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Buitenpost (Friesland, Netherlands)
Buitenpost, a village in the northeast of the Dutch province of Friesland (coordinates: 53° 15′ 0″ N, 6° 9′ 0″ E), where Leenaert Bouwens baptized about 14 persons 1568-1582. It is not certain that a congregation arose at that time, but soon after 1620 there was a congregation here. In 1742 a church was built here and dedicated by A. Wynada, preacher at Haarlem, in a sermon entitled David's liefde tot Gods huis, Leerrede over Ps. 26:8 (Amsterdam, 1743). In 1745 it united with the neighboring congregation at Kollum, and in 1835 it was dissolved; the remaining members (there were only six left) joined the church at Surhuisterveen. The congregation owned a church at that time, which was remodeled into a double house and rented out, as well as a capital of 2,800 guilders.
By 1953 there was a Mennonite group living in Buitenpost, consisting of about 20 members; they belonged to the Veenwouden congregation. They organized on 20 April 1957 as an independent congregation. In 1959 it had 57 baptized members; the pastor of Veenwouden was in charge. A meetinghouse, built by a group of Mennonite Voluntary Service workers, was dedicated on 1 December 1957.
Buse, H. J. "De verdwenen Doopsgeinde Gemeenten in Friesland." Vrije Fries 22 (1915): 9. Reprint
Catalogus der werken over de Doopsgezinden en hunne geschiedenis aanwezig in de bibliotheek der Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, 1919: 147.
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Friesland. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff, 1839: 88, 192, 193, 245, 306.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 291.
Reliwiki. "Buitenpost, Julianalaan 12a - Doopsgezinde Kerk." 4 February 2013. Web. 12 October 2014. http://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Buitenpost,_Julianalaan_12a_-_Doopsgezinde_Kerk.
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Congregation: Doopsgezinde Gemeente Buitenpost
Address: Julianalaan 12a, 9285 NB, Buitenpost, Netherlands
Website: Doopsgezinde Gemeente Buitenpost
Denominational Affiliation:
Algemene Doopsgezinde Societeit
Map:Buitenpost (Friesland, Netherlands)
|Jacob Loosjes
|Nanne van der Zijpp
|Date Published
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Loosjes, Jacob and Nanne van der Zijpp. "Buitenpost (Friesland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 30 May 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Buitenpost_(Friesland,_Netherlands)&oldid=144903.
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Loosjes, Jacob and Nanne van der Zijpp. (1953). Buitenpost (Friesland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 30 May 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Buitenpost_(Friesland,_Netherlands)&oldid=144903.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 465-466; v. 4, p. 1142. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Dr. Laura said she did the right thing by apologizing for repeatedly using the N-word on air, but she's ending her radio career anyway.
"My contract is up for my radio show at the end of the year and I've made the decision not to do radio anymore," Laura Schlessinger said Tuesday on "Larry King Live."
The veteran talk show host said she was leaving radio to "regain my First Amendment" rights and was not retiring, E! News reported.
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"I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors," she told King.
News of the move comes less than a week after Schlessinger drew criticism for using a racial epithet multiple times on-air as part of what she said was a "philosophical point" she was making with a black caller.
The caller, Jade, had complained about her white husband's friends and family making racist comments to her.
Schlessinger argued the woman was "hyper sensitive," and questioned whether she should have married outside of her race, according to transcripts and audio posted by Media Matters for America.
When the caller asked about the N-word, Schlessinger responded: "Black guys use it all the time. Turn on HBO, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is n----, n----, n----."
The advice host repeated the epithet several times in the conversation when the woman objected to her point and use of the slur.
When the subject veered to President Obama, Schlessinger said: "We've got a black man as president, and we have more complaining about racism than ever. I mean, I think that's hilarious."
Audio from the show was later removed from DrLaura.com, according to Media Matters.
Schlessinger apologized for the rant on her blog last Wednesday, writing that she'd made a "horrible mistake."
"I talk every day about doing the right thing. And yesterday, I did the wrong thing," she wrote. "I didn't intend to hurt people, but I did."
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RE: st: Re: st: Truncated sample or Heckman selection
Ebru Ozturk <email@example.com>
RE: st: Re: st: Truncated sample or Heckman selection
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Thank you for your response. I didn't know the reason of not been replied. That's why I sent it twice.
Basicly, my data includes firms that produce innovation and do not produce some innovation at all. Those firms that do not have an activity toward innovation at all do not give information about 'X' variables I am interested in. Therefore, I restrict my sample to firms that at least produce any type of innovation such as product or process so that I can get information on 'X' variables. By restricting sample to those firms, I can also get information about firms that do not produce innovation. Because a firm may not produce product innovation but might produce process innovation thus, this firm answers 'X' variables. Therefore, I asked should I use Truncated regression or Heckman sample selection?
As I am interested in the percentage of total sales from innovation activities, they are obviously between 0 and 100. So, I guess I should use Tobit regression.
I hope it is clear this time.
Kind regards
> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 18:21:04 +0100
> Subject: st: Re: st: Truncated sample or Heckman selection
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> This was posted yesterday with no reply. As has already been pointed
> out today on the list, posts usually get no reply because they are
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> I may be misunderstanding this, but
> 1. If you have no data for x variables for some firms, I don't see
> that you can do anything at all with those firms, except type in
> strings of missing values for them. Why they don't innovate is not
> something on which you have evidence.
> 2. If a response is bounded by definition by 0 and 100, tobit (Tobit)
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> http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=st0147
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Ebru Ozturk <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> > I have a question that I cannot decide whether I should use truncated regression or Heckman sample selection.
> > For instance, in the dataset, firms that produce any type of innovation (process or product) give information about other 'x' variables. In other words, firms that do not produce any innovation do not answer other questions as these questions are directly related to firms' innovation activities. So, the 'x' variables that I am interested in have no values only for those firms that do not produce innovation. But, I know the dependent (y) variable in both case, either firms produce innovation or not produce.
> >
> > I am planning to run tobit regression as the dependent variable is percentage between 0 - 100 and Heckman sample selection model to check selection bias. But, I can not decide whether it is truncated sample or Heckman sample selection.
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Angeline Vivian Ghio, 95, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013, in a local hospital. She was born on
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in Clayton, CA. After marrying her late husband, John Ghio, they moved to Stockton in 1940. She was a homemaker who loved to work in the garden and maintain her orchards that she enjoyed growing. She also loved to crochet, was an avid painter, and excellent cook who enjoyed making dessert items for family members and friends.
Angeline is survived by her sons Raymond Ghio, Sr., Walter (Judy) Ghio; grandson Raymond Ghio, Jr.; granddaughter JoAnne Montanez and great grandson, Matthew Montanez. She is also survived her brother Tony Silva and her four sisters: Mary Bettencourt, Lee Stuller, Helen Santos and Rose Ghio.
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Suffolk legislative leaders Monday blamed "political gamesmanship" in Albany for keeping the county's $70 million plan to sell and lease back its buildings out of the state budget, saying they now may need to resort to new layoffs to make up the money.
Republican state senators sought to tie the request by Suffolk, which is controlled by Democrats, to a bid by GOP-run Nassau to issue $192 million in bonds without going through a state board that monitors Nassau's finances. State Assembly Democrats balked, and neither county's proposal made it into budget bills that will be voted on this week.
While approval of Suffolk's "sale-leaseback" remains possible during the state's remaining legislative session, its absence from the budget means the county must consider that it won't materialize. In that case, officials -- who included the $70 million in 2013 cash flow projections -- would need to make severe year-end cuts.
