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How long have you had rheumatoid arthritis? Were you diagnsosed as a child?
From you post, correct me if I'm wrong, it seems you have a uveitis? This is either an acute or chronic inflamation inside the eye. Uveitis has a laudry list of diagnoses. Let's try to narrow this down?
1. Is it in both eyes?
2. Has this been going on for years, months or days?
3. Is it painful?
4. Does the inflamation alternate eyes?
5. Are your eye's different colors (ie one blue one brown etc)
6. Any medical history of systemic disease like lupus, sarcoidosis?
7. Any recent eye surgery? trauma?
8. Any preceding symptoms or eye findings like conjuctivitis?
9. Have you travelled to areas that are high risk for tick bites, tb exposure etc?
10. Pets at home.. kittens, dogs?
Dr. John
I assume you are being treated by an eye physician. Do you happen to know if that eye doctor is a eye inflammation specialist? (they are called Uveitis specialist) I know of at least 5 uveitis specialist in L.A.. Most of them are at Jules Stein UCLA and one is in Orange County area. Do you live closer to UCLA or Orange County?
Okay, so a posterior uveitis is probable. However I can't be sure as I'd have to see you in the clinic. Anyway, posterior uveitis (inflammation) is typically due to some identifiable cause. I recommend you schedule an appointment with a Uveitis specialist. If you'd like I can recommend one for you. I thorough eye exam by someone whose specialty is in uveitis will be most useful for you. This chronic inflammation needs to be addressed as it can lead more eye problems and eventually harm your vision more. Would you like for me to find a contact for you?
This is a confidential survey. Please repond to all questions.Patient Name:_________________________________________________________Address: _____________________________________________________________Telephone Number: _________________________________Referring Physician: ___________________________________________________Address: _____________________________________________________________Telephone Number: _________________________________FAMILY HISTORY:These questions refer to your grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters, children or grandchildren.Has anyone in your family had any of the following? PLEASE ANSWER YES or NO.Cancer Diabetes Allergies Arthritis or rheumatism Syphilis Tuberculosis Sickle cell disease or trait Lyme disease GoutHas anyone in your family had medical problems listed below? 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Since all the test have been negative for TB, then it's unlikely the right diagnosis. I agree with the eye steroid but question using TB medicines without a more confident diagnosis. I recommend either of these physicians.
Wishing all the best.
Dr. JP
I've sent contacts for three physicians, a uveitis inflammation questionnaire for you to fill out prior to seeing them and some comments on the current diagnosis. I hope this helps. I wish I could see you in clinic so I could be more specific. But the diagnosis of eye inflammation is easy. It is the cause that is so difficult to make with out doing blood test such as (ana, rf, ace, lysozyme, lyme titer, vdrl, rpr) and neuroimaging. All these test are based on the evaluation in the clinic.
Take the completed questionnaire to one of the specialist below. They will be able to render an opinion after a complete examination and necessary test.
Wishing all the best. It's been great chatting with you.
It was my pleasure. It is my sincere hope that they can find the cause, and even better improve your visual quality.


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No drama as Chelsea cruise into quarter-finals of Champions League
Chelsea eased into Friday's draw for the Champions League quarter-finals despite a below-par performance tonight against FC Copenhagen.
Carlo Ancelotti 's team created the better chances in a frustrating match at Stamford Bridge but were guilty of some poor finishing.
Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka started in attack with Fernando Torres left on the bench but neither could make the breakthrough the home side's early pressure deserved.
Frank Lampard should have done better with a shot from close range while Ashley Cole and Yury Zhirkov also went close to breaking the deadlock. The Premier League champions were given a real fright in the 26th minute when the Danes almost made them pay for their wasteful efforts. Cole fouled Dame N'Doye 20 yards out and the striker clattered his free-kick against a post with Petr Cech only able to watch.
Drogba fired wide instead of converting Jose Bosingwa's cross early in the second half then John Obi Mikel headed against the bar.
Torres replaced Anelka but was denied his first Blues goal by Copenhagen keeper Johan Wiland and the game fizzled into a tame draw with Chelsea going through 2-0 on aggregate.
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Johnny Robinson, a 34-year-old black man, was fatally shot Thursday, June 17, in the 1400 block of East 99th Street in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Authorities responded to a call of shots fired and a person down about 9:30 p.m., said sheriff's homicide Det. David Gunner, who is handling the investigation.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Robinson's body in the front yard of a home. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Gunner said.
According to preliminary information provided by the coroner's office, Robinson was shot in the head, abdomen and right thigh.
At this time, investigators do not have a description of the assailant, however they believe the shooting was gang-related.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Gunner or Steve Lankford at the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
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Hey everyone,
I am a single parent and have been homeschooling my son who is currently in grade 2. So far I have been able to homeschool because I have either been attending university part-time, or I have done home childcare for other kids.
This September I have the opportunity to go into a program at the university that I really would like to do. Unfortunately it is not offered part-time. The program will require me to be at school/on placement Monday-Friday, 830-430.
I realize I could still do the actual homeschooling in the evenings and on the weekend, but my concern is what to do with him while I am at school. I cannot afford full-time childcare and I don't have family in the city. I don't know if I can take this program without putting my son in school.
As much as I want to keep him out of the school system, I also want to have a career of my own, and I think I am going to have to choose one or the other at this point.
So, basically I have two questions.
One, do you see any way of making this work financially if I have to find childcare for him 5 days a week?
And two, how do I prepare a child who has been homeschooled to enter the public school system in grade 3?
Thanks. :)
If you are wanting to continue homeschooling, you could find a local homeschooler to watch him during the day.
If you are wanting to enroll him in PS, you may be able to mid-year if you want that.
You may qualify for assistance for childcare.
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This melodic death acts' debut here features a lot of innovation and creativity in songwriting. Their lineup on the release feature Hiram Lohr on guitars/vocals, Kellen Sharp on guitars/bass/vocals, and Fredrik Widigs on drums. An unknown band right now that needs to be well known especially within their genre. All of the songs are good and the whole CD clocks in about 40 minutes in length featuring 10 awesome songs. Amazing band and I'll tell you why. But first of all, I was stupefied by this brilliant debut. They caught me off guard into how wonderfully creative this album is.
From a musical standpoint, this album sounds a lot like Hypocrisy's latest release, but maybe even better. The songs entail unimaginable melodies that shine in triumph. A lot of palm muted riffs with gallops galore and high quality tremolo picking by Hiram and Kellen. The solos could use some brushing up, but the rhythms were unimaginably impeccable. Every song deserves praise. The vocals vary between heavy throat outputs that make it sound more like a death metal release, but also feature screams as well. Both fit the music intelligently and augment the guitar riffs in unison.
