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Rural Community Investments - Proposed Rule - Comments received after 8/15/08
Gary K. Van Meter
Deputy Director
Office of Regulatory Policy
Farm Credit Administration
1501 Farm Credit Drive
McLean, VA 22102-5090
RE: Mission-Related and Rural Community Investments
Dear Mr. Van Meter,
U.S. agriculture relies on a vibrant rural economy. In order to thrive, America's rural communities need better and more reliable access to the capital that will support new investments in the community facilities and infrastructure improvements necessary for their success.
Agriculture depends on rural communities to support the related businesses and markets critical to their farming success but also to provide off-farm employment critical for the economic success of many farm families. Unfortunately, rural communities often lag behind metropolitan areas in essential infrastructure, services and facilities, in areas such as transportation, health care, education and others that would drive employment and economic opportunities to rural areas.
The Farm Credit Administration's proposed rule to enable Farm Credit institutions to make mission-related investments in rural communities is a step in the right direction to address this urgent need. This proposal allows those closest to rural areas, the farmer and cooperative owners of Farm Credit institutions, to support their communities by making critically needed investments in the future of those rural communities. I support what this proposed rule is striving to accomplish and urge the Farm
Credit Administration to move it forward in the regulatory development process.
Thank you for your consideration and concern for rural America.
Comment: Farm Credit helped move forward a hydro electric project for the Fremont Madison Irrigation District. The financing option that was offered by Farm Credit gave our Irrigation District the flexibility to keep the project viable. The Fremont Madison Irrigation District appreciated having access to this type financing option for the 1500 members of our Irrigation Distrist.
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City: St. Anthony
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Lest Liberty Perish from the Face of the Earth - Buy Bonds
In 1917 the United States entered the Great War, as World War I was known at the time. A national propaganda campaign was started to convince Americans to support the war effort. Some of the images used in this campaign have become a permanent part of American cultural iconography, notably J.M. Flagg's famed 1917 poster of Uncle Sam declaring, "I want YOU." In addition to recruiting troops to fight, the U.S. government issued "Liberty Bonds" to help finance the war effort. Artists helped the cause by making ...
Mulberry Street, New York City
This photolithograph from the Detroit Publishing Company documents the busy street life of New York City's Lower East Side at the start of the 20th century. Between 1870 and 1915, New York's population more than tripled, from 1.5 million to 5 million. In 1900, when this photo was taken, foreign-born immigrants and their children constituted a staggering 76 percent of the city's population. Often described as the Main Street of Little Italy, Mulberry Street was dominated from the 1890s by immigrants from Italy. These immigrants jostled ...
Declaration of Intention of Maria von Trapp
Maria von Trapp became a household name in the United States when her story was turned into the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music. She and her family previously had immigrated to the United States from their native Austria following the takeover of the country by Nazi Germany. This Declaration of Intention to become a U.S. citizen, submitted to the U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont, on January 21, 1944, sheds light on the real Maria von Trapp.
Journal of New Netherland 1647. Written in the Years 1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, and 1646
Willem Kieft (1597–1647) was a Dutch merchant who was
appointed by the West India Company as director-general of New Netherland in
1638. Kieft instituted a harsh policy toward the Indians of the colony, whom he
attempted to tax and drive from their land. In 1643, a contingent of soldiers
under Kieft attacked a Raritan village on Staten Island
in a dispute over pigs allegedly stolen from a Dutch farm. This led to the
bloody, two-year conflict known as Kieft's war, which raged in parts of what is
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Complaint by Some Members of the Dutch Reformed Church, Living at Raritan, etc in [...] New Jersey [...] about the Behavior [...] of Dominie Theodorus Jacobus Frilinghuisen and his Church Council
In 1664, the Dutch colony of New Netherland ceased to exist when Governor Peter Stuyvesant was forced to surrender New Amsterdam--soon to be renamed New York--to an English fleet. Many residents of what became the British colonies of New York and New Jersey continued to speak Dutch and to worship in churches where services were conducted in Dutch. This pamphlet, published in New York in 1725, concerns a dispute within a Dutch Reformed congregation in Raritan, "in the Province of New Jersey, in North America, under the Crown of Great ...
Articles about the Transfer of New Netherland on the 27th of August, Old Style, Anno 1664
On August 27, 1664, a fleet of four British warships under the command of Colonel Richard Nicolls sailed into the harbor of New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) and demanded that Peter Stuyvesant, the director-general of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, surrender the colony to the British. The out-gunned Stuyvesant had no choice but to comply, and under English rule Nicolls became the first governor of the renamed Province of New York. This document lists the articles of capitulation by which the colony was surrendered and that established the ...
Remonstration of the Administrators of the Dutch West India Company to their Lords the State General about Several Examples of Tyranny and Violence by the English in New Netherland
In the 1660s, colonists from the English colonies of Connecticut and Massachusetts to the east and northeast and Maryland and Virginia to the south and southwest increasingly infringed on the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which was located in parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut. This remonstrance, or complaint, published in Schiedam in 1663, was an appeal by the directors of the West India Company to the States-General, the ruling body of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, for increased protection against the incursions of the ...
Brief and Concise Plan Intended to be a Mutual Agreement for Some Colonists Willing to go to the South River in New Netherland
Pieter Cornelis Plockhoy was a Dutch Mennonite and social reformer, born in the city of Zierikzee circa 1625. He moved to Amsterdam in 1648, where he became well known in the city's intellectual circles. In 1658 he went to London where he tried unsuccessfully to gain the support of Oliver Cromwell, the antiroyalist Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, for the establishment of utopian settlements in England. Plockhoy returned to Netherlands in 1661 and in 1662 concluded a contract with the Amsterdam magistrates for the establishment of a settlement on ...
Short Story about New Netherland [...] and Special Possibilities to Populate
This pamphlet, published anonymously in Amsterdam in October 1662, concerns the establishment of a settlement on the South River (as the Dutch called the Delaware River) in New Netherland by the Dutch Mennonite and social reformer Pieter Cornelis Plockhoy. The pamphlet consisted of proposals sent to the magistrates of the city of Amsterdam to gain their support for the settlement, which Plockhoy intended to be for poor and needy families and based on reformist principles. The pamphlet was partly intended to reassure investors that the settlement would also be a ...
Conditions as Created by their Lords Burgomasters of Amsterdam
This pamphlet, published in Amsterdam in 1656, contains information about the patroonships offered by the West India Company to settlers in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, and in particular about the policies of the city of Amsterdam toward overseas colonization under the terms of the agreement between the city and the West India Company. Intended to help populate the colony, the patroonships were large grants of land made to Dutch investors who agreed to establish a colony of "fifty souls, upwards of fifteen years old." The pamphlet was, in ...
Freedoms, as Given by the Council of the Nineteen of the Chartered West India Company to All those who Want to Establish a Colony in New Netherland
The Lords Nineteen, the governing body of the Dutch West India Company, established the patroon system as a way to encourage the settlement of New Netherland, the Dutch colony in North America that covered parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Delaware. Patroons were wealthy Dutchmen who were given extensive tracts of land, powers of local government, and some participation in the fur trade in exchange for settling colonists in New Netherland. In June 1629, the West India Company issued the Charter of Liberties and Exemptions, which declared ...
