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It is more than ironic that the city that appreciates Canadian football the least, is the venue for the biggest game of all. With the Toronto Argonauts one win away from being the home team in the 100th Grey Cup, if this doesn't awaken an appetite and passion for three-down football in the nation's largest city, what will?
The Toronto Argonauts have had Grey Cup success as recent as 2004. The franchise has won 15 championships out of their 21 visits to the Grand National Drunk. They are the oldest professional sports team in North America, and they have 39 Hall of Fame players to their credit. The city has more people to draw from than any other market in Canada, yet for as long as most football fans can remember, this storied club has rarely experienced any semblance of viability.
The stewards of the CFL have been very patient with Toronto, and for good reason. You could make an argument that virtually every other franchise, save for Hamilton, was far more deserving of the century mark distinction of Canadian football than this city. Yet everyone is resigned to the fact that the CFL needs Toronto more than Toronto needs the CFL, so the appointment of this historical game has been met with very little criticism.
In every CBA negotiation I participated in, Toronto was always brought up as the CFL's road block to prosperity. The game-day experience has been most accurately compared to playing football in a shopping mall, with just enough chatter and buzz to make the Rogers Centre feel awkward. It is a 50-50 proposition when you see someone on the street wearing Argonaut gear, that they work or play for the football team. The only businessperson with the stones to keep this franchise afloat already owns another team, and a former league commissioner once referred to the Greater Toronto Area squad as the anchor of the league.
These are the storylines that have plagued this marketplace for as long as I remember. The question at the forefront is whether the team and environment are finally ready to carve out a niche from a base of almost six-million people. Are all the pieces at last in place to bring stability to this critical region?
It was not too long ago that the B.C. Lions were an afterthought in Vancouver. Yet with the ownership injection provided by David Braley and the just-add-hot-water instant credibility of Wally Buono, it is now a successful and respected team, soon to be for sale to the highest bidder. While Toronto GM Jim Barker does not carry the weight of a Wally Buono, he does have the same ownership behind him and may have finally put together a team that could be competitive for years to come.
The Argonauts had the worst overall offence the last five consecutive years in the CFL, until this year. While they were never a free spot on your bingo card because of an unrelenting defence and a special teams unit that would handicap the field for their offence, they now look like a balanced football team. Due to what can only be described as massive incompetence by former Edmonton GM Eric Tillman, they also have a durable and cool-as-a-cucumber hall of fame quarterback. They have one of the most explosive and exciting players in the CFL in Chad Owens, and a host of other noteworthy complements to go with the defence and special teams we have come to expect. So in other words, they finally have the team that should appeal to the masses.
The board of governors in the CFL gave Toronto a $500,000 marketing windfall to promote the game at the grassroots level in 2012, and the team has the biggest celebration of Canadian football of all time, undeservedly, in two weeks. Whether the Argonauts defeat the Alouettes next weekend and become the home team in the host city -- which the league must be hoping for -- if this celebration and resurrection of football competency doesn't entice the masses, what will? Or will the Grey Cup game, out of necessity, become an annual rite of passage in Toronto, since for the moment, it is the only game that sells out due to an influx of out-of-town fans?
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Designs take cues from surrounding neighborhoods
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Likewise, the bike trail under the relocated Swan Boulevard will feature a wall depicting natural grasses and monarch butterflies, a nod to the County Grounds in Wauwatosa.
Several designs that bring to mind the Wisconsin State Fair - including a ferris wheel, livestock and a blue ribbon - have been suggested for the walls in the 84th Street exchange.
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Representative for Wisconsin Lutheran College talked about a cut out of an athlete or a symbol on the wall near its property. Near Watertown Plank Road, images that reflect science and development would be appropriate, Kindschi said.
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The group also tried to dress up intersections so they would provide an attractive entryway, have a traffic calming effect and "break up the vast expanse of concrete" he added.
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Hearty plantings that have stood up in a similar design and environment on East Washington Avenue in Madison would be used, Kindschi said.
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Permeable pavers will be used instead of plain concrete at some intersections, allowing some of the storm water to infiltrate while providing a wider array of material textures and colors. They have aesthetic and environmental benefits, Kindschi said. Bioswales are being contemplated for the larger medians, where plants that like more water could be installed.
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Integrating color can also provide a cue to motorists that they've entered a pedestrian area. The eight-foot crosswalk will be striped over a 20-foot wide area of colored pavement to provide additional space.
Motorists who may be unfamiliar with the area will find 30-plus advance notice signs alerting them to the upcoming cross streets and a dozen wayfinding signs to point them to areas such as the medical campus and the Mayfair business district.
Over on Watertown Plank Road, some design continuity will be found in the use of limestone as bases along the wall on the Highway 45 bridge, overhead sign posts and the pedestrian bridge that will connect Ronald McDonald House and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
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The bridge won't be enclosed or heated but it should provide break from the wind, Barrientos added. Perforated metal panels would line the bridge and glass stair towers would provide glowing beacons at night, he said.
On one end the bridge would connect to a new Ronald McDonald House parking structure that just received preliminary design approval from Wauwatosa. On the other end, the bridge may end at the hospital's parking structure or could connect into the skywalk - those decisions are being made now, Barrientos said.
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While the Community Sensitive Solutions team's assignment is now complete, other aspects of the interchange project continue.
A public information meeting on the Highway 100 portion of road construction is planned for late September, said Mike Paddock, senior project manager with Forward 45.
In the meantime, project engineers will meet with businesses and schools that could find their access impacted by the construction and traffic detours.
"We'll be reaching out to talk about how to get this built without disrupting your businesses too much," he said.
Similarly, neighborhood meetings to discuss design concepts will be held in coming months in areas where noise barriers are planned, Paddock said.
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>Racing>Run/Walk a 3:30 Marathon? John Stanton's plans
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Have you done a marathon with a run/walk strategy? John Stanton, founder of The Running Room (Canada and upper Midwest US) and author of a few books (including Running: The Complete Guide to Building Your Running Program) has a plan that has 1 minute of walking for every 10 minutes of running. I'd like to get to 3:30 this fall, and I'm wondering if his plan is worth using.
Even apart from the run/walk strategy, he has a six day a week running plan for the 3:30 goal marathon, with a long run, a speed/hill day, and then 5-6 miles every other day. Here is a quick summary:
Sundays: Run/Walk LSD (three 18 mile days, tow 20 mile days, over the course of the 18-week plan) @ 9:02-10:12 pace
Mondays: Off
Tuesdays: 5 miles Tempo (8:07)
Wednesdays: Speed/Hills at varrying distances 6-9 miles
Thursdays: 5-6 miles fartlek (8:07) or "steady" (9:02)
Fridays: 5-6 miles fartlek/steady
Saturday: 5 steady
So, two questions:
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PRs: 3:27 marathon; 1:41 half; 45:07 10K; 23:26 5K; 6:02 mile; <12 parsecs Kessel Run
If you will be walking for 18-20 minutes, your pace would have to be in the low 7's to get to 3:30 it seems. I think you would be better off just running a straight 8 minute pace the whole time. Seems a lot less bumpy as far as heart rate and pacing goes. If it works let us know!
5k = 19.48 10/1/13
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Half Marathon = 1:38.53 Summer Sizzle 7/13/14
Operation Jack Marathon 12/26/12 4:39.11
Solo O Marathon 06/02/13 3:52:10
Operation Jack Marathon 12/26/13 3:40.34
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Your recent 10 mile race PR (2 months old) was at a slower pace than you'd have to sustain for 26.2 miles.
How did that 10 mile pace feel? Feel like you could have done it another 16+ miles? Think you could run faster to compensate for some 20+ walk breaks?
So you tell us...think that is remotely possible in the next 7 months?
