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Posted 19 February 2005 - 11:20 AM
but... but...
Is this a brave venture into the cemetary of Merseyside, doomed to fail in a masive sea of local apathy towards good eating?
Will he prosper?
"If you're a chef on a salary, there's usually a very good reason. Never, ever, work out your hourly rate."
Posted 21 February 2005 - 05:49 AM
There's more about Fraiche here
I might endevour to find ths place the next time I venture up that way!
Posted 21 February 2005 - 06:23 AM
Have you been here CB? I must admit to having never heard of it despite being only down the M53 in Chester. The Wirral is not exactly a hot bed of great restaurants, usually the more-upmarket chains to keep the posh scousers happy (yes, very much like Chester!)
I haven't been there, in fact, I wasn't aware the place existed until recently.
I lived in Hoylake for two years (what might be termed the more affluent area of the Wirral, or at least getting on for it).
The Wirral has always been a bit odd... on the Dee side it's very affluent, loads of disposable income and the properties are amazing. On the Mersey side, well, Birkenhead.
I notice that the word 'Birkenhead' doesn't appear in any articles I've read about Fraiche, even though Oxton 'village' is right in the middle of Birkenhead, not too far away from my still beloved Tranmere Rovers.
You're right about the chains - good luck to the man, I hope he does well.
"If you're a chef on a salary, there's usually a very good reason. Never, ever, work out your hourly rate."
Posted 09 March 2005 - 04:52 PM
Edited by culinary bear, 09 March 2005 - 04:53 PM.
"If you're a chef on a salary, there's usually a very good reason. Never, ever, work out your hourly rate."
Posted 10 March 2005 - 02:03 AM
It hadn't been on my radar either but lately a handful of people have mentioned to me that I should take a look at it. Caterer also did a big piece on Marc himself with a front cover splash no less.
I actually wondered about getting him to do a spot at the exhibition but with a fairly tight team in the kitchen (just him and a sous at the moment I think) and late notice it just wasn't possible. Pity, we like to have first dibs on the local talent.
His background is certainly top notch, and from what I've read about him he's a talented chef with huge potential. Certainly people in the industry whose opinions I trust have spoken about him in glowing terms.
Yes, and in Birkenhead too...
CB, let me know how you find it.
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Posted 12 March 2005 - 06:50 PM
From the outside, Fraiche is unprepossessing. The door is completely level with the outside windows, leading to a small vestibule only just large enough for myself and Karen - Mrs(ish) Bear - to simultaneously occupy before the server opened the inner door. Much like an airlock, this brought us into a light and airy front room from the bitter cold outside.
Immediately, a departure from the normal chain of events; I wasn't asked who I was, nor if I had booked. I glanced around in vain for a photoboard next to the waiting station, on which I would no doubt find an ursine mugshot alongside those of Rayner, Durack, and Roger McGough. Not to be; either the server has an uncanny memory for voices or it's assumed that no-one would enter and steal a booked table. A bold move on Merseyside.
We were the first table to arrive, and as such, we had the full although not overbearing attention of one Claire Green, who was to slide deliciously into still-respectful informality over the course of our four and a half hour stay. The 'can-I-tempt-you-into-a-glass-of-champagne' was polite and as sincere as I've heard it sound, and when I instead asked for a dry sherry, a choice of manzanilla or fino was offered without recourse to rummaging around in the drinks cupboard.
With my manzanilla came the canapes; two light and savoury cheese and chorizo puffs and a small bowl of spiced glazed pecans. The puffs - their word, not mine - were delicate, intelligently constructed warm choux discs, with a squidgy - my word, not theirs - lump of blue cheese melting in the middle; the chorizo was lurking throughout the choux and it worked very well. The pecans combined rosemary and possibly smoked paprika, though I didn't want to risk being rumbled as a chef by asking too many questions too soon. They stuck to my teeth in the same way as the sticky caramelised bits from a very slowly fried sausage. Good.
The menus came, functional little folded A5 jobs in a smart black 'and the winner is' sleeve. The premise is simple. Four starters, four mains, four desserts (five if you include the cheeseboard, which can be taken as an extra course). Two courses are £25, three are £30, the Fraiche gourmet menu of 5-6 smaller courses taken from the 4-4-4 a la carte is £35, and Marc Wilkinson's tasting menu, "a collection of signature and new dishes capturing the flavours of fraiche" is £45. I felt a overwhelming duty to eGullet to sample as much as I could, as if I needed an excuse, and the decision to go for the tasting menu wasn't a hard one. Karen, as if she had any choice, went along for the ride.
As she was driving, Karen was to be on still water for the evening; I've always felt a bit of a heel drinking on my own, and when I explained that we wouldn't be drinking with the meal this was accepted without comment. The wine list was neither exceptional nor exorbitant, which is precisely what a small restaurant like Fraiche should be offering. Seeing one of your favourite less-well-known wines on a list for the first time is something that always makes me smilethough, and the Clos de l'Obac, an up-front Spanish red from Priorat, was a sign that some thought had gone into the list. I also know how much it costs retail, and the £33 asking price in the restaurant is very fair.
So, to the table. Brown plush liners, damask linen and Price cutlery. Clean uncluttered crockery, later to include some interesting teapots and Villeroy and Boch cups and saucers. It was to be a shame that some of the plates weren't as well-polished as they should have been, but with a front-of-house staff of two and presumably a mountain to clean every service, a few watermarks are not a hanging offence. A dropped and replaced lap-napkin, likewise.
My sentences will get shorter as we get on to the food. Think of them as mental post-it notes.
First course - an ameuse-bouche - of a coffee cup of pea veloute. Very green, very fresh, perfectly seasoned. Scaldingly hot. The foam on top had the right amount of truffle oil in it, which is to say enough to taste of truffle but not to overwhelm the rest. It's been wrong too often, and this was spot-on. I asked Claire about the 'powder on top', and she came back within thirty seconds to say 'dried mushrooms'. I felt a bit bad testing her like that, but I suppose it had to be done. The rest of my questions were genuine, I'm happy to say.
Second course - seared scallops, muscavado glazed chicory, mushroom espuma. Unannounced rocket, but went well. Ditto the fried ceps, and even more so. The best chicory I have ever tasted - the muscavado (later found out to be 50:50 with normal sugar) was at once subtle and strident, and the bittersweet flavours brought the mushrooms, rocket and scallop together very well. More please. The scallop - halved to give two thinner discs - was I thought perhaps too lightly coloured, though this is more than likely my preference talking. Espuma - foamy, not too light, as intense as it could be without masking everything else. This was a peach of a dish. Karen, who regards seafood with as much relish as she would do botulism, genuinely liked this.
Third course - fillet of sea bream, pistachio pesto, crisp rice, tomato consomme. In an offset glass bowl, rimless. The bream had been cooked skillfully, the pesto smeared on the skin side, topped with the puffed up rice thin rice noodles, and hot tomato consomme poured over from a jug by Claire. An interesting small cube of green jelly that dissolved with the heat of the consomme, but I suspect also with the heat of the room - perhaps frozen to keep it solid before melting away to add a very fresh green herbed liquid to the consomme. Neat touch, and a well-thought-out dish. The naturally jellied seeds from a tomato as a garnish didn't add a terrible amount, but neither did they detract any.
Fourth course, or was this the fifth course? To hell with it, I told you there were rough edges here - torchon of foie gras with quince jelly, poached pear. Good foie gras. The best restaurant brioche I have ever had, and produced from the requisite folded napkin (as was all the cutlery this evening - splendidly done). Quince jelly of the standard kind in cubes on the plate, a shard of caramel which I half-suspect included coffee, or possibly the muscavado again, a rectangular wafer of both singular crispness and singular unidentifiability, both sticking out of the disc of foie gras (rolled in brioche crumbs? sitting on a thin ring of poached pear, anyway) like a television aerial. Dressed frisee with tiny cubes of fruity matter. Very good indeed. Tiny little bitter chocolate nibs, too. Memory tries to play tricks by pairing them with the venison but I think they were here, and to good effect.
Fifth, er, next course, I think. The first not to come from the carte, anyway - polenta with a fried quail's egg, pomelo compote, boudin noir. I wasn't overly impressed by this, not compared to the rest of the dishes. I love pomelo, but even this small amount of compote was jarringly bitter, and the little disc of boudin was lost against it. More effective as a palate cleanser than anything else, and as a very small tasting portion wasn't going to do much else, but far from my favourite of the night.