Description of New Netherland (as it is Today)
This book, published in Amsterdam in 1655, is one of the most important sources for the study of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Adriaen van der Donck was trained as a lawyer at Leiden University. In 1641–43, he worked at the vast patroonship (estate) of Rensselaerswijck, surrounding present-day Albany, New York. He then applied for and received from the West India Company his own grant of land, a large tract located just north of Manhattan in present-day Westchester County, New York. (The city of Yonkers takes its name ...
Destruction by Fire of Pennsylvania Hall. On the Night of the 17th May, 1838
This dramatic print shows the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, a large building that was constructed in 1837–38 at Sixth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia as a meeting place for local abolitionist (antislavery) groups. Dedication ceremonies began on May 14, 1838, and continued over several days in a climate of growing hostility from anti-abolitionist forces in the city. On the night of May 17, 1838, an anti-abolitionist mob stormed the hall and set it on fire. Fire companies refused to fight the blaze, and the building was completely destroyed. A ...
Road to Philadelphy
This circa 1830 print by Edward Williams Clay (1799–1857) caricatures the pretentiousness and prejudice of early 19th-century Philadelphia Quakers toward people they regarded as their social inferiors, but it also mocks those seeking to imitate the Quaker elite. On a Philadelphia road in front of a small house with an open picket fence and a visitor arriving on horseback, a raggedly dressed, dark-skinned traveler with buck teeth, possibly an Irishman or African American, asks a rotund Quaker man and his daughter, "I say, this isn't the road to ...
American Classical and Military Academy at Mount Airy, Germantown, 8 Miles from Philadelphia
This lithograph shows the American Classical and Military Academy in the Mount Airy section of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located some eight miles (13 kilometers) from the center of Philadelphia. The right wing was built in 1750 as "Mount Airy," the country seat of Pennsylvania Chief Justice William Allen, and early in the 19th century the area took the building's name. Founded as Mount Airy Seminary (later Mount Airy College or Collegiate Institute) in 1807, the school served as a military academy in 1826–35 under the superintendence of Augustus ...
Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. Near Philadelphia
This hand-colored lithograph shows a view looking past farmland to the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. In the foreground, two boys sit in a fenced pasture in which cows graze near sheds and an enclosed pond with ducks swimming on it. In the background, a farm is visible in front of the prison at which a carriage is parked and a man rides on horseback. The penitentiary was built in 1823–36 after the designs of John Haviland and opened in an unfinished state in 1829. Located at 2101–99 Fairmount ...
General View of Laurel Hill Cemetery
In the 1830s, a group of influential Philadelphians wanted to establish a rural cemetery that would be naturalistic, serene, and in genteel seclusion. They settled on Laurel Hill at 3822 Ridge Avenue, the former estate of merchant Joseph Sims, which had rocky bluffs and spectacular views and was about six kilometers from the city center. The cemetery, built in 1836–39 after the designs of Scottish-born architect and landscape designer John Notman, is seen in this bird's-eye view of part of the grounds. This view shows horse-drawn carriages and ...
This landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill in Philadelphia shows the Fairmount Water Works, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia chief engineer Frederick Graff. Built to supply the expanding city with safe drinking water, the works included an engine house, mill house, and a millrace bridge. Visitors are seen strolling on the landscaped grounds of the works and rowers are visible on the nearby Schuylkill River. Also depicted are residences, probably including Lemon Hill, the Schuylkill Canal lock, and the river dam. The illustration ...
View from the Inclined Plane, near Philadelphia
This circa 1840 print shows the view looking east down the inclined plane cut into Belmont Hill (Fairmount Park) for hauling railroad cars from the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia to Columbia on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. Two men watch the cars being hauled by cables from within the plane. The covered Columbia Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill, completed in 1834, is visible in the background. In the foreground is a heavily wooded landscape, with the cityscape in the distance. The plane connecting the river with the rail line was ...
General View of Laurel Hill Cemetery
In the 1830s, a group of influential Philadelphians wanted to establish a rural cemetery that would be naturalistic, serene, and in genteel seclusion. They settled on Laurel Hill at 3822 Ridge Avenue, the former estate of merchant Joseph Sims, which had rocky bluffs and spectacular views and was about six kilometers from the city center. The cemetery was built in 1836–39 after the designs of Scottish-born architect and landscape designer John Notman. In the foreground, horse-drawn carriages approach the main gate (visible at left) of the cemetery, which contains ...
University of Pennsylvania
This lithograph shows the twin buildings of the University of Pennsylvania, Medical Hall and College Hall, located on the west side of 9th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. The view includes a group of students gathered in a doorway, two women carrying parasols, and other pedestrians. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland (1788–1854) and constructed in 1829–30, the buildings housed the university until its removal to West Philadelphia in the 1870s. Strickland was one of the first architects of the Greek Revival style in the ...


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Monday, October 24, 2005
Two weeks from friday!!
This last weekend was the North Augusta quilt show....I won two ribbons! I got best machine quilting, and best machine piecing on two different quilts. I was quite pleased and amazed because they were both traditional quilts, and the guild shows in the past have really leaned more heavily towards awarding the more arty and contemporary quilts the big awards like that.
My new love is my MP3 player! I should have gotten one with more storage space on it, but I never thought that I'd want more than 5 or 6 hours worth of playing time. I've been getting books on CD at the library and putting them onto my MP3 player! DH is teasing me about always having those things in my ears now.......when I take the dog for a walk, or do things like mop the floor, vaccum....I am listening to the books on CD! Awesome. I'm getting down towards the end of "The Davinci Code" And I love how the guy who's narrating it does it with all different accents for all the different charactors. It's definately more fun than trying to read it myself.
Today I'm getting my HAIR CUT. I haven't had a hair cut or style really in years and years. It's just been long and tied back. A gal I go to school with is also a hair dresser, and she begged me to let her play with my hair and update my look a bit, so I'm game. I'm just feeling the need to try something a bit different in that department, but nothing too drastic. Maybe a bit of highlights and some layers. I also want to check out a new make-up line or something. Update my colors in that department too.
I'm in the last compartment of muscles that I need to memorize the origins and insertions to. I see the finish line ahead of me as soon as I get these 15 muscles memorized......YES! Talk about light at the end of the tunnel. The test on them is wednesday, and I took the muscles and broke them down into groups and am concentrating on one group at a time and then will put the groups together and test myself on them all before the test wednesday. It's a 'blank paper' test.....all you get is blank paper and a pen or pencil. The instructor orally gives you the name of the muscle, one at a time, and you have to write the name down, and then write the origin and insertion. Then the part I hate.....he shuffles the papers around, hands them back randomly and we have to 'grade' our fellow student's papers. These 'blank paper' tests are 10% of the test grade for the chapter....So either this 'blank paper' test can HELP your test grade, or HURT it, depending on how you do. Talk about stress. Major. But this is it....the last 'blank paper' test I'll have to take!
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Bonnie: Congratulations on the ribbons! You're such a great quilter!
Last year I bought Ipods for DH, DS and myself. DH has never opened his! DS told me yesterday he has enough music to listen for 34 days! I have about 12 hours on mine and I love it! I'd much rather have the earbuds in listening to music than be listening to the roar of the machine while quilting.
Good luck on the test! I know you will be so happy to be finished and look back and see what you've accomplished! I'm proud of you.
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In the world of Korean professional StarCraft: Brood War, no one personifies "superstar" more than these four men: Kim "Bisu" Taek Young, Song "Stork" Byung Gu, Lee "Jaedong" Jae Dong, and Lee "Flash" Young Ho. Were it not for the other three, any one of these players would be unanimously considered the best in the world during their prime. These incredibly skilled players made the last years of Brood War possibly the most enthralling era of competition in that game's history. Finally, at the MLG Spring Championship, they played StarCraft II on Western soil for the first time.
