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For more than ten years, from 1990 through 2001, The Magic Menu was a continuing and trusted source of practical information for close-up magicians, particularly those who performed in restaurants, bars and night spots. Each issue brought real-world advice, information, reviews of the latest magic and audience-tested effects from some of the best magicians in the world.
After an eight-year hiatus, The Magic Menu is back with a renewed vision and a brand new staff for another generation of professional and semi-professional close-up magicians.
Some of the columnists and contributors you'll meet include Paul Green (held over by popular demand from the original staff), Paul Gordon, Christopher Lyle, James Prince, Tom Frank and, of course, founder and editor Jim Sisti.
And, unlike the newsletter format of the original, the new incarnation of The Magic Menu will feature a magazine-like look with a full-color cover. Inside, however, will be the same quality of information, insights and original magic that made The Magic Menu one of magic's most unique periodicals.
"Anyone interested in mastering the complex performance arena of restaurant and bar magic should find this information priceless."
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya. This is a spicy dish that is traditional to the South.
1 pound frozen white shrimp (31-40 count), thawed, deveined, and shelled (I removed the tails, also.)
8 oz. andouille smoked sausage, cut into ½-inch slices (You may use any type of smoked sausage.)
1 small onion, chopped
¼ cup celery, diced
1 large green bell pepper, cut into chunks or strips
2 cloves of garlic, minced
14.5-oz. can diced tomatoes with garlic, basil, and oregano
14.5-oz can chicken broth
1 ¾ teaspoons Cajun seasoning (You may substitute Creole seasoning, or a blend of your own.)
¼ teaspoon ground red pepper
¾ cup uncooked long-grain white rice
In a large skillet, saute smoked sausage over medium-high heat, until browned, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add 1 small chopped onion, ¼ cup diced celery, 1 large chopped green pepper, and 2 coves minced garlic. Saute 2 to 3 minutes. Add 14.5-oz. can diced tomatoes, 14.5-oz. can chicken broth, 1 ¾ teaspoons Cajun seasoning, and ¼ teaspoon ground red pepper. Bring to a boil, and stir in ¾ cup uncooked long-grain white rice. Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer 25 to 30 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is cooked. Stir in 1 pound uncooked shrimp. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, or until shrimp turns pink and opaque. Ladle immediately into serving bowl, and serve. I served my Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya with freshly-made Hot Water Corn Fritters. Delicious! I hope you enjoy this recipe! –Betty
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Cline Ancient Vines Zinfandel 2018
Winemaker Notes
Accompany this wine with slow cooked BBQ pork, chicken mole or spinach mushroom casserole.
Critical AcclaimAll Vintages
Cline Family Cellars is a family-owned and operated winery founded by Fred and Nancy Cline in 1982 in Oakley, CA. The winery facilities were relocated in 1991 to the Sonoma Valley, on a 350-acre estate in the Carneros district. The Cline winery and vineyards are built on a foundation of deeply rooted respect for the land and love of winemaking. Recognized for its rich portfolio of wines, Cline is one of the pioneers of California's Rhone Rangers movement, and the largest holder of 100+ year-old-vine vineyards in California.
A large Northern California appellation centered on the San Francisco Bay Area, the San Francisco Bay AVA falls within the larger Central Coast AVA. The smaller appellations of Livermore Valley, Pacheco Pass, San Ysidro District and Santa Clara Valley AVAs fall within the San Francisco Bay boundaries.
Unapologetically bold, spice-driven and jammy, Zinfandel is often thought of as California's flagship grape. In fact it owns this title by having the ability to adapt to the states' many microclimates and landscapes, producing unique expressions of the grape throughout. Zinfandel thrives in California's Central Coast, as well throughout Sonoma County, parts of Napa Valley, the Sierra Foothills, Lodi and Paso Robles.
Zinfandel was born in Croatia and later made its way to southern Italy where it became known as Primitivo. The astute imperial nursery of Vienna collected specimens of the vine and acted as the source of its journey to New England, carried by George Gibbs circa 1829. Eventually, making its way to California around the Gold Rush of 1849, Zinfandel found its new home, parading the true American spirit.
Tasting Notes for Zinfandel
Zinfandel is a dry red wine, though typically forward in fruit. Notes of dark plum, blackberry, sweet spice, dark chocolate and licorice are common. Very ripe examples may express a dried fruit quakity like fig or prune. But Zinfandel grown in cooler, coastal zones often shows red fruit, black pepper and fresh herbal characteristics like juniper and menthol.
Perfect Food Pairings for Zinfandel
Zinfandel is a powerfully flavored wine, mingling happily with bold food like brisket, lamb shanks, pork ribs or anything barbecued. More delicate Zins work with pork, lamb curry and even Ceasar Salad or Salad Nicoise.
Sommelier Secrets for Zinfandel
Thanks to its popularity both for home winemaking and as communion wine, many Zinfandel vines were able to survive prohibition, leading to the abundance of "old vine" Zinfandels. These low-yielding, ancient vines tend to produce wine that is deeply concentrated, delicately perfumed and decidedly complex.


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Adapting to climate change: selecting grapevines with reduced nighttime transpiration
Researchers from INRA and Montpellier SupAgro have found that nighttime water loss in grapevines can be significantly curbed by selecting certain varieties. Up to now, this avenue has remained unexplored for all species of plants. These exciting new findings open the door to a new selection strategy to help grapevines better tolerate drought.


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Angry parents have been told their children will go hungry if they fail to pay school dinner money on time.*sigh*
No, they won't. They'll miss lunch, that's all. It won't kill them.
Children at West Leigh Junior School, in Leigh, were sent home with a letter telling parents if they didn't pay up on time their child would not be fed.You'd think no-one could possibly argue about this, wouldn't you? But you'd be wrong:
The letter is a reaction to a number of parents persistently failing to pay dinner money on time, or at all, causing an administrative headache for office staff.
But John Banks who has two daughters at the school, Molly, eight, and Emily, 11, was shocked by the tough stance.Really? Why?
Mr Banks, 46, said: "I can't believe they would let a child go without their lunch.They aren't. You are, by persistently refusing to pay, or forgetting to pay. They are your daughters, and feeding them - or arranging for them to have the wherewithal to be fed - is your responsibility, not the schools.
"If you have two parents at work in London there is no way on earth they could jump on a train and get back in time to take something into school.I don't forget things. Well, I do, but it's things like where I put my umberella, or what time a film starts at the local cinema.
"We all forget things, and to be told 'you are not eating today little girl', seems a bit much to me."
I certainly don't forget to pay for things. And consquently expect other people to pick up my slack...
Mr Banks, of Edinburgh Avenue, Leigh, said he realised the extra admin caused difficulties for the school, but said if alternative payment methods, such as account transfers, could be used it would be simpler for everyone."What..? Are we supposed to believe that he can't give his daughters cash for their school dinners, but he'll be right on to the bank aranging a transfer of funds, if only it was available?
Pull the other one!
But headteacher Cheryl Woolf defended the decision. She said: "We have a lot of parents who seem to think they can send their child in with no money and expect them to be fed, and we are putting our foot down.Oh, I don't know. Some people would, if they thought they could get away with it...
"You wouldn't go into a restaurant and demand a lunch if you had no money."
Mrs Woolf added the school accepted meal payments on a very flexible basis, from weekly to annual payments, and is looking at introducing other methods of payment.Perhaps those errant parents should be co-opted into doing the school canteen washing up. I believe that to be the traditional punishment in these sorts of cases...