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Majority Leader DuWayne Gregory (D-Amityville) noted that Bellone's budget received bipartisan support. He said state lawmakers shouldn't have tied it to a move to borrow in Nassau, where minority Democrats have declined to provide the votes needed for bonding.
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Ethiopian patriarch tells pope he will show artifact to world
Despite illegitimate claims from apostate Christians in Gentile lands, the Ark of the Covenant is under the Temple Mount, in the Holy of Holies, awaiting its imminent placement in the Third Temple foretold by the Prophets and destined to become a House of Prayer for All Peoples - unlike the present deplorable status quo of Nazi Muslim occupation that forcibly and illegally denies Christians and Jews their religious rights to pray or read the Bible upon the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site.
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Pollença Beach. Majorca © Turespaña
The northernmost spurs of Sierra de Tramuntana are the backdrop of the Majorcan town of Pollença. Widely known for its lively port and crystal-clear bay, the town has a medieval historic quarter that sits only a few kilometres away from the Mediterranean sea. This town, under the shade of the mountains of Puig de Pollença and Calvari, has managed to preserve intact its personality, despite being only steps away from the bustle of the beach.
Pollença, the Roman Pollentia, sits among mountainous outlines and pinewoods. The history of this town begins in prehistoric times, later on living under the rule of Romans, Visigoths and Moors, until King Jaume I incorporated it to the Christian kingdoms in the 13th century. The following centuries watched as the coastal towns built fortified walls and towers around themselves, to repel pirate and privateer attacks. Today, Pollença is a quiet seaside town of irregular layout, its houses roofed with Arab tiles. Stretched along the foothill of the mountain, a multitude of streets creep up, offering numerous spots from which one can have amazing panoramic views of the whole place.Cobbled streets lead to the most emblematic monuments, including the church of Nostra Senyora del Roser and the parish of Our Lady of the Angels. In the first of these religious constructions, a Gothic carving of the Virgin is preserved, along with a Baroque reredos from the seventeenth century and an eighteenth-century organ. The parish, on the other hand, was founded by the Templar knights in the 14th century on top of an ancient Greek-Roman temple. Later on it came under the jurisdiction of the Order of the Hospitallers of San Juan de Malta. Defensive elements from the former building can be seen in the present belltower.
The Way of the Easter Cross
Part of the layout of Pollença is taken up by the slope of Mount Calvari, the site of a hermitage that can be accessed by climbing a stairway with 365 steps. The Way of the Cross held in Good Friday covers this journey lined with centenary crosses more than three metres high. In the parish, the thirteenth-century Gothic image of the Virgin at the Foot of the Cross is venerated. From the miradors in this mountain visitors can enjoy the most impressive views of the urban centre and the outskirts. From here it is possible to reach a fourth-century Roman bridge that crosses the torrent of Sant Jordi.
Another interesting activity will be a visit to the Museum of Pollença, where you will find collections of Gothic art, contemporary art and ceramics, as well as a room devoted to artist Atilio Boveri. Also, they have an attractive "mandala" —a diagram used for Lama meditation— which is a masterpiece of Tibetan art.
The privileged location of Pollença, between the sea and the mountains, makes it possible for visitors to enjoy a myriad of outdoor activities. These include hiking, golf, horse riding (both inland and along the shore) and water sports at the Pollença Bay. This diverse geography is a great influence on the island's cuisine. Majorcan soups, made with meat and vegetables and "tumbet" (a stew made with potatoes, fried peppers, aubergine and tomato sauce) are some of the starters. "Sobrasada" (a kind of pork and paprika spread) and cheese with the label Designation of Origin (the seal of quality and origin given in Spain to exceptional products from specific regions), are served with grilled pork and simple —yet delicious— pieces of bread with olive oil and tomato. Of all desserts, the famous "ensaimada" will definitely delight those with a sweet tooth.
The Majorcan coast
Cape Formentor, Cape Pinar, Alcúdia and the port are a must for anyone who wishes to enjoy the spectacular scenery of the island. The typical landscape of this area has pinewoods that go all the way to the beach and crystal-clear waters. Extensive beaches and hidden coves are excellent by day and night, always enjoying pleasant temperatures. The medieval village of Alcúdia, on the other hand, has the beautiful church of Sant Jaume and a stone-carved Roman theatre, among other monuments.
If, in addition to the coast, the traveller wishes to become acquainted with the inland towns of Sierra de Tramuntana, a visit to Sa Pobla, Inca, or Benissalem will be very satisfying. In the latter, palatial residences and mansions from the 15th century speak of the wealth of this wine-growing region. This is the place where the wines with the label Designation of Origin - Benissalem-Mallorca are produced, like the famous red wines of Manto Negro and the young white and rose wines. This tradition is also present in Inca, where you must visit the "cellers", or cellar-restaurants. In addition to the wines, this land, gained by filling the marshes that used to be there, is now used to grow potatoes, beans and vegetables used in delicious, traditional recipes. The church of Santa Maria La Mayor is also worth a visit.
The wetlands in S´Albufera de Mallorca Nature Reserve will also surpass visitors. The torrents of Muro and Sant Miquel provide water to this marshland, as well as to the natural and artificial irrigation channels. Although reeds are predominant all around the lagoon, the dunes are covered with pine trees and other species, such as juniper trees, orchids and other endemic plants.
Some vertebrates are present in this habitat, like tortoises, weasels and marten. However, above all, these wetlands are the habitat of numerous bird species, like the marsh harrier, the purple heron, the black-winged stilt and the moustached warbler, whose most important colony in Western Europe is found in these marshes. With the coming of winter, up to 74 different species of anatidae (ducks), laridae (gulls), etc.
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Protesters call for 'oil free' president
Original post made on Jul 11, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, July 11, 2008, 5:19 PM
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a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jul 11, 2008 at 7:08 pm
And these MoveOn.org geniuses have all the solutions for alternative energy... . So what are they?
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jul 12, 2008 at 7:26 pm
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a resident of another community
on Jul 12, 2008 at 7:41 pm
I think Town Square forums, like other blogs, attract the troglodytes (like Jesus Loves You) more than than they elevate the discussion. I don't see that they are making the world or our city a better place, so I'm done with them, as of today.
I actually just wanted to post this regarding the following quote from the first paragraph:
"But all eyes were on one activist in particular, dressed only in a skirt and brazier and covered in Christmas tree lights."
According to Wikipedia, "A brazier is a container for fire, generally taking the form of an upright standing or hanging metal bowl or box." That MUST have been something to see!!!
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jul 12, 2008 at 11:25 pm
HUMANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DIE, at least 2/3 of the total population in order for the Climate Change People to have their plan of restoring earth to it's natural habitat. The Government is Criminal.
This Planet is run by a scientific dictatorship that has the top mad killer scientists from Nazi Germany.
PLANTS BREATH CARBON DIOXIDE. SUN CYCLES are the reason for increased temperatures. Weather War technology and Nuclear testing has also [word removed] with the climate.
GAS IS HIGH because the fed reserve is printing money out thin air, funding trillions of dollars worth or war and that That [word removed] Greenspan is telling countries to drop the dollar as their reserve currency.