We got a chance to sit down with these legendary figures and spoke with them about the games, their journey to the United States, and their transition to StarCraft II.
What were your initial impressions of StarCraft II?
Jaedong: I think StarCraft II is very similar to Brood War except for the UI. StarCraft II is really fun so I wish to continue to play it. Although I was a Brood War pro-gamer when StarCraft II was launched, I had good feelings about it and really wanted to play the game because I thought this game would be loved globally.
Flash: Honestly, I didn't like StarCraft II at first because I have been doing very well with Brood War, and I thought that Brood War would continue to be more popular. However, StarCraft II became a global trend and I found it to actually be really fun, so I decided to practice StarCraft II to become a super-star.
Bisu: Hello, I am Taek Young Kim! As a pro-gamer, not as a gamer, I felt a little bit anxious at first because I worried I would lose my job. As time went on, I quickly began to think "Someday I will play StarCraft II," as I watched the growing popularity of the game. I was sad at first because I lost a lot, but now I'm enjoying the game as I feel my skill grow. I wish to reach a Grand Final at a global competition for passionate global fans.
When you first played StarCraft II, how did your games go?
Jaedong: It was really difficult to play StarCraft II in my first game because I was used to playing Brood War.
Flash: My first StarCraft II game was almost a year after the game was released. I had arm surgery and rehabilitated with athletes in the mountains at that time, then suddenly I felt like playing StarCraft II, so I played alone secretly. Nothing but losses filled my game history, but I kept playing so I could find common ground between Brood War and StarCraft II.
Bisu: I have trouble playing StarCraft II because so many protoss units have been changed. I knew I could change Hotkeys but I didn't, in order to get used to the new game.
Stork: About two years ago, when StarCraft II launched, StarCraft II was the only game that was allowed to be played in my team house besides Brood War, so we played StarCraft II during break time. I adapted soon because not only were units like the zealot similar, but the overall trend of the game resembled Brood War. Although two Brood War pro-gamers in my team house rapidly turned into StarCraft II pros, I believed that I could catch up with them soon so I remained in the team house.
When did you start practicing seriously?
Jaedong: Let me see… I started to practice seriously about two months ago.
Flash: (whispering - Wait, when did the Grand Final end?) About a month and a half ago?
Bisu: Me, too. About a month and a half ago.
Stork: About a month and a half ago.
What was the hardest thing to get used to about StarCraft II?
Jaedong: I feel Brood War and StarCraft II are completely different games. Every unit in StarCraft II has very clear counter units and this seems to make it harder to turn a game around. That was the most difficult thing to adapt to in the new game for me. The new UI also made me frustrated.
Flash: The biggest difference from Brood War is that it's hard to turn the game around. In Brood War, each player's performance in unit production varied, but in StarCraft II, everyone can make a lot of units with ease due to the convenient interface. I think this is the most important point that makes tuning the game around harder.
Bisu: Unlike Brood War, unit combinations and the counter build order are very important in StarCraft II. This is the hardest part for me.
Stork: Brood War has "standard" build orders which are viable against any kind of opposing strategy, allowing for a long term fight. In StarCraft II, I feel it's difficult to come back from having my build order countered or from making a mistake. If I take my first expansion a little bit later then my opponent, the resource gap between us widens due to Chrono Boost, Larva Spawn and MULE. It makes the game hard to turn around.
Did you attempt to mimic the build orders of current StarCraft II pro-gamers, or did you try to develop your own builds?
Jaedong: At first, I just tried to mimic other players' build orders because I knew nothing. I thought that making new build orders and strategies would be only available when I attained full knowledge of units and insight into the game, so I thought I needed more time to reach it.
Flash: I also tried to mimic when I began to play StarCraft II. But even mimicking was difficult for me. When I learned a new build order, I kept practicing repeatedly until I felt sufficient, then I used to modify it. It is the same now, so if I learn a nice new strategy, I practice it repeatedly and then try varying it.
Bisu: At first, I tried to just play the game as much as I could rather than watch GSL matches. Then, I watched GSL and GSTL matches. Though I try to mimic those matches, I lose a lot because I'm not trained perfectly yet.
Stork: I just played games without watching any VODs for the first month. But I ended up watching other matches because I couldn't learn build orders by myself. I'm not skilled enough to understand as soon as I see other build orders or strategies yet, so I'm asking team mates and learning from those who are better than me.
What unit in StarCraft II is your favorite to use, and what unit from Brood War do you miss the most?
Jaedong: My favorite StarCraft II unit is the infestor. I think it is similar to the defiler from Brood War, but now it is better because it can be produced on Tier 2 (Lair). The mutalisk is very commonly used in Brood War but I feel sad that it is impossible to control mutalisks the way I did in Brood War.
Flash: My favorite StarCraft II unit is the marauder. It looks strong and it actually is, so I produce it quite often. I liked to use goliaths very much in Brood War so when I heard that Thor replaced the goliath in StarCraft II, I tried to use it a few times. But the Thor is not my favorite because it feels too massive. I miss the goliath, the slim one.
Bisu: My favorite unit is the immortal because it is incredibly effective against marauders and roaches. I miss the corsair.
Stork: Although I like all of the StarCraft II units, I like especially the sentry. There are no units I particularly want to carry over from Brood War, but if I had to choose one, it's the arbiter.
Many players in the KeSPA Proleague have claimed Protoss is especially strong, and Protoss players seem to be having the most success in their transition. What causes this, would you say?
Jaedong: Strong? Is protoss strong? I'm not sure about that. I don't know whether protoss is really strong and I think balance always changes as time passes.
Flash: The reason protoss is so strong is… oh, honestly, I have no idea. I don't think I have enough skill to judge the balance. However I can say StarCraft II protoss has advantages for new players, like Warp Gates.
Bisu: I think protoss is a race which everybody can play well at first. The protoss win rate is quite a bit higher than other races among us because our skill is not that high yet. However, protoss doesn't seem to have that many advantages for all high-level matches that I watched. I believe protoss strength is based on a lot of studies and practices that protoss players have done.
Stork: On my team (Samsung Electronic Khan), I have seen protoss players' skill grow quicker than other races when we started to play the game. Compared to Brood War, I think Brood War and StarCraft II protoss have many things in common and protoss is the most convenient race to control and needs the least consideration. So I think it makes protoss stronger at low levels, but the strongest race would be zerg as players' skills grow.
The first StarCraft II Ongamenet Starleague is scheduled for July, and it will be open to more than just KeSPA players. Do you think you will be prepared?
Jaedong: KeSPA Proleague would continue into July, but I don't know whether the StarCraft II OSL (Ongamenet StarCraft II League) is scheduled for July or not. I'm afraid there would not be enough time to practice both Brood War and StarCraft II.
Flash: Only one month remains until July so it seems to be difficult to practice both Brood War and StarCraft II at the same time. I don't think I'll be prepared by then.
Bisu: I heard about the July OSL, but I think that I need to practice harder to reach higher rounds in the league. I'll do my best.
Stork: Our skill grows quicker than many expected, so I believe that we'll have enough chance to win the final match.
Some of you attended BlizzCon 2011 here in Anaheim, and you've been here at MLG this weekend. What do you think of the foreign community as compared to Korea?
