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Directed by Wabash junior Reynaldo Pacheco, the show stars Wabash students Andrew Dits, Francis Raycroft, Joey Smith, and Tyler Bernet; Wabash staff member Steve Hester; and Crawfordsville's Niki Hutson, Carol Homann, Nancy Rodenbeck, and Terry Swift.
The comedy is the story of Lloyd Fellowes, the director of a theatre company producing a farcical play called Nothing On. Fellowes is desperately trying to get his production together, despite the best efforts of the cast, the crew, and Lady Luck. The audience follows production from final rehearsals, through opening night, and onto the tour. Romances and arguments break out. Quite often, what's happening on stage is nothing compared to what's happening backstage.
"Despite the humor in the play, Noises Off is one of the most demanding shows to make," Pacheco says. "The show went on because we put our hearts in it. I'm very thankful to all the cast members for making the impossible into a great play."
Performances are scheduled March 17, 18, and 19 with an 8:00 p.m. curtain each night. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the Vanity Theater at 122 S. Washington Street or by calling 362-7077. Wabash students with a valid I.D. will be admitted for $5 Thursday only.
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buying in Europe Model S
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same here. i might want to ship the model S over to singapore as it might be cheaper than buying it off the local market (if they even ship it in in the first place). As what many have said in the forums the electric car doesnt require much maintenance, PLUS tesla has their own service rangers. so actually it is possible to buy it off another country's market with the cheaper price.
I would check with Tesla about the warranty and any Service Rangers before I bought the car in the US and shipped it to your country. You might get warranty issues. I would also look at the different country markets here in Europe. Norway, Sweden, UK etc do not use Euros so the pricing will be different. I suggest comparing Roadster US and Europe prices to get a feel for the difference, I assume (I don't know) that the price differential will about the same for the Model S.
Hello Dom-Per,
The price for Europe hasn't been communicated yet, but you can take the Roadster as a reference.
The Roadster has an starting price of $ 109´000. In the Netherlands (I assume you are a fellow Dutchman) the starting price is €84´000 excl. VAT (BTW), € 99´960 incl VAT.
When you translate that to dollars: € 112'560 and € 133'946
For the Model S that would mean: € 43'540 and € 51'813
Remember this is a starting price.
Using $1.34 = €1 currency rate
If you are buying the car as a private car it's quite a bit more expensive, yet there is nothing to gain by importing it yourself as you'd have to pay the VAT too.
However, should you buy it as a company car things change dramatically (if legislation doesn't change). First: you don't pay VAT, which makes the car only $ 3560,= more expensive. No road tax, no BPM (Dutch luxury tax on cars), up to and including 2014 no income tax influence (bijtelling) after that only 7%. You can write off 160% of the car (enviromental investement tax measure).
Easier yet, call Rogier Kroymans for a test drive in the Roadster +31 615 959 999 and let him calculate the entire picture for you.
If you don't intend to buy a Roadster and just the Model S, I do suggest you leave home your check book or enough change in your pocket to make a silly impulsive decision.
When you translate that to dollars: € 112'560 and € 133'946
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When you translate that to dollars: $ 112'560 and $ 133'946
don't trust rumors. there seem to be even rumors that it will cost 100'000$ in the US too. As we saw with the roadster, it will be more expensive here in europe. But we have to wait to see how much.
Would like to know WHEN Tesla is gone announce the price in US and Europe! Cannot wait to select colour, interior etc!

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Vladimir Rumyantsev – IKIF
19th International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Hunter College
July 22nd, 2017
Scriabin: Prelude for the Left Hand, Op. 9
Balakirev: Islamey – Oriental Fantasy, Op. 18
Scriabin: Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Rachmaninoff: Five Preludes
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244/2
with cadenza by Rachmaninoff
Vladimir Rumyantsev is a 30 year old Russian pianist who has studied at both the Moscow Conservatory and Mannes College. He has already won many competitions, and played in numerous important halls. He has a serious demeanor, and a no-nonsense, all-business approach to the instrument. And he's quite a terrific pianist!
One could tell he breathes the lush romanticism of the Scriabin Prelude from the first note, and his playing of the other Scriabin work for left hand alone, the Nocturne, was equally impressive. He showed the patience to take plenty of time, and make it as gorgeous, and expressive as possible.
Islamey, which he played between the Scriabin pieces, had great zest, and there was wonderful clarity in the complicated figurations. By contrast, the middle section sounded expansive, and he later demonstrated a great understanding of pacing as he built up to a thrilling conclusion.