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Investing in Facilities: The Payoff
By Phillip Mills
September 10, 2006
Phillip Mills is the Chairman of Les Mills International, a provider of group-fitness programs to health clubs. The company offers more case studies at its GroupFitPROFIT Web site: http://groupfitprofit.lesmills.com/. See also http://www.lesmillsusa.com
If our work in the fitness industry is part theater, then our clubs are our stage—and therefore the starting point in creating a compelling environment for our members.
Here is a case study showing how to make your investment in facilities pay off, plus some key points.
The Gold's Gym in Lorton, VA, proves the value of getting the group-fitness environment right.
Lorton was in danger of becoming a ghost town in 2002 when the local prison, a big employer, closed down. Nonetheless, Lori and Jeremy Lowell put their faith in the town's redevelopment plan by investing $1.5 million in a new Gold's Gym in 2003.
With a new town unfolding around it, the Gold's in Lorton was designed to offer a sense of invitation to new and existing members. The reception area includes a fireplace with couches, and the warm colors of terracotta, copper, bronze and wild grasses flow through the facility.
The Lowells planned their group fitness studios as destinations in their own right. The three group ex rooms comprise 15 percent of the gym's floor space and a similar percentage of the owners' capital outlay.
In the main group ex studio, up to 100 people at a time enjoy 3,100 square feet of unimpeded space with a large stage and great sound. The 1,000-square-foot mind-body studio offers beige colors, an oriental rug and dimming lights for a calming atmosphere that complements a workout. The 900-square-foot group cycling room includes a projection system that creates the illusion of riding with Lance Armstrong. Other club members are drawn in to the sheer buzz of group fitness via a discrete viewing platform on the mezzanine floor above the largest group fitness room. Thus group exercise becomes a major contributor to the social dynamics of the club.
The results? About 25 percent of club visits take place in the 15 percent of space dedicated to group fitness, so the Lowells believe the studies are punching above their weight in contributing to the club's success.
Membership has grown from zero to 3,900 in only three years. Retention (calculated by the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association's standard formula) stands at 76 percent. Just as importantly, the owners are on track with aggressive loan repayments and their profits are on target.
The Lowells are firm that group fitness drives higher profits by both creating a retention powerhouse to which members return repeatedly, and group fitness programs incur less maintenance costs than other parts of the facility (such as cardio machines).
As Lori and Jeremy Lowell have shown, the quality of your club's studio has a significant effect on how today's demanding consumers perceive the experience you provide.
With inspiration and planning, you can turn the investment in your studio from an expensive chore into a profitable adventure.
Key Points
Consider whether your studios are world-class.
Identify specific changes that would add to the appeal of your group exercise classes and other areas of your club.
Hire the best designer you can afford to provide a grand vision for your club.
Look for someone who can give your club that wow factor. Deliver great lighting, interior design, sound system, stage arrangements and other amenities.
Implement the vision over a three- to five-year period. Create an incremental studio improvement plan, and budget to address the most urgent priorities first. You might start by putting in a world-class sound system, and follow up with a new stage or some outstanding décor.


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Ralph Zuponcic necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 118 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a partnership of experienced business consultants who work with some of the most prominent names in the North American business community including Avery Dennison, Greif, Mettler-Toledo, and others.
We help middle market companies who are struggling with their business performance. We provide consulting services targeted at sales and marketing, pricing strategy, logistics & supply chain and information technology.
Our objective is to help our clients control costs, grow revenue and maximize profits.
Why NorthCut? Each partner has over 20 years experience in their resepctive field. We are committed to measurable performance improvement. Our approaches are well proven. We deliver quick results. NorthCut provides a wide breadth of services.
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You might think about separating the "NorthCut" from the "Business Improvement Parnters" in the design. I doubt that the whole name will work very well on one single line. But, if you can see a way to include it on one line we are open to ideas. We expect the word "NorthCut" to be used in the business as a stand-alone title in more casual useage.
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American colleges and universities aren't the only ones who have noticed the appeal of games design courses; so has the Department of Defense, which will offer them in its vocational programs for kids of enlisted military and civilian workers.
The Department of Defense Education Activity schools have overhauled their curricula for the 2011-2012 school year, and will offer courses in such high growth/high interest subjects as robotics, biotechnology, green technologies, and, yes video games design.
They'll replace courses like hotel and lodging management, welding, and automobile technology.
DODEA schools largely serve high-school age dependents, and are intended to help prepare them for college, their careers, or their own enlistment in the military. Games design was one of several recommendations given to the DODEA by a task force that had been meeting for more than a year to evaluate the course offerings.
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Just curious, since I don't keep up with assortment #'s particularly, I tossed in all Vintage UPC's with mine so I assume they're still fine... Is this only blue card stuff then, that's usable? Shadows of the Darkside type packaging and Vintage figures I assume?
This pisses me off because the original form gave us a loophole to use some of the older Clone Wars and Saga Legends UPC codes, which I took full advantage of. I place the blame for this on the RS forum members who lack a basic level of reading comprehension.Because the form said "all," they panicked and ran to Hasbro support which only pointed out the possible error in wording, which has now been corrected. Now, of course, because the form has been changed there will be a whole new set of people panicking because they used "any" of their UPC codes and they'll now be worried that their order won't be filled. When if they'd just left well enough alone, they'd be fine.I've always maintained that in general, people cause their own problems and this is a perfect example. So thanks to the RS members who brought this to Hasbro's attention and potentially screwed up a loophole that we could have used. E...
Personally I don't think the UPCs are even looked at. You got to remember the people opening these envelopes are dumping out the contents and counting how many UPCs there are and tosing them in the trash. They are not looking at them closely to see if this UPC number matches their "official" list. That don't have time for that. These people are paid minimum wage to open envelopes and enter your address in the computer as fast as they can. They could care less if you included UPCs from Star Wars or from My Little Pony.
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Metro-North gave leader big raise as safety deteriorated
Railroad rewarded leader for 'good' performance as railroad safety deteriorated
At the same time that a federal probe found safety at Metro-North was being sacrificed to accommodate on-time performance, the head of the railroad was rewarded with nearly $100,000 in raises.
Former Metro-North president Howard Permut led the railroad from 2008 to December 2013, a time when mounting troubles led him to retire at the end of the year. In addition to two derailments, one of which killed four passengers, the problems include a fatal accident involving a rail worker, a multi-day major power outage and numerous smaller difficulties.
In a scathing report released earlier this month, the Federal Railroad Administration found the railroad's safety culture was severely lacking as a result of efforts to maintain an on-time performance of 97 percent or better on each of the railroad's three main lines.
While Permut did not receive any additional remuneration on top of his $215,000 starting salary between 2008 and 2011, former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota awarded him a retroactive raise in the form of a one-time lump-sum raise of $98,000 in late 2012, based on his "good performance."
What defined "good performance" is unclear since Permut's contract did not set any specific goals, and Metro-North declined to provide Hearst Connecticut Media with any criteria that was used to gauge his performance.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates Metro-North, does not have an internal compensation committee that might delve more substantively into management raises based on performance, said James Blair, a member of the MTA's board from Westchester County.
"In my view it is a serious deficiency," Blair said. "Compensation committees are common throughout the corporate world and it is important that the board have input on compensation to senior executives, that the board know what the basis on which recommendations are being made."
Connecticut does not have a seat on the MTA board, and state transportation Commissioner Jim Redeker said his agency does not contribute to decisions about performance based raises in vendor contracts.
