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Dear Mr. Noel,
First, I gotta tell you I would have rather been in your class all winter than off on a four-month holiday. It wasn't really a holiday at all.
But I did get to do a bunch of neat things. First, I went to see the polar bears. Polar bears are awesome. They ought to be a logo for an NHL team some day.
I also did the weather on CTV one night, where they have this really nice lady named Colleen Bready. I went to the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame dinner. I even got to play some hockey on top of a parkade.
But like I said, I'm way happy the vacation is over. I am ready to learn.
- Little Jimmy Slater
Dear Mr. Mayweather,
Winnipeg is no Atlanta. You know what I mean, Floyd?
As I told the Vancouver Sun last March, in Atlanta "you're sitting at your rooftop pool in January and it's 80 degrees." Winnipeg is obviously a lot colder.
So I was pretty stoked to get the chance to do a couple of different things, like play in the KHL.
But that didn't turn out like I expected, Floyd. I mean, when I got off the plane, I wasn't even in Russia. I was in some place called Belarus. Remember when the Belarussian hockey team beat Sweden in the 2002 Winter Olympics, Floyd? I don't. I was 11.
Anyway, when I got back in the U.S.A., I spent some time chilling in Vegas. You know how it is in Vegas, don't you, Floyd?
I was sitting in a hotel room when some guy handed me this awesome phone. I tried to call you on it, but I wound up pocket-dialling everyone in Canada on something called the Twitter.
Turns out they got mad because there was some lockout thing going on.
- Little Evander Kane
Dear Mr. Noel,
I spent my winter vacation at the gym and performing community service as instructed by a court of law.
I believe that satisfies your questions.
- Increasingly little Dustin Byfuglien
Dear Mr. Noel,
I had an awful lot of homework to do this winter. I put in a tremendous amount of hours. It was really hard, but I had one heck of a tutor: His name is Mr. Fehr. He's a very smart guy. I learned an awful lot from him. One day, I might be just like him.
Toward the end of my remedial classes, I also got a lot of help from Mr. Beckenbaugh. In fact, you might say I wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for him.
Like I said to The Canadian Press, "When it got to points you didn't know what to do next, you could go to him and talk to him about it and there was a way to work your ideas through a third party who was really able to help the process."
Now that we're back, I hope my work with Mr. Fehr and Mr. Beckenbaugh won't jeopardize my future in your class, Mr. Noel
- Little Ronnie Hainsey
Dear Mr. Noel,
I spent my winter vacation in Windsor, the warmest city in Ontario. It's right across the river from Detroit. I can show where it on the map if you want, Mr. Noel.
You're a real swell teacher. I promise I'll do good this year.
- Little Kyle Wellwood
Dear Mr. Noel,
We haven't met, but I look forward to being in your class.
I spent my winter getting used to my new surroundings, and so far, I like what I see. It's a little bit like Helsinki -- only a lot grimmer.
I learned quite a bit last year from Mr. Sutter, my old teacher. He's really brought up my grades.
I hope to sit at the front of your class, too.
- Little Olli Jokinen
Dear Mr. Noel,
Before I go over to see Principal Cheveldayoff, I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I mean, really, really sorry.
If you need me, I'll be writing on the blackboard after class.
- Little Ondrej Pavelec
Dear Mr. Kane,
My name is Al Montoya. You gave me a concussion. Prepare to die.
- Little Al Montoya
Dear Mr. Noel,
I didn't get much of a vacation. I worked hard all winter, even more than Ronnie did. I've been in this place called St. John's, where it's foggy all day, everybody keeps trying to make me drink screech at night and when you go for dinner they feed you cod's tongues and dressing.
Needless to say, I'm really motivated to stick around this year and won't be wandering away. I promise to stick to your plan.
- Little Alex Burmistrov
Dear Mr. Noel,
I went to Russia over the holidays and managed to score five goals. That's four more than Evander scored over there. Just sayin.'
I realize you may not have room in your class, but if you do, that would be awesome.
- Little Marky Scheifele
Dear Mr. Noel,
Recess is over. Let's get on with it.
- Little Andrew Ladd
* No actual Winnipeg Jets were asked how they spent their winter vacation. But everything inside quotation marks is legit. Additional sources: Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal and The Canadian Press.


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Industrial, construction mines to go under separate rules
By Craig Moorhead
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 4:29 AM
The Fillmore County Planning Commission voted during its meeting Thursday, Nov. 15, to recommend enacting a pair of new mining ordinances. Addressing both quarrying for construction minerals and industrial minerals and metals, the regulations are a direct response to pressures for frac sand development.
An overflow crowd packed the commissioners' room, with several citizens watching the proceedings via video camera in an upstairs seating area.
Thursday's meeting included the last public hearings required before the county board considers the ordinances during a regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 27. On that date, public comment may be allowed but the board will not be required to hold additional sessions before enacting the regulations.
Ordinance 721 will continue to cover construction mining, while 736 is aimed squarely at industrial (including frac sand) mines. Conditional use permits will still be required for both, but the governing rules for those permits will come from separate ordinances.
Some key provisions in the construction mine ordinance include reclamation plans, geologic surveys, setbacks, blasting standards, seismograph reports, inspections, fees, road use, covered loads, and surety bonds.
The industrial mine ordinance includes all of the above and more. Chemicals and toxic substances are not allowed for drilling. Tunneling is not allowed. Washing of materials is not allowed, and the application of "any chemicals or flocculants to excavated or mined industrial minerals or metals" is prohibited. Also, any materials brought back to the site cannot have been processed with chemicals or flocculants.