Mr. Rumyantsev's Gaspard was excellent. In Ondine he again took his time, and reveled in the sensuousness of the piano's sound. Le Gibet with those constant pulsing B-Flats surrounding the quiet drama of the work was never stagnant, as it is in some readings. In Scarbo, which starts with a sense of foreboding, he kept the audience emotionally off balance with the startling pauses, and mood shifts.
The first two Rachmaninoff Preludes were played a bit slower than one often hears them. However, the first, in D Minor, was played creatively, almost as a ballade, and the second in D Major, showed a loving attention to details. The G Minor had a strong opening section by contrast with the lush and beautiful middle section. The E-Flat Major was wonderful, with left hand comments on the right hand melody. The last of the group, the C Minor Prelude, was appropriately turbulent.
The Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 was played with elegance, swagger and imagination. The show-stopper, however, was the Rachmaninoff cadenza, which I had never heard before. We expect such things from Horowitz performances but this Rachmaninoff cadenza is, somehow, more shocking. One hears in it very much Rachmaninoff's personality, as if he's paying Liszt a visit. With glissandi, brilliant passage work, harmonies typical of the Russian composer, and one section where the mood is similar to that in his Polka de W.R. it was quite sensational!
Mr. Rumyantsev played one encore, something totally different from everything else on the program, but for its brilliance. It was Oscar Peterson's arrangement of the blues song "Makin' Whopee", and boy, did he go to town with it!
Donald Isler
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An actor died during a Passion play in Brazil on Good Friday when he accidentally hanged himself portraying Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, during a suicide scene, msnbc.com is reporting via TV Record.
Tiago Klimeck, 27, died during a stage performance of "Passion of the Christ," msnbc reported:
While enacting the death scene, Klimeck hung for four minutes on a tree before other actors realized something was wrong.
Janaina Carvalho, a member of the theatre group, told Yahoo! News, "I started talking to Tiago and asked him to help us to take the rope. When I realized he did not answer, I and other actors call for help."
Klimeck was unconscious when removed from the tree, and immediately rushed to the hospital. Scans found the incident caused cerebral anoxia due to lack of oxygen to the brain, leading to a medically induced coma. The actor was placed on life support following the tragedy, and removed just over two weeks later on April 22 when he passed. An autopsy was scheduled for the next day.


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"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them." ― Mark Twain
We have always imagined good libraries as very quiet places but the truth is that there is much more behind this kind of space which makes us so productive. In addition to silence, we also enjoy some privacy, little corners are greatly appreciated. Daylight plays a very important role and high ceilings which help to reflect that light makes us feel comfortable and relaxed. However, all this is not enough, libraries are an architecture result which make people interested in culture too, in the unknown, they help us be more creative…
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Architect: Chiaki Arai Urban and Architecture Design
Year: 2008
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2. South Mountain Community Library
Location: Phoenix (USA)
Architect: Richärd+Bauer
Year: 2011
Brief Description: The interior of the building is lined in an acoustical cedar wood, frosted and laser cut acrylic panels reflect patterned abstractions of the agriculture that once was an integral part of the community. Read more here.
3. Tama Art University Library
Location: Tokyo (Japan)
Architect: Toyo Ito
Year: 2013
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Architect: Ramon Esteve
Year: 2010
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Year: 2010
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Is Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd "Mr. Popularity" or what?
The under-fire incumbent has no less than five Republicans running against him for next year's election! Strangely, his approval numbers have substantially improved in recent weeks. Problem -- for him-- is that they had fallen so far, there was only one direction for them to go. Between a series of ethics questions raised by Dodd's relationship with the sub-prime mortgage lender Countrywide Financial and the fact he moved his family to Iowa in 2007 to run for president, it's no surprise that his constituents turned on him. He still has a ways to go: An incumbent is considered in trouble when his approval or re-elect numbers are under 50 percent. Dodd's current numbers are 43-49. That said, it's better to have numbers like that 14 months from election day -- rather than four (months or weeks or days).
But what has made this interesting is the diversity of the GOP field (there's also one Democrat looking to challenge Dodd in the primary). Former Rep. Rob Simmons was one of the first out of the gate. But as a recently-defeated House member, he counts as "normal" (as do both the former ambassador and state senator who are in). This week, however, came the two wild-cards. Both Linda McMahon and Peter Schiff aren't your usual run-of-the-mill politicians.
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Linda is also known as Mrs. Vince McMahon -- as in the World Wrestling Entertainment fame (or infamy). But while Vince is the bombastic loud-mouthed frontman, Linda has been recognized as the legitimate brains and business savvy that helped create a billion-dollar enterprise. While Linda might not be allowed to body-slam her opponents, she might have just the right skill set to make it through the primary and then knock out (figuratively speaking) Chris Dodd. Hey, it worked in Minnesota for Jesse Ventura.
