sound. It sounds like it's about to blow. Some of my favorite tones I've ever found on YouTube come from that circuit. Brandon from Bludotone does a really nice version of it. The '70s circuit is a rawer, edgier sound than my Dumble. The Dumble has a much smoother sound. I have Bludotones that emulate that, but I like the '70s circuit just for that unique tone. I have four Bludotones at home, and I sometimes get on the phone with Brandon for hours to talk amps. Every time we talk, we try to come up with a new project. I'm talking with him now about doing a 1x12 combo with a built in Loop-a-Lator.


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It's your last chance to vote in the 2013 POPSUGAR 100 bracket! We've been calculating your votes to make our sixth annual POPSUGAR 100 list. We're taking your picks with an interactive bracket. This year, we're mixing things up by narrowing down the list in four categories: The Fresh Faces, The Phenoms, The Game Changers, and The Classics. From there, take your top four and bring it down to one big winner.
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How to best prepare for college
Preparing for college can seem like a difficult process but the earlier you begin planning for college the easier it will be to go to college. I first began thinking about college in 9th grade and met with my school counselor to discuss what classes to take in order to meet college admissions requirements. I also went to my school's College and Career Center to learn more about different colleges. My advice would be to start preparing early!
Be Prepared and Do Your Research!
Greetings students! So happy you stopped by the HTGTC Blog! Going to college is a big commitment and with that comes huge rewards! As a student who has completed college and is now in graduate school, I am delighted to share my tips on how you can best prepare. The keyword I am going to stress to you is simple: PREPARE!
Here are a few tips you can all use on your journey to college:
Do your research—look into schools that interest you and explore their major options. Keep in mind how aligned each college and its majors are with your own personal, academic, and career goals. Visit college websites for starters and take a campus tour of any school that really jumps out at you. Also, note all deadlines for each school, not only for admission, but for scholarships and financial aid information. A good example of one tool you can use for college preparation, planning, and applying is www.CSUmentor.edu
Also, be responsible for yourself and stay informed! In college, you won't always have mom, dad, and teachers staying on you about handling your business. You have to be responsible for you, and develop self-discipline. Take control of your education now and I promise you won't regret it!
How to Prepare for College
The best way to prepare for college is to learn how to be self-sufficient. When you get to college, you're an adult and the professors treat you like one. If you can learn how to stay organized, meet deadlines and study all on your own (without your parents telling you to!) then you'll be in good shape for college life. I recommend a weekly planner and actually using it. Plan out your semester in the first week and you'll thank yourself later.


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Tuning Up a Masterpiece
Brace yourself, music lovers: Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" has come to Greenwich Village. (Le) Poisson Rouge, an ultratrendy nightspot (superfluous parentheses in the original) that bills itself as a "multimedia art cabaret" seeking to "revive the symbiotic relationship between art and revelry," booked a two-night run of classical music's most overplayed masterpiece.
Why? Because "The Four Seasons" has been refurbished by Max Richter, an avant-garde composer of minimalist inclination, and recorded for Deutsche Grammophon by violinist Daniel Hope, who played it earlier this week at (Le) Poisson Rouge. And before you bruise your eyeballs by rolling them, here's the real surprise: "Recomposed by Max Richter," as Mr. Hope's new CD is called, is a bewitchingly brilliant musical hybrid that manages against all odds to breathe life into an exhausted warhorse that a great many listeners—myself included—long ago ceased to find listenable.
Here's how Mr. Richter explains what he did to "The Four Seasons": "In my notes you will find parts that consist of 90% of my own material; but on the other hand you will find moments where I have only altered a couple of notes in Vivaldi's original score and shortened, prolonged or shifted some of the beats. I literally wrote myself into Vivaldi's score." That bald description, however, does nothing to suggest the arresting freshness with which Mr. Richter has taken the repetitive patterns of "The Four Seasons" and passed them through the twin refracting prisms of postminimalist classical composition and modern dance music.
Not at all surprisingly, musical neophobes bristle at the very thought of "Recomposed by Max Richter." The headline of David Hurwitz's grumpy Classics Today review speaks for all such folk: "Vivaldi Discomposed, or Maybe Just Dissed." I can't help but wonder whether these listeners are aware that long before the coining of the hipper-than-thou term "remix," such acts of creative reconstruction were common throughout the world of art.