Excavations are limited to 50 acres, with 1,000-foot setbacks from dwellings. There is a 50-foot setback from the surveyed boundary of any mining site. The number of sites in operation in the county was originally specified at eight, but later altered. Before any additional sites are opened, one of those must be "closed, reclaimed, and verified by the Fillmore County zoning administrator." Excavations must stop 10 feet above the water table. The mine operator "will not cause a significant reduction in surface water within two miles of the mining site," another section states.
Allowed hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. through 8 p.m. CDT, and 7 am through 5 pm CST. Saturday hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. No Sunday hours are permitted. Federally observed holidays are also prohibited times to operate. The conditional use process may further curtail hours of operation. Road maintenance agreements are also required. Loads and weights are required to be reported to Fillmore County's zoning and planning office. Fees will be charged for wear and tear to county roadways.
Ordinance 721 brought few comments, and was quickly approved. But the industrial ordinance brought nearly a score of persons to the microphone and discussions went on for well over an hour. Remarkably, no members of the public asked for fewer restrictions on frac sand mining than the sample statute proposed. Opinions ranged from support for a strict ordinance with plenty of "teeth," to an outright ban on the frac sand industry.
"I would like to preserve this landscape as agricultural, not industrial," Tom Barnes of Pilot Mound Township said. "One should not reap the benefits at the expense of other people."
Barnes said the county should consider adding a "property value guarantee," which would make mine operators liable for losses in values within two miles of an industrial mine. "Can a county guarantee property values?" Chairman Gary Ruskell asked. "I'd like to do more research on that."
Lanesboro resident Dale Forster joined several citizens who said that the total number of mines should be five, not eight. "The purpose of ordinance 736 is to protect the land, water, and existing rural economy, and to monitor and control industrial mining..." he said. "In Fillmore County, we don't want to be overwhelmed by the sand mining that's taken over so many areas of Wisconsin. It's still a big unknown whether our county can manage all of these big scale mines."
Fellow Lanesboro citizen Robert Hatch joined others who expressed reservations over possible environmental problems such as groundwater pollution. Urging a ban on frac sand mines, he said, "We think this technology should not be supported in any form... Some of us hold values that transcend money."
George Spangler of the National Trout Center in Preston cited the value of tourism, which approximately half of the other speakers also mentioned. In the four-state "driftless area" including southern Minnesota, $1.1 billion worth of tourism per year is supported by trout streams, he claimed.
Spangler said that increased water temperatures and impaired flows from springs are some of the risks that need to be evaluated for all conditional use permits. He added that no washing of sand should be permitted now or in the future (which often requires high-cap wells), and that no chemicals from mining operations should be allowed to enter designated trout waters.
Another idea that was mentioned repeatedly was to limit active mines to two per township. Commissioners discussed that option, but eventually decided that townships should decide if they want to impose that limitation.
Bonnie Haugen said she farms near Canton. "More space between mines sounds like a good idea," she said. "But one saying that I've reminded people of is that 'farming is everybody's bread and butter' and water... I'm concerned about the water. I'm not a geologist, but I'm also wondering if they don't need more than 10 feet as far as staying above the water table... With the karst geology that we have, we may need to be extra careful about that."
Resident Rita LeDue concurred. "We need water but we also need food," she said. "I think tillable land needs to be conserved... We're just at the beginning of the mining operations now. Things will ramp up, and from what I've read there may be very intensive mining. I know some people say 'that'll never happen,' but you can't be too sure that it won't."
Citing studies that indicate that frac sand mines can still be profitable even if 50 to 80 feet of overburden needs to be removed, LeDue said, "If we're going to be removing 50 feet of overburden on down the road, we're going to end up with a pit, only 10 feet above the water table."
"I do feel that water is a very precious commodity, and we do owe something to future generations... In 2007, Fillmore County was losing over 500 tillable acres every single year to development. In view of the world's food situation, I think we need to start looking at what the food resources of the nation and the world is in relation to demand... If you do decide to do more work on this ordinance, you may want to put some restrictions on not converting good productive farmland with (at least) a 65 CER rating to mining."
Commissioner Jim Keune made a motion to forward the proposal, but limit active mines to five, then further limit those to two per township. Applause greeting his words, but the motion died for lack of a second.
Commissioner Duane Bakke then moved to recommend approval but limit the county's overall total to five, while leaving the question of how many mines per township to township officials. Seconded by Commissioner Ann O'Conner, the motion passed by unanimous vote.
The board also recommended approval of an alteration to Section 402(3) of the county's zoning ordinance, allowing portable agricultural buildings on skids to be exempt from building permit requirements. An amendment to Section 404.01 was approved as well, which supported the above change and also exempted certain concrete pours and asphalt for non-agricultural uses, excluding foundations and footings.
Finally, a public hearing on a CUP request from Gary and Matt Hellickson of Carimona Township was approved. The Hellicksons sought a feedlot expansion permit to go from 250 to 720 animal units. Zoning Administrator Chris Graves said that the operation would not be adding any buildings, but would be housing more finish hogs instead of nursery pigs. The larger animals are rated at more animal units. After making sure that township officials had no problems with the change, commissioners quickly voted in favor of the permit.
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'The Cafe in the Park' opened in 2008 once the Wycombe District Council-built cafe and toilet block had been completed.
Now a planning application has been submitted to make "external alterations" as part of a potential Costa Coffee franchise including doors, windows and advertising signs and air conditioning units.
But Bob Savidge, park spokesman for the Marlow Society, said the park's views could be spoilt if it were allowed to go ahead.
"The problem is throughout the park there is no advertising signage, and some signs in Court Garden had to be taken down.
"They want signs all around the building and we are against that. Also, it sets a precedent and we will end up with signage all over the park.