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Nintendo 3DS is a very, very different hand held game than the GameBoy Advance I had about 100 years ago. I've heard of the DS line, and obviously knew that technology had advanced, but when we turned this machine on I was blown away. The COLOR GameBoy had just come out when I had one. Yes, the color. I am, apparently, getting old.
This handheld device is far more than a gaming device with amazing graphics and sound. There's a little switch you can turn on (or off) for 3D viewing. No glasses needed. That alone blew me away (The kids think its neat too).
As of June 7, 2011, a new alliance with Simon Property Group, the country's largest owner, developer and manager of high-quality retail real estate, will provide Nintendo 3DS owners with complimentary wireless connections at nearly 200 Simon™ shopping malls throughout the country. Nintendo 3DS users can also access hotspots at more than 1,000 Best Buy stores. Through an expanded agreement with AT&T, Nintendo 3DS users will have access to nearly 24,000 of AT&T's Wi-Fi hotspots.
So it's a gaming device, with 3D capabilities, and you can get online with it. Plus the games themselves are really very cool, at least the ones we've checked out…one is a 3DS game the others are DS games. Think it sounds kind of…awesome, and really cool? It is. And then some.
Nintendogs & Cats (Toy Poodle) came to us with our 3DS system. This is a cute virtual pet game, with the idea that the more you interact with and play with your pet, the more they do for you. They even can recognize YOU when you hold your 3DS close to your face, and we've even had our pooch try to lick us! Between the touch screen, the camera and the microphone, you are really able to interact a lot with your new virtual puppy or kitten- and oh, are they cute! Fluffy fur and adorable faces, very hard to resist.
The 3DS is also a pedometer. You can walk your Nintendog on the 3DS. It won't take your actual dog out for a walk, you'll need to do that for yourself. But if your 3DS is powered on in sleep mode and closed, it will work as a pedometer. (Given that you can also import a playlist on this…and share it…its hard to keep coming up with excuses to hate exercise. Get bored, just stop your walk and walk your Nintendog!! )
Using your 3DS as a pedometer also means you are earning PlayCoins and StreetPass Sharing. You get 1 PlayCoin for every 100 steps. I'm thinking with kids this could be a good motivator to get them moving instead of just sitting to play all the time. StreetPass is also enabled with the 3DS powered on in sleep mode and closed.
There's so many cool features to the 3DS – you can actually do 3D pictures that are able to be shared- how cool is that? You can actually set a timer and take a photo of yourself in 3D…how many of your Facebook friends have that for their profile photo? None of mine do!
One thing I wasn't sure about but my PR rep was quick to reassure me about was using other DS games on the 3DS. I wasn't sure if you could view them properly with the 3D features. I mentioned it above but you can turn OFF the 3D feature with a slide of the switch- very simple, very easy. Also nice for little kids who you may not want playing in 3D. I won't lie, my 37 year old eyes are simply not used to 3D all the time and I can't keep it on for long. My very-soon-to-be-6 year old loves it.
This is a really cool gaming device. It is pricey at $249.99, but it also JUST came out a few months ago. There aren't a ton of 3D games just yet, but I am quite certain that more and more games will come out before the holiday season…and you can still play "regular" DS games on it. The additional features offer you so much versatility- playlists, pedometer, wi-fi internet…it almost suggests something far more than a gaming device to me.
I'm hoping that there are some cool Scrabble type games that come out soon, but I'm a nut for word games. Want to grab a 3DS for yourself or a gift? Visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/ to locate a retailer near you.
Launch Date: March 27, 2011
Price: $249.99
Included in Hardware:
- Nintendo 3DS system
- Nintendo 3DS charging cradle
- Nintendo 3DS AC adapter
- Nintendo 3DS stylus
- SD Memory Card (2GB)
- AR Card(s) (view the cards using the outer cameras to play supported AR games)
- Quick-Start Guide
- Operations Manual (including warranty)
Characteristic Features:
- 3D screen, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses and the ability to adjust or turn off 3D effect with the 3D Depth Slider.
- Stereo cameras that enable users to take 3D photos that can be viewed instantly on the 3D screen.
- New input interfaces including the Circle Pad, motion sensor, gyro sensor
- SpotPass, a feature that lets Nintendo 3DS detect wireless hotspots or wireless LAN access points and obtain information, game data, free software, videos and so on for players even when the system is in sleep mode.*
- StreetPass, a feature that lets Nintendo 3DS exchange data automatically with other Nintendo 3DS systems within range, even in sleep mode once this feature is activated by the user. Data for multiple games can be exchanged simultaneously.
- Convenient features that users can access without stopping game play such as the HOME menu, Internet Brower, Notifications, etc.
