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AUDREY HEPBURN, 63, actress "Audrey gave beauty a new concept. Movie stars in the '50s looked like Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. Then along came this waiflike creature with these doe eyes. But what really made her different was her honesty, sincerity and sense of fun."
—actor and friend Roger Moore
DIZZY GILLESPIE, 75, musician "We've lost one of the giants; not just of music but of humanity. He contributed a tremendous amount to American and world culture. With his passing, a source of encouragement for many musicians is extinguished. But he wouldn't want us to be sad, he'd want us to enjoy the vast legacy that we've been bequeathed."
—trumpeter Wynton Marsalis
RIVER PHOENIX, 23, actor "He played my son once, and I came to love him like a son and was proud to watch him grow into a man of such talent, integrity and compassion."
—Harrison Ford, Phoenix's father in The Mosquito Coast
FEDERICO FELLINI, 73, director "When he arrived on the set, a wind began to rise that did the world good. Where is he now? Perhaps playing boccie ball or learning to dance the Twist. Nothing much remains to say to him except, 'I love you, and thank you so much.' "
—actor Roberto Benigni (below, working with Felliniin 1989)
LILLIAN GISH, 99, actress "She represented the exquisite, utmost talent in silent films. There are certain people with an instinctive, wonderful magic. She lad magic... and she was incredibly lovely."
—actress and costar of The Cobweb fay Wray
RUDOLPH NUREYEV, 54, dancer "He laid the groundwork for the acceptance of male dancers, incorporating a certain wildness and ferocity that hadn't existed in Western classical dancing. Where it had once been kind of hyperpolite, he gave it a personality of its own."
—choreographer Mark Morris
ARTHUR ASHE, 49, athlete, humanitarian "He was an intellectual, but he always wanted to have the common touch with people. So he hid the intelligent side a little bit. He always wanted to put people at ease around him."
—friend and attorney Donald Dell
RAYMOND BURR, 76, actor "Raymond had a salty edge to him. He was a perfectionist who demanded so much of people that sometimes they got irritated. He was very demanding, but not a monster. He was a big man with a big voice, and he could yell with the best of them. If he felt there was something wrong, he would tell you about it. But it wouldn't influence your friendship one way or the other."
—actor and friend Charles Macaulay
DR. ALBERT SABIN, 86, oral polio-vaccine developer "Hundreds of thousands of children have been spared polio because of his work. The disease was really dreaded. Sabin was able to eradicate that fear."
—pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock
FRED GWYNNE, 66, actor "It takes someone who's very serious to do something like Herman Minister. It's not simple to act the goof. Fred was not Herman. He was an intelligent, quiet man."
—Joe Pesci,star of My Cousin Vinny, Gwynne's last movie
CESAR CHAVEZ, 66, union organizer "I remember Cesar for his quick, self-effacing humor, his quiet voice and for the physical suffering he endured when he fasted. God willing, he is at rest now, the better so if we continue to honor and support the United Farm Workers of America."
—folk singer and friend Joan Baez
ROY CAMPANELLA, 71, athlete "He was an institution and an inspiration to millions. He loved life and was proud to be alive. God had a plan for him, and it was to help others."
—Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda
BILL BIXBY, 59, actor "He was deeply talented and full of life. Everything he touched had its own flavor."
—Mariette Hartley, Incredible Hulk costar
FRANK ZAPPA, 52, musician "There were probably four or five people I have met in my life who were truly original people—Salvador Dali, Groucho Marx, Jim Morrison and Zappa."
—Alice Cooper
HERVE VILLE-CHAIZE, 50, actor "Off-camera he was a very talented artist. He had a wonderful eye and the gift of good taste that was part of everything he created."
—Ricardo Montalban, Fantasy Island costar
PATRICIA NIXON, 81, former First Lady "Her husband, strange as it may seem, had a certain romantic side, in the sense that he tended to have ideas of people's character and motives that were sometimes not exactly accurate. She had a sort of pitiless ability to go to the heart of the matter. Yet she wasn't nasty."
—Henry Kissinger
THURGOOD MARSHALL, 84, Supreme Court justice "As a lawyer he was a great strategist and a great brain picker. And as a human being he was like an elemental force of nature. He was huge, he was gruff, and he was enormously funny."
—Roger Wilkins, George Mason University law professor and lifelong friend
MARIAN ANDERSON, 96, singer "Her place in the social and professional world had to be invented. A dignified woman, she was a great artist in a field that didn't accept blacks. She was very proud of the road she covered to become Marian Anderson."
—musician Quincy Jones
DON AMECHE, 85, actor "He was a charming gentleman and a class act. He hit his marks, he knew his lines, and he was never late."
—John Landis, who directed Ameche in Trading Places and Coming to America
HELEN HAYES, 92, actress "She was a tiny woman, but everyone looked up to her. We use our secrets in acting. But with Helen, there weren't the private and public faces; she glided from both sides so easily. She seemed to be lit from within."
—actress and friend Anne Jackson
RUBY KEELER, 82, actress "I loved her goodness, and as a dancer, her pliability; the way she could change from one kind of step to another. She did it with such grace and elegance."
—Ginger Rogers
BILLY ECKSTINE, 78, singer "He was the first black male sex symbol...and a real gentleman."
—jazz historian Dan Morgenstern
VINCENT PRICE, 82, actor "He always enjoyed a good joke. And he was gentleman enough to laugh at some that weren't so good."
—Bob Hope
CONWAY TWITTY, 59, musician "You could feel the heart and soul of his songs, and I loved it when he did that growl thing with his voice."
—singer Vince Gill
MYRNA LOY, 88, actress "She never cared about clothes or anything like that, but about causes."
—Tony Randall, Loy's costar in TV's Love, Sidney
BRANDON LEE 28, actor "He was giving 110 percent, and it produced a light in the eyes, which is what you look for in movies."
—actor David Carradine
SPUDS MACKENZIE, 10, spokesdog "Meow."
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Thanks to the success of Ace Hood's second single, Ride (and its star-studded remix), it seems as though the long-delayed Gutta has finally secured a release date: November 18. Thanks to the support of top-shelf industry DJ/promoter/hype man DJ Khaled, and his status as one of XXL Magazine's Top 10 Freshmen, the Deerfield Beach, Florida native has already picked another single. Drawing obvious inspiration from Def Jam labelmate Young Jeezy's summer anthem, Put On, Hood performs Get Em Up with nearly identical delivery, rhyme pattern, and "eastside…westside…southside…" ad-libs on the hook, over another heavy-banging Drumma Boy beat. Still, when Jeezy put all the pieces together, the result was a smash hit; there's no reason why Ace's Get Em Up shouldn't be the same.
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Popstar Lady Gaga has revealed that she would consider having cosmetic surgery in the future.
While the singer has never had any type of cosmetic surgery so far, she has said that she would consider a number of procedures after she has had children.
Breast surgery and weight loss treatments tend to be popular with women who have had children and are keen to get their pre-baby body back.
Gaga, real name Stegani Germanotta, told Heat Magazine: "I haven't had [cosmetic surgery] yet, I was born this way.