Sixth, again not on the carte. I know that the non-carte dishes can be experimental and far from completely evolved; this one worked well for me, miles better than the last course. Red mullet, cooked flawlessly, crisped skin, savoury and very juicy. Sitting on tiny cauliflower florets and if I remember rightly, tomato concasse. Good vinaigrette. Unobtrusive, and it let the mullet do the talking. Up there with the best mullet I've had (with red wine sauce and sauce albufera on creamed leeks at Martin Wishart).
Seventh, off-carte - rare venison fillet, perigord truffle, celeriac puree, bok choi, potato fondant. Beautiful. The Balmoral estate venison was tender and rich, the bok choi maddeningly resistant to all attempts at cutting it. Terrific fondant, intense sauce. The celeriac puree was the only underseasoned thing I ate all night, but not by much. I had to ask Jerome (the sommelier/runner) the provenance of the small rectangular cube of jelly on top of the fondant.
Eighth, back on the carte - the cheeseboard with 'a contrast of flavours'. Each cheese opposite a cheese partner, in an affineur's version of Strip-the-Willow. From left to right we had reblochon, kidderton goat, montgomery cheddar, gorgonzola and munster, enough for four small tastes of each. Partnering, in the same order, a cube of dried fig and nut 'cake', a slice of fig with truffled honey, a cube of Bourne's fruit cake, red wine jelly, and white wine jelly with cumin seeds. The cheeses were in excellent condition save the cheddar, which was drying and cracked around the edges. The munster was especially good, resolutely evil-smelling, but the real star was the truffled honey. A pot for christmas, please. Good wafers, including oatcakes and charcoal wafers, the latter especially useful for deodorising one's intestinal tract from the effects of the munster, presumably.
Ninth, a pre-dessert in a shot glass - vanilla cream, rhubarb foam. Like liquidised rhubarb and custard boiled sweets. Heaven for a sweet-toothed bear. Good balance between the liquid rhubarb layer and the two layers it separated - cream on the bottom, foamy syrup on the top. Small sweet biscuit on the interface of the rhubarb layers. Lasted precisely 47 seconds, including at least 15 spent trying to assist the staff in washing the glasses by precleaning every last vestige of cream off with the tip of my spoon.
Claire came with the cutlery for the final course, only to stop half-way through, and remember that we were on the tasting menu and had a couple more to come before then. Comedy self-wrist-slapping off to the side, but still deliberately in my view. Grinning all round. Why can't more staff see that some people actually like to have fun and laugh when they're eating out? Some seem stuck in rigid mode...
Tenth non-carte, and alongside the pomelo/egg/boudin taster, a disappointment - apple and cranberry crumble. Bland, lacking much in the way of flavour, not even much astringency from the cranberry. A miniscule smear of what might have been something custardy, but it wasn't a big enough sample to run through a mass spectrophotometer. Like the pomelo/egg/boudin mix, a very small tasting sample, I'd say about an ounce and a half, in a dimple on a wavy white plate. Moving on...
Eleventh - chocolate spoons, with, I think, orange and passionfruit, and chocolate crisp. Ahoy, space dust. Down in one, and about seven seconds until the popping started. If the rest of the food had been tongue in cheek, this would have failed, but alongside everything else this was perfectly placed; good texture contrast, and nostalgie de boue not only for the mud of childhood but for everything gooey and chocolatey I have ever eaten between the ages of two and ten. Cracking.
On asking Jerome again, I got my answer to the seventh-course jelly question, though not before an enjoyable moment where Claire insisted to Jerome the it was sage, Jerome maintaining to Claire it was earl grey. Jerome returned looking sheepish, Claire punched the air in victory, and the matter was settled.
Twelfth, accompanied by a glass of Trentham Coonawarra dessert wine at a fiver, and back on the carte - sweet and sour pineapple, poppy seed parfait, red pepper croquant. Fantastic, a real high-note to bring the main food to a close. Warm pineapple, good enhancement of the natural sweet/sour balance of the fruit itself. Watermelon was the least audible element on the plate, but its textural contrast was a contribution. Beautiful poppy seed parfait, and I'm still extracting seeds from between my teeth a day later. Intense gossamer-thin triangle of red pepper croquant, and the sugared nasturtiums on the pineapple were my first encounter with flowers that contributed to the overall effect of a dessert. Warm crisp dried coconut shavings were slightly lost, but when taken with the parfait worked well.
Tea - fresh mint for me, and white leaf for Karen, who was sitting with a look of cumulative bliss on her face. Petits fours - oh my. Chocolate coated peanut butter ice-cream balls, the smallest banana muffins in existence, a cinder toffee lollipop and a bitter chocolate counterpart, and two thin squares of white chocolate with black olive fragments running through them - especially nice, and marred only by the inclusion of an eyelash in one of them, spotted by my sharp-eyed companion. The offending square removed with apologies and no fuss.
A 1941 Armagnac. I need not say more.
Having ascertained my profession about the time of course four by the simple expedient of the question "are you a chef? I thought so" I was asked more and more about how we'd found the dishes. Once it became clear than we were happy and willing to talk shop, Claire and Jerome would ask Karen and I for, to be fair, slightly more feedback than the average customer. We heard them ask other tables, and like all good staff, judge on their response and their tone how much more in the way of enquiry would be welcome. I can't emphasise this enough; they are very good at judging where to pitch their service, because they pay attention to your responses and know what shape you would like them to adopt during your meal. There's always courtesy and efficiency, but I was heartened to see that they were enjoying serving us, genuinely enjoying it, especially Claire. Some mistakes, dropped napkin, but hey, we're none of us perfect.
I don't usually ask to see the chef in restaurants. Claire didn't ask either, but said she'd bring him along once the tables had had their mains. Like all good conversations between chefs, this one remains between him and I but I was invited into the kitchen (it's miniscule) and shown the toys (pacojet, water bath, thermomix). Suffice to say that he's a chef for chefs, who seems to revel, as w all do to a certain extent, in the voluntary apartheid of the catering profession, especially the AFD brigade, from the rest of the world.
I have rambled too long, and I have missed out whole swathes about the decor (tasteful, minimalist, modern), the acoustics (crafty) and all the other things. Jog my memory if you want to hear more.
Oh, and the bill. £90 for two for the food, mineral water at £3 per large bottle, sherry unremembered but reasonable, dessert wine a fiver, tea and petits fours just over three quid each, armagnac a stupidly reasonable £12. £122 all told. I shall be back.
Edited by culinary bear, 13 March 2005 - 05:00 PM.
"If you're a chef on a salary, there's usually a very good reason. Never, ever, work out your hourly rate."
Posted 13 March 2005 - 10:18 AM
The review (well, for a first-timer, and a chef to boot), and (by the sounds of it) the restaurant. I'll put it (the restaurant) on my 'to do' list.
You even shoe-horned the phrase "mass-spectrometer" in there - a brave and impressive use of nerdy science terminology. Jay got ideas above his station and came up with "single egg molecules" and look what happened to his career!
Eat somewhere else good and tell us about it soon.
I don't post here as frequently as I once did, but to hear me regularly rambling on about bollocks - much of it food and restaurant-related - in a bite-size fashion then add me on twitter as "thomhetheringto".
Posted 13 March 2005 - 06:08 PM
It all burst forth in textual effluvia from my typing fingers last night, though I really enjoyed writing about the whole experience.
You need to go. Everyone does.
"If you're a chef on a salary, there's usually a very good reason. Never, ever, work out your hourly rate."
Posted 14 March 2005 - 02:28 AM
"and a chef to boot?" cheeky monkey. :)
It all burst forth in textual effluvia from my typing fingers last night, though I really enjoyed writing about the whole experience.
You need to go. Everyone does.
Lovely review. And from a squaddie too.
And all that for £45 really is intriguing.
Posted 14 March 2005 - 03:09 AM
And all that for £45 really is intriguing.
Staring into my crystal ball, I see the words "Observer Magazine" and "day return to Birkenhead" wavering in the mists. What can this mean?
Posted 14 March 2005 - 03:43 AM
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Posted 14 March 2005 - 04:51 AM
Lovely review. And from a squaddie too.
I should have been expecting that...
And all that for £45 really is intriguing.