"We have no objection to the building work changes as long as they meet environmental and building regulations, but who is going to pay for it?"
Land in Higginson Park is owned by the Higginson Park Charity, of which Wycombe District Council is the sole trustee.
The cafe, which was built as a shelter with gaps in the roof and windows, is set to be modified to make it a sealed, heated building under the plans.
Former architect John Burnham has complained the changes would not have been needed if the tax payer-funded building had been designed differently in the first place.
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Spokesman Catherine Spalton said: "In general terms, we would not prevent advertising if it is relevant to the park and its operation, but advertising consent must be applied for and approved via planning.
"The café – as with Court Garden Leisure Complex - allows for signage relating to the operator to be displayed, as long as we give permission in principle as the Trustee and the landlord and advertising consent is granted through the planning process.
"Any alterations to the café would need to be paid for by the operator."
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Its true. Just doesnt taste good at all.
Thats a personal oppinion, i almost never eat dinner without a beer or wine.
That is downright un-american... I almost slipped and hit the "Ban User" button when I read your post...
Tequila does a body very good
Stop drinking the Budweiser or Coors stuff and you'll think differently. Drink something like Guinness, Samuel Adams, or Oatmeal Stout. I drink those for the taste.
I don't like the taste of beer or wine(red or white). My friends just tell me that I just haven't had good beer or wine, but I remind them that I have tried the swill that they drink.
Now Tequila is very good as well as bourbon, rum and vodka. Not all together mind you. Okay, maybe sometimes mixed together.
and for you low-carbers... Rolling Rock Green Light is unmatched in taste...
I don't like alcohol.......I like the smell but the taste is like earwax........I guess it's an aquired taste.....
you hate alcohol and yet you drink earwax? *** is up with that?
And I've tried...oh how I've tried...
Gimme Gin any day of the week...
beer rules the school, man
Beer sucks? Gin is better?
Man, I don't even know what to say. I am so disappointed in you two.
Beer is the nectar of the gods.
Man, I don't even know what to say, either.
In order for you to be disappointed, you had to have some level of respect for us to begin with.
Do you SEE what beer does to your brain!?
There is a mod tribunal taking place even as we speak concerning your un-american hate for beer...
Beer is America... the Cowboys are America... hate beer... hate America's Team... you have sunken lower than any human I know of Juke... I will pray for your misguided soul...
That is a good point, I guess you couldn't drop much lower in my estimation.
I know what beer does to your brain. It kills brain cells, however, that can be a good thing.
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
I'll drink to that....
You are all a bunch of drunkards.
Coming from the Canada lover...
Three things to mention:
Crown Royal
Shania Twain
Nuff said.
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Higher education is provided both by universities and the so-called 'Grandes Ecoles' (Graduate Schools).The latter regroup engineering and business schools. Admission is highly competitive and the granted diploma is a Master's degree.Unlike the situation in many other countries, French engineering and business schools have an excellent reputation, better than universities.
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THE diggers are about to move in to revamp Worcester's Ketch roundabout, as a local councillor claimed the landscape "has been destroyed".
Councillor Roger Knight has secured assurances from Worcester City Council that the authority is prepared to get its hands dirty and help ensure the £8 million project is acceptable to residents.
The county council is due to start work on transforming the island, located off the A38 in St Peter's, in a year-long project which will see it double in size.
In recent weeks, trees have been felled as part of a plan to turn the route heading down Broomhall Way, towards Norton island, into a dual-carriageway.
And Councillor Matthew Lamb, cabinet member for cleaner and greener in Worcester, says the city council will get involved in the project.
The city handed over a grassed bank of land to County Hall last year to create a slip road in front of Begonia Close, a residential street.
Some kind of acoustic fence and shrub planting will be placed in front of the houses to minimise the noise, but the details are yet to be finalised.
Cllr Knight, who represents St Peter's, said: "I'm sure Cllr Lamb is aware I've been working with officers to mitigate the impact of the changes to the Ketch roundabout and Broomhall Way on the environment and lives of the residents of St Peter's.
"Will he give an absolute assurance that his department will support and facilitate the best outcome?"
Cllr Lamb said the city council will insist the changes are "as environmentally and aesthetically appropriate" as possible.
Cllr Knight then said he was concerned the tree felling has already "destroyed" the landscape, and called for more help in a fresh planting scheme to build an attractive bank between Begonia Close and the road.
"The county council has proposed some changes to lessen the impact," said Cllr Lamb.
"It could include an acoustic fence, lengthening of the bank and the planting of trees, but with all of these things the devil is in the detail.
"We need to look at whatever they propose to ensure it serves the community and city in the best light. "
The redevelopment is part of a wider £38 million plan to part-dual the A4440 Southern Link Road from Whittington island to the Ketch roundabout.


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One year removed from a seventh-place finish in the Ivy League and a 3-13 overall record, Penn (7-8-1, 4-1-1 Ivy) heads to Harvard (7-7-2, 5-1-0 Ivy) with an Ivy League championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line. Kickoff at Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium in Cambridge is set for 7 p.m.
The Quakers have not claimed an Ivy League championship since 2008, and know exactly what it will take to sit alone atop the Ancient Eight – a win. A victory over the Crimson is the only way the Red and Blue can overtake Harvard to claim Penn's first outright Ivy League championship since 1972. Overall, the Quakers have won seven Ivy League championships (1955, 1962, 1971, 1972, 1980, 2002, 2008) and claimed a pair of outright Ivy crowns (1971, 1972) in program history.