Jaedong: This is my second visit to Anaheim, after last year's BlizzCon, and every time I visit here, the passionate and energetic StarCraft II fans surprise me. As a pro-gamer, I love such fans and couldn't wait to participate in such matches. So I will practice harder and polish my skill to participate again. I can't wait for that moment.
Flash: Every time I visit here, I always feel surprised at passions and cheers of fans. I'm very happy with it because it is not common in Korea. Of course, I know every fan's love is not comparable because each fan has different ways of expression.
Bisu: I appreciate everyone's love for me very much. I love those fans' passionate cheers. I also love the BarCraft culture: watching the game with drinking. I wish it would be held in Korea.
Stork: Unlike Korean fans, fans in here are very passionate and active, so I feel envious. It's very interesting that while Korean fans, teams, and pro-gamers are tend to focus on victory, but global fans generally enjoy watching the game itself.
Do you have any words for these fans, at home in Korea and abroad?
Jaedong: I really appreciate both my Korean and global fans. Now as I start to play StarCraft II instead of Brood War, I'll do my best to improve my skills and reach the top GSL players' level.
Flash: Thanks to my global fans for their constant love. The only thing I can do to show my thanks is to show victories and epic matches to you guys. I will participate in a lot of global matches, so cheer me on! Thank you.
Bisu: I don't have a single victory in StarCraft II yet, so I hope to show a great match someday. Cheer me on please. Thanks.
Stork: I promise to show you guys a good performance in KeSPA Proleague that I'm participating in currently. Although we are not popular globally compared to GSL players, we will do our best and promise victories and epic matches beyond the GSL players'.
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My friends each have special requirements: no peppers, no onion, lactose free, no ham, etc. and even vegetarian and each of these was accomodated with ease and precision. Two ordered a vegetable sandwich that used to be on the menu. I was truly amazed and pleased and appreciative and how each was accomodated. I wish you would take this a step further and develop and sugar free, lactose free dessert other than just the fruit cup, for your menu. Add to it but don't remove anything. You still make the best cannoli this side of Naples, Italy!!
Wonderful meal!! Everyone enjoyed their food, quality was second to none. Service was excellent. Very affordable fine dining experience in beautiful setting.
The scene is delightful and the food delicious. You are made to feel special.
I'm not usually a picky eater but there are two things I don't like and that is goat cheese and seafood haha, and most of the menu consists of those. to celebrate my hubby & I's one year we both got the lasagna, it was delicious!!!!!! so good. our anniversary was on a Tuesday night and we made a reservation anyway but it was nice & quiet, not to mention they put us in the corner with 2 windows and the sun was setting so beautifully. I cant think of much to complain about - besides the fact that there was only one waitress for the whole dining room when mgmt could have had 2 or 3 on to balance out the workload. Also, very nice & clean!!
We found the food and atmosphere to be fantastic. The service was very prompt and the server made a great connection with us.
Came with my family for brunch. We all enjoyed it, from 14-year-old grandson to 81-year-old Grandad
I took my friend here for her birthday. I always take my friends here. The variety of food, presentation and quality is always topnotch. The service is friendly, attentive but not intrusive. The chef writes Happy Birthday on the dessert plate for the person and makes us feel special and valued. The cannoli are even better than in Naples, Italy where they originated. Burna Purkin
From start to finish The Il Salici @ the Willows would be a loctaion I would recommend and return again and again. Booked a table on line - easy process - confirmation came to e-mail - thank you - very good service - attention - food presentation and taste excellent.This was a work meeting , dinner with guests from out of town - they loved the view and the atmosphere. Thank you
We took my parents and my in-laws out for Sunday Brunch with our 2 yr old daughter. Servers/Hostess was very professional/helpful. I made special requests for my daughter and they were all met happily. The food is fantastic, I especially enjoyed the waffle & omelet bar - your food ends up looking like a spread in a magazine! Beautifully big windows to enjoy the perfect day and look out onto the perfectly manicured golf course. Slightly more expense than other buffets, but a very good deal considering the much nicer environment and higher quality food. I recommend making a reservation though, the Sunday brunch buffet is very popular and the ladies in front of us in line didn't have a reservation and they had to sit in the lounge.
i was very impressed with the food and the service. it was very surprising that the restaurant was not full. i will definately visit again next time i am in saskatoon.
We went there for my wife's birthday. We picked a time later on a Sunday evening so it would be quiet and cozy. It was both. Waitress was very nice, the wine, service and prices were all very good. The lobster cannelloni was awesome and we'll be going back again for sure if for no other reason than that. The bread plate had some nice little treats on it too and a really nice dipping concoction for the breads.
Awesome as always. Excellent service, food & atmosphere everytime we attend. Thankyou all.
We sat at a table overlooking the golf course which was as requested and it was lovely. Brunch had a great selection including made to order omelettes and waffles, lots of hot food choices, almost everything was cooked perfectly and delicious. The chef noticed that eggs benedict warming tray was down to only a few choices left and told us to wait because he would like to serve fresh ones. All in all, excellent service and food and atmosphere. Great choice for a special occasion and surpasses any other brunch buffets we have had in Saskatoon.
Excellent overall. Just a bit too noisy for our taste.
We went for my Birthday Brunch and it was Fantastic, lot's of food options and the price was right. The atmosphere was perfect.
Very nice intimate dinner for two. Food was great but service not up to standard for this kind of restaurant. When my wife got her rack of lamb a young girl came over and asked if she wanted grated parmesan cheese on it?
Wonderful dining experience at the Willow's, The service wasn't the best but the food made up for it. It was a quiet evening and it didn't seem to busy. They did a decent job accomidating a senior and children for a great bitlrthsay experience. Thank's Willows!


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The girls soccer bi-district playoffs begin on Thursday night, and several local squads will be trying to punch their ticket to the state tournament. However, unlike previous seasons, the district tournament has changed to a new format, allowing the regular season champions of the leagues to earn an automatic berth into the state tournament. That means that for everyone that finished second or below in their league, they must win two games to qualify. The second round of districts is set for Saturday. Here's a quick look at the schedule for local squads.
Bellarmine Prep (Narrows 4A #3) vs. Tahoma(SPSL 4A North #3), 5 p.m., Curtis High School – loser out
With a Bellarmine win, they would play at Art Crate Stadium on Saturday at noon against the winner between Rogers and Kentwood in a loser-out, winner-to-state contest.
Wilson (Narrows 3A #2) vs. Peninsula (SPSL 3A #5), 7:30 p.m., Stadium High School – loser out
With a Wilson win, they would play at Highline Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 10 a.m. against the winner between Foss and Enumclaw in a loser-out, winner-to-state contest.
Foss (Narrows 3A #4) vs. Enumclaw (SPSL 3A #3), 5:30 p.m., Sunset Chevy Stadium – loser out
With a Foss win, they would play at Highline Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 10 a.m. against the winner between Wilson and Peninsula in a loser-out, winner-to-state contest.
Curtis (SPSL 4A South #1) vs. Camas (GSHL 4A #1), 7:30 p.m., McKenzie Stadium (Vancouver) – both to state
The Vikings, already assured of a trip to state, are simply playing for seeding. With a win they will play for the No. 1 seed to state at Mount Tahoma Stadium on Saturday at 2 p.m. against the winner between Kentridge and Gig Harbor. With a loss, they will play the loser of those teams for the No. 3/4 seed on Saturday at noon at Curtis High School.