THEY ARE DEVALUATING OUR CURRENCY SO THEY CAN BUILD UP A NEW CURRENCY CALLED THE AMERO FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION. STATES RIGHT ARE BEING DISSOLVED. GET READY FOR NATIONAL ID and even more taxes and less rights if the NAU is followed through with.
to: First amused, then disgusted
Like Jordan Maxwell says, do your homework
Google Federal Reserve
Google the Green Barbarians Movie
Google Operation Engame and the ENDGAME Movie
Google Henry Kissinger, the Trilateral Commision, the Bilderberg Group, The CFR, The Vatican. Google The Zionist Jews NWO
Those fake Jews funded the Nazis and they are planning on Blowing Isreal of the Map and Starting a War Between the USA and China
God Bless Google.
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a resident of another community
on Jul 13, 2008 at 10:35 am
What strange comments from the "Jesus" commenters. Please be civil.
I am glad to see that these local MoveOn members are calling attention to McCain who is NOT the same as Obama on energy.
1. McCain has a 0% ranking from the League of Conservation Voters this year. He missed every vote. Obama has a lifetime ranking of 86%.
2. McCain supports offshore drilling. Obama doesn't.
3. Obama wants a windfall profits tax on oil company profits and would refund some of it to families to help with their energy costs. McCain's tax plan would give oil companies tax breaks of $3.8 billion a year, including $1.2 billion for ExxonMobil.
4. Obama would require auctioning off pollution credits and raise up to $30 billion a year under cap and trade. These funds would be available for clean jobs and clean energy. McCain would give away these credits to polluters, not make them pay.
5. And in case you still think these candidates are interchangeable, McCain has taken $1 Million from oil and gas interests, and has 33 oil company lobbyists and staffers (see July 7 Public Campaign Action Fund report at Web Link )
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jul 13, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Is Turning America into a [word removed] of the world government, where 3/4 of our incomes are taxed and we are given carbon cards civil?
No, it is not, It will create a black market for carbon cards. Carbon Dioxide is good for the plants and tree.
The World Gov cuts down rain forests instead of legalizing hemp, which saved the world in WW II. Coal Companies owned by Gore a and others, pollute the most. The suppression of alien energy technology to solve energy issues. The World Government wants to cut the population down to their 168 families and their minions. They are crossed breading animals and humans, harvesting spider and goat and caow and pig humans. They allow abortion which is the worst mass murder. They are planning on staging a UFO earth war.
Global Warming was a engineered for the world to have a common enemy and blame the people. The Top Nazi Scientists are in on this global warming scam. They've only been taking weather records since 1869, in the 1500s there was a mini ice age, Things were a lot hotter 1somethin years ago. in this town, right here lets all get prepared and be like the mormons, stock up on heat and food and water and energy and an armagedon ready vehicle. Country Folks will surive.
a resident of another community
on Jul 16, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Pretty stupid people. The single most effective way to reduce CO2 from cars is to raise the price of gas. Gas expensive, less pollution. Gas cheap, more pollution. It's not much harder than that.
I think these people are a little bit on the left side of the bell curve. And why do they come from other communities to Mountain View to be loudmouths? Can't they pick a gas station in their own town?
I hate being preached to, but I hate even more being preached to by out-of-towners.
a resident of another community
on Jul 16, 2008 at 11:48 pm
MV Resident, I know several of the people at that rally were MV or Los Altos residents. Cant speak for all of them, but your "point" is baseless.
If George Bush gave a speech in MV, I guess you wouldnt listen? Darn out-of-towner.
I'm a free market guy, too. I assume that you also support removing all government subsidies and favorable treatment for oil companies. Oh, and, um, wars.
a resident of another community
on Jul 25, 2008 at 12:53 pm
As a happy, free market advocate, I was pleased to hear from the Mountain View resident. This local fear of out of towners must be a surprise to Caltrain passengers. After all, how many people live in Mountain View? Enough folks to support all the businesses on Castro Street?
You'll be happy to know, I wasn't even preaching; I was entertaining. And exercising my rights. How chic of you to reject the constitution! It's all the rage these days...
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Betty White, the 89-year-old pop culture queen, has again captured the attention of fans with an out-of-the-box project that is an ad for a life settlement company and benefits one of her favorite charities, the LA Zoo.
White, along with bodybuilders, plenty of cheesecake and White music video co-star, British singer Luciana, were on display at the Abbey night club Tuesday for the premiere of the video. It shows White, surrounded by those bodybuilders as she proclaims she is "still hot."
"It's a switch for me, I will tell you, but it's fun and they gave me these nice young men to work with that are built like little brick houses," said White.
The video is part of the marketing campaign originally designed to reach seniors through social media, but executives say when they heard the song the project snowballed.
The remix now not only brings awareness to "Lifeline," a life settlement company based in Atlanta, Ga, but also supports one of White's favorite charities, the Los Angeles Zoo.
"The project brings new exposure to Luciana, supports one of Betty's favorite charities and creates awareness for life settlements," said Stephen Terrell, co-founder of Lifeline, in a release from the company.
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Robb Walsh's Southern-Style Chicken-Fried Steak
While researching Texas Eats Robb Walsh set out on a journey of Chicken-Fried Steak discovery. He ate his way around rural Texas, seeking out the best versions of this big Texan standard. Some were memorable, others not so much. But if you've ever experienced the weighty dish known as the CFS, you've got to hand it to Walsh; his search for the best steak was a stomach-stretching exercise to say the least.
What Worked: Battering a tenderized steak, crisping it up fried chicken style, and topping the whole thing off with a pepper spiked cream gravy is a Texan classic. Big, hearty cowboy fare at its finest.
What Didn't: Let's just say this is not a plate for dainty diners.
Suggested Tweaks: You can make sweet onion gravy for your CFSs by sweating down a large onion first and then proceeding with the gravy recipe.
Reprinted with permission from Texas Eats by Robb Walsh. Copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:serves 6 to 12
- Active time: 45 minutes
- Total time:45 minutes
- Peanut oil, for frying
- 2 cups seasoned flour (recipe follows)
- 1 cup buttermilk, evaporated milk, or milk
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 12 tenderized eye-of-round steaks (about 3 pounds total)
- Black Pepper Gravy (recipe follows), or your favorite gravy, for serving
- Seasoned Flour
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons chili powder; New Mexico chile powder; or hot paprika
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- Black Pepper Gravy
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2½ cups milk
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 4 teaspoons coarsely ground pepper
For the Seasoned Flour: In a bowl, stir together all of the ingredients, mixing well. You will have more seasoned flour than you need for most recipes. Set aside the balance for making gravy, or store in a tightly capped jar in a cupboard for another time. Discard any flour in which you have dipped raw meat.
For the Black Pepper Gravy: In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Whisk the flour into the butter and continue to whisk for about 5 minutes, until the mixture is ivory-colored and smooth. Slowly add the milk while stirring constantly, then continue to stir until free of lumps. Add the salt and pepper and simmer, stirring often, for about 10 minutes, until the gravy has thickened and reduced. Serve hot.
For the Chicken-Fried Steak:Pour the oil to a depth of 1 inch into a deep cast-iron skillet and heat to 370°F.
While the oil is heating, put the flour in a large, shallow bowl. In a separate shallow bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg. Dredge each steak in the flour, shaking off the excess; dip it into the buttermilk mixture, allowing the excess to drip off; and then dredge again in the flour, evenly coating the batter so it is dry on the outside.
