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Boats leak from the bottom. But a house can leak from the top or the bottom. After the heavy rains we've had in North Georgia this month, many homeowners found water intruding into the basement, or a saturated crawl space with standing puddles, causing floor joists to rot. In almost all these cases, inadequate drainage around the house is the cause. Builders recommend routing water 15 feet away from the foundation walls. This doesn't mean ...
Plants and lawns cannot survive without water, but it is possible to have too much of a good thing.
Hot dogs are often a staple food for camping and grilling in the backyard and at tailgates parties.
The other night I went into the kitchen and poured myself a glass of juice. Chloe came in and said she needed to take some medicine before she went to bed. So, I set the juice on the counter and reached for her medicine bottle.
North Georgia's summer climate is often called "hot and humid." But that's not really accurate. There are times when it's warm and humid, and other times when it's hot and dry.
Not too many animals in the world get quite the same emotional response as snakes when they are found in the woods or around the house. People have been repulsed by and attracted to snakes ever since the dawn of time.
Those who find the subject of wine fascinating are advised to grab a book I just finished. No, not my copy; buy one of your own. It truly is one of the best offerings on the subject I have encountered in 30-plus years.
I thought I would have little to identify with in this book, since its premise is based on competitive rowing, an activity I have neither participated in or ever harbored interest to watch. While Ron Irwin's upcoming novel, "Flat Water Tuesday," does spend a good amount of time detailing the rigors of training, mentally preparing and contending in the sport, it is more a story about a man coming to grips with his painful past, ...
Among reports of the massive destruction that the May 20 tornado unleashed on the towns of Newcastle and Moore, Okla., some stories stand out as a message of encouragement. With a reported width of up to 2 miles, the massive twister destroyed two elementary schools. Nine children died at Plaza Towers Elementary.
Blooming shrubs are a traditional part of the Southern landscape. And with summer almost here, it is time to prune most of our beautiful spring flowering plants.
Cleaning the kitchen is a task no one looks forward to doing. Therefore, keeping the kitchen spic-and-span with frequent cleanings makes the job easier and will make food preparation more enjoyable.
Cole and I went shopping at Walmart. As we walked toward the door, I saw her. She was obviously in poor health.
May 17 was a day of odd contrasts. At Cornelia's beautiful old railroad station, three train enthusiasts were standing next to the track with top-quality cameras, waiting to take photos of the approaching northbound Norfolk Southern. The familiar mustang logo on the lead engine rolled by, followed by additional locomotives and a very long chain of flatbed cars carrying containers.
This spring has been wet and cool. It always amazes me how different one spring from the next can vary so much.
I rarely re-read books once I'm finished with them. But every now and then, I come across a published work that not only do I want to revisit, but I feel as if I have to in order to pick up on things I am positive I missed the first read through. One of those books is Volume One of the graphic novel series, "Cursed Pirate Girl." It is written and illustrated by Jeremy Bastian, ...
It's a tough time of year for fruits and vegetables.
A few days ago, Amy brought home two copies of the same children's magazine for Chloe and Cole.
Gregor Mendel was a rebel, but not like James Dean or the Sex Pistols.
When Germany's Elbe River flooded in May this year, Hamburg and other communities along the waterway felt reminded of the catastrophic storm flood of February 1962. I remember TV images of people clinging to rooftops that were the only portions of houses still above the water.
During the past few years, many folks have gone to living off the grid.
Want a Ferrari for Christmas? You can have one. It's easy.
I have two white stars on my right forearm - not tattoos, scars.
Human beings are creatures of habit, and most for me are unhealthy.
Back in the 1950s, most hospitals were eerie places: Tiled walls, dimly lit hallways, gruff personnel. It would be tough to find such an old-style, stark facility in this country today.
In the fall, many trees like the maple and oak put on a showy, colorful palette for North Georgians to enjoy, but we cannot forget the beautiful evergreens that retain their leaves and needles throughout the year.
This, of course, is a great week for shopping and enjoying time with friends and family. It's also a great time to gather recipes and photos for a family cookbook.
One day while we were at one of Cole's soccer games, a bee stung Chloe on her cheek.
Everyone loves plant color in the winter when everything else in the landscape seems to have browned and gone into dormancy. Therefore, now is the time to plant pansies like the pros and get those spring-blooming bulbs in the ground for next year.
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Here are general instructions for using a dry powder tube inhaler.
To begin, twist the cover off and set it down.
Next, load the dose of medication. Twist the base grip to the right as far as it will go. Twist it back to the left. You will hear a click, which means it's ready to go.
You don't need to shake the inhaler.
Bring the inhaler to your lips in a horizontal position. Put your lips over the tube and take a quick, deep breath. Continue inhaling quickly and deeply.
If you need another dose of medication, repeat the previous steps.
If you accidentally blow into your inhaler after loading a dose, start over and load a new dose. The tube inhaler is designed to deliver one dose at a time.