More InformationIn perspective
As rail executive salaries go, Permut and Giulietti's salaries do not exceed the norm of their counterparts at railroads in some similarly large regions that in some cases provide significantly fewer rides or have smaller work forces than Metro-North, which provided 81.8 million rides on the New Haven Line in 2013 and has 6,000 employees. Giulietti's base salary is $285,000 a year. Permut's was $215,000 Donald Orseno, the chief executive of Chicago's Metra commuter rail system earns $262,500 a year; a system which provided 73.2 million trips in 2013 and has 2519 employees.
Confirmed by New Jersey Transit's board in February, Veronique "Ronnie" Hakim will make $261,324 running a railroad which provides 79.2 million rides and has a workforce of 4,500.
General Manager for San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit Grace Crunican made $321,538 in base pay in 2013, overseeing a system that provided 122 million trips and links cities in the East Bay and San Mateo County to San Francisco. The system has 3,252 workers.
The DOT is responsible for the contract Metro-North holds with the state to operate the commuter railroad in Connecticut.
"When it comes to Metro-North, my primary focus is on accountability for restoring the safest, most reliable and efficient service possible," Redeker said in an emailed statement." Having the best employees to lead the organization plays a major role in that service delivery. Decisions about salary and other compensation are not made at CTDOT."
Newly installed Metro-North President Joseph Giulietti's contract also does not have any specific goals or incentives tied to performance in his contract. When hired to succeed Permut in December, Giulietti signed a contract guaranteeing a base salary of $285,000, with possible salary raises to be determined annually based on a review of his job performance by MTA chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast.
Giulietti has initiated a 100-day plan to put the railroad back on track and emphasize the safety of passengers and employees. However, within weeks of his appointment, a rail worker was struck and killed while restoring power to tracks in the Bronx.
When informed about Permut's raises and the lack of performance benchmarks, area lawmakers who have been vocal about Metro-North's problems, said it raises additional concerns.
"What raises are based on is key," state Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, ranking minority member of the General Assembly's transportation committee said Thursday in a phone interview.
"Right now after the report has come out it is obvious safety was being jeopardized in favor of on-time performance it makes it important that any incentives be focused on safety," Boucher said.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said railroad executives need to have performance goals and specific criteria that must be met for giving performance-based raises.
"My view is that compensation really has to be very carefully reviewed to create the right incentives, and this railroad is now at a turning point where it will remain at the cusp of more crises or enter a promising new era of leadership," Blumenthal said. "Clearly in the past there were evidently no metrics that would have insisted on adequate inspection or implementation of recommendations like cameras and other sensible steps to achieve reliability and safety."
When Giulietti started at Metro-North last month, he said his first goal will be to make safety the first priority. His first-100-days action plan released in early March includes a reorganization of the railroad's safety department to make it a more proactive entity that attempts to prevent worker accidents.
Giulietti's plan followed the release of the Federal Railroad Administration's "deep dive" report, which found that efforts to achieve on-time performance compromised safety on the railroad. The resulting lapses in training for track inspectors and other key personnel created a "deficient safety culture" that failed to identify foreseeable hazards.


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Carlisle Expo Center
100 K Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
View Map | 412-537-1251
Cost: $10 Online or $15 at the Door (VIP $15 Enter @ 11:00am)
POSTPONED to Saturda (8/01/2020)
Carlisle's Wine Shine Beer 'n Taco Palooza
Saturday, August 1st 2020 (11:00 - 4:00)
Carlisle Expo Center (Inside Event)
100 K Street Carlisle, PA 17013
Online Tickets and Details (Select VIP or Session Times)
VIP 11:00 - 4:00 only $15 + Ticket Agency Fees
Online $15 Ticket: ($5 Admission + $10 Stemmed Glass)
"VIP Wrist Band" Includes Citation Stemmed Wine Tasting Glass
Session #1 Admission 11:30 - 2:30 only $10 + Ticket Agency Fees
Online $10 Ticket: ($5 Admission + $5 Stemless Glass)
Session #2 Admission 1:00 - 4:00 only $10 + Ticket Agency Fees
Online $10 Ticket: ($5 Admission + $5 Stemless Glass)
***Day of Event All Tickets are $15 CASH***
***Day of Event All Tickets are $17 CREDIT CARD***
Ages: "16 to 20" Must Buy the $5 Designated Driver Ticket
Ages: "15 and Under" are FREE
Admission Tickets for Event - Entertainment - Food & Shopping Vendors
Online Tickets with Multi-Ticketing Pricing *(Food for Purchase)*
***Ticketed Attendees 21 and over Receive 5.5oz Stemless Tasting Glass**
***NO OUTSIDE GLASSES Permitted at this EVENT***
BUY GLASSES Now (Save Time @ Fest Entrance)
Wineries / Distilleries / Breweries
Bee Kind Winery
Juniata Valley Winery
Wine O'Clock Somewhere Winery
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Taco Palooza Buffet
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Shopping Vendors
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"Opportunity to Sample and Purchase Fine PA Wines/Spirits/Ciders"
Up to One Ounce Pours, as permitted by PLCB
Please Note: No matter what your age, please be prepared to show proper identification in order to sample from the wineries or consume alcohol. Valid ID includes a state issued driver's license or state issued ID card with photo, a passport, or a United States military identification card with photo. We are unable to accept any foreign driver's license. Note that the identification cannot be expired at the time of the festival
Sampling is at the discretion of the winery/vendor. Technically sampling is unlimited, unless you are abusing the sampling at a booth. We reserve the right to stop serving anyone who is visibly intoxicated or abusing the free sample policy at any booth
Bottle Check so that you can Sample, Shop and Enjoy!
***All Checked Bottles Must Be Picked Up 15 Minutes Before Event Ends***
**PLCB Laws Prevents Us from Shipping Left Wine to You**
*We are "NOT RESPONSIBLE" for any Wine Left @ the Event*
Produced by: http://www.winefestpa.com/
PLCB allows Up to One Ounce Tasting Samples (Must Use Event Glass)
Must be 21 and Over for Alcoholic Samples / Photo ID required at Check-In
No Purchase Necessary for Wine/Shine/Spirits/Beer Tastings/Sampling
Vegetarian Vegan Friendly Options available from most Participating Food Vendors
No Refunds or Transfer of any Ticket (Rain/Shine/Snow) **No Back-Up Date**
Do NOT Drink and Drive
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All Details and Pricing Subject to Change without Notice
***NO OUTSIDE GLASSES Permitted at this EVENT***
Wineries distributing some "Free Admission" Coupons throughout the Area
***Click to Register for Free Admission and Buy Glass Online***
Must Return the Coupon and You will only need to Pay $5 for the Tasting Glass
Be prepared that some free samples could run out toward the end of the day. Why? The festival requires a certain amount of product from each of the participants to place them on a level playing field. For a variety of reasons, some samples appeal to the sampling appetites of many, and therefore run out faster - so there is a chance that the wine that "everyone is talking about" could probably run out prior to the end of the day
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SBA - Nordurleid has a good selection of buses in the series 21 to 30 seats. All company vehicles are equipped with safety belts than most in this class are air-conditioned (AC). Other equipment are for example CD players, monitors and DVD players. WiFi internet is available upon request.
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With over 500 million users, Facebook can afford to spend some money.
The Palo Alto-based social-networking company spend $116 million last year on office equipment, according to The San Jose Mercury News.
The newspaper got a look at the company's finances by looking up records filed with Santa Clara County.