The last time Penn won an Ivy League championship came in somewhat similar circumstances. The Quakers and Crimson met in 2008 at Rhodes Field, each with a shot at claiming an Ivy title. With both sides needing a win to claim the crown, the Quakers scored in overtime on a Loukas Tasigianis goal in the 95' to stun the Crimson and earn a piece of the Ivy title with Dartmouth, relegating Harvard to third. The Crimson would rally in 2009 to claim its 13th Ivy League title.
Gameplans are sure to be different for each side on Saturday. The Quakers need the win to get what they want. For Harvard, a win or a tie are enough to secure the championship and move on to NCAA play. The Quakers are bound to be ready to run and gun in the hunt for the title, entering the weekend with the Ivy League's most potent offense to the tune of 27 goals. The Red and Blue have scored two or more goals in eight of their 16 matches this season and are 6-2-0 in those matches. Eight different players have scored goals for the Quakers, including Duke Lacroix who is tied for the Ivy lead in goals with seven. Sam Hayward is part of a group tied for fifth in the Ivy League with five goals, while fellow rookie Alec Neumann has four.
Two of the last three meetings between Penn and Harvard have required extra time to determine a winner, Harvard taking a double-overtime win in 2010 before Penn returned the favor the following season. In the 73 all-time meetings between the two schools, Penn is slightly behind in the all-time series, 38-40-5. In the last ten meetings, Penn has won six times to four for the Crimson.
Much like Penn's reversal of fortune from a year ago, Harvard is looking to rewrite its history with an Ivy title in 2013. Since claiming the Ivy championship in 2009, the Crimson have finished sixth, eighth and eighth the last three years. Over the past two Ivy campaigns, the Crimson went 0-12-2, with its five Ivy wins in 2013 surpassing the two total Ancient Eight wins the Crimson accumulated over the last three seasons.
After starting the season 1-6-2 in non-conference play, Harvard has put together a 6-1-0 record since Oct. 12. Five out of the six Ivy games Harvard has played in has seen a final score of 2-1, four going in favor of the Crimson. Last weekend, two goals 1:47 apart in the second half were enough for Harvard to take down Columbia, 2-0, in New York City. Unlike the Quakers who have four players with three or more goals, Harvard is reliant on its entire roster for scoring. 14 different players have scored at least one goal for the Crimson, led by Ashi Geberkidane and Kevin Harrington who each have three. 19 different Harvard players have at least one point this season, led by Ross Friedman who has 12 – including 10 assists which ranks him fifth in the country.
In goal, Evan Mendez has appeared in nine matches, allowing five goals over 652:10 of game play. He is 5-0-0 in Ivy action this season.


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Kenton Maurice Marble of Ashland, Ohio
27 Nov 2013 — Ashland, Ashland, Ohio
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
USS LST 284 on commissioning 25 Nov 1943, date of sailing
25 Nov 1943, Muster Date:
Line 16, Kenton M Marble
Service Number: 283 05 77, Rank: PhM2c
Date of Enlistment: 4 Dec 1942 at Birmingham, Alabama
for the quarter ending 30 Sep 1944
Muster Date: 13 Apr 1944
for the quarter ending 30 Jun 1945
Rank: PhM1c, Muster Date: 25 Sep 1945, date of sailing from Tokohama, Japan to Unknown Destination.
Kenton Maurice Marble, the son of Duane Pierce Marble and Magdalena Knapp, was born on March 12, 1912 in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio.
Kenton Maurice Marble served in the United States Navy from December 5, 1942 to October 10, 1945. He became a Hospital Apprentice Second Class on January 16, 1942 at the Hospital Corps School, Portsmouth, Virginia. In 1943, Kent was a Pharmacist 2-c (second class), at U.S. Naval Hospital, Bainbridge, Maryland. Kenton kept a Diary from February 1945 to July 21 1945 (1st book) and from July 21 1945 to October 10, 1945 (2nd book) while serving on the U.S.S. LST 284 in the Pacific. This diary is now in the possession of nephew, Terry Lawrence Patterson.
Note: LST stands for Landing Ship Tank. A common nickname was Large Slow Target. With the ship's slow speed (12 knots max) and her valuable cargo of troops, tanks, and ammo, she was an attractive target for the Japanese planes. She had only one big gun.
Excerpts from Kenton Maurice Marble's Diary
12 May 1945 ..Jap Air Raid 14th ... Jap Air Raid 28th... Air Raid 11 June ... Suicide plane shot down about fifty feet from our port side. 12 June...Expecting Typhoon. 21st...Anchored off Leyte
22 July 1945 ..Mary dearest sweetheart, sometimes I believe I go mad just thinking of you. I can't look at the moon or stars without wondering if you are looking at them and think the same as I.
23 July 1945 ..Native girls on the beach, nearby, trying to entice the boys ashore for "pom-pom" for the price of twenty to thirty pesos, ($10-$15). Girls stand on the beach raising arms, and shaking it, lifting dresses, wiggling, or shaking their bodies. Very disgusting.
24 July ..Back to old Anchorage(Alaska). Nothing New. 27th .. Darling Mary, I miss you 31st ...same old thing
1 August ..New Month.. Starting it off with more waiting. I could even welcome an Air-Raid or Invasion! No mail for 3 days..I miss your letters, Mary.
8 August ..Hot - Operation this morning. Hot as the devil and sweat so much couldn't hardly see to work. Stokes F.D. 5 ½ infection Right Hand 3rd finger.