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
This seems like a very bad idea. You'd be much better off following any # of plans, all of which can be summed up with the classic "run lots, mostly easy, sometimes hard" philosophy. It is as simple as that, and as hard. Put in the miles, don't overthink it, and it's entirely possible you can blow up your PR that much. Run/walk will teach you how to run/walk. That's not what you need.
Sit on a potato pan, Otis.
Your recent 10 mile race PR (2 months old) was at a slower pace than you'd have to sustain for 26.2 miles.
How did that 10 mile pace feel? Feel like you could have done it another 16+ miles? Think you could run faster to compensate for some 20+ walk breaks?
So you tell us...think that is remotely possible in the next 7 months?
@Trent - Thanks for your concern about my pace and goals. I'll tell you, I have no freaking idea what is remotely possible. But, I do know that my 10 miler in March was done on about 6 weeks of training on a treadmill, and a few months of nada, nill, zilch before that. I'll be happier than a pig in poop to just get a PR. But, aiming for a 3:51 (when I've run one marathon at 3:52) is not a very ambitious goal. So, I'm shooting high.
Anyway, even if it is Stanton's 3:45 or 4:00-goal marathon plan, what I'm more concerned about is feedback on this plan (one long day, one low/moderate distance/speed day, and four moderate pace lower-distance days) and the run/walk approach to running a marathon.
Thanks, Greg. The run/walk thing seemed odd to me, but I just wanted to throw it out there ...
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That made me think of my running haiku:
Run some runs faster
Between fast runs, run slowly
Rest. Then run again.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
How will you find the time to run for 3 - 3.5 hours on Sundays? Especially during football season???
Run/walk is GREAT for ultramarathons, especially 8+ hours, but sub-optimal for marathon and shorter.
There are better plans out there. The best plan is the one that you can follow without injury. I don't think that Long/Off/Tempo/Hills is a good combination, but you could experiment with a schedule like Long/Easy/Tempo/Easy/Hills/Off/Moderate, for example. That is basically Higdon:
The generally accepted as good plans around here seem to be Running Wizard, Pfitzinger, and Hansons.
Knew a guy who was going for a sub 3:00, 10-15 years ago with the Galloway plan. Pretty similar. He ran a 3:10. Think the walking breaks up the rhythm of running to much. Plus, for him the math came out to something like 6:35 miles with 30 second walk breaks or something. Instead of just steady 6:52's.
Seems it would be wiser to run one steady pace for the entire distance.
Lot's of different plans to get you to the finish line of a marathon. Trick is finding out which one works to "your" potential.
Our you could run a 3:30 like this. I wouldn't recommend the crash and burn method.
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I've been around the running room cult a bit since I started running. The walk-run is pushed beyond logic by some people involved. The 3:45 - 4:00 mark is kind of the limit of the usefulness of the walk/run, in my opinion. For the 5-6 hour marathoner, it makes perfect sense to run the race the same way ultra runners do things - time spent at an effort level is at least as important as the distance covered. As you get into shorter durations, it's really just a way for people who are under- (or un-) trained to complete the distance.
6 days a week, long run & one or two days of speedwork is pretty standard for training plans for 5K- marathon, I think. Do that with increasing mileage and you will get faster. What the speedwork is, and whether you have a midweek mid-long run is the difference in training for different distance. Most people will have different reactions to training, you may find that if you adjust training in a certain way your body will adapt better - I, for instance, need 20km+ long runs to race 800-1500m, most people don't even do them if they're training for those distances.
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Thanks, Greg. The run/walk thing seemed odd to me, but I just wanted to throw it out there ...
I agree...I would throw it out too, and use one of the stand-by plans already listed.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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Knew a guy who was going for a sub 3:00, 10-15 years ago with the Galloway plan. Pretty similar. He ran a 3:10. Think the walking breaks up the rhythm of running to much. Plus, for him the math came out to something like 6:35 miles with 30 second walk breaks or something. Instead of just steady 6:52's.
Seems it would be wiser to run one steady pace for the entire distance.
Yeah, wow. I like the feeling of settling into a pace and really getting locked in, and this walk-run thing would just destroy that.
I have heard that if you walk through the water / aid stations it will help your overall time. This is probably a quick 10 second walk every 4-5k or so. But more walking than this I think is just wasteful.
As far as a training plan, pick one that does not injure you. I have tried the standard generic running plans which are the most common leading up to 20 miles with a 40+ base and maybe 4-5 days of running. I got 2 injuries on this plan in 4 months. I am now on something similar to the Hanson's plan with some extra stuff I added in or took out, I am healthy and faster than before. Find a plan that leaves you HEALTHY at the end of it!!! The plans are just a model, it is up to your body to find out how you respond to them.
I find it difficult to drink from cups, as opposed to bottles, whilst running, so I will take a few steps walking whilst I get some liquid on board if the drink stations have cups. But no more than is necessary to drink - something like a 5-10 seconds in each drink station (say every 5k or less often if it's not that hot).


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Sweet success
Parade marshals Ray and Betty Pollastrini drummed up caramel-apple tradition
By LARRY DEVINE
, News Editor
Ray and Betty Pollastrini owned and operated Pokey's restaurant in downtown Carroll for 40 years, and Pokey's caramel apples became a cherished part of the Carroll Band Day tradition.
Each batch of caramel is good for making a couple of hundred Pokey's caramel apples. Dave Nelson (left) and Dave Yetmar finish a batch on a recent afternoon. They're sons-in-law of Ray and Betty Pollastrini.
Pollastrini Family
Ray Pollastrini is a son of Ottavio and Julia (Salani) Pollastrini, who were from Collodi, located in northwest Italy.
Ray had a brother, Ido.
Ray graduated from Carroll High School in 1947. He served in the U.S. Army infantry from 1944 to '46, and fought in battles in Europe on the campaign to Berlin.
Ottavio and Julia returned to Italy after turning over Pokey's (the Candy Kitchen) restaurant to Ray and Betty in 1957.
Betty is a daughter of Leo and Ann Gute and had three brothers, Art, Don and Wally.
She graduated from St. Angela Academy in Carroll in 1951 and St. Anthony School of Nursing in Carroll in 1954.
She was an obstetrics, medical-surgical and night supervisor nurse at St. Anthony Regional Hospital.
Ray and Betty Pollastrini married Oct. 18, 1954, at the former SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Carroll.
Ray and Betty have six children, 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren:
Julie, married to Bruce Hukee, Urbandale, is a retired math teacher and now a math consultant for the state. Their children are Luke, Jake and Jenna. Luke and wife Christy, Des Moines, have four children: Leighton, McCabe, Brooks and Wynnlee.
Mark Pollastrini, married to Cindy, Newton, is a retired science teacher and now a park ranger at Lake Red Rock. Their children are Leah, Tara and Tony. Leah and husband Dan Siegfried have a child: Cora Mae. Tara and husband Jim Erickson have two children: Beckman and Brooks. Tony Pollastrini and wife Betsy have a child: Laura.
Maria Pollastrini, Des Moines, is an aide for elderly and handicapped.
Gina Pollastrini, married to Dave Nelson, Carroll, is a registered nurse with Iowa Hospice. Their children are Pete and Anna.
Paula, married to David Yetmar, Carroll, is a technical expert with Social Security. Their children are Sam and Liz.
Matt Pollastrini, Waverly, is an optometrist.
All of Ray and Betty's children graduated from Kuemper Catholic High School - Julie, 1973; Maria, 1977; Gina, 1980; Mark, 1975; Matt, 1985; and Paula, 1981.
The children were active in Kuemper athletics and music, and Ray and Betty were longtime volunteers in the school parents club. Ray was club treasurer. Betty continues to volunteer for Kuemper mailings and the alumni phoneathon.