I liked all of the songs on here because of their impeccable design and music that's played out with vigor galore. No letting up here. They really nailed it even on this debut. It seems like this band was around for a while, but their origin was dating back to 2008. The guitars to me are what stand out the most. Not the leads, but the melodies. The leads were poorly performed unfortunately and I would've given the band an even higher rating if they stuck with only the rhythms.
The production/mixing was brilliant. Everything was well heard on here. The vocals both screaming/hoarse fit in well, the guitar was highly audible, and the drums well meshed in together also. They really did a high quality job on here with the music. Nothing is left out or needs to be fixed. I figure that this band as described has enormous potential and it shines through this album. Really mature musicians even though they're quite new to the melodic death metal genre. Definitely worth checking out for sure.
In summation, I conclude that Thousand Year War has like I said before has enormous potential and it is shown here on this release. I'm hoping that the band would continue to dish out quality music and needs to come out from the underground and be better recognized. If you heard this album and scored it below anything like a 65% out of 100%, then melodic death isn't your forte. This debut shines strong and is amazing as previously mentioned. If you're a melodic death freak like me, then "Tyrants and Men" is a definite worth purchasing. You'll be amazed by the riffs, especially if you're a guitarist like I am.


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There were no points for MW Arden in this morning's second GP3 Series race, but Mitch Evans continues to lead the title chase.
There were no points for MW Arden in this morning's second GP3 Series race, but Mitch Evans continues to lead the title chase. The teenage Kiwi followed the majority by starting on wet tyres in mixed conditions, but he dropped back from the leading group as conditions became drier by the lap. After pitting for slicks, he eventually recovered to finish a topsy-turvy race – winner Will Buller (Carlin) started 25th – in 11th place.
Team-mate Matias Laine also dropped steadily down the order before making a tyre stop. He was running just behind Evans when Aaro Vainio (Lotus GP) hit his fellow Finn from behind, damaging the rear wing. Matias eventually retired to the pits, although he was classified 18th.
Once again, there were only two MW Arden cars in the race because David Fumanelli was absent on compassionate grounds.
Mitch Evans :
"I made a mega start, up from seventh to third, but it was soon clear that the car was understeering and that hurt the tyres more and more as the race went on. I eventually pitted for slicks when the track dried and it took a couple of laps to bring them up to temperature. The car was really good in the closing stages and I was able to recover to 11th, but my bid to get fastest lap was thwarted by traffic. It's a mystery to have been so slow on wets and the result is a disappointment, but Aaro Vainio didn't score, either, so I didn't suffer too much in the title race."
Matias Laine:
"I made a good start and thought I was set for a strong result, but then the track dried and it was inevitable that the tyres would suffer. I tried to carry on, but started losing positions to the guys that started on slicks and it was obvious that I'd have to change, too. After my stop I was just trying to finish as high as possible, but Vainio ran into me and that was that. Hopefully I'll have better fortune in Germany."
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Debate continues on Florida's testing policies for English-language learners
Leaders of Florida's advocates for English-language learners remain dissatisfied with the state Department of Education's words and actions on how the children are treated in testing and accountability, despite commissioner Gerard Robinson's efforts to answer their criticisms.
The commissioner's appreciation of their efforts to improve policies is duly noted and accepted, Rosa Castro Feinberg of the LULAC State Education Commission told the Gradebook. But his information seems to have "extensive" discrepancies with the "simple facts," she continued.
She and others issued an open letter to Robinson (attached below) urging him to fix what they consider major problems with the official state position on ELL students. Here's an excerpt:
Do the Commissioner's actions match his generous and welcome words of praise?
No. Here are three examples to support this conclusion.
a. There was to be a meeting on May 22nd at 1:30 to include discussion of accountability for ELL and ESE student performance with representatives from the Governor's office, the House Education Committee Staff, the FDOE, and one Task Force member: Patricia Levesque. Why was only one Task Force member invited to the meeting? Why was there no invitation for each of the three subcommittees? Why was there no one from the ELL Subcommittee of the Task Force invited? When your office received the invitation, why weren't steps taken to correct the omission?
b. The position of Bureau Chief for the Division of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition (SALA) has been vacant since March 30th. During a period of time when expertise in the education of ELLs is critically needed, why has there not been greater priority accorded to filling this position? Why has a schedule for filling it not been communicated to the applicants and the public?
c. The very same message that proclaims your admiration for the Task Force and for the ELL community confirms that only part of one sole recommendation directly related to ELLs was brought to the Board for adoption. This failure to act is not fair to ELL students or their parents, teachers, communities, and elected officials; the advocacy and professional education organizations that struggle to get respectful audience and an occasional response from the FDOE; or the members of the State Board of Education.
To be very clear: We do not assume that the Board is obliged to rubber stamp the Task Force recommendations. We do expect, however, more than superficial efforts by the FDOE to understand them, bring them and interpret them to the Board, and broker them to the USDOE.
Is it impossible to repair the damage caused by delay in acting on the recommendations of the Task Force?
No. There is still time to take the actions that would add credibility to your statements and better serve Florida's children. When the FCAT writing test problem emerged, you took immediate steps to alleviate the problem. Please act with similar speed to pave the way for adoption of the ELL recommendations in time to meet the July 15th deadline for final approval of the state's ESEA Flexibility Waiver application.
Several ELL advocates plan to address Robinson personally this evening in Boca Raton at one of his town hall meetings. LULAC also will be discussing this and other issues at their convention in Tampa this weekend. Stay tuned to see how these issues play out, particularly as everyone sees how the new rules affect FCAT scores and school grades in the coming weeks.