Slide 2 or 3 steaks into the hot oil, being careful not to crowd them. The temperature of the oil will fall the moment the meat is added, so you will need to adjust the heat. As the steaks cook, try to keep the oil at around 350°F. If it gets too hot, the steaks will burn before they are cooked through. If it is not hot enough, the batter will be soggy. Cook the steaks for 3 to 5 minutes, until the batter is crisp and brown and the meat is cooked through. Using a wire skimmer, transfer the steaks to paper towels to drain and keep in a warm oven until all of the batches are done.
Serve the steaks with the gravy. Plan on 2 steaks for a typical serving; children and dainty eaters will probably want only 1 steak.
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NewspaperDirect Launches PressReader Windows Store App
By: Press Release | PRWeb
VANCOUVER, Canada (PRWEB) November 15, 2012
As Microsoft Corp. begins shipment of Windows 8 and dozens of hardware vendors announce Windows 8 devices in multiple form factors, NewspaperDirect (ND) is announcing the availability a new version of its award-winning PressReader digital newspaper and magazine application, which is now live in the Windows Store. As one of the first digital newspaper and magazine apps available for Windows 8, PressReader brings over 2,200 full-content digital replica editions to the huge variety of PCs, Ultrabooks, hybrids, all-in-one devices, and a wide range of tablets running Windows 8.
PressReader takes advantage of Windows 8 features
PressReader for Windows 8 brings the advanced news reading features pioneered by ND to Windows 8, including ND's SmartFlow horizontal streaming navigation which helps show off the power of Windows 8 with an engaging, "swipe-able" flow of stories that maximizes readability and invites exploration of related content.
"It's excellent news that NewspaperDirect has made its popular PressReader news app available for Windows 8 and taken advantage of the fast, fluid and fun user experience that Windows 8 delivers," said John Richards, senior director Windows App Marketing for Microsoft Corp. "The vast array of premium titles available in PressReader will appeal to a both our consumer and enterprise users, who will be able to use PressReader on a Windows 8 device that's just right for them."
"As part of our ongoing commitment to our publishers to reach their readers on every screen, we're delighted to launch our PressReader optimized for Windows 8. Newspaper and magazine fans are really going to love the way they can get instantly immersed in their favorite publications, and our thousands of publishing associates get the added benefit of immediate access to Windows 8 users," said Alex Kroogman, CEO of NewspaperDirect.
One of the world's most popular news apps sets a new benchmark for digital news on Windows 8
PressReader for Windows 8 brings the some of the best of the world's press to the Windows 8 users with just one subscription. Features include:
¦ SmartFlow advanced reading technology, which enhances the traditional replica newspaper presentation by displaying articles as a continuous, horizontal stream of stories that flow across Windows 8, transforming the reading experience. Visual cues indicate the relative importance of individual stories, and SmartFlow surfaces related content that might otherwise be missed
¦ Instant switching between Replica/Page View and SmartFlow viewing
¦ SmartZoom automatically positions the zoomed-in view to the beginning of an article
¦ Press and hold (i.e. Long Press) activation of contextually driven actions:
- Utilizes the Share charm to share stories by email, or on Facebook or Twitter
- Save articles to Evernote
- Listen to articles using on-demand audio
- Share opinions by supporting or opposing a story
¦ Adjustable font size for optimum readability
¦ Utilizes the Search charm for cross-title search
¦ Desktop thumbnails of the most recently downloaded publications for instant access to the latest issues
¦ Auto-delivery of favorite publications
¦ Authorization of PressReader with a PressDisplay.com subscription
A simple, download brings the world's press to Windows 8


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One policy initiative President Barack Obama highlighted in his State of the Union is to increase the federal minimum wage. A fellow Democrat, our own Sen. Mark Pryor, is not echoing Obama's proposal but rather criticizing the size of the Obama initiative while supporting a smaller state increase.
One policy initiative President Barack Obama highlighted in his State of the Union is to increase the federal minimum wage. A fellow Democrat, our own Sen. Mark Pryor, is not echoing Obama's proposal but rather criticizing the size of the Obama initiative while supporting a smaller state increase.
Meanwhile, a new study confirms what economists have said for years — an increase will cost American jobs.
Obama is pushing for an almost 40 percent increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour. He has signed an executive order setting $10.10 as the minimum wage paid to all federal contractors.
"Our economy has been growing for four years. Our businesses have created eight and a half million new jobs. But while those at the top are doing better than ever, average wages have barely budged. Too many Americans are working harder than ever just to get by, let alone get ahead. And that's been true since long before the recession hit," said Obama in his weekly address this weekend pushing for Congress to support the increase.
"That's why we've got to build an economy that works for everybody, not just a fortunate few. We've got to restore opportunity for all — the notion that no matter who you are or how you started out, with hard work and responsibility, you can get ahead in America."
The policy sounds good and strikes a certain populist tone that plays well in blue collar states like Arkansas. At least, it plays better than most of the policy ideas coming out of the White House lately. The idea of increasing the pay of hard-working laborers is certainly attractive.
A non-partisan Congressional Budget Office study outlines how the new policy will lead to job cuts.
"Increasing the minimum wage would have two principal effects on low-wage workers. Most of them would receive higher pay that would increase their family's income, and some of those families would see their income rise above the federal poverty threshold. But some jobs for low-wage workers would probably be eliminated, the income of most workers who become jobless would fall substantially, and the share of low-wage workers who were employed would probably fall slightly," according to the CBO study.
The study explains that any overall increase in wages likely would more than offset job losses created by the policy. Economists point out that in a global economy, labor cost is a major consideration for locating jobs. If the cost of American labor goes up, then correspondingly, moving jobs offshore will increase.
Another consideration related to raising the minimum wage is the effect on the consumer. Free market principles dictate that the increased labor costs ultimately will be passed on to the consumer. The notion that evil corporations horde huge profits on the backs of the poor workers is largely a myth.
Obamacare is a prime example. Instead of health insurance companies absorbing all the costs of the new requirements while keeping their profits stable, they have passed on the added costs to the consumer in the form of higher premiums. The same pass-down costs would occur with an increase in the minimum wage.
Pryor's middle-ground approach is to criticize the federal minimum wage increase as too much while signing on to an initiative to gradually increase the Arkansas state minimum wage to $8.50 an hour — eventually about a 25 percent increase over the current $6.25. The change would mainly affect small businesses operating solely within the state and not subject to the federal minimum-wage standard.
"We have a lot of hard-working folks here in Arkansas making minimum wage, and it's time these families got a raise," Pryor said in a press conference in Little Rock. "It's just not acceptable that our state is one of four with a minimum wage set well below the federal level, even as tens of thousands of Arkansas families struggle to get by."
The strategy appears obvious. Pryor can oppose a policy from the unpopular president while looking out for the common low-wage worker by supporting a state-level increase.
But the same problems with the federal increase apply in Arkansas, albeit on a smaller scale. Fewer jobs and increased costs of goods will take place within the Natural State regardless of whether the idea for the increase comes from Washington or Little Rock.
Jason Tolbert is an accountant and conservative political blogger. His blog — The Tolbert Report — is linked at ArkansasNews.com. His e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Browse Screen's focus on film-making in Ireland, including an overview of the industry, the Irish Film Board and the hottest upcoming movies.
Click the headlines below to read the features in full…
Irish Film Board
Hot projects
The current boom in the Irish film industry could crudely be boiled down to people and money. The top creative and business talents at work need financial support to grow; yet investing cash into less-than-stellar talents would help no-one. So it's those remarkably talented writers, directors and producers having access to smart money that has led to Ireland's film industry being arguably at its peak.