October 3, 2013
They've provided perfect harmony throughout the history of Carroll Band Day: Color, music, marching ... and Pokey's caramel apples.
Band Day will march into its 56th year on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Pokey's began business 75 years ago, introducing Carroll-area residents to caramel apples and turning them into a seasonal sensation. With Carroll hosting Band Day in the middle of the caramel apple season, which runs from September until shortly after Halloween, they became a match made in music and taste-bud heaven.
Carroll Band Day organizers are celebrating that connection, naming Ray and Betty Pollastrini, Pokey's owners and operators for
40 years Saturday's parade marshals. The restaurant may be closed today, but the Pokey's caramel-apple business still thrives today, thanks to family.
Ray and Betty will ride in a convertible near the front of the parade that will feature more than 55 entries, including high school and junior-high bands. The parade will kick off at 10:30 a.m. at the corner of 12th and Adams streets, proceed east to Court Street, south to Ninth Street and east into Graham Park, where judging of the bands takes place. The bands will end at Carroll Athletic Field stadium. Immediately following the parade, field performances will be held at the stadium along with presentation of trophies. The public is invited to attend.
For Ray and Betty, leading the parade will be a lot different look at Band Day.
In fact for decades in business at Pokey's, located midway through the former Band Day downtown route at the southeast corner of Fifth and Adams streets (now home of Sam's Sodas and Sandwiches), they were so busy on Band Day that they saw little of the parades.
"We sold a lot of apples for Band Day," Betty said in a recent interview at the Pollastrinis' home in northwest Carroll. "It was by far the biggest-selling day of the year, no doubt about it."
To satisfy that appetite the Pollastrinis and their children began making caramel apples the day before Band Day and resumed very early the next morning. When they opened Pokey's doors caramel apples filled the long counters in the restaurant plus much of the kitchen space. But by the end of the afternoon, few if any remained.
So how many caramel apples would they sell on Band Day? Hundreds? Over 1,000?
Ray just smiled and said, "It was a huge number."
And Betty said, "It was a lot of work, but it was well-worth-it. It was definitely the biggest day of the year for our business."
It was a big day not only for the caramel apples, but also hamburgers and other features on the menu. "We patted our own hamburgers," Ray said. "We had the best hamburgers in town because we seasoned our hamburgers."
Betty said of Pokey's caramel apples becoming a Band Day hit, "Many of the kids who came from other communities had not had caramel apples. Early on, when Band Day started, we had many very large bands come to town. Once they found out about the caramel apples, there'd be a line halfway down the block, kids waiting to come in and buy caramel apples."
Ray credits the success of the caramel-apple sales and Pokey's business overall to his dad, Ottavio Pollastrini, who opened the place as Carroll Candy Kitchen in 1938. Ottavio came from Italy to the United States as a young boy in 1908 and worked with a brother in Chicago before returning to his native country to join the Italian Army in World War I.
When Ottavio came back to the United States, he worked a couple of years with a brother, Amos, at Amos' candy kitchen in Clinton, Iowa, before Ottavio decided to start his own business. He explored possible opportunities in a few towns before finding a place he could buy in Carroll. He bought the candy-kitchen business from Ernest and Inez Marcucci, taking over in June 1938.
Ray said, "Back then, practically everywhere around in the area - Rockwell City, Jefferson, Denison, Logan - there were candy kitchens run by Italians."
At age 12 Ray started helping his dad in the business by selling candy and washing dishes.
"In those days," Ray said, "It was strictly the Candy Kitchen. Grocery stores didn't even have ice cream. So we sold a ton of homemade ice cream. Especially on Sundays, people would come after church and buy their packaged ice cream so they could take it home for Sunday dinner. Back in those days we didn't have refrigerators and freezers like we have today."
Over the years, hamburgers, sandwiches and french fries were added to the menu.
Although the business was the Candy Kitchen, it was also commonly called Pokey's. Ottavio was affectionately known as "Pokey," given the nickname because he was known for poking around town when others thought he should have been making candy. Ray and Betty changed the name to Pokey's after they acquired the business in 1957.
Shortly after he gained the business, Ottavio introduced Carroll to caramel apples in the fall of 1938.
Ray recalled with a laugh, "(Caramel apples) didn't sell big right away because people didn't quite understand. They asked, 'What's the deal with these things?' Some farmers would say, 'Caramel apples. Well, what's inside? But I've got a bunch of apples at home.' And they wouldn't buy them."
Betty said, "But it picked up after awhile. Everybody caught on and thought it was the best treat they could buy."
The Pollastrinis have kept their caramel recipe as well as other cooking touches a secret all these years.
"We prefer not to discuss it," Ray said of the recipe.
"It's a special recipe," Betty added. "It does produce an excellent caramel."
The Pollastrinis used jonathan apples and generously coated them with soft, rich caramel.
"(Jonathan apples) are firm and they're sweet enough, yet they're not too sweet," Ray said.
"There's a little bit of tartness there, and that with the caramel is a good combination," Betty said.
The Pollastrinis said the secret recipe and cooking method produce just the right texture.
"I think texture is the big factor," Betty said. "You have to be there watching it continuously until is just reaches that point of temperature."
"There's a special (temperature) number, and you don't want to go over that," Ray said.
Ray and Betty closed Pokey's in 1997, but sales of Pokey's caramel apples have not missed a season and remain strong today. The Pollastrinis' son-in-law Dave Nelson, married to Gina, took over the caramel-apple business. Today, in a room in the basement of his Carroll home, he uses the same equipment from Pokey's restaurant - copper kettle, wooden paddles, pot-belly stove and marble table. The caramel-apple production is a team effort with wife Gina and daughter Anna.
Pokey's caramel apples now are sold at Hy-Vee Food Stores in Carroll and Denison. Outside the caramel-apple season, Pokey's sells caramel squares at the two stores.
Betty and Ray enthusiastically praise Dave's talent for the business.
"He's learned everything well," Betty said. "He does an excellent job."
"I think he does just as good a job as I did," Ray said.
The restaurant business paid off for Ray and Betty. They met when Betty began working in the restaurant at age 16, and they married Oct. 18, 1954, at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Carroll. The restaurant's success allowed them to pay for their children's high-school and college educations. Sons Mark and Matt and daughters Julie, Maria, Gina and Paula all graduated from Kuemper Catholic High School. (See accompanying biography box.) Three of the children participated in band and marched in Band Day - Mark on trombone, Gina on trumpet and Paula on drums. Meanwhile, Julie and Maria both played string bass in orchestra.
With their children active in music and sports at Kuemper, Ray and Betty volunteered many years in the school's parents club. Ray was treasurer. Betty continues to help these days with Kuemper mailings and the annual Alumni Phon-a-thon.
Betty, a 1951 graduate of St. Angela Academy and 1954 graduate of St. Anthony School of Nursing, both in Carroll, worked years as a nurse at St. Anthony Regional Hospital, including the obstetrics and medical-surgical areas as well as serving as night supervisor. She's now a member of St. Anthony Regional Hospital Auxiliary and coordinates volunteerism in the hospital's same-day-surgery department.
"I enjoy helping at the hospital," Betty said.
Ray is a 1947 graduate of Carroll High School. His graduation was delayed after he was called into Army infantry and served from 1944 to '46. During the final stages of World War II he fought in battles as the Allies crossed Europe to Berlin.
Ray formerly was an avid golfer, but due to health precaution this was the first season he did not hit the course.
Ray and Betty said their Band Day participation will be a ride down memory lane.
Betty said to Ray, "Don't you suppose it's because (Band Day) was such an exciting day for us? We were in business there 59 years."
Ray said, "We liked all the people we saw. We didn't really see the bands. We could maybe see over people's heads. But we could hear them. It was just an enjoyable day."
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Plugin Information
This plugin allows you to perform a release build using the maven-release-plugin from within Hudson.