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The ext filesystem – a four-generation retrospective
The extended filesystem has been part of the Linux kernel since 0.96c – a faithful companion of the free operating system. With its developments – or, rather, rebirths – through ext2, ext3, and ext4, it is one of the oldest Linux-specific software projects.
The Linux kernel [1] is now almost 22 years old. Its faithful companion since 1992 has been the family of extended filesystems, ext [2]-[4]. For many reasons, Linux took its first steps with a filesystem derived from Minix [3]-[5]). Originally, Linus Torvalds only wanted to develop a better terminal emulator for Minix. Therefore, he had no need for a separate filesystem. Even as the Torvalds project turned into an operating system kernel, the development still continued under Minix. The shared filesystem made it easier to exchange data.
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The filesystem used in Minix, which was originally developed for educational purposes, had some significant limitations. The maximum file size was 64MB and the maximum filename length was 14 characters [4]. For some Linux pioneers, these limits were eventually unsustainable, and they started to think about a new, native Linux filesystem. Linus integrated the VFS (virtual filesystem) layer into kernel version 0.96a, which facilitated adding additional filesystems (Figure 1) [4] [6].
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New law prohibits pointing lasers at aircraft
When a police helicopter was flying overhead searching for a criminal suspect in Virginia Beach, Christopher Willingham did something he now acknowledges was "stupid": He pointed a green laser at the helicopter – temporarily blinding the pilot and halting the search. That stunt was not only stupid – it was illegal: Willingham was charged with a felony under a federal law that prohibits pointing a laser at an aircraft. In January, Willingham pleaded guilty to interfering with the authorized operation of an aircraft and is scheduled for sentencing this week. Willingham was prosecuted under federal law because there was no applicable state law. That will change on July 1, when a new Virginia law kicks in. The Virginia General Assembly passed the legislation – House Bill 87 – during its 2012 regular session. Gov. Bob McDonnell signed it into law on March 30. The bill, proposed by Delegate Barry Knight, R-Virginia Beach, states, "Any person who knowingly and intentionally projects a point of light from a laser, laser gun sight, or any other device that simulates a laser at an aircraft is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor." A Class 1 misdemeanor is punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine. The bill will be added to an existing state law that forbids interfering with the operation of an aircraft. Under that law, if the interference endangers the life of the pilot or anybody else, it's a Class 6 felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Willingham, 28, was convicted for flashing a laser pointer at a Virginia Beach police helicopter from his backyard near Naval Air Station Oceana around midnight on Nov. 1. The helicopter was assisting ground units in pursuing someone who had run from a traffic stop. The pilot suffered temporary blindness from the laser strike, and so the co-pilot assumed control of the helicopter. The pilots flew over Willingham's residence. He ran back into the house, came back out and then continued to point the laser at the helicopter, according to Neil MacBride, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. When police arrived, Willingham confessed to flashing the laser pointer at the aircraft. He pleaded guilty in January. Afterward, at a news conference at Oceana, Willingham apologized and warned the public against pointing lasers at aircraft. "It's very dangerous," he said. "A lot of people don't understand how dangerous it is." Willingham's case is not an isolated incident. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, there were about 3,600 laser strikes nationwide last year, including 98 in Virginia. Willingham was the first person to be convicted of a felony in a laser-pointing case in the Eastern District of Virginia. Naval Air Station Oceana reported 13 laser incidents last year. Oceana expressed its concern about the strikes to Virginia Beach officials, who then asked Knight to propose the legislation to protect naval and police pilots. Another impetus for the legislation was a loophole in an existing law found by the cities of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. The law stated that shining a bright light at aircraft was illegal but did not specifically cover laser pointers. Knight said he was also influenced by personal experience. He is a licensed helicopter pilot who has been in a similar situation. "I have had a bright light shined into my eyes probably on accident. It was very dark; a boater shot it, and it temporarily blinded me," Knight said. "Your eyes can't refocus for 20 seconds or so, and that can be disastrous when you're flying along at low levels and fast." Even though a laser's beam is small in diameter close-up, it widens by several inches over greater distances. Also, imperfections in the glass of a plane's windshield cause the beam to expand even more within the cockpit. The stronger the laser, the more amplified the effect. Capt. Bob Geis of the Naval Air Station Oceana said laser strikes make landing particularly dangerous. "It's a busy phase of flight for the pilot, so distractions at this time are particularly bad," Geis said. He sees the new law as an opportunity to spread the word about a practice that "can be blinding either temporarily or permanently." Many people like Willingham may not know the full danger of laser strikes for pilots, Geis said. He said Willingham "was very apologetic; he didn't have any idea how much damage he would cause with the laser he had. He was just goofing around and had no idea of the magnitude of what would happen." Willingham is scheduled to be sentenced Friday. He faces up to 20 years in prison. He is hoping for a lighter sentence because of his apology and his cooperation with authorities. |
Strikers, Kickers form partnership
Citizen Staff Reports 12/03/2013
The region's two premier youth soccer organizations – the Richmond Kickers and Richmond Strikers – have partnered to create Richmond United, a cost-free U.S. Soccer Development Academy program designed to serve the most talented players in the region. The arrangement marks the first time in U.S. Soccer Development Academy history that two member clubs have united their respective Academy programs.
Slated to begin play in the fall of 2014, Richmond United will field U13/14, U15/16 and U17/18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams. The teams will train and play home games at two of the top soccer specific complexes in the nation, Ukrop Park and Striker Park. > Read more.
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Henricus Historical Park has a new, messy guest. Eleanor, a rare five-month-old Tamworth pig, was donated this month to the Chesterfield park by the Chesterfield County Farm Bureau as part of an effort to enhance the living history museum's partnership with the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom. Eleanor and her livestock pig and goat neighbors at the park will be a special attraction for the schoolchildren and others who visit the Henricus Historical Park. Eventually, she will triple from her current 150-pound weight and grow to about two feet tall. > Read more.
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So I have just finished building my sammichSID including voltage checks, and have gotten as far as the firmware upload and when I hit "Query" in MIOS I get a "No Response" message. I have tried all steps in: http://www.ucapps.de...debug_midi.html and cannot get the loopback to work. I also tried doing the loop back from JMO and JMI and still nothing.
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The public is invited to join Mayor Bill Bogaard, Councilmember Steve Madison, Fire Chief Calvin E. Wells and other Pasadena officials on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, to celebrate the rededication of Fire Station 39 following its $2.9 million seismic retrofit and renovation.
Light refreshments and tours of Fire Station 39 at 50 Avenue 64 will be available after the program, which begins promptly at 11:30 a.m.
Fire Station 39 is one of the oldest of the City Fire Department's eight stations and was originally constructed in 1949. The seismic retrofit and extensive interior remodel work was completed to comply with California earthquake and ADA (Disability Act) standards.
On Saturday, December 7, photographers, make-up artists, hair stylists and volunteers gave homeless men, women and children a special gift. To celebrate the Fifth Annual Help-Portrait, volunteers offered makeovers and photo portraits to the residents of Pasadena-based Union Station Homeless Services – just in time for the holidays.
Pasadena's Help-Portrait took place at Centennial Place, a 142-unit SRO (single room occupancy) apartment building, run in partnership by Union Station and Abode Communities. Residents of Union Station's shelters and apartments were treated to a very special make over and photo shoot.
"This picture will actually join [my family] closer together so that they can recognize me as their grandfather and as a person of society," said one past Help Portrait participant.