The GP on some of the dishes is obviously better than on others, but given the quality of the ingredients - the venison is from the balmoral estate, the carte quail is from the loire valley, the carte lamb is suffolk black-face, the scallops are hand-dived and the space dust, surely, was of the highest quality money can buy - the price is remarkable. The portion sizes on the tasting menu are never going to be gargantuan, but I saw some of the carte dishes going out and they weren't meagre in the slightest. I'm no sommelier but I have a working knowledge of wine, and the mark-ups were not of the sort that try to make up for lost profit on the food.
I would be prepared to put myself through the anguish of another visit to birkenhead in order to act as bodyguard to any national newspaper critics. *cough*
One of the things Marc and I talked about as regards the restaurant is that he's trying to gear the front of house up - replace the acrylic Boizel wine buckets with silver, apply a few other glosses, acquire laguiole meat knives - so this is clearly a man who doesn't want to stand still either front or back of house.
Edited by culinary bear, 14 March 2005 - 06:18 AM.
"If you're a chef on a salary, there's usually a very good reason. Never, ever, work out your hourly rate."
Posted 17 March 2005 - 05:52 AM
Am really looking forward to this place. We're going for the 6 course tasting menu rather than the 12 course signature menu as I'm eating with a vegetarian and Marc can easily accomodate him over 6 courses. I was interested to chat with Marc about a la carte vs tasting menus and discover that a lot of their business is tasting menus. Feels to me like Marc knows what he wants to serve and I'm guessing this was a bold move for this area that seems to be paying off.
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Posted 26 January 2006 - 12:47 PM
"If you're a chef on a salary, there's usually a very good reason. Never, ever, work out your hourly rate."
Posted 09 April 2007 - 07:29 AM
Posted 09 April 2007 - 10:56 AM
Heston's Disneyland for Sexless Fortysomethings...(Naebody)
Posted 13 April 2007 - 09:53 AM
Posted 13 April 2007 - 11:25 AM
http://alliumfood.wordpress.com/ the alliumfood blog
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming - Whey hey what a ride!!!, "
Sarah Poli, Firenze, Kibworth Beauchamp
Posted 13 April 2007 - 03:50 PM
Congratulations !! We are just about to celebrate beating the odds for three years too! I can completely understand your sentiments!
congrats to you too, hows the twitching? but the question is would you like to do it all again?
Posted 14 April 2007 - 06:19 AM
http://alliumfood.wordpress.com/ the alliumfood blog
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming - Whey hey what a ride!!!, "
Sarah Poli, Firenze, Kibworth Beauchamp
Posted 26 December 2007 - 05:05 AM
I knew my web bookmark entitled 'Places I really want to visit please' would be noticed at some point
Posted 26 December 2007 - 05:43 AM
After failing to get a booking for Fraiche for my birthday in June, Mr Woman has come up trumps with a lovely Christmas pressie of a meal there this Friday Hubby has no idea which menu it is we're having (he mentioned markets but who knows? he has a memory like a sieve), but I'm certainly looking forward to it.
I knew my web bookmark entitled 'Places I really want to visit please' would be noticed at some point
hope you have pleasant visit as for the menu it will be a take on the signature with produce i can find, venison for sure and maybe textures of chocolate which im playing with at the moment hot, cold,iced,soft,crisp etc
if i can get langoustine il be doing a parsley quinoa with black olive powder and chicken skin crisp
Posted 26 December 2007 - 02:06 PM
See you Friday
Edited by Mrs Woman, 26 December 2007 - 02:06 PM.
Posted 28 December 2007 - 05:42 AM
Edited by Mrs Woman, 28 December 2007 - 05:43 AM.
Posted 28 December 2007 - 07:51 AM
Posted 28 December 2007 - 08:18 AM
So unfair, the cold I mentioned on BD has ballooned into a full-on sneeze and cough fest. I doubt you'd want such a red-eyed and nosed customer in your restaurant Marc, so my hubby has just called to cancel. Sorry if it's too late, I wanted to see if I was well enough to go today. Hopefully we can rebook when you're back open in mid-Jan and I have my taste buds back. I will make it to Fraiche one of these days I promise!
sorry to hear that,i have the menu
for tonight
dark chocolate and hibiscus and vanilla salt
pink grapefruit textures
5 spice and pistachio crisps
butternut squash,wild mushrooms,french toast powder
parmesan ice cream
langoustine tail,black olive dust
parsley quinoa
chicken skin crisp
loin of venison,cocoa shallot
chervil tuber
braised gem
then choice of savoury or sweet following courses
sweet savoury
sweet and sour pineapple sweet and sour pineapple
lemongrass pannacotta cheese on toast
sour cherry
coffee blacberry fondant montie with cristalzed seaweed
`apple crumble`
hot chocolate shot, pink praline bridekirk cheese with truffle
Posted 28 December 2007 - 10:59 AM
What times/when you open for lunch?
Posted 30 December 2007 - 12:44 PM
Ah I remember that copy of the Caterer all those years ago, you used poppy seeds in a dessert I seem to remember, didn't realise you were in the Northwest. Blackpool to Oxton here I come!
What times/when you open for lunch?
yes that was one of the dishes im on the wirral about 1 hour 30mins from you if traffic is ok as for lunch fridays and saturdays just let us know if you book can arrange a tasting menu for you at lunchtime if your coming from sunny blackpool off to abac in 2 days excited and spending the day with chef at cinq centits with chef jordi
Posted 09 March 2008 - 11:05 AM
So after my Sat Nav tried to take me back out of the tunnel, I managed to find myself in Oxton. Thankfully Oxton is a pleasing gentrified area that bares no relation to what my predictably lazy mind had projected. I found the place, which has a great dining room and on my table were a pile of high end cookbooks (a costly addiction of mine) and the tone was set for a fantastic experience.
First up was a bowl of what I take to be cooked, dehydrated and then salted Broad Beans
Then from the efficient front of house team came a small bar of perfectly tempered berry infused chocolate ingot.
Next came a bit of cutting edge technique which I think I know how it was done, but I won't tell you of what they tasted. Edible pebbles.
served with a tube of Cep cream.
And then came what I seem to think was a gelified soup (all those lost years of low grade marijuna has affected my memory capacity)
And then came the breads which were again fantastic quality with oil & butter.
Next out caramalised squash, parmesan ice cream and slice of truffle.
Kentucky Chicken (could be wrong on that one)
Langoustine tail with a Chorizo gel.
More Breads
Basil Sorbet, Cumbrian Ham & Manni Olive oil (think it was per me)
Sea Bass, aubergine yoghurt and reduced verjuice.
expensive cutlery
dish of the day; pork belly (best I've ever had)
cheese & seaweed
crystalised rose
cherry foam & lemon grass Pannacotta
nitro chestnut
chocolate orange
tonka & chocolate (that's essential cuisine by Michel Bras in the background)
Pate de Fruit & lemon grass marshmellow
It was absolutely fantastic. I really, really enjoyed my meal and the charming service.
The server even took the pisch for me taking photo's which am sure some of you will!
Not only did I get great food & service I also got a personal librarian to find me all of those titles I've always wanted. Marc has a achingly good collection.
That this man doesn't have a star and other lesser establishments do, makes me think Michelin should stick to tyre manufacturing.
Thankfully I didn't get to meet him because I would have fawned like a complete tw*t.
I now have a new favourite restaurant, in my least favourite city and I implore you, go.
Edited by adey73, 09 March 2008 - 12:59 PM.
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The men's league is $525 per team with maximum of 15 players per team and games begin Jan. 17.
The youth league begin Jan. 27 with games being played Sundays. Cost to join is $125 per person.
Each league will follow 7-on-7 rules.
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When Will Women Take Back the Power of Childbirth?
The truth is not all women in today's society have the choice around childbirth. And now is the perfect time to change that. Women should not be made vulnerable to the system. And that's exactly what midwife-nurse Irene Chain-Kalinowski wants to achieve with the release of her book, My Body My Baby. This hopes to give childbirth back to women so they can make informed choices and celebrate them.
"You need to be well informed throughout your entire childbirth experience and only then can you make healthy choices," adds Chain-Kalinowski. "After all it is 'Your Body and Your Baby'." And this book does just that. It allows women to take charge of childbirth – and celebrate this experience.
Oftentimes, women are vulnerable and busy taking care of their baby after their birth that they do not have time to complain. But they do need to find time to do that. The media release needs to highlight that women deserve the right to free and informed choices. In this experiential, insightful and empowering read for expectant mothers, the author has indeed re-echoed the voices of countless women throughout history, calling for every woman to be able to choose where she births, to have control of her experience, and to be given choices.
