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Kimberley A. Minkel
Executive Director
(716) 855-7300
Kimberley A. Minkel is the Executive Director for the Niagara Frontier Transportation
Authority (NFTA).Formerly the Director of Health, Safety, and Environmental Quality.
Kimberley A. Minkel started at the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in October 2002, as its Director of Health, Safety, and Environmental Quality. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Niagara University in 1988 and an MBA from Canisius College in 1995.
As director of the Authority's HSEQ department, she worked to ensure the safety and protection of its workers, riders, the public and the environment. She oversaw the completion of an award winning $13.1 million environmental project for the Buffalo Niagara International Airport that uses wetland treatment technology for treating spent deicing fluid in storm water runoff. She has also co-authored several papers dealing with innovative approaches for managing storm water runoff at airports.
The BNIA is the first airport in the United States to use such a process. This project was awarded the Diamond Award in the Environmental Category by the NY branch of the American Council of Engineering Companies and a very prestigious Honor Award by the U.S. national ACEC.
She was unanimously selected by the NFTA's Board of Commissioners to be its new executive director December 28, 2010. As such, she oversees a workforce of approximately 1,550 dedicated employees, with an annual operating budget of $202.3 million.
The NFTA operates the Metro Bus and Rail system, which provides approximately 26 million passenger trips per year, the Buffalo and Niagara Falls International Airports and the 1,033 slip Small Boat Harbor.
Under her leadership the NFTA earned a coveted Gold Standard award from the Transportation Security Administration for the Authority's overall high security standards and practices based on a 2013 Baseline Assessment evaluation conducted by the TSA.
She is a member of various professional organizations, including the Buffalo Urban Development Corporation's Board of Directors, Niagara Military Affairs Commission and B.U.I.L.D. She has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Peace Bridge Authority, the City of Niagara Falls N.F.B. Development Corporation and is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Buffalo.
John Cox
Chief Financial Officer
(716) 855-7300
John Cox is the Chief Financial Officer
for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority where he is
currently responsible for the development and implementation of the NFTA's strategic plan relative to financial planning and management. He manages existing projects and helps to execute new programs and processes, such as Enterprise Resource Management and an environmental risk assessment.
Mr. Cox was Deputy Director of Finance / Accounting, for the City of Rochester, NY for the past two years. Prior employment included Comptroller/Director of Finance, City of Binghamton. He earned his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and a master's degree in accounting from Binghamton University.
David J. State
General Counsel
(716) 855-7686
David J. State is General Counsel for the Niagara Frontier
Transportation Authority. As such, he is responsible for the
functions of the Authority's legal and property management departments.
State was an assistant state attorney general prior to joining the NFTA in April 2011. Prior to that he was an administrative law judge with the New State Office of Temporary Disability and a JAG Officer (Major) for the Trial Counsel, 42nd Infantry Division.
He has previous experience as legal counsel to numerous boards and agencies including the Buffalo Common Council, Preservation Board, Elevator Safety Review Board and the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
An Iraq veteran, he served from May 2004 to Jan. 2006 when he was mobilized to active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and served with the Army Judge Advocate General Corps in Iraq.
He is a graduate of Buffalo State College and SUNY at Buffalo Law School.
He holds faculty positions at the University of Buffalo where he teaches Urban Development Law and Policy and at Erie Community College where he instructs on Business Law I and II.
He and his family reside in Buffalo, NY.
Vicky-Marie J. Brunette
Deputy General Counsel
(716) 855-7254
Vicky-Marie J. Brunette is Deputy General Counsel for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority where she focuses her litigation practice on the defense of personal injury matters and is also chair of the Systems Integrity Committee, which handles authority wide ethics and integrity issues. As Deputy, she also provides legal advice, counsel and opinions to the Board of Commissioners, Executive Director and Authority business centers in the areas of common carrier law; transportation law; public authorities law; public officers law; wrongful death; premises liability; motor vehicle accidents; No-Fault insurance and police professional liability.
Ms. Brunette joined the NFTA in 1994. Since that time, she has successfully tried numerous cases and has fully developed the litigation function of the Legal Department.
Ms. Brunette earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from St. John Fisher College in 1989 and a Juris Doctor from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1994. She is admitted to practice law in both state and federal courts in New York.
Ms. Brunette sits on the Board of the Defense Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, Women's Bar Association of the State of New York and Women Lawyers of Western New York. She is also a graduate of Leadership Buffalo's Class of 2008.
She resides in North Buffalo.
Michael Bykowski
Director, Engineering
(716) 855-7389
Michael Bykowski is the Director of the Engineering Department
for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) where
he manages the Design, Construction, and Facilities and Maintenance divisions. Mr. Bykowski has supervised the implementation of major capital projects within the Authority such as the administration of the Automatic Baggage System (BNIA) and the Runway 6-24 Safety Area Improvement (NFIA). In addition, he also directs construction personnel, develops capital budgets, and has become a member of the Request for Proposal selection committee where he helps to negotiate contracts for the Authority.
Mr. Bykowski has over forty years of experience in the engineering and management fields. His career began in 1968 where he worked for Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem), the leading North American manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, chlorine and caustic soda. Here he participated in projects ranging from $60 to $300 million, designed electrical systems and ultimately became the Chief Electrical Engineer. In this position he played an active role as a member of the Chemical Manufacturers Association's electrical code and standards task group and co-authored "Review of Chlorine Institutes Pamphlet No. 139: Electrical Safety In Chlor-Alkali Cell Facilities."
After leaving OxyChem in 1995, Mr. Bykowski was contracted by Praxair Corporation where he continued to design systems and coordinate projects. Subsequently, he joined Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc (CGGI), where he served as Manager of both the Engineering and Maintenance Departments. He became a member of the Corporate and Plant Joint Improvement Committees and is credited with the establishment and organization of the CADD group, for the standardization of computer generated drawings. He also implemented new manufacturing techniques and inventory systems to improve the company's efficiency.
Mr. Bykowski received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Detroit in Michigan. He is also a New York State licensed Professional Engineer. He resides in Lockport, New York.
Timothy P. Carvana
Director, HSEQ
(716) 855-7388
Timothy P. Carvana is the Director of Health, Safety andEnvironmental Quality for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.
Tim came to the NFTA in July 2012, after working the past five years at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority in Atlanta, GA., where he managed system safety and environmental programs for one of the largest transit systems in the country. Prior employment includes four and half years as an environment and engineering development planner at the Fulton County (GA) Board of Commissioners.
His responsibilities at the authority include promoting and further enhancing the organizational safety and environmental performance levels throughout the NFTA, in addition to developing industrial and occupational programs for employees geared toward the reduction in lost-time injuries and exposure to hazardous materials.
Tim holds a Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science degree from North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC and a Master of Public Administration & Environmental Management degree from Troy University, Troy, AL.
