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Picture Book Time - Hempstead Library
March 01, 2013 - Hempstead
The program includes stories, songs, animal friends, and fun.
Tilles Center Presents 'A Chorus Line' - Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
March 01, 2013 - Greenvale
One singular sensation, with music by Marvin Hamlisch, A Chorus Line won nine Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, and went on to become one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history. Don't miss this spectacular performance.
Shabbat Across America - Temple B'nai Torah
March 01, 2013 - Wantagh
Join in the annual community Shabbat Across America celebration of Shabbat. All are invited to this family service which will be led by 6th grade students from the Susanna E. Heiman Religious School.
KaleidoZone - Don't Play with Your Food! - Long Island Children's Museum
March 01, 2013 - Garden City
Don't play with your food. We've all heard that phrase at the dinner table as we grew up. Artist and Art Educator Julianne Zegers challenges that notion by making sculpture out of her food. She arranges food sculptures to look like landscapes and portraits. She then makes oil paintings and monotypes of her sculptures. Julianne Zegers' playful narrative paintings and prints are appealing to children of all ages who have tried to resist playing with their food. This exhibition runs through April 28, 2013.
Music and Movement - Long Island Children's Museum
March 01, 2013 - Garden City
Musical instruments and sing-along songs get the youngest visitors� bodies moving. Join in for a fun, friendly time.
Parents Night Out - Pump It Up of Great Neck
March 01, 2013 - Great Neck
Eliminate the stress of finding a babysitter and drop the kids off at Pump It Up of Great Neck. Join us for an evening of playtime, dinner, crafts and fun all in a safe and secure environment. Parents Night Out includes arena playtime with free play, relays, and games, dinner, a craft project and a snack. Reservations are required. For children ages 4-12. Children must be potty trained. Photo ID is required for pick-up of children.
FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS WEEKEND - Bay Street Theatre
March 01, 2013 - Sag Harbor
Top Hat (1935) tells the story of showman Jerry Travers who is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Edward Everett Horton.
Jazz Concert with Jon Batiste - Landmark on Main Street
March 01, 2013 - Port Washington
Jonathan Batiste is an iconic jazz artist. With his voice on piano and dapper sense of style, he has ignited the NYC music scene. He has performed in over 40 countries, has appeared in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center.
2013 Student Exhibition - Parrish Art Museum
Through March 03, 2013 - Water Mill
The exhibition includes submissions from public and private schools in the townships of Riverhead, Southampton, East Hampton, and Southold, as well as high schools from the township of Brookhaven. The exhibition will be on view from February 2 through March 3, 2013.
Journeys & Destinations - Main Street Petite Gallery
Through March 08, 2013 - Huntington
Over the years Vivian Hershfield, Virginia Edele, Grace Su, Nancy Fabrizio and Suzanne McVetty have journeyed together painting en plein air beautiful sites around Long Island, New York City, and the globe. All are members of the Nassau County Art League and the originators of the League's Plein Air Painters group, they love experiencing the out-of-doors, expressing their individual taste in their choice of views, and enjoying the camaraderie of like minds. The exhibit runs February 8-March 8, 2013.
DEADLINE TO TO ENTER LONG ISLAND'S GOT TALENT - Ward Melville Heritage Organization
Through March 08, 2013 - Stony Brook
Once again WMHO will showcase the vocal and instrumental talents of Long Island students 10 to 17 years of age in the first round of competition this March. Scholarships will be awarded from Five Towns College. There is a non-refundable entry fee of $25 and contestants must still be in high school at the time the final awards are given in October 2013. For an official entry form visit stonybrookvillage.com or call 631-751-2244. Deadline March 8, 2013.
Family Scavenger Hunt - East End Arts Gallery
Through March 08, 2013 - Riverhead
Families are invited to explore the gallery with an interactive Scavenger Hunt, where adults and children alike can search for items like mirrors and tic-tac-toe boards within the pieces of artwork in the current gallery show. Currently on display in the East End Arts Gallery is the juried, all media art show, Diversity, which will be up for viewing until Friday, March 8, 2013. This show embraces and explores the way in which we are all personally diverse be it culturally, socially, religiously, even psychologically.
Usdan's 'Duality,' free student art exhibit - The Lobby Gallery
Through March 08, 2013 - New York
Mixed media works by Long Island students from the "Portfolio Preparation Program," which prepares talented high school art students for college art programs, will be exhibited.
Art Exhibit Featuring Barbara Pascal - Riverhead Town Hall Gallery
Through March 10, 2013 - Riverhead
East End Arts presents an exhibit featuring the whimsical artwork of painter Barbara Pascal. In this collection of work, Barbara Pascal seems to be summing up a lifetime of personal impressions, as well as revealing her skills as an expressive painter. Runs through March 10, 2013.
Youth Art Showcase - Mills Pond House
Through March 15, 2013 - St. James
The Smithtown Township Arts Council's Annual Youth Art Showcase opens February 16 at the Mills Pond House Gallery. Highlighting the creativity of young people in Suffolk County, the exhibit includes artwork created by more than 250 students who have used art to express themselves in a wide variety of creative and exciting ways.
Gallery visitors will be treated to an eclectic glimpse into the lives these young community members who created their work in a wide variety of media including charcoal, mixed media sculpture, acrylic, graphite, watercolor, ink, digital photography, oil, and ceramic and photography.
The exhibit continues through March 15. Public audiences are invited to attend an opening reception Saturday, February 18 from 2-4 pm to view the artwork and meet the exhibiting artists. Admission to the gallery is free. Regular Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm, and Saturday-Sunday, 12 pm-4 pm. Closed Feb 18.
The Gallery is located at 660 Route 25A, St. James, NY. Parking off Mills Pond Road (directly across from 199 Mills Pond Road). Call 631-862-6575 or visit www.stacarts.org
This year's participating school districts include:
Amityville, Bay Shore, Brentwood, Huntington, Kings Park, Lindenhurst, Longwood, Middle Country, Mount Sinai, North Babylon, Northport-East Northport, Patchogue-Medford, Rocky Point, Sachem, Sayville, Smithtown, Three Village, William Floyd
Modernizing America: Artists of the Armory Show - Heckscher Museum of Art
Through March 17, 2013 - Huntington
In 1913, the American public was introduced to avant-garde European art styles at the International Exhibition of Modern Art, held at the Lexington Avenue Armory and known as the Armory Show. The Armory Show created a sensation; the controversial and radical art displayed there proved to be a watershed in the development of 20th-century American art. Modernizing America: Artists of the Armory Show focuses on American artists who participated in the Armory Show and explores the impact of European Modernism on American art in the early years of the 20th century. Through March 17, 2013.
Mirrored Images: Realism in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Heckscher Museum of Art
Through March 24, 2013 - Huntington
Throughout the history of art, artists have turned to the observed world as a source of inspiration. This exhibition, drawn entirely from the Museum's Permanent Collection, explores the various realist movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, beginning with the mid-19th century Barbizon movement in France and the concurrent Hudson River School in America, and progressing through later 19th-century realism and 20th-century movements, such as the Ashcan School, American Scene painting, Magic Realism, Photorealism, and East End (Long Island) realism. December 8, 2012-March 24, 2013.
50/50: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Hofstra University Museum - Hofstra University Museum
Through March 28, 2013 - Hempstead
This anniversary exhibition highlights the breadth and depth of the collection through just 50 of the 605 acquisitions donated since 2006. The featured works include paintings, prints, photographs and drawings by 20th and 21st century American, Latino and European artists such as Luis Cruz Azaceta, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Stanley Brodsky, Lucien Clergue, Yonia Fain, April Gornick, Robert Kipniss, Howardena Pindell, Robert Rauschenberg, Donald Resnick, Alison Saar, W. Eugene Smith and Stanley Twardowicz, among others. Additionally, the exhibition includes Pre-Columbian figures and vessels as well as early to mid 20th-century African masks.
50/50 The Great Art Caper - Hofstra University Museum - Emily Lowe Gallery
Through March 28, 2013 - Hempstead
Pick up Great Art Caper materials while in the Emily Lowe Gallery to enjoy self-guided super-sleuthing. Search for hidden clues in the works in the exhibit 50/50:Celebrating Fifty Years of the Hofstra University Museum and use the clues to complete a message. This program runs through March 28.
Building a Bunny Hutch (Chocolate or Gingerbread) - Riesterer's Bakery
Through March 28, 2013 - West Hempstead
Sign up for classes to learn how to build a bunny hutch in chocolate or gingerbread. It's a great party for children and adults. Enjoy soda, treats and take home your own creation. See how they make some of Long Island's largest variety of Easter bunnies- up to 3 feet tall. It's a chocoholics dream. Call for exact days. Classes run through March 28.
Tony Hawk / Rad Science - New York Hall of Science
Through April 22, 2013 - Corona
Find out how the physics of gravity, force, velocity and balance make radical tricks possible in action sports in this program that runs through April 22. Children under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Attack of the Bloodsuckers! - Long Island Children's Museum
Through May 05, 2013 - Garden City
Explore the science of what's eating you in this skin-crawling
exhibition. Examine the what, why, when and how of mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, leeches and other parasites known as sanguinivores (creatures that eat blood). Learn why bloodsuckers are important to the ecosystem and how to keep them out of your system. Attack of the Bloodsuckers! offer visitors the chance to look a real leech in the mouth; pull off your socks and test your bug-appealing foot odor; receive a big hug from a giant, inflating tick; get itchy and knotty with the life-size game of "Twitcher" - a buggy variation on the game Twister. This exhibition runs through May 5, 2013.
Math & Science Homework Help - Long Island Science Center
Through June 01, 2013 - Riverhead
Students in grades 1-8 may be dropped off on Saturdays to receive help with homework. No pre-registration required.
Israel at 65 - Jewish Discovery Museum @ SYJCC
Through August 31, 2013 - Commack
This hands-on exhibit allows families to learn about Jewish life, history, values, traditions and heroes, as well as Israel and the Hebrew language. The interactive displays are designed to transform visitors into participants, offering adults and children a unique opportunity to discover the wonders of Jewish heritage. Through August 31, 2013.
Autism Spectrum Parent Support Group - Family and Children's Association
Through September 01, 2013 - Mineola
Family Center's Spectrum Support Group offers caregivers mutual support by providing opportunities to meet with others also raising children who are dually diagnosed. To be eligible the child must have a primary Mental Health diagnosis and a secondary Spectrum diagnosis. Groups are facilitated by Parent Advocates, each having their own unique experience raising a child under the Spectrum. While caregivers attend group, respite can be provided to children ages 5-17. To receive respite, an intake is required. This ensures staff is familiar with the child, making caregiver's participation more relaxing.
Meetings are held the first and third Monday of each month, except holidays. RSVP Miriam at 516-485-5914 xtn 2223
no later than seven days prior to the meeting date.
Friendship Bracelet and Lanyard Making Class - The Lanyard Ladies
Through October 03, 2013 - East Rockaway
Looking for a fun after-school or weekend activity? Does your child want to learn how to make friendship and lanyard bracelets? Kids can make as many bracelets as they want. Each child will also receive a special gift. 15% sibling discount. Please call to reserve your space. You can also book a private play-date(10 or more children needed). Call for more information.
Feeding Nemo! Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center
Through December 31, 2013 - Riverhead
Go behind-the-scenes and see firsthand all that's involved in creating a hospitable environment for the aquarium's residents. And you may get a chance to help feed the clownfish. While the Seal Exhibit is under construction, you can visit them up close and personal on the tour.
Behind-the-Scenes Tours - Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center
Through December 31, 2013 - Riverhead
Go behind the scenes at the aquarium and see firsthand all that's involved in creating a home for the aquatic residents, including helping to feed the clownfish.
Sculpture Mystery: The Great Art Caper - Hofstra University Museum
Through January 01, 2014 - Hempstead
Uncover clues to help solve a mystery in the outdoor sculpture collection. Pick up your caper kit at Emily Lowe Gallery, have fun while discovering more about these works, and at the end of the caper return to Emily Lowe Gallery for a prize. For everyone ages 4-9 and their grown-up companions all year-round. The program runs through January 1, 2014.
Sculpture Exploration Backpack - Hofstra University Museum
Through January 01, 2014 - Hempstead
Kids and their grown up companions can stop in at the Hofstra University Museum's Emily Lowe Gallery, and pick up a backpack. At the end of your tour, return the backpack and each child will receive a small gift from the Museum. The program runs through January 1, 2014.
Outdoor Sculpture Biennial - Adelphi University
Through May 31, 2014 - Garden City
See the work of 10 skilled sculptors located throughout the scenic 75-acre arboretum on the Garden City campus.
This outdoor installation showcases the talents of Miggy Buck (NY), John Clement (NY), Maria Hall (NY), Ed Haugevik (NY), William King (NY), Anti Liu (NY), Johnny Poux (NY), Kim Radochia (MA), Christopher Saucedo (NY), and Hans Van de Bovenkamp (NY). Works of art encompass use of various materials-steel, bronze, aluminum, concrete and reflective mirrors. These man-made creations are transposed into poetic visual narrations.
The exhibition runs through May 31, 2014.
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Wheat Free, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Lactose Free Fun spirals bring variety to your plate! Shelf life: approx 2 years.
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About the Book
Keep track of your appointments and important dates with this cute oekie planner! 53 weeks and 53 different illustrations, a new one EVERY week! The planner is blank (no dates), which is great, because you can start it whenever you want.
Features & Details
- Category Children
6×9 in, 15×23 cm
120 Pages
- Publish Date Jan 23, 2012
- Tags daily planner, oekie planner, oekie, planner, diary, illustration, cute
About the Creator
In your dreams, there's a place where Oekies live. Oekieworld is filled with 2D, cute as can be, human-like, creatures. Their world is much like ours: There are days and nights, green trees and blue skies, and good and bad. The difference is that they live in harmony. A balance between all living things of which you can only dream of. There are more than 52 Oekies and they are all unique. Oekieworld is open to everyone. So, if you want to visit it, just close your eyes and think of the Oekies. There's probably a welcoming committee already waiting for you!
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Kenny Boynton scored 15 points, Pat Young added 14 and No. 11 Florida routed Vanderbilt 66-40 on Wednesday night to clinch the Southeastern Conference regular season championship.
Florida won its fourth outright league title and third under longtime coach Billy Donovan. The Gators (24-5, 14-3 SEC) were alone atop the standings in 1988-89, 2006-07 and 2010-11.
Like the others, this one earned the Gators the No. 1 seed heading into next week's SEC tournament. It also capped a perfect season (15-0) at home and sent seniors Boynton, Erik Murphy and Mike Rosario out with a victory on "Senior Night."
After the win, the Gators started cutting down the nets.
Kendren Johnson had 15 points for the Commodores (13-16, 7-10), including 13 straight at one point.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Rick Pitino cites Joel Embiid as the most impressive recruit he's seen in the Class of 2013.
Embiid committed to Kansas and is joined by Andrew Wiggins.
"I think Kansas could have the No. 1 and No. 2 picks in the draft with [Andrew] Wiggins and Embiid. [Embiid] does everything," Pitino said.
Embiid, a seven-foot center, is projected as the 12th overall pick in the 2014 Mock Draft by Draft Express.
Kentucky had the two top picks in the 2012 NBA Draft in Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.