When you are finished, place the cover back on the inhaler and twist shut. Keep your inhaler dry and store it at room temperature.
Your inhaler may come with slightly different instructions. Ask your doctor for a demonstration.
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In Boise States Mountain West-opening victory against Wyoming last week, the Broncos executed their final game-winning 3-pointer to perfection.
In the waning minutes against No. 19 New Mexico on Wednesday at Taco Bell Arena, the Broncos late-game execution both on offense and defense was lacking.
The Lobos outlasted Boise State 79-74 in overtime, snapping the Broncos seven-game winning streak and handing them their first home loss of the year before a crowd of 10,420.
If we want to be the team we want to be, we have to win games like this, junior center Ryan Watkins said.
Instead it was New Mexico, an NCAA Tournament team in three of the past four seasons, that made the plays down the stretch and in overtime.
And it was a player the Lobos didnt even expect to suit up who made the biggest ones.
Hugh Greenwood, an Australian who played on the Under-19 national team with Boise States Igor Hadziomerovic and Anthony Drmic, missed shootaround, the Lobos pregame meal and walkthrough with flu-like symptoms.
But his driving lay-up with 54 seconds remaining in regulation tied the game at 63.
Greenwood then scored the first points of overtime, knocking down a jumper to give the Lobos a 65-63 lead. Greenwood pulled down a big offensive rebound with the Lobos clinging to a 71-69 lead and then made a 3-pointer to all but seal the game on the same possession.
I think he enjoys playing against his mates, Boise State coach Leon Rice said.
Said New Mexico coach Steve Alford: We were just trying to get him healthy. You have to give Hugh a lot of credit. And I think our team feeds off that kind of toughness.
Still the Broncos had their chances.
After Greenwoods 3-pointer made it 74-69, Mikey Thompson made two free throws to cut the deficit to three. Hadziomerovic stole the ensuing inbound pass and found Drmic open behind the 3-point line.
Drmic let it fly, but it clanked off the rim.
Thats how we play, Rice said.
Said Drmic: We needed a 3. I was open, so Im confident in making that shot.
More than the missed 3 in OT, it was missed opportunities early that left the Broncos (13-3, 1-1 MW) smarting. They led by as many as nine in the first half and gave away several opportunities to extend the lead farther against the cold-shooting Lobos.
New Mexico scored 14 of the final 19 points in the first half to earn a tie at the break.
Throwing the ball away, three or four turnovers in a row, it stops the momentum of our offense, said Drmic, who played all 45 minutes.
Boise State led for much of the second half, too. New Mexico took its first lead of the second half on Jamal Feltons 3-pointer with 6:26 remaining, but then Drmic scored five straight on a lay-up and a 3-pointer, both assisted by Hadziomerovic.
But Boise States next four possessions resulted in three turnovers and a missed jumper.
And on the Broncos final possession of regulation, with the score tied at 63, sophomore point guard Derrick Marks (27 points in his first game since serving a one-game suspension) tried to freelance on his own and missed a jumper.
A little bit of our youth showed, said Rice, who played six freshmen and sophomores.
The Broncos were able to handle New Mexicos size advantage, even with backup center Kenny Buckner serving the second game of a three-game suspension for violating team rules. The Broncos outrebounded New Mexico 38-33 and limited 7-foot center Alex Kirk to 10 points and seven rebounds.
Kirk and Watkins (12 points, 10 rebounds) both fouled out in overtime. When Kirk fouled out, the Broncos went to a five-guard lineup. It was against that lineup that Greenwood pulled down his huge offensive board, just New Mexicos sixth of the game.
With so much emphasis on the interior, New Mexico hit nine 3-pointers, including Greenwoods big shot in overtime.
When you take something away, you usually give something up. Theyre a good enough team and have good enough players and a good enough plan that they can counter, Rice said. The league is just going to be about this. Nobody is going undefeated.
Note: It is the first time since 1998-99 that Boise State has attracted two crowds of at least 10,000 fans for a home game in the same season. The Broncos drew 11,210 for their victory against LSU in December.


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In November, I wrote about the small cohort of drug judges who would be granted greater freedom and flexibility and responsibility and protection in administering drug cases. Here's an example: When Miguel Ángel Soto, one of the founders of the Zetas, was arrested this week, he was arraigned via internet.
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Fourth Friday Gallery Nights in downtown Wilmington, NC, are free monthly events where local galleries, studios and art spaces open their doors to the public in an after-hours celebration of art and culture. Fourth Friday Gallery Nights are self-guided tours and feature exhibitions of various artistic genres including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, photography, glass, metals, wood, ceramics, mixed media and more. Fourth Fridays also include opening receptions, artist discussions, demonstrations, live music, wine, food and other traditional and nontraditional art-related activities. HOURS: 6-9pm. Participating venues include 621N4TH Gallery, Acme Art Studios, Bottega Gallery & Art Bar, The Calico Room, Cape Fear Native, Caprice Bistro, Checker Cab Gallery, Five Star Tavern, Golden Gallery, MC Erny Gallery at WHQR, New Elements Gallery, Old Books on Front Street, Opera Room & Gallery, Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts, Projekte, Riverside Dental Arts, Wicked Gallery, and Wilmington Wine.
