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"Warm," and "balanced" are sometimes used to describe wine. They also apply to philanthropist Shari Staglin. Not only are the organic wines produced at Staglin Family Vineyard award-winning, but Shari and husband Garen, an investor, have also donated or raised $720 million for mental-health research, educational institutions, and children's charities since 1990. That was the year their then-18-year-old son, Brandon, a Dartmouth student, suffered a sudden, terrifying break from reality and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Shari, who had at one time been a leader in health care management, recalls that it was shocking when she and Garen were summoned home from a business trip to France. "Brandon was a brilliant student, but he couldn't get his thoughts in order. We just couldn't take it in."
Today Brandon's illness is well-managed, and he is communications manager for the family's picturesque Rutherford, California, vineyard. The 64 acres that encompass the Staglin home, vineyard, winery, orchard, and gardens are situated on Napa Valley's storied Rutherford Bench, which produces some of the best Cabernet grapes in the world. It's known for what Shari describes as "beautiful alluvial soil that eroded over eons and cascaded down the mountains."
Set on a terraced hillside, the vineyard and winery--open by appointment for tastings and tours--has a setting designed under the leadership of noted landscape architect William Callaway to complement the Tuscan villa style of the Staglins' home. (It was a location in the 1998 version of The Parent Trap, in which you can glimpse the Staglins' wine in several scenes.)
"It's a magical property," Shari says. "It's been a hospitable place for hundreds of years. In back of what is now our visitors center we found an old grinding stone left from the Wappo Indians, who used it as their campsite. We consider ourselves not owners of the land, but stewards of it."
Midwestern-raised Shari and Italian-American Garen met on a blind date at UCLA. When Garen took Shari to a family dinner, she was smitten with the way wine heightens the pleasures of hospitality, and the couple began to dream about owning a vineyard. Shari remembers picnicking in Napa Valley in the '60s, gazing wistfully across the valley at land that became theirs two decades later. Now the operation's CEO, Shari went back to school to study viticulture and enology. Daughter Shannon is following in her footsteps; after earning an MBA, she is working in finance and plans to return to the family business.
Shaded by citrus, fig, and stately cypress trees, the grounds are fragrant with rosemary hedges and quilted with a patchwork of cover crops that are themselves mini gardens. Lavender blooms beside gates on the road leading to the property, which boasts some 460 olive trees, from which the Staglins harvest olive oil. A 165-kilowatt solar system that powers the entire operation shows the Staglins' commitment to the environment.
The landscape design was mothered by necessity: A mountain behind the property was prone to landslides, so they installed drainage systems and created terraces to stabilize it. This led to steps for the terraces, which led to the need for something at the top of the steps, which led to--bellissimo!--the bocce court.
Shari is fond of the vintage roses and plate-sized dahlias in her cutting garden. A Mediterranean-style vegetable garden features heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, and melons, as well as traditional herbs. Each of the columns of the loggia, where the Staglins often eat dinner, has a mini garden of herbs at the base, easily accessible from the kitchen door. "We grow flowers that make us happy and food we like to eat," Shari says.
The grounds are dotted with outdoor artwork, one piece showing musical notes to represent their annual music festival to benefit mental health. "Our dream is to cure or prevent mental illness," says Shari. She loves the song "The Impossible Dream" from the musical Man of La Mancha and gave Garen a statue of Don Quixote on their wedding day 42 years ago. "We believe it will happen in our lifetime."
How to Get There:
Staglin Family Vineyard is located at 1570 Bella Oaks Lane, Rutherford, California. Tastings and tours are by appointment. For more information, call 707/963-3994 or go to staglinfamily.com.
Photography: John Granen
Produced by Andrea Caughey
Landscape architect: William B. Callaway, FASLA, SWA Group, P.O. Box 5904, 2200 Bridgeway Blvd., Sausalito, CA 94966; 415/332-5100, swagroup.com.
Raise a toast to two good causes! In partnership with Staglin Family Vineyard, Traditional Home is pleased to offer two Classic Woman wine selections--Salus Chardonnay ($48) and Salus Cabernet Sauvignon ($90). A portion of the proceeds will benefit our Classic Woman Awards initiative and the Staglins' International Mental Health Research Organization.
To order:
Visit http://www.thcatalog.com or call 707/963-3994, extension 306.
Shari Staglin, enjoying a glass of wine.
Framed by olive trees, the courtyard lawn above the pool has a pleasing symmetry.
The Staglin Family Vineyard is located in the Rutherford Bench, a California growing area known for producing some of the world's best Cabernet grapes; the Staglins also grow Sangiovese and Chardonnay grapes.
The arched loggia in front of the house serves as a lovely gathering spot.
Royal purple petunias and bright orange marigolds provide a riot of color.
A hint of formality comes from the Italian cypress trees on the terraced lawn.
Garen Staglin and musical guest Gladys Knight.
The annual Staglin Music Festival for Mental Health in September (staglinfamily.com), a day of food, wine, and hope, has in its 16 years featured Charlie Trotter as chef and Gladys Knight, Brian Wilson, The Pointer Sisters, Roberta Flack, and Pat Benatar as performers. "It's such fun to have great chefs and wonderful performers and people who care about the same cause," Shari says. "We love to give people who have kept mental illness hidden their whole lives a nice setting where they are given permission to talk about it. We hope they will leave here and talk about it other places. Like a drop of water, it keeps spreading."
The event has raised $110 million in direct and leveraged contributions, with profits from Staglin wines underwriting 100 percent of costs. Inspiration came from Shari's childhood love of music and singing in church--"I was this little girl with this huge voice"--and from visits to her South Dakota grandparents, during which she thrilled to the music at the Corn Palace Festival in Mitchell each fall. The Staglins are founders of the International Mental Health Research Organization (imhro.org).
Red Hot Poker brightens the cutting garden.
The grillwork of the chairs echoes the arbor, creating an open, airy feeling.
Penstemon, also known as beardtongue, is one of the many old-fashioned flowers Shari loves.
A water feature promotes a sense of calm.
Distinguishing the rusty cut-steel arch over the entrance to the flower and vegetable gardens are "The Staglin Panels" by sculptor Mark Bulwinkle; one of the panels depicts what Shari calls "happy" bugs to show the family's commitment to the organic approach. The Staglins share the vegetables they grow with their employees and local restaurants. They also keep bees and harvest honey.
The Visitor Center can be glimpsed in back of the vineyard.
Container plants add a dash of color to this pleasant sitting area on the patio.
A map of the gardens, winery, and vineyards.
Guests enjoy tastings and tours at the ivy-covered winery.
Shari loves beautiful, old-fashioned roses.
The bocce court.
Shari with guests at a wine tasting.


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Latest Westport property transfers: $25M total
The Town Clerk's office reports the following property transfers took place June 17-21:
66 Hillandale Road, sold to Volker and Lori J. Fabian by Tomas Brothers LLC, $2,575,000.
41 Jennie Lane, sold to Post Road NB Co-Invest LLC by People's United Bank, $955,000.
40 Rayfield Road, sold to Christopher J. and Katherine J. Frascella by Ernie and Francis Grevers, $1,295,000.
15 Pumpkin Hill Road 50 percent interest, sold to Chandler L. and Kimberly Glaser Paris by Elizabeth W. Love, $414,950.
15 Pumpkin Hill Road 50 percent interest, sold to Chandler L. and Kimberly Glaser Paris by John B. Love estate, $414,950.
48 Edgewater Commons Lane, sold to Catherine Rogers by Michael R. Gness and Sharon A. Van, $530,000.
12 Stoneboat Road, sold to Matthew and Alyssa Cohen by Carrie Construction Co. Inc., $1,799,000.
96 Myrtle Ave., sold to Matthew Dauria and Michelle Calabretta by Simon and Mary P. Moody, $1,268,750.
22 Davenport Ave., sold to Martin McCann and Linda McDonald trust by JJDP LLC, $590,000.
312 Landsdowne, sold to Charles H. and Hannah P. Wiseman trust by Fred Grossman estate, $829,000.
4 Sylvan Road South, sold to Devils Water LLC by John McCally and Cheryl Carlesimo, $1,200,000.
36 Bermuda Road, sold to Michiel Van Es by Dogwoos Management SA, $4,025,000.
16 Surf Road, sold to Ariane Stiegler and Timothy F. Reimer by Robert S. Roath, $3,200,000.
8 Dexter Road exempt, sold to Jennifer R. and Robert B. Bernstein by Heather B. and Steven M. Simmons, $1,305,000.
7 Caccamo Lane extension, sold to David and Jennifer Greely by Kathleen G. Wootton, $2,375,000.
Total value of the properties sold is $24,951,650, generating conveyance taxes of $59,116.52.