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NVIDIA and Continuum Analytics Announce NumbaPro, A Python CUDA Compilerby Ryan Smith on 3/18/2013 9:00 AM EST
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Gnarr - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkPython the most popular.. since when?
http://www.langpop.com/ Reply
aterrel - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkDoesn't say the most popular language, just widely used. C/C++ is already covered and in scientific computing Python is definitely more popular than Java. The other languages above Python are not in the space of systems or graphics programming so I think the claim is pretty justified. Reply
danielkza - Monday, March 18, 2013 - link'One of the more widely used' is not equivalent to 'the most popular'. At no point in the article the latter was implied. Reply
Death666Angel - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkThe graphic says exactly that, though.
"Most Popular Coding languages of 2013" -> Python leads with 29.8%. Reply
REALfreaky - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkB-b-but it isn't FOSS... why would they pick NumbaPro over PyCUDA? Reply
aterrel - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkThere are lots of python + cuda things, PyCUDA, Theano, Copperhead, and so on. But it looks as if the plan is to make NumbaPro a FOSS product in the future http://continuum.io/selling-open-source.html Reply
travisoliphant - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkPyCUDA requires writting kernels in C/C++. It only uses Python to script or "steer" what is ultimately a C/C++ CUDA build.
CUDA Python is a direct Python to PTX compiler so that kernels are written in Python with no C or C++ syntax to learn. CUDA Python also includes support (in Python) for advanced CUDA concepts such as syncthreads and shared memory.
We participate extensively in FOSS at Continuum Analytics. Our principals and employees have written a great deal of code that is FOSS in the Scientific Python stack (NumPy, SciPy, Numba, Bokeh, Blaze, Chaco, PyTables, DyND, etc.). Maintaining this requires funding. We also value the coordinating mechanism of the market to allow those who can use the software to pay for it's development. See our philosophy here: http://www.continuum.io/selling-open-source.html
You can also use NumbaPro for free by using our online analytics environment Wakari (www.wakari.io) and using the soon to be released GPU queue. Reply
GoVirtual - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkVery interesting. The million dollar question is:
Does CUDA Python support arbitrary precision math types like Python does natively? Reply
paddy_mullen - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkPython along with NumPy and SciPy have been used for numerical coding applications for years. NumbaPro allows users to make NumPy code even faster. Here are some links for further information:
http://continuum.io/blog/the-python-and-the-compli... Reply
tanders12 - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkComing on the heels of Travis' Numba talk at PyCon Saturday this is very exciting news. Congrats to Continuum on getting recognition for the awesome work you've done on this. Reply