Project Configuration
On the job configuration page, enable the "Maven release build" under the Build Environment heading and add whatever release goals and options your require.
Performing a Release Build
Follow the "Perform Maven Release" link
Using with Nexus Staging
Nexus staging will create a new Stage for each unique IP Address, deploy users and HTTP User agent.
For a particular Hudson slave the first two will be the same for all builds - so you need to configure Maven to use a unique HTTP User-Agent for the deploy.
To do this make sure your maven settings contains something like the following where the id matches the id for the release repository in the deployment section of your project:
<server> <id>nexus</id> <username>my_login</username> <password>my_password</password> <configuration> <httpHeaders> <property> <name>User-Agent</name> <value>Maven m2Release (java:${java.vm.version} ${env.BUILD_TAG }</value> </property> </httpHeaders> </configuration> </server>
If your build fails with the following:
Then this is a maven bug not a hudson plug-in bug.
Some users with CVS (cvs+ssh) have reported that a release just hangs while accessing the ssh server (issue #4783). The solution is to use the native CVS client and append "-Dmaven.scm.provider.cvs.implementation=cvs_native" to the release arguments.
The use of this plugin requires that Maven can tag your code. You may need to use cvs/svn etc from the CI account on the server that is performing the release so the native tools used by maven have the required authentication information. (this is outside of Hudson SCM authentication)
Version History
0.7.0+ (Not yet released)
See the Jenkins WIKI for info.
0.6.1 (17th September 2010)
0.6.0 (16th September 2010)
0.5.3 (12th July 2010)
0.5.2 (8th July 2010)
0.5.1 (30th June 2010)
0.5.0 (25th June 2010)
0.4.0 (26th May 2010)
0.3.4 (29th December 2009)
0.3.3 (21th August 2009)
0.3.2 (24th July 2009)
0.2.0 (23rd March 2009)
0.1.0 (16th March 2009)
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May 22, 2009
Jason Zaugg says:When I originally tried this plugin, I always hit this error. After upgrading to...
When I originally tried this plugin, I always hit this error. After upgrading to Maven 2.1.0 and Hudson 1.306, it works perfectly.
[INFO] Checking out the project to perform the release ... [INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "svn --non-interactive checkout http://chzrhfpmon01/repos/efg-commons/efg-commons-io/tags/efg-commons-io-0.4 d:\work\hudson_home\jobs\efg-commons-io\workspace\efg-commons-io\target\checkout" [INFO] Working directory: d:\work\hudson_home\jobs\efg-commons-io\workspace\efg-commons-io\target [INFO] Executing goals 'deploy site-deploy'... [INFO] [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] [INFO] task-segment: [deploy, site-deploy] [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] Ignoring available plugin update: 2.5 as it requires Maven version 2.0.9 [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] Cannot execute mojo: resources. It requires a project with an existing pom.xml, but the build is not using one.
May 25, 2009
Gabriel Falkenberg says:We got the following error while trying to use the M2-release plugin: [INFO]...
We got the following error while trying to use the M2-release plugin:
[INFO] Unable to commit files Provider message: The svn command failed. Command output: svn: Commit failed (details follow): svn: OPTIONS of 'http://example.com/test-repo/branches/release_1_1': authorization failed (http://example.com)
The solution was to login as the user running Hudson and performing a couple of svn commands (such as list) from the command line on the repo in question. This is mentioned (performing some svn commands manually) on the page: http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Hosting+plugins but with no explanation of why this might solve anything. It might be that this caches the svn credentials for the user and maybe the release plugin forks a new process which does not use Hudson's saved svn credentials?
May 28, 2009
darren hartford says:m2 release plugin 0.20 on hudson 1.288 breaks, and another symptom is when you c...
m2 release plugin 0.20 on hudson 1.288 breaks, and another symptom is when you configure a project with the release plugin, the configure page breaks where the release section just was, and you no longer have the ok/submit button.
upgrading hudson to 1.307 corrects this issue.(this is all in the above notes btw).
Jul 08, 2009
Giancarlo Rosso says:Do you think it would be difficult to implement version tagging (not the default...
Do you think it would be difficult to implement version tagging (not the default one).
Now I have to specify it as a -Dtag=tag in configuration.
Sep 25, 2009
Julien HENRY says:Please add a way to specify scmCommentPrefix like in Continuum. In my organisati...
Please add a way to specify scmCommentPrefix like in Continuum. In my organisation we have a pre commit hook that enforce a specific bug tracker id in every SVN commit message. So the release plugin is not able to commit/tag without this information.
Nov 06, 2009
Bertrand Gressier says:It will be very good, if plugin begin to make a svn up before run release.
It will be very good, if plugin begin to make a svn up before run release.
Nov 06, 2009
Bertrand Gressier says:I have a bug if my version is not "standard" : 1.3.5-4-SNAPSHOT In hudson log I...
I have a bug if my version is not "standard" : 1.3.5-4-SNAPSHOT
In hudson log I have this message :
Nov 6, 2009 3:32:31 PM hudson.ExpressionFactory2$JexlExpression evaluate
WARNING: Caught exception evaluating: it.computeNextVersion(m.version). Reason: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For
input string: "5-3"
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "5-3"
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:48)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:456)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:497)
at org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.m2release.M2ReleaseAction.computeNextVersion(M2ReleaseAction.java:98)
And when the job is running, I have this error log :
[INFO] Can't run goal clean verify
java.io.IOException: mvn: not found
Nov 20, 2009
Edgar Vonk says:Thanks for this nice plugin. We have an issue however when we want to release o...
Thanks for this nice plugin.
We have an issue however when we want to release one of our projects which has a large (>30) number of modules in it. When you select 'Specify release version(s)' the URL that the plugin generates (apparently it creates a GET request instead of a POST request) becomes too large:
Request-URI Too Large The requested URL's length exceeds the capacity limit for this server.
Is it possible for the plugin to use a POST request instead?
Dec 31, 2009
fabrice says:thanks for the plugin However why do you not propose to use SCM conf job for ...
thanks for the plugin
- However why do you not propose to use SCM conf job for releasing instead of forcing user to declare SCM parameters in the pom.xml ?
- BIG PROBLEM : you tag on the SCM with the job name suffixed by the release number. WHY ? Ex :
[INFO] Tagging release with the label test-14-standard-web-1_0_0_0_3...
Instead of tagging my test-14-standard-web with v1_0_0_0_3 as requested in the input release field before the release action.
So because our SCM check the tag syntax the action is rejected :-(
It is not the plugin but maven-release-plugin that is responsible of this
(http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-159, http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-150)
but How can I configure it
I must give the -Dtag=v1_0_0_0_3 parameter to release:prepare but it will be fine if M2 release plugin could display on the action page, a input field with the SCM tag (with a default value)
Can I create a issue ?
Jan 08, 2010
Abhishek Chaturvedi says:anyone tried with perforce?? i am not able to use it...its failing while commit.
anyone tried with perforce?? i am not able to use it...its failing while commit.
Jan 28, 2010
Baptiste MATHUS says:Evaluating this plugin, I miss something that seems to me it would be not very d...
Evaluating this plugin, I miss something that seems to me it would be not very difficult do add. In fact, most of the time, we release a whole hierarchy of multimodule projects with the same version for each module. We use the -DautoVersionSubModules=true option. At the moment, if I say I want to specify the versions, the plugin shows every single modules.
To be able to use the hudson-m2 release plugin, it should add an additional option to say that the version is the same (the option above). This way, there would only one field for releaseVersion, and one for devVersion, not for each module.
I could try and have a look at the plugin to do that myself. Do you think it would be difficult, and would you consider it a good improvement or would you reject it?
Jan 29, 2010
Simon Buss says:Hi James, we just switched to hudson and would really like to use your plugin f...