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Not sure how old your puppy is, but yes it is normal. The worming only killed the adult worms, not the eggs. You need to reworm about every 2-3 weeks for awhile to kill everything... I start worming my puppies at 3 weeks when they are with the mom still, along with worming mom with pyrantel paomate or piperzine. I continue worming every 3 weeks after that until about 16 weeks or so.
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Kansas Teachers Achieve Certification – Again
November 26, 2013
One hundred percent of the Kansas educators mentored through a program at Emporia State University in 2012-13 achieved the highest honor of the teaching profession, each for a second time.
The 15 teachers were notified in late October/early November that the work they had done had – once again – measured up. The teachers are:
Blue Valley, USD 229 –
- Jody Drake, Mission Trail Elementary School, first grade teacher; certificate area: early childhood/generalist
- Valerie Golden, Overland Trail Middle School, eighth grade English language arts & reading teacher; certificate area: adolescence and young adulthood/English language arts
- Eric Kessler, Center for Advanced Professional Studies, bioscience instructor; certificate area: adolescence and young adulthood/science
- Pat Mairs, Harmony Middle School, sixth and eighth grade social studies teacher; certificate area: early adolescence/social studies, history
Buhler, USD 313 – Sheryl Smith, Buhler High School, art teacher; certificate area: early adolescence and young adulthood/art
Dodge City, USD 443 – Melody Head, Dodge City High School, business educator; certificate area: early adolescence and young adulthood/ career and technical education
Maize, USD 266 – Angela Stockam, Maize South High School, chemistry teacher; certificate area: adolescence and young adulthood/science
Manhattan-Ogden, USD 383 –
- Chris George, Manhattan High School, physics teacher; certificate area: adolescence and young adulthood/science
- Pat Lamb, Manhattan High School, biology teacher; certificate area: adolescence and young adulthood/science
Meade, USD 226 – Stacy Cordes, Meade Junior High School, science/technology/engineering/mathematics instructor; certificate area: early adolescence/science
Olathe, USD 233 –
- JoAnn Hiatt, Olathe East High School, mathematics teacher; certificate area: adolescence and young adulthood/science
- Denine Larson, Fairview Elementary School, Title I reading teacher; certificate area: early and middle childhood/literacy/reading-language arts
- Beth Pope, Bentwood Elementary School, fourth grade teacher; certificate area: middle childhood/generalist
Salina, USD 305 – Mary Harmon, Schilling Elementary School, library media specialist; certificate area: early childhood through young adulthood/library media
Seaman, USD 345 – Debbie Stewart, Logan Elementary School, second grade teacher; certificate area: early and middle childhood / literacy/reading-language arts
"This process of board certification is similar to how a doctor becomes certified in a special area," said Dr. Roger Caswell, who assisted these teachers in their process to renew their NBCT status. "This is voluntary – no state, school district, or program is demanding them to go through this process. That's why – a decade after earning their certification the first time – it's a huge commitment to say, 'Yes, I want to do it again.'"
The process is often misunderstood to mean a teacher passed a test or was nominated for the award. Alvin Peters, the director of the program that guides teachers through working towards becoming NBCTS, adds, "National Board certification is a different kind of honor. Teachers must submit extensive documentation of their instruction, including videos of their students at work in the classroom."
ESU's Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification maintains a 100 percent renewal rate with candidates achieving recertification on their first attempt. This is the ninth consecutive year the center's renewal rate has reached 100 percent. More information about ESU's program can be found at www.emporia.edu/jones/nbpts/.
Kansas currently has a total of 368 national board certified teachers. Nationwide, the total number of national board certified teachers is more than 102,000.
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Members of a Northeast Side family lost their home when fire tore through their apartment, KSAT-TV is reporting.
The blaze erupted just after 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 2100 block of Northeast Loop 410, the station says.
Fire officials reported that when they arrived, the apartment was engulfed in flames, but that everyone had made it safely out of the apartment, KSAT says.
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About a week i must go to the hospital for staying a few weeks.(nothing earnest!)
I must always have to do something so i will bring all my coloured pencils and markers and bruches and paint and paper with me.
so i will be able to work in bed. So i had a short of etuis.
I had seen on a other side a duct tape pounch with a zipper without sewing, so i thougt i can make a version of a etui.
And when it was working and i was finished a thought maybay its a good project for this side, so i made a how to, and make an other etui as well.