The report shows that Facebook spent over $100 million on equipment like servers, laptops and office furniture last year.
The expense is about a three-fold increase from what Facebook spent the previous year on similar equipment.
"It really is the history of the business cycle in Silicon Valley," county Assessor Larry Stone said told the paper. "Silicon Valley is an idea -- it isn't a product. It's a place where ideas rule, and ideas in today's world are in favor and out of favor almost overnight. You have companies like Sun (Microsystems) that no longer exist, or companies that, compared to other companies, are on the downfall."
While the numbers seem high, it is still low in comparison to some of Silicon Valley's more established companies.
Facebook Spends Millions on Office Equipment
With over 500 million users, Facebook can afford to spend some money.


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Government registration of vital statistics (baptism, marriage and death) for Manitoba did not begin until the late 1800s. In this collection can be found parish registers and other church records from various churches in the province of Manitoba.
There are three microfilm rolls -
Make sure that you read the first few pages before you start you search. It looks like they in alphabetical order, but in case you do not find the person you are looking for, you will have to go page by page to see if the person is there. Many of the records include the people of the Red River Settlement.
To go to the records click on the website http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_115731


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The jury began deliberations Thursday afternoon. They worked for about nine hours into Friday morning when they sent a message to Dane County Circuit Judge Julie Genovese that they couldn't agree on a verdict. The judge ordered them to continue deliberations. A half-hour later jurors asked Genovese to let them go home. The judge ordered them to return to the courthouse at 10 a.m. CDT Friday to resume their work.
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Media mogul Oprah made some serious cash from just one tweet.
According to Market Watch, Winfrey racked up a whopping $12 million for merely writing about how she was able to lose weight and still eat bread.
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Rebecca Ostertag, Kolby Santiago, Kirk Mikami and Keiki Kawai'ae'a will be recognized for their achievements along with other UH award recipients at the annual Convocation ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, on the UH Mānoa campus.
The University of Hawai'i at Hilo honored four faculty and staff members for their dedication and extraordinary contributions to the university. Chancellor Donald Straney presented the Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities to Rebecca Ostertag, Professional Staff Award to Kolby Santiago, Outstanding University Support Employee Award to Kirk Mikami and the Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi Award for Excellence in Innovation to Keiki Kawai'ae'a.
Ostertag is an associate professor of biology and the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities. She is a highly productive research scientist with a prolific and consistent publication record. Ostertag emphasizes the "art" of doing science in her teaching, including how to read the primary literature, develop independent research hypotheses, collect and analyze data, and present the findings. She shares her love for science through her mentoring and continuously receives high teaching evaluations for her hands-on approach and encouraging style.
Santiago is a financial aid counselor in the student affairs office and the recipient of the Professional Staff Award. She counsels and provides information and support for students and parents on financial aid. While the number of applications has increased dramatically since she started 10 years ago, she has never complained about having double the workload. Santiago is dedicated to her job and works hard to help students receive much needed financial assistance. A true team player, Santiago really cares about the students and is well-respected by all those who work with her.
Mikami is an accounting clerk in the business office and the recipient of the Outstanding University Support Employee Award. He has contributed to countless improvements to the existing processes and procedures and is always looking to make operations more efficient. Mikami always exemplifies excellent customer service to everyone he works with. Whenever a problem arises, he takes the initiative to take ownership of it and follows through to its resolution. His attitude is that everyone pulling together can make UH Hilo a better place to work and a better place for students to get a true education.
Kawai'ae'a is an assistant professor at the Ka Haka 'Ula o Ke'elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language and the recipient of the Koichi and Taniyo Award for Excellence and Innovation. Kawai'ae'a has been instrumental in the development of the Nā Honua Mauli Ola Hawaiian cultural pathways and the Moenahā culture-based curriculum design and instructional method that impact native learners in culturally healthy and responsive ways. She is a true role model and continuously demonstrates unwavering determination to fulfill goals of excellent teaching while reviving the Hawaiian language.
Ostertag, Santiago, Mikami and Kawai'ae'a will be recognized for their achievements along with other UH award recipients at the annual Convocation ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, on the UH Mānoa campus. The ceremony is open to the public at no charge, and no reservations are needed. For more information on the awards ceremony, visit https://www.hawaii.edu/about/awards.
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For China itself and for Chinese Americans, the Second World War was not confined to the years 1941-1945, but began when Japan made its first incursions into Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. In September 1931 the Japanese attacked the Manchurian city of Mukden, and by the end of the year they were in complete control of Manchuria. News of the dire situation in China filled Chinese American publications.
By 1937 Japanese aggression in China was unbridled, as epitomized by the brutal Rape of Nanjing. In fact, in most Chinese histories of the war, the period 1931-1945 is referred to as the War of Resistance (and Japanese often call it the Fifteen-Year War, or at times the Great East Asian War), because for most of the period the rest of the world was not involved in the Sino-Japanese conflict.
Many Chinese Americans felt doubly assaulted, abandoned by the international community in the struggle against Japan and victimized by racial discrimination in America. The war in China was a constant concern, especially for those who had families in China; the bleak economic and social prospects for the second generation were a persistent worry; and even within Chinatowns themselves, a safe haven was being threatened by competition from Japanese Americans and outside interests. The Japanese American author Monica Sone wrote that Japanese Americans in Seattle were treated coolly by local Chinese Americans, especially after the Japanese stepped up their military aggression in China: "People stopped patronizing Japanese shops. The Chinese who were employed by Japanese resigned their jobs one after another. I dreaded going through Chinatown. The Chinese shopkeepers, gossiping and sunning themselves in front of their stores, invariably stopped their chatter to give me pointed, icicled glares."
The Chinese in America responded to Japanese aggression with great speed. Soon after the Mukden Incident, the Chinese-language newspaper Chung Sai Yat Po advocated that China declare war on Japan. In addition, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) wired both the Nationalist and Communist factions in China, calling on them to join forces to defeat the Japanese. Organizations with names like Anti-Japanese Association, National Salvation Association, and National Salvation Fund Savings Society were formed in Chinatowns across the country. Throughout the early and mid-1930s, as the Japanese army continued to attack parts of China, Chinese Americans raised money to send to China, and frequently urged other Americans to support their cause. Demonstrating a new sense of political enfranchisement, they petitioned the American government and the League of Nations to intervene in the conflict in China.
In July 1937, the Japanese launched a major offensive. To coordinate relief activities, the CCBA called a meeting of more than a hundred representatives from the various community organizations; from this was founded the Chinese War Relief Association (CWRA), of which B. S. Fong, president of the CCBA, was elected chairman. Within a week, $30,000 was raised in San Francisco alone. The largest individual contribution ($15,000) came from Joe Shoong, head of the National Dollar stores. His employees numbering several hundred, reportedly pledged a month's salary as their contribution. In San Diego, Fresno, Tucson, Phoenix, and New York, other Chinese American communities also formed conjoint organizations to raise money. By this time many non-Chinese Americans were alarmed by Japanese aggression in China and showed support for China's predicament.
In November 1937, the CWRA launched a second fundraising campaign with a parade through San Francisco Chinatown. Three hundred campaign volunteers and an equal number of students marched with banners and placards reading "Voluntary Giving to Save the Nation," "Military Resistance to the End," and "Racial Freedom and Liberty Forever.v This last slogan implies that Chinese Americans linked China's grievance and victimization with their own situation. A similar development had taken place in New York with the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (CHLA). The historian Renqiu Yu points out that the CHLA's wartime motto, "To save China, to save ourselves," linked its patriotic support for China to its struggle against exploitation and discrimination in the United States. Chinese Americans, like other racial minorities, came to view the Allied championing of democracy in the Second World War as intimately tied to the struggle for civil rights on the home front.