Hi James,
we just switched to hudson and would really like to use your plugin for our releases. Your ToDo list says "
- Get hudson to recognise the releases as build artifacts.
Can you already foresee when you'll be able to get to that issue? To us it would be the one and most important issue to take the plugin into consideration for regular usage. So we would REALLY appreciate it being solved. BTW: I didn't find it in your JIRA Issues linked above, should I add it?
The most appropriate way probably was to have hudson point to the maven repo where the released artifacts are deployed to. So maybe hudson/the plugin could just parse the m2 settings.xml and concatenate it with maven release arftifact urls?
Thanks in advance for short feedback!
Best regards,
Feb 09, 2010
Daniel Triphaus says:Hi, ist it possible to get an RSS-Feed for releases via Hudson? There are RSS-F...
ist it possible to get an RSS-Feed for releases via Hudson? There are RSS-Feeds from Hudson for failed builds and all builds, but i would like to have an RSS-Feed only for release-versions.
Best regards,
Feb 09, 2010
Matt Pierce says:I'm not actually using this plugin, but just running the maven-release-plugin by...
I'm not actually using this plugin, but just running the maven-release-plugin by putting release:prepare and release:perform in the goals and options of my hudson build when I want to release.
When I run a hudson build of a maven project using the release plugin, my primary artifact (the war file for the webapp I'm building) no longer gets saved as an artifact in hudson. It does get created and deployed correctly to my releases repository. If I run a regular build without releasing I get the war file as a hudson artifact. If I add 'package' somewhere in the goals line with release:prepare and release:perform I get a war file artifact, but it is not the release version--it is either of the pre-release SNAPSHOT or the post-release SNAPSHOT (depending on where I put the package goal relative to the release goals).
Is there a way to release and have the release-version war file available in Hudson as an artifact? Will using this plugin accomplish that?
May 28, 2010
Bertrand Gressier says:This plugin is a good work !! Can you add a button to rollback the release (com...
This plugin is a good work !!
Can you add a button to rollback the release (command : release:rollback) if the release is failed.
you can detect if a rollback file exist in the workspace.
today we must append a batch task to execute the command.
Nov 29, 2010
Shadow de Coutemeier says:Great plugin. It is working ok for me. But I miss integration with Sonar, a new ...
Great plugin. It is working ok for me.
But I miss integration with Sonar, a new option in Perform Maven release, something as:
Sonar: Launch an analisys after release: [ ]
If the check is on then will be launch a Sonar analisys, with the version generated (not the snapshot, the version release).
And the configuration, in the line of de Sonar plugin for Hudson, no need in pom.xml.
Dec 07, 2010
Jim Daniel says:Is it possible to add parameterized functionality to the plug-in? Paramete...
Is it possible to add parameterized functionality to the plug-in? Parameters that can be set in Release Plugin at run time and be accessible in the build proper.
Dec 08, 2010
Lars Fischer says:Hello, is it possible to access the resulting version values as parameter for t...
is it possible to access the resulting version values as parameter for the "Release goals and options" field?
I need to specify a different SCM tag and would like to use something like this:
-Dtag=myspecialvalue-${releaseVersion} -Dresume=false release:prepare release:perform
This should result in a scm tag like "myspecialvalue-0.0.1"
Mar 03, 2011
Mike Dalrymple says:I noted that Hudson is initiating the command with a property like -Dproject.re...
I noted that Hudson is initiating the command with a property like -Dproject.rel.com.example:my-artifact-id=1.0.1. Using the following plugin configuration:
<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <tag>REL-${project.rel.com.example:my-artifact-id}</tag> </configuration> </plugin>
Resulted in a tag of REL-1.0.1.
Feb 28, 2011
daniel nitzan says:Hi, Is there a way to resolve SNAPSHOT dependencies, like when using maven-rele...
Is there a way to resolve SNAPSHOT dependencies, like when using maven-release-plugin directly?
By that I refer to the interactive prompt in which I can choose a release version and a next development version for a snapshot dependency.
I did not see this functionality in the hudson plugin though, any ideas?
Nov 27, 2012
vijay says:Hi, I am using Hudson 2.1.2 version.Whenever I am trying to install M2 Release ...
I am using Hudson 2.1.2 version.Whenever I am trying to install M2 Release Plugin,getting the following error.
Can anybody help me out of this problem.
Status Code: 500
Stacktrace: java.lang.NullPointerException
at hudson.model.UpdateSite$Plugin.getNeededDependencies(UpdateSite.java:580)
at hudson.model.UpdateSite$Plugin.deploy(UpdateSite.java:622)
at hudson.PluginManager.doInstall(PluginManager.java:539)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:282)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:149)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:88)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:103)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:561)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:646)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$3.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:167)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:561)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:646)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:477)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:159)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:45)
at winstone.ServletConfiguration.execute(ServletConfiguration.java:249)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:335)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:378)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:94)
at org.hudsonci.servlets.internal.ServletRegistrationFilterAdapter.doFilter(ServletRegistrationFilterAdapter.java:180)
at org.hudsonci.servlets.internal.ServletRegistrationFilterAdapter.doFilter(ServletRegistrationFilterAdapter.java:148)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:97)
at org.hudsonci.servlets.internal.ServletRegistrationFilterAdapter.doFilter(ServletRegistrationFilterAdapter.java:180)
at org.hudsonci.servlets.internal.ServletRegistrationFilterAdapter.doFilter(ServletRegistrationFilterAdapter.java:148)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:97)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:86)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:47)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:166)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:271)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:173)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249)
at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:66)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:195)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:368)
at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:333)
at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.processRequest(RequestHandlerThread.java:244)
at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.run(RequestHandlerThread.java:150)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Thanks in advance.


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Religion of Saturday, 2 March 2013
Source: NBC News
As Roman Catholic cardinals prepare to choose the next pope, political-style campaigning for the position is forbidden. So there were a few raised eyebrows in Rome on Friday, when mysterious posters appeared around the city, apparently in support of Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana.
"Vote Peter Kwadwo Appiah Turkson" was written on the posters alongside an image of the cardinal, who some say could succeed Pope Benedict XVI, whose papacy formally ended on Thursday night.
If chosen, Turkson would be the first non-European to lead the Catholic Church in more than 1,000 years.
Even informal campaigning to become pope is considered bad form, and openly putting one's name forward is enough to end any cardinal's chances.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the posters, or even if they are part of a spoof campaign. Insiders say they are unlikely to have been produced with the cardinal's knowledge.
"You can be absolutely sure that poor Cardinal Turkson, a true innocent, had nothing to do with this," said NBC Vatican expert George Weigel.
Even though Italians have just been through a month-long political campaign, locals say these new election-style posters are a surprise.
Next week, cardinals will hold informal discussions of church issues, known as "general congregations."
At the top of their agenda will be the announcement of a date for the 115 eligible cardinals to enter the conclave – a closed, secret voting session held inside the Sistine Chapel that continues until they agree on a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
Cardinal Turkson, the head of the Vatican's justice and peace department, has been tipped in some quarters as Africa's frontrunner for pope.
Irish bookmakers, Paddy Power, said Turkson had received the highest number of bets of any cardinal.


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Alabama preview
Published: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 2:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 2:11 p.m.
Coach: Nick Saban, seventh season (169-72-1 overall, 63-13 at Alabama).
Last year's record: 13-1 overall, 7-1 in the SEC (1st in the West). Defeated Notre Dame 42-14 in the BCS Championship Game.
Fans' expectations: Alabama had only one misstep last season on its way to a national title, losing to Texas A&M in Tuscaloosa. There will be no missteps this season. The Crimson Tide have shown the past two seasons that it has the players and the coaching, and that when it is focused and ready to play, Alabama is unbeatable. Quarterback AJ McCarron could have a Heisman Trophy-like season and he's surrounded by dynamic skill players. Nick Saban's defense will be like it always is — among the strongest in the nation.