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Community Service
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Central Penn College is committed to a philosophy of community service that prepares graduates to be contributing members of society.
That's why all students are required to fulfill a service assignment prior to graduation. More than just an obligation, community service is an opportunity to learn, grow and gain social skills vital to life.
You can serve on campus or in an external service organization, but you must be an unpaid volunteer. It is not necessary to perform your service all at once. Hours can be earned anytime during enrollment.
Though club membership and meetings don't count, club service projects like the Homeless Sleep Out or Soup Kitchen qualify.
All students are required to hand in a completed service log to the internship advisor with their completed internship packets. All hours must be tracked in a log.
Internship grades will not be issued without successful completion of this service requirement. Continuing Education, transfer students and students that change majors or degree levels must also fulfill this requirement. Students who have already completed an internship will need to work with their academic advisor to ensure this goal is met prior to graduation.
Below are just a few of the organizations Central Penn students have served. New suggestions for community service are always welcome, but be sure the organization qualifies before you commit.
Charitable and service organizations. Would you like to see your opportunities posted here? Please email us with all of your particulars including organization name, address, contact information (phone number and email) and a short paragraph on your activities. We'll review your information and post it to our Website in no time!
The American Lung Association is the Primary Contractor for the Tobacco Control Program of South Central Pennsylvania. This program covers 13 counties that provide tobacco related services to the communities pertaining to tobacco education and cessation.
We are opening (2) Professional Development Positions within this program. The primary focus would be involvement within our coalition development. The coalition has (4) active work groups within, who have project goals to accomplish this Fiscal Year 12 (July 1 - June 30, 2012). The coalition is looking for enthusiastic students who are interested in obtaining some practical experience within the Tobacco Control Program to assist with completion of these projects.
The description of the tasks and hours needed are explained below:
- A student will be assigned to one work group, approx 1-3 hours a week. These hours could consist of coming to the American Lung Association office in Camp Hill, PA or participating in conference calls. The position can be a 3 month period or longer depending on the student's schedule.
- MS Office knowledge is required. (MS Word, Power Point, Publisher, and Excel)
- Creative, Detail Oriented, Good with Time Management, and Reliable.
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If this sounds like an opportunity that you are interested in, please contact Tammy Kreiser.
Castaway Critters is a 501 (c) 3, no-kill, foster home, animal rescue and spay/neuter charity for adoptable dogs and cats. CC also relies on donations, grants, and a great team of volunteers and supporters. Since 2001, they have assisted and found homes for over 11,000 animals. They are always looking for volunteers for adoption events at local pet supply stores, fundraisers, and administrative tasks. You can start with an application at www.castawaycritters.org. Or email us your questions at email@example.com.
CATRA - Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association
Since 1985 CATRA has offered an opportunity for Capital Area residents from all generations with all types of special and typical needs to establish an atmosphere of support, respect, and health. We come together in an equestrian farm environment offering a therapeutic riding experience to those able to benefit from it.
Visit CATRA's website: www.catra.net, for more information or to complete the volunteer application.
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Volunteers are the lifeblood of Girl Scouting. They make a difference in the lives of girls, in the success of families and in the growth of the communities. The strength of Girl Scouting rests on the shoulders of adult volunteers who are committed to helping today's girls become tomorrow's leaders. Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania has training, manuals, and professional support staff to provide volunteers all the tools necessary to be successful.
We have short term volunteer opportunities available in Cumberland County! We are looking for volunteers to work with Daisies (Kindergarten & 1st Grade) or Brownies ( 2nd & 3rd Grade) girls.
For more information, contact Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania at 800.692.7816 or visit www.gshpa.org.
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We are looking for fun, energetic, volunteers to help in assisting with our residents in our long term care facility. Currently we have over 200 residents, and are looking to expand the programs that we currently are offering. Some opportunities that are currently available are: transporting to activities, assisting in programs, one to one championship, monthly trips (such as casinos, food, and shopping), and special events (such as daily BBQs and outside festivals) throughout the year. We are also looking for anyone musically or artistically inclined, that would be willing to share these talents with our residents. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact me at the phone number listed above. A background check is required and will be provided through the facility upon completion of application.
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Grane Hospice seeks to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patients entrusted to them in the winter season of their lives. Volunteers are not just an afterthought, but valued and mandated members of the team who can offer their time to listen or read aloud to patients, take them outside for walks, write down patient memories, share talents (music, art, etc.).
Volunteers are offered free training, mileage reimbursement for their time on the road, free TB skin tests, drug screening, criminal background checks and all of the psycho-social services offered to the patients and families. Grane's mission is to provide comfort and dignity for the body, mind and soul through unique, individualized, professional care plans which allow the patient to live comfortably in his or her 'home' surrounded by loved ones. They desire volunteers with this same heart of compassion and selflessness to join them!
4 Lemoyne Drive, Suite 201
Lemoyne, PA 17043
(717) 763-4001
Contact Volunteer Coordinator, Jeneé Fetterhoff if you are interested.
The Home Depot Kid's Workshop is offered to kids ages 4-12. The program teaches children basic motor skills using screwdrivers and hammers via monthly projects. The volunteers would be involved with the setup of the Kids Workshop and aiding the children in the construction of the projects. Volunteers are expected to act in accordance with guidelines and values set forth by The Home Depot while aiding with the Workshop. Contact email@example.com or (717) 651-9699 (ask for Ben Folk).
Homeland Hospice encourages you to consider a volunteer opportunity to help patients at the end of their life journey and support to their families. The mission of Homeland Hospice is "to provide the highest quality of care to patients and families during the terminal stages of life." We are growing, and our need for volunteers to serve our patients is great! There is certainly satisfaction in sharing your time with others, but the thanks shared by patients and families is by far the most rewarding! Maybe it's companionship or reminiscence. Maybe it's calming an anxious spirit, or bringing a smile to the lonely. Or perhaps it's giving a weary caregiver the opportunity to run errands, or just briefly get away. Whatever you choose, all you need is a caring heart, good communication skills, and a commitment to care. Volunteers receive training and continued support, as well as free TB testing and background checks. Homeland Hospice serves eleven counties across south central Pennsylvania. Patient and family needs exist TODAY in your community. Your schedule can be as flexible as needed to accommodate your studies and other activities. However you choose to help, you will know that you truly have made a difference! Please contact Leanne Porterfield, Coordinator of Volunteers at firstname.lastname@example.com, or by phone at (717) 221-7890. Thank you so very much!
Leanne Porterfield, CVA
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Jewish Family Service of Harrisburg
JFSH is always looking for volunteers for our respite program. Respite lets parents of special needs children take time out and rejuvenate from challenges they face 24/7. We take kids to the zoo, bowling, and more. You would help supervise them and help them socialize with similar children. Contact Jennifer Prol, Adoption/Respite Coordinator at, (717) 233-1681.
Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Wishmakers on Campus program, students can create and carry out their own fundraiser to help grant the wish of a local child who is dealing with so much more than any child ever should.
Make-A-Wish Foundation's mission is to grant the wishes of children suffering from life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.
For more information contact Holly Fite or call (717) 295-6684.
Messiah Lifeways is a non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive netowork of senior community services and residential communities.
Messiah Village, one of our senior living communities, is always looking for volunteers in multiple positions to help provide care and companionship for our residents.
Please contact:
Messiah Village
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National Multiple Sclerosis Society
This nonprofit organization seeks to improve the quality of life of people affected by MS, serving more than 5,300 individuals. The Chapter is a driving force of MS research, relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatment and a cure. Volunteer activities include: help at numerous events, internships, office assistance and MS Activists. Join the movement to stop the devastating effects of MS! Contact Barbara Bradshaw, Director of Community Development, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
New Hope is a social service agency that helps families in poverty through financial and stability support, and runs after school programs that help the children of these families. They service families in the Enola community and children from East Pennsboro, West Creek Hills and Shaull Elementary. New hope provides a child care service after school for parents who may be working and can't afford child care, homework/tutoring help, a reading skills program, teaching of life skills to help break the cycle of poverty, an educational enrichment program to help students with math, reading, writing and English skills as well as team building activities. They also provide healthy snacks and a fitness program to promote healthy lifestyles.