The Chinese in New York took the lead in public demonstrations in support of China. On May 9, 1938, some twelve thousand Chinese Americans, from Newark and Jersey City and as far away as Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Washington, D.C., marched three-and-a-half miles from Mott Street in Chinatown through Lower Manhattan. Sponsored by the CCBA, this parade, perhaps the largest showing of Chinese Americans ever, was held on the twenty-third anniversary of Japan's Twenty-One Demands on China. In 1915, Japan had made a series of demands in an imperialistic grab for control over China's internal affairs.
Although the Chinese president, Yuan Shikai, accepted these terms, the Chinese people protested and there was an upsurge of Chinese nationalism. Thereafter, the Twenty-One Demands became a symbol of China's humiliation and the need for resistance against the great powers.
In China, it had long been commemorated as a "day of humiliation," but the parade in New York was organized as a "Solidarity Day," demonstrating that Chinese Americans from different backgrounds could come together publicly for a common cause. In Manhattan alone, it was reported, fifteen hundred Chinese laundries, restaurants, and shops closed until five o'clock so that everyone could attend the event. At the head of the parade, CCBA officials marched in front of a banner reading "China Defends!" An immense portrait of Chiang Kai-shek followed, flanked by marchers waving placards declaring "War in China—Made in Japan!" Above the parade flew six airplanes piloted by Chinese who had trained at Roosevelt Field in the hope they could soon return to China to aid in the fight against Japan. The marchers were divided into ten divisions of a thousand people each. There were floats, dragon dances, banners, bands (playing both Chinese and American music), and thousands of flags.
Of pioneering significance was one group of a hundred Chinese girls in fashionable Chinese dresses (the cheongsam) carrying a 45-by-75-foot Nationalist Chinese flag. The New York Times reported: "Though no appeal was made for funds, the spectators began showering coins—pennies to half dollars, and even dollar bills—onto the flag. About $300 was collected." This feature of the parade appears to have been the prototype for other fundraising parades that would take place in Chinese American communities over the next few years. Sometimes the same flag used in New York, the largest Chinese Nationalist flag in the country, was flown to other cities for their parades. According to newspaper accounts, the flag became so heavy with money that each parade had to be stopped three times for the flag to be emptied.
Later, Rice Bowl parades and parties were some of the most popular and effective venues for raising money and strengthening support for China's efforts against Japan. The Chinese Digest reported that the first Rice Bowl parties were held simultaneously in cities across the country on June 17, 1938. This event was organized by the United Council for Civilian Relief in China, of which Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr., was national chairman, working with the CWRA. That day was set aside as "Humanity Day." In San Francisco the party started with a parade down Grant Avenue and continued with cultural entertainment that lasted into the late evening. More than two hundred thousand people lined the streets of Chinatown to enjoy fashion shows, dancing, Chinese and Western music, theatrical entertainment, a mock air raid, and a dragon dance. Everyone who entered Chinatown was encouraged to buy and wear a "Humanity button" that sold for fifty cents or else risk being tried by a "kangaroo court" of voluntary judges and fined up to a hundred dollars. Throughout Chinatown, locals in Chinese clothes and mock beggars, and children riding on floats, held out alms bowls and asked for donations to fill the "the rice bowls of China": hence the name "Rice Bowl parties." On that one day, San Francisco Chinatown collected $55,000. This event was so successful that a second one was held for three days in 1940 (raising $87,000) and a third for four days in 1941 (raising $93,000).
Chinese Americans also boycotted Japanese goods and picketed the docks where ships bound for Japan were moored. Because silk was one of Japan's leading exports, a call went out to stop wearing silk stockings. In January 1938, the Chinese Digest printe photographs of Chinese American women wearing cotton hose with the caption "Be in style, wear lisle." Another photograph, published in early 1939, showed two Chinese American sisters, Catherine and Partricia Joe, posed with one aiming a gun at the other for wanting to wear silk stockings. Chinese characters meaning "to resist" or "to boycott" appeared in the background of the photo; the caption below read: "You will, will you?" Realizing that using silk only aided Japan—and later, after the United States entered the war, that silk and nylon were needed for parachutes, medical supplies, and other wartime necessities—the Chinese American community wholeheartedly joined this boycott. Indeed, the boycott was effective enough to reduce Japan's exports of silk by three-fifths from 1936 to 1938.
Even more significant was the picketing of ships that were to carry scrap iron and other materials to Japan. In late 1938 and early 1939, Chinese Americans joined with other Americans in demonstrating at the docks in San Francisco, Long Beach, Portland, and Seattle in order to publicize the fact that much of Japan's war material was coming from the United States. In December 1938, the SS Spyros, a Greek freighter chartered by the Mitsui Company of Japan, docked at San Francisco to load 8,500 tons of scrap iron for transport to Japan. The United Chinese Societies called for volunteers to go to the docks to protest. On December 16, two hundred Chinese American volunteers went to Pier 45 and were joined by three hundred sympathetic volunteers of various ethnicities: Greeks, Jews, and others. Speeches were made and picket lines formed. When the longshoremen broke for lunch, the crowd began to chant: "Longshoremen, be with us! Longshoremen, be with us!" After the lunch break, only a few returned to work. The Chinese Digest reporter Lim P. Lee wrote:
The majority of them honored the Chinese picket lines, and the few that worked were so ashamed that they dropped their hooks and joined their comrades. Victory! Victory! The call was shouted through Chinatown and the pickets began to arrive in trucks, in streetcars, in automobiles. The radio and the press flashed the news to the nation: —Chinese pickets tied up scrap iron to Japan and American longshoremen refused to load implements of destruction.
By the time the news was flashed back to Chinatown, pigs were being roasted for the nourishment of the Chinese pickets and American sympathizers. Soda pops, coffee, hot tea, sandwiches, oranges, Chinese buns were streaming toward the waterfront to feed the pickets and the longshoremen. Chinese came in from Stockton and Valley towns; they marched in from Palo Alto and Peninsula cities; and thousands poured in from the Bay Area till the climax of the picketing numbered 5,000 strong and more!
With support growing, the picketers held their ground for four days. On December 19, the Waterfront Employers' Association gave the protesters an ultimatum: They were to remove the picket line and the longshoremen were to return to work; if they refused, not only trade with Japan but also the entire shipping business of San Francisco and the West Coast would be tied up. The various parties discussed their options. The full membership of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) "voted not to pass the picket lines even if there were only one Chinese on picket duty." They instructed their union leaders to negotiate with the Chinese for an amicable solution, but told them "not to let the Chinese down."
A new round of emergency meetings was called and the United Chinese Societies met with ILWU officials who told them that the CIO Council had passed a resolution "to instruct the secretary to call all labor, fraternal, civic, and religious organizations for a Coast-wide conference to study and promote the embargo on all materials to Japan." On December 20, the Societies claimed victory and withdrew their picket lines. They had succeeded in calling attention to the issue of supplying Japan's war machine, and they had gained the support and cooperation of other Americans. Fong spoke for the Chinese American community, expressing heartfelt thanks to the longshoremen for honoring their picket line. The demonstrators then marched in a mile-long parade past the longshoremen's headquarters and through downtown San Francisco back to Chinatown, where a mass meeting was held. They marched singing "Yiyong Jun Jinxing Qu" ("The March of the Volunteers"), China's song of resistance. Soon organized labor and other organizations, including the CWRA, helped lobby for an embargo of arms sales to Japan.