Realistic expectations: Alabama has to do some rebuilding on both lines of scrimmage, but the Tide have the talent on the roster to be just as strong up front as it was the past two championship seasons. If Alabama wins at A&M on Sept. 14, the Tide are looking at a 12-0 regular season. The weapons are there on offense (McCarron, wide receiver Amari Cooper and running back T.J. Yeldon) and the defense will be strong. And then there's the Saban factor.
Quotable: "I read and I hear how you all make predictions on what's going to happen in the season. It seems almost a little crazy to predict what's going to happen. I think it's crazy to speculate." — Nick Saban
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Had a little Indian summer this weekend, which made the temps perfect to smoke some cheese. Did come sharp cheddar, hot pepper, and dill havarti:
For the games yesterday, did come ABT's:
And a pork butt. Smoked for 16 hours with plum wood:
Last gasp of summer, before things turn for the worse!


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Lexington, KY
By Whitney Hale, Carla Blanton
A ribbon cutting was held for the first prototype from the University of Kentucky's Houseboat to Energy Efficient Residences (HBEER) initiative with local, state and federal dignitaries on January 27 in an established residential area near downtown Monticello, Ky.
HBEER is a partnership between the UK College of Design, the Center for Applied Energy Research at UK, the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation (KHIC) and the Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC).
The multi-year project was initiated in the fall of 2009 and directly responds to the impact the current economic downturn has had on the houseboat manufacturing industry in the Commonwealth. More than 50 students and faculty at the college's School of Architecture were responsible for researching and developing initial models of energy-efficient, affordable housing that could be produced by the region's houseboat manufacturers.
Today, HBEER is creating green jobs and bringing back to work some of the 575 skilled workers and 1,000 related jobs that were lost in the houseboat manufacturing and marine industries due to the economy.
"This project meets a multitude of needs in our region, by putting families back to work, providing energy-efficient housing, increasing the demand for Kentucky-made products, and creating a hands-on learning experience in the classroom," Congressman Hal Rogers said. "Additionally, it highlights the great success we can achieve when partners join resources for the benefit of families across the state."
A potential buyer has nearly completed the steps to qualify for affordable, permanent financing. In this applicant driven process, the home may be occupied as soon as the financing is arranged.
"The opportunities are endless for creating safe, energy-efficient, affordable homes while adding good-paying jobs to the local economy and promoting Kentucky products," said KHIC President and CEO Jerry Rickett. "We are proud to be partners with the University of Kentucky and local employers to make this vision a reality."
Highlights of the HBEER project include:
"The transfer of knowledge and expertise gained during the HBEER project traces the path of an arc leading directly from design research conducted at the University of Kentucky to design products meant to address important energy and economic needs of communities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond," said UK College of Design Dean Michael Speaks.
Other attendees at the ribbon cutting included UK President Eli Capilouto, Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Earl Gohl, U.S. Department of Agriculture State Director Tom Fern and Monticello Mayor Jeffrey Edwards.
HBEER has received financing from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Kentucky Department of Local Government and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Appalachian Regional Commission, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration, Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation and UK.
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MOTORISTS heading home tonight are advised to check local weather reports and traffic conditions as the bad weather spreads across to other parts of the UK - with Wales, Northern Ireland, the South-West, East Midlands and the East of England also set to experience heavy snowfalls.
With snow and frost already causing problems around other parts of the UK, RAC has seen a 10% increase in call-outs this morning - with the Newcastle and Manchester areas especially busy - and expects to see higher than normal volumes continue during an extended evening rush hour as people heed the advice to stagger their journeys home.
RAC's fleet of 4 x 4 vehicles are on stand-by in the worst affected areas and extra Patrols are on the ground to help stranded motorists.
Alan Wilcock, RAC Patrol Ambassador of the Year, said: "With more bad weather forecast across the country for the weekend, we're expecting to see our number of call-outs remain above average over the next couple of days.
"We're advising motorists to check out local weather and traffic conditions before setting off and to remember that, even if there isn't snow on the ground, that black ice may be widespread and roads still treacherous. It may well be that there is no place like home this weekend."
RAC offers motorists the following advice when driving in these hazardous conditions: · Check local weather and traffic conditions before setting off and if you can avoid the trip do so · Give yourself extra time and stick to the main roads where possible as they're the most likely to have been treated · If you're travelling any distance, let someone know where you're going and when you expect to arrive · Make sure your car windows and lights are clear from ice and snow · Take extra clothing in the car, food and drink, scraper and de-icer, a charged up mobile phone, torch and potentially a shovel · Drive only as fast as the conditions allow and remember stopping distances are longer in ice and snow · Black ice can just appear to be wet patches on the road surface and tends to form on bridges and overpasses where the cold air can pass above and beneath the road surface · If the noise from your tyres on the road suddenly becomes quiet, it may well be you are driving on ice · Gentle manoeuvres are key to safe driving in ice and snow - use your accelerator, brakes, steering and clutch as gently as possible · If you're unfortunate enough to skid, steer into the skid and avoid the temptation to slam on the brakes.


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Friday, May 11, 2012
Garden Voyeurism: Round 2
18 comments:
- FlowerLady said...
Ooooohhhhh, thank you for another lovely garden tour it was a real treat. A really wonderful neighborhood.
Have a great weekend ~ FlowerLady
- May 12, 2012 at 3:18 AM
- Darla said...
My goodness you have the most beautiful area for a stroll during your lunch break Grace. I bet you'll be out walking a lot more this month..
- May 12, 2012 at 4:59 AM
- Amy said...
Porch voyeurism. Yum.
- May 12, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- Alison said...
That's a beautiful area where you work! I've never seen a horse chestnut bloom up close, it is quite pretty. Love the doublefile Viburnum too. There are some great old Craftsman-style homes near you.
- May 12, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- Shyrlene said...
Grace - how cool to be able to take a lunchtime walk like this! The views are wonderful; especially the Sea Thrift - great texture and color! Thanks for taking us with you on the 'tour'!
- May 12, 2012 at 9:39 AM
- ricki 'sprig to twig' said...
I'm glad your "real job" is not interfering with your job of keeping us inspired. Nice job!
- May 12, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- Lona said...
What lovely views Grace. You are right May is a wonderful month. I love the Bridal Vail Spirea. That one is loaded with blooms. The Armeria is pretty too. I had one years ago but it died out. Looks like it was a wonderful day for a walk.
- May 12, 2012 at 12:14 PM
- Barry said...
Indeed, judging from the size of the bract like flowers on the Cornus, it looks like 'Venus.' I have two at the nursery, but their flowers are still quite small and lime green tinged..... can hardly wait to wow my customers when it comes into proper bloom. I am very excited about my own Viburnum plicatum f.tomentosum var. 'Mariesii' - such a long winded moniker for 'double file' is it not but you know me! It's top layer of horizontal branches are smothered in flower buds. You can be sure it will be a photo expose when it opens.
I too am thrilled that the 'job' doesn't interfere with your horticultural adventures!
- May 12, 2012 at 5:55 PM
- greggo said...
Nice landscape photos and tour. Love the old bungalows, especially the trim work. Such craftsmanship.
- May 12, 2012 at 5:58 PM
- Janet, The Queen of Seaford said...
Love the walk. I love Bridalwreath Spirea, they shine in the spring. So you used the word 'volunteered' in past tense....no longer active in the MG program?
Think you should check out that church ...and get pics for us to see from the inside. :-)
- May 12, 2012 at 7:58 PM
- Wendy said...
what a great tour! I love the architecture of those houses. I also love that play of unfurling fern and the perfectly clipped shrub.