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Someone is killing the great TV commercial icons
by Bob Sassone, posted Aug 14th 2009 4:25PM
What would have if some Saw-like serial killer was killing TV commercial icons? That's the premise of the video below. It looks like a movie trailer but it's really an ad for an event called Night of the Adeaters, a party that's going to be held in various cities on September 25, celebrating the best in ads.
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UK Girls Bound
Well here we are with some more sample pics from UK Girls Bound. This site is still going strong with lots of extra girls appearing from the UK. This is all about good honest girl next door bondage and this site provides just that.! There are lots and lots of pictures and loads of movie clips for the member plus a generous supply of free samples. So well done UK Girls bound and keep up the good work. Just click on the banners to visit the site and see what is on offer.
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Back in November of 2013, in an attempt to remind everyone of the true meaning behind the holidays, Sara Kuhn of Brockport created a Facebook event named Random Acts of Kindness Friday.
"Even though many of us do acts of kindness every day, why not dedicate a day where we have as much 'kindness giving' on this Friday as we do 'deal getting' on Black Friday," Ms. Kuhn said.
Sara's sister, Megan Barnes, shared this Facebook event with her co-workers at the Seaway Valley Prevention Council and we all accepted with plans to follow through.
The Seaway Valley Prevention Council, a team committed to providing high-quality prevention services to school districts, communities, businesses and colleges, also has a Special Projects Committee that plans special events for the council and often times random acts of kindness during the holidays. This year, the council decided on making a new sign for Cindy's Cake Shop in Canton and present it to her in the summer as our Random Act of Kindness Friday deed.
Megan Barnes, a prevention educator, also the council's talented artist, presented her design to the Canton Town Planning Board: Mike Morgan – Chair, Debra Backus, Sigi Barr, Joel Howie and Don Tracy, who graciously waived the application fee for the Council in donation to our random act of kindness and approved the new sign design.
Upon approval, Coakley's in Canton graciously donated all the paint necessary for the sign. Triple A was also a huge help, especially Robert Ashley and Shawn Lashua of the Canton Triple A, and Mike Pollock of the Massena Triple A. Their combined effort helped coordinate the easiest way for the Council to get the lumber they generously donated. Don Tracy and Sean Owney also took time out of their day to come and help install the sign at Cindy's Cake Shop. A huge thank you to all, as this project would not have been completed without your amazingly kind donations!
On July 25, the Council finished the sign and went to Cindy's Cake Shop to present Cindy with the sign. Cindy was very appreciative of the new sign. "That sign (the old sign) was made in 1998," she said.
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"All of our member stores have a strong history of hometown community involvement. This campaign is a natural extension of that in the metro region," Schebil said.
Detroit sports legends including former Detroit Lion and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Lem Barney; former Detroit Piston and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Dave Bing; and former Detroit Tiger and Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Horton are scheduled to attend the Foundation Gala. Paula Tutman, WDIV Local 4 News will act as Mistress of Ceremonies.
Chrysler Jeep Superstores will have the luxurious 2008 Chrysler 300C vehicle on display at The Townsend Hotel during the Gala, and in POH Regional Medical Center lobby until Jan. 31st.
The Townsend Hotel is located at 100 Townsend Street in Birmingham. The POH Regional Medical Center is located at 50 North Perry Street in Pontiac.
For more information or reservations to the POH 5th Annual Black-Tie Gala, call The POH Riley Foundation at 248-338-5698 or visit http://www.pohmedical.org .
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The POH Riley Foundation was formed to assure that underserved women
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Observation of Recovery of Foveal Cone Microstructures After Macular Hole Surgery
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The objective is to determine whether a recovery of the microstructures of the foveal photoreceptors after macular hole (MH) closure is correlated with the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) is determined.
Macular Holes
Procedure: Vitrectomy
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|Correlation Between Visual Acuity and Recovery of Foveal Cone Microstructures After Macular Hole Surgery
- Foveal microstructure determined by optical coherence tomography [ Time Frame: Preoperative and postoperative 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The integrity of the microstructures of the foveal photoreceptors; the inner segment/outer segment (IS/OS) junction, the external limiting membrane (ELM), and the cone outer segment tips (COST) line were determined by spectral domain optical coherence tomography.
- The visual acuity [ Time Frame: Preoperative and postoperative 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Preoperative and postoperative best-corrected visual acuity
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The patients who underwent vitreous surgery for idiopathic macular hole.
Procedure: Vitrectomy
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Macular hole patients were evaluated by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to determine the integrity of the microstructures of the foveal photoreceptors. The inner segment/outer segment (IS/OS) junction, the external limiting membrane (ELM), and the cone outer segment tips (COST) line were determined preoperatively, and at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after the MH surgery. The correlation between the integrity of the foveal photoreceptor microstructures and the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was determined.
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Consecutive patients with surgically-closed MHs after successful vitrectomy
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- The patients had undergone surgery from March 2008 to August 2009 at Kyorin Eye Center
- Idiopathic macular hole patients with either a Stage 2, 3, or 4 according to the Gass classification
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- The presence of other retinal diseases including a treated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy
- High myopia with an axial length > 27.0 mm or refractive error > -8.0 diopters
- The patients followed for less than 6 months postoperatively
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01306487
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macular hole
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Polk County Celebrates the Armed Forces
Posted on May 18th, 2012 by Rebecca Thompson
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Polk County is celebrating Veterans and those serving our country in a big way this spring, with no shortage of events and festivities taking place throughout the county from Fantasy of Flight in Polk City to Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales!
National Military Appreciation Month at Fantasy of Flight
May 1-31
May marks National Military Appreciation Month and Fantasy of Flight is pleased to honor the brave individuals of our armed forces with free admission to all U.S active-duty, retired and reserve military.
To qualify for free general admission, guests must present a valid ID.
Legends & Legacies
Fantasy of Flight also hosts their Legends & Legacies Symposium Series year-round which honors American heroes whose personal contributions became part of our country's rich history and helped shape our society. This series provides the audience with the rare opportunity to hear personal struggles, challenges and accomplishments first-hand.
Upcoming dates: June 8-9: Reflections of Vietnam
October 12-13: Letters Home: Love, Courage & Survival
Armed Forces Day Carillon Concerts at Bok Tower Gardens
Saturday, May 19
Bok Tower Gardens will honor the brave men and women of our Armed Forces with special carillon concerts on Saturday, May 19 and free admission to all branches of the military (active, retired and disabled veterans) with valid ID.
Armed Forces Day at Joker Marchant Stadium
Saturday, May 19
Operation Tiger Trot:
-The annual Tiger Trot 5k & Fun Walk will take place at Joker Marchant Stadium Saturday. Registration will begin at 7 a.m., and the race will start at 8 a.m.
-Participants will receive a run shirt, dog tags, yellow ribbon and participation certification – "I SUPPORT OUR SOLDIERS," and prizes include gift certificates, awards, and trophies for 15 age divisions.
-Trophies will be awarded to the Overall Male/Female, Masters Male/Female as well as age group winners. There will also be special military team awards.
-The Tiger Trot benefits the Detroit Tigers Foundation of Florida, Polk County ROTC programs and The Ledger's Newspaper in Education Program.
The Lakeland Flying Tigers will honor current and retired members of the military for their service to the country with free admission to the game where they take on the St. Lucie Mets at 6:00 p.m. Gates open at 4:30 p.m.
Following the game will be a patriotic fireworks extravaganza (weather permitting).
Prior to the game, Roy Powers and the Last Exit Blues Band will perform in the concourse.
The Tigers will also host the North Lakeland Little League's team party before and during the game where each team will parade onto the field prior to the game.
Memorial Day:
All White Memorial Day Weekend Comedy Jam at Polk Theatre:
Sunday, May 27
IV the Soul presents the 1st Annual All White Memorial Day Comedy Jam featuring Marvin Dixon, Shawty Shawty, Ray Lipowski, Vanessa Fraction, & Goldiee on Sunday, May 27 at Polk Theatre.
Tickets are on sale for $25 General Admission.
Memorial Day Concerts at Bok Tower Gardens:
Monday, May 28
Bok Tower will host a musical salute of gratitude on Monday, May 28 with the Armed Forces Day Carillon Concerts. All branches of the military (active, retired and disabled veterans) will receive free admission with valid ID.