The program currently meets at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, 6839 Wertzville Road, Enola, PA 17025, Monday through Friday, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm.
Interested students may sign up on New Hope's website, nhm-pa.org. or contact email@example.com, 717-766-7333, ext 3016 or 717-329-5119.
Northern Dauphin Revitalization Project, Inc. (NDRP)
Northern Dauphin Revitalization Project, Inc. (NDRP) is a volunteer organization committed to eliminating abandoned and blighted properties in the downtowns of Halifax, Millersburg, Elizabethville, Gratz, Lykens, Williamstown, and Tower City and encouraging business development focused on tourism, education, and technology. Using the Main Street approach to downtown economic redevelopment, NDRP seeks students to serve in research projects within the seven "anchor" communities. Contact Dr. Ben Scott, Regional Coordinator at (717) 362-1438 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
River of God Church is an active, contemporary church with many event volunteer opportunities. The church hosts Community Night w/Fireworks, Picnic Celebration, Pumpkin Fest, Lite the Night, Harvest Carnival, Christmas Dinner Theater, Easter Production, Weekly Coffee Bar. Student can serve as anything from coffee bar attendants to carpenters, plus dozens of other fun and rewarding jobs. Students will be overwhelmingly welcomed and appreciated for their efforts. Visit them at 747 Wertzville Road, Enola, PA 17025.
Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center
Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center is a not-for-profit organization that provides a family centered education and therapy program for infants, children and adolescents with developmental delays and disabilities in the Lancaster county area. Their goal oriented approach maximizes each child's ability to function as independently as possible within the community. We have volunteer projects available throughout the year at the Center and our special events. For more details, contact Marie Johnston at email@example.com.
NEEDED: Volunteer Summer Administrative Assistant
Flexible days
20 hours per week
Position available immediately
Working in the Financial Development Office
YOU can play a major role in helping the thousands of children with special needs at Schreiber. Help us by designing flyers, brochures and other marketing pieces related to events such as Phonathon, Softball Weekend, Palooza, Rubber Duckie Race™ and our Golf Tournament. Writing newspaper articles, organizing supplies, bulk mailings, data entry and much, much more will round out this exciting summer opportunity. You will be working with all segments of our constituents from Board members, professional staff, community leaders and other volunteers.
Come for a tour of the Center and meet our kids! Contact Marie TODAY if you are a college junior/senior looking for great non-profit experience for your resume. firstname.lastname@example.com
NEEDED: Volunteers for 3rd Annual Phonathon
We are hosting our 3rd Annual Phonathon starting Sunday, May 3 through Wednesday, May 6. We need you to help call our current supporters – first, to thank them for their generous support and second, to ask for a gift to the Phonathon campaign. Last year, we were able to raise an amazing $40,000 to support the work we do for the children that come to the Center for help.
Just imagine the influence your call as a Schreiber grandparent or parent, will have on our supporters.
Please consider joining us here at the Center on one of those nights (May 3 through May 6) from 5pm-8:30pm. We NEED your help to make this campaign a success!
Contact Marie TODAY to say you can help out. firstname.lastname@example.com
Shining Light Thrift Shop (SLTS) is a non-profit ministry of the Cathedral Parish of St. Patrick. They provide clothing, household goods and furniture to the homeless and economically disadvantaged of the Harrisburg community. They do this through free and discount programs based on household income. They are in need of volunteers that can help in their store doing many different tasks such as sorting clothes, tagging clothing, hanging clothes, and more. Contact Connie Hanna at (717) 234-2436 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more than 50 years, UCP Central PA has served people of all
ages with any type of disability. They provide programs and
services to more than 3,500 individuals and families throughout
Central PA. Volunteer opportunities are available in adult
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Contact Casey Hurst, Community Relations Coordinator email@example.com or (717) 975-0611 ext 217.
United Way of the Capital Region (Enola)
Volunteers are wanted to assist with some simple research. The project simply involves going on the Internet and "Googling" names of prospective supporters to get a correct phone number. We have work stations available Monday through Friday during regular business hours (8:30 AM - 5:00 PM), and a staff person available to answer any questions. Offices are located so close to the College. For details, please call (717) 732-0700, ext. 39. You also may contact Jennifer Daniels at (717) 732-0700, ext. 31.
West Enola Fire Co has a Free live-in program for college students that are currently Volunteer Firefighters. They also seek volunteers to help with projects and fundraising. The fire company has constructed new living quarters complete with full kitchen, bunk rooms, locker rooms, laundry, entertainment room, and wireless internet access. Contact Chief Dressler at 717-732-1919 or visit www.westenolafire.com.
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
The Whitaker Center, housing an IMAX theater, performing arts theater and 3-story hands-on science center, welcomes Central Penn student volunteers to join their team, offering the best in customer interaction. Internships are also available. Contact Michelle Hornberger, Volunteer and Intern Coordinator, at (717) 724-3857 or email@example.com.
WITF, Central Pennsylvania's public broadcasting entity includes a TV station, FM radio station, and magazine. Volunteer activities include: Answering calls during our TV and FM membership campaigns; representing WITF during special events, fundraisers, and concerts; assisting our FM and TV production departments; helping to prepare bulk mailings; facilitating parenting-education workshops for WITF's Ready to Learn Program, and much, much more! Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or (717) 910-2942.
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Ashbrook dug a 32-point first-half hole that proved to be too much to overcome as West Mecklenburg prevailed, 46-24 in a non-conference game Friday.
Ashbrook dug a 32-point first-half hole that proved to be too much to overcome as West Mecklenburg prevailed, 46-24 in a non-conference game Friday.
West Mecklenburg(7-3) held Ashbrook (5-4) to 106 yards in the first half of play, but it was big plays and turnovers that cost the Green Wave.
On the game�s fourth play, Shaun Wilson scampered 68 yards for a touchdown, giving West Mecklenburg an 8-0 lead. Later in the opening quarter, Tre Brice threw the first of his three interceptions and Dahquan Pauling returned it 68 yards for a touchdown, pushing the deficit to 16-0. The Hawks would add a 5-yard Van Smith touchdown run to cap off a 24-0 opening quarter.
Early in the second quarter of play, Jalan McClendon would complete one of his two passes on the evening to Antonio Williams, who broke free and rambled 56 yards for another West Meck score. With just over 10 minutes to play in the first half, the Green Wave was in a 32-0 hole.
The first break for Ashbrook came midway through the second quarter when Eisson Smith picked off a McClendon pass, setting up the Green Wave at the 25-yard line. Tylik Roberts� 8-yard run five plays later got Ashbrook on the board. On the ensuing drive, Isaac Wright intercepted another pass from McClendon and returned it 75 yards, cutting the deficit to 32-14. Ross Taylor�s 21-yard field goal would cut the Hawks lead to 32-17 at halftime.
In the second half, Ashbrook failed to capitalize on good field position, and West Meck responded with an 11-play drive that covered 80 yards and ended when McClendon snuck in from a yard out. Tre Brice, who finished 18-38 for 223 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions, hooked up with EJ Vanderpuye for a 64-yard touchdown that pulled the Wave back within 15, but that was as close as it would get. After a failed onside kick, Robert Coleman scampered in from 25 yards out, and West Meck prevailed with a 46-24 victory.
The Hawks utilized three running backs effectively, as Smith rushed 23 times for 155 yards, Wilson eight times for 136 yards, and Coleman eight times for 67 yards.
Ashbrook was led by Marcus James, who rushed for 51 yards on 13 carries and caught two passes for 17 yards. Demetrius Oliver was the leading receiver, hauling in six passes for 69 yards.
West Meck finishes their regular season next Friday night at East Gaston. Ashbrook will play host to Hunter Huss.


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On our second day in Morocco we had to pack our cases as we would be staying in a different hotel that night. Our team would also be splitting up to cover as many different sites and areas of interest as we could.