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|Oxaloacetic acid
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|Oxobutanedioic acid
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| Oxaloacetic acid
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Oxosuccinic acid
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|132.07 g/mol
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Oxaloacetic acid, also known as oxosuccinic acid or oxalacetic acid, is a four-carbon dicarboxylic acid appearing as an intermediate of the citric acid cycle and gluconeogenesis. In vivo, oxaloacetate (the ionised form of oxaloacetic acid) is formed by the oxidation of L-malate, catalysed by malate dehydrogenase, and reacts with Acetyl-CoA to form citrate, catalysed by citrate synthase. It is also formed in the mesophyll of plants by the condensation of CO2 with phosphoenolpyruvate, catalysed by oxaloacetate decarboxylase. It can be formed from pyruvate as an anaplerotic reaction.
The enol forms of oxaloacetic acid are particularly stable, so much so that the two isomers have different melting points (152°C cis, 184°C trans). The enol proton has a pKa value of 13.02. The enzyme fumarase A from E. coli catalyses the conversion between the keto and enol forms.
Oxaloacetic acid is unstable in solution, decomposing to pyruvic acid by decarboxylation over a period of hours (room temperature) or days (0°C). Refrigerator storage of the solid is recommended for long periods.
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HOUSTON - While Houston continues to get soaked by rain, much of the Midwest is suffering through a drought. That could lead to an increase in grocery bills in the coming months.
Experts say in about six months to a year, consumers will begin to see prices go up a result of the drought burning up the Midwest.
Last week, an area larger than California and New York combined moved into the most serious stage of either extreme or exceptional drought that's made worse by relentless heat.
Come early next year, they'll be no remedy for rising beef prices.
In especially hard-hit Illinois, some corn farmers have given up on this season's crops and are mowing down their fields.
That corn is needed to feed cattle. With a smaller crop of corm available, feeding cattle will become more expensive. That expense will likely be passed on to consumers.
Unrelated to the drought, but good news, the latest Texas Farm Bureau survey shows the price of pork chops is down more than 13 percent.
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LSU clearly made a strong impression on the nation's No. 1 prospect during his official visit this weekend.
The question remains is it strong enough to convince Robert Nkemdiche to sign with the Tigers on Wednesday?
Nkemdiche (6-foot-5, 265 pounds), the highly lauded and highly sought defensive end from Logansville (Ga.) Grayson, tweeted several positive messages about his visit to Baton Rouge. He was accompanied by his father and his Grayson teammate, cornerback David Kamara.
Among Nkemdiche's notes:
"I love coach (Frank) Wilson !!", a reference to LSU's recruiting coordinator.
"Me and my dog brick Haley I like this guy!", a reference to LSU defensive line coach Brick Haley.
"@LSUBossLady shout out to miss Sharon love her !!!!", referring to Sharon Lewis, LSU's assistant athletic director for football recruiting and alumni relations.
And, perhaps most encouraging to Tigers fans, "LSU pushing man !!!! Getting hard now !" and "LSU pulling out da facts !!!".
Nkemdiche has long been considered a strong lean to Ole Miss, where his brother Denzel plays linebacker.
Nkemdiche is scheduled to announce his college choice at 6:35 a.m. CST Wednesday, the first day of the national signing period, on ESPNU.
Elsewhere, there were reports that LSU defensive end commitment Frank Herron of Memphis (Tenn.) Central took an official visit over weekend to Texas. Herron is still considered a solid LSU commitment, however.
Meanwhile, LSU commitment Ethan Pocic, an offensive lineman from Lemont, Ill., has been named to the 2013 Parade All-America team as a first-team selection. Pocic is an early enrollee at LSU and will take part in spring practice.
Two other LSU early enrollees — wide receiver John Diarse of Neville and quarterback Hayden Rettig of Los Angeles Cathedral — made Parade's honorable mention list.


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Joining Forces
The AAMC's member medical schools are training tomorrow's doctors to care for military service members and their families.
Learn more about Joining Forces
Serving Those Who Serve America Joining Forces: Results of an AAMC Survey
This report details the results of a survey taken by the 110 U.S. M.D.-granting medical schools participating in Joining Forces, a White House initiative to improve the lives of military service members, veterans, and their families.
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310thBG, 428th BS, Lt Ed Martiniac KIA WWII MTO
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Lt Ed Martiniac was flying as Co-Pilot in the Silver Slipper B-25 #43-27529 on 10 March, 1945 when it was shot-down by FLAK over the Target. All Crew eventually lost.
National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Cook County, IL
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Sonic Classic Collection Nintendo DS - pre-order - £17.95 delivered @ Zavvi
Sonic Classic Collection allows fans both old and new to speed through the much loved zones of the four original Mega Drive adventures, in a bid to collect the chaos emeralds and save the world. Optimised to take full advantage of the Nintendo DS system, Sonic Classic Collection features a new save anywhere feature, a first in this original series, meaning that the games can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime! Gamers will also be given the chance to expand their knowledge with a wealth of extras including video and collectable pictures that are sure to be fan favourites.


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PLANS to bring a branch of Costa Coffee to a Marlow park have come under fire this week, with concerns over the appearance and cost of the project.
Coffee Snobs, a franchise of Costa, has applied for planning permission to make "external alterations" to the Higginson Park building off Pound Lane, including advertising signs.
This includes changes to the structure itself, such as fitting air conditioning to the council-built shelter which was opened in 2008.
Complaints include the unsightly appearance of air conditioning units, the Costa advertising, energy conservation and the potential cost to taxpayers if the alterations are paid for by the council and not the leaseholders.
Wycombe District Council is due to rule on the application by February 12.
See next week's Marlow Free Press for full details.


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Rubber Wood Multi-Color Picture Frames
Picture your favorite photograph in this handsome Rubber Wood Frame. Rubber trees are a sustainable, renewable natural resource. Once they've been completely tapped for latex, the trees are harvested for furniture and other products. These frames are made from rubber wood remnants that would otherwise go to waste.


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Needy families in two remote First Nations communities in Manitoba will be dining on steaks and chops thanks to observant Muslims in Winnipeg sharing their feast.
"In Islam when you give to charity you have to give the equivalent of what you provide your own children," said Hussain Guisti with the Zubaidah Tallab Foundation. "And we feed our children steaks and lamb chops."
The charitable foundation is shipping beef, lamb, goat and chicken to Shamattawa and Garden Hill, as well as potatoes, bread, carrots, milk, tea and sugar.
Guisti rounded up the donations from members of Winnipeg's Muslim community to mark Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, to show gratitude to God and to provide for the poor and needy.
"It's one of the most important holidays for Muslims around the world," said Guisti.
Eid-al-Adha marks the conclusion of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Many Muslims who are not performing the Hajj celebrate by making charitable donations, visiting friends and family, and enjoying festive meals.
"Every able Muslim who can afford to is encouraged to sacrifice an animal and give a third to the poor and needy, a third to friends and relatives and a third to themselves and their families," said Guisti.
This is the fourth year the foundation is delivering food to the needy up north. Perimeter Aviation is helping with the shipping, said Guisti. For the first time this year, they're delivering to two First Nations. The groceries will be distributed to 200 of the most needy families in each community, said Guisti.
It means a lot to folks in Garden Hill, said band manager Arnold Flett.
"It means somebody took the effort to notice the needs of a remote community where prices are high and flying in groceries to the community is very expensive," said Flett. "For somebody to do that -- thinking of the children who will benefit from this -- people will appreciate that."
In places where jobs are few and poverty is high, many families struggle to make ends meet, Flett said. "The amount they get from social assistance for one month only covers not even half the month for groceries," the band manager said. "They have to buy something that's not very nutritional and it becomes a problem," he said. "It leads to illness... and kids who are growing and not eating, they have problems," he said. "They miss school," and if they go, they have a hard time learning.
"Young families rely on the child tax credit -- they wait for that. When it comes they have to pay bills," said Flett.
A box of nutritious food and milk will be a very welcome gift to many families, said Flett.
"They're thankful this is taking place -- somebody out there understands and wants to give to the needy. Often the general public don't realize the costs of things," he said.
In the remote communities, a four-litre jug of milk costs around $13 and a loaf of bread costs $4, said Guisti.
"People don't realize how much poverty there is," he said. He's met some families barely getting by. "One woman said 'I have to ration the number of carrots I cook and potatoes I cook.' "
That should not be acceptable in a prosperous country like Canada, he said.
"Where are we living? Come on."