"But maybe after I pop out a few Gag babies I'll be not born this way any more."
The singer also revealed that she is not totally confident with her own body at the moment.
"I have had my body insecurities, but that's why I wrote Born This Way, I wanted to create a space that would liberate all of those insecurities.
"It's an incredibly church-like, religious experience where we exorcise our insecurities."
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You push open the rusted and well weathered door of a ramshackle simple farmers cottage. The old wench in the tavern boasted so convincingly that the farmers wealth wasnt what he grown, but in the gem vain found in the fields.
So, you took the job not letting the Wench finish the tale. You did not hear the rest of the tale of vengeance, betrayal and death. Years after the farmer found the gems, as one would expect, he grew very wealthy. With the wealth the farmer obtained he was able to amass a grand collection of riches and at the same time the Farmer ran into troubles.
Day after day and year after year as the farmers wealth grew the envy and hatred from the surrounding people also grew. At first the threats were nameless and faceless, but soon the threats grew more into the open and out right calls for the farmer the share or else. The farmer had by this time become quite jaded and selfish and he refused to share the wealth that he had amassed. The Farmer soon became paranoid and soon took to have walls built and hiring thugs to protect his person.
Much was fear and he soon looked to the arts of a necromancer to protect himself from the pre-sieved danger. A wizard was of the most cunning nature that farmer was unable to protect himself form the greed of the wizard. The Wizard did what was asked of him but at the same point was gathering support from the hired cut throats which the farmer trusted to guard his boarders. Soon the farmer came to the realization that all his wealth now belonged to the wizard and his hired men were now in league with the necromancer.
After a time, the necromancer ran low on spell components and the Farmer was the answer to the wizards need. That is to say, the farmers parts were needed in the Wizards cruel concoctions. In the Wizards greed and vanity, the magic that he was working on, failed. The lab spewed forth a fog that moved quickly covered the lands of the farmer. The men and all creatures caught in the mists we doomed to a fate held only in your nightmares. The flesh of all, once in the mist, instantly putrefied and rotten, life became death and the dead rose to walk endlessly.
That was many years ago and to this day. Many adventures quested for the farmers cottage, in which is said to be stored the gems of a thousand lives, a fortune of a massive massiveness. However, the path to the cottage is through a land that is dead in all ways, and the dead keep it.
But all of this was missed by you, your greed defend you to the tale that was meant as warning. You got the directions form the Wench and speed on your way. The path was all what the story said it would be. The dead kept the roads and the fight to the cottage was intense and at many points the life was in the balance and there was a question if it would continue.
The Cottage you found and to the doorway you walked. Pushing the ancient door open you step through and the sight that assaults your mind is unbelievable.
Gems!!! Gems of all types, big ones, small ones, some with a fire blasting within dancing light throughout the small cottage. You run to the far side of the room, drunk with greed your hands fumble with the gems. With your hysterical laughter echoing in the rafters, the door, seemingly by itself swings shut, and with a laud slam and bang the bot in the door is shot. You spin to face the door and through the light which bleeds through the door and that are reflected into the room your eyes see a shape near the door. A shape, maybe its a troll? Your nostrils as assaulted and filled with the taint of old sweat, blood, ale, wet leather, and death . It moves . And in the pale light you can spot a face .and a horrible scream .. Spooooooooooooooooooooon!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Shape charges you and the last thing you are able to feel though the pain of the axe wound to your chest, is two hands on your hips and a whole new feeling coming from behind.
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BURRILLVILLE, R.I. -- Food maker Daniele Inc. is considering a significant expansion of its operations, having proposed roughly doubling its manufacturing space in Burrillville.
A wetlands alteration application for a 546,000-square-foot building is under review by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Debate regarding a land disposition in the town's industrial park involving Daniele was scheduled Nov. 9 for a Town Council executive session. On Dec. 5, the planning board will take up Daniele's preliminary plans for building a two-story building with nearly 546,000 square feet of space.
The company already operates three factories in town, in the Burrillville Commerce Park off Route 102 and in Pascoag. The new construction would be an addition to a Commerce Park building.


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Mutual-fund firm Southeastern Asset Management Inc.'s chairman and chief executive likes to unwind by hunting small game.
Now, the Memphis, Tenn., mutual-fund company led by O. Mason Hawkins is targeting much larger prey: Dell Inc.
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Rival bids for the computer maker that emerged over the weekend from activist investor Carl Icahn and private-equity firm Blackstone Group BX +1.77% Blackstone Group L.P. U.S.: NYSE $28.24 +0.49 +1.77% Dec. 6, 2013 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3.92M AFTER HOURS $28.23 -0.01 -0.04% Dec. 6, 2013 6:45 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 158,628 P/E Ratio 24.78 Market Cap $15.67 Billion Dividend Yield 3.26% Rev. per Employee $2,741,360 12/05/13 Recent Blackstone Deal in Focu... 12/05/13 Recent Blackstone Deal in Focu... 12/02/13 Hilton IPO Could Raise Up to $... More quote details and news » LP were fueled by Southeastern, which blasted the original takeover offer by Michael Dell three days after it was made in February.
Southeastern is the largest outside shareholder in Dell, with an 8.4% stake. Despite Monday's 2.6% price rise, the company's stock still is valued at about 14% less than what Southeastern paid.
A takeover brawl for Dell could give Southeastern the big score it has needed lately. While the firm has an excellent long-term record, the largest of its four mutual funds has trailed the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index by almost half a percentage point annually over the past five years, mainly because of its 51% loss in 2008.
The firm specializes in value investing, swooping in when a company is undervalued and waiting for a rebound. Southeastern typically holds only a few dozen stocks at a time and hangs on for four to seven years, while the average U.S. stock fund sells after an average of 15 months.
Southeastern, with roughly $35 billion in assets, is publicity-averse but doesn't shy away from throwing its weight around. Since 2000, the firm has made 697 securities filings disclosing that it held at least 5% of a specific company's voting stock.
That number of filings ranks 58th among all asset managers, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal, outranking many larger firms and even Mr. Icahn.
Mr. Icahn's offer for Dell includes buying shares for $15 apiece—a 9.9% premium over the $13.65-a-share bid by Mr. Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners. A Blackstone-led group offered at least $14.25 a share for Dell. A spokesman for Dell declined to comment.
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Southeastern said Monday that it is "pleased that the alternative proposals…are structured to give shareholders the opportunity to continue to participate" in Dell's "future prospects, while also providing a higher cash component for shareholders who choose to exit their investment."
G. Staley Cates, Southeastern's president and chief investment officer, said before the two counteroffers that the mutual-fund firm gets aggressive only when it has to solve "a failure it has made in assessing management."
That leaves Southeastern "no choice other than trying to fix the situation if the odds of success are decent," Mr. Cates said. Still, "you generally won't see us telling management how to do their jobs. You have to know your limits."
The 65-year-old Mr. Hawkins, who started Southeastern in 1975, is slightly built, white-haired and courtly, said people who know him well. He grew up in Thomasville, Ga., where his parents owned a timber plantation.