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When Charles Tillman intercepted Matthew Stafford's third-quarter pass in Sunday's win, it appears Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, also known as Megatron, had a chance to tackle Tillman before he scored. That is, until he saw Julius Peppers coming to make a block.
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From his perspective, the lottery isn't broken - so why "fix" it?
It's well-run - without a lot of bloated bureaucracy.
It returns something like a 30 percent net profit - which most business owners would be pretty happy with these days.
The lottery provides a lot of funding for programs benefiting "older Pennsylvanians."
And a proposed deal with a British company - the only bidder for the job - guaranteeing $34 billion in profits for the state over the next 20 years seems like a chancy proposition. Not unlike buying, well, a lottery ticket.
The leader of the Wolf Organization - who has been cited as a possible candidate for governor - makes some excellent points.
It might be that the only way to boost such profits would be to dramatically expand lottery gambling opportunities - and it seems like we already have plenty of opportunities for people who really can't afford it to plunk down their cash on games that the "house" usually wins.
Is that what we want in Pennsylvania? Don't we have enough "gaming" what with the existing lottery and the casinos that dot the state?
It would be pointless to argue against state-sanctioned gambling - people are going to do it, and that genie left the bottle long ago.
And it does seem like the Corbett administration is rushing a deal to privatize the lottery.
A recent lawsuit filed by state Democrats argues the governor doesn't even have the authority to privatize the system without approval by the Legislature.
State officials need to slow this process, think it through, make certain they understand all the ramifications and pitfalls of such a move. If, in the end, it seems like a can't-lose proposition that's not designed to turn state gambling devotees into the nation's biggest losers, then go ahead.
There's nothing inherently wrong with privatizing state services if they can be done more efficiently by the private sector.
The state's liquor and wine sales system is a good example of that. The Liquor Control Board has tried in recent years to improve customer service and to operate more like private-sector enterprises, but it's doing a lousy job of that. Here's a good, if perhaps isolated, example: On the night before Thanksgiving last month, an evening when you would expect many people to stop for a bottle of wine with dinner the next evening, the state store at the Manchester Crossroads Shopping Center in York had just two clerks on duty - and an unmanned register. The checkout lines circled all the way around the inside of the very large store. That's just plain bad management.
The state stores should definitely be privatized - but it's not clear you can say the same thing about the lottery. You just don't see that kind of inconvenience and inefficiency in lottery sales. Tickets are readily available at private business - and you only sees significant lines when the Powerball jackpot reaches the stratosphere.
Hey, maybe the lottery could run the state stores?
That's not to say there aren't inefficiencies in the lottery, but they're not readily apparent to the outsider - or even to a former insider such as Mr. Wolf.
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I submitted this video over a month ago.
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Oh, and Aussieguy29: Got much of a chip on your shoulder boy? Americans are stupid (according to the rest of the world), and yes we have our share of morons, but American products aren't exactly known for being particularly shoddy. So if you want to flame Americans, try to do it right you frickin' idiot, otherwise someone might think you're just another goddam asshat.
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She's the first global cover girl for Cosmopolitan magazine, and Katy Perry is featured on the front of a whopping 63 editions of the popular publication for July 2014.
Holding a scent workshop to launch her latest fragrance, Katy Perry arrived at London's Rosewood Hotel on last week.
While rocking a teal Versace dress, the "Firework" singer teamed up with perfumer Pierre Negrin to answer fans questions about her new scent and general fragrance knowledge.
Giving fans another reason to get excited for summer, Katy Perry just announced she's releasing a new perfume in July.
The "Hot N Cold" singer's forthcoming fragrance is called Killer Queen's Royal Revolution, a lighter, more spirited scent than the original Killer Queen.
While she tends to prefer the private life, Adele posed for a fun-filled photo with fellow chart-topper Katy Perry on Wednesday (May 28).
The "Rolling in the Deep" diva looked slim and trim in the shot, taken after Katy's gig in London, England.
It's no secret that she's one of the biggest pop stars in the world, and now Katy Perry will appear on all 62 editions of Cosmopolitan Magazine's July 2014 issue.
Deemed the "Global Cover Girl," Perry was the perfect choice for the spot, given her international draw and undeniable charm.
Every year Maxim magazine puts out their Hot 100 list, and for 2014 there's only one lady in the lead- Candice Swanepoel.
They both love to push the creative envelope, and Madonna and Katy Perry are teaming up for a saucy spread in V Magazine's Memorial Day issue.
Last night (May 19) the Material Girl posted one of the bondage-themed photos to her Instagram account with the caption, "V magazine got me like…..,……… Kneel down for what??????? @vmagazine This week. #artforfreedom #unapologeticb*tch."
Belting out her latest hit, Katy Perry made an appearance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 18).
Taking to the Newcastle Metro Radio stage in Tyne, England, the "Roar" cutie performed her hit "Birthday" in the pre-taped segment for the main event, which took place in Las Vegas.


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The Weather Underground
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The Weather Underground
2002. USA. Directed by Sam Green, Bill Siegel. Drawing on the radical filmmaking aesthetics of Emile de Antonio and Robert Kramer, Green and Siegel's Academy Award–nominated portrait of the Weather Underground features riveting news and home-movie footage, photographs, and never-before-seen FBI documents that trace their attempts to bring home the Vietnam War—and bring down the U.S. government and Wall Street—including the bombings that led to a nationwide manhunt. The film also presents contemporary interviews with former members, including Bill Ayers (alleged "friend of Obama"), Mark Rudd, Bernardine Dohrn, David Gilbert, and Brian Flanagan, that are marked by conflicted feelings of defiance, regret, disillusionment, and hope and that mirror the splintering objectives and methods that led to the militant group's demise. 92 min.
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ACTT Workshop: Tennessee
April 6-8, 2004, Knoxville, Tennessee
Chapter 4: Skill Set Groups and Recommendations
The skill set teams met to discuss aspects of the project and methods for accelerating project implementation. Each skill set team focused on how the ACTT process applied to the specific concerns of their areas of expertise while collectively, the teams searched for methods/measures to help TDOT achieve its goal of closing I-40 to through traffic for 14 months to allow work crews to complete construction in 4 years.
Each skill set team completed the reporting forms, which are included in this report as Appendix B. The teams were also asked to rank five to seven ideas in order of top priority, and to make a presentation on these to the workshop attendees.
A brief summary of each skill set description (italicized) is listed as guidelines for the skill set team members. The five to seven "priority" recommendations are also listed below each description.
4.1 Structures (bridges, retaining walls, culverts, miscellaneous)
Accelerating the construction of structures will require deviation from standard practices for design and construction and include early coordination between designers and contractors. A systems approach from the "ground up" will be necessary instead of emphasis on individual components. Prefabrication, preassembly, incremental launching, life-in, roll-in, etc., are systems or concepts that have a proven contribution to accelerating construction and should be understood and receive priority consideration. Designers have several options in structure types and materials to meet design requirements, but identifying the most accommodating system while minimizing adverse project impacts should be the objective.
The initial brainstorming by the structures skill set resulted in 29 separate ideas for accelerating construction within the project corridor. The ideas were grouped into foundations, substructures, superstructure, and other issues. These topics included questions or issues, findings, and initial recommendations as follows:
- Use steel piles.
- Use drilled shafts.
- Use spread footings on rock.
- Excavate fills and use spread footings.
- Advance foundation piling construction where possible.
- Use mono drilled shafts under each column.
- Fix the elevation of the footing/column construction joint.
- Use precast columns and caps.
- Use cast-in-place columns with precast caps.
- Use lightweight concrete in precast caps.
- Use maturity meters to monitor concrete strengths and control the construction stages.
- Consider the feasibility of precast abutments.
- Minimize substructure units.
- Consider aesthetic effects with options.
- Coordinate with other skill sets.
- Use continuous precast beams.
- Prefabricate superstructure units.
- Consider the benefits of spliced girders.
- Use full depth precast deck slabs.
- Use lightweight concrete to reduce the weight of prefabricated components.
- Minimize skews.
- Minimize flares on roadways and bridges.
Other Issues
- Advance embankment construction (end fill at bridge abutments).
- Consider Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) for fill material.
- Precast fascia panels for retaining walls.
- Require early submittals for Value Engineering (VE) cost reduction submittals.
- Use full span bridge erection.
- Develop staging areas.
- Do initial screening of VE proposals.