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hi guys new to this forum is any of you guys can help that would be super...
i have a main index page with a div where i inject my external pages to.. when the page opens the slider at the top of the screen works fine.. when i click work, and then click home again. my slider dissapers after a few seconds or when you click the arrows.. having a nightmare been out it for days.. my general.js is located in the main index page..
i think its something to do with my ajax call, not sure though.. really am stuck
$.ajax({ url: "page/index.php",
success: function( data ) {
// Execute slide here after content has loaded;
autoSlideInterval: 7000,
dynamicTabs: false,
main index page - http://pastie.org/private/nymfbdsuau9amxjtcmxu1gexternal home page - http://pastie.org/private/f9zxpvv2wvm1skz2mmybsqexternal work page - http://pastie.org/private/zwvcnb4i9cjs8vfpnttqgeneral.js - http://pastie.org/private/71rbckmrkrqytsogdxitcw
Hi there,
Welcome to the forums
When I check out your page with the console open, then click on "Work", I see the following error:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'innerHTML' of null - blogger.js:12
It's probably a good idea to fix this before trying to troubleshoot your main problem.
Further inspection shows this line in blogger.js to be the culprit:
document.getElementById('twitter_update_list').innerHTML = statusHTML.join('');
So either create the element, or temporarily remove the blogger script from your page and see if that makes a difference.
just tried what you said and its not that.. removed the link.. the website works fine with the error. just having a problem when i go from home page to another page and then back the home page, the slider yanks up and then works for couple of seconds and then vanishes.. so annoying. cant seem to work it out..
Shame!I didn't think it would be that, but it's wise to correct all obvious JS errors on a page before trying to troubleshoot anything.
I'll try and get your page working locally, so I can have a poke around with it and let you know if I find anything.
thats brillant, if you could that would be amazing if you could really struggling...
I managed to set up a copy of your site running locally, but there is one problem.The issue only appears sporadically. Sometimes the slider behaves as it should, sometimes it jumps off the page.The same is true for your site.
Do you have a way to reproduce this every time?
thats exactly what happen for me to, not sure why this is happening. any way i can upload my root file and send it to you
the slider is from http://liquidslider.kevinbatdorf.com/
So, it seems that something on your page is programatically setting the width of the <div> element with the id of "slider-id-wrapper" to zero.I couldn't work out if this was a JavaScript or a media query, but you can see what I mean, by making the slider vanish, then using (for example) the Chrome web inspector to inspect this element.You will see an inline style of "width:0px". Remove this and your slider will reappear.
Anyway, a really quick and dirty fix, would be to add this inside your $(document).ready in general.js.
if($('#slider-id-wrapper').css("width") == "0px"){
$('#slider-id-wrapper').css("width", "auto")
}, 250);
However, if I was you, I would try to get to the bottom of this.Try stripping out all of the unnecessary styles and scripts until you find what is doing this.You might also consider having a look at a different responsive slider: http://visionwidget.com/responsive-jquery-slideshow.html
Sorry I couldn't help more.
no thanks thats great help, you have pointed me out in to the right direction ill have a look into it and get back to you...
thanks again
me again.. said what you do and put a different slider in there.. works a bit better but it seems as though i have the same problem.. content seems to load before the page has a chance to finish thats why i get the flash effect i think not sure where to go from here though.. think its something to do with my js file..
need to load the content after the page has finished executing all the jquery executions
Can you post a link to the same page with a different slider. That would be helpful for debugging.
here you go.. thanks for sticking with me
heres my js file in a pastie http://pastie.org/private/upwitue960r3sk7fdkwytq
I'm sorry, but I just spent the last 10 minutes navigating from "Home" to "Work" (and refreshing the page for good measure) and I couldn't once reproduce the issue.
How often can you reproduce it?Are you reproducing it with the same steps as before?
when ive just spent half hour trying to solve this.. just emptied my cache and im not getting the problem any more either.. think i might have fixed the problem.... if your not getting the problem either maybe we have solved it..
thanks for your hard work
No problem.Thanks for letting me know that you've (hopefully) got it sorted
no worries.. thanks for sticking with me.. hopefully one day i can return the favour
You don't have to return the favour so much as pass it on Seriously, it's great to see people hanging around and helping others.


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Virgil "Dusty" Rhodes was son of Peachy Rhodes and Mary Frances Prigmore. He was married December 3, 1917, Lafayette Co. to Elpha Best, daughter of Joseph Best and Ella M. Davidson. After the death of his first wife, he remarried to Charlene.
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Virgil (Dusty) Rhodes, 78, of 4244 Charlotte, died Tuesday at Lakeside Hospital. He was born in Corder, Mo., and lived in Kansas City 40 years. Mr. Rhodes was a union painter most of his life before he retired 1961. He was an Army veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the 140th F. Club of the V.F.W. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Charlene E. Rhodes of the home, three daughters, Mrs. Juanita Board, 18712 R.D. Mize Road, Independence; Mrs. Mary Frances French, Redlands, Calif., and Mrs. Chrystel E. Morgan, Tulsa; two brothers, Preston Rhodes, Buckner in Jackson County, and Homer Rhodes, Higginsville, Mo; four sisters, Miss Sarah Rhodes, Miss Mary Rhodes, Mrs. Audrey Taylor and Mrs. Elba Williamson, all of Buckner; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Muehlebach Chapel; burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the chapel.