The Irish Film Board's support has kept the industry buoyant even during recent rough years when the country at large was undergoing an economic crisis.
The Section 481 tax scheme is stable and healthy, and set to become even more lucrative soon. And Ireland's producers are adept co-producers, also helped as the only English-speaking territory with access to Eurimages funding.
But when we talk about great films, we don't talk about the patchwork of financing, but the magic we've seen on screen. For a country of 4.6 million people, Ireland is punching above its weight creatively.
There's the animation boom that has led to four Oscar nominations since 2002, strength in genre films (Irish director Ruairi Robinson's sci-fi project The Last Days On Mars has landed in Directors' Fortnight at Cannes) and great independent dramas from the likes of John Michael McDonagh, Lance Daly and Lenny Abrahamson.
Throughout history, the Irish have been lauded for their storytelling tradition. With the right business smarts behind them, Ireland's current generation of storytellers are demonstrating their prowess on the world stage.


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OptiCAD® is an unconstrained, non-sequential ray tracing program for modeling illumination and imaging systems. Imports and exports 3DM (OpenNurbs 5.0), IGES and STEP CAD formats with object and surface properties (scattering, reflection, refraction, absorption, scattering, polarization). One integrated version (no costly add-ons), both source and observer (reverse) ray tracing, partial polarization, gradient index, birefringent and optically active materials, repetitive tiled surface treatments, Sobol and Monte Carlo ray generation, irradiance, intensity, radiance, polynet radiometry displays, over 10,000 catalog lenses from 22 manufacturers. Includes EquationCADtm a complementary program that translates a surface equation or surface data into a CAD surface. OptiCAD® reduces your product-to-market time by simulating optical systems prior to prototyping and manufacturing. For a complete list of features go to http://www.opticad.com/features.html
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Pumping rooms aid local mothers
Program hopes to add more around town
Alexis Guthrie and Liz Caruso are now mothers. They are both nurses at Ochsner and pump at least twice a day during work hours.
"They say breastfeeding is the best way to feed your newborn," said Caruso.
Ochsner provides a private room for mothers like Guthrie and Caruso to pump.
It's small but functional, sanitary and private spruced up with some fragrance and adorned with baby/mommy photos.
"The picture of the babies breastfeeding helps, kind of thinking about your own baby," said Guthrie.
"I think it's very helpful to have a nice place to not be interrupted," said Caruso.
Under federal law, employers must designate a room like this for women to pump.
Certified Lactation Consultant Cindy Boudreaux said it should not be the restroom.
"There are still places where they're still probably using the restroom, which is not sanitary. I mean, you and I don't eat our lunch in a restroom, so why would a mom go pump her baby's food in a dirty space?" Boudreaux said.
The law says mothers can take as many breaks as they need to pump. On average, it's about two or three times a day and about 15 minutes each time.
"Employers do not have to pay for that time that she goes to pump," Boudreaux said.
The pumping room at Charity School of Nursing is one of the more lavish ones out there with many perks like a curtain to divide the room in case more than one person uses it. And there's a fridge so mothers can put their milk inside.
The baby shelves are stocked with resources like pamphlets and reading material on baby and mother's health, sanitary wipers, a cozy rug and a comfortable sofa.
Caitrin Alb with the Louisiana Workforce Breastfeeding Program reaches out to employers lobbying for rooms like these.
"Most companies don't even know how best to support their pumping employees," Alb said.
In fact, when Alb started her campaign a year ago, she was shocked there were only a handful of pumping rooms in the state.
"Why don't women ask?" asked WDSU anchor Sula Kim.
"They're scared they'll lose their jobs or people thinking they need accommodations that are above and beyond. I think women are just intimidated about it, and they shouldn't be at all," said Alb.
In the last year or so, Alb has been successful in establishing pumping rooms in local hotels and offices. Her next goal is to push for pumping rooms in local restaurants and grocery stores, which is a challenge because of the limited space. She encourages all women to speak up and ask for pumping rooms in the workplace.
Learn more: http://womenshealth.tulane.edu/
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Me and Jon shot these photos in my local park because we wanted to play a little with the awesome scenery we have in London. While predominantly grey and dull there are pockets of green all over the city which are perfect from getting away from the city buzz and taking some time to just readjust.
Im so obsessed with the sleeves on this ASOS Vintage dress, They are so feminine and girly and are just asking to be toughened up with a pair or badass boots. It's actually making me want to go full on grunge and rock some DM's with it or something. Alas I wore my new Enter The Dragon ASOS Boots (super badassery naming going on there) and mixed with my menswear inspired camel coat for the perfect winter blend.
Im just off to go shoot an early morning video with Urban Decay to go up on my channel next week which should be pretty fun. I feel like I haven't done enough lifestyle on the blog recently and I need to sort that out in the new year! I have a ton of ideas but still haven't put fingers to keyboard to ease them out of my confuddled brain. Hope you are all having the best time this frosty December morning and I will catch you on the flip side.
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Zachary Milaskey-Vinylize Toney Eyewear
At Design Interviews
Interview with Zachary Milaskey : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Zachary Milaskey : The principle was limitations. It was an exercise in how to make a complex object without losing the integrity of the original material. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Zachary Milaskey : I wanted the original material to be recognizable in the end product. The product also had to fulfill its role as durable, comfortable and stylish eyewear. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Zachary Milaskey : I would like this design to be a statement of awareness to limitations. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Zachary Milaskey : This particular concept did not take more than a few months to design. Developing methods to mass produce a quality product took years. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Zachary Milaskey : I decided to persue an inspiration. I could not find suitable material to realize my eyewear designs until I found my fathers record collection in the garage. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Zachary Milaskey : We are currently producing our work ourselves along with 30 other designs. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Zachary Milaskey : The deisgn stemmed out of limitations. We wanted to work with vinyl records as they had become quite abundant. The final product melded market and production requirements. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Zachary Milaskey : Classical acetate eyewear design influenced the look, feel and quality. Cari Zalloni was one of the majors for me. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Zachary Milaskey : The size targets men. The concept targets people who think outside the box. The quality targets people who recognize craftmanship. The price targets those who support a cause. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Zachary Milaskey : This is a concept that respects the integrity of the original material. A new manufacturing process has been developed to produce it. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Zachary Milaskey : Vinylize is the name of the concept. Recycling vinyl into eyewear. Vinyl + eyes = Vinyleyes. But at the same time it is also a play on the suffix IZE. -ize, is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses "to render, make". As in standardize, plasticize, neutralize, etc. The name Toney is the actual name of the model and comes from one of the records used to make it. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Zachary Milaskey : Hand drawing, autocad, solid works, 3d printing. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Zachary Milaskey : The most unique aspect is creating a luxury item from upcycled materials. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Zachary Milaskey : We worked with record pressing plants to understand the nature of vinyl. We worked with adhesive specialists to develop superior adhesion. We worked with opticians to make it compatible with corrective lenses .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Zachary Milaskey : Technology has 3 roles in this design. Once in the production of the raw material, secondly in the design and thirdly in the machines that are used to make it. The raw material production uses a proprietary technology to fuse the vinyl to the acetate. The design uses the most advanced CAD programs to maximize comfort and durability. The designs are then milled out of the raw material using state of the art cncs. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Zachary Milaskey : We began to suspect that our product appealed more towards an older male audience. We conducted market research on both b2b and b2c level to confirm this. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Zachary Milaskey : We faced production problems. The first pieces had lamination issues and it took much research to correct it. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Zachary Milaskey : Our company is a small one which makes exceptional products. This is a great way to gain exposure since our marketing budget is very small. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Zachary Milaskey : We learned that desig esthetics, production efficiency and market expectations must be met in order for success to ensue. .