Following continued consideration and intermingling with other skill sets, the Structures skill set organized its final recommendations into seven areas: Contracting, Precasting/Prefabricated Technology, Materials, Embankment, Geometry, Foundations, and Retaining Walls. The Structures skill set did not consider the noise walls. These areas and subsequent recommendations for accelerating the construction follow:
- Use a single contract (final design contract #1 plus preliminary design contract #2).
- Preprocure materials that are on the critical path:
- Bridge girders.
- Manholes.
- Retaining wall panels.
- Noise walls.
- Use advanced contract for:
- Utility relocation work.
- Building demolition.
- Clean and paint existing steel girders to remain.
- Early selected substructure units.
- Value Engineering (VE) Proposals:
- Provide for early screening (within 30 days).
- Early VE submissions (within 90 days).
- Consider user cost/other benefits in VE proposal evaluation.
- Set realistic schedule with incentives.
- Advance the fill construction under I-40 bridges.
Precasting/Prefabricated Technology
- Use precast pier caps.
- Use precast columns (if feasible, details for seismic connections needed).
- Girders:
- Spliced girders for longer spans.
- Replace with steel for longer spans.
- Consider segmental concrete construction.
- Use full depth precast deck slabs (bridge over I-40).
- Consider prefabricated units (girder with deck).
- Consider full span prefabrication and erection.
- Use self consolidating concrete.
- Use maturity meters for concrete strength determination.
- Use lightweight concrete.
- Use high performance concrete and steel.
- Consider onsite concrete batch plant.
- Consider advanced concrete mix design.
- Construct abutment fills early.
- Consider EPS for the fill material.
- Consider graded rock fill (to avoid possible inclement weather delays).
- Minimize the skews on bridges.
- Minimize flares on roadways and bridges.
- Maximize span lengths (minimize substructure units).
- Detail three alternative foundation types for piers:
- Drilled shafts (mono shafts).
- Steel piles.
- Spread footings.
- Advance construction wherever possible.
- Fix footing elevation for precast columns.
Retaining Walls
- Use only prequalified (TDOT) products (No VE proposals; require other walls systems to be submitted and approved prior to letting).
- Consider prepurchase of wall system components.
- Require early submission for tied back walls proposed.
- Verify right-of-way (ROW) easements, provide for all wall types.
- Precast fascia panels.
- Consider EPS fill behind walls.
More detailed information relative to the Structures skill set initial can be found in Appendix B.
4.2 Construction/Materials/Accelerated Testing/Constructibility
Accelerated construction may press the contractor to deliver a quality product in confined time frames and areas, while maintaining traffic. Completion milestones and maintenance and protection of traffic are key elements visible to the traveling public. Allowing contractors to have input on design elements that would affect time or quality during construction can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall project completion. The use of automation to enhance construction equipment performance; construction engineering and surveying; data collection and documentation; and contract administration should be explored and implemented. Pursue options to expedite and facilitate turnaround times in material testing for material acceptance and contractor payment. The use of innovative materials should be explored and encouraged on projects to maximize the creative characteristics of the designer and contractor. By identifying project performance goals and objective(s), the designer and contractor have the maximum freedom to determine the appropriate methodology for constructing the project. Right-of-way considerations include state laws and procedures covering acquisition and relocation, numbers and types of businesses and residences that may be affected, ready availability of additional ROW, and sometimes, the number of outdoor advertising structures in the project area. Other items to consider are industry responsiveness, incentive-based utility agreements, corridor approaches to utility agreements, contracting for utility work, and non-destructive methods of utility relocation. When applicable, close railroad coordination is essential for a project for construction access or work affecting the railroad lines.
The construction skill set brainstorming sessions produced a number of ideas for incorporation into the project. These ideas were generally divided into Preconstruction, Materials, Bridges, Pavement, and Contract Administration activities that should be incorporated into the project. All of the ideas developed during the sessions can be effective in accelerating this project. However, the following key elements of the recommendations should be emphasized:
- Authorize utility relocation in advance of construction. Start the railroad permitting process at the earliest point in the design process. Work with railroads to obtain early scheduling of track closures to speed construction within the railroad ROW.
- Adjust span lengths to avoid existing foundations, and install the foundation before the demolition of the existing bridge. The time to construct spread footings, pile foundations, and drilled shafts is a controlling factor in completing the project on time or ahead of schedule. The use of pin piles installed beneath an existing bridge would reduce construction time by allowing new bridge foundations to be constructed before the old bridge is demolished.
- Use precast bridge elements. This construction technique would result in the elimination of in-place formwork, the need to install rebar cages in-place, time consuming in-place incremental concrete pours, in-place form stripping, in-place concrete finishing and in-place concrete curing time, all of which is sequential and on the critical path. The use of precast pier caps, bent caps, and post-tensioned/precast columns is suggested, all of which could be prefabricated before needed.
- Use preassembled structural steel in sections. The preassembled steel sections could be erected on the ground and lifted in place by cranes. This will reduce the number of temporary supports needed to stabilize the steel girders during erection, reduce time needed to bolt members together in-place, and significantly reduce crane operation time.
- Develop an overall Certified Project Management (CPM) schedule that includes all commitments for the improvement, not just the job schedule.
- Let project to contract in advance of the I-40 closure to allow for preparatory work.
- Use the A + B bidding technique to provide incentive for the contractor to speed construction to open the facility to traffic at the earliest time.
- Complete or defer all roadway work on I-640 during the closure of I-40. The only exception would be emergency repairs. The intent was to ensure no reduction in capacity on I-640 during the I-40 closure period.
Below is a listing of the ideas developed during the session:
- Accelerate utility relocation.
- Accelerate the permit process.
- Recognize railroads use double shifts.
- Consider a partial opening of I-40.
- Co-locate offices for field inspection coordination.
- Suggest material storage near railroad and port.
- Use alternative pavement in the bidding process.
- Use high early strength concrete.
- Use VECP.
- Use nondestructive testing.
- Adjust span lengths and install the foundation under the JWP before demolition.
- Use precast pier caps, bent caps, and post-tensioned/precast columns.
- Use continuous pours for deck slabs on prestressed beams.
- Provide greater cover in lieu of epoxy coated rebars.
- Use high early strength concrete for deck slabs.
- Preassemble structural steel in sections and launch or lift into place.
- Coordinate the movement of cranes and overweight specialty equipment within the project.
- Use the same structure for the shoulder and pavement.
- Use alternative pavement in the bidding process.
Contract Administration
- Let the contract before the I-40 closure.
- Specify shop draw approval time limitations.
- Use one contract.
- Work multiple shifts.
- Develop an overall CPM schedule.
- Use innovative techniques.
- Coordinate all contracts.
- Use Contractor Quality Control process.
- Establish Dispute Review Board.
- Include a price adjustment clause.
4.3 Geotechnical
Subsurface conditions and issues should be explored to assess their impacts on the project. Based on the geography of the project, subsurface investigation may be complicated by traffic volume, environmental hazards, utilities, railroad property, and ROW.
The skill set team members made recommendations on Bridges 19, 4, and 5, specifically:
Bridges-General Issues
- Lengthen spans (reduces the number of substructures).
- Provide three design alternates: drilled shafts, driven piles, and spread footing where appropriate.
- Consider the use of styrofoam blocks (EPS) at abutments, and protect them from hydrocarbons.
Specific Bridge Issues: Bridge 19
- Consider 2-span design:
- Eliminates foundations, decreases construction time.
- Reduces potential interference with the drainage pipe.
- Provide a detailed design and construction sequence for local drainage.
- Consider "top down" construction in cut area:
- Potential benefits:
- Assist with construction drainage.
- Reduced impact on adjacent structure (shoring).
- Reduction of construction time.
- Potential benefits:
- Consider spread footings, pin piles, and permitting construction of foundations before demolition of the existing bridge.
Specific Bridge Issue: Bridges 4 and 5
- Consider single span bridges to eliminate piers and speed construction.
Improve Subgrade Throughout Corridor
- Extend pavement life.
- Improve mobility of construction equipment.
- Benefits future maintenance.
Provide contractual mechanism to expedite changes due to unanticipated subsurface or other conditions.
Provide training on inspection of MSE walls and drilled shafts for field staff prior to construction.