- May 12, 2012 at 8:42 PM
- Jenni @ RainyDayGardener said...
Thanks for taking us along your lunch hour stroll. I love the blooms of the Horse Chestnut..I've never seen that before!! Cheers, Jenni
- May 13, 2012 at 4:16 PM
- Casa Mariposa said...
What a beautiful area! I'd love to see the inside of that church, too!! Thanks for the wonderful tour. :o)
- May 13, 2012 at 5:59 PM
- Donna@Gardens Eye View said...
what a lovely walk...I love that porch and those ferns...so noce to be able to walk there
- May 14, 2012 at 3:40 PM
- Julia@PolkaDotGaloshes said...
Oh wow Grace, what a gorgeous area for a stroll! I don't know what I love more, the gardens or the houses? Thanks for taking us along...Cheers Julia. PS, I have awarded you a sunshine blogger award =)
- May 15, 2012 at 4:09 PM
- Kathleen said...
I so love the homes on your tour Grace. They all look so well kept and inviting. Just the style I like too. It would motivate me to walk if I had an area like that nearby.
The dogwood is absolutely GORGEOUS! Wow! But then so are the chestnut flowers. I don't see those trees very often ~ I wonder why?? They're very striking.
Applauding you for your healthy lunch habits (walking instead of lunching!!) and yes, go inside that church sometime! Great architecture.
- May 18, 2012 at 7:25 AM
- bakingbarb said...
Oh Grace you must love the area, how beautiful! It is wonderful you are able to spend you lunch with so much eye candy and a nourished soul at the same time.
- May 20, 2012 at 9:50 PM
What a lovely photo of the spirea! I have pinned to my Pinterest gardening board - http://pinterest.com/pin/54746951690716425/ and would be happy to add any additional credit info you'd like. Thanks for sharing!
- June 12, 2012 at 12:33 PM


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FRIGID NEW YORK presents A Bricken and Birch Production, Sisters Grimm: Fables of the Stage. Written by Bricken Sparacino and Amy E. Witting, with Music by Eric Chercover and Ethan Bailey and Lyrics by Sparacino with Chercover, the show is directed by Lori Kee and Bricken Sparacino. It runs February 22 through March 3, 2013.
Performance Schedule: Friday Feb 22 at 5:35 pm, Sunday Feb 24 at 5:15 pm, Tuesday Feb 26 at 7:05 pm, Saturday March 2 at 2:05 pm and Sunday March 3 at 5:15 pm. Ticket Price: $10, $8 Students/Seniors/Military with ID. For tickets in advance go to: www.smarttix.com or call 212-868-4444. Performances take place at The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. For more information, go to: www.frigidnewyork.info or http://bricken.org/bricken/Sisters_Grimm.html.
A hilarious look behind the curtain. Find out how Jack really met the Giant and what happens between the scenes of a traveling musical children?s theater troupe. Bricken Sparacino and Amy E. Witting team up in this two fable production. Jack and the Giant by Witting and Pointy the Star Fish by Sparacino. No children allowed.
Cast: Bill Bria, Elisabeth A. Furtado, Lori Kee*, Brandon Schraml, Adam Sullivan *, Bricken Sparacino* and Derby Thomas
Sisters Grimm: Fables of the Stage includes two plays both written as part of the 24 Hour Play Fun produced by aWe Creative Group. Ms. Sparacino always thought they would be great together, the challenge, they were too short. So the plays expanded, Ms. Witting agreed they should go together and SG:FOTS was born. Both shorts are inspired by the world of the theater and children's fables. We will poke fun at acting, children's theater and relationships. A little secret to share: the second piece is inspired by Ms. Sparacino's extensive work at the zoo.
Lori Kee (Seagull and co-director) is an award winning actress and director; she loves collaborating on new works. December 2012, Tennessee a new play by John Patrick Shanley, which Lori originally directed the premier for Nylon Fusion, April 2012, was staged at the LAByrinth Theatre Company. Frigid fans will recognize her work (in the now published) Are We Freaks and Death, it Happens... (USM) Frigid New York 2012 audience award winner.
Bricken Sparacino (Little Girl/Co-director/producer) Bricken is an award winning/ nominated performer, writer and director. She was one of nytheatre.com?s People of the Year ?08. You might recognize Bricken from last years "audience choice award winner" Death: it happens. A girls guide to death. Other highlights include: the two person show, MEDICATION for the NYC Fringe Festival which was selected by BACKSTAGE as a highlight for the theatre season. Her first solo show, I?m Not Sure I Like the Way You Licked Me, was a great success. Bricken can be seen on the internet as part of the Key Of Awesome and AMCTV.com?s Sci-fi department. Go to www.bricken.org to read more about her directing credits.
Amy E. Witting (Playwright) has had over twenty productions performed both OFF and OFF-OFF Broadway. She is currently enrolled in Hunter College?s MFA program studying under Mark Bly and Tina Howe. She is from the underrated state of New Jersey, owns three crock-pots, and makes one mean lasagna. You can see her other play "36 Hours" in this festival at the Under St. Marks Theater. www.amywitting.com www.awecreativegroup.com
As a comedy producing powerhouse since 1999, Bricken and Michael have produced, and directed numerous original works including Medication for the NY Fringe Festival (Back Stage?s "Theatre Gem" of the year), American Treacle for the Midtown Theater Festival as well as the wildly successful 10:17 Comedy Night, which ran every Saturday night for 3 years. At Under St. Marks they have also produced I'm Not Sure I Like the Way You Licked Me and Michael Birch?s One Man Hamlet which currently is touring America. Last season they produced Death it happens: a girls guide to death, which won this festivals "audience choice" award.


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Windows 8 demos at Microsoft's Build developer conference have been very compelling -- inspiring even. But nothing about the UI will change the underlying challenges with Microsoft's open ecosystem. Users will still have to deal with frustrating experiences, even if the blue screen of death is replaced with a blue frowny face.
Windows 8 looks promising
InfoWorld's own Galen Gruman gave Windows 8 quite a glowing initial assessement. He even went on a limb and suggested that HP's decision to jettison WebOS could have been due to Windows 8:
But if Windows 8 is nearly as good as the demos look, Microsoft could very well win the mobile wars, despite years of failures in Windows tablets and mediocre smartphone efforts. If Hewlett-Packard CEO Léo Apotheker had seen a preview of Windows 8 tablets, that would explain why he suddenly killed the WebOS-based TouchPad tablet last month.
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Other reviews of Windows 8 have been cautiously optimistic that Microsoft may finally have an OS to combat Apple.
The only problem is that software alone is not enough. The real test for Microsoft is how Windows 8 will demo on the hundreds or thousands of devices -- PC and mobile -- that will be optimized to run Windows 8. I stress "optimized" because every hardware vendor will play that card, when in fact, no piece of software can be optimized for everything. That's where marketing and reality depart.
Configurability versus design choices
Daring Fireball's John Gruber wrote a thought-provoking post about Apple's long-term sustainable advantage residing not solely on its design, but its supply chain. The two points are related and will impact Microsoft's Windows 8 strategy, especially as it grows beyond the desktop to tablets and mobile devices with a single operating system. Gruber wrote:
Design is largely about making choices. The PC hardware market has historically focused on three factors: low prices, tech specs, and configurability. Configurability is another way of saying that you, the buyer, get a bigger say in the design of your computer. ([Ars Technica's Peter] Bright points out, for example, that Lenovo gives you the option of choosing which Wi-Fi adaptor goes into your laptop.) Apple offers far fewer configurations. Thus MacBooks are, to most minds, subjectively better-designed -- but objectively, they're more designed. Apple makes more of the choices than do PC makers.