The Rice Bowl parties and parades, the boycotts, and the protest against the SS Spyros galvanized the men and women of Chinese America. These activities decreased the isolation of Chinese Americans, bringing them into close contact with their compatriots of other ethnicities who rallied against Japanese military aggression. As Chinese Americans became more visible in the public eye during the period leading up to U.S. involvement in the war, the negative images of China and the Chinese began to erode. Once the United States officially entered the war against the Axis powers, Americans of various ethnic backgrounds would fight side by side on the battlefield, and Chinese Americans would begin a new era of interaction with the nation's mainstream society.


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Movie Madness Monday 88: politically incorrect edition
Welcome to Movie Madness Monday, the movie quote trivia game. This week's feature starts off with a sly reference to popular culture that was a complete surprise. I love this DVD-- it's "precious" to me.
This is an easy one. So put your quotes in the comments section!
"Oh come on, we can take 'em!"
"It's a long way."
"Toss me."
"I cannot jump the distance; you'll have to toss me." Pause. "Don't tell the elf."
"Not a word."
"I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why."
"There is no promise you can make that I can trust."
"Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!"
"The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain."
"What do trees have to talk about, hmm... except the consistency of squirrel droppings?"
"What's happening out there?"
"Shall I describe it to you?"
"Or would you like me to find you a box?"
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Viggo Mortenson. Orlando Bloom. Cate Blanchett. Sean Astin. Hugo Weaving. Karl Urban. John Rhys-Davies. Miranda Otto. And Elijah Wood! And can Christopher Lee ever play anything but a baddie?
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Archive and Install
Select this option if you want to install a "fresh" system on your computer. This type of installation moves existing System files to a folder named Previous System, then installs a new copy of Mac OS X. You cannot start up your computer using the Previous System folder.
Archive and Install installations require the largest amount of available disk space because you need to have room to preserve your existing System and the new one you are installing. This is a good choice if you've already backed up your important files and are trying to resolve an existing issue. Mac OS X-installed applications, such as Address Book and Safari, are archived, and new versions are installed in the Applications folder. For a list of which files are archived, see this article.
Some applications, plug-ins, and other software may have to be reinstalled after an "Archive and Install." Fonts that were installed in the Fonts folder in the top-level Library folder can be installed in your new system by copying them from the Previous System folder.
About "Preserve Users and Network Settings"
You'll probably want to select the "Preserve Users and Network Settings" checkbox to import your existing accounts' Home folders, and network settings into the new system. Home folders include things such as:
- Files on your desktop and in the Documents folder
- Your personalized preference settings
- Address Book contacts and databases
- Favorite locations and Web browser bookmarks
- iTunes songs and iPhoto pictures
- Your network settings and locations
"Preserve Users and Network Settings" also copies the existing Shared folder in the Users folder to your new system.
Third-party software
Important: Usually it's best to reinstall third-party software after an Archive and Install installation to ensure they work correctly. The "Preserve Users and Network Settings" option leaves non-Apple-installed (third-party) items intact, though they may be moved, depending on their location.
After installation
You might wonder "What do I do with the Previous System folder?" It may contain items that you need. To determine this, once you've finished configuring, installing, and updating your applications, you can compare the Previous System to the new System. If there are things in the Previous System folder that aren't in the new System folder, copy them over or reinstall. If you're not sure what some items are (and don't seem to need them), leave them in the Previous System folder. Once you're comfortable that you've got everything you need out of it, you can delete the Previous System folder (or leave it around if you have enough free disk space).
You can't start up your computer using the Previous System folder, but settings, preference files, fonts, plug-ins, and other items remain available in case you need to access them (which you probably won't, if you use "Preserve Users and Network Settings").
Erase and Install
This option completely erases the destination volume, then installs a new copy of Mac OS X. You should always back up important files on the target volume before using this type of installation.
This is the fastest way to install Mac OS X, but it may take some time to set up your computer after installation. You will have to configure all of your computer settings, install your third-party and iLife applications, and restore your personal files from the backup you made.
Why use this option?
- If you've already backed up your computer, this might be a good choice if you are trying to resolve an existing issue and an Archive and Install installation didn't help.
- This option takes up the least amount of space when the installation is completed.
- This is a good option if you no longer need the information on the computer, and you have another computer that you would like to easily transfer stuff from ("migrate").
Volume format choices
Once you've selected this option, you can choose from two types of volume formats:
- Mac OS Extended (Journaled)—This is the default option and should be used unless you have a specific reason not to.
- UNIX File System—Only choose this option if you specifically need it.
Does an Erase and Install change partition configurations?
No, it uses the current settings. It also doesn't configure advanced RAID settings or perform a secure erase. If you want to do any of these things, use Disk Utility before installing; you can access Disk Utility while started from the Install disc.


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As we've noted in the past, hospitals are on not only an EMR buying binge, they're doing a lot of switching from one EMR to another. Check out these stats from Accenture:
Accenture research shows that 4 to 4.5 percent of hospitals plan to make an EMR buying decision each year. This
could exceed 110+ EMR contracts or 200 to 250 hospitals per year. This trend is expected to continue well into the
future. In fact, in 2012, 50 percent of EMR deals [were] replacements, up from 30 percent in 2011, according to KLAS Research.
Whether your hospital is a switcher, a late adopter or planning some kind of EMR upgrade, it's making a decision of grave importance. So what are some of the key considerations boards should bear in mind? Here's Accenture's list of five key questions boards should keep front and center as they consider (more) big EMR investments and plan for the future:
* Does your current system offer enough functionality to meet up and coming Meaningful Use requirements, such as the ability to make patient family health histories and imaging results available? Does your current or contemplated EMR vendor have plans in place to keep up with future requirements/changes?
* Is the EMR vendor's development strategy in line with your strategy? "Boards should ask of the EMR vendor: do they have adequate resources…to help complete the business roadmap on time and successfully?" Accenture asks. And just as importantly: "Can the vendor help ensure that future product functions are strategically aligned to the healthcare [system's] key initatives?"
* Is your hospital currently on track to meet ICD-10 adoption and Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements? Is your vendor going to be able to help support you in these efforts as your hospital works to meet these multiple goals, or does it lack the resources to do so?
* If we decide to switch EMRs, do we have the internal resources needed to support such a bandwidth-sucking effort? Given competition for healthcare IT labor today, will you have the ability to hire on additional resources if needed? And while you're at it, is your C-level and IT leadership solid enough to make such a treacherous journey?
* Can your hospital afford to switch EMRs, bearing in mind not only direct costs such as licensing, implementation and new technical support, but also ongoing support costs in the neighborhood of 20 percent per year?
To answer these questions, Accenture recommends you conduct an independent analysis of EMR vendors (presumably, rather than relying on analyst firms or peer feedback exclusively). This sounds like a very good idea to me.