Mr. Cates, 48, is roughly 6 inches taller, folksy and sometimes free with profanities, according to those who know him. His dad started Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc., MAA -0.40% Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. U.S.: NYSE $61.90 -0.25 -0.40% Dec. 6, 2013 4:05 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 633,922 P/E Ratio 36.36 Market Cap $4.63 Billion Dividend Yield 4.72% Rev. per Employee $384,913 More quote details and news » based in Memphis and one of the Southeast region's largest publicly traded real-estate companies.
Since 2008, Southeastern has agitated for changes at nine U.S. companies, including energy firms Pioneer Natural Resources Co. PXD -3.92% Pioneer Natural Resources Co. U.S.: NYSE $177.21 -7.23 -3.92% Dec. 6, 2013 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.20M AFTER HOURS $177.10 -0.11 -0.06% Dec. 6, 2013 4:50 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 43.49 Market Cap $24.57 Billion Dividend Yield 0.05% Rev. per Employee $910,414 12/05/13 Cold Snap Crimps Texas Oil Out... 11/19/13 A Second Life for Old Permian ... More quote details and news » and Chesapeake Energy Corp. CHK -2.11% Chesapeake Energy Corp. U.S.: NYSE $26.48 -0.57 -2.11% Dec. 6, 2013 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10.26M AFTER HOURS $26.44 -0.04 -0.15% Dec. 6, 2013 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 19.61 Market Cap $17.61 Billion Dividend Yield 1.32% Rev. per Employee $1,387,580 11/06/13 Chesapeake Energy Production O... 11/06/13 Stocks to Watch: Tesla, Humana... 10/17/13 Energy Industry's Odd Couple: ... More quote details and news » , and department-store chain Dillard's Inc. DDS +0.52% Dillard's Inc. U.S.: NYSE $90.93 +0.47 +0.52% Dec. 6, 2013 4:05 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 502,345 AFTER HOURS $90.93 0.00 0.00% Dec. 6, 2013 4:08 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 11.70 Market Cap $3.99 Billion Dividend Yield 0.26% Rev. per Employee $175,044 More quote details and news »
Pioneer 6773.TO +0.46% Pioneer Corp. Japan: Tokyo ¥220 +1 +0.46% Dec. 6, 2013 3:00 pm Volume : 8.41M P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap ¥81.89 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee ¥19,376,200 09/19/13 Should the U.S. Export its Oil... More quote details and news » CEO Scott Sheffield said he drove to Memphis from Irving, Texas, to meet Messrs. Hawkins and Cates after Southeastern bought a stake in Pioneer in 1998. They got along for a decade, but Southeastern went public with demands for a shake-up after Pioneer's shares fell in 2008.
Mr. Sheffield didn't agree with Southeastern's strategy, but Pioneer agreed to add three new directors to its board. They stayed even after Southeastern sold its stake in 2010 for more than four times the initial price.
"They were great shareholders," Mr. Sheffield said. "All except that one year."
R. Brad Martin, former chief executive of Saks Inc., joined the Dillard's board when Southeastern was pushing the retailer for deeper cuts in unproductive stores and inventory. "Having a very strong reminder of one or two things that are important can be helpful," he said. "When that comes from people who own 13% of the company, you listen."
The productivity push freed up capital for share buybacks, and the stock price jumped an average of 118% a year from 2009 to 2012. Dillard's declined to comment.
At Chesapeake, Southeastern was a driving force to unwind personal stakes held by co-founder Aubrey McClendon in the income produced by Chesapeake gas and oil wells. Southeastern also got three directors on Chesapeake's board, pressuring Mr. McClendon to retire, effective April 1.
A Chesapeake spokesman declined to comment. Southeastern is about $300 million in the red on its holdings of Chesapeake shares.
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Industrial design grad gives TEDx talk on creative play
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Cinematheque to show eight classic comedies by Ernst Lubitsch
Dec 02, 2013
CIA's Contemporary Artist Index: 31,000 strong, and now easier to use than ever
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2013 Fall Exhibition
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Brent Kee Young, professor and glass department chair, with CIA alum Mark Sudduth '83 in the glass studio. #throwbackthursday #tbt
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CIA wins UCI award for Euclid Avenue ArtBox project
Dec 03, 2013
Fall Foundation Show
Nov 21, 2013
Sophomore's photo inspires magic on the big screen
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2013 Student Holiday Show
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12/5-8: AT BERKELEY, A TOUCH OF SIN, PORTRAIT OF JASON & more!
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CIA named one of the "Best in the Midwest"
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34th annual Scholastic Art & Writing Exhibition
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Faculty Jared Bendis | Sarah Paul
This course focuses on media integration, innovation, and developing strategies of doing production. Projects will focus on narrative storytelling with media exploring the use of both interactive and linear mediums. The use of Motion, time, interface, and sound are also core topics explored in this course.
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International Conference on Traffic and Transport Engineering, ICTTE Belgrade 2012
Conference 29th to 30th November 2012 Belgrade, Serbia Website: http://www.ijtte.com/article/102/ICTTE_Belgrade_2012.html Contact person: Maja Trgovcevic The ?International conference on traffic and transport engineering? should promote the importance of traffic and transport nowadays, as a constant growing industries. Organized by: International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15th May 2012 Check the event website for more details.


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- Our Williamsburg Gym is Coming Up on 2 years in this Space!
- Our Williamsburg Gym is Coming Up on 2 years in this Space!Posted 257 days ago
This week many of us will be spending time with friends and family celebrating Passover and Easter. Please enjoy this time with loved ones.It's hard to believe that our Williamsburg gym is coming up on 2 years in this space! (We started moving equipment in July of 2011.) We would personally like to thank all of you for your support over this time. You have seen the evolution of our space go from a warehouse, not even lights, to the Strength and Conditioning center we train in now. The space is not the only thing that has evolved! Our training, coaching and education has also been elevated. Your training experience here at our center is of the utmost importance to us. We love what we do and we take our jobs very seriously and are constantly upgrading the services available to our clients.With dozens of "BOOT CAMPS", "GYMS", & "CROSSFIT" here in Williamsburg, you can go to any number of places to get a "GOOD WORKOUT" or a "KICK ASS" session in, or even stay home and do " THE INSANITY WORKOUT" or "P90X". So how are we different? Glad you asked! Myself, Coach Mike and Coach Paul have a vast amount of knowledge and experience we love to share with you. We offer a Strength and Conditioning program. Not to get all exercise science geeky on you, but think of a program as a plan, "NOT JUST A GOOD WORKOUT". To separate ourselves from the competition we are going to be stepping up our…
- Your 1st Unveiling of 2013! (plus, class
- Your 1st Unveiling of 2013! (plus, class changes at the gym)Posted 275 days ago
OK, so 9 Mondays have passed in the New Year. How is it going? Have
you stuck to an exercise program? Are you eating better? I hope so! This
is the time of year when two things happen:People have totally forgotten about their New Year's resolution.