Christine D'Aloise
Director of Risk Management & Special Projects
(716) 855-7408
Christine D'Aloise is the Director of Risk Management & Special Projects for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. She is responsible for protecting the financial assets of the NFTA against the adverse effects of accidental losses; establishment of Authority wide risk management programs and procedures; and determining whether to maintain or transfer risk exposures via contracts. Ms. D'Aloise is responsible for oversight of the nine professionals within the Claims Department and the Workers' Compensation Department.
Prior to joining the NFTA, Ms. D'Aloise worked for Marine Midland Bank, N.A. as a Senior Auditor. She joined the NFTA in 1992, as an Auditor, and was promoted to Risk Manager in 1996 and subsequently to her present position as Director of Risk Management & Special Projects.
Ms. D'Aloise received a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Niagara University in 1989 and a Master of Business Administration degree from Niagara University in 1995. She is a member of the Risk Insurance Management Society and Public Risk Managers Association.
During her tenure at the NFTA she has been part of the reorganization of the Risk Management function. She has overseen the NFTA's Enterprise Risk Management project, Environmental Risk Assessment project and Business Continuity Plan development.
Patrick Dalton
Director, Internal Audit & Corporate Compliance
(716) 855-7257
Patrick J. Dalton is the Director, Internal Audit & Corporate Compliance
for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
where he is currently responsible for the various compliance reporting required under the Authorities Budget Office and the Office of State Comptroller. He manages existing projects and helps to execute new programs and processes, such as Enterprise Resource Management and an environmental risk assessment.
Prior to joining the NFTA, Mr. Dalton worked for Ernst & Young as an Audit Manager. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York State. After leaving Ernst & Young, he joined the NFTA in April 1992, as an Auditor I and was promoted to Auditor III and subsequently to his present position as Director of Internal Audit.
Mr. Dalton received a Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude) in accounting from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He currently serves as President of the Association of Airport Internal Auditors and is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Mr. Dalton resides in Hamburg, NY.
George W. Gast
Chief, NFTA Police
(716) 855-7666
George W. Gast was appointed as the fourth Chief of Police for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Police Department on March 1, 2010. Gast began his law enforcement career in 1982 as a Patrol Officer for the Willoughby (Ohio) Police Department. In 1984 Gast entered on duty with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a Special Agent assigned to the Waterbury Connecticut Resident Agency, New Haven Division. In 1986, Gast was selected from the ranks of the FBI to become one of fifty Special Agents assigned to the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). The HRT is a full time national level tactical team prepared to deploy to any location throughout the world to conduct a successful rescue of United States citizens who may be held illegally by domestic criminals or international terrorists.
In 1990 Gast was transferred to the Buffalo NY Office of the FBI where he served as the SWAT Team Leader, Principal Firearms Instructor, and was tasked with investigating organized crime, gangs, narcotics violations, bank robberies, and crimes against children among other federal investigations. In 1997 Gast was named a Supervisory Special Agent in the Buffalo NY FBI Field Office. In this capacity Gast was responsible for the supervision of the Violent Crime Major Offender Squad, the Organized Crime/Drug Squad and the Buffalo Violent Crime Career Criminal Task Force. Gast also served as an FBI certified undercover agent and functioned in numerous undercover operations throughout the United States. In November 2004, Gast retired from the FBI to accept a position as the Assistant Federal Security Director for Law Enforcement for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Gast resides in Buffalo, New York.
Thomas George PE
Director, Public Transit
(716) 855-7390
Tom George is the Director, Public Transit for the
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority where heprovides overall direction for NFTA Metro business group including public transportation administration, operations, maintenance and financial planning and administration
Mr. George was previously the Executive Director of the Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition providing overall leadership and management responsibilities for the multi-agency international coalition of transportation entities in Western New York and Southern Ontario. NITTEC is a transportation management organization that provides technology and collaborative services to enhance the safety and efficiency of travel and the movement of goods and services throughout the region.
Mr. George's professional career includes over twenty years of working in transportation consulting on both the international and regional levels. Tom's previous experience in design, construction and management for many modes of transportation includes public transportation, intelligent transportation systems, and many aspects of surface transportation including highway, facility and traffic systems.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Continental One and is an active member of many professional affiliations including the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and Intelligent Transportation Society of New York. Tom is also currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for ITS-NY.
Mr. George is a Licensed New York State Professional Engineer with a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan Technological University in Civil Engineering. He resides in Akron, New York.
C. Douglas Hartmayer
Director, Public Affairs
(716) 855-7420
C. Douglas Hartmayer is the Director of Public Affairs and
Public Information Officer for the Niagara Frontier Transportation
Authority (NFTA) where he provides support with public relations, advertising, communications, graphic production, Web site support, community relations, and marketing materials.
Mr. Hartmayer is responsible for the distribution of information to the media, community, and also within the Authority. He requests interviews, organizes communication campaigns, and oversees the publishing of the in-house publication, The Transporter, for employees and community stakeholders.
As Public Information Officer, Mr. Hartmayer has prepared, responded, and supervised the organization in events such as terrorist attacks and Metro bus, train, and airplane accidents.
He currently serves on the Board of Director for the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau. Mr. Hartmayer has been honored with the Buffalo Sertoma Club Man of the Year Award, Goodwill Industries of WNY President's Award, National Conference of Community & Justice Brotherhood Award for Outstanding Citizenship in Business, NYS Association of Certified Football Officials Merit Award, Section VI football Official of the Year Award, the Michael J. Perry Referee of the Year Award and has been inducted into the Cardinal O'Hara High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.
Mr. Hartmayer attended Memphis State University. He served in the United States Navy, where he earned a Presidential Service Medal. He resides in Clarence, New York.
Karen Novo
Director, Human Resources
(716) 855-7343
Linda Seay
Director, EEO/Diversity Development
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Linda Seay is the Director of Equal Employment
Opportunity / Diversity Development. She joined the NFTA in February 2006, as the Manager of Finance and Administration for the Surface Transportation Division. As Director of EEO/Diversity Development she is responsible for managing the authority's DBE, MWBE, Title VI, Title VII and ADA programs.
Prior to joining the NFTA Mrs. Seay worked in the automotive industry for 33 years, her last assignment was Personnel Director for American Axle. She has over 30 years of experience in human resources and a strong background in labor relations.
She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from Medaille College and a MBA from Canisius College. She is an active member of several community and international organizations and a past board member of the Buffalo YMCA, Junior Achievement and Medaille College Alumni Board. In recognition of her service to the community she has received several achievement awards.
Linda and her husband reside in Amherst, NY.
William Vanecek
Director of Aviation
((716) 630-6030
William R. Vanecek is the Director of Aviation for the
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) where he
oversees all business and operational facets of both the Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BNIA) and the Niagara Falls International Airport (NFIA). Mr. Vanecek supervises a team of 190 airport professionals.