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Being from El Dorado, AR, where there is nowhere to safely bike and run, I am extremely grateful for the 2 rivers trail. Sadly I have to drive 2 hours to enjoy it but well worth it every time. This area alone is one reason I plan on leaving south arkansas the first chance I get. I appreciate the effort and hard work it has taken to build an area so beautiful. If I had any suggestions at all I would advice hiring a part time security bicyclist to be in the area from time to time. I think this may cut down on some of the breaking or enterings. I mean we see it as crime but criminals see it at opportunity. Guess if I was a criminal and never saw law enforcement present on the trails, I would for sure take advantage. But hey, there is crime everywhere and I would rather my vehicle be broken into while out enjoying the sunshine and beautiful scenery, vs sitting in the house and your vehicle get broken into any way. I give an A for the trail overall and would recommend it to anyone.
This is my home trail. Park at the Big Dam Bridge during daylight hours and you shouldn't have any problem with crime due to lots of people being around. It is also safe to park in the River Market downtown and rent a bike. Technically; it is about a 15 mile loop if you make a circle from the Big Dam Bridge to downtown on both sides of the river. I would only suggest this route EARLY on a Saturday or Sunday morning for newbies due to some safety/route/traffic issues on the Little Rock side along Cantrell Road and Dillard's headquarters. The two best routes 7 days/week: A: out and back from the Big Dam Bridge to Downtown on the North Little Rock side(14 miles roundtrip). B: out and back from the Big Dam Bridge to Two Rivers Park on the Little Rock side(10 miles roundtrip). Both routes are good. Two Rivers Park can be very crowded on a nice weekend morning. Be sure to take the long loop at Two Rivers park which goes along the Little Maumelle River. Overall the trail would be considered relatively flat. Nice scenery of the Arkansas river at several spots. The A & B routes are uninterrupted by cars except for a 0.3 mile shared street in North Little Rock which has very low traffic. Bathrooms are at the Big Dam Bridge on the Little Rock side, Two Rivers Park and Downtown North Little Rock. If time allows for a bonus; drive up the hill to Emerald Park in North Little Rock and ride the paved 2-3 mile trail along the ridge for a nice aerial view of downtown and the river. The Arkansas River Trail is as good as anything I've personally ridden in Florida, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska.
The trail is great. But the police are having problem with car break in. Our friend had there car broke into. Stole her wallet and credit cards.
This trail is not in a good section of town. Be sure you leave no valuables or look like you have anything of value in your car. We were there parked between a BMW and Mercedes Benz in our Buick and our back window was smashed out and they ransacked the vehicle. When the police arrived they told us this happens all the time. There are folks there that are watching to see who drives what and when they ride off. I would not recommend this area to anyone. All bikers are great people and its a shame that the city doesn't have the man power to watch it better.
We recently visited Little Rock, Arkansas to experience the Arkansas River Trail. We like to ride the Rails to Trails conversions in particular, but had heard good things about the river trail. Our first ride began downtown at the Junction Bridge location in the Market area. Bikers can use the elevator to take them up a couple stories to the bridge connecting Little Rock with North Little Rock. Currently there are two construction sites on the north side which require a short detour until one can get on the actual trail. Completion date on the bridge and buildings should be in 6 months.
Once on the trail which runs along the Arkansas river for approximately six miles, you ride through various parks and ever changing landscapes. The surface is smooth and well maintained with frequent signage. The northside trail ends at the Big Dam Bridge which has a long manageable gradient offering spectacular views of the Arkansas River in both directions.
On our second day of riding we chose to park at Murray Park on the south side to avoid biking on the surface road which is necessary from downtown. Once at Murray Park the trail can be ridden east to Rebsamen Park and then a quick turnaround back to the west will take you past the Big Dam Bridge to the Two River Bridge. The trail from the Bridge to Maumette is spectacular.
the Arkansas River Trail, while not a Rails to Trails offers a variety of enjoyable experiences for all bikers and should be enjoyable throughout all seasons.
Little Rock has an excellent variety of restaurants and breweries. Lodging can be at several levels, but if you want a real treat, try the Empress of Little Rock. It is a trip back in time.
My husband and I traveled from Nebraska to ride this trail on Sept. 30. Our hotel was in the River Market area, just blocks from the river, the trail, great food, shopping and live music. We started our ride by crossing the Clinton Bridge. The north side of the trail was fantastic! Beautiful river views, several White Herons and sunning turtles. Due to some construction there is a slight detour but this is well marked. The Big Dam Bridge is certainly a highlight with several nice amenities including the bike repair and air station. Amazing views from the top! On the south side of the trail there was too much street riding for our liking. the bike lanes were fine, but not as much of a fan of the dedicated bike routes. That being said, Little Rock motorists were very respectful of cyclists. If I were to ride this again, I would go back over the Big Dam Bridge and retrace our route on the north side. A great asset for the citizens of Little Rock!
My wife and i started at Two Rivers Park and rode the entire loop. We started early to avoid the heat on Sept. 25th. I would not ride the entire loop other than Sunday because the street traffic could be a problem, especially downtown. There could have been a few more directional signs down town.
The area around the Big Dam Bridge was very busy. We both were astonished in the BDB and the expense someone went to for bikers and pedestrains to cross the river there at the dam. We love the trail. My wife usually only rides about 12 miles but she enjoyed it so much, she couldn't stop and turn around - plus she wanted to cross the Clinton bridge downtown.
This trail offers many obstacles from climbing the Big Dam Bridge to following the open roads in a few locations. There is little to no timely cleaning of the trail that leads to lots of spotty areas to dodge carefully. The changes in scenery are pretty grand though the pavement needs some TLC nearing the Clinton Library. Hopefully the trail will keep from flooding as the summer progresses. Not many places in the state that offer the distance of this measure.
This is a great trail! It is not under water or blocked in any way, is is well maintained. I ride on both sides of the river and have found many ways to change this trail up so as not get boring as I try to ride on it everyday on the way home after work and on the weekends. It is really the only safe way to ride in central Arkansas, meaning no cars. If you are in the area on a trip, try this trail, you will like it.
As of July 8th the trail loop is NOW open, although one section is still under water. There is a detour that still gives a beautiful ride and adds about a half a mile to the loop. There are detours as you get to downtown NLR and LR due to the demolition and construction of a new bridge. None the less bikers can enjoy all the sites and aromas along the trail. I recently passed several deer feeding about 20 ft off the paved trail. They gave me a bored look as I passed. But it is always wise to be on the lookout for a deer bolting across the path as there are long stretches where the undergrowth is right up to the pavement. I have seen deer sprint across the trail 30 to 40 feet in front of me. One other caution. There are several flocks of geese that bed down along the trail. Beware of goose grease! And when biking at a pretty fast clip the geese do NOT move even though you bike within 2 feet of them. They think they own the road.
At present (6/8/2015) there is no access to the Big Dam Bridge. Access on the N side of this bridge is under water. Riding a loop is literally impossible.
Riding east to west along the N side of the river, no notice of the closure of the Big Dam Bridge is given, nor is an alternative route offered.
On the S side of the river, riding from east to west a construction-related detour takes the rider through heavy downtown traffic with the added hazard of
trolly tracks. Not at all the experience sought by rail trail users.