text: Introducing lumps to your baby Weaning & baby recipes Baby 1 Now that your baby has mastered smooth purees, it's time for the next weaning challenge: getting him used to lumpier foods Once your baby is happily taking simple purees, it's time to introduce some lumps to his meals. It's the next step in his nutritional development – but they also play a key role in his wider development. Why bother with lumps? Introducing texture to your baby's food is essential for his progress towards feeding himself and sharing in family mealtimes. Lumps will encourage him to move beyond simply sucking his food to chewing it. And this skill won't just help him to tuck into the Sunday roast in a few months' time; it's also essential for developing the muscles he needs to utter his first few words. When should you introduce lumps? You can start introducing texture to your baby's food once he's happy with simple purees and has successfully learnt to suck off a spoon. This is likely to be a few weeks after he's first weaned. What if he hasn't got any teeth yet? Don't worry if he hasn't got any teeth; some babies don't cut their first tooth until well after their first birthday, yet they can still progress onto textured food. Even if your baby's first teeth haven't appeared yet, they will be ready and waiting just under his gums: if you feel them, they will be quite hard. His hard gums will be more than capable of getting to grips with first textures, which will be little more than a slightly lumpy puree. After all, he won't need to tear through fillet steak for a while yet! How do you introduce lumps? Introducing lumps is a gradual process: his first textured foods shouldn't be much more than a puree, and any lumps should be very small and soft. Try splitting a batch of cooked veggies into two halves; puree one portion until completely smooth, but blend the other portion slightly less, and then mix the two together. To make his first experience less startling, make sure the meal is something he's already had in pureed form that you know he likes. Give it to him at a time when he is most likely to be calm, usually lunchtime: he's likely to be too hungry at his first morning feed to take kindly to having to negotiate new textures, and too tired at teatime. Put a small amount on the tip of a baby spoon and place it just between his lips so he can suck it off. How might your baby react to lumps? Don't be alarmed if his first reaction is to gag; he's probably just surprised by the lumps. Scoop the food back up and offer it again. Hopefully, after the initial shock, he'll suck it off the spoon. He won't start chewing straight away – this is a big milestone in his development and a skill that it will take him a while to master – so watch him carefully as he learns to negotiate the soft lumps in his mouth. Some babies prefer to have their lumpy food separately, rather than encountering the occasional surprise lump in an otherwise runny puree, so if he's resistant, try offering him a smooth carrot puree as usual, but leave some softly steamed carrot batons whole for him to have on the side. If he clearly shows you that he doesn't like the new texture, for example by turning his head away, be guided by him. Go back to the purees for a week or so before trying a few soft lumps again. But do persevere; this stage can take time, but is essential for your baby's development. By Siobhan Stirling 1 Comments Share Like this article? Showing of mammamia Thanks for this great advice again MFM Uh-oh! You need to be logged in to do this... Sign In Sign Up Load more posts Write a comment


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'Bike-In-Theater' Aims To Provide A New Take On The Traditional Drive-In
Pop-up movie theaters ask attendees to ride their bikes in and projects hit movies onto abandoned building walls.
After last year's success, Manifold is planning another Bike-In-Theater in New York City this summer, as well as one in San Francisco in the fall, and possibly in other cities too. The pop-up movie theater for cyclists offers hit movies projected on walls and tasty treats from food vendors in a bid to foster community and celebrate bike culture.
In order to keep the event free for attendees, they are seeking funding on Kickstarter and offering those who pledge their support a range of Bike-In-Theater-related gifts. They are hoping to raise $24K for permitting, security, movie rights, generators, speakers, food, etc. You can view the campaign page here and sign up on their website to be kept informed about the events.
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Vanilla Ice has a new line of lights and is better than you and your friends
F Scott Fitzgerald one said "There are no second acts in America" but it is also worth noting with no punctuation not even a comma here nope just gonna go right into the next sentence F Scott Fitzgerald was a noted drunk and died young so ultimately cannot be trusted.
Rapper Vanilla Ice pissed in the dead face of F Scott Fitzgerald recently, by announcing his own line of lights.
Which is the best thing in the entire world, as you can see, because it means that Vanilla Ice is alive and doing well and has his own opinions on lights. So much so, it would appear, that he has actually designed his own lights to be bought and/or sold by the public. That's incredible. That is America. It's been 23 years since "Ice Ice Baby" and he's actually doing something with his life and didn't go the whole "bummed out ex-celebrity" route with the drinking and the dying. He's accepted his role in the grand scheme of things and is totally OK with his life and that, my friends, is not something everyone could say about themselves. Therefore, Vanilla is an almost zen-like figure with a grasp on the American tradition – much more than F Scott Fitzgerald ever was.
What would you rather do, read "The Beautiful and Damned" (boo! hiss!) or listen to "Ice Ice Baby" again? Exactly.
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Cleaners to lotions, going green starts in your garden
Your garden is more than just a pretty space, it's a treasure trove of organic solutions for you and your home. Concocting your own natural herbal remedies doesn't require an advanced degree in Chemistry, anyone can do it.
I found recipes with herbal ingredients straight from the yard for everything from an all-purpose home cleaner, surface soft scrubber, disinfectant, hand lotion, even cologne. You don't even need to be an expert gardener to do this. Actually, all you really need are some small pots, seeds, soileven your sunny window-sill can do the trick. With common herbs Lavender, Rosemary, Thyme, you will have the three main ingredients for multiple ideas. Get planting now, and before you know it, you'll be growing your own beauty-filled garden.
Thyme Household Cleaner
Use for: Washing your hands, countertops, and other germ-friendly places in your home.
2 1/2 cups water
1 handful thyme (fresh or dried)
Liquid Castile soap (squirt)
1. Boil water, add thyme.
2. Simmer for several hours over medium-low heat, covered.
3. Cool, then strain.
4. Pour the water into a spray bottle, top with white vinegar and squirt of soap. Use as needed.
Lavender Hand Cream
4 teaspoons sweet almond oil
4 teaspoons coconut oil
3 teaspoons white wax
6 teaspoons glycerin
6 drops lavender essential oil
1. Put the almond oil, coconut oil and white wax in a double boiler or a bowl over a pan of hot water and gently dissolve.
2. Stir the mixture to blend it together and when everything has melted add the glycerin drop by drop.
3. Take it off the heat and stir until creamy.
4. Add drops of lavender oil and mix well. Put into pots.
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2 cups water
1 oz. rose petals(fresh)
2 T. lavender(dried or fresh)
2 thin strips orange peel
1 (1-inch) stick cinnamon crushed
1 T. coriander seeds bruised (just barely smashed)
10 oz. Vodka
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|OT Commentary Survey - Minor Prophets
The book of Jonah has created quite a bit of controversy surrounding its historicity. This question aside, the message of its four chapters is crystal clear: God's love and mercy extends beyond his people to the most unlikely recipients. The critical commentaries by Limburg, Sasson, and Simon, and Wolff all have their strengths, though if you had to only choose one I would highly recommend Sasson. My pick for top pastoral commentary, however, is Allen's work in NICOT, primarily for his balancing of scholarship and theological reflection. In this regard, Trible is also excellent.