Desert driving
Our adventure to the first site was not without drama. We had three vehicles travelling in a convoy (I likened it to something from Top Gear - three Land Cruisers, traveling over amazing desert landscapes and each with its own personality) and an hour into our journey I had started to doze off. The next thing I knew I could smell burning - we had pulled up at the side of the road and were told to get out of the car immediately. It turned out our brakes had overheated and fused together.
There was a strong burning smell and some smoke. It wasn't anything major, but did mean we had to go down to two cars. All the luggage was transferred to the roof and seats put up in the boot and off we went again. It was a slightly more bumpy ride in the boot but all good fun. The adventures of an earth scientist!
On the way, we stopped to look at some monkeys in Cedar Forest, it was along a touristy trail so they were fairly tame and would steal your food if you gave them the chance. Many had infants attached to them, which were cute.
Monkey eating some bread in Cedar Forest.
Finally we reached the first stop, an extinct volcano site where analytical chemist Emma Humphreys-Williams wanted to collect some mantle xenoliths for her research. Mantle xenoliths are fragments of rock from depths of up to 50km, brought to Earth's surface through volcanism. We all got out the vehicles and spent a little time walking over the site looking at the volcanic rocks, which for me meant thinking back to my undergraduate degree in geology.
There were some lovely lava flows and volcanic tuff (basically consolidated volcanic ash). The xenoliths that we were looking for were a lovely green colour. My team were only there for about half an hour as most of the palaeontologists went onto Bakrit to look for more shark teeth. However, Emma HW, Zoe, Mark and Helena spent the day here. To find out more about what Emma and others did, check out the Brachiopod and Cephalopod collections blog!
Arriving at the volcano site, I thought it looked like something out of a Star Trek film.
After another hour's drive with quite a bit of bumpy off-roading (which I found quite fun) we reached our next site at Bakrit. Late Maastrichtian in age (last part of the Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago) and an area rich in black organic deep water phosphate deposits. This is overlain by shallow-water limestone of unknown age (but is something we are working to determine) containing a diverse molluscan assemblage.
Searching for shark teeth
Bakrit is a site that both Charlie and David were very keen to look at as both had collected shark teeth from there before and wanted to add to their knowledge and increase diversity of the Museums collections. Again this site was great for just walking along and finding lots of shark teeth sticking out of the surface. Some of the most common shark teeth we found were Cretolamna and Squalicorax which belong to the same family as the Great White shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
At Bakrit walking up the exposure looking for shark teeth.
The very small lighter/whiter bits were small (0.5-1cm) shark teeth, Zerina is looking for some.
A small number of the shark teeth we found. The scale is 1cm.
After an hour or so at the site, where we took measurements and GPS co-ordinates for all the material we collected, we were back in the vehicles and back on the bumpy road to meet our other colleagues who had been at the mine for the afternoon. Then we made our way to our accommodation in Midelt.
Charlie currently has all the shark teeth and is working to identify them all. They will then be marked up and put into the collections in the Museum for people to research and use. It's likely that a couple of scientific papers will be published about the site at Bakrit and the fossils found there over the next year or so.
Keep checking back here for more updates about our trip and visit Zoe's blog to see what others got up to in the field!


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We worked together to analyze costs, analyze pricing and develop strategies for positioning the business to be put up for sale. Meantime, she shared with me that she had a concern that one of her employees was stealing from the company. So we turned our focus to the development of internal controls while we tried to identify whether or not her concern was valid. As it turned out, the tightening of internal controls caused the person in question to leave the company after over 20 years with the business. The owner, and her sons, were completely devastated to find out that the employee had been stealing from them consistently for many years. This employee was highly valued by the business and was considered almost like family after many years of service. The moral of the story is simply that no business is too small to institute effective internal financial controls.
How can you begin to develop controls? First you need to identify the areas that are high-risk in your business. High-risk areas may include: Cash receipts and disbursements, customer credit and collections (writing off bad debts), purchasing and storage of inventory, payroll (including worker's compensation insurance fraud). Under no circumstances should an accountant, bookkeeper, or the Controller of the business be given check-signing authority. Fraud can easily be concealed if this person has authority to sign checks. The owner/manager should sign all checks. If there are multiple owners, at least two signatures should be required. Do not create a signature stamp that can be used in your absence.
Following are other recommendations:
• In a small company, if you cannot separate duties to provide a check and balance system, consider job-sharing through a cross-training arrangement.
• Require that employees who work in high risk areas take vacations. Pay attention as to whether employee life/styles seem to match what you may know about their salaries.
• Limit access to accounting records and year-end entries.
• Make surprise audits and inspections
• Discuss computer controls with your accountant or a computer security specialist
• Be sure that you pay attention to the legal aspects of internal controls. Be sure any controls that you put in place do not violate the privacy rights of employees or customers.
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In this interview, Prof Zheng, a renowned Chinese expert on pensions, discusses the necessary reforms – in particular tax reforms – that are needed in order to further develop private pensions in China. The enterprise annuity system, as the private pension system in China is called, should become a key part of the retirement income system, but there are some obstacles that needs to be addressed first.
Juan YERMO : What are main challenges for the growth of the enterprise annuity (EA) system in China? What do you think are the main policy challenges faced by the system and why is it not growing at the speed that was originally expected?
Prof. ZHENG: 企业年金2010年正好建立20周年,企业年金税优10周年。但是企业年金发展非常滞后。中国企业年金缴费人1000万。资产260万亿人民币,非常小。职工参与率1%,占退休金替代率的1%,这个比例在OECD 国家是找不到的。
Prof. ZHENG: This year is the 20th aniversary of the Chinese enterprise annuity system establishment. Preferential tax policy was introduced 10 years ago. However, the development of EAs is lagging behind: Only 10 million Chinese has joined such plans. The total assets in the system is 260 trillion Yuan, which is very much underestimated: The economic active employee participation rate is merely 1%, and the average replacement rate is only 1%, and the employer participation rate is also around 1%. Such low ratio cannot be found in the OECD countries.
There are many reasons that explain the slow development of EAs. The main reason lacks in the preferential tax treatment of employee individual income. The current tax regime applying to EA plans is TEE. Academic and policy makers suggest that we should adopt EET (exempt-exempt-tax) in terms of individual contributions. However, EET has not been introduced for many years due to China's specific taxation system.
There are two main difficulties:
First, China's personal income tax system is Classified income tax system rather than a tax on aggregate income. Income tax reform started from 1994 at a very low pace. In this case, if enterprise annuity is taxed, it must be included into personal income tax law as a special case, which is very difficult. Even if the tax on annuity is put into the tax laws. What should we do with other types of pensions ? So EET is conflict with China's current personal income tax system.
Second, the EET is conflict with the traditional Chinese Confucian culture. All the retirement income in China is EEE . For example, the first pillar of pensions is the basic pension, it adopts EEE. Since senior people's income is modest in China, public opinion will not accept the fact that pension benefit is taxed.
Therefore, EET is a good idea in long term with the premise that the reform of personal income tax system from Classified Income tax system to Mixed Income tax system which include both the classified and aggregated system. From 2008, people should declare their total incomes if it is more than 120000 Yuan per year. This is an attempt of income tax system reform. However, very few people declared their total incomes. Therefore, the reform of EET depends on the individual income tax system reform. It also explains why contribution from individual to annuity is still not very clear.
在个人所得税制改革前的过渡时期,我们可以采取过渡性的办法,我个人设计的制度是partial TEE. 在个人缴费部分的前端进行分类别缴税。由个人自行选择类别,每一个类别都是税优政策和交税的绑定(combination),对于国家,个人和企业来讲都有积极性。这个办法如果采取的话就可以解决制约企业年金发展的主要问题。
In the transitional period before the reform, we may use a transitional approach. My idea is to use a partial TEE: the systerm is composed of several categories(five grades), Individuals choose a certain grade, each grade is a combination of income taxe rate and preferential tax rate for annuity contribution. Thereafter, the state, individuals and enterprises are all motivated. This approch helps resolve the main problem that constrains the development of annuity and to cushion the conflicts among these ministries who share differenct views upon this subject.