As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity, KCETLink and Union Bank are seeking nominations for women for the Local Heroes Awards during Women's History Month. If you know someone in KCET's 11 county broadcast area who is providing great leadership and making significant contributions to improve and enrich the lives of others and their community, we encourage you to go to KCET.org/heroes to review the guidelines and submit a nomination form. While on the KCET website, don't forget to view the 2013 Local Heroes.
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Cambridge Mail Server: Exim 4.70 Provides Better Spam Protection
Exim 4.70, a mail server developed at the University of Cambridge, combines new features and bugfixes.
The new Exim server provides native support of DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), so as no longer to depend on external libraries. DomainKeys are cryptographic extensions for mail headers that confirm the domain source for messages. DKIM should help fight spam and phishing attempts.
A further Exim feature is support for Distributed Checksum Clearinghouses (DCC), a system that checks well-known spams against their checksums, albeit the feature being still in an experimental stage.
Developers also removed the embedded library for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) from the server, because most operating systems provide their own library for the purpose. The project changelog also lists a slew of fixed bugs.
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Emily Gerson: What led you to become innkeepers?
Lisa Feistel: It really began as we were in our regular lives in Connecticut; we just always loved to entertain. We loved hosting people at our house for whatever event or dinner. We loved having people stay over, and it was oddly an easy fit for us...We were looking for a change in our life. One day we said, "Geez, what would it be like innkeeping?" There were other things that were precursors. The big thing was that we both have been in professions that were really high-paced, then 9/11 came. It just really changed our thinking. We know at that time that it was a big eye opener, and we were ready for a change.
Doreen Birdsell: We had made our commitment prayer at the end of August right before 9/11. We met [an innkeeper] and said, "Wow, this felt like a good life for us." A friend had just died. Our businesses were owning us rather than us owning them. Things had become very busy for my photography business, and Lisa was in the car business. They were very high-strung jobs, and innkeeping looked like a way for us to use our entrepreneurial skills and give back to other people while doing what we love to do--to entertain.
EG: How wonderful that you followed your dream! How long did you plan this out before buying your inn?
LF: It was one of those real turning points in life that come, and you just have to recognize it. We went back to Provincetown for a vacation. We weren't really looking at B&Bs. It was sort of a fantasy and a dream. We weren't really out actively seeking it out. Doreen decided to write a book, which she has written. I was going to go to seminary school. It's 2005, and we're up in Provincetown. We were staying [at a B&B]. We got on our bikes and started looking at real estate as a hobby.
This is the fun part of our story. It's something I love to share with guests to help them recognize when there's a vision, and when to take that risk. We're on a bike ride, we pop in a real estate office, and we see The Inn at Cook Street for sale. Three years prior, we had been guests there. We saw this inn for sale, and it all came flooding back how we fell in love with the building, this beautiful house. It needed a lot of updating and an aesthetic makeover, but we remember being guests and sitting in the living room I now own, and I thought, "Man, what I could do with this place," never imagining that three years later, it would be for sale.
EG: When did it become real for you?
LF: I thought it was just a dream and vision; I didn't take it seriously. We walked in the office and saw it was for sale! We might as well do it! And she said it's sold. It sold the same day it went on the market. We left, but that night we went to dinner with a friend. A woman they had invited, who I'd never met, said she knew who bought it. She said they were going to break it up and sell it as condos. That's what was happening in Provincetown at the height of the market...We thought how it would be awful to turn that beautiful B&B into condos! She asked us if we wanted their number. Now it's back in our court again! This dream just keeps coming back at us. We called them, and we realized they're just in it for the money.
D: If it was an inn, we'd let them pursue their dream. But they just wanted it for a profit.
L: So we took the next step, and that's when it all began. We had to sell everything we had to make it happen. In one way, the charm is that we saved a beautiful B&B from being broken into a condominium.
D: The neighborhood really appreciated it, too! People have found us online a long time later and said they're so happy they found it had remained a B&B. It was really gratifying to see people applauding our purpose. Provincetown has lost many of its B&Bs.
EG: What drew you to this B&B in particular?
LF: When I was a guest at the inn, I was so charmed by the beautiful building. When I sat there as a guest, I thought, "Wow, this is such a special place!" There are beautiful gardens. There are many days when I walk through, and I can't believe we've done this! And it's ours. There's something very special about it, but I think most people reflect that it's a beautiful, amazing home that goes back to what we love doing--being entertainers to family and friends. Now we do that with people from around the world. But it still feels like a home, though it's a B&B—people say they feel like they came home! We make sure it stays that way.
DB: Even though it has the home appeal, for the traveler that wants privacy, five of our accommodations have private entrances, and we have two cottages. People can be anonymous. As an individual innkeeper, you have to know when someone wants to talk versus when someone wants to left alone. I think we're pretty savvy about how to be intuitive about that.
EG: I saw that you're adding the Triangle Tea Room to your inn this year! Can you please tell me about it?
DB: Lisa started a loose leaf tea company. Since I'm a professional photographer, I have enlarged many canvases that will go on the wall as we open about a tea room and gallery. We have the go-ahead from town to do that and incorporate that in the inn.
LF: We are doing that, but we're very aware of our guests and making sure that it maintains itself as traditional B&B...Last year, we began to do tea tastings at the inn. It was only for our guests. It went over so well because it gave people something to look forward to. It was also another opportunity for people at the inn together and to get to know each other. I make sure it's fun! Where some guesthouses do wine or cheese to bring guests together, I do tea tastings. It's also something that we feel has become another benefit we offer to help people in general…It's a quiet place where people can come if they like, and it's separate from the rest of the inn
EG: I saw that part of the proceeds go toward helping elephants. Why did you choose this cause?
LF: There's a worldwide awareness right now about elephants becoming endangered because of the ivory trade. Both of us are drawn to philanthropy, and it's a big calling for us. The biggest goal for both of us is to be able to give back. My tea is a product, but we are really very focused on making sure partial proceeds go to organizations we believe in. Right now, elephants really need help. It's all over the news. There's a huge demand to stop ivory trade and a huge amount of money is needed. I'm a big animal lover. I was very moved by a woman who her and her husband were pilots. They're in Africa; they gave up their pilot positions to go open an orphanage for elephants. Because of that connection, they hosted two orphaned elephants.
I became so interested in this, and I started realizing how much they needed. I thought I'd tie the tea in to help them. It's a win-win. People digesting tea are healthier, and I can do something about tea—something I love—and part of the proceeds are getting sent to elephant orphanages. It's so beautiful...it's a greater reward when you can share prosperity where there's a great need. We'd like to share that…I make sure people get to see how it's changing the lives of the elephants. And the people who are donating their time tirelessly to help.
EG: That's incredible. Have there been any surprises about being innkeepers? Are there any aspects of the job that you weren't expecting?
DB: I had no idea that our outreach would extend around the globe. That today I'm Facebook friends with so many of our guests! We have heard so many incredible stories, met such amazing people.
LH: Yes, amazing stories from people all over the world! The best part of innkeeping is there are people we've met that we'll know for a lifetime. We've been invited to stay in our guests' homes; people who have said, "Whenever you're in Ireland, come on over!" I know there's a sincerity around that. The other part is that there's nothing more satisfying as an innkeeper—nothing—than when you have a return guest…when that guest comes back, that says to you that you did a good job. I'm not talking just about things like fine sheets. There's something about coming back to your home; they feel welcome and cared for. We really work hard to make sure that happens.