- Plenty of built-in software such as the Nintendo 3DS Camera, Nintendo 3DS Sound, Mii Maker, StreetPass Mii Plaza, AR Games, Activity Log, Face Raiders, etc.
- Nintendo eShop where users can view trailers, software rankings and purchase software.
- System Transfer which enable users to transfer already purchased software from one Nintendo 3DS system to another. DSiWare purchased for the Nintendo DSi or the Nintendo DSi XL can also be transferred into a Nintendo 3DS system.**
- Compatibility functions where both new software designed for Nintendo 3DS and most software for the Nintendo DS family of systems can be played.
- Parental Controls which enable parents to restrict game content by ratings as well as use of specific wireless connectivity, 3D functionality, etc.***
Size (when closed): 2.9 inches high, 5.3 inches long, 0.8 inches deep.
Weight: Approximately 8 ounces (including battery pack, stylus, SD memory card).
Upper Screen: Wide-screen LCD display, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses. Capable of displaying approximately 16.77 million colors. 3.53 inches display (3.02 inches wide, 1.81 inches high) with 800 x 240 pixel resolution. 400 pixels are allocated to each eye to enable 3D viewing.
Lower Screen: LCD with a touch screen capable of displaying 16.77 million colors. 3.02 inches (2.42 inches wide, 1.81 inches high) with 320 x 240 pixel resolution.
Cameras: One inner camera and two outer cameras. Resolutions are 640 x 480 for each camera. Lens are single focus and uses the CMOS capture element. The active pixel count is approximately 300,000 pixels.
Wireless Communication: 2.4 GHz. Enabling local wireless communication among multiple Nintendo 3DS systems for game play and StreetPass. Enabling access to the Internet through wireless LAN access points (supports IEEE802.11 b/g with the WPA™/WPA2™ security feature). Recommended distance of wireless communication is within 98.4 feet. This can be shorter depending on the enviromental situation. WPA and WPA2 are marks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
As 2014 comes to a close it is time to reflect on some great progress on our pioneering conservation project deep in the Amazon rainforest. But before I look back on all the successes of the year, the last couple of months have been outstanding in their own right. With volunteer numbers maintaining themselves over the festive period we have pushed on in many projects and had some breath-taking sightings around the reserve. In addition, 5th November saw us celebrate our 13th anniversary. It is amazing to think that we have been able to do so much at Taricaya in that time and with the help of close to 2000 volunteers to date our progress has made me very proud. There have been mistakes and disappointments, no project could expect otherwise, but the positives have made all the hard work worthwhile as we evolve and improve the future looks very bright for Taricaya and our efforts to conserve the rainforest.
Capuchin Monkey Release
In November it was the turn of our mixed troop of capuchin monkeys to be returned to the wild. Both species, brown (Cebus apella) and white-fronted (Cebus albifrons), have been sighted in the reserve although the latter is much rarer. We decided to release the group as one troop to increase their chances of survival with a higher number of individuals. Their wild behaviour and foraging habits are very similar and the hope is that if they encounter wild groups of their kind that they will splinter off and join these other troops. The release site was located and all six individuals placed in kennels for the long hike. These monkeys are very intelligent and if they return to the camp they could cause a lot of damage to buildings and other projects so we needed to ensure that they stay away either in the reserve or adjoining national park.
The monkeys were released around 3km from the camp and three of the individuals had radio collars to track the progress of the group. We were joined for the release by government officials and the adventure was a huge success. Regardless of the number of times we have liberated animals over the years the sense of satisfaction is overwhelming. The rest is up to them as they reintegrate themselves into the complex ecosystem that is the tropical rainforest and I am confident that this is not the last we shall see of them.
Animal Rescue Centre
Unfortunately this time of year sees more unwanted animals arrive at the rescue centre. The onset of the rains allows humans access to remoter parts of the forest by river and brazil nut collectors, loggers and palm leaf harvesters now abound all over the region. These people do not enter the forest specifically to hunt but bush meat is a source of protein and will never be passed up when diets consist of beans, rice and bananas. In the last two months we have received four new animals: Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek), red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus), scarlet macaw (Ara macao) and a jaguarundi (Puma yagouarundi).
The monkeys were both babies and almost certainly the mothers were killed for food and the babies taken from the fallen body. This is tragic but unfortunately we cannot dwell too long on how these youngsters arrived at the centre but just in getting them healthy and ready for release into an area where the same fate will never await them. In the case of the magnificent scarlet macaw, the likelihood is that the chick was found in a felled tree. Over recent years we have received fewer and fewer parrots and macaws and whilst in appearance this is a good thing I am less convinced. In the case of the macaws, their preferred nesting sites are tall emergent canopy trees. These tend to be the hard woods and first choice for loggers. The lack of macaws arriving in the centre reflects the fact that these hardwood trees are no longer easy to find. Their absence is critical for the macaws as they have lost their nesting sites and I believe that wild numbers must be dropping just as those found in captivity. I hope I am wrong but there is definitely a connection between the two.