10 August .. Movie at 20:15 named "Animal Kingdom" Word came over Radio of Japan offering to Surrender. Couldn't hardly see the Movies. Overcome with emotion and joy. Wondered if you had heard that wonderful news too. Rockets, Flares, and Shell Bursts, like a 4th of July Celebration
23 September ..Arrived Tokyo Bay--no word on discharges
26 September .. Ship is the first to leave Japan unescorted
27 September .. Can't hardly believe I am Really on my way home for good. Thank God for letting me go back.
On October 8, 1945, Kent left the U.S.S. General Sturgis in Seattle, Washington and on October 10, 1945 he left Seattle for Memphis, Tennessee for Discharge from the service.
Kent ran the "Tennessee Tree Service" P.O. Box 5 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Kent (as a stepfather) with wife, Mary Edna raised Duane Bradshaw (from age 8) and Sybil Annette (from age 4). Kent and Mary took many childhood photos of Duane and Sybil. Kent and Mary helped Duane Thera in their early marriage years by giving them luxuries like a portable TV and providing necessities such as coal to keep warm. Kent and Mary gave Duane's 3 sons a swing set. Kenton Maurice Marble and Mary Edna Bailey were married October 19, 1937 in Columbus, Mississippi. Kenton died of a heart attack at age 48 on January 15, 1960. Kent and Mary are buried a Liberty Church Cemetery, Gordon, AL.
Buried at Liberty Church Cemetery, Kent has a headstone/tombstone and a military footstone. The military footstone has a circled cross emblem on top. The inscription: Kenton M. Marble, Alabama, PHM1 USNR, World War II, March 12 1912 Jan 15 1960 (Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class, United States Naval Reserve)


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Cookies are the No. 1 baked treat in the United States. The No. 1 home-baked cookie is chocolate chip, followed by peanut butter, sugar and oatmeal raisin. Oreo reigns as the best-selling cookie in America.
Most bakers have a special cookie they love to bake for their family and friends. More than half of the cookies baked at home are chocolate chip.
Chocolate chip cookies were actually a mistake that resulted in sweet success. In 1930 at a tourist lodge called the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass., Ruth Graves Wakefield chopped a semi-sweet chocolate bar into small bits and added it to a traditional butter drop cookie recipe. The chocolate bits didn't melt completely, but softened instead.
Ruth's chocolate chip cookies became famous regionally and then across the country. The story goes since the chocolate bar was a gift from Andrew Nestle of the Nestle Chocolate Co., Ruth and Nestle struck a deal. Ruth's recipe was printed on Nestle's packaging, and Ruth received a lifetime supply of chocolate. In 1997, Massachusetts designated the chocolate chip cookie as the state cookie.
Whatever your favorite cookie may be, take a little bit of time to share some sweets with the special people in your life.
Lemon Whippers
My longtime friend, Julie (Paup) Knudsen of West Des Moines shared this recipe with me several years ago. She had gotten it from her neighbor who made them for a baby shower. These cookies are super easy to whip up in a flash.
1 lemon cake mix
2 cups Cool Whip
1 egg
powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together cake mix, Cool Whip and egg. Drop spoon-sized dough balls into powdered sugar to coat. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes. Batch can easily be doubled and any other variety of cake mix can also be used.
Absolutely Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe comes from the book "Cakewalk: A Memoir" by Kate Moses. One of my favorite teachers, Cleo Tilton, of Carroll, sent the recipe to me, along with a little book of devotions called A Chocolate Life. Cleo is a big fan of chocolate and agrees these are absolutely the best chocolate chip cookies ever.
4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder (optional)
1½ cups salted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1½ cups firmly packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1½ lbs high-quality chocolate, coarsely chopped: milk, semisweet, bittersweet, or dark
Optional: 2 cups coarsely chopped, toasted, and cooled walnuts
Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and espresso powder and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter on medium speed for a couple of minutes, then add the sugars, beating until very light, about 5 minutes. Add the vanilla and the eggs and beat again until very light and fluffy. With only minimal strokes of the mixer blade or by hand, stir in the flour mixture in three or four parts, mixing just until it disappears. Stir in the chopped chocolate and nuts, if using. The cookie dough can be used immediately, but it is better if chilled, covered, at least overnight or up to 2 days.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On an ungreased cookie sheet, place balls of dough the size of golf balls at least 2 inches apart. Bake for 10 to 13 minutes, checking after 10 minutes, until the edges are light brown and the surface is crackly and set but the centers are still soft. Let cool for about 5 minutes on the cookie sheet then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.
Makes 4 to 5 dozen cookies
Cinnamon Roll Snaps
I have many childhood memories of our home on Terrace Drive in Carroll. On the weekends I explored our large backyard while my mom cooked and baked in the kitchen. My mom has always made exceptional pies from scratch, and if she had extra dough, she would lather it with butter, sugar and cinnamon, roll it up and bake it. This is a cookie recipe that reminds me of that special treat, fresh from the oven.
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
¼ cup sugar
scant ¼ teaspoon table salt
1 egg yolk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Combine butter, sugar and salt in a bowl with an electric mixer until light. Add yolks one at a time, blending well after each addition then add vanilla and lemon zest. Mix in half the flour until incorporated then add remaining flour and mix.
Pat dough into an 8x6 inch rectangle on a piece of parchment paper. Combine sugar and ground cinnamon in a bowl. Sprinkle all but 1 teaspoon over dough. Beginning at a long side, roll dough into a cylinder, using paper to help. Sprinkle remaining sugar mixture over cylinder and roll to coat. Wrap cylinder in paper, and chill until firm (at least 2 hours).
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice cylinder into ¼-inch wide round and arrange on baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake cookies until lightly golden brown around edges (about 10 minutes). Cool cookies on pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.
Makes about 30 cookies
Blueberry Bonnets
Blueberry cookies may not be as common as chocolate chip, but they are a fruity and delicious treat. The recipe was created by the makers of Blue Bonnet margarine.