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Ian Plimer is a geology professor at Adelaide University and a well known member of the Australian Skeptics Association and long time enemy of creationists. He is now highly sceptical of the idea that mankind is the cause of warming, or that we can put a stop to it. "When meteorologists can change the weather then we can start to think about humans changing climate" said Plimer in an address to the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Sydney on 11 April 2007. Plimer believes that main causes of climate change are variations in solar activity and cosmic rays. When the sun is more active, there is less cosmic radiation which leads to less cloud cover and the earth warms up. He has also researched sources of carbon dioxide and claims "about 0.1 per cent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide was due to human activity and much of the rest due to little-understood geological phenomena." He points out there have been periods in earth's history when atmospheric carbon dioxide has been much higher. Plimer also claims that the breaking up of polar ice sheets can be explained by the physics of flowing ice, not temperature changes. Plimer's assessment of the current media interest is that "bad news was more fashionable now than good and that people had an innate tendency to want to be a little frightened."
Plimer's claims are backed up by Timothy Patterson, a Canadian Professor of Geology who has studied layers of sediment from the deep fjords on the West Coast of Canada and compared the variation in fossil fish scales and diatoms with changes in the sun's activity. He summarised his results in an article in the Canadian Financial Post, 20 June 2007, as follows: "Specifically, we find a very strong and consistent 11-year cycle throughout the whole record in the sediments and diatom remains. This correlates closely to the well-known 11-year "Schwabe" sunspot cycle, during which the output of the sun varies by about 0.1%. Sunspots, violent storms on the surface of the sun, have the effect of increasing solar output, so, by counting the spots visible on the surface of our star, we have an indirect measure of its varying brightness. Such records have been kept for many centuries and match very well with the changes in marine productivity we are observing. In the sediment, diatom and fish-scale records, we also see longer period cycles, all correlating closely with other well-known regular solar variations. In particular, we see marine productivity cycles that match well with the sun's 75-90 year "Gleissberg Cycle," the 200-500-year "Suess Cycle" and the 1,100-1,500-year "Bond Cycle." The strength of these cycles is seen to vary over time, fading in and out over the millennia." Patterson also stated the earth's climate has changed more rapidly and by larger amounts than the currently observed changes. He commented: "Climate stability has never been a feature of planet Earth. The only constant about climate is change; it changes continually and, at times, quite rapidly. Many times in the past, temperatures were far higher than today, and occasionally, temperatures were colder."
Editorial Comment: Timothy Patterson's summary of climate variation could have come straight from Genesis 8:22 where God's accurate weather forecast to Noah is recorded: "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." Ian Plimer may be an outspoken opponent of creationism, but for once Plimer has said something we agree with. However, instead of Plimer scoffing at people for thinking they can change the weather and for naturally wanting to be "a little frightened", we all need to respect the Creator God who actually can change the weather, and we do need to "Fear God, and give glory to him", for the hour of his judgment is coming." We do need to both fear and worship the Creator "that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." (Rev 14:7) (Ref. meteorology, politics, environment)
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- When annual elections end, there slavery begins.
- John Adams, letter to George Wythe (April 1776).
- I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law.
- Fisher Ames, speech on Biennial Elections before the Convention of Massachusetts (January 1788), reported in Seth Ames, John Thornton Kirkland, Works of Fisher Ames with a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence (1854) p. 7.
- I would relate to the crowds how I called on a certain rural constituent and was shocked to hear him say he was thinking of voting for my opponent. I reminded him of the many things I had done for him as prosecuting attorney, as county judge, as congressman, and senator. I recalled how I had helped get an access road built to his farm, how I had visited him in a military hospital in France when he was wounded in World War I, how I had assisted him in securing his veteran's benefits, how I had arranged his loan from the Farm Credit Administration, how I had got him a disaster loan when the flood destroyed his home, etc., etc.
"How can you think of voting for my opponent?" I exhorted at the end of this long recital. "Surely you remember all these things I have done for you?"
"Yeah", he said, I remember. But what in hell have you done for me lately?"
- Alben W. Barkley, That Reminds Me— (1954), p. 165. Barkley first told this story during his 1938 campaign for renomination as Kentucky's Democratic candidate for the United States Senate.
- VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1948), p. 359. Originally published in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book.
- How shall we avert the dire calamities with which we are threatened? The answer comes from the graves of our fathers: By the frequent election of new men. Other help or hope for the salvation of free government there is none under heaven. If history does not teach this, we have read it all wrong.
- Jeremiah S. Black, "The Third Term: Reasons Against It"; first published in The North American Review (March 1880); republished in Chauncey F. Black, ed., Essays and Speeches of Jeremiah S. Black (1886) p. 383.
- What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.
- Edmund Burke, "Reflections on the Revolution in France" (1790), republished in The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke (1899), vol. 3, p. 483.
- On Election Day, I stay home. Two reasons: first of all, voting is meaningless; this country was bought and paid for a long time ago. That empty shit they shuffle around and repackage every four years doesn't mean a thing. Second, I don't vote, because I firmly believe that if you vote, you have no right to complain. I know some people like to twist that around and say, "If you don't vote, you have no right to complain." But where's the logic in that? Think it through: If you vote, and you elect dishonest, incompetent politicians, and you screw things up, then you're responsible for what they've done. You voted them in. You caused the problem. You have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not vote—who, in fact, did not even leave the house on Election Day—am in no way responsible for what these politicians have done and have every right to complain about the mess you created. Which I had nothing to do with. Why can't people see that?
- George Carlin, Napalm and Silly Putty (2001).
Who may be excluded from a share in the ruling of men? Time and time again the world has answered:
The Ignorant
The Inexperienced
The Guarded
The Unwilling
That is, we have assumed that only the intelligent should vote, or those who know how to rule men, or those who are not under benevolent guardianship, or those who ardently desire the right.
These restrictions are not arguments for the wide distribution of the ballot—they are rather reasons for restriction addressed to the self-interest of the present real rulers. We say easily, for instance, "The ignorant ought not to vote." We would say, "No civilized state should have citizens too ignorant to participate in government," and this statement is but a step to the fact: that no state is civilized which has citizens too ignorant to help rule it. Or, in other words, education is not a prerequisite to political control—political control is the cause of popular education.
- W. E. B. Du Bois, "Of the Ruling of Men," in Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil (1920)
- I have serious doubts about the value of debates in a presidential election. They tend to be a test of reaction time rather than a genuine exposition of the participants' philosophies and programs. Further, in debate, candidates tend to overstate their views. In the 1960 situation I had a very practical objection: Nixon was widely known; Kennedy was not; dramatic debates would therefore help Kennedy.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, The White House Years (1965), vol. 2, p. 599, footnote.
- An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
- George Eliot in Felix Holt (1866).
- When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope be in a better temper to legislate.
- James A. Garfield, letter to General Hazen (August 1, 1867), concerning his difficulty in getting legislation passed to reduce the size of the military. Reported in The Life and Letters of James Abram Garfield (1925), vol. 1, p. 421.
- Let us not commit ourselves to the absurd and senseless dogma that the color of the skin shall be the basis of suffrage, the talisman of liberty. I admit that it is perilous to confer the franchise upon the ignorant and degraded; but if an educational test cannot be established, let suffrage be extended to all men of proper age, regardless of color. It may well be questioned whether the negro does not understand the nature of our institutions better than the equally ignorant foreigner. He was intelligent enough to understand from the beginning of the war that the destiny of his race was involved in it. He was intelligent enough to be true to that Union which his educated and traitorous master was endeavoring to destroy. He came to us in the hour of our sorest need, and by his aid, under God, the republic was saved. Shall we now be guilty of the unutterable meanness, not only of thrusting him beyond the pale of its blessings, but of committing his destiny to the tender mercies of those pardoned rebels who have been so reluctantly compelled to take their feet from his neck and their hands from his throat? But someone says it is dangerous at this time to make new experiments. I answer, it is always safe to do justice. However, to grant suffrage to the black man in this country is not innovation, but restoration. It is a return to the ancient principles and practices of the fathers.
- James A. Garfield, Oration delivered at Ravenna, Ohio (4 July 1865).
- Suffrage once given can never be taken away, and all that remains for us now is to make good that gift by protecting those who have received it.
- Ulysses S. Grant, as quoted in Around the World with General Grant (1879).
- Let the black man vote when he is fit to vote; prohibit the white man voting when he is unfit to vote.
- Warren G. Harding, speech delivered to a segregated, mixed race audience at Woodrow Wilson Park in Birmingham, Alabama on the occasion of the city's semicentennial, published in the Birmingham Post (27 October 1921) quoted in Political Power in Birmingham, 1871-1921 (1977) by Carl V. Harris (1977) University of Tennessee Press, ISBN 087049211X.
- Let all people come in, and vote fairly; it is to support one or the other party, to deny any man's vote.
- Holt, C.J., Ashby v. White (1703), 2 Raym. Rep. 958; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 244-245.
- We'd all like t'vote fer th'best man, but he's never a candidate.
- Kin Hubbard, The Best of Kin Hubbard (1984), part 1, p. 14. The sayings of Abe Martin, Hubbard's rural sage, appeared from 1904–1930 in many newspapers.
- Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country: to right wrong, to do justice, to serve man…. Because all Americans just must have the right to vote. And we are going to give them that right. All Americans must have the privileges of citizenship regardless of race. And they are going to have those privileges of citizenship regardless of race.
- President Lyndon B. Johnson, "The American Promise", delivered to a joint session of Congress, March 15, 1965. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965, book 1, p. 281, 286. He was talking about the civil rights bill he was about to present to Congress.
- The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
- John F. Kennedy, press conference (November 10, 1963). Transcript, The New York Times (November 11, 1963), p. 20. In Theodore Sorensen's Kennedy (1965), these words are followed by "There may be difficulties with the Congress, but a margin of only one vote would still be a mandate" (p. 219).
- I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office, irrespective of former party opinions, who will endeavour to make the new constitutions and the laws passed under them as beneficial as possible to the true interests, prosperity, and liberty of all classes and conditions of the people.
- Robert E. Lee, letter to General James Longstreet (29 October 1867), as quoted in Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee (1924), p. 269
- I am superstitious. I have scarcely known a party, preceding an election, to call in help from the neighboring states, but they lost the state.
- Abraham Lincoln, letter to Iowa governor James W. Grimes (July 12, 1856); in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 2, p. 348.
- To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
- Abraham Lincoln, speech (c. May 18, 1858); in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), vol. 2, p. 454. Other uses of his contrast of ballots and bullets can be found in his message to Congress of July 4, 1861, "That ballots are the rightful, and peaceful, successors of bullets; and that when ballots have fairly, and constitutionally, decided, there can be no successful appeal, back to bullets" (vol. 4, p. 439); and in a letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863, "There can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet" (vol. 6, p. 410). In Arthur Brooks Lapsley, ed., The Writings of Abraham Lincoln (1905), there is a reconstruction, forty years later, of a speech to the first Republican state convention of Illinois, Bloomington, Illinois, May 29, 1856, in which this sentence appears: "Do not mistake that the ballot is stronger than the bullet" (vol. 2, p. 269). This lengthy reconstruction was not "worthy of serious consideration", in the opinion of Basler (Collected Works, vol. 2, p. 341).
- This issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic, or democracy—a government of the people by the same people—can or can not maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes. It presents the question whether discontented individuals, too few in numbers to control administration according to organic law in any case, can always, upon the pretenses made in this case, or on any other pretenses, or arbitrarily without any pretense, break up their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness? Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?
- Abraham Lincoln, July 4th message to Congress (4 July 1861)
- I believe that there are societies in which every man may safely be admitted to vote…. I say, sir, that there are countries in which the condition of the labouring-classes is such that they may safely be intrusted with the right of electing members of the Legislature…. Universal suffrage exists in the United States without producing any very frightful consequences.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay, speech in Parliament on parliamentary reform (March 2, 1831); in Macaulay, Speeches, Parliamentary and Miscellaneous, vol. 1 (1853), p. 12–13.
- And as it is to be appropriated to this use with the consent of the State ceding it; as the State will no doubt provide in the compact for the rights, and the consent of the citizens inhabiting it; as the inhabitants will find sufficient inducements of interest to become willing parties to the cession; as they will have had their voice in the election of the Government which is to exercise authority over them; as a municipal Legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will of course be allowed them; and as the authority of the Legislature of the State, and of the inhabitants of the ceded part of it, to concur in the cession, will be derived from the whole people of the State, in their adoption of the Constitution, every imaginable objection seems to be obviated.
- James Madison, on the planned federal district which would serve as the seat of the United States government, Federalist 43.
- [U]nless you draw a check from the Party (which believe me, I don't), winning elections solely for the sake of winning elections is not worth the effort – we don't get involved in politics to "root for laundry," just mindlessly cheer on one side simply because it wears an "R" on its jersey. You have to actually deliver something different than what your opponents would deliver, or the whole exercise is a waste of time.
- Dan McLaughlin, "The Never Trump Movement Is Neither Anti-American Nor Hypocritical" (17 May 2016), Red State
- Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
- H. L. Mencken, Prejudices, First Series (1919).
- When you come to the land the Lord your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say, "I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me," you must select without fail a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites. Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, for the Lord has said you must never again return that way. Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold. When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests. It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out. Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.
- Moses, Deuteronomy 17:14-20 NET
- Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
- George Jean Nathan, in Clifton Fadiman, The American Treasury, 1455–1955, p. 344 (1955). Reported in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989) as unverified in Nathan's works.
- The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.
- Thomas Paine, "Dissertation on First Principles of Government" (1795), republished in Moncure D. Conway, ed., The Writings of Thomas Paine, vol. 3 (1895), p. 267.
- An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.
- George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah.
- Suppose three muggers confront you on the street and say, 'We want your money. But don't' worry—we're going to let you vote on whether or not you should give it to us.' If this group votes three-to-one in favor of taking your money, does this legitimize its actions?
- Butler D. Shaffer, as quoted in Facets of Liberty: A Libertarian Primer, edited L.K. Samuels, Freeland Press (2009), chapter 1: "Who Authorizes the Authorities?", p. 12.
- Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.
- William L. Shirer, as reported by The New York Times (December 29, 1969), p. 36.
- And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that.
- Looking back, I am content. Win or lose, I have told you the truth as I see it. I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done, but I have done my best, frankly and forthrightly; no man can do more, and you are entitled to no less.
- Adlai Stevenson, remarks on a radio and television broadcast summing up his presidential campaign on election eve, Chicago, Illinois (November 3, 1952); in Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952 (1953), p. 315.
- In countries where royalty is upheld, it is a special offence to rob the crown jewels, which are the emblems of that sovereignty before which the loyal subject bows, and it is treason to be found in adultery with the Queen, for in this way may a false heir be imposed upon the State; but in our Republic, the ballot-box is the single priceless jewel of that sovereignty which we respect, and the electoral franchise, out of which are born the rulers of a free people, is the Queen whom we are to guard against pollution.
- Charles Sumner in his The Crime Against Kansas speech (May 19-20, 1856).
The belief that the people of a democracy rule themselves through their elected representatives, though sanctified by tradition and made venerable by multiple repetitions, is actually mystical nonsense. In any election, only a percentage of the people vote. Those who can't vote because of age or other disqualifications, and those who don't vote because of confusion, apathy, or disgust at a Tweedledum-Tweedledummer choice can hardly be said to have any voice in the passage of the laws which govern them. Nor can the individuals as yet unborn, who will be ruled by those laws in the future. And, out of those who do "exercise their franchise," the large minority who voted for the loser are also deprived of a voice, at least during the term of the winner they voted against.
But even the individuals who voted and who managed to pick a winner are not actually ruling themselves in any sense of the word. They voted for a man, not for the specific laws which will govern them. Even all those who had cast their ballots for the winning candidate would be hopelessly confused and divided if asked to vote on these actual laws. Nor would their representative be bound to abide by their wishes, even if it could be decided what these "collective wishes" were. And besides all this, a large percentage of the actual power of a mature democracy, such as the U.S.A., is in the hands of the tens of thousands of faceless appointed bureaucrats who are unresponsive to the will of any citizen without special pull.
Under a democratic form of government, a minority of the individuals governed select the winning candidate. The winning candidate then proceeds to decide issues largely on the basis of pressure from special-interest groups. What it actually amounts to is rule by those with political pull over those without it. Contrary to the brainwashing we have received in government-run schools, democracy—the rule of the people through their elected representatives—is a cruel hoax!
Not only is democracy mystical nonsense, it is also immoral. If one man has no right to impose his wishes on another, then ten million men have no right to impose their wishes on the one, since the initiation of force is wrong (and the assent of even the most overwhelming majority can never make it morally permissible). Opinions—even majority opinions—neither create truth nor alter facts. A lynch mob is democracy in action. So much for mob rule.
- Linda & Morris Tannehill, Ch. 4, "Government—An Unnecessary Evil", The Market for Liberty (1970), pp. 33–34.
- I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the triumphant result of faith in human kind, than a well-contested American national election.
- Walt Whitman, "Democratic Vistas," in The Complete Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (1948), vol. 2, p. 228.
- In times of stress and strain, people will vote.
- Author unknown. Attributed to parliamentary debates, Great Britain (1857); reported as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).
- If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
- Author unknown, graffiti; reported in Mother Jones Magazine, Vol. 7, Num. 3, April 1982, p. 25.