Prior to joining the NFTA, Mr. Vanecek received his Certified Public Accountant license in New York State and worked for Price Waterhouse. After leaving Price Waterhouse, he worked for AMR Corp in Dallas, TX where he served as the Vice President of Finance for Simmons Airlines, American Eagle's largest regional air carrier.
Mr. Vanecek received a Bachelor of Science in both Accounting and Finance from the State University of New York at Buffalo and also received a MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. He resides in Lancaster, NY.


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When I last wrote on McCormick (NYSE:MKC) in October of 2012, I liked almost everything about the company except the valuation on the stock. However, as I've mentioned repeatedly in the past, valuation is no impediment to further appreciation in the short term and McCormick shares have climbed a further 15% from that point (beating the market by more than 7% over that time).
Accordingly, the story on McCormick largely remains the same. While some investors will argue that the valuation of Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:BRK.A) and 3G Capital's deal for Heinz (NYSE:HNZ) "proves" that packaged food stocks are undervalued, I don't share that sentiment. The strong volume growth at McCormick is certainly positive, and I like both the company's commanding U.S. share and growth prospects, but today's share price suggests future appreciation potential more suited to bonds than an equity.
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Mixed Results To Start The Fiscal Year
McCormick's fiscal first quarter results certainly don't suggest a "pay any price" level of performance. While I would expect these results to set a very high bar for volume growth across the sector, there's more to the story than top-line performance.
Revenue rose 3% this quarter, and beat the average growth expectation by 1%, as both volume and price contributed positively. In the consumer business, revenue rose 7% on strong 5% volume growth, while the industrial business declined 3%. The industrial business was undermined by weak volume (down 5%) tied to sluggish performance in quick service restaurants, as McCormick is a major supplier of seasonings and flavor mixes to restaurant operators like Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM).
While the top-line performance was solid, McCormick did give some of that away in margins. Gross margin actually declined 50bp year-on-year, against a sell-side average estimate of 150bp improvement. Operating income was down very slightly (and operating margin declined 40bp) as the company shuffled around some marketing expenses (promotions versus advertising) and absorbed some cost inflation.
SEE: Analyzing Operating Margins
These Are Still Not The Best Of Times
Investors have certainly gotten themselves excited by the prospect of lower input cost inflation and a valuation reset brought on by the Heinz deal. While those are both positives, let's not overlook a few challenging realities about the market today.
First, consumers are still feeling a pinch in their wallets and overall branded packaged food volume growth has been tracking below 1% as per Neilsen data. While a few names have been notably stronger than that – including McCormick, Hershey (NYSE:HSY), and Mondelez (Nasdaq:MDLZ), I'd be careful about assuming that consumers are back to the habit of buying up the brands they like irrespective of price.
Second, two of the company's targeted growth areas, dry dinners and frozen foods, are seeing a lot of turbulence. Companies like Nestle (OTC:NSRGY), ConAgra (NYSE:CAG), Heinz, and Kraft (Nasdaq:KRFT) have intensified their marketing efforts to gain/maintain share and volumes here have generally been weaker than the overall branded packaged food trends.
Last and not least, McCormick arguably still lacks ideal scale for its operations. It takes quite a lot of money and resources to compete globally (as well as to enter new categories), and it takes time to leverage those costs effectively. This doesn't make McCormick a bad company as it's return on capital and free cash flow (FCF) conversion are both pretty solid by industry standards, but it does mean margin leverage could be more distant than the bulls hope.
The Bottom Line
I have a hard time paying multiples more akin to stocks like Whitewave (NYSE:WWAV), Hain Celestial (Nasdaq:HAIN), and Annie's (Nasdaq:BNNY) for a company with McCormick's growth profile. True, the company's long history of solid cash flow generation and high market share do merit a premium, but we're now talking about valuations on par with (or in excess of) Hershey and Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO).
SEE: America's Biggest Food Companies
I'm just not willing to bid that high for these shares, particularly when my discounted cash flow model (which assumes better than 5% long-term revenue growth and 8% free cash flow growth) suggests an expected annual return more on par with bonds than stocks. By no means does this mean that the shares can't go still higher, but today's valuation just looks much too rich for this investor.

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A brief history of Greenfield's theaters can be found on this web page. When the Weil Theatre opened on November 1, 1946, Greenfield had two other theaters in operation: the State, which closed in 1948, and the Riley, which closed in 1953.
Allen and Linda Strahl, now operators of Greenfield's nine-screen Legacy Cinema, should be credited with donating this theater for public use.
The correct seating capacity is 386.
The new website for the facility is www.rickscentre.com
The caption of the photo on http://www.pbase.com/pathfindar/image/68942072 reads "Village East Theater (closed) Greenfield, Indiana". The photo is of the building post restoration (note that the Marquee says 60th Birthday Nov 1, which was Nov 1 2006, as the building was actually built in 1946, opening on November 1, 1946). The facility is now known as The H.J. Ricks Centre for the Arts. See http://www.hcvb.org/About/ricks-centre
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WORKS to provide a new access to Malahide village from Malahide Demesne through lands owned by the council and currently housing a local authority depot are at an advanced stage.
That is according to Fingal County Council in response to Cllr. Eoghan O'Brien, who asked: 'when will a pedestrian walkway linking Malahide village with Malahide Castle visitor centre and Avoca be completed and open to the public?' The council said: 'Works are at an advanced stage in the provision of the new pedestrian link though the Parks and Heritage Properties Depot area to Malahide Castle and Gardens. ' The depot area is screened off and secured from the public.
The main outstanding works are the lighting of this route and some minor surfacing works so as to provide a secure surface under foot for visitors. ' The Architects Department reports that these outstanding works will be completed by the end of November. Upon completion, this access will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. from October 1 to March 31 and to 8 p.m in April and September and until 9 p.m. from May 1 to August 31.'


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But since then I converted to be a Sixth Sense worshiper, it's way more useful than I thought. As long as you take care not to be exactly where the enemy is aiming, 3 seconds should be long enough to at least start moving to cover.
The question I have now is, is Eagle Eye going to be as surprisingly useful as Sixth Sense was? It has a really long delay before you see anything, and if I understand it correctly, you need to be aiming at the enemy with no interruptions for 5 seconds...by which time almost any gun you're mounting could have fired for a certain hit, or the enemy could have covered a great deal of ground. Doesn't seem to offer much in the majority of situations.
I have two commanders with their third skill lined up, just have to decide what to put there (other two skills are BiA and Sixth Sense, usually). Any Eagle Eye users out there who can share their opinions?