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, softened
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon powdered sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup finely ground blanched almonds
1/2 cup blueberry preserves
sliced almonds (approximately 40 slices) for garnish, optional
powdered sugar; optional
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine margarine, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and almond extract. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add flour and ground almonds and mix just until dough comes together and is blended. Using level tablespoon of dough form 20, 1¼-inch balls. Place dough balls, two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Using the bottom of a small, flat measuring cup, flatten each ball into 2-inch circles, 1/4-inch thick. Dip the bottom of the measuring cup into flour between each pressing to keep it from sticking to the dough. Repeat with remaining dough balls. Bake for 7-8 minutes or until set and lightly golden around the edges. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool. Reduce oven to 325 degrees.
Using rounded teaspoonfuls of dough, shape remaining dough into 20, 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets, 1 inch apart. With fingertips, press balls lightly to flatten slightly. Bake 15-20 minutes or until set and lightly golden on edges. Remove and place on wire rack to cool.
Spoon one teaspoon blueberry preserves on center of each round, flat cookie. Top with ball shaped cookie, pressing lightly to allow preserves to show. Place two sliced almonds into preserves on each cookie and dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
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— Leipsic Chamber of Commerce members had a good day on Thursday. They
held two ribbon cuttings at new businesses on Main Street in their
Their first stop was at Smoke-E's Bar and Grill. The
restaurant, featuring award-winning chicken wings and pulled pork
sliders, is owned by B.J. Slussor, Eric Rampe and Bob Gerten.
always dreamed of having a restaurant and this just worked out," said
Rampe. He has been cooking wings for people for years.
"I also
have 15 years experience in construction which was helpful when we
decided to renovate this building," Rampe said. The restaurant is
located in the former Leipsic VFW Building. A long bar on one side is
backed by two large openings into the sit down area for the restaurant.
The openings were former garage doors in the building.
The restaurant has seating for 150 people plus additional seating for 60-80 people in the banquet room.
menu at the restaurant is varied featuring wraps, grilled burritos,
nachos, salads, and sandwiches in addition to their specialty wings.
The restaurant also offers catering and has the banquet room available for rent.
"If you buy the food here the rent is free," Rampe said. "If you bring your own food you can use the banquet room for $100."
The restaurant opened in December. Slussor said business has been better than he expected.
enjoying the wings at Smoke-E's the chamber members had a short walk
down Main Street to another new business, Mi Familia Mexican Store and
Restaurant. Jose Jiminez and Esmer Jiminez are the co-owners of the
business. They spent two years remodeling the building in Leipsic, a
former location of a Mexican grocery and restaurant.
"We wanted to
keep the tradition going," said Andy Saenz who helps run the day to day
operations. "There has been a Mexican store and restaurant here for
He said the Viking burritos is one of the most popular items on the menu.
an extra large flour tortilla filled with steak, chicken, rice, beans,
cheese, sour cream and pico de gallo," he said. "I like lots of meat
when I eat."
Other items on the menu feature quesadillas, tostadas, and nacho platters.
The front of the business features grocery-type Mexican foods along with pinatas, hats and other items available for purchase.
Familia & Restaurant opened in October. One of the features of the
inside of the business is murals painted on the restaurant walls by
artist Oscar Velasquez.
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Does the NBN rollout play favourites?
After years of planning and trials, yesterday NBN Co released its three year rollout plan for the next phase of the National Broadband Network. It's even put up a handy rollout map so you can see if work is due to start in your area in the next 12 or 36 months. As a rough guide, homes and businesses should be able to sign up for an NBN service within 12 months of work commencing in their area.
This phase will reach 3.5 million homes and business, which covers roughly a third of the population. The entire NBN should be completed by 2021, reaching 93 per cent of Australian premises. The remainder will be hooked up via wireless or satellite.
As with any lottery there are winners and losers. And there's going to be grumbling and conspiracy theories. I missed out, even though there are patches of NBN all around me. A straw poll of Australian technology journalists indicates that many of us narrowly missed out. It's tempting to declare it an evil plot, but I don't think that's the case.
Senator Conroy made the point yesterday that this phase of the rollout covers 67 Labor electorates, 61 Coalition electorates and six cross-benches. The state-by-state rollout also seems to be roughly proportional according to population. The Victorian government is complaining that the state has 25 per cent of the population yet is only getting 19.5 per cent of NBN fibre connections. To me that sound more like political point scoring than anything else.
The eastern states contain the bulk of Australia's population so not surprisingly they're getting the bulk of the rollout. There is some bias in that the government has struck a deal with the independents which sees the NBN rollout place an emphasis on regional areas. Considering that city-slickers have always had better communications than people in regional areas, I think it's a bit rich to complain that the country areas are forging ahead rather than being left to fall even further behind.
With a project of this magnitude, I'd say the NBN Co's primary concern is to conduct the most efficient and cost-effective rollout as possible. The doesn't necessarily mean focusing on the trendy suburbs first, despite some of the whinging I've seen in today's paper. Nor does it mean ensuring that it's perfectly spread between states or electorates. It means looking at all the factors involved and deciding on the best way to get the job done. Factors at play including existing infrastructure, workforce availability and potential construction congestion.
The NBN is made up of modules supporting 2500 to 3000 premises, so it's obviously going to be rolled out in patches. Looking at the rollout map, imposed on Google Maps, to me the most obvious pattern is that rivers and freeways create natural boundaries for many of the NBN patches.
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LET'S get this straight. The NHLPA will now put together a counter-offer to the NHL's counter-offer of the NHLPA's counter-offer of the NHL's offer from last Thursday.
Got it straight? Good for you, consider yourself ahead of the curve and move to the front of the class.