The final arrival was a young kitten. The jaguarundi is a very elusive cat seldom seen in the wild. Reclusive and dark in colour means that it is very hard to pick out in the dense shade of the forest and I can only assume that the mother had strayed too close to a farmer hunting his chickens or ducks and was shot as a result. The young male was injured but on arrival was quickly treated and is now fighting fit and the terror of any shoes it can pounce on. We have a female in the centre so my hope is that when the youngster grows we can try and start a captive breeding program. It would be amazing to release young cats back into the reserve.
Biodiversity Research
The last couple of months our sensor cameras and mist nets have given us much to discuss. The former gave us a video clip of an animal that I have only ever seen once in my 17 years in the jungle, the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus). This amazing creature is incredibly rare and so elusive that even if you know where a nest is you will still struggle to see it. The size height of a pig and much wider, the video of this animal is breath-taking as it trundles along one of our trails through the forest. In the same location we also caught on video jaguar (Panthera onca), collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu), red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) and much more.
In our final mist netting transect of the year we found bird species number 462 for the reserve. The Blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) is a small hummingbird characterised by two blue tail feathers that are almost impossible to distinguish in the field. By capturing one in our nets we were finally able to confirm its presence in the area and take our staggering total to well over 450.
The rains have also set the reserve alive with the sound of frogs calling for mates and marking territories. We encountered a beautiful clown tree frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus) and not soon afterwards a deadly predator of frogs and many other animals- the bushmaster snake (Lachesis muta).
2014 in Summary….
This year we received 214 volunteers who all contributed time and hard work to our projects. Their dedication has enabled us to achieve so much over the last 12 months…..
We released over 800 baby turtles back into the river after our 5 month turtle program finished. We have reintroduced two established troops of monkeys and many other animals back into the wild. We have been recognised, once again, as the best animal rescue centre in Peru. We approach a world record for bird diversity and coupled with our other research work Taricaya is known as one of the planet's global hotspots for biodiversity. Our dedication to reforestation and environmental awareness has seen us broadcast messages on national television and hold events in the nearby town of Puerto Maldonado….
These are some of our major achievements from 2014 but every day at Taricaya is important and we win and lose small battles as we continue to fight to protect the world's most diverse ecosystem. I am proud that the positives far outweigh the setbacks and I look forward to 2015 and all the challenges it will bring. As more and more people realise that nature needs our help I hope that even more volunteers will join us in 2015 and we can continue to progress and develop that which we started 13 years ago!
Stuart Timson
Conservation Director, Projects Abroad
6st January, 2015


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Funplace necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Royal Vista Golf Club
We manage ~7 Golf Courses around Northern and Southern California.
Photos of the golf course can be found here:
1. Present and future golfers who will golf at our facility.
2. Members of the Golf Course
3. People looking to book a Tee Time or book Golf Tournaments
4. Home owners around the golf course
We like the web site to have a classy but a modern look.
We like: (1) one main page design and (2) two inner page design we can use as templates to list additional details of the facility.
The main page should:
1. Deliver a graphically pleasing re-design for: http://www.larv.com
2. Have an area where we can integrate facebook into the front page. Here is an example of our WIP site: http://www.thegolfclubatbrentwood.com
3. The menu should have the following: The Club, The Course, Book a Tee time, News, Calendar of Events, Membership, Rates, Lessons, Tournaments, Junior Golf, Snack Bar, Weddings and Banquets, Directions, Contact Us, Classified, Advertise, Member Login, Sign up for a news letter.
4. Here are examples of sites we have/are re-designed: http://thegolfclubatlaquinta.com/, http://www.thegolfclubatfallbrook.com/, http://www.thegolfclubatriovista.com/ (WIP) or http://www.thegolfclubatbrentwood.com/ (WIP).
Inner page should:
1. Have a header. Please review the golf course sites listed above for examples.
2. Examples of how we can layout the inner page with text and photos of our golf course.
Please refrain from:
1. Using too much green. I cannot stress this enough... just because its a golf course doesn't mean we want to use green or grass every where.
2. Using too much cheesy image of golf clubs or golf balls.
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Non-Edison DC4W Run
Central Oregon has been inundated by late season snow, so we decided not to go to Edison, even though it would have been legal. We decided to leave the trails to the snowmobilers a little longer and let them enjoy the fresh powder. So we went a little bit south of Edison in the Wake Butte area.