EDIT: I do try to aim for critical areas - fuel tanks, drivers, ammo racks, engines, as much as possible (and radiomen of course ). But I'm not sure if knowing that I hit the module/crewmember after the fact would help me much.
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RON NIEMI, of Lowell Street Band, performs at the Historic Ironwood Theatre in 2012. The band will perform at the theater, Friday and Saturday.
IRONWOOD — "Take a trip through hit after hit" with the Lowell Street Band, with two performances at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Friday and Saturday.
According to band member Ken Stasiak, the group is looking forward to the event.
All of the members are returning this year, including Ryckie Holm, Kevin Maki, Nick Wulff, Keith Cannon, Steve Boyd, Rob Ahnen, Ron Niemi, Dan Pitrone and Stasiak.
While the members are the same, they have been practicing different songs to introduce to audiences.
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Anything from toothbrushes (hopefully unused…) to a Samsung Smart TV, Rolex watch and musical instruments will be up for bid this weekend at the Vancouver Police Department's annual recovered goods auction in East Vancouver. Hosted by Able Auctions, the … Continue reading
We still don't get it – another message on putting the phone down while driving
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In a move that can only be described as the "cock-blockiest" cock-block of all time, the City of Vancouver has paired with the Canucks to launch a public service initiative in the hopes of not repeating last year's riot. Vancouver … Continue reading
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Buffalo Bill in Bologna: The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922
Browne, Ray B., Journal of American Culture (Malden, MA)
Buffalo Bill in Bologna: The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922 Robert W. Rydell and Rob Kroes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.
This compact volume on the impact of certain aspects of American culture by two scholars who have devoted academic careers to their study outlines very critically and thoroughly how what they call mass culture has impacted Europe.
They try to exclude popular culture, which they define in the words of historian Susan Davis: "popular culture does not mean the industrially produced, standardized cultural forms produced for cheap sale to 'mass' audiences." "Mass culture," as the authors use it, "means the mobilization of cultural and ideological resources on a scale unimaginable m a premdustrial society lacking mass transportation and communication facilities." Here, some of us think the authors are cutting too close to the bone. Popular culture could never exist without mass communication and mass transportation. In fact the authors are quick to utilize such aspects of popular culture as movies, radio, TV and other aspects of culture distributed by the mass media to the public at large. The authors are interested in what has come to be called the hegemonic force (read political) that the thrust of some aspects of American popular culture has exerted on other cultures. As the editors posit:
It is clear that by the end of the First World War, the United States boasted a network of culture industries that produced increasingly standardized entertainment forms for consumption within accelerating mass markets at home and abroad. …


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The innovative "TiPED" testing system (Tiered Protocol for Endocrine Disruption) stems from a cross-disciplinary collaboration among scientists, and can be applied at different phases of the chemical design process. The goal of the system is to help steer companies away from inadvertently creating harmful products, and thus avoid adding another BPA or DDT to the marketplace.
A paper describing the work, "Designing Endocrine Disruption Out of the Next Generation of Chemicals," is published online in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Green Chemistry.
"In order to reduce our exposure to endocrine disruptors, we have to ensure that new products entering the market do not contain them," says Dr. Heather Patisaul, an associate professor of biology at NC State and co-author of the paper. "The goal of this project is to develop an effective strategy for chemists, engineers, and manufacturers to identify potential endocrine disruptors before they are used in commercial products. Identifying these types of chemicals early in the design process will ultimately help ensure that we develop the safest products possible, which benefits consumers."
The work was conducted by biologists, green chemists and others from North America and Europe who say that recent product recalls and bans reveal that neither product manufacturers nor governments have adequate tools for dealing with endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs are chemicals commonly used in consumer products that can mimic hormones and lead to a host of modern-day health epidemics including cancers, learning disabilities and immune system disorders.
The authors conclude that as our understanding of the threat to human health grows, the need for an effective testing strategy for endocrine disrupting chemicals becomes imperative.
Historically, chemists have aimed to make products that are effective and economical. Considering toxicity when designing new chemicals has not been their responsibility. This collaboration between fields expands the scope of both biologists and chemists to lead to a way to design safer chemicals.
There is a companion website to the paper, www.TiPEDinfo.com. One can access the paper there and learn more about the TiPED system.
The paper was co-authored by researchers from NC State, NIEHS, the University of California, San Diego, the University of California, Irvine, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Texas at Austin, Virginia Commonwealth University, Advancing Green Chemistry, Louisiana Tech University, Medical University of South Carolina, University of California, Berkeley, McGill University, Oregon State University, Tufts University, the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, the University of Texas Medical Branch, the University of Missouri–Columbia, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Environmental Health Sciences.
Note to Editors: The study abstract follows.
"Designing endocrine disruption out of the next generation of chemicals"
Authors: T. T. Schug, R. Abagyan, B. Blumberg, T. J. Collins, D. Crews, P. L. DeFur, S. M. Dickerson, T. M. Edwards, A. C. Gore, L. J. Guillette, T. Hayes, J. J. Heindel, A. Moore , H. B. Patisaul, T. L. Tal, K. A. Thayer, L. N. Vandenberg, J. C. Warner, C. S. Watson, F. S. vom Saal, R. T. Zoeller, K. P. O'Brien and J. P. Myers.
Published: Dec. 6, Green Chemistry
Abstract: A central goal of green chemistry is to avoid hazard in the design of new chemicals. This objective is best achieved when information about a chemical's potential hazardous effects is obtained as early in the design process as feasible. Endocrine disruption is a type of hazard that to date has been inadequately addressed by both industrial and regulatory science. To aid chemists in avoiding this hazard, we propose an endocrine disruption testing protocol for use by chemists in the design of new chemicals. The Tiered Protocol for Endocrine Disruption (TiPED) has been created under the oversight of a scientific advisory committee composed of leading representatives from both green chemistry and the environmental health sciences. TiPED is conceived as a tool for new chemical design, thus it starts with a chemist theoretically at "the drawing board." It consists of five testing tiers ranging from broad in silico evaluation up through specific cell- and whole organism-based assays. To be effective at detecting endocrine disruption, a testing protocol must be able to measure potential hormone-like or hormone-inhibiting effects of chemicals, as well as the many possible interactions and signaling sequellae such chemicals may have with cell-based receptors. Accordingly, we have designed this protocol to broadly interrogate the endocrine system. The proposed protocol will not detect all possible mechanisms of endocrine disruption, because scientific understanding of these phenomena is advancing rapidly. To ensure that the protocol remains current, we have established a plan for incorporating new assays into the protocol as the science advances. In this paper we present the principles that should guide the science of testing new chemicals for endocrine disruption, as well as principles by which to evaluate individual assays for applicability, and laboratories for reliability.