Moviegoers, of course, know all about remakes, the vast majority of which are perfectly horrible. Some, however, are as watchable in their own way as the films on which they're based, and every once in a while a remake actually contrives to improve on its model. One such film is "Colorado Territory" (1949), in which Raoul Walsh transformed his own "High Sierra" (1941), a classic portrait of an aging gangster played by Humphrey Bogart, into an elegiac western starring Joel McCrea, taking the opportunity to trim away the sentimentality of "High Sierra" and replace it with hard stoicism. Like "High Sierra" before it, "Colorado Territory" is a laconic portrait of a lonely gunman at the end of his tether, and the fact that McCrea, Hollywood's favorite white-hatted good guy, is playing against type adds to the film's emotional complexity.
Nineteenth-century classical composers were great fans of recomposition, some of it flamboyantly transformational, as in Franz Liszt's florid transcriptions for solo piano of Franz Schubert's songs. What Mr. Richter has done to "The Four Seasons," by contrast, has an impeccable modernist pedigree—and not just in the field of music. In 1998, for instance, Brian Friel wrote an adaptation of "Uncle Vanya" in which Anton Chekhov's quintessentially Russian tale of impoverished aristocrats at bay is translated into a subtly Irish-accented version of English in which "Well, I wish you all the best of luck!" becomes "Roll up your sleeves. Action! The blessing of the Almighty on you all."
Even more radical is Helen Frankenthaler's "For E.M.," the 1981 painting in which the founder of color-field abstraction took Edouard Manet's "Still Life With Carp," an 1864 canvas that hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago, and turned it into an abstract painting whose intimate relationship to Manet's original is still self-evident. Ms. Frankenthaler described her method this way: "I decided to painstakingly copy areas and colors, but there's no fish in my painting…. At times I couldn't resist ignoring the Manet to meet the needs of my own abstract canvas. Still, side by side the similarities should be obvious." So they are—yet "For E.M." is a fully independent creation whose bold luminosity can be relished regardless of whether you know the Manet painting from which it derives.
What these three "remixes" have in common with Mr. Richter's "Four Seasons" is that they were created out of appreciation for the originals, not contempt. Equally important, none of them threatens the existence of the better-known works on which they were based. If you prefer the originals, they'll always be there to savor. If, on the other hand, you've heard "The Four Seasons" a few dozen too many times for your own good, then spending an evening with "Recomposed by Max Richter" might just have the welcome effect of reopening your ears to a time-honored classic whose beauties have been dulled by excessive repetition. Even the greatest of masterpieces is bound to look different when you hang it upside down—and fresher when you turn it right side up again.
—Mr. Teachout, the Journal's drama critic, writes "Sightings" every other Friday. He is the author of "Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong." Write to him at email@example.com.
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What is "Certified Organic"?
Our farm has met the strict standards required by Pennsylvania Certified Organic since fall 2007. We have been pesticide, herbicide, chemical fertilizer, chemical wormer, antibiotic, vaccine, and hormone free since 2003. We use biological methods for fly control. The sheep follow our cattle in the grazing rotation, to give us excellent weed control, which minimizes diesel intensive mowing. The mineral rations we feed are certified organic, and provide kelp as well as numerous macro and micro minerals. We use no commercial, chemical fertilizers, but rely on legumes and careful composting of our manure resources to maintain proper mineral and biological levels in our soils. We try to purchase none of our feed off the farm, and all the beef and lamb that we harvest is from animals born on our farm. We feed no grain...ever... to our cows and sheep. Our stored forages are primarily a blend of fermented improved grasses mixed with alfalfa. The exceptionally high energy and protein levels in this feed, as well as our pastures, produce an uncommonly high level of finish, taste and marbling in our meats. We use 'No Till' seeding methods to keep our pastures improving and highly productive without destructive tillage practices. It is most satisfying to see our soil tests showing significant improvement with time as a result of our careful husbandry of not only animals, but also our soil.


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LUCRIS Publication Management and Leids Repositorium
The Leiden Repository is a database of publications by academics from and institutions affiliated to Leiden University. Researchers and PhD candidates use LUCRIS Publication Management (PM) to add publications (except for doctoral theses) to the Repository. Wherever possible, publications should be Open Access in the digital environment.
The Leiden Repository comprises a collection of publications by academics and a collection of student theses. Not only is it easy to find publications in the Repository itself, but also with search engines such as Open Access OAIster, Google and Google Scholar.
Deposit publications with LUCRIS PM
If you are a researcher at Leiden, you can use LUCRIS PM to deposit your publications in the Repository and also add them to your personal profile on the website. The University uses LUCRIS PM to register all academic publications. This ensures that all research output is stored and can be accessed and reviewed at a later date. You can access LUCRIS PM with your ULCN account. The University Library is the system manager.