People realize the first unveiling is 11 weeks away.What's the first unveiling, you may ask? That would be Memorial Day Weekend! Yes, I know it's been snowing but this year is moving along and bathing suit season will be here before you know it. The good news is, 11 weeks is a good amount of time to drop those 10lbs you put on from Hurricane Sandy to New Year's! Usually it starts at Halloween, but the hurricane kicked off a lot of drinking and eating for some people!
So if you haven't been here into our Williamsburg gym in a while, sign up for a fitness class and let us help you get back in the groove!
We would also like to congratulate Matt Siedman on his big win! Matt
won the Lose to Win contest that started in January. Nice job Matt!In other news, due to popular demand, we have added a 12:30pm Group Fitness Class on Saturdays Williamsburg. Also, some of the less popular classes during the week have been cancelled. If there is a demand for them, we will gladly add them back. New fitness class schedule at the gym is as follows:
Monday through Friday 6:30am remains the same.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY 9:30 AM CANCELLED (Mon, Wed, Fri 9:30am class remains the same)
Monday through Friday 12:30pm classes remain the same. NEW 12;30PM GROUP FITNESS CLASS ADDED ON… - The 30 Worst Toxic Ingredients & Polluta
- The 30 Worst Toxic Ingredients & PollutantsPosted 292 days ago
The 30 Worst Toxic Ingredients & Pollutants
Taken from www.agora-health.co.ukTOXIN
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Food products and carbonated drinks
Artificial sweetener
Possible carcinogen; disrupts thyroid functionAspartame (NutraSweet)
Used in soft drinks
Sugar substitute
Seizures, headaches and dizziness. Can
activate cancer hormones in humansBenzaldehyde
Perfume, hairspray, laundry and dishwasher products
CNS depressant; causes kidney damage
and irritation to lungs, throat, eyesBenzyl Acetate
Perfume, fabric softener, deodorant
Fragrance and food flavoring; also a solvent
Irritates respiratory tract. Carcinogenic,
linked to pancreatic cancerBisphenol-A (BPA)
In plastic bottles used by the food and toiletries industry
Chemical used to harden plastics; synthetic estrogen
Damages DNA and sperm in men; mimics
estrogen and disrupts hormonesBronopol
Facial exfoliants, moisturizers, make-up removers, body wash
Anti-bacterial preservative in cosmetic and pharmaceuticals
Releases formaldehyde and carcinogenic nitrosaminesButyl benzyl phthalate
Floor tiles; upholstery
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Increases the… - NUTRTION IN 108 WORDS
- NUTRITION IN 108 WORDSPosted 308 days ago
Keep it simple! Nutrition in 108 words:
Eat real, unprocessed food as close to nature as possible; listen to your body.
Pretend the modern supermarket doesn't exist. Choose foods that could be grown, hunted or gathered - nothing packaged or processed.
Support local farms when possible.
Eat animals, marine life, vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruits.
Eat plenty of healthy fats from pastured animals, fish, coconut, avocado, olives and cold-pressed oils.
Drink water.
Incorporate traditional, nutrient-dense foods: fermented vegetables, organ meats and homemade bone broths.
Above all, ditch the "gurus", "programs" and "diets"; get back to basics.
Connect with your intuition and allow it to guide you. - The New Dirty Dozen: 12 Foods to Eat Organic
- The New Dirty Dozen: 12 Foods to Eat OrganicPosted 314 days ago
I found this article extremely helpful in determining which foods you really should buy organic & which ones you could scrimp & save on if necessary. –Larry Betz, CSCS
The latest list of foods with the highest pesticide residue includes some familiar fruits and vegetables, and some surprises.
By Dan ShapleyThe benefits of eating organic food begin with the farm that refuses to use pesticides or chemical fertilizers to grow the organic produce they ship to grocers. That means workers and farm neighbors aren't exposed to potentially harmful chemicals, less fossil fuel is converted into fertilizers and healthier soil that should sustain crops for generations to come.
For individuals, organic food also has benefits. Eating organic means avoiding the pesticide residue left on foods and it may even mean more nutritious varietals, although research into that subject has yielded mixed results. While there are few, if any, proven health impacts from consuming trace quantities of pesticides on foods, a growing number of people are taking the precautions to avoid exposure just in case, particularly pregnant women (growing babies are exposed to most of the chemicals that mom consumes) and the parents of young children.
Organic food can cost more, which means many families are loath to shell out the extra cash for organic produce on every shopping trip. That's what makes the Environmental Working Group's annual list of the dirty dozen foods so useful. The group analyzes Department of Agriculture data about pesticide residue and ranks foods based on how much or little pesticide residue they have. They estimate… - 24 Hour Liver Flush
- 24 Hour Liver FlushPosted 320 days ago
I got this detox from a friend in Chicago. My girlfriend & I are getting gutsy & trying it out this weekend! Thoughts, experiences & modifications to follow!
24 Hour Liver Flush
Liver Ingredients:½ cup olive oil
1 big grapefruit
EPSOM salts (4 tablespoons)
Water or Grapefruit juice
4 Ornithine capsules
You can substitute the 3 cups of water in this recipe used to dissolve the Epsom salt with 3 cups of freshly pressed grapefruit juice or freshly pressed apple juice.
Choose a day like Saturday for the cleanse, since you will be able to rest the next day.
Take no medicines, vitamins or pills that you can do without; they could prevent success.
Eat a no-fat breakfast and lunch such as cooked cereal with fruit, fruit juice (no butter or milk) baked potato or other vegetables with salt only. This allows the bile to build up and develop pressure in the liver. Higher pressure pushes out more stones.
Do not eat or drink after 2:00pm. If you break this rule you could feel quite ill later.
Get your EPSOM salts ready. Mix 4 tbsp. in 3 cups of water and pour this into a jar. (you can substitute the 3 cups of water with 3 cups of grapefruit or apple juice)
This makes 4 servings of ¾ cup each. Set the jar in the fridge to get cold (this is for convenience and taste only)
Drink one serving of ¾ cup of the ice cold Epsom salts. If you did not prepare this ahead of time, do it now. You may also add 1/8 tsp of…
- Don't Get Caught Up in the Calories
- Don't Get Caught Up in the CaloriesPosted 322 days ago
The topic of counting calories came up in a class here yesterday & it's one that many people are constantly concerned with as well as unclear on. It's always good to watch what you eat, but don't get caught up in counting calories. This article by Charles Poliquin sums up how we at Betz Method Strength & Conditioning feel about the subject & why:
- Health Club Etiquette 101
- Health Club Etiquette 101Posted 335 days ago
Betz Method Strength & Conditioning Center: Essential Etiquette
Most gyms and health clubs have rules that they ask patrons to follow, and they're often posted in visible areas so they're easy to remember. Gym rules are put in place to remind people to be polite and considerate of other gym members, and for general health & sanitation purposes.
There are some rules that you'll find at most gyms, and general ways to be considerate when you're working out with others at the gym:Be safe: Because our training system is very dynamic, always be aware of your surroundings. Make sure that when you are jumping, kettlebell swinging, jumping rope, etc. you have enough space around you so you do not hurt yourself or someone else. Always think of the worst & then prepare for it.