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Caffeine-addicted bureaucrats in the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism are making a "mochary" of the government's push to tighten public sector spending.
Taxpayers have spooned out more than $100,000 in the past three years to satisfy the department's coffee cravings.
While bean counters have plunged into public service resources and staffing levels, RET (as the department is known locally) has splashed out on nine top of the line Swiss-made coffee machines.
The nine coffee makers, all bought since 2009, cost $7025 each and total $63,225. Four smaller machines with an undisclosed price tag have also been bought by the department and blended in with the others during the same period.
The extra shot, however, is the amount of money RET paid for the actual coffee. Since 2009, the department spent $37,203 buying coffee for the machines and about $2000 a year on machine maintenance.
The brewing storm has caused quite a stir within Coalition ranks. Liberal senator David Bushby, spent the last week filtering through written answers he received following a recent estimates hearing.
"That adds up to over $100,000 that taxpayers have spent filling up the coffee cups of bureaucrats in this government department in around three years," Senator Bushby foamed.
"Given Labor's promise to rein in spending and exercise fiscal restraint I would've thought one of the first savings measures would've been swapping the taxpayer-funded macchiato, latte or mocha for a tin of instant blend and a kettle."
The department's answers showed nine Jura Impressa X9 machines were bought since 2009. The answers also reveal Tourism Australia has a $13,922 Carimali espresso coffee machine in its Sydney office, which was bought in 2008.
"The government simply cannot play the productivity card in a bid to defend its spending on these high-end coffee machines," Senator Bushby said.
"The amount of money spent on these lavish appliances is ludicrous, as is the ongoing running cost."
The department confirmed four other coffee machines had been bought in that same period since 2009, but did not provide the purchase price or running cost for them.
Senator Bushby said that meant the total coffee bill for that department was likely to exceed $115,000.


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The Mexican mango grower-shipper whose fruit was linked to 127 cases of salmonella in the U.S. in 2012 says the Food and Drug Administration has released it from an import alert, allowing the company to ship to the U.S.
Agricola Daniella, whose Daniella brand fruit was removed from dozens of retailers' shelves in the wake of the outbreak, completed food safety programs and audits that removed the import alert. The alert effectively bans companies from exporting to the U.S.
"We are very proud of the process we concluded, because it will reactivate the dynamics of our production and will allow hundreds of people to go back to their jobs, in both sides of the border," said Agricola Daniella director Daniel Juan Pablo Ibarra, in a news release.
The Los Mochis-based company is in a northern Mexico growing region that's exempt from hot-water treatment protocals for pests because the U.S. has deemed it a "pest-free" zone.
The company has improved its good manufacturing practices (GMPs) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point program, according to the release.
"In the future, we will strengthen our food safety program with new certifications and will keep the level of commitment with our customers and clients," Ibarra said in the release.


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SALINEVILLE -- Susan M. Fagan Duncan, 54, of Wilson Street, died early Monday morning at her home.
She was born March 15, 1958, in Alliance, a daughter of Norma Hunt Fagan and the late Robert Fagan.
Susan graduated high school and attended Ohio Valley Business College. She was Catholic by faith and attended St. Patrick's Church. With her husband, Paul, she owned and operated Duncan's Greenhouse. She was a dedicated homemaker and mother.
Susan will be sadly missed by her husband of 36 years, Paul E. Duncan; her mother, Norma Fagan of Alliance; two sons, Ira (Denise) Duncan of Carrollton, Robert (Heather) Duncan of Lisbon; three brothers, Frank (Freda) Fagan, Matthew (Lori) Fagan and James Fagan, all of Alliance; one sister, Amy (William) Flynn of Blackriver, N.Y.; three grandchildren, Kathryn Duncan of Carrollton, Brady Duncan and Connor Duncan of Lisbon.
Besides her father, she was preceded in death by one brother, Robert W. Fagan; and two sisters, Tara Eaton and Paula Fagan.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at Kerr-Pastore Funeral Home in Salineville, with Fr. Lang of St. John's Catholic Church officiating. Family and friends may call at the funeral two hours prior to the service.
To view this obituary online, please visit www.kpwfh.com. (10-11-12)


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CHESHAM United are seemingly on the way back after a spirited 180-minute victory over Canvey Island in the FA Trophy this week.
They came from behind to force a draw in Essex on Saturday and repeated the trick in Tuesday's replay, when they recovered from conceding the first goal to win 2-1 and book a home tie with Bath City in the first round proper.
Toby Little won it for Chesham in the 88th minute in midweek, after Michael Chennells had levelled it at 1-1 after 64 minutes.
Manager Andy Leese said: "It was well-deserved. We said at the weekend it might have to be won over two games and we were right.
"It was hard work. We were behind in both games but showed real resolve.
"We did well to get back in the game and stay in the game on Saturday, and on Tuesday they shaded the first half but we wrestled back the initiative and created five or six good chances.
"The players are rightly pleased with themselves. We've found a bit of togetherness and resolve again.
"It's taken a bit of time, but it's looking better than it was a few weeks ago."
Chesham wil hope to revive their league challenge at Frome on Saturday before Bath come to The Meadow on November 24.
Leese said: "It's a competition we feel we can progress in."