Another monograph on Jonah that deserves mention is Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method and the Book of Jonah (Guides to Biblical Scholarship; Augsburg Fortress, 1994; Buy from Amazon.ca - Buy from Amazon.com). This is a very handy guide to rhetorical criticism that uses the book of Jonah as an extended example.excellent


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Damian Mandola Charged With Burglary in Hill Country
Damian Mandola has been charged with burglary of a building.
Courtesy Hays County Sheriff's Department
Restaurateur Damian Mandola has been charged with burglary of a building at a winery adjacent to his Hill Country eatery, Trattoria Lisina. The 61-year-old founder of the Carrabba's restaurant chain was booked into the Hays County Jail on April 3, and was released after posting a $5,000 bond.
This isn't the first time Mandola has received unwanted attention since moving to the small town of Driftwood; in 2009, Jeff and Patty Maddux, neighbors of Mandola and his wife, Trina, accused the Mandolas of having their three Swiss mountain dogs killed. The Madduxes believed the dogs were slain because one of them accidentally crushed the Mandolas' beloved poodle, Peppermint. (And people think Driftwood is just a sleepy little town!)
The Mandolas denied the accusations about the dogs.
Hays County Sheriff's Department public information officers were not available on Friday afternoon to offer more details about the arrest.
Mandola did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment, and he could not be reached at Trattoria Lisina, but we'll update you if we hear back.
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The core functionality of this exciting slideshow software rests in the ability to seamlessly meshing of photographs and video content together in a seamless stream that is highly portable and visually consistent across machines. These videos can be easily converted into formats that are compatible with HD output, social media networks, and video hosting sites around the globe.
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Interscope – 2001 – 76 minutes
Record companies are becomingly adept at squeezing every last penny from their artist's back catalogues. Re-releases, digital re-masters and bonus tracks have all been used to bleed the record-buying public dry. Therefore the re-release of Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP', should come as no surprise.
What you get for your extra money is a bonus disc (featuring instrumental versions of some of the songs on the album), a collaboration between our rap hero and Marilyn Manson, and three CD-Rom videos. The album itself remains a visceral trip into the darker side of humanity and still has the capacity to shock. But the question here is not the quality of the original record, but the extra disc. Is it worth another fiver? The answer is no. Quite why any fan would want instrumentals of Eminem's singles is beyond me. It subverts the defining characteristic of rap music by excluding vocals. On songs that use samples, like 'Stan', you are left wondering why they did not just include the Dido song and be done with it. The videos remain as good as ever – but they can still be seen regularly on MTV. Although there is an argument for the inclusion of 'Stan', as it was cut savagely for TV broadcast, that alone cannot justify a re-release and increased price tag.
The album remains a fantastic example of lyrical prowess. However, the re-release is not up to scratch. There is nothing of real worth here and the lack of imagination is striking. An interview with the potty-mouthed maestro could have made this worthwhile, but the instrumentals just don't cut the mustard. This is a shameless attempt at daylight robbery and those wanting this album should buy the original; you won't be missing anything.
John Raftery
Tracklisting: DISC 1: The Real Slim Shady – Kill You – Stan – Paul (skit) – Who Knew – Steve Berman – The Way I Am – The Real Slim Shady – Remember Me – I'm Back – Marshall Mathers – Ken Kaniff (skit) – Drug Ballad – Amityville – B**** Please II – Kim – Under The Influence – Criminal
DISC 2: The Real Slim Shady (Instrumental) – The Way I Am (Instrumental) – Stan (Instrumental) - The Kids (Explicit Version) – The Way I Am (Feat. Marilyn Manson) – The Real Slim Shady (Video) – The Way I Am (Video) – Stan (Video)


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Coco's Visual Assault Of The Day
Nicole 'Coco' Austin, wife of Ice-T, is cray-cray. I've never seen a person flaunt their absurdly disproportionate body parts as much as this woman.
The couple are seen here on Miami Beach and I honestly believe that one of her breasts could stop the oil spill. Actually, there's probably a bigger leakage problem in one of her breasts than what's happening in the Gulf.


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Uli Hoeness tax evasion trial begins
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness' trial over tax evasion charges began on Monday, with a verdict expected to be reached in four days' time.
Hoeness is accused of not paying tax following a voluntary disclosure filed in January 2013, which showed that Hoeness had not paid tax on 3.55 million euros in a Swiss bank account.
With the bill of indictment not made public before the opening of the trial, the first question on Monday will be whether Hoeness' voluntary disclosure was filed completely and correctly, and thus, under German law, leads to exoneration from punishment. The 62-year-old -- who admitted in January that he had made "a major mistake" -- claims this is the case.
Hoeness had filed the voluntary disclosure at a time when German news magazine Stern was already investigating a case of tax evasion by a high-ranking German football official. It is unclear whether Hoeness was made aware of this.
Should the Munich court decide that the voluntary disclosure was not filed to the required standard, Hoeness could be sentenced to up to five years in prison, or receive a suspended sentence with a signficant fine.
The Hoeness trial has dominated the German media, pushing the current crisis in Crimea down the news agenda. A total of 454 journalists had applied for an accreditation for the trial, with 49 granted access to the court room. Some 150 members of security staff guard the Munich court.
As a player, Hoeness won the 1972 European Championships and the World Cup two years later with West Germany, while he was also part of the Bayern side which won three consecutive European Cups between 1974 and 1976.
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I also would say you are looking at the Axis. I picked one up chambered in 22-250 at a gun show. I tried some loads that I had here and it shot them abt. .6 moa, very good for a cheap gun. It has a trigger that is pleanty good for hunting, but far from bench rest. I like the stock on it better than the synthic stock I have on my 110`s. The only thing I don`t like about it is that there is no recoil lug on the barrel. Instead the milled a knoch in the frount of the action and have the recoil lug molded into the stock abd it fits in the milled out grove and is held by the barrel nut. All in all it is very good for the price and still easy to change barrels on.
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Camarillo, CA, United States, 2012/08/01 - Interlinks resistive touchpad for rugged mouse applications - InterlinkElectronics.com. OTC: LINK
The VersaPad® can withstand continuous movement over its entire area that totals 118 miles without failure thats 32 years of use! The VersaPad® sensor works even in the presence of moisture, grime, or dustan advantage over capacitive technology. The VersaPad® is an input touchpad solution for fingertip-based cursor pointing or stylus-based pen input for electronic signature and character recognition applications. The sensor outputs both position and force data, which can be used as a user interface for laptops, mobile phones, digital media players or other portable electronics devices."Wake on touch" functionality allows for low power consumption for battery-powered devices. Various graphic overlay materials, including metallic, can be used to create unique design aesthetics. The Interlink VersaPad touchpad is Interlink's mousing solution for OEM and rugged applications. The module's tough, moisture resistant surface can be used with a finger, stylus, or glove, even in harsh environments.