Your appearance: Some gyms & health clubs may have rules about certain apparel; for instance, women may not be allowed to workout in only a sports bra without a shirt over it and men may not be allowed to go topless. Also, be sure to wear proper footwear and always wear socks to help absorb sweat & odor. Make sure that you're dressed appropriately & safely for your workout.
Your hygiene: Be considerate of those around you & be sure to wear a fresh, clean workout uniform & put on deodorant before you workout. Do not, however, load up on heavy perfumes or colognes—some scents can be offensive or distracting to others & may cause problems for those with asthma or allergies.
Take turns: Always "work… - Training Programs for January's Group Strength and Conditioning Sessions 2013
- Training Programs for January's Group Strength and Conditioning Sessions 2013Posted 336 days ago
Coach Michael Camarra and myself just put the finishing touches on our training programs for January's group strength and conditioning sessions.
Each workout is well balanced and each week (microcycle) we are changing the rep range, tempo, exercise selection and progressions. This will last for about four weeks (mesocycle). Remember that there is a big difference between a good workout and an actual training program. If you are looking to work with experienced trainers that can progress you at your level, check out one of our group classes at Betz Method Personal Training Center.
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- What's Wrong With Cookie Cutter Gyms?Posted 403 days ago
I have a few things to say about this. First it's very sad that these big box gyms are popping up all over the place with promises of health and fitness. They charge practically nothing, offer rows and rows of treadmills, bikes and ellipticals, some free weights, dumbbells and strength training machines. The staff is very limited and finding someone there who could actually teach a completely de-conditioned member how to perform this lift correctly and the benefits of this lift would be rare, at best. Eventually, these " Gyms" will have no free weights! Kind of funny; a Planet Fitness or a Retro Fitness with no free weights! This is the classic model of get 7000 members for $20 per month and hope no one ever shows up. It will be interesting to see whats happens to this model in the next five years. Does anyone think the members will realize that walking on a treadmill for 30 minutes 3 times a week will do absolutely nothing for them? Oh, except maybe expose them to more dirty electricity being emitted from the TV screens on the cardio equipment. Do people realize that weeks, months and years have gone by and they are doing the same thing over and over again and still not getting any results? "But it is cheap!!!!" What separates "Training Centers" from the Costco style of gyms is EDUCATION! I have a question to ask you all: Why do people feel it is OK to spend $200 to $300 per month…
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I have a plethora of Cisco Catalyst 3750G switches connected by a pair of 6500 series core switches. Many of these are linked through multi-mode fiber runs around a multi-building campus. A few of these sites have introduced new hosted applications that chew up the bandwidth.
I am looking for a better way to monitor bandwidth usage and help make decisions about adding fiber pairs to my trunks to improve speed and efficiency. Other than looking at the "5 minute counters" on my trunk interfaces - how do you monitor your bandwidth?
I have talked to my reseller about Netflow, but it seems like it may be licensing overkill for what I am doing. He suggested looking into open source app's that make use of snmp. Any suggestions on what's good - and what's not good?
Thanks for the advice.
Cacti will do this pretty well, and for free - it uses SNMP and RRDtool. There's a little bit of setup required but it's pretty intuitive.
Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor and netflow. It handles all of my documentation and reporting needs as well.
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In other words, SNMP. Pick a tool.
Yeah, pretty much any decent SNMP software. Just off the top of my head....
MRTG Cacti Nagios ntop Zabbix Most of my experience has been with PRTG (1200+ sensors) and ManageEngine Netflow Analyzer (neither of which are free products) so I can't speak for the others programs but I know MRTG and Cacti seem to preferred for quicker setup. I think that Nagios is really powerful but initial configuration can be a little daunting depending on what you're trying to do. If you want to dip your toes into Neflow I know Solarwinds has a free Netflow Analyzer tool but I don't know how granular it gets or what you have in the way of filtering for hosts or interesting flows. There are a number of free programs that deal with Netflow but may not give you as much detail as you'd like. |
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
I have toyed with mrtg since posting this. It 'works' for the most part, but I am having a hard time getting the filtering to work and I don't want to monitor every single port on each device. The documentation says filtering is experimental at best, so there you go. :-) Also, it just dumps out a lot of HTML files (one for each port). Yuck. Cacti looks like exactly what I am after. From the screenshots, the sorting and containers look really nice. I think I will take the time to figure that out. @TheZy: My reseller told me that if I was going to go with NetFlow, I should definitely consult Solarwinds. I have used a couple of their tools and they never disappoint. I may still look into these options if the free tools don't work out. |
Reporting isn't my forte, but it seems like Netflow provides more granular detail by digging deeper into sampled packets so you get an idea of heavy hitter applications and users. Cacti and SNMP polling tools just look at port utilization. Am I wrong?
Yes that is true but netflow is usually layer 3 centric (sflow is switch level). Netflow tools can tell you which IP is talking to which other IP and what protocol is being used but it can't usually tell you as easily which switch port that IP is being sourced from. So having both port counter based graphs and netflow graphs is ideal since you can see which port is suddenly pushing 80 megabit per second and then see that it is sourced from IP 18.104.22.168 and is pumping out billions of UDP packets at random hosts on the internet. Then you go wipe that machine.
The problem with Netflow for me is the devices we have. Most of my devices are 3750's with 'advanced IP services' which allow you the software license of Netflow. But I was told that the new 3560X series switches that I am buying would require a Netflow "module" (for the big bay slot on the right side of the front of the unit). Those modules run $3500 or so. And now I am running into problems merging 3750 and 3560 units into a switch stack. You basically have to drop your 3750's down to a base IOS, which I have already done on a few stacks. Ick. Ick. Ick.
I think for my purposes, Cacti will do just fine. More than fine. It's pretty awesome. For anyone else who might consider toying with it, I thought it was 'stupid simple' to set up on a Debian Linux branch. And the controls are *very granular* so I was able to select only the interfaces I want, and display them in a tree logically. I am just starting to gather statistics so the graphs aren't much to look at just yet. But I really, really, like it. If only this also had some alerting features, I could throw away the crap product I am using for that. :-) |
You could also just export netflow from the core 6500s if they are IOS native and doing your layer 3 duties. Most of the important info probably would come from there anyway if everything else is primarily layer 2.
Having both the port level graphs and data in cacti and something that give you netflow top 10 talkers/protocols, etc. is ideal. You don't need every device to export netflow data unless you make significant 'network traffic decisions' on every device. But if you are using ports on every device, you do want the SNMP based graphing for all of them. I'm not super familiar with cacti but MRTG has 'threshold' values you can put on graphs that can trigger a script when they are hit, so you just have a script that emails stuff based on variables from the graphs to an address that goes to your on-call phone or whatever. |
There's a plugin for Cacti called THOLD that will give you the alerting capability.
http://docs.cacti.net/plugin:thold |
if by hosted applications, you mean, cloud based apps, do netflow export on the routed interfaces that connect your environment to the internet.