In a 'proof-of-principle' test, we ran 6 endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that act via different endocrinological mechanisms through the protocol using published literature. Each was identified as endocrine active by one or more tiers. We believe that this voluntary testing protocol will be a dynamic tool to facilitate efficient and early identification of potentially problematic chemicals, while ultimately reducing the risks to public health.
Matt Shipman | EurekAlert!
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Greek Yogurt Dip Mixes
Congratulations to all 25 winners of our new Greek Dip Mixes last month. We hope you enjoy trying all three new dips: Mediterranean Herb, Southwest Ranch and Zesty Spinach. These flavorful dip mixes have been specially formulated to blend perfectly with the incredibly rich and creamy texture of nonfat organic Greek Yogurt to create healthy, nutritious dips.
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It's not too early to begin planning your fiesta of flavor for Cinco de Mayo. This holiday is celebrated on May 5 and commemorates the Mexican army's surprising victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. While not widely celebrated in Mexico, it is fast becoming a favorite gathering time for family and friends in the U.S. Join in the fun and use our party planner for tips and ideas!
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Seasoning Spotlight — Herbes de Provence
Our spotlight this month is on Herbes de Provence. While a new addition to the Simply Organic line-up, this seasoning has been providing delightful flavor for years.
Herbes de Provence adds a splash of Mediterranean to any dish. There's no specific blend for the mixture; rather it is typically a combination of herbs sourced from the southeastern region of France. It's commonly made up of aromatic herbs such as thyme, rosemary, basil, tarragon, and lavender flowers.
Uses for this versatile blend are limitless, but of note is that Herbes de Provence should be added early on in the cooking process, to allow the flavors to meld. Rub or sprinkle on meat, poultry, fish, or tofu before grilling, broiling, baking, or frying. Sprinkle on vegetables such as potatoes before roasting. Add to butter for a seasoned spread, or use to make a salad dressing (see our recipe for Herbed Salad Dressing below).
Early on, Herbes de Provence was simply a descriptive term referring to a blend of herbs used in Mediterranean cooking. It began to be commercially sold in the early 1970s.
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Recipe of the Month -
Herbed Salad Dressing
Enjoy a taste of the Mediterranean with this savory, aromatic dressing. This recipe makes a great marinade, too.
1/3 cup soy oil or olive oil
2 tablespoons tarragon vinegar
1 to 2 cloves of garlic or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1 to 2 tablespoons Herbes de Provence
1/4 teaspoon dill weed
Shake up all ingredients in a jar or container and pour over bed of greens.
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Christmas 2011 Decoration Trends
Every year the Christmas World, an international meeting of decorators and buyers set the trends for Christmas decorations. If you like your Christmas decor trendy and different every year here are some of the trends for Christmas 2011.
Christmas decoration trends for 2011 are quite interesting. The focus is on simplicity and subtle metallic shine. This year the traditional green, red and gold color scheme is replaced with silver and frosty green. The metallic finishes are less shiny – pewter, tin and burnished bronze. Also the wood and felt are "in" this season.
Flowers as a Christmas decoration have been around for a while. Tulips or any other of your favorite flowers can be used as centerpieces on the tables, consoles and cabinets.
I like how silver and green create a fresh but frosty look and fresh flowers give it all a nice twist. Of course, the trends are optional but they can be a great source of inspiration for your own Christmas decor solutions.
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When: June 25 Time: 6:30 p.m. Where: E-Free Church, 200 W. 10th, Grant • Appetizers • Musical Entertainment • Silent Auction
By Jan RahnManaging Editor The third annual fundraising concert for the American Cancer Society will be held Saturday, June 25 at the Grant Evangelical Free Church. Scheduled for 6:30 p.m., the concert's featured performers will include vocal and band numbers, along with instrumental acts with flutes, guitars and piano. The goal this year is to raise $5,000 or more from the concert which will feature food and a silent auction in addition to the musical entertainment. Food is always a big part of the concert evening—with fancy hors d' oeuvres by local contributors and volunteers. Some of the silent auction items this year will include Husker volleyball and football tickets, a plane ride, passes to school events, Prairie Theatre movie tickets, an airplane ride, and home-baked items. "We can't quit," said Rhonda Kroeker, co-organizer. As a member of "Thunder on the Hi-Line," which is the relay team from Perkins County who takes part in the annual cancer drive in July in Ogallala, Kroeker said the team was getting overwhelmed in donating time and effort and wanted to draw back—"Then Karla got cancer and she was on our team," she said. "Then Linda Kurkowski got cancer—and we knew we couldn't quit." Each year, Bob Cummings has been part of the group of entertainers with his vocal talent—now Bob's twenty-something son is a cancer survivor. There is hardly anyone in the community not touched in some way with cancer, said Kroeker. She said the greatest thing about the fundraising efforts is that it goes for patient advocacy—such as gas expense for example, wigs, experimental programs, research and education. Luminaries and "cancer stars" will also be sold by the Thunder on the Hi-Line team as part of the fundraising efforts for this year's American Cancer Society drive. The public can make a big difference in helping to support the advocacy programs for cancer patients. Plan now to attend this annual event and take part in the enjoyable evening of entertainment, food and silent auction for such a great cause. The tax-deductible $10 concert tickets can be purchased at In & Out, Pinnacle Bank, Valley Bank and Adams Bank in Grant or from organizers Rhonda Kroeker, Deb Hansen, Toni Wyatt, Bob Cummings or Jeanie Daiss. Tickets are also available at the door the evening of the concert. However, purchasing them ahead of time will give organizers an idea of the amount of food needed for the evening. Call any of the organizers with questions about the concert.


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I lied, in my blog. My hands are aching today. I think it might have been something from the maki rolls last night.
I read something about Vitamin B12 deficiency and that it can sometimes present as tingling or numbness in fingers and toes. I wonder if that's what's going on with my toes? I have some liquid B12 I can try supplementing for a little while. My toes were itchy when I woke up again this morning. This wasn't an issue for months, but has been bothering me for more than a week now. I can't think of anything in my diet that has changed aside from removing gluten, but this started before I cut out gluten again. I am eating dairy infrequently and haven't noticed a correlation with that.
I wore a necklace (that I've worn before with no issues) on Saturday. On Sunday, I woke up with a rash on my neck where the chain would have sat. It's still a little irritated, but going away. Weird. My mom has a nickel allergy, but I've never had problems with jewelry before.
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James S. Schenck IV Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, Raleigh
I am a restless walker. I stroll the streets and greenways around my neighborhood, in the local nature parks and at the beach whenever possible. I enjoy the exercise, but mainly walking is my chance to get some peace and quiet alone or with my family.