In 2004, following the orders NO. 20 and No.23 issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of P.R. China, the total assets of annuity was 49.3 billion yuan and 6 years later it became 250 billion yuan. This development was very slow. It is far behind the eastern european countries which were at the same starting line as China. If the annuity system does not develop, it will be difficult to achieve a multi-pillar social security system in China. We are facing high pressure. What is more, in the post financial crisis days, we realized that one main reason of weak domestic demand is the uncertainty over social security benefits in China.
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Northlanders, All-City Middle School, U.S. Army Blues Trombonist to Perform April 5
Jazz Time, a concert featuring Augustana's Northlanders Jazz Band, the All-City Middle School Jazz Band and special guest Matt Niess, lead trombonist for the U.S. Army Blues Jazz Ensemble in Washington, D.C., will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5. The concert will be held in Kresge Recital Hall, located in the Humanities Building at Augustana.
Tickets are $5 for all adults and are free for students K-12. Tickets are available at www.augietickets.com or by calling 605.274.5320.
The Northlander's Jazz Band is a 19-member ensemble under the direction of Dr. Paul Schilf. The Band was founded in 1954 with Earl Colgan as its first student director and continued as a student-run organization until Dr. Harold Krueger assumed its leadership in 1965. During the past 10 years, Schilf and the Band have commissioned seven big band jazz charts. This new jazz music is available through Sierra Music Publications, Doug Beach Music, and Kendor Music. The Northlanders is also the featured band for The Spark, the Gala Event to Celebrate Augustana at 150, on Saturday, April 16, at the Washington Pavilion.
The All-City Middle School Jazz Band began more than 13 years ago and gathers once a year for this special concert featuring the very best of Sioux Falls student jazz musicians. The group is sponsored by the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society.
Niess is a former high school band director and has taught on the jazz faculties of Shenandoah, Towson and West Chester Universities. He is a graduate of West Chester and George Mason Universities. He is the founder and director of Capitol Bones, a nationally recognized jazz trombone ensemble.
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Free Motion Quilting – Embellished Towels
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Ever since I started dabbling in quilting, free motion quilting has been on my list of things to learn.
Over the holidays, I ordered a generic quilting/darning foot to fit my machine. I figured I should start with a small project, and thought a cute and girly set of hand towels for my daughter's bathroom would be perfect. (I also used this technique on her tooth fairy pillow as well.)
I grabbed a set of 4 towels on my last trip to Wal-mart and while I was there, found this cute little fat quarter set of coordinating pink and brown fabrics.
Adding the fabric to the towels was super easy:
Cut a piece of fabric about an inch taller and wider than your towel.
Fold the edges of the 2 long sides and one short side over 1/4 inch and iron them flat.
Pin the fabric in place, lining up the one ironed short side with the side of the towel and fold the other side in/under to line up with the other side of the towel.
Then, sew along the edge of the fabric about 1/8 inch form the edge, all the way around the towel.
I am not very artistic, so my loops and swirls are pretty sad looking, but when you use a thread that blends better you can't even tell…
I love the free motion quilting for small projects like this, but I'm not 100% sure I would do it on a full or queen size quilt. It seems like it might take longer or be more difficult than straight line quilting.
What do you think? Have you free motion quilted a large quilt on a regular sewing machine? I would love to hear how it went for you or just get more advice…
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McKinney slams Malloy on transit fund
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, who is running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, Friday challenged Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's assertion that the state invested more than $1 billion in rail infrastructure and has restored the Special Transportation Fund.
"You can't claim credit for something you haven't done," McKinney said in a morning statement. "It would be great if the governor would actually invest a billion dollars in our rail system. I know a lot of commuters who would be very happy if that were true. The reality is this governor has raided nearly $190 million from the Special Transportation Fund since he took office. He uses the money not to fix ancient bridges or cracked rail lines, but to fill gaping holes in the state budget. Where are his priorities? It is clear he believes throwing half a billion federal dollars at a busway to nowhere is important. Those federal dollars should have been invested in our aging rail system -- again, priorities.
"Did the governor pass legislation banning future reductions or direct sweeps from the STF? Did he put back the money he took from the fund to balance the budget? No -- the reality is he did neither. As recently as May 4, Malloy took an additional $2 million that was supposed to be spent on transportation issues and chose to pay other bills. Certainly, he can understand why commuters are upset. To the governor's comment that I don't understand the budget, I'm ready to challenge him to a debate on the budget anytime -- anyplace."
Malloy, during his usual news conference after the monthly meeting of the State Bond Commission, said Friday, "We spend more money on transportation than was raised by the gas tax." He added that he has increased transportation spending by 165 percent. On the debate issue: "I'm sure we'll have one if he wins the primary."


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Scott Mattocks has posted a mini news update on the world of PHP-GTK today on his blog:
Even though PHP-GTK News is still on hiatus, there are somethings that can't wait.
He congratulates Anant Narayanan on his cover story in the latest issue of php|architect - "Application Development with PHP-GTK 2". He also mentions the International PHP Conference and a speaker presenting there, Steph Fox, and her talk "Matruing Nicely - PHP-GTK 2" (covering the latest PHP-GTK 2 improvements).


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FIREFIGHTERS STAND BY as an emptied tanker car is lowered back onto its wheels Wednesday at the site of Monday's train wreck in Middlebury. The cars were all expected to be set back on the tracks and hauled away sometime Thursday.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Railway officials have tentatively cited a broken section of rail line as the cause of a train accident that toppled 18 cargo cars in downtown Middlebury on Monday, sending an undetermined amount of gasoline into the Otter Creek.
Fire, police and state environmental officials, fearing an explosion or adverse health effects from breathing gasoline fumes from the spill, cordoned off most of downtown Middlebury to traffic for almost 24 hours after the 2 p.m. accident. During that time crews evaluated the site and began moving the rail car wreckage while keeping the gasoline spill to a minimum.
As of Wednesday afternoon officials said they hoped to have the line open again by late Thursday.
While the accident temporarily inconvenienced motorists and an estimated 400 to 500 residents of the Cross Street/Main Street/South Pleasant Street neighborhoods who had to be evacuated (see related story), Middlebury officials breathed a collective sigh of relief realizing that no one had been hurt and that things could have been a whole lot worse.
October 25, 2007
MIDDLEBURY — Monday's train accident transformed downtown Middlebury from its usual beehive of activity to an almost eerie no-man's land.
Local police and fire officials blocked off a whopping 30 roads leading into, and out of, the core village area while investigators and clean-up crews combed through the toppled rail tankers along the Otter Creek near Merchants Row.
Motorists accustomed to traveling through Middlebury via Routes 7, 125 and 30 found themselves making detours.
Authorities established a "hot zone" near the accident site that they sought to keep free of vehicle traffic. That zone extended around the core village area and included all, or portions, of Charles Avenue, Court Square, North Street, Stewart Lane, Methodist Lane, Middle Seymour Street, Park Street, Bakery Lane, Shannon Street, Storrs Avenue, Franklin Street, Chipman Park, Water Street, South Pleasant Street, Cross Street, Duane Court, Mary Hogan Drive, Court Street, Benedict Lane, Merchants Row, Main Street and North Pleasant Street.
Police established two routes around Middlebury for passenger traffic, according to Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley. One led from Route 7 through Buttolph Acres, connecting with High Street. The other, southbound, was from Route 7 to Stewart Lane, followed by Seminary Street to Foote Street to Route 7 south of the downtown.
Vermont State Police stopped commercial traffic at the intersection of Routes 7 and 17 and routed southbound commercial traffic out to Route 22A. Northbound traffic was stopped at Route 125 in East Middlebury before it got into town and it was diverted to Route 116.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College has played a strong supporting role in renovating the Town Hall Theater (THT). Now the liberal arts institution is jumping into the act in an even bigger way.
College and theater officials confirmed on Monday that they had formed a partnership that will give the institution and its student body regular use of the THT for productions, rehearsals and mentorships. The college in turn will provide the THT with $1 million over the next 20 years to give the theater a strong financial footing as it prepares for major interior renovations that should allow for an opening next summer.
"It gives the college an extra place to perform as well as a wonderful connection to downtown Middlebury," THT Executive Director Douglas Anderson said. "We see it as a win-win situation."
Middlebury College President Ronald D. Liebowitz agreed.