But some of the pictures i have trown away before using. Not so clever, it was too late in the evening. So some of the pictures a have replace with a drawing. I hope that you can follow this drawings. With the tapping a used to let see how you tape above the earlyer tape in differences collors yellow. In the real pictures the tape was one collor yellow.
And I had only at home old use little zippers, so i had to staple two zippers in the gate.But you can use of course only one if you have a longer zipper. I this fabric had given my little sister me, she had bought it for her girls and didn't used it. So its mayby childish, but i like that:-)
Maybay jou must make a patroon on paper, i didn't do that,But if you needed it, do so, and cut it out of the paper and outflank that on the fabric, On the wrong side!
choose your fabric, and cut a rectangle with the measures of 31 cm by 37,5 cm.(12,3 X 14,12 inches)
And be sure your fabric is ironed. I had done it later:-(. (It make it easy to tape a smooth fabric!
cut out the fabric two circles of 11,5 cm (4,12 inches)
turn the fabric of the retacgle on the ride side for the taping. I had losted that picture, so i have the fabric make lighter. :-(
began with taping. a truc of myself. I tape with little pieces the fabric on the tableside.
so the taping will be easily and smooth.
The tapes go over the edges and sides of the fabric!
tape the seccond tapestrook half over the first and do that too with the 3e and so with the others .
When all the the fabric is coverd with tape it will show as you can see in the drawing.
click on the drawing, i see that the picture is too large for the frame!
turn the fabric/tape over to the right side. Cut the tape off and following the outline shape of the fabric.
When you have done that on the tape side, its something like this drawing.
The zipper.
Lay the zipper on his place on the fabric. The right side on the right side. See the picture. and stapple the zipper on the fabric.
Attention: do not staple the zipper too near to the teeth.
Because you must allow to fold the cover the teeth slightly.
Turn over the fabric again, the side of the tape is now above and fold the seam down, see the picture.
Tape over the staples, do not tape too near to the teeth, otherwise it could block the slider!!!
Thats for the finishing, and to protect your stuff for damaging on the staples.
something like this.
Fold the fabric and the zipper so that the two ends laying on each other. The right side on the right side (and this is still inside), and the tape outside. and stapple this zipper side on the fabric too.
Tape the both side of the staples down like you have done at the first side of the zipper.
this is not advertisement fot canon:-) My camara couldn't focus, because everything had almost the same collor! So i had to put somthing witht it:-)
On other pictures you can see too materials thats doesn't do matter:-)
when you have done that, it looks something like this.:-)
You must make the zipper open, thats practical for the following staps!
Now you start with the circles. Lay the fabric with the wrong side upside the table.
And start with the duct taping. Likewise the ductaping of the rectangle
cut of the overzised tape. and your done Do the same with the other circle.
when the circle sits not right you can push throug the open zipper the fabric outside so it fits.
Now you have to staple the circle in the gate of tube.
Began with two stapples on the zipper and do it across the circle again with one staple.
stapple the circle on the same way on the other half. See the picture.
stapple the circle where now no stapples are full.
do the same with the other circle.
Now You must finisch the stapples off, by way of taping it off.
See drawing. Start for the zipper point and go over the starting point futher to the point after the zipper. Then it is more strenght.!
Fold the tape over the seam inside. see the picture.
Do the same with the other circle stapples seam too,
Now you almost finished.!!! You can turn the inside out. Do that with care!
I put my etui full to the brim, so I have done extra staples on the downtaped stapple seam of the zipper and i have given it an extra taping off. But that is choice selection of you own!
Good luck and have fun. It seams more diffucult than it is!:-)
I have so much drawing and pictures to make it easyer for you:-) (I hope soo:-))


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Thursday AOL bought Patch Media, a local news and information platform serving towns and small communities, and Going, which provides an online system people use to share information about things to do in cities across the U.S.
AOL did not disclose financial details of the acquisitions, but an Associated Press story said AOL paid less than $10 million apiece for the companies.
AOL has been redefining itself as an extended network of local services, providing consumers with content, information and self-service applications. AOL said its network, which includes the MapQuest online mapping service, reaches more than 54 million unique visitors per month.
"Local remains one of the most disaggregated experiences on the Web today -- there's a lot of information out there, but simply no way for consumers to find it quickly and easily," said AOL CEO Tim Armstrong in a statement. "Going forward, local will be a core area of focus and investment for AOL."
Armstrong, who was previously advertising chief at Google, was named to the AOL post in April in what was widely seen as a first step for the company's eventual spin off from parent Time Warner. While there have been rumors that AOL will be taken public at some point, Time Warner hasn't disclosed its plans for the Internet company.
In the announcement of the Going and Patch Media acquisitions, AOL noted that local advertising, both online and offline, represents an approximately $103 billion market -- about 39 percent of total U.S. ad spending.