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Compare cheap flights from Cairns to Guam
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An unincorporated territory of the United States, Guam is located in the western point of Pacific Ocean. It is the biggest island of the Mariana group of Islands with Hagatna as its capital. The island became under European colonization when Ferdinand Magellan set foot on March 6, 1521 and has been under Spain until 1898.
People and Government
Guam's native inhabitants, the Chamorros came to the island some 4,000 years back. Later on European colonists came and Guam was under Spanish rule until it was ceded to the United States following the Spanish-American war. Since then Guam became a hub of both its indigenous people and American settlers.
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BigDaddy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 132 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
Clear Choice Hearing Center
owner of a business that sells high quality hearing aids. I need a logo that will be used on business cards, website, and direct mail marketing materials. I primarily market my products by sending out large direct mail postcards that generate appointments. My products include several different hearing aid brands. The added value I provide is my ability to accurately fit a client with just the right hearing aid based on my thorough, precise testing of their hearing. My hearing testing and custom fitting is what makes me the "Clear Choice". I want a logo that will help me establish my brand, "Clear Choice Hearing Center".
Obviously this would be people with hearing loss. Generally the age range will be 50 years old and above.
I want a logo to establish my brand, Clear Choice Hearing Aid Center.
I'm open to ideas, but a logo depicting precision hearing would work well.
Your the pro so show me what you think. Use your creativity and imagination.
No clip art.
Vector files.
Ai layered files preferred.
CMYK and RGB versions
Suggested colors to use:
Primary color - blue: R 51, G 173, B 255 / C 90, M 3, Y 0 , K 0
Accent colors Red, White Black
For the Red: R 165, 0, 73 / C 13, M 100, Y 76, K 27
Once you get started I will give you feedback to help you fine tune your submission.
Thank you!
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Cherry Point event back on
Marine officials have done an about face on their planned cancellation of the Cherry Point Air Show.
The Marine Corps air station announced earlier this month that budget constraints had forced base officials to ground plans for the popular open house.
Now, they are doing a 180, saying the air show will go forward for three days May 16-18.
�Right now we�re told it�s on,� said Mike Barton, deputy director of public affairs at the air station.
�It�s going to be next week before we can get any detail on where we are with the air show, at the earliest,� Barton said. �We have not released anything because it is still too premature to be giving out information.�
Barton said the decision was made last week.
�An air show is an event that takes months to organize and of course we will be doing organization of this right up until it happens,� Barton said.
Base officials have previously said that it takes more than 500 base personnel to put on the show, which features both civilian and military aerobatic acts in addition to a flight line full of static displays.
�You have to negotiate with different performers and work with their schedules and our schedules, so there�s a lot of moving parts involved,� Barton said. �It will take time to give you any conclusive information about who will be performing. I think that we will, in the middle of January, have more information that we can provide in terms of which direction we are going with this, when people are back from the holidays and we begin working on it.�
The last air show hosted by the base in 2012 drew an estimated 165,000. The Navy Blue Angels jet demonstration team was the featured performer at the last show. According to the Blue Angels schedule, the weekend of May 17-18 is still to be announced, leaving the possibility that the team could fit a show in at Cherry Point between the squadron�s Vero Beach, Fla. And U.S. Naval Academy appearances, which are a week before and three days after the Cherry Point show.
�This is great news for everyone here who goes to the show and for all of the businesses in town who expect all those people to come,� said Havelock Mayor Will Lewis. �It�s a great thing for our area just because of all of the people that will be coming to the area just to go to the air show. We live in an area where we�re familiar with the military but a lot of other areas are not. This is the kind of thing that I like the base to do because it gets people who are not familiar with the military to be close to it and be psyched just to be that close to the airplanes.�


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LEBANON, Maine — The Rescue Department is collecting toys for Operation Santa.
The Rescue Department has been helping hand out toys and coats to Lebanon children for the past 16 years after the program was started by Rescue Chief Gil Gerrish in 1996.
Last year, the department added a visit by Santa to the houses of about 230 Lebanon children on the two days before Christmas, which they say was amazing for the children and families, but for the responders as well. To see the looks on the children's faces was amazing, wrote Rescue Assistant Chief Jason Cole in a recent statement.
"When we pulled up in the ambulance and had the kids yell, 'Santa is here' and just see their smiles will live with the responders for many years to come," said Cole.
This year, rescue personnel will again collect new, unwrapped toys to help children in town who have suffered a traumatic event, such as the loss of a loved one. The Rescue Department does this in addition to Operation Santa, which provides a toy to any child in town who would like a free visit from Santa. Families who have suffered a traumatic event get a bag of toys to help through the difficult holiday season thanks to the generosity of townspeople.
Residents who contribute toys to help Lebanon children can drop them off at the following locations:
— Kenney Automotive, corner of Little River Road and Carl Broggi Highway
— Stokewoods Restaurant, 1001 Carl Broggi Highway
— Lebanon House of Pizza, 413 Carl Broggi Highway
— Trains Quick Stop, 249 Carl Broggi Highway
— Lebanon rescue station, 1524 Carl Broggi Highway (blue box outside)
The Rescue Department started collecting toys on Nov. 3 and has received a lot of great donations already. In a statement, Cole thanked Southern Maine ATV Club, which made a large donation of toys after its annual toy run on Nov. 4. He also thanks to the York County Trail Riders who held their inaugural toy ride this year and donated all the toys to the Rescue Department for Operation Santa.
This year, Santa comes early to Lebanon for children to come see him and tell him what they would like for Christmas, while also helping raise funds for Operation Santa. On Saturday, Dec. 8, from 9 a.m. until noon, Santa will visit Stokewoods Diner at 1001 Carl Broggi Highway in Center Lebanon, Maine to help the Operation Santa program. Children can come in and sit on his lap and tell him what they would like for Christmas. The owners of Stokewoods have generously offered to donate a percentage of all food sales that morning to help Operation Santa. The snow date will be Sunday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. until noon.
Toys are needed for newborns to teenagers.
Last year, due to the generosity of the residents, the Rescue Department was able to help 225 kids through Operation Santa and about 20 families with the toys for families who have suffered a traumatic event. Donations will be accepted through Dec. 23.
Residents who wish to make a monetary donation can mail them to: Lebanon Rescue Corporation — Operation Santa, 323 Depot Road, Lebanon, Maine 04027.
Families looking to have Santa stop in with a toy on Friday evening, Dec. 21, or Saturday, Dec. 22, can email email@example.com or fill out a form at www.lebanonrescue.com. Forms are also available at the town office.
For more information, contact Rescue Chief Samantha Cole at (207) 608-5615.
Lebanon Rescue Department begins holiday toy drive
LEBANON, Maine — The Rescue Department is collecting toys for Operation Santa.


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Kouzmanoff heads to Texas to have back examined
SEATTLE -- The Rangers have sent third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff back to Texas to have his back examined by Dr. Drew Dossett. Kouzmanoff has a history of back issues and had to come out of Tuesday night's game against Oakland because of some tightness.
Kouzmanoff has not improved as much as the Rangers had hoped, so they want him to undergo a complete examination. The Rangers have to make a roster decision on Friday night when they activate Adrian Beltre from the disabled list.