Unfortunately, I did not get to go. I had pneumonia last week and managed to fracture a rib in a coughing fit. So I sat at home while the others had fun.
This run usually attracts a large number of rigs, but with the deep snow, we had a smaller turnout. Good thing. Too many rigs on a deep snow run can get a bit difficult.
Thank you, Just Duckie Mona, for taking the pics and videos!!!!
Beau and Michelle and Gracie having fun
Nathan the snow storm just getting started
Missy Shawna and The Mom
Oliver having a good time
Jon having a good time too
Ethan having a good time!!
A perfect ending for a perfect day with 50 elk crossing the road.
We have lots of kids in the club and Gracie is one of the cutest!! Gracie is in love with my son Josh (yellow gaters). Watch carefully, Gracie navigates by kneecap:
Patti Pyland
Deschutes County 4-Wheelers
Oregon Executive Director Staff
PNW Forum Leader Team Member
Region 6 Delegate
Bend, Oregon
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Melody the iron princess is coming to the strength forums
Lets give this female athlete a warm welcome and lets remember to appreciate an athlete for their goals and accomplishments. She is a top female Power Lifter. Nationally ranked and well respected. We are blessed to be having her join us here
She should start being active tonight or tomorrow
Keep it respectful, this is a PL strength section lets learn and appreciate what one of the best in this sport has to offer
Love this girl and thanks
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AdsUpNow necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Lower Payment Guarantee
We are a launching a new product that will allow dealers across America to guarantee to their customers that they can lower their car payments. This amazing guarantee needs your killer designs.
This product will be an add-on product for some of our other advertising products. It will appear in print, web and tv campaigns.
We like the idea of a some sort of a shield - similar to supermedia.com - but we're not locked in on that. Also most auto manufacturers have developed Certified pre owned logos that look pretty good.
As far as colors go - we aren't married to any color - we would like to see the logos look good on as many sites as possible ie. a Ford site will likely be based on Blue and a Toyota site will likely be based on red. Our logo needs to look good on either site.
Our target audience will be car shoppers - more specifically car shoppers who are frustrated with traditional car sales tactics and who will respond well to guaranteed offers.
We need several different versions of the same main logo.
We need:
One plain stacked version. "Lower Payment Guarantee"
One plain horizontal version. "Lower Payment Guarantee"
One "process" version - "Lower Payment Guarantee Process" the word process can be part of the logo but clearly an add-on
One "Certified Dealer" version - this one needs to look very official as it will go onto many different advertisements for the dealership.
One "Certification Event" version - this one will be used on advertisements as well - to help drive traffic to the dealership.
We will also need one color versions of each.
The final files should be CMYK - *.ai - CS3 and should include any used fonts.
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Learn how farmers and restaurants collaborate to supply fresh local food to restaurants.
Farm to Restaurant Recipes and Shopping Tips
Essential Roasted Tomato-Jalapeno Salsa Recipe
Ginger-Spiced Pumpkin Bisque Soup Recipe
Shopping for Sustainable Seafood
Market growers and chefs are teaming up to serve fresh, local fare in restaurants across the country.
Fresh ingredients constitute the hallmark of great cuisine, and top-ranked professional chefs take them very seriously, going to great lengths to procure the best for their culinary creations. In 1993, a group of like-minded chefs founded a national organization called the Chefs Collaborative to promote restaurant offerings based on such ingredients—fresh, local, in-season and sustainably raised.
"You can't have great cuisine without using great local ingredients," says Rick Bayless, Chefs Collaborative board member and chef-owner of the Frontera Grill and Topolobampo Restaurant in Chicago. The menus at his establishments include direct references to and tantalizing hints of the links he has established with local farmers and market gardeners. Among the offerings: "Maple Creek Farm pork loin in dark, spicy, honeyed pasilla sauce with mashed butternut squash and wilted spinach;" "charcoal-seared Crawford Farm lamb simmered with guajillo chilies, roasted tomatoes and garlic;" and "braised Swan Creek Farm rock hen with roasted apples, guajillo chilies and cilantro."
All of the Collaborative's chefs (more than 150) reach out to their suppliers—market gardeners, pastured-meat producers, foragers, shepherds and fishermen—in similar ways to form partnerships that also promote fair wages for the growers, support the local economy and encourage sustainable growing practices.
"We seduce the customer first with flavor, and then we tell them about the ingredients and from where they come," Bayless says. As a result, foods now being grown regionally for his restaurants, which specialize in authentic Mexican dishes, include the menu meats, plus chipotle peppers, andouille sausage, tomatoes, onions and squash.