Boston-based Going provides information for people in their 20s about things to do in 30 U.S. cities, with several more planned for this year. Patch Media, headquartered in New York, combines local and professional journalism with community contributions to create local "patches" or communities of content. Armstrong was an investor in Patch Media.
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Manhattanites can count on at least a few immutable facts: that it will be impossible to catch a cab at 5 p.m., that the Long Island Expressway will be a parking lot on Memorial Day and that every night at 8 p.m., Il Mulino will be so crowded that the celebrities, business magnates and politicians who frequent the famed Italian restaurant will rub elbows not only with each other, but very nearly with each other's ossobuco.
Jerry Katzoff, who bought the iconic Greenwich Village eatery with Brian Galligan in 2001, was eating there one night when he noticed that his table's corner was jutting through the open-backed chair of a neighboring diner.
"I felt bad. I owned the restaurant and it was going into his back. So I pulled the table and I startled the guy," Mr. Katzoff told The Observer. "I said, 'The table was in your back,' and he said, 'Are you kidding? To get a seat at Il Mulino? I don't care what you do.'"
It's that kind of place. It's been that kind of place since it opened 31 years ago. Reservations are impossible to get, although regulars always seem able to swing a seat at one of the 17 tightly packed tables. (Rumors swirl of a VIP line.) George Clooney was there the other week, and so was the rapper Drake, accompanied by a sizable entourage. Tommy Mottola, Tony Bennett and Ronald Perelman are regulars. When Bill Clinton needed a place to have a tête-à-tête with Obama, he picked Il Mulino. Asked how the lunch had gone, Mr. Clinton told the Times, "It was good. It was Il Mulino, how could it not be?"
Il Mulino has what every restaurateur covets—that rare, elusive magic that makes a restaurant feel like the place where everyone wants to be. It is a fickle magic, hard to capture, difficult to maintain and almost impossible to replicate.
Except that replicating it is precisely what Mr. Katzoff and Mr. Galligan set out to do when they bought the restaurant, envisioning a chain of Il Mulinos across the country and the world, all of them brilliant, sparkling successes just like the first. It hasn't gone exactly that way. In the last eight years, they have opened thriving Il Mulinos in Miami, Long Island, Las Vegas, Tokyo, Aspen, Puerto Rico, Atlantic City and Disney World, but the eateries in Houston, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Chicago have all closed.
Now they've ventured what could either be their safest foray or their riskiest—an outpost on the Upper East Side, which opened earlier this month after a series of socialite-packed tastings arranged by the restaurant's publicist, Lizzie Grubman, a savvy choice, given her considerable skill at generating buzz. When she helped open Moomba—a now-shuttered downtown eatery and lounge that was for a brief time in the late 1990s The Place To Be—she had the restaurant tell callers that there weren't any reservations, even though the place was empty.
"Those are the tricks we would play to make a restaurant hot," she said. "But with Il Mulino, I don't need to play any tricks."
The Upper East Side may seem, at first glance, like difficult terrain—the well-heeled crowd that does the bulk of its socializing between Fifth and Park has been rotating between Fred's, Cipriani, Amaranth and Nello for ages. Creatures of habit though they may be, many Upper East Siders, particularly the younger ones, are hungry for something different.
"We eat in the same few places all the time; there aren't that many new restaurants in the neighborhood," said Shoshanna Gruss. "I mean, I go to Mezzaluna every single Sunday, but I've done that since I was 12. I'm always saving things I read about downtown restaurants, thinking, 'we'll go there someday,'" she laughed. "It's nice that this is a two-block walk and you don't have to worry about the president being in town," she said. "There's not a lot newness up here."
Still, opening a second branch of a beloved New York restaurant within the city limits is a tricky task to pull off. As any starlet knows, the spotlight is never as bright when it's shared. A second location runs not only the risk that it will sputter out and die, but that it could also drag down the original Il Mulino, a commodity the owners guard carefully. When an opportunity to buy the building next door on West Third Street came up, they declined, fearing that a larger dining room would ruin the intimate mood.
"It was a hard decision," said Mr. Katzoff, when The Observer met him and Mr. Galligan for lunch at the uptown restaurant last week. "If we opened a second location and the reservations went down, then the dynamic would change at our anchor. Il Mulino is the greatest brand. It's our Mercedes-Benz."
"You don't want to bastardize the brand," said Mr. Galligan.
The restaurant was an instant hit when it was opened in 1981 by Italian brothers Gino and Fernando Masci. Times restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton took the nine-month-old place to task for its crowded tables, uncomfortable chairs, deafening noise and soporific lighting. But she ended with lavish praise: "What made us want to stay were some dishes that were about as good as they can be."
It reeked of garlic and authenticity and, maybe most of important of all, it was a scene. Mr. Katzoff said that, almost from the start, the brothers got into the habit of overbooking the tables; there was always a wait and the restaurant was always crowded.