Keeping track is getting tough as the league and its players' union have begun swapping proposals and negotiating on a near-daily basis. CBA Ping-Pong has finally begun as the deadline for losing this NHL season rapidly approaches.
The general consensus among media and hockey types is that a deal will get done but there can be no certainty with time running out and both sides still intent on scraping up a few more crumbs.
The major issues remaining between the two sides include:
❚ Players' pension fund (players want more league money set aside for pensions)
❚ Length of the CBA (league wants a 10-year deal and players want eight years)
❚ Contract term (league wants to limit contracts to six years while players want eight years)
❚ 2013-14 salary cap (league wants a cap of $60 million while players want $67.5 million) The NHL handed the players another comprehensive offer late Tuesday night and the union said it would take the night to review it and hopefully be prepared for another sit-down sometime today.
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SEASON SCRUB: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has said he will not allow a season less than 48 games and that it must begin no later than Jan. 19. Teams will need a week to get players into camp and hold a few training sessions. The best guess on the street right now is that Bettman will cancel the season on or close to Jan. 11 if a new CBA is not in place.
DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST: The players voted two weeks ago to give their executive committee the power to file a disclaimer of interest and in effect dissolve the union. Today marks the end of the period the executive has to file. The union can always call for another vote and put the disclaimer back in play if they decide not to file today.
SCHEDULE STUFF: The NHL has two schedules ready to go. A 52-game schedule beginning on Jan. 12 and a 48-game slate kicking off on Jan. 19. Both schedules would see teams play only against teams in their own conference. The regular season would end in late April and teams would play on average 3.20 games per week. Something like four games one week and three the next.
STRATEGY SESSION: Both the union and NHL have grown tight-lipped in recent days, but there are still issues we know they haven't solved. Union leader Don Fehr still insists the sides are very close on all major issues.
Now that bargaining has begun it appears it will continue until the clock is about to run out. The league would like to wrap things up quickly to try and salvage a 52-game season but the union seems content to move a little slower.
The players have already paid a major financial price and for them another week appears to be a cost they are willing to accept if it gets them additional gains in the deal. If a deal isn't done in the next 48 hours, this will drag into the middle of next week or later.
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A £3.6 MILLION 'Green Deal' bonanza has been handed to Worcestershire - with around 750 homes due to get better insulation.
Worcestershire County Council is celebrating after being one of the country's big winners from a Government funding pot to keep energy bills down.
Last year the Department for Energy and Climate Change invited councils to bid for cash to launch their own insulation projects.
The fund is worth £88 million and large parts of the country have been handed nothing, with just 24 councils successful.
Bosses at County Hall say the fund will be treated as one-off money to improve "hard to treat" properties, such as older ones belonging to housing associations which have seen little investment in recent decades.
A major project is being prepared to identify where it can be spent and the council estimates 750 properties will benefit.
The cash is set to be farmed out to district councils so they can help administrate the spending.
Councillor Adrian Hardman, county council leader, said: "This is a very welcome £3.6 million from the 'Green Deal' fund and we will work closely with the district councils to get as many homes insulated as we possibly can."
Councillor Anthony Blagg, cabinet member for the environment, said: "We've been quite successful in getting such a large amount of money in what was a competitive process.
"Some of the other councils in the West Midlands weren't as successful and we are working with the districts to make the most of it."
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THE Kennett government of the '90s was a domineering, polarising administration, but it certainly had rare energy. In the first term, it created social havoc by slashing tens of thousands of jobs in the public sector and selling government assets. Victoria was crawling out of recession, and the Kennett government wanted to cut debt and restack the coffers. The second term, though, was about revving engines for economic growth by embarking on a major program of sponsoring capital works projects to stimulate economic activity.
The nature of those projects, how they were commissioned, what they cost and how they were completed was not without controversy. Crown casino is a case in point. But many resulted in significant improvements to the way Victorians live. CityLink, for example, with its tunnels under the river, threaded Melbourne's cross-city traffic flows and reduced traffic bottlenecks. We would be hard pressed now without it.
Two decades later, the Baillieu government, with its stubborn adherence to achieving a budget surplus, has dragged its heels on committing to a slew of major projects. The state's construction sector is lurching to a halt. With no work in the pipeline, construction companies are laying off thousands of employees and industry groups are warning of dire consequences. Skilled employees have headed interstate in search of work, and companies say luring them back will ratchet up project costs - that is, if the government ever presses the ''go'' button.
This is not some idle issue dreamt up by the union movement. The lack of momentum is of genuine concern to Australia's leading industry groups and to the multibillion-dollar companies that employ highly skilled engineers, surveyors and labourers. Coupled with the downturn in the residential housing sector, the construction sector in this state is facing the worst conditions in two decades - that is, before the Kennett government took office.
One of the fundamental tenets of business is to plan a growth strategy early. Whether you are in the construction or retailing sectors, mining or banking, you must determine how the business is going to expand in future years and commit to growth projects early, setting out fully costed plans and contingency arrangements. All this applies even more to governments, which are in the business of managing state economies and their finances.
Yet the Baillieu government seems to be drifting blithely along, apparently untouched by the concerns of venerable employer organisations including the Australian Industry Group, the Property Council and the Master Builders Association - all of which lament the lack of major projects in this state.
Premier Ted Baillieu doesn't believe there is a problem, at least not one of his making. He says the government is being ''responsible'' and that infrastructure spending is at record levels. He points to $41 billion of projects now under way, such as the $4 billion regional rail link project, and says that, contrary to the concerns of industry organisations, there is a pipeline of government projects.