The VersaPad® enumerates as an HID mouse with Left and Right-Click capabilities using the native Operating System's mouse drivers. A Hardware Development Kit is also available.
More ways to connect
The VersaPad® is now offered in USB, as well as PS/2. The OEM version comes with standard Flat Flexible Cable connectors for quick and easy implementation.
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As a resistive touchpad, VersaPad® can be used with finger, stylus or glove. Its low power consumption prolongs battery life and simplifies electronic designs. And because it is unaffected by EMI and ESD, it eliminates erratic movements and false clicks.
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Winner and loser of the week in Florida politics
Winner of the week
Rick Kriseman. Once widely dismissed as a barely viable mayoral candidate, the former state representative finished just behind incumbent St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster in the primary last week and looks poised to give Foster a serious challenge. What did Foster decide to do after 60 percent of the city voted for someone else? Take a few days off and relax.
Loser of the week
Marco Rubio. Who'da thunk the once-golden child of the GOP would come to his home state and find a bunch of conservative activists no longer all that thrilled with him. Immigration reform has hurt him. Feeding the sense that he no longer feels confident in his political footing, the normally hawkish Rubio last week released a vague and mushy statement about Syria.


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It's been a year since they signed to Eminem's Shady Records, and now Royce da 5'9", Joell Ortiz, Crooked I and Joe Budden – the collective known as Slaughterhouse – are prepping their sophomore release, and full-length major label debut. "Welcome to: OUR HOUSE" will arrive May 15 through Shady Records/Interscope. That's one release we can soon check off our list of the 10 Most Anticipated Hip-Hop Albums of 2012.
The quartet has also announced the details of a 43-date spring tour in advance of the album release. The extensive trek kicks off Mar. 8 in Dallas, Tex.
"OUR HOUSE," which was executive-produced by Eminem, follows the group's heavily lauded 2009 self-titled debut and self-titled 2011 EP. Royce da 5'9" also featured on Bad Meets Evil's "Hell: The Sequel," a collaborative CD between Eminem and the spitfire rapper.
Budden explained to MTV: "We picking beats in unison. We all going in different rooms, different beats, different verses, different zones so the process is the same but like Joell said we have more time and we have more money allocated to be able to do something. So now we just sit in a session and say ~Hey, maybe Nicki Minaj would sound good on that. I think it's safe to say each one of us are approaching it like it's the most important album of any one of our careers."
Slaughterhouse's spring tour dates:
March 8: Dallas, TX (Trees/Southside)
March 9: Houston, TX (Warehouse/House of Blues)
March 10: Austin, TX (Beauty Ballroom)
March 11: San Antonio, TX (White Rabbit)
March 16: Myrtle Beach, SC (House of Blues)
March 17: Orlando, FL (Beachem Theater)
March 18: Miami, FL (Revolution)
March 22: Atlanta, Ga. (Masquerade)
March 23: Nashville, TN (The Cannery)
March 24: Charlotte, NC (The Fillmore)
March 25: Baltimore, MD (SoundStage)
March 26: Boston, MA (Wilbur Theatre)
March 27: Philadelphia, PA (Trocadero Theatre)
March 28: Washington D.C. (9:30 Club)
March 29: New York, NY (Best Buy Theater)
March 31: Bowling Green, KY (Lava Lounge (West KY Univ))
April 1: Chicago, IL (Metro)
April 2: Detroit, MI (Royal Oak Music Theatre)
April 5: Tempe, AZ (The Clubhouse)
April 6: Los Angeles, CA (Music Box)
April 7: San Francisco, CA (The Regency Ballroom)
April 8: Las Vegas, NV (Hard Rock Cafe)
April 9: Santa Ana, CA (The Galaxy)
April 10: San Diego, CA (Porters Pub/4th and B)
April 11: Santa Barbara, CA (Velvet Jones)
April 14: Seattle, WA (Showbox at the Market)
April 16: Salt Lake City, UT (Harry O's)
April 17: Albuquerque, NM (Sunshine Theatre)
April 18: Denver, CO (Cervantes/Bluebird)
April 19: Boulder, CO (Fox Theatre)
April 20: TBD
April 21: Lawrence, KS (Granada)
April 22: Minneapolis, MN (Epic)
April 24: Milwaukee, WI (Rave)
April 25: Kalamazoo, WI (Kalamazoo Theatre)
April 26: Indianapolis, IN (The Vogue)
April 27: TBD
April 28: Cleveland, OH (House of Blues/Grogshop)
April 29: Toledo, OH (Omni)
April 30: Louisville, KY (Headliners)
May 1: New Haven, CT (Toad's Place)
May 2: Providence, RI (Lupos)
May 3: Boston, MA (Wilbur Theater)
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Shown left to right are Jason Deitch, Doug Connor, Mike Conklin and Brian
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Get an overview of this hotelRiverfront Berlin hotel in Berlin City Centre, near Brandenburg Gate
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Located in Berlin City Centre, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Bauhaus Archive, Berlin Zoo, and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Brandenburg Gate and Victory Column are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
A bar/lounge, self parking, and coffee/tea in a common area are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and a free manager's reception are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour front desk and free newspapers.
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A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary manager's reception on select days. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
Event facilities measure 0 square feet (0 square meters). This Berlin hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and shopping on site. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Motel One Berlin-Tiergarten is a smoke-free property.
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- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 409
- Number of floors - 10
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- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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The hotel offers a complimentary manager's reception on select days.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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The Mustang Source
Another day, another batch of speculative renders of the 2015 Mustang. I don't blame them. Ford has done exceptionally well at hiding the design of the next-gen stang. Besides the spy shots people have captured of the car out testing, there've been no real solid leads on what the thing will actually look like.
I'm assuming these most recent pics are based around the prototypes that've been spied testing. Honestly, I'm not sure how they got so much detail from a car that looks like it was wrapped in garbage bags before it went out. Still, their guess is as a good as any.
Let me know what you think of these shots in the comments!
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TAMPA — Quarterback Greg Windham had a hand in all four touchdowns as King (4-5) beat Durant (6-4).
In a two-minute span right before halftime, Windham scored on touchdown runs of 5 and 2 yards.
After Windham hit Quadrea Everett for a 50-yard completion to set up his first score, Herman Jackson intercepted Durant's Je'Twan Smith to set up the second TD right before the half.