EG: When your guests ask you what to do in Provincetown, what are your favorite recommendations?
LF: Whalewatch. You have to do it—the whales are beyond special here. There's just something magical about it.
DB: The art!
DB: And the ocean. We have the most beautiful National Seashore. Sometimes I stand at the top of a dune and I can't hear anything but the wind. But I say, "Somewhere in the world, it's rush hour." We tell people to take magnificent walk through dunes and forest.
LF: Here's the other thing--you don't need a car in Provincetown. Get a bike! When staying where we are in the Gallery District, we tell them park your car. The only thing you'll need it for to get to the National Seashore if you don't like to bike.
DB: If they don't want to go to the ocean, we have a private access to the bay beach for guests right down the block. We give guests beach umbrellas, chairs, and towels. Because we're in the Gallery District, we have some of the finest Provincetown restaurants like The Mews and Devon's. There are some great galleries. Walk five minutes in the other direction, and you'll be at The Provincetown Theater. At the end of the night, you get to return to the neighborhood, not a commercial center.
EG: What else makes your B&B unique?
LF: You get to come home at the end of the day! Also, because Doreen is a professional photographer, guests very often ask her to take them on photo shoots. It's a really wonderful thing we can offer, since we already have an intimate relationship with guests. I also do video work. It's just another special thing that happens for us. We also do small weddings and family events at the inn. There's something really magical about that.
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Pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis has been a major figure in contemporary jazz since the late 1950s, playing music with a warm, open personality that's allowed him to cross over to the pop and R&B charts. Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 27, 1935, and was introduced to music by his father, who directed the choir at a local church and enjoyed the music of Duke Ellington and Art Tatum. Lewis began studying the piano when he was four years old, and was soon accompanying the choir at Sunday services. At the age of 15, he joined a jazz combo called the Cleffs, who played at parties and dances. Lewis was interested in a leaner, more bebop-oriented sound, and when the group splintered after several members joined the military, he formed the Ramsey Lewis Trio with two other former Cleffs, bassist Eldee Young, and percussionist Redd Holt. The trio became a fixture on the Chicago jazz scene, and they were signed to a deal with Chess Records, releasing their first album, Ramsey Lewis & His Gentlemen of Jazz, in 1956. Lewis and his trio continued to record and tour steadily over the years, building a sizable audience among jazz fans, but their career received a serious boost in 1965, when they recorded a swinging version of Dobie Gray's hit "The In Crowd" at a gig in Washington, D.C. Chess released the track as a single, and it became a sizable pop hit, earning Lewis his first gold record, as well as a Grammy award for Best Jazz Performance. As Lewis' star rose, he returned to the pop charts in 1966 with versions of "Hang on Sloopy" and "Wade in the Water." Meanwhile, Young and Holt left Lewis' trio to form their own group, Young-Holt Unlimited, and the pianist hired a new rhythm section, Cleveland Eaton on bass and Maurice White on drums. In 1970, White resigned to form his own group, and Morris Jennings signed on as the trio's new percussionist. Lewis continued to record for Chess until 1972, when he moved to Columbia Records, and as his music developed a more contemporary groove, White's group, Earth, Wind & Fire (also on Columbia), was beginning to enjoy considerable success on the R&B charts. White produced Lewis' 1974 album Sun Goddess, in which he experimented with electronic keyboards for the first time, and several members of EWF played on the sessions; it became a major crossover hit and took Lewis to the upper ranks of the smooth jazz/fusion scene. Lewis would continue to record R&B-influenced material through the '70s, but continued to explore his roots in more traditional jazz sounds as well as Latin rhythms. In 1983, he went into the studio with Eldee Young and Redd Holt again for the album Reunion; in 1984, he collaborated with Nancy Wilson on The Two of Us; in 1988, he recorded with London's Philharmonia Orchestra for the album A Classic Encounter, and in 1989, Lewis and Dr. Billy Taylor cut a set of piano duets, We Meet Again. In 1992, Lewis signed with the successful jazz label GRP Records, and in 1995, he launched the side project Urban Knights, in which he collaborated with a handful of successful crossover jazz stars, including Grover Washington, Jr., Earl Klugh, and Dave Koz. In 1997, Lewis added disc jockey to his résumé, hosting a popular show on Chicago's WNUA-FM that ran until 2009; the show went into syndication in 2006 under the name Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis, and is still on the air. In 2005, Lewis looked back on his roots in gospel music with the album With One Voice, which earned him the Stellar Gospel Music Award for Best Gospel Instrumental Album. In 2007, he was commissioned to write a jazz ballet for the Joffrey Ballet Company, and "To Know Her
" debuted at Highland Park, Illinois' Ravina Music Festival, where Lewis is artistic director of the festival's jazz series, and helped found their Jazz Mentor Program. Lewis has also written several pieces for string ensemble and orchestra that have premiered at Ravina; highlights were featured on the 2009 album Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey, his first release from Concord Records. In addition to his work as a performer, composer, educator, and disc jockey, Lewis has received five honorary doctorate degrees, won the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Master Award in 2007, and is one of the few noted jazz artists to carry the Olympic Torch, having briefly escorted the flame as it passed through Chicago en route to the 2002 Winter Games. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Track List: Ramsey, Taking Another Look
Track List: The Very Best Of Ramsey Lewis
Track List: With One Voice
Track List: Ramsey Lewis: Love Songs
Track List: Hang On Ramsey / Wade In The Water
Track List: Ramsey Lewis Trio: In Person 1960 - 1967
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Track List: Consider The Source
Track List: Maiden Voyage (And More)
Track List: Sun Goddess
Track List: Down To Earth
Track List: At The Bohemian Caverns In Washington D.C.
Track List: Finest Hour
Track List: The In Crowd (Live At The Bohemian Caverns / Washington D.C.)
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Pandora does a great job with collecting Ramsey Lewis previous alblums however, Mother Nature Son was not in this collection. SL Wilson
What a fantastic piano player , I am so lucky to have met him and he was so nice to me as somebody he doesn't even know.Please go and see him in concert .
Original and historical for me...my first introduction to Ramsey Lewis and fortunate to see him play live in my hometown during the 70's!!!
This song was my introduction to jazz. Didn't know the term jazz at the time, I just knew I liked songs like this, songs without words. I was in elementary school when I first heard this song and it still songs so..... so good today.
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You didn't know jazz until you listened to one of the finest pianists ever - this being Mr. Ramsey Lewis! I grew up listening to his music which still resonates so beautifully in my mind. What a masterful musical legend!
This guy plays soOOOOO WEEELLLLLL IT SOUNDS LIKe he is a machine with more than ten fingers and just pounds those keys never loosing a beat........ p l a y i n g riff after riff....neve r the same....That is a musician!!!!
Mr. Ramsey Lewis is, "LEGENDARY!! " Very Nice Man, Great Personality.
I was 15 when I first heard Sun Goddess. I used to carry the tape player around with me to play it for my friends. I played the recording over and over. It still gives me the most wonderful feeling. Filled with great memories.
chicagos own a true jazz legend
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Ramsey Lewis has been one of my favorite jazz artists since my college days when I used to fall asleep at night listening to an album of Beatles music he did in the 70's. LOVE his style!
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NOW!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! this is groove music at its pennicle
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Happy Birthday Ramsey! Love your music!!!!!
Ramsey Lewis just keeps on growing, doesn't stop--from back in the day to to-day-day. You think man, he couldn't get any better, then he does. I didn't realize that Mr. Lewis cut his first album in, check this out, 1956. That's some real staying power. Too bad so many experienced artists get shoved aside, just as they are hitting their stride. Takes time to get that mastery that comes with age!