"We want to make sure we know what's going on before we have to create a roster spot for Adrian," general manager Jon Daniels said.
Kouzmanoff could end up on the disabled list if he is expected to miss more than a few days. The Rangers are already short-handed because Shin-Soo Choo is sidelined with a sprained left ankle.
But Choo did report improvement after undergoing treatment on Thursday, and Daniels expressed hope the Rangers left fielder will avoid going on the disabled list.
Kouzmanoff had been playing third base while Beltre was on the disabled list with a strained left quad muscle. In 13 games, Kouzmanoff is hitting .362 with two home runs and 10 RBIs.


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What caused the United States to lose its AAA rating for the first time in 94 years, a rating that withstood two world wars, the Great Depression and (most of) the Great Recession, and a costly military buildup that bankrupted and demolished our Cold War foe, the Soviet Union, without a direct shot fired? Was it the dastardly Tea Party, with its demands for fiscal sanity and a solution to an oncoming tsunami of entitlement liabilities? According to the man who rates sovereign debt for the agency that downgraded the US, not really:
The head of Standard & Poor's sovereign ratings, David Beers told "Fox News Sunday" he did not expect "that much impact" when global markets open on Monday due to what he called a "mild deterioration" in the U.S. credit standing to AA-plus from top-tier AAA. …
He also said the downgrade announced on Friday was not due to the budget positions of any political party and that on any future agreement, "We think credibility would mean any agreement would command support from both political parties."
So a lack of consensus was part of the problem for S&P. But consensus about what?
Beers called the U.S. Treasury Department's criticism of the credit rating agency's analysis a "complete misrepresentation." Even with the debt limit agreement passed by Congress, he said, "the underlying debt burden of the U.S. is rising and will continue to rise over the next decade."
Actually, the Tea Party caucus in Congress had it right. The bond raters needed to see the US take a significant step towards ending deficit spending and getting future liabilities under control. The problem with the lack of consensus came from the resistance of Democrats to the fiscal realities of the situation we face. Instead of addressing the real problems, Democrats blocked any attempt to deal with the entitlement crises and would only agree to address discretionary spending.
I mentioned this as an aside in my earlier post, but it bears repeating here. Republicans cut the only deal they could get without control of the Senate and the White House. Had they refused to take that deal, then S&P and likely Moody's would have lowered the rating on Wednesday, and Republicans would be taking the blame. Instead, this clearly shows that Democratic refusals to deal rationally with the entitlement crises are the reason for the decline in confidence in the US.
Call it a clarifying moment. Discretionary spending was and is a sideshow to what concerns rational investors. We could eliminate every cent of discretionary spending — defense, homeland security, education, welfare — and we'd still be adding $300-400 billion a year to our deficit through fixed entitlement spending.
Want to see why it's the debt and not the taxes, Tea Party, or Congressional tiddlywinks? Heritage's chart showing the growing bite from entitlements in the future demonstrates the problem quite clearly:
As for the political elements of the downgrade, they're real — but it's not the politics of the Tea Party that are the problem. To follow up my point in my previous post, note well how ObamaCare's "entitlement reform" impacts the problem and "bends the cost curve." The invariable end is a massive amount of liabilities that a free economy cannot possibly honor.
Janet Daley draws the proper conclusions, writing that both Europe and the US are currently proving that nanny-state structures cannot coexist with free economies in the long run. Inevitably, people have to choose between the command economies required by burdensome entitlement programs or free economies and personal responsibility:
We have arrived at the endgame of what was an untenable doctrine: to pay for the kind of entitlements that populations have been led to expect by their politicians, the wealth-creating sector has to be taxed to a degree that makes it almost impossible for it to create the wealth that is needed to pay for the entitlements that populations have been led to expect, etc, etc.
The only way that state benefit programmes could be extended in the ways that are forecast for Europe's ageing population would be by government seizing all the levers of the economy and producing as much (externally) worthless currency as was needed – in the manner of the old Soviet Union.
That is the problem. So profound is its challenge to the received wisdom of postwar Western democratic life that it is unutterable in the EU circles in which the crucial decisions are being made – or rather, not being made. …
We have been pretending – with ever more manic protestations – that this could go on for ever. Even when it became clear that European state pensions (and the US social security system) were gigantic Ponzi schemes in which the present beneficiaries were spending the money of the current generation of contributors, and that health provision was creating impossible demands on tax revenue, and that benefit dependency was becoming a substitute for wealth-creating employment, the lesson would not be learnt. We have been living on tick and wishful thinking.
And Daley hits the nail on the head over who exactly has been irrational and radical in this debate:
The hardest obstacle to overcome will be the idea that anyone who challenges the prevailing consensus of the past 50 years is irrational and irresponsible. That is what is being said about the Tea Partiers. In fact, what is irrational and irresponsible is the assumption that we can go on as we are.
Exactly — and that's exactly the point S&P made with its downgrade.
Update: If we don't stabilize and reduce our long-term liabilities soon, we'll get downgraded again, says S&P:
The credit rating agency's managing director, John Chambers, tells ABC's "This Week" that if the fiscal position of the U.S. deteriorates further, or if political gridlock tightens even more, a further downgrade is possible.
Chambers also said Sunday that it would take "stabilization and eventual decline" of the federal debt as a share of the economy as well as more consensus in Washington for the U.S. to win back a top rating.
He puts the odds of another downgrade at 3:1. I'd call it even money, at least while Democrats continue to blame the Tea Party for, er, wanting to do exactly what S&P demands. (Hot air.com)
That or George Bush…oh, and now they are the "victim" of S&P. That's always the best way to take responsibility for your screw-ups and learn from them… 😦


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Obama Is Right to Stare Down Congress Over the F-22
If Congress votes to build even more F‐22s in the 2010 Defense Authorization bill, it will be a sad example of parochial interests overriding our nation's security. The move would defy the wishes of the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Gates, who have wisely called for the program to come to an end.
The Raptor's whopping price tag—$356 million per aircraft counting costs over the life of the program— and its poor air‐to‐ground capabilities always undermined the case for building more than the 187 already programmed.
In the past week, Congress has learned more about the F-22's poor maintenance record, which has driven the operating costs to more than $44,000 per hour of flying, which is well above those of any comparable fighter. And, of course, the plane hasn't seen action over either Iraq or Afghanistan, and likely never will.
If Obama is serious about getting a handle on the enormous federal budget deficit, confronting Congress over the clear wastefulness of the F-22 is certainly a good place to start.


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Due to personal reasons and with great regret, German soprano Anja Harteros is no longer able to perform the role of Desdemona in the performance of Otello tonight (24 July). The role will now be sung by Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya.
Marina is a former Jette Parker Young Artist and recently sang the role of Desdemona (Act IV) at the Plácido Domingo Celebration earlier in the Season. Since making her Royal Opera debut in 2006, Marina has sung the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Elizabeth of Valois in Don Carlo and Violetta in La traviata. She will sing the role of Alice in Laurent Pelly's new production of Robert le diable next season.


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Jewish World Review Oct. 14, 2013/ 10 Mar-Cheshvan, 5774
The upside of the shutdown
By David Shribman
JewishWorldReview.com | The great governmental shutdown in Washington turned out to have its utility after all.