Not knowing anything about your environment, i would guess having netflow on any 3xxx switches would be a waste. Keep in mind that netflow export only occurr on traffic traversing L3 intefaces and if I gander a guess, most of your routing is probably done by your 6509 or further up the stream. if you don't have any L3 interfaces, then your best bet is to find your upstream connections and port mirror that link to an ntop device or solutions that can sniff traffic and provide realtime traffic data. I use a combination of ManagEngine Netflow Manager, our PAN FW, and PRTG to monitor the links. PRTG has some netflow support, but its easier to search by host or protocol on the manageEngine solution. They even offer a free solution for 3 links (i think) |
Check out PRTG as well. Relatively inexpensive.
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New Indian copyright law aims to improve position of artists
Upcoming amendments to India's 1957 Copyright Act will strengthen the position of composers, lyricists and other artists, according to the Wall Street Journal, today.
The current Indian law on copyright favors producers above creators of works of art. Famous Indian artists, for example from the Indian Bollywood film industry, have criticised this system and state that many of them live in poverty. The amendments are described as a 'philosophical change' in the law, as they shift the power balance between producers and artists. According to musicians and actors, rights will now be more in balance.
However, the film and music industry in India doubts the amendments will be a step forward. They fear a lot of litigation on this issue, as the new law creates room for discussion on artists' rights, while in the current system, the relationship between artist and producer is much clearer. A practical effect of the new law will be that it will be more difficult to produce cover versions of songs, according to Indian music producers.
Under the current law, artists receive royalties only once, because they have to pass their rights to producers. With the new amendments, producers are no longer allowed to keep 100% of the royalties. They have to share these rights with the creators of the work. Also, radio stations and broadcasters are required to pay royalties every time they broadcast a recording of a song.
The amendments to the Copyright Act passed both Houses of Parliament and will become law as soon as the President gives her approval.
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I wrote this a while ago, but the publishing has never happened in the intended Indian publication. You may enjoy: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1647582
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Boneless, skinless chicken breasts, a perennial kid favorite, are easy for a parent and child to prepare together. In this simplified version of a comfort-food classic, store-bought pasta sauce shortens the prep time.
Rinse the chicken breasts under running water, then place them on a double layer of paper towels and blot them dry. (Be sure to wash your hands well in warm soapy water immediately after handling raw chicken; do the same for any cutting boards or utensils that the meat comes into contact with.)
Place 2 of the chicken breasts inside a large, heavy-duty plastic freezer bag. Partially seal the end of the bag, leaving a slight gap so air can escape. Using the smooth head of a tenderizing mallet or a rolling pin, pound the meat in even strokes, working from the center out (be careful not to tear the plastic), to a uniform thickness of about 1/3 inch. Repeat this process with the remaining chicken in a new plastic bag. Put the pounded cutlets on a plate and set them aside.
Combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper in a shallow medium-size bowl. Stir them to mix. In a separate shallow bowl or pie plate, beat together the egg and milk. Set both of the bowls aside.
Spread the flour on a plate. Arrange the breading ingredients in assembly-line fashion in this order: cutlets, flour, egg mixture, crumb mixture, empty plate. Working one piece at a time, dredge both sides of the cutlet in the flour, knocking off the excess.
Dip both sides of the floured cutlet in the egg mixture.
Coat both sides of the cutlet with the crumb mixture. Set the breaded cutlet on a clean plate and repeat the process with the remaining pieces.
Set a large skillet over medium-high heat and pour in enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan, about 2 tablespoons. Heat the oil for 2 to 3 minutes, then add the cutlets. (If your pan isn't large enough to cook 4 chicken breasts at once, cook them in batches rather than overcrowd the pan.) Fry each side for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes, turning once, until the chicken is browned and cooked through. (To test, make a small cut in the center of the meat; there shouldn't be any traces of pink.) Remove the cutlets from the heat.
Heat the oven to 375°. Oil a shallow 9- by 13-inch baking pan. Pour 2 cups of pasta sauce into the pan. Add the chicken cutlets. Pour the remaining sauce over the chicken. Sprinkle the cheeses over the top, then cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil. Bake until the sauce is bubbly and the cheese is melted, about 20 minutes. Makes 4 servings.


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Turn a button down shirt into a designer jacket with crazy patch embellishment and chenille finishing. Carol Ingram shares how to make this jacket with tips for stabilizers, dyed to match crazy patch stitching without rethreading and more. To learn more about this episode, visit www.americaquiltscreatively.com and click on the Program Notes tab.
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War Is BetrayalPosted on Jul 13, 2012
By Chris Hedges, Boston Review (Page 2) Two years later, as a senior, Millard faced graduation after having been rejected from the only college where he had applied. "I looked at what jobs I could get," he says. "I wasn't really prepared to do any job. I wasn't prepared for college. I wasn't prepared for the workforce. So I started looking at the military. I wanted to go active duty Marine Corps, I thought. You know, they were the best. And that's what I was going to do. "There were a lot of other reasons behind it, too," he says. "I mean, growing up in this culture you envy that, the soldier." His grandfather, in the Army Air Corps in World War II, had died when he was five. The military honor guard at the funeral had impressed him. As a teenager, he had watched the burial of his other grandfather, also with military honors. Millard carried the folded flag to his grandmother after receiving it from the honor guard. Advertisement And nearly a century later it is the same. When Millard told his mother he wanted to be a Marine, she pleaded with him to consider the National Guard. He agreed to meet with the Guard recruiter, whose pitch was effective and simple: "If you come here, you get to blow shit up." "I'm seventeen," Millard says. "I thought being in the military was the pinnacle of what coolness was. I was just like, oh, I get to blow up stuff! I signed up right then and there on the spot. But the interesting thing he didn't tell me was that the 'shit' that he referred to would be kids. "They don't teach you when you're in land mine school that the overwhelming percentage of victims of land mines are little kids. Because, like, in the States, a little kid will chase a soccer ball in the streets. And overseas, a little kid will chase a soccer ball into a minefield. Whether, you know, it happens in Korea or Bosnia or Iraq, kids get killed all the time by land mines. They get maimed by them. And that's just a reality of our military industrial complex. We put out these mines. We have no concern for what they do." Not that this reality intruded on his visions of life in the military when he began. "I just thought of it like this stuff you see on TV where cars blow up and stuff like that," he says. For Anthony Swofford—author of Jarhead, a memoir about being a Marine in the first Gulf War—the tipping point came when the recruiter, who assured him he would be "a fine killer," told him he could book a threesome for $40 in Olongapo in the Philippines. "I'd had sex three times and been the recipient of five blow jobs and fourteen hand jobs," he writes. "I was sold." But sometimes there's no need for a recruiting pitch. The culture does enough to make war, combat, and soldiering appealing. Ali Aoun was born in Rochester, New York. His father is Lebanese. His mother is from the Caribbean. He says he wanted to be a soldier from the age of nine. He was raised watching war films. But even antiwar films such as Platoon and Full Metal Jacket celebrate the power and seductiveness of violence. He wanted this experience as his own. He says no one pushed him into it. "I enlisted," he explains. "It was something I always wanted to do, although I got more than I bargained for. You never really know a woman until you jump in bed with her. It's just like the Army: you never really know about it until you enlist. It's not about defending the country or serving our people. It's about working for some rich guy who has his interests."