Doctoral thesis
If you wish to submit a doctoral thesis, you must take other steps. For more information on the contact person for LUCRIS PM and the Leiden Repository see the University Libraries Leiden website.
Personal profile on the website
You can add a Publications tab to your personal profile page on the website by registering your publications via LUCRIS PM. Please note that it may take some time before the Publications tab appears.
Publishers sometimes refuse permission to deposit a publication in the Leiden Repository. However, you may be able to deposit an author's version (that doesn't use the publisher's layout) or the publisher's PDF after a certain embargo period. To find out more about protecting your copyright, please contact the Copyright Information Office at the University Library.


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docroberts, on Jan 13 2018 - 18:47, said:
RNG is just that, a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR. That means, you won't always be shooting the same place on a vehicle with every shot unless at point blank range. And even then, you have to take in consideration of your pen and the armor of the location you are aiming at. If you aim at a spot that has more armor, doesn't matter how many times you hit that spot, you won't pen. So, it is doing its job, does it always go the way you want it to? No, it doesn't, that is the aspect of a RNG system. And guess what, that is actually kinda like it is in real life, not to the extremes this seems to go to, but, it is still there.
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Violence against women
Hairdressing shops sealed in City of Dehdasht
Amongst reporters, the chief of SSF in the western province Kohgilouyeh
, Colonel Jahan Daymuz stated: "In the course of the plan for controlling barber shops and hairdressing shops, 48 shops were visited and the hairdressing shops of two violators were sealed in City of Dehdasht."
Pointing out that the plan was carried out for 30 days across the province he added: "The plan was carried out using female police force and in cooperation with the Hairdressers Union." (Fars news agency- 21 December 2013)


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Talent Isn't Everything: Persistence Is
Whenever I see a cocky musical sensation laugh hysterically at the performance or audition of a desperate wanna-be pop singer on "American Idol" or any of its tacky knockoffs, I want to take the mic cord and wrap it around the celeb's body like 235 times because I know what it feels like to be that girl going after a dream that seems to get farther away with each piece of painful feedback.
"Success is 99 percent perspiration and one percent talent," my business-savvy father told me back when I was unloading Thin Mints as a Brownie Girl Scout. "The only thing that separates the winners from the losers is perseverance."
Dr. Seuss was rejected 43 times before his first story was published; a skinny 5'11" Michael Jordan was cut from his varsity basketball team; Colonel Sanders drove from restaurant to restaurant with his pressure cooker and famous recipe of 11 herbs and spices before he made history with KFC; and didn't some opinioned jerk tell Katie Couric in her early days that she didn't have a face for TV?
I sure as heck wasn't born with the ability to write.
My eighth grade English teacher, Mrs. Kracus, read aloud my essay as an example of how NOT to write. My SAT scores were so low (especially verbal) that I lied about them for 18 years. Any aptitude test I took suggested I pursue a career in math or science. The profile of a writer fit me about as well as Dolly Parton's bra: an intellectual permanently glued to a book, ready to discuss any classic, from Plato to Hemingway. (God showed mercy on me the day CliffsNotes went to press.)
Oh yes, and my "American Idol" moment, when I asked a professor in grad school to write a letter of recommendation for me. (I was applying for a job as an editor of a Catholic magazine.)
This man of the cloth (a priest), much like a cocky judge, took me outside in the hall to drop the bomb.
"I'm sorry," he said, squinting his small brown eyes that shot daggers through my heart. "I can't do that. It just that you…you don't use words correctly."
Had I been on a televised set, I may have responded like some weepy contestants.
"No way. Please no, please!"
But that's not because I'm mentally ill (well not totally). It's because I had a dream — to become a writer — and I wanted it badly.
Viewers shouldn't mock the contestants for pursing their dreams on TV. That takes guts. They should fault the judges for their lack of tact and constructive criticism.
"You need to work on your craft, Therese," a very wise writing mentor told me when he took me under his wing. "And this is how you do it…."
He instructed me to read books on style, take classes, and analyze the technique of writers I respected.
He didn't sit back in his chair and make fun of me like the arrogant professor I had, like a former boss of mine did, or like a self-absorbed judge does. That's not helpful at all.
Thinking more like my father, my mentor — a seasoned writer and an established publisher — read my essays, took a good look at my character, and came up with a plan. I'd have to apply the 99.5 percent of tenacity in my personality to compensate for the 0.5 percent of skill (and talent) provided in my DNA.