"They didn't care if you had money or not. They looked at you like, 'I don't give a fuck if you have money,' which actually made it really cool," said a regular who's been eating at the restaurant since the early 1980s. Although, of course, you did have to have enough money not to panic when the check came.
Mr. Katzoff is a lawyer by training and a brand manager and developer by profession. In the 1980s he and his wife Lee bought The Greenhouse Spa, an upscale Dallas destination spot that they expanded to 47 locations, before selling the empire in 2001. He also owns a minor league baseball team—the Reno Aces—with his son and a day care business in Pennsylvania. He and Lee live on the Upper East Side, within walking distance of the new Il Mulino. "If you asked me if I was in the restaurant business, I would say that I'm really in the brand business," he told us.
Mr. Galligan, on the other hand, is very much in the restaurant business; he runs a hospitality consulting group that opened the Ilo Restaurant at Bryant Park Hotel the same year he bought Il Mulino with Mr. Katzoff.
In Il Mulino, the pair saw a wild success on which to build an empire, even though the original owners warned that they'd never be able to duplicate Il Mulino's charms elsewhere. The partners' philosophy has been that nothing should ever change about the dining experience. The decor, on the other hand, is fair game: they've updated it for the new locations, while the original spot retains its dowdy, leafy wallpaper and white lace curtains that call to mind an elderly aunt's powder room.
"I try to keep everything—the menu, the food, the service, the size—the same," said Mr. Katzoff. There is no famous chef, but rather what the owners describe as very talented cooks overseen by chef Michele Mazza. Once the patron is seated, free appetizers start arriving immediately—bruschetta, garlic bread, fried zucchini, salami, mussels, a dizzying variety of breads and a huge hunk of Parmesan cut from a massive slab that is wheeled around the restaurant in a display of almost frightening abundance.
Plates of cream puffs have a way of appearing after the meal whether they are ordered or not. The entrees are of similarly gargantuan sizes and the general feeling is one of largesse, overabundance and cheerful excess, enhanced by entrée prices, many of which top $50 (the Dover sole is $70).
So why hasn't the food and the service made the denizens of Houston and Atlanta as mad for Il Mulino as New Yorkers are? "The other locations, we do well, but they don't have that New York thing," admitted Mr. Katzoff.
Mr. Galligan describes that thing as a level of sophistication about food and wine, and indeed, New York has a deep-rooted foodie culture. But there's also a collective willingness here to hustle, even suffer, for the things one truly wants, whether it's a wait-listed "it" bag or a table for four.
"If you have an 8 p.m. reservation you expect to have dinner sometime that night, but not necessarily at 8 p.m. I think people accept things in New York that they don't accept in other locations," said Mr. Katzoff.
Times restaurant critic Pete Wells pointed out that the real draw is twofold: "a great New York crowd," along with a style of hospitality that is far from the dictionary definition. "Look at the Four Seasons maitre d' Julian Niccolini," he said. "He teases the guests, he assaults them, he plays games with them and they love it. Sometimes in New York, making people feel at home means taking a little bit of their self-importance away."
As for the failures outside New York City, Messrs. Katzoff and Galligan attribute them to bad locations, especially in Washington, D.C. and Chicago. (Turns out the entire South, save for Florida, is a bad location for a New York restaurant as well.) But Chicago Reader food critic Mike Sula, who pronounced the restaurant "nothing special" when it opened in 2006, had a different opinion. "It was a silly, overpriced place with not particularly outstanding food," Mr. Sula said when we reached him on the phone. "There just wasn't a reason for people to go."
Unlike the downtown restaurant, The Il Mulino on East 60th Street is bright and airy, its walls painted a creamy panna cotta and covered with black-and-white glamour shots. The menu features all the downtown favorites, but also salads and lighter fare. These are, after all, patrons for whom lunching is a form of recreation as much as a bodily necessity.
On the afternoon we had lunch there, it was packed with older Upper East Siders. "These people would not come downtown, because it's too crowded and they would not get seated right away," Mr. Katzoff said, gesturing at a woman with a thick gold jewelry and an leopard print collar framing her taut face. "This is really becoming a neighborhood staple," he said excitedly.
"These are not nobodies," Ms. Grubman said, flashing a knowing smile.
Her carefully orchestrated tastings have filled the restaurant with the likes of socialites Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord, Helen Schifter and Dori Cooperman. "I knew it had to be a different scene if it was going up against Cirpriani and Fred's and Nello," Ms. Grubman told us later. "We had to form a bridge between the people and the restaurant to make them feel comfortable. It's a very residential area, so it's crucial that it's user-friendly."
Just not too friendly. "I like it—there are a lot of Upper East Side social people," Ms. Cooperman told The Observer. "I like that they have a special VIP line." (So the rumors were true!) She added that she loved the spaghetti Bolognese.