Bayless has taken the chef-producer relationship even further by setting up the Frontera Farmer Foundation, which provides capital development grants to small, sustainable farms serving his and other area restaurants and farmer's markets. The long-term benefits of such efforts, Bayless says, include direct participation in grower expansion, access to new and unusual crops, and a blurring of chef and grower roles for the benefit of all.
Nurturing the Ties Between Chefs and Farmers
Most chefs in the Collaborative, including 2002 James Beard Foundation award-winner Greg Higgins of Higgins Restaurant and Bar in Portland, Oregon, insist on personal links to their suppliers. They visit the farms, learn the growers' techniques and become friends.
"I look for almost a kindred relationship between plants and growers," Higgins says. "Their products seem to have something extra." Among the extraordinary ingredients he can feature in his restaurant as a consequence of these ties are Oregon hazelnuts, Rogue River blue cheese and Pacific Northwest wild mushrooms, fiddlehead ferns, truffles and huckleberries.
The wild-gathered foods are purchased from Lars Norgren, whose wild-crafting business is called Peak Forest Fruit. "Ours is a mutually beneficial relationship," Norgren says. "Greg gets ingredients he couldn't find elsewhere when he wants them, and they're fresh—only a couple of hours old. And he makes it possible for me to pay as much as I can to the pickers, who know where to find the best wild crops."
In Chicago, Bayless says of his Foundation work, "We consider the farmers who grow for us our partners, and the health of their business is important to the health of ours." The first growers to benefit from a Foundation grant, in 2000, were Bill Warner and Judy Hageman, a husband-and-wife team of specialty market gardeners. They operate Snug Haven Farm at Bellville, Wisconsin.
Among the food items they grow and sell to area restaurants throughout the winter months is fresh baby spinach, produced in heated hoophouses, some of which were paid for with Foundation assistance.
"Frontera prepaid for half their winter tomato order so we were able to build three more houses, making us sustainable," Warner says. "And, we were able to hire employees and pay them a decent wage. In time, the business has become secondary; it's the relationship that counts."
Warner and Hageman, along with members of a cooperative of specialty growers called Home Grown Wisconsin, supply Bayless and 40 other gourmet restaurants in Chicago, and Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, year-round. The co-op growers pool their crops for weekly deliveries to the various restaurants; their operations range from a half-acre raspberry patch to a 50-acre vegetable farm. They produce such items as heirloom tomatoes; baby greens, including magenta lamb's quarter; crosnes (Watch for an upcoming story on this rare root crop. —MOTHER); winter squash; berries; specialty melons; peppers; herbs; and antique apples. Eighty percent of the offering is certified Organic; the rest is certified Naturally Grown.
Co-op manager Rink DaVee, who also owns and operates Shooting Star Farm at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, says Home Grown Wisconsin members don't have to worry about finding markets, loading and unloading, or delivering their goods because the co-op assumes those tasks for them. "Our growers are good at providing variety and trying new things, and that inspires the chefs," he says. "The (chef-grower) partnership lets the growers do their thing. We get premium prices because of the quality we provide and, in turn, the farm has become connected to the restaurant menus." An added bonus; he says, is chefs and restaurant patrons now are more accustomed to and appreciative of local, seasonal foods.
New and Unusual Crops
Susan Spicer, another Collaborative member and the award-winning chef at Bayona restaurant in New Orleans' French Quarter, says one of the best aspects of her chef-producer relationships is the increase in new food products it has spawned. At her restaurant, Spicer features locally inspired cuisine drawn from the indigenous foods of the Louisiana Delta.
Local producers provide everything from pecans to rabbits to Creole mustard for her restaurant fare; she's also a regular shopper at New Orleans' Crescent City Farmers Market, where she seeks out the freshest, local food items, including wild-collected mushrooms and blue crabs caught from Gulf waters.
"The variety of things available in the last five to 10 years is phenomenal," she says. "Our farmer's market commonly has things like `Bright Lights' Swiss chard and edible flowers. When I suggested golden beets, the farmers grew them, too."
Chefs Become Growers
Over time, the partnerships between chefs and growers often start to blur. "The chefs have a real interest in how we grow things," says Home Grown Wisconsin co-op manager DaVee, noting that sometimes, the chefs even end up with gardens of their own.
Higgins, in Oregon, is an avid traveler who loves to eat foods of the regions he explores, find the local crops and bring back seeds to his grower-partners. At his home, he grows his discoveries, too, in his own test garden; eventually, some of the more unusual crops end up on his restaurant's menu. Sunchokes (aka Jerusalem artichokes), purple sprouting broccoli and fava beans grow in Higgins' garden, as do 'Cox's Orange Pippin' antique apples, plums and gooseberries—all fruits used in season for sauces and desserts at the restaurant.