These words provide some of the varied venues as I cruise the river trail. The big dam bridge(alleged to be the longest pedestrian bridge in the US) gives a dramatic view of the Little Rock skyline, tugs traversing the Murray Lock and Pinnacle Mountain to the west. Then glide through the cool wooded banks on he north side of the Arkansas river then through soccer fields of Burns Park and along the golf course and back into the woods. As you ascend the trail that is on a shelf overlooking the river you come to the ruins of an earlier era. The huge concrete structures are all that remains of the BIg Rock Quarry, that and the 200 foot orange red cliffs that encompass the overgrown carveout that was once the site of tons of rock being sent upstream and down 75 years ago. As you continue past the skateboard park area you can take a left for and climb to Fort Roots and left again on the trail before you enter the gates and see a breathtaking view of Little Rock and Pinnacle. An inspirational view and a bench situated to rest and reflect. Then back down to the trail and through downtown NLR and across the old Rock Island bridge that has been converted for bikers and pedestrians. It empties in front of the Clinton Presidential Library. Then head back upstream through the River Market and Riverfront Park and, in summer, through a 100 ft tunnel made of wisteria. After winding through streets of Little Rock speed past the little league ball fields and onto to Riverfront Drive for a great flat stretch to sprint for a mile +. Then along the Rebsman Golf course(watch out for hooks and slices) and through Murray Park. If you continue past the lock and dam you cross Jimmerson Creek and then enter Two Rivers Park via the Two Rivers Bridge which carries you over the Little Maumelle River. You will soon find yourself on a mile long stretch that, at times, could be in the everglades or the bayou of southern Louisiana so secluded and dense the vegetation. And the subtle sweet smell of slow moving water and decaying vegetation in the low-lying areas belies the surrounding mountainous terrain. But be careful that you do not collide with one of the deer that populate the woods and upcoming fields. I've counted up to 30 deer gazing at dawn. Once just missed an eight point buck 2 feet off the trail in the early morning light. As the trail enters the main part of 2 Rivers Park(formerly known as Pleasant Valle Penal Farm that had it's on "box" as in "a night in the box" form Cool Hand Luke) you can turn left and enjoy the trails and bike up the shore of the Little Maumelle or go right and head out to Maumelle Park a couple of miles up County Farm Road and Pinnacle Valley Road about 2.5 miles and on to Highway 300 and Pinnacle Park. It is truly a rare opportunity for relaxation, excitement and adventure. And is one of the best bike trails anywhere in the US.
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|A snuggly California mouse pair.
Photo from the Marler lab.
|A lone wire-walking white-footed mouse.
Photo by the National Park Service.
Cathy Marler and her colleagues at the University of Wisconsin at Madison recently explored this question. They compared four groups of male mice: (1) California mice that won three challenges and had a saline injection after each win, (2) white-footed mice that won three challenges and had a testosterone injection after each win, (3) white-footed mice that won three challenges and had a saline (without hormone) injection after each win, and (4) white-footed mice that were handled by researchers three times (and had no dominance challenges) and had a testosterone injection after each time they were handled. Then they placed each mouse with a new challenger and measured what percentage of males in each group were dominant versus subordinate.
However, testosterone injections alone were not enough to increase the chances of winning: the white-footed mice that had testosterone injections without winning challenges were just as likely to lose their next challenge as those that had saline injections and won previous challenges. It's the combination of winning experience paired with a surge of testosterone that is the winning formula. You can think of it this way: When (fictional) scientists gave frail Steve Rogers "Super Soldier Serum" to turn him into Captain America, it only worked because Steve Rogers was already a winner at heart. Had they given the serum to someone less remarkable, Michael Cera, for example, they just would have ended up with this:
|Michael Cera's attempt to be Captain America. Photo by Gage Skidmore.
In the end, the experience of winning is critical to the Winner Effect: Testosterone alone won't help you win your next challenge. So don't think steroids are gonna help you if you suck at your sport of choice. You have to already be a winner for extra testosterone to help you win… and at that point, who needs it?
Want to know more? Check these out:
1. Fuxjager MJ, Montgomery JL, & Marler CA (2011). Species differences in the winner effect disappear in response to post-victory testosterone manipulations. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 278 (1724), 3497-503 PMID: 21490015
2. Oyegbile TO, & Marler CA (2005). Winning fights elevates testosterone levels in California mice and enhances future ability to win fights. Hormones and behavior, 48 (3), 259-67 PMID: 15979073


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[Macklin] is unique in his ability to work with essentially the same motifs on any scale, from tiny ceramic table sculptures in porcelain to enormous steel constructions... Macklin's extraordinary ability to build overall configurations from side-by-side attachments may account for both his poetry and mastery of scale.
Terry Fenton, 2000
Steel and concrete, those quintessential materials of industrialization and urbanization are given a new lease on life in Ken's newest works. The glorious plasticity with which he uses both materials, the way he "folds" the concrete, the way he shapes the steel in organic shapes and biomorphic ways, and above all the way he over-paints with colour with the immediacy of graffiti artists - when we put these together, Macklin teeters us back and forth between nature (a constant in his work and life) and built environments.
Caterina Pizanias, PhD, 2004
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Is this chart to give to students or is it for you to revise? It's OK for revision although too much simplification can be problematic. There's also a mistake in the past continuous box.
The future is very difficult to simplify because we don't have a proper future tense, we just modify verbs and use other tenses to indicate the future. You might want to break up that section into different ways of talking about the future.
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June 20, 2013
Leon Harris gives the commencement address to the South County High School class of 2013.
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South County High School has said goodbye to its first graduating class. The school, known as South County Secondary School until middle school students were relocated to a nearby building last year, held its commencement ceremony for the class of 2013 on Monday, June 17 at the Patriot Center.
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This weekend, Chicago will host NATO's 2012 summit meeting. Heads of state from across the world including President Barack Obama will gather in the city to discuss issues of international importance. Peruse any page of the local press, however, and one quickly discovers that Chicagoans are far more interested in the protests and demonstrations that will accompany NATO's visit than with the summit itself. Schools, roads, offices, and cultural institutions like the Field Museum will all close this weekend in anticipation of the estimated 10,000 protestors that will converge on the city. The Occupy Movement, National Nurses United, the United National Antiwar Committee, Iraq Veterans against the War, and a number of other groups have all planned demonstrations throughout the downtown area. The city has responded by virtually closing the Loop.
This, of course, is not the first time large demonstrations have preoccupied the city. Chicago has long been a beacon of free speech, the site of countless strikes, boycotts, protests, and rallies that have shaped the city's character and the nation's conscience. In a recent Chicago Tribune piece, former Scholl Center Director Toby Higbie brings this important historical context to the forthcoming NATO demonstrations. An art studio in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood is currently functioning as a kind of protest factory where volunteers hand-paint the banners, placards, and signs that demonstrators will carry. Indeed, the arts have been central to the recent rise of social movements like Occupy. Creative banners with their catchy one-liners and ad-hoc libraries with their underground fiction have become an iconography of protest, the favored displays of photojournalists and demonstrators alike. But as Higbie, who is currently an Associate Professor of History at UCLA, notes, the art of the Occupy Movement really represents "a resurgence in the visual culture of protests."
Higbie should know. Back in 2004 when he was Director of the Scholl Center, Higbie co-curated an entire exhibit on protest politics titled "Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition" with Peter T. Alter of the Chicago History Museum (then the Chicago Historical Society). Through text, documents, photographs, and even artistic banners from the Newberry and the Museum's collections, Outspoken explores movements for free speech and human rights in Chicago from the abolitionists of the 1860s to the student protesters of the 1960s. The project was also one of the Newberry's first digital publications, opening a permanent virtual exhibit alongside the library's physical exhibit. This virtual exhibit includes dozens of primary sources for classroom use, and remains online and available today.
This weekend Chicago's free speech tradition will be on display again. While many may complain about the disruptions caused by the protests, Higbie and "Outspoken" suggest these demonstrations are not a departure from the city's daily rhythms. Rather, they are intimately a part of Chicago's identity and history.
By Chris Cantwell