The real question is, what happens when buzz fades? If you're lucky, a hot spot quiets into a comfortable neighborhood favorite, which is, in large part, what the owners are angling for. Buzz is a fleeting, fragile thing. When we asked Grub Street writer Alan Sytsma what creates it, he compared it to trying to host a really good party. Every night. For 10 years.
Assuming the location on East 60st Street thrives, they owners have their eye on Los Angeles, and then, maybe even Brooklyn.
"I think it's a great food market, a great development market with the arena there," said Mr. Galligan, who admitted that he also had his eye on some locations closer to home. "I'd like to do another one further up on the Upper East Side, above 86th Street, or maybe Lincoln Center," he said.
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Barbara Ferguson's Diary - Pictures From The Congo
The HEAL Africa hospital in Goma Democratic Republic of Congo is not just a hospital - H is for Health care but the E is for Education of both health care workers and the patients - so women who have had surgery to repair the damage done by rape are given the opportunity to learn to read and write or to learn to sew so that they can earn a living as in the Healing Arts program pictured here
But some women despite numreous operations cannot be healed - and they have no home to return to either because of continuing insecurity in their villages, loss of family or in some cases because they are rejected by their community - so the hospital has built a substute village for them about 12 kms out of Goma called Grounds for Hope. It has high walls of lava rock and a guard at the gate so they feel safe. They each have a small home of their own and there is space to grow their staple beans, vegetables and fruit and to keep rabbits and a few goats - and they have a water tank.
Another program, the choose Life Program is a support program for families affected by HIV/AIDS - helping children from these families go to school and providing micro-loans -children at Grounds for Hope Village.
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Professor Franks
Final Examination, Spring 2002
1. Carefully analyze the facts and grasp the issues in each question before beginning to write. Spend time reading the question slowly and carefully.
2. State the issues and answers to each question concisely. Lengthy answers are not necessary.
3. Do not repeat questions in your answers. Write neatly and legibly on only one side of each page.
4. Number your answers to correspond with the question, e.g., "III-B."
5. If you feel it necessary to assume additional facts in any of the questions, give the facts that must be added and state why.
6. Do not write in the margin of the book.
7. All major questions are equally weighted unless otherwise indicated. Subparts are approximately equal but may be weighted slightly differently according to the number of issues involved in that subpart.
8. Write your personal identification number and the name and section number of the course on which you are being examined on the cover of each examination book.
9. If you use more than one book, indicate "Book One," "Book Two" and so forth on the cover of each book and write your PIN and the name and section number of the course on the cover of each examination book.
Five years following your graduation from Southern University Law Center, you run for and are elected judge of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Imagine you are now, today, 8 May 2002, a judge of that court.
A case is presented to you, and you learn the following facts:
1. Louise Legrand, born and raised in Point Couteau Parish, Louisiana, married Terrence Tolliver in New Orleans in 1992. Immediately following the marriage, the parties moved to San Antonio, Texas. They bought a home. Terrence took a job at the Bank of San Antonio, where he is now a junior vice president. Louise worked as a dental assistant until she became pregnant. Two children were born of the marriage: Adam, now age 6, and Brenda, now age 4. 2. Louise and Terrence began having marital difficulties. On 15 March 2002, Louise took the children and moved back to Louisiana. On 20 March 2002, she filed suit for divorce in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, asking for a divorce in 180 days. She also is asking for temporary and permanent custody of the children. The petition and citation were served on Terrence in Texas on 22 March 2002 under Louisiana's longarm statute. Terrence has not previously appeared in the action and no action has been taken by the court. 3. On 22 March 2002, Terrence filed suit for divorce in the 395th Judicial District Court for the County of Bexar, State of Texas, asking for temporary and permanent custody of the children. The petition, citation and an ex parte order granting Terrence "the temporary managing conservatorship (custody) of the children pendente lite" were served on Louise in Louisiana. Louise has not appeared in the Texas action.
Terrence has retained New Orleans counsel. His attorney today, 8 May 2002, presents you with a copy of the Texas order for temporary custody, duly certified and exemplified under Acts of Congress, 28 U.S. Code § 1738, wherein the clerk attests that the same is a true copy, the judge attests that the clerk is indeed the clerk and that the attestation is in proper form, and the clerk attests that the judge signing the certificate is indeed a judge of the 395th Judicial District Court for the County of Bexar. Terrence's Louisiana attorney asks you to sign an order granting the temporary custody determination full faith and credit pendente lite.
Please answer briefly, succinctly and accurately the following questions and only the following questions:
A. Is the Texas temporary custody order entitled to full faith and credit in Louisiana under 28 U.S. Code § 1738A (the Federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980)? Why or why not? B. Where does jurisdiction lie to determine the custody of the children? Why? C. Where does jurisdiction lie to dissolve the marriage? Why? D. Where does jurisdiction lie to determine alimony and child support? Why?