"There are a whole bunch of things we see happening that will bring the college and town arts scenes together," Liebowitz said. "We are pleased to help make this happen."
This is the third substantial contribution the college will have made to THT, a 124-year-old building off Merchants Row that is being renovated for use as a performing arts center. The college previously donated $125,000 in both 2001 and 2006.
Boosters have set a $5 million price tag for the project and are just $130,000 short of meeting a $500,000 anonymous challenge grant to reach the fund-raising finish line. Anderson stressed the college's $1 million commitment should be seen as separate from the effort to match the $500,000 challenge grant.
"We are still trying to raise around $130,000," Anderson said.
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I googled for 2 days and can't got a clue.
I have MKVs and it has h.264 and aac which is perfect for iOS devices. so I don't want to re-encode it. just want to change the container to MP4.
It's and easy task for ffmpeg or MP4box but I want soft subtitles in the MP4 that iOS can recognize.
ffmpeg could only create hard burn subtitles.
MP4box was able to add subtitle track but only VLC able to load it. iOS can't play the sub which is added by MP4box.
MediaCoder seenms like a GUI of those tools so I still want to ask. is that possible to create a MP4 with subtitles that iOS iphone ipod can play?
I have app can do this but all of them are MAC apps. like subler and MP4Tools, handbreak could do this too but don't support copy video. I don't want to re-encode!
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Hall And Oates Forever is now on Facebook!
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Daryl Hall and Best New Artist Grammy winner join on six-song set, including original holiday numbers from their respective Christmas albums, as they stuff a roast goose
NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2012—It's that time of the year, as Daryl Hall conquers his head cold to celebrate the season in a series of Christmas duets with former Best New Artist Grammy winner Shelby Lynne on the 61st and latest edition of Live from Daryl's House, the critically acclaimed, award-winning web-to-cable series. For this special holiday episode, Daryl and Shelby join in a "delta blues-meets-Philly soul" throwdown, featuring a half-dozen performances—four songs from their respective Christmas albums, Daryl Hall and John Oates' 2006 release Home for Christmas and the singer-songwriter's 2010 set Merry Christmas, as well as a pair of Lynne originals. The show, now available via over-the-air syndication, will premiere on Viacom's high-definition music channel Palladia Dec. 13, then will be available on www.lfdh.com on Dec. 15.
"She's a really interesting singer and songwriter," comments Daryl, who says he's wanted to have Lynne on the show for awhile. "And even though she came up in Nashville, I think she's a great soul singer. She means every word that comes out of her mouth."
"I loved hanging out with Daryl and the guys in the band," enthuses Shelby. "Daryl is as amazing a person as he is a singer. I was honored to go to his place and make music. Daryl's Place will stay around a long time because it's all about the integrity of the artist and the music."
Lynne first broke through at the age of 18, when her demos landed her an appearance on TNN's Nashville Now series. Her 1999 breakthrough, I Am Shelby Lynne, led to a Grammy for Best New Artist. She followed with critically acclaimed albums Love, Shelby (2001), Identity Crisis (2003) and Suit Yourself (2005). She made her acting debut playing Johnny Cash's mother in the Oscar-winning Fox Searchlight movie, Walk the Line. Just a Little Lovin', her tribute to Dusty Springfield, came out in 2008. In 2010, she founded her own label, EVERSO Records, a move that has given her the freedom to release music on her own timetable. Her EVERSO debut, Tears, Lies, And Alibis, dropped in 2010 and was followed by Merry Christmas (2010) and Revelation Road (2011). In November, she released a deluxe edition of the latter, which also includes her first-ever live album, recorded this past May at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, along with a Live in London DVD and a documentary on the making of the album.
The two perform a pair of songs each from their Christmas albums, including the Shelby Lynne originals "Ain't Nothin' Like Christmas" and a bluesy "Xmas," the latter Daryl terming "one of the darkest Christmas songs ever written," with lyrics like "Holiday cocktails make me forget/The gifts that Daddy never opened." The set also includes the original title track to Hall and Oates' Home for Christmas, as well as a spirited cover of that album's Robbie Robertson-penned "Christmas Must Be Tonight." They also tackle Lynne's "Leavin'," a song from her I Am Shelby Lynne album, and "Bend," from Love, Shelby, the latter given a rousing Philly International soul treatment that proves Hall's assessment of the self-described southern girl's ability to sing R&B.
To top off the performances, Daryl and Shelby join chefs Eric Gabrynowicz and Stephen Mancini, from local Armonk, NY-based Restaurant North, to cook up a roast goose dinner, including braised red cabbage, squash soup, pears and a watermelon grown in Hall's garden, with Shelby doing the honors stuffing the bird. The conversation was also lively, with Daryl admitting the trappings of the holiday season like "elves and homeless Santas," freak him out, while a discussion of musical authenticity draws this priceless Shelby Lynne observation; "There's no air-conditioning for the blues."
The past six years have marked a steady stream of superlatives and recognition for Live from Daryl's House, with Hall receiving a Webby Award for Best Variety series from more than 10,000 entries at the 14th annual ceremony at N.Y.'s Cipriani Wall Street before garnering an O Music Award from MTV two years ago.
Along with airing every Thursday night at 11 p.m. (ET/PT) on Viacom's high-definition music channel Palladia, Live from Daryl's House is syndicated nationally by Good Cop Bad Cop Productions. Executive producers for the show include Hall along with his manager Jonathan Wolfson.
The 60 previous episodes of Live From Daryl's House have featured a mix of well-known performers like Jason Mraz, The Voice's Cee Lo Green, Joe Walsh, Booker T and the MGs, Blind Boys of Alabama, Rob Thomas, Train, Smokey Robinson, The Doors' Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, Toots Hibbert, Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall, Todd Rundgren, Keb Mo, Dave Stewart, Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik and Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump along with newcomers such as Nick Waterhouse, Rumer, Chiddy Bang, Allen Stone, Nikki Jean, The Dirty Heads, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Mayer Hawthorne, Eric Hutchinson, Chromeo, Matt Nathanson, Parachute, Plain White T's, soul diva Sharon Jones, Diane Birch, L.A. neo-R&B party band Fitz & the Tantrums, hot new alternative band Neon Trees and veteran alternative mainstays Guster.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Live From Daryl's House #60 - Joe Walsh!
GUITARS GONE WILD ON 60TH LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE AS LEGENDARY AXEMAN Joe Walsh DROPS BY FOR NOV. 15 EPISODE -
Spectacular jams highlight Walsh classics "Rocky Mountain Way," "Life's Been Good" and "Funk 49/50" with Daryl solo songs, "Somebody to Love" and "Wrong Side of History," in simultaneous premiere on www.lfdh.com & Palladia!
Some of us have been waiting a long time for this webisode! We'll see you at Daryl's house!
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Maybe the Browns need more people named Brown.
Two of the all-time franchise greats — Paul Brown and Jim Brown — landed on the Cleveland Mt. Rushmore. Joining them on the mountain were Otto Graham and Lou Groza.
PFT Planet supplanted Groza with Ozzie Newsome, but otherwise agreed with our assessment.
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Survey: Web Generates Consumer FeedbackThursday, April 24th, 2008
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April 24, 2008
NEW YORK Forget focus groups. Consumers are giving it straight to brands, and each other, via online social media in big numbers, according to a recent study by the Society for New Communications Research, Palo Alto, Calif.
"Exploring the Link Between Customer Care and Brand Reputation in the Age of Social Media" surveyed more than 300 active Internet users during February and March.
The study found that 74 percent of respondents choose companies or brands based on customer service experiences shared by other Web users on the Internet. Eighty-one percent of those polled said they believe blogs, online rating systems and discussion forums give consumers "a greater voice" in customer service. However, only 33 percent of respondents felt that companies take customers' opinions seriously.
"This study indicates that there is a growing group of highly desirable consumers using social media to research companies," said Ganim Nora Barnes, a senior fellow at SNCR, in a statement. This demo includes adults 25-55 with a college education, making over $100,000 a year. "These most savvy and sought-after consumers will not support companies with poor customer care reputations, and they will talk about all of this openly with others via multiple online vehicles. This research should serve as a wake-up call to companies: listen, respond, and improve."