I've been thinking of this more and more as part of my day job, and I can fully understand why making choices is hard for vendors. Clients tell us that they want to make choices, because a lack of choice can sometimes lead to vendor lock-in. But these same clients demonstrate higher satisfaction with products that have been, in Gruber's words, more designed and, thus, present fewer choices to buyers.


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Here at Celebrations, we're all about planning on a budget! However, sometimes it's nice to dream. Imagine planning your perfect wedding without any constraint of budget or location-- Where would you have it?
Here at Celebrations, we're all about planning on a budget! However, sometimes it's nice to dream. Imagine planning your perfect wedding without any constraint of budget or location-- Where would you have it?
We thought about that question long and hard, and then compiled a list of the most beautiful, posh, exclusive, and downright outrageous wedding venues in the world. Whether your dream wedding might take place at an ancient castle in Italy, or a private island in the Florida Keys, there's something for everyone here. Enjoy!
American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
The American Museum of Natural History is among the most popular NYC tourist attractions by day, and the most exclusive and expensive event venues by night! If dancing the night away under the world-famous 94' whale, amidst dinosaurs, stars, and planets, sounds like your dream wedding, then look no further! Of course, as is the case for most of the venues on this list, you must be prepared to pay the big bucks. Hosting a wedding at the AMNH costs upwards of $300 per guest, not to mention the mandatory $3,500 museum Patron Membership fee, and $11,000 for museum admission!
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Château Vaux-le-Vicomte
Maincy, France
Paris may be the city of love, but the most romantic French wedding spot is actually located south of the city, in a small commune called Maincy! Château Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by the same masterminds behind Versailles in the 17th century, is set on 100 acres of land. Wealthy socialiate Vanisha Mittal was famously married here in 2004 for a cool $75 million.
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Hotel Caruso
Ravello, Italy
If you're envisioning a heavenly European backdrop for your wedding reception, then the Italian Hotel Caruso is the venue for you! Complete with luxurious outdoor seating, an incredible infinity pool, and possibly the most breath-taking scenic backdrop in the world, this is the stuff of dream weddings.
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Little Palm Island
Little Torch Key, Florida
Getting married on Little Palm Island, located in the Florida Keys, means literally getting an island to yourself. Accessed only via private boat or seaplane, the 5-acre island is a resort in itself, and the perfect romantic wedding getaway!
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New York Public Library
New York, New York
You may know of the New York Public Library as a posh wedding venue from Sex and the City, but you don't have to be Carrie Bradshaw to make it happen! The famously grand library is actually one of the most coveted wedding venues in the world. Merely reserving the space, however, costs over $50,000.
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Oberoi Udaivilas
Udaipur, India
For a more exotic atmosphere at your dream wedding, the best option around is the Oberoi Udaivilas, located in the heart of India. Combining the ancient charm of Indian scenery and architecture, with modern, luxurious amenities, the pricy hotel captures the feel of an accessible Indian palace.
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Odescalchi Castle
Rome, Italy
This majestic Roman castle is perhaps best known as the over-the-top location of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' nuptials. Because many brides fancy themselves a princess, what better place to say "I Do" than a real life castle?
Image via Katu
The Plaza Hotel
New York, New York
Now for a classic, we give you the wedding spots of all wedding spots: The Plaza Hotel. Perhaps the most posh, exclusive (and expensive) venue in all of New York City, The Plaza is absolutely timeless. An added plus side to the cost of this location? They will comp the bridal suite, as well as a special wedding cake by famous cake artists Ron Ben-Israel and Sylvia Weinstock!
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Black-eyed bean stir-fry
(serves 2)
1 cup black-eyed peas/beans, soaked for 8-12 hours
1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil
1 small red capsicum
2 carrots
1 zucchini
2 yellow squashes
a handful of green beans
a handful of snow peas
2 shallots/spring onions
pinch of sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1. Drain the beans and place in a saucepan. Cover the beans with fresh water and bring to boil. Let simmer for about 30 minutes or until the beans are tender.
2. Thinly slice the vegetables. Heat the oil in a large pan and add the carrots on to the pan. Cook for a couple of minutes, then add all other vegetables. Cook for a few minutes, season with salt and pepper and turn off the heat. Don't over-cook the vegetables, they are nice with a bit of crunch!
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Is this still being used or should I post the new mission in the Folk Forums?
Just in case, here it is http://d.pr/f/EjkA
Name: faco_adv82_rep_revolution_v2
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Island: Takistan
Premise: UN must get the VIPs to safety Takistan Army must kill the VIPs.
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THE STAMINA and muscle power of Adver staff will be tested as they embark on a series of physical challenges as part of the 160 Appeal to raise £160,000 for Prospect Hospice.
From skydives to bike rides and curry nights, reporters, editors, marketing managers and sales representatives will pull out all the stops to reach the ambitious target on the Adver's 160th anniversary year for the Wroughton hospice.
A pair of daredevil reporters, Mike Benke and Elizabeth Mackley, will jump out of a plane 10,000 ft above ground at a skydive this summer while the advertising and editorial departments will go head to head at the Rotary Club Swindon Phoenix's Dragon Boat Race at Coate Water on June 29.
Deputy news editor Scott D'Arcy will lead by example by cycling 55km non-stop at the Prospect Big Bike on April 27 alongside features and supplements editor Michelle Tompkins. After joining the Adver's team at the Dragon Boat Race he will go it alone at the Big Swim at Bowmoor Sailing Club in Lechlade on Saturday, July 12 and also aim to complete a Spartan Race on August 31.
Reporter Marion Sauvebois will receive intense training in quick-step, cha-cha and tango before competing in the Prospect Let's Dance ballroom challenge on November 28.
Scott said: "We want to show we are willing to put our bodies on the line and really do some good for a charity that everyone agrees is thoroughly deserving. The Adver staff will be doing our best to raise as much cash as we can throughout the year to hit our ambitious target and we hope you will support us by donating."
Throughout the year the Adver will also hold a couple of supermarket bagging weeks, curry nights and use its bi-annual pub quiz to collect donations for Prospect in a race against the watch to reach the £160,000 mark by December.
The Wroughton charity must secure £5.8 million each year to continue caring for the people of Swindon and North Wiltshire.
The organisation, which was founded in 1980, receives less than 30 per cent of its income from statutory bodies such as the NHS to support a community of around 300,000 people - some living as far afield as Gloucestershire.
In 2012/13, its nurses and staff treated and supported 1,995 people not merely at the hospice itself but in their own homes, care homes and at the Great Western Hospital.
£160,000 would help to pay for approximately 500 over-night stays in the hospice's in-patient unit; that is 12 days at a time for 43 patients.
The sum would cover 6,400 hours of support of the 24-hour Prospect@Home service.
It would also fund counselling and support for 2,000 family members after the loss of a loved one or during their ongoing illness.
- By cheque: With the donation form in the Adver
- By card: Online through the donate now button, www.prospect-hospice.net
- In cash: Prospect Hospice reception in Wroughton, Prospect Hospice retail shops or the Swindon Advertiser office are all taking payments
- Prospect Hospice can also take card donations over the phone – contact the fundraising team on 01793 816161
- Taking part in an event for Prospect? Why not donate through our appeal – let us know via email on 160appeal@swindon advertiser.co.uk or call us on 01793 501806.


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The public relations industry is dominated by women. In 1970, according to Ragan's PR Daily, women comprised only 27 per cent of the US public relations workforce. Today, close to three-quarters of the members of the Public Relations Society of America are female; in the UK, about 64 per cent of those employed in PR are female.
Also, women in the US with bachelor's degrees in journalism or mass communication disproportionately specialise in advertising and PR, which have more opportunities for full-time employment than other parts of the industry.
But unlike many fields where women dominate at entry level and in the junior ranks but are noticeably absent at the managerial and principal levels, in PR they are increasingly seen in managerial roles.