Carla Wiser and Bubba Smith graduated from college at McNeese State University in Lake Charles in June of 1995. Carla was pregnant with Bubba's child, and little Trover was born a few days after graduation, on 12 June 1995. "Let's have a June wedding," they chimed, and it thus came to pass that the couple were wed on 28 June 1995 in Krotz Springs, Louisiana.
Carla received an offer of employment from the accounting firm Arthur Andersen's office in Houston, Texas, and the couple moved there. The years 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 went well, and the couple enjoyed great prosperity - Carla as an accountant made good money working on the Enron accounts, and Bubba worked as a bookkeeper in a hotel. But by the end of the year Bubba noticed that Carla was coming home from work later and later each night, often reeking of alcohol. Unpaid bills began piling up.
Bubba learned that Carla was only rarely reporting to work and her performance was slipping because she would spend each afternoon at a local bar. When both cars were repossessed and the home foreclosed upon, Bubba had had all he could take. He filed for divorce in the Family Court of Harris County, Texas. Carla, by this time unemployed and living in a seedy motel that rents rooms by the month, allowed Bubba to have Trover. The divorce decree was entered on April 27, 1999.
The day the divorce was granted, Bubba moved back to Louisiana, renting an apartment on Coursey Boulevard and taking a job as a night auditor for the Holiday Inn (the person who works late into the night to make sure each guest's bill is ready for morning). Because of the miracle of computerization, Bubba is usually able to get home by 10:30 p.m. He does not have to report to work until 2:00 p.m. the next day. This means Bubba most often is able to drive Trover to school in the morning.
It is now 8 May 2002, and in the last year more events have transpired: At the end of the school day, Trover, now almost age 7, takes the school bus to the home of Millicent Pritchard. The elderly Mrs. Pritchard receives Trover into her apartment each day after school, feeds him a basic meal, sees that he does his homework, and allows him to sleep on the sofa until Trover's father, Bubba, picks him up on the way home from the Holiday Inn at about 10:30 pm.
During this past year, back in Texas, Carla Wiser finally wised up. After having lost her marriage, her family, her house, her cars and her job, she finally got a grip on things and, with help from Alcoholics Anonymous, resolved never to drink again. She has kept that promise. She even got a job at the prestigious accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche, and because of her specialized knowledge in securities regulation is making $135,000 a year. Carla now drives a Mercedes and has bought a more-than-adequate house in the suburb of Clear Lake, Texas.
A. Carla wants custody. Where can she file, and why? Discuss. B. What factors will the court look at to determine if Carla should now have custody? If more information would be helpful to answer this question, state exactly what additional information you would require. Discuss.
You have now graduated from Southern University Law Center with a Juris Doctor degree, passed the Louisiana bar exam on first try, and gone into practice sharing offices with two other Southern graduates here in Baton Rouge.
The Baton Rouge chapter of Parents Without Partners, a national organization of divorced persons, has accepted your offer to attend their annual summer meeting and barbecue, to say a few words on family law and answer any questions from the audience. Anxious to network among potential family law clients, you gladly go.
After you deliver your brilliant talk, the following questions are asked from the audience. Answer them, and discuss each item fully.
A. What is an antenuptial agreement, who can make one, how do you make one, and what can it do? B. What is the difference between a 102 divorce and a 103 divorce?
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TSQL Tuesday #20: T-SQL Best Practices
Once a month, on the 2nd Tuesday, the SQL Server online community has a virtual party of sorts called T-SQL Tuesday. T-SQL Tuesday was started by Adam Mechanic (blog|twitter) back in 2009 and has been going strong ever since. This month, I decided to crash the party with a submission of my own. The topic-du-jour is T-SQL Best Practices, hosted by Amit Banerjee (blog|twitter).
I'll keep this short and sweet.
Wherever possible don't use functions in the where clause. Please. Pretty please? Why? because it affects the way SQL Server optimizes the query and in most cases prevents proper usage of indexes. I'll show you what I mean.
USE AdventureWorks; GO CREATE INDEX IX_Contact_LastName ON Person.Contact (LastName); GO -- sad dba SELECT LastName FROM Person.Contact WHERE LEFT(LastName,3) = 'Alb' GO -- happy dba SELECT LastName FROM Person.Contact WHERE LastName like 'Alb%' GO
Two perfectly legitimate queries, returning the same data. But take a look at the execution plans for those queries.
Even though, logically speaking, these queries are doing the same thing, the LEFT function on the first query is preventing the optimizer from using an index seek operation. Instead, it's scanning the entire index (much like a full table scan). This isn't a huge problem on such a small example, but believe me, it becomes a ginormous problem on larger tables and more complex queries.
So please, whenever possible, avoid this pitfall. Your DBA will thank you.
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July 12, 2011 Tags: #TSQL2sDay, tsql, tsql tuesday Posted in: T-SQL
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Muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy - July 13, 2011
–don't use functions in the where clause
I have seen definitely it'll produce problem.
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