The study also found what marketers might find somewhat counterintuitive. While search engines were deemed the most valuable online tools for researching customer experience with a given brand, 39 percent of respondents rated blogging services like Twitter and Pownce as being of "no value" to such research. Similarly, 27 percent found YouTube useless, and 22 percent said the same of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.
Of those industries judged to be doing the best job in using social media to respond to customer service issues, technology, retail and travel companies took top honors. Dell and Amazon were noted most often as those companies doing the best job handling customer care problems via social media.
Utilities, healthcare and insurance firms fared the worst.


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Mama's mother, Grandma Guillot, died when I was about 9. I wasn't really surprised when she died. I think, in her own way, she was preparing us for her death.
Mama's mother, Grandma Guillot, died when I was about 9. I wasn't really surprised when she died. I think, in her own way, she was preparing us for her death.
Grandma lived with us for quite a while before she died. We were a large family — Mama, Papa, their seven daughters and two sons. Add grandma to the mix and there were a dozen people in our small, rented house. Some of mama's older children eventually left home to work for other people as household workers, so after a while there were not as many people in the house.
As one walked into our living room/bedroom there was a large armoire in the front, right-hand corner of the room. It was on the top left-hand shelf of this armoire that Grandma kept her "funeral dress." Whenever we had visitors, Grandma would open the armoire, remove a medium-sized box and raise the lid to show a beautiful dress.
"This is the dress I'll be buried in," she would proudly say. She didn't say those words in English. She used her best Cajun French to give her little spiel. Her smile always accompanied her words. She was very proud of that dress.
I don't know where she bought the dress, or whether it was handmade by a seamstress, but her dress was exceptionally beautiful. Every time she showed it off to our visitors I couldn't seem to get close enough to admire it as much as I wanted to. I remember it as a beautiful gray color, not too dark, but neither was it a pale gray. The material was a soft crepe.
There were tiny buttons in the front, covered in the same material as the dress. Lace and tiny tucks adorned the front of the dress. There were no buttonholes, but there were tiny gray loops made of the same material as the dress. These loops fit over the buttons to form the closure on the front. I don't think I've ever seen a prettier dress in my life. Grandma died about 76 years ago.
Yes, Grandma wore her beautiful dress for her funeral.
As the women in the house were preparing her body for the wake, which was customary, Mama suddenly realized that there was no petticoat to go with the dress. Mama wasn't about to let Grandma go to meet her maker without a petticoat under her dress. One of my sisters used Mama's treadle sewing machine, which was operated by a foot pedal, to sew up the needed under garment. Although it wasn't as beautiful as the dress, the spur-of-the-moment petticoat served the purpose. Nobody would see it anyway.
Sometimes I think Grandma showed off that dress to teach us children that death was not to be feared. I think Grandma was somewhere in her 90s when she died. She looked so peaceful in that dress.
When Grandma died, wakes were held in the home of a family member. Her wake was held at our house. It was a solemn occasion, but not the least bit frightening. Grandma may not have been a teacher, but she sure did teach us that death was a part of life and that we need not be afraid. She added "spice" to life back then, when we were kids. What a lady.
Irene C. Michel, a native of Terrebonne Parish, is a columnist for The Courier and Daily Comet. She can be reached at 876-3252 or email@example.com.


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Lead Paint: Lovely, but Lethal!
Young children put everything in their mouths, even things that seem in no way tasty. Despite protests from Mom and Dad, toddlers want to taste everything from the TV remote to Fido's toys to things that may be even more dangerous–like paint chips.
Even if your kids can resist the urge (or are old enough to know better), lead paint is still hazardous. Kids can absorb it through their respiratory systems and through their skin and are affected more seriously than larger, adult bodies. Long-term exposure to lead can cause brain development problems. Bottom line: lead paint can be a home safety hazard.
Whether you have kids or not, it's worth finding out if your home was painted with lead-based paint. Primarily, homes built before 1978 are the ones most likely to have had lead-based paint applied to them, but don't forget that old furniture can have lead paint too. (In other words, the cute, antique dresser you wanted to put in the baby's room may not be such a great idea.)
Bring in the Pros
If you suspect that your home may have lead paint, the EPA recommends conducting a professional paint inspection. While there are home test kits that you can purchase, the experts at the EPA say they're about as reliable as a mood ring. A professional paint inspector will remove several square inches of paint from various areas around the house and have it sent to a lab, where it will be tested to obtain more accurate results.
When it comes to lead paint, you don't want to play guessing games. Consider hiring a professional paint inspector.
The inspector may want to take soil samples around the outside of the house, as lead can collect in the ground from runoff. If you have kids playing outside or are growing vegetables, you'll want to know what's in the ground and how it can affect you.
In addition to testing the paint, some inspectors are also certified to perform a risk assessment, which helps determine the level of danger that exists (if any exists at all). If the risk assessment determines that there is significant hazard, you may want to go the extra step of having your water tested, as well. By the way, if testing reveals the need for lead abatement, you are not obligated to use the same firm that conducted your testing.
So, if what you know about your home encourages you to have testing done, how do you know that you're getting a credible lead specialist and not some fly-by-night outfit? The EPA can help you find a certified specialist by filling out a form online. For in-depth information on how to deal with lead paint, the EPA also provides a helpful pamphlet that is chock full of good information.
Remember, if you suspect that your home has lead paint, consider having it properly tested, assessed and – if necessary – abated. Parents will always have to keep a sharp eye on what their kids are trying to eat, but crossing lead paint off the list of potential hazards removes a significant worry.


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It's difficult to find out that you've been doing something the wrong way for years. This was most certainly the case with the way I make meatballs. For ages, I had soldiered on and done them the same way, using only beef mince. This is all well and good, but by doing so you run the risk of producing little beef-flavoured bullets because the mince tends towards dryness. The epiphany came for me a year or so ago, when I read about using a mix of half pork sausage meat, and half beef mince when making them, and life's never been quite the same. Sure, I've seen plenty of recipes that call for a third of each of these, and then a third of veal mince, but when someone can find me a supplier and funder for the latter in Durban, then I'll give it a go. Until then, this will do just fine, thank you.
Anyway – to make a rather lovely Sunday night meal, that's just one notch above omelettes on the simplicity scale, you can't do much better than this meatball recipe. You start with 500g beef mince (I like it quite lean) and 500g sausage meat, squeezed from the casings. Place in a bowl, and add a fistful or two of breadcrumbs*, some mixed herbs, one egg, crushed garlic and chill, and a touch of salt and pepper. Mix this all together – using your hands I'm afraid, no getting around it – and shape into little balls. I tend to make them about the diameter of a R5 coin.
With your meatballs ready, fry them off in batches in the tiniest touch of oil. You're not looking to cook them, but just brown them for now. Put them into a baking dish as you go. When you're done, place a knob of butter in the frying pan, add some garlic and chilli. Add two tins of chopped tomatoes, a squeeze of tomato past, some mixed herbs, and a sprinkle of sugar if it's tasting a bit tart. Simmer away for about 15 mins or so. Once the tomato is fairly soft, pour over the meatballs and bake for 25 mins or so at 180ºC. About halfway through the cooking time, take out the dish and sprinkle over some parmesan and mozzarella. Once the cheese is golden and the meatballs are cooked through, you're done.
You can either serve this with some cooked pasta or, more simply, with a couple of hunks of decent bread and a green salad. I tend more towards the latter, but either way it's well a great dish. Delicious.
*Tip: if you ever find yourself with a substantial amount of stale bread, blitz it all up in a food processer and place in a Glad bag in the freezer. That way you've got breadcrumbs on demand for the foreseeable future. A touch of foresight required, but rather useful nonetheless.
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Agreed – the combo of pork & beef makes for very more-ish meatballs. I find the breadcrumbs also makes them lighter and if you soak the crumbs in milk, even adds moistness.
is there a vegetarian option?
those sound divine! totally going to try them soon.
Lentil meatballs?! Don't do it!!


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- Published in Facts About Paris
ONLY IN PARIS: The story of Paris told through an original and eclectic mix of unusual historic locations
A new edition of a ground-breaking guidebook to Paris has just been published. "Only in Paris" by writer and explorer Duncan JD Smith tells the story of the city through an original and eclectic mix of unusual locations.