Vita: Born July 22, 1955, in Greensboro; bachelors and law degrees from UNC Chapel Hill, masters from Duke University; wife and two sons. Why he chose this field: I was interested in a career in land-use planning and development. I was offered a summer job after my first year in law school clerking for an arbitrator handling several construction disputes. He and his co-authors of a construction-law treatise kept me on as a research associate when I returned to school, and I have never turned away. Memorable case: I think about my work on the Greensboro Coliseum expansion in the early 1990s the most. My work for the city changed the direction of my career and led to similar engagements. What hed be if not a lawyer: I can think of a lot of alternative careers that would have been happy ones for me. Passions: I devote pretty much all of my time to family and work. I do like good food. Recent reading: The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro, is essential Americana. My son says I am the only person he knows who reads textbooks for fun. Dont ask him to: Run for political office.


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Thomas Drake, the former National Security Agency official accused of illegally keeping and sharing classified documents, is said to be so confident in his case — and sure of the weakness of the government's case — that he has twice refused to accept a plea bargain.
With his federal trial set to begin Monday in Baltimore, Drake, 54, rejected the government's latest offer on Wednesday, even though that offer called for him to plead guilty only to a misdemeanor and get no jail time, The Washington Post reported.
"That prosecutors were willing to let him plead to a misdemeanor reflects the weakness of their case, which has in the past week been significantly weakened," The Post said it had been told by experts who have followed the case. If indeed prosecutors were willing to accept a misdemeanor plea with no time behind bars, their stance is a remarkable comedown, as the original charges against Drake could have sent him away for many years upon conviction.
Drake was indicted last year on charges that in 2006 and 2007 he shared classified documents with a Baltimore Sun reporter who was writing about N.S.A. programs that were not working well.
But prosecutors in the District of Maryland have faced some serious disadvantages. As Main Justice reported in March, the government decided to use code language in court to avoid disclosing classified information — an arrangement that did not seem to promise clarity. Then, as we reported this week, the DOJ decided instead to sacrifice some evidence altogether.
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Children of the Occupation
For a decade following the end of the Second World War, foreign troops occupied Japan. During that time, thousands of mixed race children were born, the result of relationships between the occupying servicemen - Australians, Americans, Brits - and Japanese women. What became of those children after their fathers returned home? Former ABC Tokyo based correspondent, Walter Hamilton, has been finding out.
- Walter Hamilton
- author, Children of the Occupation: Japan's untold story
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- Children of the Occupation: Japan's untold story
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- Walter Hamilton
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Stephen Randall :
15 Mar 2013 7:51:21pm
I loved the woven complexity of Hamilton's presentation. It could have been a hectoring exercise but it was empathetic and recognised the competing and clashing values. Thanks for putting this up on Big Ideas.


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A button on the graphing calculator. The 'o' isn't actually an o, it's some kind of greek letter that looks like an o with a line through it. People say it's used for entering variables, but it really sends a signal to the alien Xton who will come and dominate our civilization in the year 3496
I just pressed the xton button. Your descendents will all be slaves
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May 26, 2016
With rain on the roads and sub-freezing temperatures in the forecast, local public works directors are trying to make sure the streets stay safe for drivers.
Meridian public works director Monty Jackson says he is confident the city has enough resources to control road icing.
Throughout the day Jackson met with emergency responders to get the latest information.
"We're monitoring, along with the police department, and we'll respond to whatever needs to be responded tom: said Jackson. "It may come to the point where there is so much ice on them that we can't control it with sand or salt, that we would probably close them."
Jackson says the main concerns are bridges and overpasses, as well as two-lane roads that receive little sunlight.
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The MACM, or Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, is normally the domain of my colleague Daviel, whose knowledge of the Montreal art scene towers over my "that's a pretty picture" style approach to art criticism. There are, however, occasions when the MACM crosses over into the dark realm of nightlife…
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Festival International Montréal en Arts
This weekend the Gay Village will be over taken by artists! Find out where the BoulevART is happening…
Phoebe Greenberg's DHC/ART + Michal Rovner
Montreal has a new patron of the arts: Phoebe Greenberg. And her uncommon taste for risky adventures made her create one of the best art galleries in town, showcasing the work of experimental artists from all over the world. Read more to know why Montreal is now a real avant-garde city… in many ways.
Montreal Shopping Wish list #2: Corno's artwork
This one's quite simple: I want a Corno painting. Actually, let me rephrase that. I'm dying for a Corno painting. Who's the object of my wall's desires? None other than Quebec-born painter Johanne Corno, the self-described urban expressionist whose big dreams landed her in the Big Apple more than 15 years ago. But guess what! She's back in town for the Jazz Festival with an amazing piece you can't afford to leave hanging!
For Gays Who Giggle :: Montréal's Just For Laughs
For all you queens, here's a big "riddle" for you: What's versatile, long, and tickles your funny boner? Click here to find out…
The Fag Fringe Forecast
Montréal goes a bit nutty each June. I know the Fringe Festival has begun when I look out my living room window onto St-Laurent Boulevard and see a Drag Queen marching up the street playing the bagpipes. (FYI – she's known as the Drag-Piper.) The Fringe Fest runs this year from June 11 – 21. It is an uncensored, low cost, liberal, performance art festival – equal parts theatre, dance, music and creative anarchy. There is a little something for everyone. As stated in this year's program, "The Fringe is all about discovery." But choosing from among 100 or so local, national and international companies can be a bit overwhelming. So I've put on my "Fag-Filter" and found the good stuff. Here are 6 recommendations for homolicious Fringe shows and events…
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Over the past few weeks I've been inviting my friends on Twitter (aka my "Twiends") to tweet me their favorite things about Montréal. Here are 11 tweets about Montréal…
Tour busT ::: Come to Montréal, See the World
A reliable (if not tedious) way to see a city is to get on a bus and take a guided tour. You'll cover tons of ground, but might end up falling asleep along the way. Tour busT, on the other hand, is everything but tedious. Check out this highly original mixture of road trip and theater in its world premiere…
What do Chernobyl and Versailles have in common? Photographer Robert Polidori gave these empty and abandoned spaces the chance to express themselves. Check out my review of his thought-provoking retrospective at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.
Festival TransAmériques: Body Language
When is crying a good thing? Because something incredibly beautiful just happened. Expect moving performances and unforgettable art moments at this year's Festival TransAmériques, an event dedicated to experimental dance and theatre. Read more for my suggestions and find out why you should go.


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A town called malice
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- #1 Steve Scott on 02.29.08 at 11:14 am
Unbelievable of Cameron. Weller wrote Eton Rifles after a personal incident with Etonians who he thought were privileged, rude bunch of "w*****s" (his words).
No mention of later work like the "Council Collective"!
By the way, Weller is 50 in May.


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Playhouse expands its WoW Fest
New projects added to La Jolla theater's first celebration of site-specific work
The Without Walls Festival, La Jolla Playhouse's ambitious celebration of site-specific theater, just got a whole lot bigger.