4.4 Innovative Contracting/Worker Health/Warranties
Explore the state-of-the-art in contracting practices and obtain a better knowledge of how these techniques could be selected, organized, and assembled to match the specific situations needed on this project. Techniques to be considered include performance related specifications, warranties, design/build (D/B), maintain, operate, cost + time, partnering escalation agreements, lane rental, incentive/disincentives, value engineering, and any other innovative contracting techniques that would apply to the project. It is feasible to acquire pavement designs approaching 50 to 60 years by telling the contractor what was wanted, rather than how to build the pavement. By identifying and communicating the pavement performance goals and objectives for the pavement, the designer and contractor have the maximum freedom to determine the appropriate methodology.
The skill set team members divided their recommendations into four areas:
- Pre-Bid Planning.
- Delivery Methods.
- Procurement/Bidding Methods.
- Contract Management During Construction.
Pre-Bid Planning
- Identify staging areas.
- Mandatory pre-bid meeting:
- DBE Notification.
- Special Contractor Pre-Qualification.
- Lengthen time period (advertisement to letting).
- CPM Master Schedule (internal to owner).
Delivery Methods
- Design-Bid-Build (D/B/B).
- Early Sub-Structure Contracts:
- One contract vs. two contracts.
- If one contract, D/B the structures.
- If two contracts, allow bidder to bid one or both (let both contracts at the same time) .
Procurement Option
- A + B (cost + time).
- Can apply to road closure (define interim completion date).
Contract Management During Construction
- Incentive Strategies
- I/D for time (final and interim milestones).
- No excuse bonus.
- Lane rental.
- Performance:
- Safety.
- Consultant Mgt.
- Maintaining TCP.
- Adherence to context sensitive issues.
- CPM Scheduling:
- Contractor requirement.
- Updates required for progress payment.
- Expedited Decisionmaking:
- Submittals.
- Change orders.
- Partnering/escalation agreements.
- Submit worker health/safety plan.
- Maintain an onsite safety officer:
- Maintain work zone TCP
- Ensure worker personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Monitor work hours.
- Warranties:
- Plants/landscaping.
- Pavement surfaces.
- Signage/pavement markings.
- Structures.
- Alternate contractor TCP's meeting internal TMP requirements.
- Escrow bid documents.
- Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR):
- Dispute Review Board (DRB).
4.5 Traffic Engineering/Safety/ITS
Enhanced safety and improved traffic management by corridor contracting should be considered. Developing and evaluating contract models may illustrate the best use of incentives to enhance safety and improve traffic flow during and after construction. Evaluating both the construction and maintenance work may help assess traffic and safety issues more fully than the conventional project-by-project approach. Provide better information to the traveling public and politicians on the relationships among crashes, delays, mobility, total traffic volume, truck traffic volumes, and the need for lane closures during construction. Implement integrated ITS systems to communicate construction information to motorists via radio, Internet, wireless alerts, along with incident management systems/services.
The Traffic Engineering/Safety/ITS skill set team's five recommendations were:
- Contract Incentives and Disincentives.
- Incident Management.
- Maintenance of Traffic Flow.
- Public Awareness.
- Hall of Fame Drive.
Contract Incentives and Disincentives
- Use A + B bidding - project duration + construction costs. Consider the use of A + B + C bidding (C = special contractor prequalification).
- Establish traffic operation standards, e.g., maximum delay, maximum travel time, minimum number of lanes, etc. Use these standards in combination with contract incentives/disincentives.
- Use liquidated damages to encourage the contractor to meet performance and schedule goals.
- Hall of Fame Drive, I-40 closure/reconstruction may be split into separate contracts - use performance incentives in both phases to ensure the overall project timeline.
- Contract(s) should include incentives and disincentives for major intermediate phases to keep the project moving and keep the public happy.
Incident Management
- ITS (operational in early 2005) will only cover Interstates I-40 and I-640 - no surface streets outside of camera range. TDOT traffic management center should offer assistance to city whenever possible to ease surface congestion.
- HELP trucks typically cover interstates - can more trucks be used, or can the contractor provide a similar service? Other Tennessee cities don't have excess HELP capacity to give to Knoxville. A line item in the contract for on-call towing could help to ease congestion.
- The contract may need to include a line item amount for increased local law enforcement coverage. If trucks are diverted to I-640 before the full closure, GHSO funds could be used to provide additional state enforcement, especially Commercial Vehicle Enforcement.
Maintenance of Traffic Flow
- Preplanning is crucial - anticipate problems on alternate routes before they occur. Identify potential bottlenecks on alternate routes, take steps to eliminate or mitigate these problem spots.
- Look for ways to alleviate bottlenecks on Interstate 640 - ramp metering could be one such way to address capacity problems.
- QuickZone analysis of the proposed traffic control plan will prove helpful. Use other available traffic modeling and analysis tools to examine the potential impacts of proposed work.
- Use critical path scheduling techniques, consider this when developing the TCP.
- Park and Ride lots could offer some reduction in traffic demand. Identify areas where lots are needed before major work begins.
- Reduce work on other area routes while work is underway on I-40.
- The contractor should designate a traffic control coordinator.
Public Awareness
- A steady flow of accurate information to the public will create a favorable reception for TDOT and contractors.
- Suggest alternate routes, encourage transit use, carpooling, park and ride, and others to reduce demand on affected roadways.
- Additional attention should be given to changes brought about by the project - new lane closures, lane shifts, addition of ramp metering or other new traffic control techniques.
- Consider a public information officer (PIO) dedicated to this project. The PIO could be an existing TDOT staff member or could be an outside person or firm brought in to support this project.
- The public face of the project team should come from within TDOT, regardless of who is working behind the scenes.
- The PIO should be involved from the earliest (planning) stages of the project to avoid later confusion
- The PIO should maintain regular contact with downtown business owners and homeowners directly affected by the project.
- The Internet can be a valuable tool to inform the public. If used, the information on the site must be kept accurate and timely or the effort will be wasted.
- 511 and Highway Advisory Radio will be online by the start of work on I-40. Information provided by these resources must also be accurate and up-to-date.
- Truck traffic will greatly affect the performance of detours and alternate routes. Work with the trucking community early and often to encourage the use of low-impact alternate routes and shift traffic to avoid peak hours.
- Make an effort to reach out-of-town motorists before they reach Knoxville. Provide information in Tennessee Interstate rest areas. Provide materials and information to DOTs in bordering states for distribution in their rest areas.
Hall of Fame Drive (HOFD)
- Hall of Fame Drive should be fully functional and properly maintained before the closure of I-40. Use incentives in the contract to ensure completion is on schedule.
- Interagency agreement between the city and the State would allow the city to maintain signals before the project's final acceptance. Contractor maintenance is not preferable when time is of the essence.
- Local monitoring of operations on HOFD would improve performance. Traffic cameras along the corridor would allow the city to react in real time. Video traffic detectors could serve a dual purpose.
- Remote connectivity to the system would allow the city to change signal timing in response to incidents and fluctuating demand.
4.6 Environment/PR/Aesthetics
Scope-of-work and construction activities need to reflect environmental concerns to ensure the most accommodating and cost effective product while minimizing natural and socioeconomic impacts. Although designers may have several options in meeting design standard requirements, identifying the most efficient and aesthetically pleasing alternative and minimizing adverse impacts should be the objective.
The Environmental/PR/Aesthetics Team's recommendations were:
- Public Relations.
- Structures.
- Environment/Contracts.
- Signature Statement.
Public Relations
- Brand the project ASAP.
- Determine/select a dedicated PIO.
- Develop a chart of communication flow.
- Develop/establish credibility.
- Develop a Public Information Plan:
- Maintain onsite presence throughout life of project (TDOT, contractors, PIO with public access).
- Collaborate with partners, including local government, agencies, and community groups.
- ID stakeholder groups.
- Determine dissemination methods.
Dissemination methods include:
- Web site.
- Email distributions.
- Newsletters.
- PSAs, press releases, etc.
- Door-to-door contacts as needed.
- HAR/DMS I-40 JCTs with I-81 and I-75.
- Welcome centers/others as appropriate.
Hold Special Events:
- Construction information meeting.
- Kickoff event.
- Milestone celebrations.
- Regular updates at community meetings.
- Reach beyond areas adjacent to project.
- Include regional areas/I-640 corridor.
- Include retaining/noise walls.
- Design clear span bridges where feasible:
- To improve safety.
- To increase useable space under bridges.
- Improve lighting under bridges:
- Incorporate natural lighting as appropriate.
- Add 24-hour where necessary.
Use innovative materials/design techniques on noise walls:
- Incorporate aesthetically pleasing designs/textures on both sides of noise walls.