text: Our Grammar instructor, Ms. Amy Little, is known for her lively teaching methods. We interviewed her to find out how she keeps grammar interesting for students and what advice she gives to second language learners: INTERVIEWER: All of your students say that you are a wonderful grammar teacher. Tell us why you love teaching grammar so much. MS. LITTLE: I like grammar because it is essential to every other skill. Also, I like seeing the "nuts and bolts" of a language. INTERVIEWER: Many students say that grammar is their least favorite skill to learn. What are some things that you do to make learning grammar more enjoyable? MS. LITTLE: I realize that many students struggle with grammar, so my goal is to make it impossible for a student to fall asleep in my class. I do not simply follow along with the textbook; I use variety to make grammar interesting and appeal to all the different learning styles. We do activities, games, discussions – anything it takes to keep the students interested in learning. INTERVIEWER: Where did you learn these interactive teaching strategies? Were they included in your formal studies or did you develop them independently through professional teaching experience? MS. LITTLE: I learned some teaching strategies through formal studies, but I also learned through experimenting on my own. I am constantly looking for new and exciting ways to present grammar. INTERVIEWER: What is your favorite kind of activity to use in Grammar class and why? Where do you look when you need fresh activities? Is it ever difficult to maintain the creativity level? MS. LITTLE: My favorite kinds of activities are the ones that make students laugh. I discover new activities through online sites, other teachers, and my own imagination. I am always prepared with activities and games with my "Grammar Activities" binder. I have been collecting ideas for many years, and whenever I find a new one I print it and add it to my binder. This way I always have activities at hand. INTERVIEWER: What role do traditional textbook exercises play in the Grammar classroom, and what is the best way to balance these with your more interactive strategies? Are the two types of activities mutually exclusive? MS. LITTLE: I love the grammar books that we use in the ILC program, so I use a lot of the exercises from the textbook. I often change the exercises a little or make games from them, and I supplement with my own activities. INTERVIEWER: You allowed me to visit your classroom on a day when you brought many kinds of foods for the students to taste. What were the objectives and methods of this activity? (See pictures above and below.) MS. LITTLE: I call this my "Scrumptious Comparatives & Superlatives Lesson." I think food is the best way to teach students to compare two or more things. First, the students sample all the foods, everything from hot peppers to dark chocolate. Next, the students share their ideas about each food with their partner and write them on the lesson worksheet. Finally, they must decide which of the foods was the spiciest, the crunchiest, and so on. My students always enjoy this lesson. I love that it allows them to sample foods that they may have never tried. Plus, it is more fun than just reading from a textbook! INTERVIEWER: The in-class food tasting is an activity that you repeat every semester. How do students usually respond to it? Does anything about their reactions to American-style food surprise you? What do they say about American food? MS. LITTLE: My students always enjoy this lesson because it is so different from most other classes. It is exciting and allows them to try something new. For me, it is entertaining to watch the students taste each food. I am always surprised by their reactions; for instance, one semester I brought pumpkin cookies (one of my favorites), and one of my students said it was the worst food she had ever tried. I am always pleasantly surprised when students find something new and want to know where to buy it. One of the favorites every semester is chocolate-covered pretzels. INTERVIEWER: You have taught ESL in various countries and a few cities of the U.S., so I imagine you've seen many other teachers in action. Do most other teachers also use equally interactive methods? When you present your ideas and methodology at conferences for ESL professionals, how do other grammar teachers respond? MS. LITTLE: Yes, I have seen quite a few teachers in the classroom. I love to observe others because I always walk away with a new idea on teaching or classroom management. Every teacher has a different style – some use a lot of engaging activities like I do, while others have a more traditional approach. Professionals who have observed my classes or attended my presentations are sometimes curious as to how or why I use so many interactive or communicative activities in class. One teacher told me that she did not think it was possible to teach grammar communicatively. I feel, however, that grammar is not just a set of rules to be memorized; students must practice using it themselves in order to get the most benefit. INTERVIEWER: What advice would you give to students who struggle with grammar? MS. LITTLE: I always tell students who are struggling with grammar to go "outside" and use what they have learned in class. A huge part of learning the rules of grammar is to make mistakes and figure them out, then return to the textbook. I do not think I would know this if I had not studied a foreign language myself. The grammar did not "click" for me until I went out and used it.


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Lady Flames Drop Home Finale, 6-1, to Charleston Southern
Seeking a single-season program-record seventh Big South Conference win of the season on Sunday, the Liberty Lady Flames squared off against Charleston Southern at the Esbenshade Tennis Courts. However, the Buccaneers defeated the home team, 6-1, in Liberty's final home contest of the season.
The Lady Flames' second loss in as many days drops their overall record on the season to 10-9 (6-3 Big South). Charleston Southern ups its record to 11-5 (7-1 Big South) overall on the year.
For the second match in a row, Liberty's Cameron Richard and Valerie Thong captured a win in doubles play. The No. 3 tandem defeated Susita Das and Marketa Placha, 8-7, for their 12th win of the season.
The Buccaneers earned the doubles point with wins in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. Alia Nour and Angelica Sidorenko ousted the Lady Flames' Rebekah Jenkins and Nicola Wellman, 8-2, while Yvonne Hubler and Alexandra Walters downed Jessie Boda and Brittany Yang, 8-4.
In the singles matches, Liberty pushed Charleston Southern to three sets in four of the six contests, winning one of them. Annisha Domenech rallied from a one-set deficit to oust Das, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the No. 6 position for the Lady Flames' only point of the afternoon.
Liberty's Yang and Wellman both forced third sets after falling in the first set of their respective matches. Both ultimately lost, as Wellman was defeated by Sidorenko, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2, and Yang was downed by Nour, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Jenkins claimed the first set against Placha, 7-5, but the Buccaneers' No. 1 player rebounded with wins in the final two frames, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6).
In the No. 2 spot, Hubler defeated Richard, 6-1, 6-1, while No. 5 player Walters dealt Thong her first loss in six matches, 6-2, 6-4.
The Lady Flames will play their final regular season match of the 2013 season on Tuesday at Richmond. The contest against the Spiders is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
Charleston Southern 6, Liberty 1
1. Nour/Sidorenko (CSU) def. Jenkins/Wellman (LU), 8-2
2. Hubler/Walters (CSU) def. Boda/Yang (LU), 8-4
3. Richard/Thong (LU) def. Das/Placha (CSU), 8-7
1. Placha (CSU) def. Jenkins (LU), 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)
2. Hubler (CSU) def. Richard (LU), 6-1, 6-1
3. Sidorenko (CSU) def. Wellman (LU), 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
4. Walters (CSU) def. Thong (LU), 6-2, 6-4
5. Nour (CSU) def. Yang (LU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
6. Domenech (LU) def. Das (CSU) def. 2-6, 6-2, 6-4


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With medical travel gaining popularity as an alternative to local medical facilities, Well-Being Travel will host the Well-Being and Medical Travel Conference 2012 later this month in Scottsdale. More than ever before, patients are traveling outside their home cities for medical procedures. Venturing to another city — or another country — can offer reduced costs… Read More →