Later, Windham hit Reese Sturgis for a 53-yard score, putting the Lions up 21-3 in the third quarter. Windham's scoring night ended with a 7-yarder to Sturgis again.
Sturgis (145) and Everett (117) each had more than 100 yards receiving, while Windham finished 18-for-26 for 306 yards.
It was the fewest points given up by the Lions all year.
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Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott Share Baby Picture, Sort Of
Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott shared her first picture of her daughter, sort of. See Eisele Kaye and her little foot. Scott Tweeted the precious picture to fans.
It's only been 14 days, and already my mind can't comprehend life before her…and every day my heart… http://t.co/H8NrSAjeY7
— Hillary Scott (@HillaryScottLA) August 5, 2013
Since Hillary tweeted a picture of Eisele's feet when she was first born, it only makes sense she'd move onto her hand. She's just letting everyone know, the bundle of joy has all her fingers and toes.
Now that Hillary has given birth, Lady Antebellum is ready to get back on the road. They recently announced the first leg of their 'Take Me Downtown' tour. Unfortunately, there are no New York dates, yet.
Lady Antebellum's Charles and Dave Win Ping-Pong Tournament [VIDEO]
Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley are men of many talents. They are singers, songwriters, musicians, ping-pong champions…wait a second. Ping-Pong champions? You bet. The guys their first ever "Ping-Pong and Songs" tournament at the CMA Music Festival and guess who won? Check out the video and you'll have your answer.


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Valley artists teach at Virginia City
March 5, 2013
Valley artists Pam Brekas and Kaleigh Surber are leading abstract painting and mandala workshops March 22-24 for the experienced and novice artist alike.
The weekend workshop retreat is at St. Mary's Art Center in Virginia City.
The weekend includes two nights lodging (either a private or shared room), dinner on Friday night, the workshop, and all supplies.
Cost is $275, with a $50 deposit holding the space and the remainder due at the workshop.
Kaleigh Surber is an award winning artist, teacher, personal counselor, lifelong meditator, and spiritual seeker. As an artist, she works primarily in watercolor, pastel, ink, and acrylic. In addition to fine art paintings, Kaleigh has illustrated more than 25 books for both children and adults and creates advertising illustrations and graphic designs.
For more information, or to reserve a spot, contact Surber at 782-9163 or email email@example.com.
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Award winning Gardnerville artist and former high school art teacher, Pam Brekas has been active in the local art scene for eight years. She has taught abstract acrylic and creative play workshops in her home studio and at St. Mary's Art Center for the past five years.
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To motivate excellent applicants that value knowledge and strive for excellence, RGSL has introduced a new special discount for all applicants - local and foreign - applying for the Bachelor and Masters studies by the Early Admission Deadline 14 March, 2017. To receive the 10% discount, applicants should comply with the admission requirements for their chosen study programme.
An Early Admissions Lottery allows this year's applicants to win one academic year of tuition-free studies – one spot on the Bachelor programmes and one on the Masters programmes. In order to participate, applicants should submit their documents for early admission before 14 March 2017. Apply online: apply.rgsl.edu.lv
RGSL offers free study places to outstanding local secondary school graduates. The Excellence Award for Outstanding Local Applicants, which covers tuition fees for one semester, has been established to give the most promising students who strive for excellence and a chance to choose a quality education in their homeland. RGSL will offer one free study place on each of the Bachelor study programmes: "Law and Diplomacy" and "Law and Business".
In order to apply for the Excellence Award, future students must submit their application documents and a motivation letter about the opportunity to study at RGSL for free. The RGSL Tuition Fee Waivers Committee will review all applications, taking into consideration the applicant's academic performance (weighted average grade) and compliance with admission requirements according to the Rules of Admission and Study Agreement. Only residents of Latvia are eligible for the Excellence Award for Outstanding Local Applicants. Apply online: apply.rgsl.edu.lv
Riga Graduate School of Law offers tuition fee waivers to foreign students on the Bachelor and Masters programmes. RGSL strives to make its programmes more accessible to students from Europe and worldwide, and encourages students to enrol at a university that offers a highly respected international law education.
In order to apply for a scholarship which cover tuition fees for one academic year, the candidate must submit application documents and a letter of motivation concerning the opportunity to win this scholarship. The RGSL Tuition Fee Waivers Committee will review all applications, taking into consideration the applicant's academic performance (overall average grade) and compliance with admission requirements according to the Rules of Admission and Study Agreement. Only those students who are not currently registered as residents of Latvia are considered as foreign students and eligible for a study place tuition waiver. The commission may take into account geographical criteria when considering tuition fee waivers.
In the next academic year RGSL will offer one free study place on each Bachelor programme – "Law and Diplomacy" and "Law and Business", and one spot on the Masters programmes – "Law and Finance" and "International and European Law" (and its sub-programmes).
The deadline for a free study place application submission for the 2017/2018 academic year is 14 March 2017. Apply now
To acknowledge the achievements of RGSL students, to celebrate academic excellence and to foster a motivational atmosphere, RGSL has established the RGSL Student Excellence Award. Every year the success of RGSL students will be evaluated and the award granted to the best students on each bachelor programme. The Award will grant a 500 euro tuition fee waiver for the next semester for one outstanding student on the Law and Diplomacy programme and one on the Law and Business study programme in each study year.
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Aries | March 21 to April 19An old euphemism will come in handy this week when your roommate ingests too much acid, causing him to sit in the living room and throw his shit into an electric fan.
Taurus | April 20 to May 20Your period of intense mourning for a recently departed loved one continues this week. Next time, remember to over-insure and kill someone you do not like.
Gemini | May 21 to June 20A brush with greatness goes sour when you spend an evening drinking tea with literary giant Ernest Hemingway's putrefied corpse.
Cancer | June 21 to July 22The ghosts of several great athletes will appear in a vision and send you on a quest: You must spend the rest of your life searching the world for a better-tasting light beer.
Leo | July 23 to Aug. 22Your excessive greed and horrible small-mindedness are revealed when you slaughter your magic pet goose that lays dimes.
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Scorpio | Oct. 23 to Nov. 21Your recent money troubles will be a thing of the past when you realize that, coma or no coma, people will pay to have sex with your grandma.
Sagittarius | Nov. 22 to Dec. 21An elite council of intellectuals and great thinkers chooses you from among thousands of applicants to tell Woody Allen to shut up.
Capricorn | Dec. 22 to Jan. 19Your deep, personal belief in the universal order of things is shaken by an incorrect fortune-cookie prediction.