The problem is, the ''pipeline'' projects he talks about are wish-lists; they do not have firm funding commitments or starting dates - hence the industry uncertainty. The government does not have an endless ability to borrow billions of dollars. It needs to go cap-in-hand to the federal government to get big projects done, and that is especially difficult - even after considering the Gillard government has backed away from achieving a budget surplus.
In the 1990s, the sales of government assets eased pressure on state balance sheets and provided some capacity to borrow more for infrastructure developments. In the past decade, though, there has been much squandering of financial opportunities by governments at all levels, and not enough investment in the critical facilities that would make our cities and services more effective.
The government says it has received nothing from Infrastructure Australia to help pay for major projects, and that the Gillard government has delivered it a disproportionately lesser sum than other states. Mr Baillieu is in a bind. But by doing nothing, this state risks further deterioration in economic productivity, atrophy in the provision of services and higher costs in years ahead. It would be a travesty if, by late 2013, none of the big projects is primed to go. In that case, the Baillieu government would have wasted yet another year.


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Brazilian football striker Marta Vieira da Silva is one of the best female soccer players in history. Born in 1986, her brilliant football skills are compared to those of Brazil and World football legend Pele, She has won the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year five years in a row from 2006 to 2010. She was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won the silver medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She plays for Tyresö FF of Damallsvenskan (Swedish Premier League) and is also a member of the Brazil women's national football team.
Known to her fans simply as Marta, she was appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador in October 2010 to promote international efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with a special emphasis on the empowerment of women. Marta is no stranger to poverty and the many challenges that come with it. She was born and raised in a poor neighbourhood of a town near Dois Riachos, in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, about 2,000 kilometers north of Rio de Janeiro.
"I don't forget my origins," said Marta during the appointment. "I have been given opportunities to succeed in life, but I constantly think about the ones who did not have this chance. We all need to contribute to help defeat poverty." Marta is known in Brazil for giving back to her hometown with funds and sport supplies.
In 2007, fellow football players Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane invited Marta to play in UNDP's Match Against Poverty in Fez, Morocco, where she became the first woman in the history of football to play in an internationally-sanctioned men's football match. Marta participates in many UNDP Public Service Announcements to promote women's empowerment and sustainable development. Marta was also featured next to the other two female UNDP GWA's, Maria Sharapova and Misako Konno, in a campaign made for International Women's Day, and she kicked off a UNDP women's empowerment campaign at soccer's World Cup in 2011 with an advertisement that was published pro bono several times in the Financial Times.
Marta has visited Sierra Leone, where she met with university students, civil society groups and young female footballers, and delivered the message: "When women succeed, we all win." She also met with women's groups, including female members of parliament, who are lobbying for an increase in the representation of women in parliament from the current 13 percent to a minimum of 30 percent.
Marta also provided support to the Rio+20 Conference, inviting everyone through a video message to follow the Rio Conference process. She has also lent her image to the My World campaign, the UN global survey for a better world after the 2015 MDGs.


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DVDO Announces Matrix6 6x2 Ultra HD Matrix Switcherby Jarred Walton on 9/17/2013 1:47 PM EST
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ganeshts - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkNo 4Kp60 (HDMI 2.0) support = no buy for a product shipping three months down the road and costing $500 Reply
arthur449 - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkWould you make an exception for "4K" 60Hz (DisplayPort 1.2) support? Reply
NLPsajeeth - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkI am one of those people who are looking for a good 4K display. However, I think settling for anything less than 4K 60p input is simply a waste of money. Those 39" displays you mention, non of them can do 4K 60p input so they are not very useful as computer displays.
The ASUS PQ321Q fits the 4K 60p bill but as you mention the price is quite high. 4K 60p only works over DisplayPort on this display so this DVDO device would be useless with that display.
I don't think there is anything special about this DVDO device. Maybe the MHL ports if you need that. As you mentioned at the end of the article, all the ports are HDMI 1.4 and not HDMI 2.0. Any AV receiver built in the last few years will do what this device is supposed to do, switch between multiple HDMI 1.4 ports. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkBut not with two outputs to choose between, generally speaking, and not with six inputs (with two MHL inputs). For some, I'm sure this will fill a niche, but it's definitely a smaller market. Reply
nathanddrews - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkThe Yamaha RX-A830 has an MSRP of $899, but street price is usually $650 and does everything this thing does, plus much, much more. 8 HDMI ports, two outputs, MHL, ARC, 3-D, DLNA, 4K passthrough and upscaling, not to mention powering seven speakers with decent power, low distortion, and also handling many other audio, video, and data inputs all with network controls.
I mean, even if you wanted to just use the TV speakers (or no speakers for a retail display or something), the only reason to limit yourself with DVDA is if you want to save $150. That's totally a fair reason, but this seems silly, even for a HT enthusiast. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkJust wanted to say that you are comparing one machines MSRP to anothers street pricing. The DVDO will not stay at his MSRP. Though I agree that the value seems questionable. Reply
nathanddrews - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkI agree, but judging by DVDA's other products they seem to be at or near MSRP from most retailers. I think products like this (siwtchers, power cleaners, etc.) maintain their high margins fairly well... at least I've rarely seem them go on sale as often as AVRs and other HT gear. Reply
surt - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkWake me when I can get 4k 120p Reply
whickywhickyjim - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkI once bought a vp50 pro video processor from dvdo. They marketed the product as fully upgradeable and subsequently abandoned it. I would not trust them or their products. Check out the threads on their products and services at avsforum. Reply
Guspaz - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkPro tip: do yourself a favour and just wait for the Monoprice version. They've already got 4K versions of some of their active HDMI splitters, so 4K matrix switchers can't be that far behind. Reply


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