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Pakistan August 8, 2012
Cotton is an important cash crop for Pakistan known as "white gold". It accounts for 8.2 percent of the value added in agriculture and about 3.2 percent to GDP. Agricultural biotechnology is playing an important role to gain better crops and food for bio-safety. So, many farmers in the world are focusing genetic engineered varieties (GE) to improve cotton yield. American multinational Monsanto Company develops genetically engineered first BT cotton variety, Firstly BT cotton seed named as BT-121 smuggled from neighbouring country-India and grown in Upper Sindh. If we seen at the Pakistan problems, there are two major types of pests which are damaging cotton crops – sucking and chewing; sucking pests controlled by strong pesticides but major challenge to control chewing pests i.e. known as Bollworms – American, Army, Pink and Spotted bollworm are major causes to decrease cotton crop yield and lint quality. Another recent disease cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV) spread in Punjab and Sindh pushed our institutes. But in order to benefit from its true potential, government and all key stakeholders including farmers, seed companies, R & D institutes, seed dealers and traders are involved in commercial activity for Agricultural development. If we choose to ignore regulatory frameworks that govern the chain of activity, and international agreements on Biosafety that Pakistan is signatory to, to make quick bucks or in an attempt to provide a speedy access of technology to the farmers, we shall end up losing the benefits from the technology in the long run by undermining it.
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If you're one to peruse all viewpoints to remain informed, you will have seen The Drudge Report's tall, bold, n-word laden headline about Django Unchained.
The headline links to a review of the film that just touches lightly on the use of the offensive word which leaves the reader asking: Was it necessary to place that word, in size 40 font, and splatter it across the front page of the site?
Quentin Tarantino has never really been known to be shy of language, especially if he feels that is historically conversationally appropriate. The film Jackie Brown, which got the director into hot water with colleague Spike Lee, had 38 instances of the n-word being used. Django Unchained doubles that amount, with over 80 reported instances of the word used in the film.
On the flip side however, the Drudge Report (the nation's seventh leading news source) has been accused of having a history of racially charged news stories and headlines. In 2009 reporter Bill Maher slammed the right wing blog for it's race hyping headlines. It's even been alleged that Drudge interweaves stories involving African Americans to make it appear as if there's an all out race war against whites.
This isn't even the first time the site has reported on the film and it hasn't even been released. Monday morning's story showed a photo of star Jamie Foxx with a revolver in hand, and the headline "UNCHAINED: Foxx Jokes About Killing 'All The White People' In New Movie…" which linked readers to a Saturday Night Live monologue.
The monologue was considered to be highly controversial to online conservative media, not only being covered by The Drudge Report, but the National Review Online as well. Foxx stated:
"Black is in. I play a slave. How black is that? [...] I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?"
Commentors on the site were quick to jump on the racism bandwagon, saying things such as "He's obviously one of those people who isn't opposed to the 'culture of killing' in the black community and uses his celebrity to encourage it."
What you don't see is the same kind of criticism levied against "white savior" films, particularly those that have come out in the last ten years (e.g. Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai). That's because the content of the film overshadowed whatever racist tonality it might have, and until the Django Unchained comes out I think it might be a bit premature to pull the racism card.
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How much damage have you done to the our nation and to the standing of Congress by your action? What will you do to help repair this damage? In light of the fully documented illegal actions by Bush and Cheney, how do you continue to justify your violation of the Constitution and your oath of office?


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Siblings Getting Overshaddowed
In any family, it is not uncommon for one sibling to be overshadowed by another, and so the dominant sibling receives a greater amount of attention from both friends and family. In much the same way, within the PowerMate "family" of hand trucks, it would seem that the LE-1 model of hand truck has forever had to endure unfavorable comparisons to its sister product, the L-1 hand truck.
The reason for the negative impression of the LE-1 model of hand truck is due to the fact that despite the fact that it weighs nearly double that of the L-1 hand truck, it is incapable of actually carrying a heavier load and therefore can only manage an equal amount. Considering the issue entirely from this perspective then, it would seem that the purchase of the PowerMate LE-1 hand truck is counterproductive and inadvisable.
That said, one saving feature of the LE-1 powered hand truck is that whereas its sister product requires the purchaser to actually purchase brakes for the wheels as a separate accessory, these items are actually included in the total purchase price of the PowerMate LE-1 hand truck.
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VIDEO: Chris Christie: I Wouldn't Sign A Marriage Equality Bill
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His predecessor Gov. Jon Corzine was going to sign before he left office but they were short votes. Now there's no chance here with this fat fuck!
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He's a douche.
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Doors Open Winnipeg 2014
Join us for the 11th Anniversary of the Doors Open Winnipeg event. This free public event will be held the weekend of May 31st & June 1st, 2014 throughout the City of Winnipeg. Watch for further details. We are excited that the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) at www.raic.org will be holding their annual conference in the City of Winnipeg during our Doors Open Winnipeg event. We look forward to the delegates participating in this year's event. In addition the Manitoba Architects Assocation (MAA) will be celebrating their 100th anniverary in conjunction with this eventHeritage Winnipeg's Inaugural Heritage Ball was a great success!
The Fort Garry was built in 1913, and the 2013 Heritage Ball was intended to re-create the hotel's 1913 inaugural event. The Gala had a railroad theme and featured:
- a spectacular dinner in the Crystal Ballroom
- "Speak Easy" Dance and Dessert
- a video of a historical interpretation of the arrival of Dignitaries in 1913 for the Grand Opening of the Fort Garry
- a presentation of the history of the Fort Garry Hotel by Frank Albo, co-author of the Hermetic Code
- Live music by the Danny Kramer Band
- MC - Big Daddy Tazz
A Port in the Storm
Founded by two oncology nurses, Joanne Loughery and Patrcia Bejaminsin, and a patient volunteer, Greg Pilgrim in 2005, A Port in the Storm Inc. (APTIS) was established to "provide a safe, supportive and affordable home-like environment for rural and northern adult patients and their families who are in Winnipeg to receive medical treatment".APTIS is a charitable organization whose operations are governed by a board of directors. To date, some of their most noteworthy achievements include
- "Raising $2,500,000 in donations prior to having a market presence
- Purchasing land and building in St. Boniface for the future development of a new 40 room facility
- Engaging Bridgman Collaborative Architectures Ltd. to prepare architectural plans and prepare Class B estimates for the new facility
- Committing Ambassador Gary Doer to be the official spokesperson for the organization
- Establishing a market presence by temporarily leasing space from Villa Aulneau until the new facility is complete"
In order for APTIS to achieve its goals, they need to raise the funds needed to support their operations and capital development. They currently have two fundraising campaigns - an operational one to subsidize rental rates paid by guests and a capital one to develop the new facility
Vision for the Future:
APTIS intends to renovate and restore the 210 Rue Mason heritage building. The project is expected to be funded completely through fundraising efforts and donations. This larger space will allow APTIS to better accommodate their guests and allow for intake of more patients. As owners of the facility, APTIS will be in direct control and thus are more unrestricted in making the decisions they see best fit in accordance with their mandate.