Aquarius | Jan. 20 to Feb. 18Your witty barroom telling of an old joke about an insomniac, a dyslexic and an agnostic will be met with a long, leaden silence.
Pisces | Feb. 19 to March 20After being rushed to the emergency room with a massive facial gunshot wound, you are consoled by a nurse who tells you that childbirth is worse.


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Francis (Frank) William Thraen Jr., 80, of Ahwatukee, passed away on Tuesday, July 24 from Parkinson's disease, after a long, wonderful, and fulfilling life. He was born on Aug. 30, 1931 in Miami, Ariz., to Virginia and Frank Thraen, Sr.
After attending Arizona State University, Frank served in the Air Force during the Korean War as a jet engine mechanic, followed by a successful 32-year career with Garrett Airesearch (later Honeywell), for 32 years, where he worked his way up from a test technician to manager of customer support and field service for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Blake_T wrote:how is this coming along?
Thanks for asking. I have only managed to hit the field once since "Day 5" due to all the fun stuff that the long weekend had to offer me.
I went out and worked pretty hard on the aiming pointers and found that the visual lock with my target really helped with both the aiming and the shoulder slow down issues. I also worked quite a bit on getting my weight initially over my back foot instead of neutral. I took some video and watched the MB working from the hit back video to do some comparisons...
I noticed that when I do the twist-back (instead of reach-back) that I don't keep the disc to my pec during the time when I start to straighten out before the acceleration explosion.
When I was concentrating on the weight shift, I could tell that I was trying to accelerate from the twist-back position instead of from the "right-pec" position. So I need to put in some more time on the weight-shift timing to try to get a good weight shift at the same time as having the slower motion between being twisted and getting to the shoulders parallel to the target position.
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By January 2012, 61 percent of men had found jobs, as opposed to 50 percent of women. Asians had the highest re-employment rates in January 2012 at 60 percent, followed by whites at 57 percent, Hispanics at 55 percent and blacks at 46 percent.
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I am in the process of getting a camper shell for my 2011 Tacoma. I have been brainstorming some ideas of how I want to set it up.
One thing I want to do is making a platform in the bed, so I can store things under it, and use it as a sleeping platform.
Adding some led lighting, mounts for containers, water jugs, and other camping supplies.
There was a similar thread here that talked about showing your bed storage.
But I thought I would start one that was more general, and about any neat mod or add-on that you guys have done to make your trucks shell or top more versitile and fitting to the expedition lifestyle.


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The East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System plans to cut five to seven percent of its expenses across the regional healthcare system, officials announced Tuesday, April 2. When asked how the cutbacks will impact ETMC Crockett, Affiliate Marketing Manager Deleisa Johnson said ETMC is assessing what positions and services will be cut across the region and that no decisions have been made. ETMC officials prefaced Tuesday's announcement by referencing its corporate goal to provide the highest level of healthcare in the communities it serves throughout East Texas. "Changes in the healthcare landscape are resulting in further cuts in reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. In response to this reduction in funding, the East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System is making adjustments," the announcement continues. "We are making these difficult decisions in order to continue to provide the core services required by our local communities. ETMC continues to be committed to providing excellent clinical care to our patients throughout East Texas," ETMC officials stated.
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To celebrate, I've added Cheese Underground Radio, a weekly podcast celebrating Wisconsin and American artisan cheesemakers. It's available on iTunes, Google Play, and wherever you download your podcasts.
Come visit me at the new Cheese Underground!
P.S. Fear not, if you're searching for a previous blog posting, they're all on the new site. Even the boring ones.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Cosmic Wheel Creamery
Cheesemaker Rama Hoffpauir founded Cosmic Wheel Creamery in 2015 with the goal of crafting a product that would compliment the certified organic vegetables she and her husband, Josh Bryceson, grew on their 80-acre farm near Clear Lake. Today, the family (with two children, ages 3 and 6) offer seasonal CSA shares of fresh vegetables, meat and artisan cheese from their Turnip Rock Farm to nearly 200 customers. (CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and allows urban folks like me to purchase a "share" of food grown by a local farmer).
Rama earned her Wisconsin cheesemaker's license in 2014, but her cheesemaking journey started in 2010 when she and Josh, who had developed a love for livestock after working for Heifer International, purchased a Jersey cow named Carl. Yes, Carl. After playing with Carl's milk in the kitchen and making a few stove top cheeses, Rama consulted cheese recipe books and starter culture catalogs to get a feel of what kind of cheeses she wanted to make commercially. "I knew I needed to make at least a half dozen different kinds, because people don't want the same cheese each week in their CSA box," Rama said. "The folks at Dairy Connection in Madison really helped me select some styles of cheese that would compliment our milk."
The milk going into Cosmic Wheel cheeses is pretty special. What started with one Jersey cow has grown into a small herd of 20 Jerseys. Josh, Rama and their livestock manager, Liberty Hunter, rotationally graze the cows on fresh pastures and cover crops. The cows calve, and thereby start giving milk, in the spring, and then "dry off," or end their natural lactation cycle, around Thanksgiving. This is the old-fashioned way that dairy farmers used to farm: by following the seasons. As a result, Rama only makes cheese in her small, farmstead creamery from May through November. All of her cheeses are 100 percent grass-fed, boasting the beautiful golden color that results when cows are allowed to digest the beta carotene naturally found in grass and then pass it through their milk.
Rama makes a variety of aged, raw milk, natural rind cheeses using a small, 80-gallon vat, and then ages them in a small room connected to the creamery. My two favorites are Circle of the Sun, a Tomme style made in a 12-pound wheel, tightly pressed, then aged nine months. It features bright, herbal and grassy notes on the tongue. Then there's Moonglow, an alpine style cheese resembling a French Beaufort, aged one year. Both are available starting today at Metcalfe's Market Hilldale in Madison (Rama ships us wheels as they become available, but because she makes less than 7,000 pounds of cheese a year, quantities are obviously limited).
|Cheesemaker Rama Hoffpauir, left, and
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"I don't feel like I'm working a lot of magic, because our milk is so flavorful. The cows really do all the work," Rama says.
I have a feeling most everyone who tastes Rama's cheeses for the first time will beg to disagree: the milk coming from Turnip Rock Farm may be stellar, but the magic in the make room at Cosmic Wheel Creamery is second to none. I'd say we're pretty lucky this Louisiana girl ended up in Wisconsin.