I don't know. Maybe all dreamers are mentally ill to some extent… because dreams aren't grounded in reality or logic. If they were, I'd be a math professor or an engineer for NASA (remember, my math and science scores were higher than English), not blogging in the middle of the night about "American Idol's" poor suckers who just got the punch (the "forget about it" talk) that almost made me drop the pen (and my dream) back in grad school, when I had a few more neurotransmitters to spare.
I'm rooting for the underdogs. Because talent doesn't determine who lives out their dreams. Believe me, I know.
Borchard, T. (2018). Talent Isn't Everything: Persistence Is. Psych Central. Retrieved on December 4, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/talent-isnt-everything-persistence-is/
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Contamination of a hospital's water supply is a serious problem of public health. Therefore, it is important to take preventive action against legionella infections and prevent legionella formation in drinking water systems. This has been acknowledged and is becoming more and more a part of the agenda in hospitals and other public buildings. Hospital administrators have realised that a systematic approach towards the legionella problem is needed.
The Oxiperm Pro disinfection system made by Grundfos would be the ideal solution. However, it is extremely difficult to become a supplier for hospitals. So Grundfos had to find a way to get a foot in the door.
The situation
To become a supplier for hospitals, Grundfos looked for a partner with experience in this market and a suitable customer database to act as a door-opener for Grundfos disinfection products. And found BioH srl:
BIOH srl, an Italian company founded in 2002, has many years of experience in supplying disinfection systems and global services to hospitals. BIOH srl has three divisions:
- Water Treatment
- Services for hospitals
- Maintenance and control (for installations)
Grundfos signed a contract with them in 2010. Right after that, BIOH srl started to offer our Oxiperm Pro system to their customers.
The solution
To differ from the competition, BIOH srl did not only offer the complete system to the hospitals, but also offered the possibility to rent it for a minimum of 36 months, maintenance included.
A combination of unique services such as a nation-wide presence of dedicated technicians and the opportunity to constantly monitor the application via the Grundfos Remote Management website made it possible to install more than 60 Oxiperm Pro systems in various configurations so far. One of the outstanding installations is the one in the Policlinico San Matteo, a hospital in Pavia. The Policlinico is one of the largest health care facilities not only in Italy, but in all of Europe.
The outcome
The end-users get a versatile and reliable system which ensures properly disinfected water and minimizes the risk of legionella formation in pipes. It also goes without saying that the Oxiperm Pro solution meets the current drinking water standards.
The customers also value the possibility to monitor the entire system in real-time via the Grundfos Remote Management (GRM) website. GRM allows maximum control and full traceability of the process and provides reports in digital form. The system can easily be integrated into existing maintenance and facility management programs, it fulfills record-keeping requirements and is in compliance with the instructions in the Guidelines for the Prevention of the Legionnaires' disease.
In 2010, the Oxiperm Pro system was tested in collaboration with the University of Pavia, and was certified by the Italian Health Authorities as a protection device for the containment of infections in water supply systems in accordance with Italian Law (81/2008).
Tommaso Cucinotta's résumé is:
"A win -win…. win result
For the END-USER
- A reliable, high-quality disinfection system
- Traceability of the system (reports, alarms etc.)
- Regular service
- No need for initial investment
For BIOH srl
- Expansion of their product portfolio: addition of an innovative, reliable system
- Profitable sales of maintenance contracts
- No credit risk (monthly payments)
- Technical support and training from Grundfos
For GRUNDFOS
- 60 Oxiperm Pro systems sold and installed
- No credit risk (payment after 60 days whereas hospitals pay after 2-3 years!)
- High-profile customers such as at the Policlinico San Matteo in Pavia, one of the largest health care facilities in Europe.
All in all, this cooperation has been a beneficial one for everybody!"
The following Grundfos products have been installed:
- Oxiperm Pro disinfection systems
- Grundfos Remote Management (GRM)
Ensuring legionella-free water for hospitals: the Oxiperm Pro made by Grundfos
BIOH srl
If you need a similar solution, please contact us for further information.
If you need a similar solution, please contact us for further information.


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What would happen if the Joker managed to break Batman? This fan-made comic brings the tale of legendary foes to a violent, but emotional, finale.
Written by Gerardo Preciado and drawn by Daniel Bayliss, The Deal is a fan comic that plays with the psychological interdependence that some (though by no means all) fans see in the Batman-Joker relationship, playing it to a crazed end. It plays like a particularly bloody and mad segment of Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
The Deal - Hat tip to Laura Beck!