For more information, visit their website here.
Sherbrook Pool
For more background information on this historical facility, please consult the following documents published by the City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee in 2001.
381 Sherbrook Street (Long Version)
381 Sherbrook Street (Short Version)
In November 2012, Sherbrook Pool was closed by the City due to safety issues that arose during an inspection. Upon further assessment, it was found that the cost to repair the building and make it structurally sound would cost more than $2 million, and subsequently maintaining the pool would cost even more. Despite the high costs to fix and run the pool, the community surrounding the area is advocating for its repair as a recreation centre and prefer not to see the historic pool demolished. The City is still working on determining the ultimate fate of Sherbrook Pool. Updates will be posted here as they are received.
For more information on the pool's closure:
Sherbrook Pool -- Worth Every Cent (Winnipeg Free Press)
Public to be consulted on fate of Sherbrook Pool (Winnipeg Free Press)
Sherbrook Pool closure worries community group (CBC News)
2014 Annual Preservation Awards Forms
Nomination forms for the 2014 Annual Preservation Awards are now available. Instructions and eligibility criteria can be found on the forms below:Nomination Form
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Please note: The PDF forms can be filled in directly but need to be downloaded and saved to the computer first.
2014 Heritage Winnipeg Awards
Since 1985, Heritage Winnipeg has sponsored an annual awards program that seeks to recognize those people dedicated to the protection, restoration and conservation of Winnipeg's built heritage. Awards are also given to owners of heritage structures who seek to sensitively restore their buildings so that they become a productive element of the economical, cultural and social fabric of the community.
Awards are presented in three basic categories:
- Distinguished Service Award
This award recognizes the special contribution of individuals or organizations that have demonstrated a concerted effort and leadership in protecting, conserving, promoting or communicating the historic and/or architectural values of Winnipeg's built heritage.
- Heritage Conservation Award
This award recognizes the special efforts and excellence in specific projects to protect, conserve and reuse structures of high historic or architectural value. Heritage Conservation Awards may be given specifically for commercial, institutional or residential projects that involve the sensitive and adaptive re-use of these structures and provide for their long-term protection.
Heritage Conservation Awards may be given to the owners of commercial, institutional or residential structures with historical and/or architectural value and who provide long-term protection and conservation of key architectural elements for these structure and their sensitive adaptive use. Special recognition may also be given to consultants and contractors of the project selected for an award.
In the case of a successful residential project, a special award will be given in the honour of C.W. Chivers, a well-known Winnipeg architect who designed buildings such as All Saint's Church, Balmoral Hall and the Assiniboine Park Pavilion.
- Youth Category
This award recognizes the special contribution of non-professionals under the age of 25.
Nominations may be made in more than one category. If possible, please enclose photographs or email digitized photos.
Questions relative to the requirements for a nomination may be directed to Ms. Cindy Tugwell, Heritage Winnipeg Executive Director, by phone (942-2663), fax (942-2094) or e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com). The deadline for nominations is January 17, 2014. Completed nominations can be mailed to:
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Winners will receive a framed certificate recognizing their effort at a ceremony to be held on National Heritage Day - the third Monday in February.
Heritage Canada Presents 'Regeneration: Heritage Leads the Way'
"We are a diverse community and a new vision for heritage is emerging that will contribute to a new age in Canada. HCF's 40th Anniversary National Heritage Conference will explore how older communities, cultural landscapes, buildings and intangible heritage are finding new relevance at this watershed moment." [Taken from Heritage Canada's Website]
Fort Gibraltar
Formerly a North West Company trading post that was built in 1809, Fort Gibraltar is located at the forks of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers. Over the summer, it serves as a tourist attraction and historical site, providing a look back into the lifestyle of those living in the early 1800s. Costumed interpreters act both as educators and as tour guides as they transport visitors back to the period of the voyageurs and traders.
Throughout the year, there are facilities available to rent for special events or functions. They also host the Festival du Voyageur winter festival in February
"A Brief Historical Summary (taken from the Fort Gibraltar Website)
1809 – The North West Company builds Fort Gibraltar
1816 – Fort Gibraltar is captured and destroyed by the Selkirk Colony
1817 – Fort Gibraltar is rebuilt by the North West Company
1821 – North West Company merges with Hudson's Bay Company – Fort Gibraltar continues its operations under the Hudson's Bay company standard
1822 – Fort Gibraltar's name is changed to Fort Garry
1835 – Fort Garry is abandoned but its warehouses are still used
1852 – Fort Garry is destroyed by the Red River Flood
1978 – Fort Gibraltar is rebuilt by the Festival du Voyageur"
For more information, please visit their website here
Red River Heritage Fair
An annual event in Manitoba, the Red River Heritage Fair celebrated it's 20th year running in May 2013. The Red River Heritage Fair allows students (Grades 4-11) from various schools across Winnipeg to come together and share the stories they have learned about Manitoban and Canadian history and heritage through presentations about the projects and research they have done on special topics or events that interest them.For more information, please visit the Red River Heritage Fair Website here
Armstrong's Point
Located about a mile away from the Forks, Armstrong's Point is a small area of land by the Assiniboine River. It was developed in the 1880s and remains a private and isolated area that many Winnipegers are still unaware of to this day. Armstrong's Point has been formerly known as Pensioners' Point, Hill's Point, and Victoria Place. The land on which this suburban area was built was originally given to Captain Joseph Hill by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1848. He sold the property in 1881 to John McDonald and E. Rothwell who divided the land into lots thus converting it into a residential area.
As Winnipeg continued to grow and become a commercial centre, the higher class residents no longer desired to live in the central core of the city. They wanted to escape from the chaos, noise, pollution, disease, criminals, and immigrants that filled the City's centre streets. Armstrong's Point offered that exclusivity, safety, and peacefulness that the wealthy desired and has since been home to some of Winnipeg's richest citizens. Many of the homeowners even named their houses. There are three gated entrances that act to further separate and secure the area from the rest of Winnipeg.
"An intact neighbourhood over a century old, Armstrong's Point is valued by residents and visitors alike. Although individual homes and institutions are acknowledged, it's the area itself - the cluster of large, well-maintained older homes - that is most appreciated. Many of these homes have been evaluated for historical significance (a total of 72 neighbourhood buildings are identified in Historical Buildings Conservation Inventory), but only a few homes and structures are on the Historical Buildings Conservation List. These include two residences (one of which is now used as a private club), a library, and the ornamental entry gates." [Taken from Armstrong's Point Planning Study Final Draft, also see Armstrong's Point Appendices for supplementary information]
To find out more about this historical Winnipeg neighborhood, there is a book entitled Armstrong's Point, by Randy Rostecki, available for purchase from our office. If you would like to make a donation of $100 or greater in addition to your membership to Heritage Winnipeg, you will receive a complimentary copy. Contact our office if you are interested or have any questions.