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March 4, 2011 – New York Rangers 4, Ottawa Senators 1 (Game No. 67, Away No. 34)
* The Rangers defeated the Ottawa Senators, 4-1, tonight at Scotiabank Place to improve to 34-29-4 overall, including a 20-13-1 mark on the road. The Blueshirts have won each of their last three games on the road.
* Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves to improve to 26-23-4 overall, with a 16-10-1 mark on the road. His 16 road wins are now tied for the league lead.
* Derek Stepan notched one goal, tallied the primary assist on the game-winning goal and posted a plus-two rating. He has now registered eight points (four goals, four assists) in the last 12 games.
* Mats Zuccarello tallied the game-winning goal at 6:26 of the second period, and has now recorded nine points (one goal, eight assists) in the last 16 games.
* Vinny Prospal opened the game's scoring with an even strength goal at 10:08 of the first period, and was credited with a season-high-tying, four hits. He has now registered nine points (four goals, five assists) in 14 games since returning from injury on Feb. 3, including six points (two goals, four assists) in the last six contests.
* Artem Anisimov notched one goal and led the team with six shots on goal. The Rangers have now posted a record of 11-2-1 when he tallies a goal and are 17-5-2 when he registers a point.
* Dan Girardi registered one assist, and was credited with a game-high, five hits and eight blocked shots in 24:21 of ice time. Entering tonight's contest, he led the league with 184 blocked shots.
* Wojtek Wolski tallied two assists, including one on the game-winning goal, and posted a plus-two rating. He has now recorded five points (two goals, three assists) in the last seven games, including three assists in the last three contests.
* Steve Eminger recorded one assist and posted a plus-three rating while skating in his 400th career NHL game.
* Ryan Callahan and Sean Avery each registered one assist in the contest. Callahan has now tallied nine points (four goals, five assists) in the last 10 games. Avery has recorded a point in each of the last two games (one goal, one assist), and is now tied for third on the team with 21 assists.
* Please note there is no practice scheduled for tomorrow, Mar. 5.
* The Rangers will return to action when they face-off against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday, Mar. 6, at Madison Square Garden (12:30 p.m.), in their fifth game in eight days. The game will be televised live on NBC and can be heard on 1050 ESPN Radio and newyorkrangers.com.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New York Giants' season lay in ruins, while the Philadelphia Eagles climbed into the thick of the NFC East division race on Sunday as they won their Desperation Bowl showdown at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
The Giants, winners of the Super Bowl two seasons ago, sank to 0-5 for the first time since the strike-interrupted 1987 season in which replacement players were used, while the Eagles reached 2-3 by ending a three-game losing skid.
Three fourth-quarter interceptions by two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, caused as much by bad decision-making as by poor throwing, left Giants head coach Tom Coughlin questioning his field general.
"It all comes down to the interceptions," a subdued Coughlin told reporters. "Two of them were just almost unbelievable.
"I honestly believe that he's trying so hard to get us a win, he's almost put too much on himself."
Philadelphia overcame the loss of their starting quarterback Michael Vick, who hurt the Giants with several long-gaining scrambles before injuring his left hamstring while converting a third down with an 11-yard run late in the second quarter.
Back-up Nick Foles filled in admirably, throwing for 197 yards and two touchdowns, and gave the Eagles a 2-0 record within the mediocre division that gives them hopes of making a playoff run under new head coach Chip Kelly.
New York, whose long injury list grew to include running back David Wilson who left the game with a neck injury, rallied to overcome a 19-7 halftime deficit with a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes from Manning to second-year receiver Rueben Randle that gave them a 21-19 lead.
But Manning, the MVP of the Giants Super Bowl triumphs in both 2012 and 2008, was intercepted on three successive series in the fourth quarter leading to 14 points that lifted the Eagles to victory.
Worst of the ill-advised passes was one he tried to squeeze in to Victor Cruz on a third-and-10 with more than 10 minutes left in the game with the Eagles leading 29-21. It was picked off by Brandon Boykin on the New York 38.
"You're trying to make plays, you're trying to win," said Manning, who has thrown a league-leading 12 interceptions.
"Fourth quarter, still a game, down by eight, we had a third down, felt pressure. I thought I could get the throw in to Cruz there. Got guys grabbing me, so I probably need to be smart there and tuck that one away or throw it into the ground.
"Obviously that was a costly one."
Four plays later Foles hit DeSean Jackson for a five-yard touchdown pass that put Philadelphia comfortably ahead 36-21.
"I've got to be smarter," said Manning, who was also flagged for three flagrant intentional grounding penalties in the game that hurt the Giants' chances, and on one occasion took them out of field goal range.
"You're in those situations a number of times. You have to make that final decision, can you get it in or is it too risky. Unfortunately I made the wrong decision there."
The defeat may well have buried any chance of the Giants getting back in the race.
The New Yorkers had hoped to make a splash this season by getting back to the Super Bowl, which will be held at their home stadium in the first wintry setting for the NFL's title game.
"Very, very demoralizing," said Coughlin. "I didn't think they stopped us, I thought we kind of stopped ourselves.
"He's way, way, way too good a player to have these kinds of things happen."
Editing by Frank Pingue


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Are you preventing your own company's sale? Five signs you might beComments Email Print
From day one, owners pay attention to the day-to-day results and invest time in the critical details. This has been a proven path to start a business or to survive a major economic crisis. However, a management style involving hyper-control and daily business prevents an owner from "letting go" and preparing the business for sale.
Here is harsh reality No. 1 as you, the owner, prepare to sell your business: You are not for sale, the business is. The buyer does not want your job; he/she wants your business. In most cases, an experienced strategic buyer will want to install their own management team after the sale. There can be exceptions when the selling owner may be critical in the transition after the sale. But they are exceptions, not the rule.
Here are five indicators that a business may be too dependent on its current owner:
Owners who are planning to sell their businesses and face these challenges need to find a way to let go effectively. What can you do to get yourself and your business ready?
1) Fix your organizational chart by building a talented and proven high-performing team. Train them to run the business for extended periods.
2) Create processes, systems and performance standards that are managed by your team.
3) Develop a revenue and profit growth plan in a well-defined niche.
Commit to the long term. It can take 24 to 48 months to prepare your team and your business for a successful and profitable sale.


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Mh did you care to read one of the many threads dealing with that issue yet?
Hey guys,
I have two problems
One with bt3 and one with bt4.
First to bt3
I burned the iso to a cd and it work perfectly with my laptop.
But when i will start it with my pc a get an fatal error.
It say that "bt3 data not found" and that i maybe use an unsupported boot device (eg. SCSI or old PCMCIA)
But i use s-ata.
Is this also not supported?
Then bt4.
Bootable dvd works fine with laptop.
When i type in "startx" with my pc i get a white screen and nothing happens.
My hardware is:
graphics card: ati radeon 4870hd
mainboard: asus p5q pro
dvddrive: LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM (s-ata)
Hope you can help me
Mh did you care to read one of the many threads dealing with that issue yet?
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We all know the movie that made them famous, but there's more to fried green tomatoes than being on the menu at The Whistle Stop Café. It's pretty clear that us Southerners can fry just about anything, and we always seem to know how to cook up the "unwanted bits." So why not take a lowly, unripe tomato and make it useful?
What was once considered a humble meal made with pantry ingredients and garden vegetables, the fried green tomato has snowballed into a culinary trend in recent years (starting when the movie came out back in 1991). You can find them on just about every menu down South, from the casual brunch café to restaurants specializing in more high-end cuisine. I recently enjoyed them at a restaurant where they were tempura fried and drizzled with a citrus beurre blanc and swirled with a balsamic reduction. Pretty fancy if you ask me. While they were delicious, I still prefer the classic: just flour and cornmeal, and perhaps a little bacon grease.
For good measure, I decided to enjoy my latest batch of fried green tomatoes in sandwich form. Who doesn't love a top-quality BLT? And when you use freshly baked bread, crisp summer lettuce, smoky bacon and homemade black peppercorn mayonnaise? Well, I think you just may have found yourself a bit of Southern paradise.
Fried Green Tomato BLT Recipe With Black Peppercorn Mayonnaise
Prep time: 20 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
Yields: 4 – 6 sandwiches
For the BLT:
8 slices cooked thick-cut bacon, grease reserved
Crisp lettuce
Sliced sandwich bread, toasted if desired
Fried Green Tomatoes (recipe below)
Black Peppercorn Mayonnaise (recipe below)
For the tomatoes:
Peanut oil, for frying
2 pounds unripe, green tomatoes (about 3 medium sized)
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup stone-ground yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
Hot sauce, to taste
Kosher salt, to taste
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
For the black peppercorn mayonnaise:
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
3/4 cup canola oil
Kosher salt
Black pepper
For the tomatoes: In a large cast-iron skillet, heat 1/2-inch of peanut oil to 350 – 375 degrees F over medium-high heat. It is best to use a fry thermometer to maintain and monitor the correct temperature. Add a few tablespoons of the reserved bacon grease to the oil if you'd like.
Slice the tomatoes into 1/4-inch-thick slices. In a shallow bowl, whisk together the egg and buttermilk. Add a few dashes of hot sauce to the egg mixture, if desired. In another shallow bowl combine the flour, cornmeal, cornstarch and Old Bay seasoning. Add a generous pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper.
One at a time, dip a tomato slice into the egg mixture, and then dredge the slice in the cornmeal mixture. Make sure to generously coat all sides. Repeat with a few more slices. Using long tongs, add a couple of dredged tomatoes to the fry pan (depending on the size of the pan) and allow to cook until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes. Carefully flip one time if necessary. Remove the tomatoes to a sheet pan lined with a large brown paper bag, which will absorb grease without making the tomatoes soggy. Sprinkle the hot tomatoes with kosher salt. Continue frying the additional slices; assemble sandwiches immediately.
For the mayonnaise (which can be made up to two days in advance): In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the egg yolk, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, cider vinegar and a pinch of salt. Using a hand-held mixer on medium speed, slowly add the canola oil drop by drop until the mixture begins to thicken and lighten (this can take a couple of minutes). After adding about 1/4 cup of the oil, the mixture should be stable and emulsified. You can then add the oil in a slow, steady stream until all of the oil is incorporated. Taste for seasoning. Add salt if necessary and quite a few generous turns of the pepper mill set on the coarsest setting.
For the sandwiches: Slather one slice of bread with the black peppercorn mayonnaise. On the other slice, arrange a layer of lettuce, followed by a couple of fried green tomatoes (or one, if the tomato is very large), and by pieces of bacon (broken in half if necessary). Top the sandwich with the other slice of bread and enjoy immediately.
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