The Playhouse announced Tuesday the addition of a dozen works to the theater's first-ever festival of its kind, scheduled for Oct. 3-6.
The WoW fest, which grew out of the success of stand-alone, site-specific shows the Playhouse has staged over the past two years, will unfold in and around the Theatre District on the UC San Diego campus. The Playhouse is partnering on the event with UCSD and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
Tickets range from free to $25; the theater says a full schedule for the WoW Festival will be available in August at (858) 550-1010 or LaJollaPlayhouse.org.
The newly announced shows include seven new works by faculty and students in the UCSD departments of Theatre & Dance and Music; three new MCASD-commissioned by performance artists James Luna, Kate Gilmore and Jacolby Satterwhite; a co-production with Moxie Theatre of UCSD MFA grad Jennifer Barclay's "Counterweight," directed by Moxie artistic chief Delicia Turner Sonnenberg; and the installation artist Brian Lobel's "Carpe Minuta Prima," which the Playhouse presented earlier this month at the San Diego Fringe Festival.
The WoW event will be at the center of a Festival Village that will feature artist talks, food trucks, a beer garden, live music and more.
As previously announced, the festival also will take in productions of Jay Scheib's "Platonov, or The Disinherited"; "100% San Diego"; "We Built This City"; "The Car Plays: San Diego"; Kamchàtka; a reconception of "Our Town"; and a new work by master puppeteer Basil Twist ("Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" that will unfold on the nearby beach.
Here's a look at the newly announced shows:
In partnership with UCSD:
- "Cornerstone," a short play by UCSD MFA candidates David Jacobi and Sarah Wansley that casts the audience as engineers working at The Central Facilities Plant, located at the Center of Civilization. "Supplying the world's heat, water, electricity and breathable air is a difficult job, so one shouldn't be distracted by those three workers having a heated discussion on their lunch break about labor, sandwich construction and metaphysics."
- "Hedda'ing," by performer/choreographer and UCSD MFA candidate Sam Mitchell, who joins the Norway-based dance theatre artists Siri Jondtvedt and Snelle Hall in this dance-theater exploration: "Using Henrik Ibsen's play 'Hedda Gabler' as a source, the production investigates the polarities that exist between the role of home as a sanctuary and as a prison, between memory and reality, and between the existential and the spiritual."
The piece is set in and around artist Do Ho Suh's "Fallen Star" sculpture at the Jacobs School of Engineering.
- The Myth Project: Altar," by Patricia Rincon, head of dance in UCSD's Theatre & Dance Department, spotlights Che Café, a vibrant center of campus culture for decades. "The production takes audiences on a site-specific journey eliciting flashbacks while constructing a contemporary story that spins through our present social political culture, based on interviews with muralist Mario Torero and writings from archives, blogs and articles."
- "Our Star Will Die Alone," created by Project Planetaria's Adam Burgasser, Tara Knight and Michael Trigilio (all UCSD faculty members) is a participatory, site-specific performance centering on the life cycle of our star. "Integrating data-driven elements rooted in our scientific understanding of stellar astrophysics, audience members will be given custom electronics to explore fusion, the power source of our star. Through sound, light, projection and a death-metal band, this performance will articulate the productive and destructive aspects of stellar evolution."
- "Pause (for world creation)," a dance experience from the Wallpaper Performance Company, "brings live sound artists, lighting designers, dancers and audiences together on a real-time journey into our collective imagination. By weaving an actual conversation between performers and audience, Alicia Peterson Baskel's production offers access to the inner workings of the performers' minds and reveals the mostly absurd and often wonderful imagery that is continuously emerging live on stage."
- "La perfezione di uno spirito sottile" is an operetta by Salvatore Sciarrino, performed by Rachel Beetz, (who is a UCSD DMA candidate in music), Stephanie Aston and Dustin Donahue. It "was born as a ritual of music to be performed in the open, in the vicinity of precipices, cliffs, strange rock formations or boundless upland plains. By committing ourselves to the wind, we may discover something that unites all these places, despite their extreme differences. Throughout the work, a primary condition of contradiction and panic manifests itself in each observer: a losing of one's human dimensions."
- "A Willow Grows Aslant: An Ophelia Story," by UCSD MFA candidates Kristin Idaszak, Natalie Khuen and Kate Jopson," takes the audience on a journey into the fractured psyche of a young woman torn between her father's political ambitions, her boyfriend's revenge fantasies and her own private dream of becoming a dancer. Creating an immersive, ambulatory experience that is different for each audience member, the labyrinthine corridors of Galbraith Hall's basement will bloom with flowers and broken mirrors as Ophelia's dreams for her future become nightmares in this re-imagining of 'Hamlet' through the eyes of its laconic heroine."


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Suns get: J-Rich, Jared Dudley
Bobcats get: Raja Bell, Boris Diaw, Sean Singletary
Seems like a wash for ex-Jazzmen today (Shorty gets cut, Bell leaves a team he wasn't happy with).
Interesting deal though… the Suns add another wing that would really fit the system if D'Antoni was coach. (Note to Steve Kerr… D'Antoni isn't the coach!)
Bell was unhappy in the new system. Fine. You have to deal him. From the rumblings over at Bright Side of the Sun, it seems like they think Diaw was being overpaid (which he probably was, at $9 million). Still, just dealing him because of that is stupid. I look for the Suns to be trying to add a better PG soon, be it via trade or FA. Or maybe just play Barbosa a whole lot more, as he could end up being the key back-up behind both Nash & J-Rich. They do have Alando Tucker too, but I don't think he's just going to jump up to playing major minutes. And trading Diaw… all of a sudden, their back-up bigs are Robin Lopez & Louis Amundson (another ex-Jazzster). Not exactly solid… at least not yet.
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Next Tuesday is voting day for our school budget. The members of our school PTAs have voted overwhelmingly to support the 2014-15 budget, and we urge Rockville Centre residents to get out and vote.
For the third year in a row, the members of our Board of Education and the employees of the school district have worked diligently to preserve the existing academic and extracurricular programming while maintaining a budget within the tax levy cap limits. In an era of sharply rising spending mandates without offsetting aid, this is a big accomplishment. However, for the budget to pass, we need everyone to get out and vote! Polling takes place at South Side High School from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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The Wall Street Journal is known world-wide for their unique approach to their illustrations featured in their publications. Randy Glass is the man behind these illustrations and started freelancing for the WSJ in 1998. As you might be aware, he has built up quite a collection of illustrations over the years. These are 99 inspiring hedcuts that will make you admire the attention to detail. "These iconic drawings use a variation of the traditional stipple method of many small dots of varied sizes in conjunction with minimal line usage." -Randy Glass
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Craddock presents stunning new work.
Former Sunderland man Jody Craddock has recently completed a stunning new painting of Sunderland's 1973 FA Cup-winning side.