Thursday, May 04, 2017
Landmark Creamery: Cheese With Heart
|Wisconsin artisan cheesemaker Anna Landmark
I thought to myself: why on earth does this woman want to be a cheesemaker?
And then I turned the page. It read:
"My first recollection of eating cheese is at my grandparent's dairy farm in Mount Horeb. They always had a large block of Swiss cheese sitting under a glass dome on the kitchen table. It would be brought out for breakfast in the morning and generally left on the table until the end of the day when it was wrapped up and put into the refrigerator. My grandfather was a stout Swiss farmer, his grandfather one of the original settlers of New Glarus, and milk, cheese and butter were staples. Swiss cheese with breakfast, with dinner, and with supper. Sometimes aged and sharp as can be, sometimes Baby with a mild bit and perfect elasticity. I loved it all."
Heart. The girl had heart. Her application would go on to say she had started taking cheesemaking courses at UW-Madison, that she and her husband had bought a small farm near Albany, and that her grandfather was enjoying watching her return to the cheese world. But the sentence that sealed the deal was: "My grandfather is still skeptical anyone on a small scale can really make a living doing it. But I want to find out: can I build a successful business making sheep milk cheeses?"
Needless to say, Anna Landmark won that year's scholarship, went on to earn her cheesemaker's license, and today owns and operates Landmark Creamery with business partner Anna Thomas Bates. She crafts seasonal sheep, cow and mixed milk cheeses, renting space at Cedar Grove in Plain and Thuli Family Creamery in Darlington. At both the 2017 and 2015 U.S. Championship Cheese Contests, her fresh sheep's milk cheese, Petit Nuage, won a Gold Medal, and she continually wins awards for her cheeses each year at the American Cheese Society competition.
Today, readers of Cheese Underground, you have a chance to help the dynamic Anna duo complete their dreams. That's because Landmark Creamery is nearing the end of a Kickstarter campaign, where it is seeking $25,000 in seed money to build a cheese aging space and to purchase more efficient equipment, allowing the Annas to create new cheeses and buy more milk from Wisconsin family farms. With just five days to go, they are only $4,000 short of their goal.
And, while the past five years have witnessed the birth and early success of Landmark Creamery, with your help, dear readers, it can go even further. Here is Anna's statement from 2012, describing her business 10 years in the future:
"In 2022, I hope to have nine years of making and selling sheep milk cheeses under my belt, and to be anticipating enrolling in the UW's Master Cheese Making program. My goal is to have my own cheese plant, growing to produce 100,000 pounds of cheese per year, with distribution regionally and to the elite markets on the coasts. I feel so inspired when making cheese. I hope my business will be a credit to the dairy industry in Wisconsin, and that my cheeses will be delicious and unique enough to become Wisconsin Originals."
Mission accomplished, my dear. Now let's help you write the next chapter. Your grandpa would be proud.
Donate here.
|Anna Landmark and Anna Thomas Bates of Landmark Creamery
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
The Summer of the Year I Turned 45
My mother never got better. She was diagnosed with asthma, a condition that afflicts many people and a word that I had heard before. So I never really worried. That fall, I stopped taking the morning bus to school and took over my mother's chores on the farm, taking a quick shower when we were done with the cows, curling my hair as fast as I could in the mirror over the sink upstairs, and then having dad drop me off at school. I grew up in farm country, so it shouldn't have been embarrassing to be dropped off at school in an old farm truck, but when you're a 13-year-old girl, everything is embarrassing. I am ashamed to say I worried more about the look of that farm truck than I did the health of my mother.
My mother died the summer she turned 53. The eight years between diagnosis and the grave were not pretty. She became confined to the four walls of the old farm house's living room, filled with the whir of machines that helped her breathe. By the time I finished high school, Mom wasn't getting better. So Dad made me a deal that if I turned down the scholarship to the journalism school I'd been offered, and instead commuted from home to the local college, helped him farm and take care of mom, he'd pay my tuition. So I did. And I am ashamed to say I resented that decision because I worried more about missing the full college experience than I did the health of my mother. Her asthma won during the summer between my junior and senior year of college. The next year I moved to Idaho to become a news reporter. The year after that, my dad remarried. And life marched on.
This is the year I turn 45. And summer will soon be upon us. I was 21 when my mother died. Sitting in the church pew next to my father during her funeral, I counted in my head how many years there were between ages 21 and 45. I've never been good at doing math in my head, which has always frustrated my father, a math genius, to no end. I suspect that's why he taught me how to play cribbage when I was six years old: he figured making 15's and 31's and counting cards would help. It didn't. To this day, I have to find a pen and paper or a calculator to do even simple addition or subtraction. So at age 21, sitting in that church, I kept myself from crying by trying to figure the math of how many years I had left before I got sick like she did. And I've been on a dead run ever since.
During the past 24 years, I've been described several ways, the nicest perhaps being "pushy," the not-no-nicest starting with a "b" and ending with "itchy." One boss described me as a snowplow. Another told me I was like a bull in a china shop. When my daughter was young, she would choose the jugs of milk at the store by which Sassy Cow Creamery "cow card" they carried. You can imagine her delight the day she found one that read: "Darlene: her pushy personality always gets her to the front of the herd." She immediately removed it from the jug, thrust it at me, and said, "This cow is just like you, Mom!" It's been on our fridge ever since.
For the past 24 years, I've lived my life in anticipation of this summer, trying to get as much accomplished as possible, traveling to as many places I can, and earnestly raising my daughter to adulthood, because the most significant woman in my life got sick when she was 45 years old. I'm in good health. I've never smoked. I've never found a brand of alcohol I enjoy, and I seem to be one of the few people who's never tried drugs. There's no doubt that I need to exercise more, and I probably drink too much coffee. But I'm doing fine. No life-threatening diagnoses so far.
That's why a Friday afternoon two weeks ago meant so much to me. My husband and I took my dad and stepmom (who after 22 years in my life, I've started introducing as "mom") to Baumgartner's in Monroe for Limburger sandwiches and a game of Euchre. A group of Green County cheesemakers walked in and bought each other a beer. Several came over to say hello, so I introduced them to my parents. And then something amazing happened.
One of the cheesemakers, who knows my personality, and graciously chooses to overlook the "itchy" parts, shook my father's hand and told him: "your daughter is changing the world." I nearly broke down in tears. Is there any bigger compliment from a colleague? I don't know if my father heard him, because the tavern was full, his hearing aid wasn't working properly, and we would soon leave to find a quieter place. But I heard him. And it made all the difference. The summer that I turn 45 will come and go and I will keep on keeping on. I know I've got another 45 years in me.
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