- Consider anti-graffiti coatings.
- Consider beneficial landscaping.
- Consider murals.
- Minimize dust/debris during demolition/construction (contracting/special provisions).
- Provide corridor lighting rather than area lighting flooding neighborhoods.
- Include construction noise limit performance standards in the contract.
- ROD approved - follow through with environmental commitments - storm water management.
- Require contractor to provide:
- Construction schedules in advance (weekly).
- Schedule changes with sufficient notice.
Create a signature statement that defines downtown Knoxville, TDOT, and the community through both the structures and aesthetics.
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The footage above was allegedly shot in Dviete Parish, Latvia (i.e. a country in Northern Europe) a few days ago.
Apparently, this monstrous whirlpool came into being after a local river flooded its banks. I have no idea who the person who shot this video is, yet I cannot help but salute their bravery when deciding to come this close to the whirlpool.
The whirlpool seems to be sucking in pretty much everything in sight, and almost everybody agrees that this is Mother Nature's way of reminding people of what it can do.
Should one feel that they lack the patience needed to watch the video in its entirety, here's a hint: things get really interesting about 5 and a half minutes in.
"Someone divided by zero," one viewer joked about what caused this whirlpool to form.


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South Oldham rallies past Cooper
Dragons score 18 late points to sink Jaguars
By Dave Malaska
UNION, Ky. – Seemingly snake-bitten Cooper looked like it was finally on its way to a district win, but in the span of three minutes in the fourth quarter the rug was once again pulled from under the Jaguars.
Cooper (2-6, 0-3 in district play) lost, 31-20, to South Oldham on Friday night after taking a touchdown lead in the last 12:00.
An onside kick recovery, an end zone interception and 18 unanswered points gave the Dragons the win while leaving Cooper coach Randy Borchers shaking his head.
"We've felt like the last three weeks, we had things under control," Borchers said, "Then they got away from us. We just can't make the plays."
South Oldham (5-3, 3-0 in district) scored three minutes into the fourth quarter on a 4-yard pass from Chase Lightfoot to Davis Culbertson to tie the score at 20, negating the Jaguars' lead. Momentum swung fully in the Dragons' favor on the ensuing kickoff as kicker Drew Koch squibbed his kick through Cooper's forward coverage team.
After the ball caromed off a Cooper player, the Dragons recovered the ball on the Jaguars' 27 yard line.
Two plays later, Lightfoot hit senior running back Tricorion Williams up the middle for a 23-yard touchdown pass and the quarterback converted the 2-point play with a run up the middle to put the Dragons up, 28-20.
South Oldham added a late field goal on a drive that started with an interception of the Jaguars' Will Ludwig in the end zone to seal the win.
"We really feel like the last three weeks we lost close games to teams that we can beat. That we maybe should have beaten," said Borchers, after the Jags dropped games to Scott and Conner by a combined 12 points before letting South Oldham escape with Friday's win.
The Dragons picked off Ludwig three times on the night — including twice in the red zone — in an otherwise strong performance by the senior. Ludwig completed 20 of 42 passing attempts for 294 yards and two touchdowns on a night when the Jaguars' ground game couldn't get in gear.
Cooper finished with only 17 rushing yards total.
Cory Fussinger caught 10 passes for 181 yards and both of Ludwig's scoring strikes to lead the Cooper receiving corps. Kyle Henderson caught four passes for 50 yards.
The Dragons were led by Lightfoot's 157 passing yards on 10-of-16 passing to go with 65 rushing yards on 17 carries. Williams chipped in with 73 rushing and 66 receiving yards for Oldham, and Kuriger ran for 65 yards on 16 carries.
Cooper got on the scoreboard on its first drive of the night with a 45-yard pass from Ludwig to his favorite target, senior Cory Fussinger.
After keeping the Dragons from a first down and forcing them to punt on South Oldham's first possession, the Jaguars were driving again but Ludwig's pass to Fussinger was picked off at the 4-yard line by Ethan Reinert to prevent them from building on their lead.
After another Ludwig interception in the second quarter, Oldham drove 61 yards in five plays to go up, 7-6, on Kevin Kuriger's scoring run from three yards out.
The lead was short-lived, though, as Cooper's Brandon Youngblood fielded the ensuing kickoff at his own 9 yard line, waved his way through the coverage to midfield, then broke through the right side on his way to a 91-yard scoring return.
Cooper took a 12-7 lead into the break.
The Dragons grabbed the lead back on their opening possession of the second half, going 72 yards in seven plays, capped by Lightfoot's 22-yard scoring strike to Reinert at the 9:08 mark.
Cooper responded with its longest drive of the night over the next six minutes -- a 73-yard, 19-play effort that hit paydirt when Ludwig found Fussinger open on a post rout up the middle.
Fussinger's second touchdown catch of the night, from 15 yards out, put the Jaguars up, 20-13, setting the stage for the late collapse.
Five minutes later, Cooper was reeling, down by eight points and snake-bitten again.
The Jaguars, aided by a late hit out of bounds by South Oldham, drove to the Dragons' 9 yard line when Ludwig looked to his favorite target once again. Fussinger and South Oldham defensive back Jon Jones both went up for Ludwig's offering in the back of the end zone and looked to have both come down with it — which would have given the Jaguars the touchdown.
But referees ruled it an interception, which ended Cooper's last, best hope.
When told that it looked to reporters in the press box that both Fussinger and Jones had possession, Borchers agreed.
"That's what it looked like to us, but obviously it's not our call," the coach said. "Unfortunately, that's the referees' calls and you just have to live with it."
After a bye week, the Jaguars still have two games left — on the road at Grant County on Oct. 25 before finishing at home against Dixie Heights on Nov. 1. Though winless in
district play, Borchers said Cooper still has hopes to may a run in the playoffs.
"We've got a great group of kids. They haven't given up. Our ultimate goal is to still make the playoffs," Borchers said. "We're telling the kids we really feel like the last three weeks we could have won these games. It's a very close district. Pretty even. So, if we can get to the playoffs, maybe that little bit bad luck turns the other way for us."
at COOPER 6-6-8-0—20
C—Fussinger 45 pass from Ludwig (kick failed)
SO—Kuriger 3 run (Koch kick)
C—Youngblood 91 kickoff return (pass failed)
SO—Reinert 22 pass from Lightfoot (kick failedck)
C—Fussinger 15 pass from Ludwig (Ludwig run)
SO—Culbertson 4 pass from Lightfoot (Koch kick)
SO—Williams 23 pass from Lightfoot (Lightfoot run)
SO—Koch FG 39
RECORDS: South Oldham 5-3 (3-0 district), Cooper 2-6 (0-3 district).


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Sydney Mancasola
This season Sydney Mancasola sings Leila in Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Florida Grand Opera, Marie in La fille du régiment with Palm Beach Opera, and Lisette in La rondine with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Last spring the soprano completed her residency at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia with performances as Massenet's Manon, and joined the Philadelphia Orchestra for Handel's "Messiah." She then visited Des Moines Metro Opera as La Comtesse Adèle in Rossini's Le comte Ory. Her other appearances included an Eve Queler Family and Friends Concert at Alice Tully Hall, Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, and "Messiah" with the Santa Fe Symphony and the Lexington Philharmonic.
Originally from Redding, California, Sydney earned a B.M. in Vocal Performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she was a recipient of the Margot Bos Standler Scholarship. She is also an alumna of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis' Gerdine Young Artist Program, and Brevard Music Center's Janeic Opera Company as well as the Santa Fe Apprentice Program. In 2013 the soprano joined Fort Worth Opera in the role of Young Alyce in Tom Cipullo 's Glory Denied. Her other roles have included Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, and Antonia and Stella in Les contes d'Hoffmann at AVA, Adele in Die Fledermaus and Adina in L'elisir d'amore at Brevard, and Cunegonde in Candide, Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito, and Despina in Così fan tutte with Oberlin Opera Theater.


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Ed Roland
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June 13, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Artist Bio
Ed Roland is the lead singer of Collective Soul. He also writes the music and plays guitar and keyboards. He released a solo album in 1991 called "Ed-E Roland" and recently contributed three solo songs to the reissue of Collective Soul's 2007 album "Afterwords." His brother Dean Roland is Collective Soul's rhythm guitarist. Ed Roland was born August 3, 1963 and is based out of Stockbridge, Georgia. In 2004, he founded the EL Music Group record label. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.