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To be able to share my passion for art at the same time of having the privilege of being associated with Sunderland once again is perfect for me
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The painting took more than five months to complete, including more than 50 hours' work on the details of the players' faces alone.
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Sep 30 2005 / Friday
The lineup
The etnies/West 49 East Coast Tour is officially over and what a blast of a tour it was! On the tour was Arto Saari, Rune Glifberg, Ryan Sheckler, Ronnie Creager, Kyle Leeper, Conhuir Lynn, and etnies Canadian ripper Nathan LaCoste. Everything from skating sketchy parks to signing autographs to blasting the 80's soap opera smash hit Lady in Red went down. The crew flew in to Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 20th. Well actually the 21st at 1:30 am. Sleep was on the menu after that, or was it? No way, straight to the Nova Scotia casino! Besides skating and getting used to the time difference, the only thing scheduled for that day was a signing at 7pm. for the boys flying from California; it was still 9:30pm, so sleep was kinda out of the question. The casino was a nightmare, so after a couple hours it was time to get some rest.
Then it was time to check out what the city had to offer, specifically what the park where the demo was going to be had to offer. Rolled around the city, bombed some hills, had a fatty to flatty and a manual/ledge/flat bar sesh at the park. All in all, it was a good day of skating around central Halifax. Later that evening, the first of two signings was scheduled at 7pm at the main Halifax location of West 49. The signing went for a couple hours, with approximately 300 or 400 kids all getting to meet the etnies team and get their autographs.
Arto got tired of being in front of the lens
The next day was demo day, so everyone got the rest they needed in order to get their skate on for the kiddies. The demo was massive—probably around 500 or 600 kids showed up and got to see some serious shite go down. Ronnie was destroying everything as usual. Half-cab noseslide 270 nollie heel out on the ledge! Ryan was killing the fatty to flatty section of the bowl with massive kickflips. He even tried to ollie over 18 boards stacked on top of each other. He made 17, but things got too hectic with the crowd and he never made it over 18 boards. There was some good tranny stuff for Rune to skate and he destroyed it as he always does. Frontside airs to tail bash over hips, back tailslides, etc. Arto (backside flips and kickflips over the bowl hip), Conhuir (kickflip backside nosegrind down the hubba), Kyle (blunts galore on the sketchy tranny to vert wall), and Nathan (ruling every obstacle in the park) were skating amazing as well. A successful demo and a successful signing the previous day. time to get some dinner and have a few beverages (we'll leave it at that for the night's festivities)!
Mr. Lynn
The next day was a day of driving. What's new though for tours? The destination–Moncton, New Brunswick. Moncton is a bit different than Halifax. It has more of a French influence compared to Halifax's British influence. It was a couple hour drive, with a few stops for food, fire works, snacks, and what-have-you. Got there at night and went on a mission to locate the park where the second demo would be a couple days later. No luck, so instead it was time to get a meal. This is where the tour went from good vibes to extremely good vibes. Our waitress at the restaurant Pastelli's (go to this restaurant next time you are in Moncton. you won't be disappointed!) was easily the best waitress any of us had had. Imagine a motley crew of skateboarders, in Moncton, coming into a nice restaurant with a bunch of people dressed in nice clothes. They didn't know what to do. Except for our waitress, Anne Marie—she instantly took us in and took care of us for the next three nights. Her son skates, and she asked Arto if he would speak with him on the phone, which of course Arto did. After dinner, we all decided it was time to take care of this kid, since his mother gave us such a great evening of dinner and Hot Tatti's (hope that's how you spell it). So some new Bastien's and a complete setup (Flip board, Fury trucks, and Ricta wheels of course!), and dinner the next night with the crew. The next 2 days, there were kids lined up at his house because of the story he had! Thank you so much for your hospitality and gifts Anne-Marie!
Nathan LaCoste
The next day was another day of driving. One and a half hours to Saint John for a signing. We get to the store, where again there was about 300-400 kids anxiously awaiting the team's arrival. Another successful signing—now time to street skate. One of the locals, Brian, took us around showing us the local spots. He showed us a bump spot, a ledge spot, a couple gap spots, and a rail that was gnarly to say the least. Sheckler boardslid the rail, but that was it—sketchy run-up and steep bar. Not worth getting hurt at that time. It was starting to get late, and Arto had been asking for a lighthouse to shoot some photos and portraits, so we took a 30-minute mission to the most amazing place. Nestled back in the woods was a lighthouse with nothing around. You could take a walk down the hill towards these cliffs and hike around on a bunch of rocks right next to the ocean. Words cannot explain and cannot do the spot justice, but amazing it was. This is where the fireworks were shot off. Kicked it there for a couple hours, and decided to head back to Moncton, which was now about a two-hour drive away.
Ryan tried to ollie this
Sunday, the 25th, was basically the last day of the tour, and the last demo. The Moncton park is a pretty weird one. The obstacles are all packed into this tight little area, but it made for a good demo. No teams had really been out there for anything, so the local kids were psyched to see these guys skate anything. A huge crowd was there, and once the demo was over, everyone decided to keep on skating with the kids for a couple hours. This was another highlight of the trip since we got to skate with the kids. They kept telling us how happy they were that we came to their town, and that's what it is all about. That is what makes tours all worthwhile! The next day everyone flew back home, remembering all the good times that were had from September 20th–26th, 2005. Thanks to everyone from West 49 and Timebomb Distribution for making this trip such a success, and most importantly all the kids that came out and supported the etnies team and continually support the etnies brand…you all made it a trip to remember!!!
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Here is what the boys are up to now:
Lots of people showed up
Ryan and Ronnie left today for the West 49 World Cup contest in Toronto, Canada. Yeah, back to Canada for them.
Arto is back in Huntington Beach getting his life organized and skating a bit as well. He's planning to take a trip out to Arizona real soon to camp, skate, shoot photos, and enjoy a bit of downtime.
Bastien Salabanzi is back in France at the moment waiting to get his new VISA (work permits to be in the States). He couldn't come on the Canada tour because it expired while the tour was on. He should be getting it real soon and will be back in the States after that.
Kyle Leeper is back at home down in San Diego planning to leave to Spain next Tuesday. He'll be on a serious mission to get photos for etnies now that he is part of the team.
Conhuir is back in Ireland after the tour, but is planning on coming to Southern California sometime in October for the etnies Goofy vs. Regular contest. He'll probably be staying after to skate for a while as well.
Rune will be skating in the LG contest Friday, the 30th, in Pomona, and after that will be skating the local parks in the Oceanside and Encinitas area.
Bibs are sooo hot right now!
Stefan is still chillin in Sacto and preparing to head out to Spain...again.
And that's all she wrote. Quite a report, check back soon for updates on the contests and everything else the team is up to.