Wow what a funky, funky version of Aretha's classic.. I Love it !!!!
I have been listening to Ramsey for more than thirty years. I enjoyed Young- Holt and introduced my daughter to Earth Wind and Fire. A truly gifted artist. I'm still listening
Ramsey is one of the All Time Greatest
I have been listening to Ramsey close to my entire life. My older sister loved him. Back in the days of the Young-Holt trio, as the group was called, he was an upstart. Those fingers have made magic for many years. I still have some of his early work on vinyl. He hasn't lost anything over time; like a fine wine, he has mellowed into someone to be appreciated. His new collaboratio n s prove that.
I'll never forget listening to the IN CROWD back in Dayton, Ohio in 1965. I became a Ramsey Lewis fan then and I'm still Hangin' on Sloopy. Saw him in person 3 times and got autographs twice .. once in Disneyland when he was there for a while. I didn't care much for his South American period, but got the albums just to find the pony in the manure pile. This is simply my favorite piano player featuring the type of jazz I love.
Newly released... Live in Chicago w/ Stretchin out as a Bonus track. The REAL trio!
Finally, Sun Goddess!!!!C l a s s i c
remember all the publicity the movie Deliah received, when it opened here at the Chicago theater but mostly because he recorded the theme, that was my begining musical romance with this man and his "musical fingers". Years later I attended one of his performances (live) and during intermission he visited geusts, sitting next to me. I was to shocked to ask for his signature. The next time was at the Vehicle Registration Office, when he brought his son in for his license. This time I was bold
Where is "Upendo Ni Pamona?" I grew up to that album and transcribed every song as a 13-year-old, note-for-not e , so I could learn to play along with Lewis. The ear training let me fly through freshman music theory w/out even knowing it!
This reminds me of when things were so real....I was only 14 but I played this album everyday..it was my wake up, my clean up and my going to bed music!
Ramsey made the music acessible to ears not accustomed to listening to jazz. And smoked doing it. He maintains the class and elegance of the Duke. Thank God for Ramsey!
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Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, literally meaning "concert hall," is located at the southern end of the city's Museum Quarter (Museumplein). Home to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, nearly 1,000 concerts take place here each year.
At the time of its construction in the late 19th century, little was known about mastering concert hall acoustics. Yet architect A.L. van Gendt designed a space with near pitch-perfect acoustics and today the space is considered one of best in the world.
For shows and tickets, visit the Concertgebouw's Web site.
Hotels near the Concertgebouw: We recommend many hotels in the peaceful and leafy Museum Quarter (Museumplein), consisting of the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, is situated close to Amsterdam's iconic Vondelpark.
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The Aalders Hotel is a serene three-star property situated a block from the Rijksmuseum.
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The one-star Abba offers 36 basic rooms in a fantastic location within walking distance of the Vondelpark.
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AMD grew its lineup of low-power server chips Monday with the launch of its new Opteron 6300 series.
The new processors are based on the chip maker's next-generation Piledriver architecture and, according to AMD, deliver up to 40 percent higher performance-per-watt compared with the prior-generation Opteron 6200 processors, making them ideal for handling the intense workloads of high-performance computing without compromising efficiency.
"One of the key elements behind the Opteron 6300, with the 16-core [Piledriver] architecture, is the ability to continue to meet ... very high-demand situations and, while you're doing that, you ... maintain energy efficiency," John Williams, vice president of server marketing and business development at AMD, told CRN.
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What's more, Williams said the new 6300 processors, which can reach base frequencies of up to 3.5GHz, will have an edge in the market because of their aggressive price point. Comparing the new Opteron 6380, one of the higher-end chips in the new 6300 series, to Intel's Xeon E5-6290, Williams emphasized that users can save over $1,000 by opting for AMD's 6380, while gaining the same or, in some use cases, even superior performance.
Specifically, AMD said the new Opteron 6380 starts at $1,088, compared to the $2,057 price tag on Intel's Xeon E5-6290.
"HPC is a place where AMD has had a significant focus over the years, and the 6300 series products provide a very compelling value proposition," Williams told CRN." We've got competitive performance. Some places we lead, some places we are right on par with the competition. But when you look at that top line, and you look at the price performance, that's compelling -- a thousand dollars less per socket for what's typically a two-socket server."
The new Opteron 6300 series includes 10 different processors, ranging from $575 to $1,392 in price. The chips also range from having four to 16 cores. Williams said more than 30 servers featuring the new Opteron 6300 processors are being readied for release, including some from HP, Supermicro, and Dell.
The launch of the Opteron 6300 series comes just one week after AMD revealed a new partnership with U.K.-based chip licenser ARM, through which the two will collaborate to develop a new generation of 64-bit Opteron processors for launch in 2014. The new partnership represents the melding of two longtime rival chip architectures, in addition to AMD's growing focus on the server market.
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Last year, the Triad lost more than 17,000 pounds with Transformation Nation Triad. And now, TNT is back!
Together with the YMCA and our local hospital partner, Forsyth Medical Center, we've kicked off Transformation Nation Triad for round 2! You can sign up for Transformation Nation Triad at your local participating YMCA branch.
You'll be put with a group, work with a YMCA instructor, get nutrition advice, and gain tons of new knowledge over this 16 week program. Here's the best part -- Transformation Nation Triad is free! Space is limited so you'll want to get to your participating YMCA branch fast.
We'll be broadcasting live from a different YMCA to meet with the groups participating in Transformation Nation Triad. For program specifics, please contact your local participating YMCA branch.
Participating YMCA Branches – Weight Lost through March 6
Tom A. Finch YMCA – Thomasville, 478 pounds
J. Smith Young YMCA – Lexington, 525 pounds
Hartley Drive Family YMCA – High Point, 256 pounds
Grubb Family YMCA – Trinity, 235 pounds
Alamance County Community YMCA – Burlington, 348 pounds
Davie Family YMCA – Mocksville, 1,078 pounds
Fulton Family YMCA – Winston-Salem, 742 pounds
Jerry Long Family YMCA – Clemmons, 645 pounds
Kernersville Family YMCA – Kernersville, 608 pounds
Robinhood Road Family YMCA – Winston-Salem, 715 pounds
Statesville Family YMCA – Statesville, 392 pounds
Stokes Family YMCA – King, 685 pounds
Wilkes Family YMCA – Wilkesboro, 1,114 pounds
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Kimpton Resorts never disappoint and with summer approaching the FireSky Resort in Arizona has managed to create new packages to entice us all whether visiting for business or pleasure. These packages are available for less than $100 per night leaving you more money to spend in nearby Old Scottsdale. See if any of these suit your fancy:
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- Tee It Up Golf Package: Golf can often be an expensive activity at fine resorts but this package offers unlimited golf for two, a sleeve of balls (always good to have extras) and a flight of beer starting at just $185 between June and September.
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If you just can't seem to get enough glitz in your home, you really love music, and you don't mind making obnoxiously large purchases online through eBay, then this one-of-a-kind Swarovski Crystal Collector Grand Piano by Bösendorfer will be right up your alley. Covered with 8,000 hand-cut Swarovski crystals it looks like something an ice princess would have in a fairytale, complete with matching bench. It's listed for a mere $750,000, and the auction ends Monday.
I love eBay, but I will never understand who does this kind of shopping online!