It prompted a substantial national debate about the role of government in our nation. It spurred an unusual surge of conversation about Congress, with Americans conducting a national civics lesson and actually examining the performance of their representatives. It raised eternal questions about the balance between conviction and compromise, about the equilibrium between resolve and responsibility. And it illuminated several important themes about American governance that sometimes are explored in isolation but seldom in broad context.
So, a muted cheer for all of those who stuck to their guns while endangering the nation's image, financial stability and role in the world. They shined a bright light on these immutable elements of our system:
• The split between the House and the Senate, which are entirely different bodies, and not only because they operate with different rules.
Sometimes the two chambers move in the same direction -- a good example was how Charles Sumner of the Senate and Thaddeus Stevens of the House operated in tandem during Reconstruction. But oftentimes they don't, or they at least move at different speeds with different timbres; the intensity of the Senate's willingness to defund the Vietnam War in the 1970s, for example, wasn't matched by the House.
This autumn the two bodies are showing their character, the Senate displaying the power of an individual (Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas) to dominate proceedings, the House reminding us that it is ruled by coalitions (the Tea Party). This is only heightened by the fact that the two chambers are ruled by different parties.
• The view of the national interest is different from the heights of the Capitol than it is 16 blocks away in the White House.
It is true that in many respects Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama have the same strategy, which is to hang tough while Tea Party Republicans appear to hang themselves. (That is a good strategy while the poll numbers hang high. Once they drop, that strategy will be dropped, too.)
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada (and to a lesser extent, because she has less power, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California) have a slightly different perspective.
The Tea Partiers are their opponents, to be sure, but they are also their colleagues. This spending/debt-ceiling crisis is kind of like the Dual Monarchy of Capitol Hill right now, with all the attendant proclivity to catastrophe possessed by Austria-Hungary a century ago.
But someday this struggle will end, or morph into something else. Mr. Obama will be gone from Washington in three years. Many of today's lawmakers will be in the capital for years to come. Mr. Obama may think he is playing for the long term but for him that means the quiet pages (or web pages) of history. The others look to a noisy future, hostages not so much to history as to each other.
Put another way: For Mr. Obama, hell is the next generation's Henry Steele Commager. For lawmakers, it comes straight out of Satre's "Huis-clos": Hell is other people. Each other. And if you're inclined to say to those denizens of the Hill, "Live with it,'' remember that what you mean is this: "Live with each other." Easier said in the theater of the absurd than done in the absurd theater of politics.
• Establishment figures would have put an end to this nonsense, but there is no Establishment anymore.
But disestablishmentarianism -- a term rooted in 18th century English church history, a stumper beloved by lexicological wiseguys and a word I finally found a legitimate use for -- became a bipartisan phenomenon a year ago when there were no adults to call a halt to the Republicans' determination to endanger if not doom the inevitable nominee, Mitt Romney. His political death was assisted suicide.
Now there is no Washington Establishment to end the paralysis, which went from the fiscal cliff of New Year's to the continuing resolution crisis of late September to the October hurricane of the debt ceiling.
Should we call in Bob Dole, who loved a deadlock? You must be kidding. In a shameful exhibition of disrespect, Republican senators let him sit in stunned mortification in his wheelchair in the chamber he once strode like a colossus rather than approve his treaty to assist the disabled. Give Bob Strauss a ring? The Democratic national chairman who was a Republican president's choice as ambassador to the Soviet Union? Dream on.
The fact that one (Mr. Dole) is 90 and the other (Mr. Strauss) nearly 95 tells how antiquarian this notion is. And, by the way, Lloyd Cutler has been dead for eight years, Clark Clifford for 15 and Dean Burch for 22.
• Power sometimes resides outside elected office.
We are not speaking here of the people in whose interests Washington is supposed to work. We are speaking of unelected power brokers who, throughout American history, have exerted outsized influence.
In the past they have been figures like Jay Gould, whose analogues today are on Wall Street. Or church figures, like Jonathan Edwards of the Great Awakening, the New England-bred preachers of the Social Gospel, the abolitionist clergymen and their lineal descendants in the black church and rabbinate of the civil-rights movement, or Father Charles Coughlin, the radio priest who turned on Franklin Roosevelt.
Today's outsiders command big money and big megaphones. This month a Bloomberg BusinessWeek cover thumped these words: "John Boehner Doesn't Run Congress. Meet the Man Who Does." And there, on page 71, was a picture of former Sen. Jim DeMint, now the head of the Heritage Foundation. He's not alone. And he's not in elected office.
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December 10, 2012
Waterford, NY
Formerly of Middletown, NY
Laura Fuller, a retired dietitian, formerly of Middletown, died Monday, December 10 at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy, NY, surrounded by her loving family. She was 81 years old.
Laura was born in West Virginia to the late Sidney and Alice Bailey Satchell.
She worked for over 30 years at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. In 1988 she came to Middletown and planned for staff and patients at the Middletown Psych Center until her retirement.
Laura was a wonderful cook and entertained others with her talents. She was a dedicated Christian woman who loved the Word. She lived her life loving and caring for others.
She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Brown and her husband, Julius of Waterford, NY; son-in-law, Albert Brown; brother, Adbulla Mumhamad of California; sister, Sylvia Bailey Miller of New York; her aunt, Helen Corbert of Maryland; grandchildren: Thomas, Amber and Yvette; great-grandchildren: Elijah, Jofiah, Mariah, Joy, and a host of nieces and nephews and many cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, Harold; daughter, Christine Brown; her son, Barry; sisters: E.K. Brown, Elsie Satchell; brother, William Bailey.
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday, December 19, at Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc., 130 Highland Ave., Middletown, NY 10940, with a funeral service of remembrance celebrated by Pastor Sharon Reese at the funeral home at 12 p.m.
Arrangements under the direction of the Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home. www.applebee-mcphillips.com


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One of two Southern California teens lost for several days in a rugged mountain wilderness was released Sunday from a hospital after being treated for dehydration and minor injuries, and recounted his struggles with fear and hallucinations before his eventual rescue.
Nicolas Cendoya told reporters at a brief news conference outside Orange County's Mission Hospital that he knew from the first night he and classmate Kyndall Jack got lost during what was supposed to be a short Easter day hike that death was a strong possibility.
As the night grew dark in the Cleveland National Forest on March 31 and the pair called 911 on a dying cell phone, Cendoya said he told Jack "If we don't get out of here, we're going to die."
But Cendoya said he never gave up hope that he would be rescued, and as he wandered in chest-high brush reflected on what he considered recent selfish behaviors, like focusing too much on himself and not enough on his family.
"I didn't cry. I didn't fear it. I just embraced everything. I said `This is what I deserve,'" Cendoya said. "I just knew I would get through it. I knew this wasn't my time to die. I knew that I needed this, to become the person that I'm supposed to be."
As the days passed without food or water, Cendoya grew so weak he said he began having "lucid dreams, lucid hallucinations, every single day."
He said he felt the presence of God and of his best friend who died last year. He began struggling to tell the difference between sleep and waking, and eventually between life and death.
"I honestly felt that I was in the afterlife," Cendoya said.
He was airlifted to the hospital in serious but stable condition.
Jack was discovered Thursday clinging to a rocky outcropping no bigger than a yoga mat on a near-vertical slope. She was being treated at University of California, Irvine Medical Center for dehydration and hypothermia.
The two got lost after wandering off Holy Jim Trail, a popular path in the Cleveland National Forest, where the dangers of 720 square miles of rugged mountain wilderness run up against the planned communities and shopping malls of suburban southeast Orange County.


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