Other chefs plant kitchen gardens, too. Spicer grows her own herbs and arugula for Bayona, and Bayless set up an extensive indoor garden in his basement where he grows cilantro and various greens under lights in winter; outdoors in summer, he concentrates on chiles and tomatillos.
Several years ago, Tracey Vowell, the managing chef at Frontera Grill, bought nine acres near Chicago where she has begun to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers for the two Bayless restaurants, following sustainable practices.
"Rick is a very generous man and has let me develop a plan that slowly phases me out of the restaurant as I develop my skills as a farmer," Vowell says. She has made friends with the grower-partners, and they have welcomed her as a fellow farmer with as much enthusiasm as they did when she was a customer. After more than 14 years as a chef, she plans to become a full-time grower next season. Her garden already provides pea shoots, tomatoes, tomatillos, root vegetables, chiles, herbs and edible flowers to Bayless. Next year, she wants to grow huitlacoche, commonly known as corn smut and considered a great delicacy in Mexico, where it is known as corn mushroom.
Winter Tomatoes in Wisconsin
Bayless' award-winning Mexican cuisine is based on huge quantities of fresh tomatoes for salsa; sauces and other dishes. For a time during the winter months, he bought from wholesalers who got the tomatoes from Texas, Florida and California—that is, until Wisconsin-based market growers Warner and Hageman provided him with 50 pounds of frozen, homegrown plum tomatoes to test.
"We heard that freezing tomatoes keeps their flavor," Warner says. Bayless agreed to try the produce and ended up placing a weekly standing order for 600 pounds to be delivered from the end of October to mid-May.
Warner and Hageman contracted with neighboring farmers to help them grow enough tomatoes organically to meet the order; about 20,000 pounds are harvested at their peak annually and stored in large industrial freezers. "We don't pay the farmers until we sell the tomatoes," Warner says, "but when the tomatoes are sold, the growers get premium prices. We told Bayless that it takes more space to grow the 'Amish Paste' plants so our growers would need more money, and he readily agreed." After three seasons of experimenting with various plum varieties, 'Amish Paste' has become the variety of choice (see "Cream of the Crops," June/July 2003). It's thin-skinned and meaty in texture with low-moisture content—perfect for Mexican cuisine.
At Frontera Grill, managing chef Vowell puts the frozen tomatoes in hot water to loosen their skins for removal. Then, the skinless tomatoes are placed in a large stockpot and braised until they barely start to caramelize, which brings out the sugars and heightens the flavor. The braised tomatoes are used like fresh ones for various salsas, sauces and entrees.
Doreen Howard is a freelance writer who specializes in stories on food and sustainable gardening.


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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, Jr., 1933 - 2008
As the owner of the Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers rarely implicated himself publicly in the business of the baseball, calling himself a "village idiot" on baseball matters. And yet, under his stweardship, the team now has a vastly improved state of affairs, including ownership over its home park and all of the associated benefits that entails.
Ted Rogers was a leader in the truest sense of the word. He will be missed.
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- The Ack said...
Rest well Uncle Ted.
The man was a baron of the business world, and for all the griping about the laissez-faire attitude towards baseball operations and middling payroll, the organization is undoubtedly in better shape now than before the Rogers era.
- December 2, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Wait, I guess I misread it the first time. I didn't see a joke in there
- December 2, 2008 at 11:14 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
RIP, Mr. Rogers.
- December 2, 2008 at 11:58 AM
I agree, there's nothing bad to say about Ted Rogers.
- December 2, 2008 at 4:39 PM
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- Andy Mc said...
I just wish he loved baseball.
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There is a new date for this Summer !!
Arras in France the 2nd of JulyDo you have Canned Heat in your heels and are planning on attending a forthcoming concert or have you just been to one? Tell us about your High Times... Post your photos, set-lists, stories and more...
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Arras in France the 2nd of July
There is a new date for this Summer !!
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from funkin.com
Arras Festival performance set list
On Friday night Jamiroquai performed at the Main Square Festival in Arras, France. They performed the following tracks:
Revolution 1993, When You Gonna Learn, If I Like It I Do It, Light Years, Cosmic Girl, Black Capricorn Day, Little L, Alright, Love Foolosophy, Deeper Underground
Check outYouTube for some video clips, where it sounds like the band played the 'original' live version of Little L and not the arrangement played in London recently where Paul Turner gave it his magic touch on the bass...
Feel free to post your thoughts about the gig, links to audio/video/photos as comments on this news item.
if u were there tell us your story!
Re: Arras in France the 2nd of July
The concert was amazing !!!
All the songs were great but specially "Black capricorn day" and "Little L". And Jay simply ...GORGEOUS !
Enjoy these pics
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