Eccentric museums, covered passageways, secret gardens, idiosyncratic shops and unexpected places of worship. Everything that is unique, hidden and unusual in Paris.


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In 2005, the third edition of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival was held with 25 nations attending, with Oceania comprising an additional seven countries. Over 1200 athletes competed across 14 sports at venues throughout Sydney.
John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee, was impressed by what he saw while touring the venues, and reinforced the AOC's commitment to up and coming Australian athletes.
"While we concentrate most of our spending on elite athletes," he said, "we recognise that to spend money on the elite youth is, firstly, the right thing to do, and secondly a good investment in the future."
"The AYOF is a great opportunity for the younger athletes to compete in a multi sport environment, and to experience an athlete's village atmosphere. It is also a good opportunity for us to educate them on anti-doping."
"Furthermore, the competition here is very good, and our young elite athletes can experience international competition without the expense of going overseas."
Ambassador Program
Some of Australia's top Olympians acted as ambassadors for each sport on the program including gold medallists Susie O'Neill (swimming), Suzy Balogh (shooting), Stephen Wooldridge (cycling), Wendy Schaeffer (equestrian) and basketball silver medallists Trish Fallon and Belinda Snell.
China's Zhou Heng produced a stunning performance in dominating the men's hammer throw, despite the unfavourable blustery conditions. He won the event with a spectacular throw of 71.26m, more than 18m further than his nearest rival.
The New Zealand cycling camp had nothing but praise for the event with coach, Lyndon Cooney labelling it "an excellent experience for not only the athletes but for all coaches."
"It has been great to touch base with other coaches from around the world and swap ideas. We have now seen where the level is at in International competition and it has helped us answer some of the questions as to why Australia is so good," Cooney continued.
The success of the Youth Olympic Festival was not in who won the medals but how the competition brought the best out in these young athletes.
The experience is a great education and understanding of the rigors of sport and the dedication and talent needed to reach the top that has been greatly improved.
The companionship, graciousness, friendliness and support to and of one another are the real success stories of the Festival.


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A liquidation firm won the bidding for Sparrows Point, offering $72 million for the Baltimore County steel mill — less than a tenth of what the complex sold for just four years earlier — and realizing the worst fears of its roughly 2,000 employees.
Mill advocates vowed to push for a miracle to keep steelmaking going there. The local United Steelworkers union had hoped for a steelmaker would buy and restart the mill — idled after owner RG Steel filed for bankruptcy in May. But no steelmaking companies showed up to bid at the Tuesday afternoon auction in New York, said Joe Rosel, president of Local 9477 in Locust Point.
The mill's general manager, Glenn Mikaloff, sent an email to managers late Tuesday that identified Hilco as the winner and the size of its bid.
"They pledged not to destroy key steelmaking assets for 6 months while the unsecured creditors attempt to find an operator," he wrote. "Sorry I don't have better news."
Hilco Trading LLC, based in Illinois, dismantles closed industrial sites, sells off retail inventory and recently auctioned off equipment from bankrupt solar panel firm Solyndra. Hilco declined to comment beyond saying that it did bid at the auction.
RG Steel did not return calls and didn't file auction results with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday. Any sale of the mill must be approved by the court, which has scheduled a hearing for Aug. 15.
The results were a tremendous blow for the steelworkers and hundreds of others in the region whose jobs depended on the mill, where steel has been made since 1889. Both the union and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said they would work to find a company interested in purchasing Sparrows Point — or critical pieces of it — from Hilco to make steel there.
"Our position is that this is not over yet," Kamenetz said. "My understanding is that the other bidders had wanted an extension, and that was denied."
Ukrainian mining and metallurgy company Metinvest Group had reportedly registered to take part in the auction, but spokesman Ivan Shmidik said by email Tuesday that the company would not bid. U.S. steelmaker Nucor Corp. and Brazilian steel giant CSN had also registered, according to a source. Neither responded to requests for comment Wednesday.
The $72 million sales price is "ridiculous," said Michael Locker, a steel industry consultant with New York-based Locker Associates. OAO Severstal paid $810 million for Sparrows Point four years ago. RG Steel bought the mill and other plants from Severstal just last year.
"This is a viable steel mill that's being sold off for a song," Locker said. "I don't know why the steel companies didn't show up — it's perplexing."
Many steel mills in the country aren't operating anywhere close to full capacity, and RG Steel blamed market deterioration for its rapid descent. But Locker doesn't think the market is so weak that steelmakers wouldn't want a big mill for a liquidation price.
He said the "super accelerated" nature of this bankruptcy case — RG Steel filed for Chapter 11 protection 10 weeks ago — could have left potential operators with too little time to do their due diligence.
"Why the judge and the creditors wanted to move so fast is beyond me," Locker said. "I think it interfered with finding a buyer."
John Anton, a steel analyst at IHS Global Insight, said he couldn't guess at the likelihood of the union and local officials succeeding in finding an operator.
"I will bet however that if anyone does come in they will only operate cherry picked lines, and that the odds of everyone keeping their job is zero," he said by email Wednesday.
Gov. Martin O'Malley intervened when the cash-crunched mill furloughed hundreds of workers in December, asking General Electric — a key RG Steel lender — to help stabilize the company's "financial arrangements." The mill reopened in January after receiving more capital from RG Steel's owner, the Renco Group, and private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management.
Raquel Guillory, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Wednesday that O'Malley intends to help if the mill could still be sold to an operator.
"The governor would be willing to hop on a plane and meet with that company if it means finding a buyer that will keep these jobs here in Maryland," she said.
Sparrows Point was one of Baltimore County's largest employers before the mass layoff, but it was far leaner in recent years than it was at its height under Bethlehem Steel. Together, the company's mill and shipbuilding complex in Sparrows Point employed about 30,000 people during World War II, producing hundreds of ships.
Bethlehem Steel filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001. Sparrows Point has had four owners since then.
"We've been making steel here for 120 years, and we're not giving up," said Rosel, the local union leader and the third generation of his family to work at Sparrows Point. "We're still going to fight to find an operator for this plant, even in the face of what just occurred. There is an opportunity to make money for Hilco or somebody else by selling it to a strategic steelmaker who actually to wants to operate it."
Like the workers, Baltimore County has a stake in what happens. It's not just the jobs — it's the taxes.
RG Steel owes the county nearly $4.6 million in property taxes and sewage charges — the mill was about to go to tax sale when the company filed for bankruptcy protection. The county's attorneys said in court documents Wednesday that the local government would object to any sale that didn't result in prompt repayment of those back taxes.
The mill sits on more than 2,400 acres at a prime location, south of Interstate 695 on a peninsula that juts into the Patapsco River. But the area is far from pristine.
"More than a century of steel making and finishing operations have resulted in perhaps the most complex environmental cleanup site in the Chesapeake Bay watershed," Baltimore County's attorneys wrote in court documents.
The U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing last week on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency that the federal government would object to any buyer without the wherewithal to continue mandated efforts to find and remediate problems.
"Sale of any Steel Facility to a purchaser who is incapable of performing cleanup and otherwise complying with the law is functionally indistinguishable from abandonment," the federal agency wrote in the filing.
It's not a foregone conclusion that a company specializing in liquidation will tear apart a closed facility and sell it off in pieces. Michael W. Rhodes, president of the Investment Recovery Association, a trade group for specialty firms that turn idle assets into cash, said it depends on the asset.
Sometimes it will be sold to a company intending to operate it, he said. Otherwise, a liquidator will market the pieces that can be sold intact and sell the rest as scrap — potentially tearing everything down to the ground.
"It really boils down to the math, whether it's Hilco or anybody else," said Rhodes, an investment recovery supervisor in Virginia. "When they choose to buy a facility, they'll go in and do an assessment."
Exhibit one is Frontier Industrial Corp., a plant demolition and brownfield remediation company that won the bidding last week for RG Steel's facility in Mingo Junction, Ohio. Craig Slater, Frontier's general counsel, said Wednesday that "lease, sell, operate are all possible alternatives for us."
"Steelmaking is not our core business, but it's a possibility that we'll work together with another company or joint venture to start one or more of the lines of the facility," he said. "It's something we're considering."
Sparrows Point steel mill by the numbers
Making steel since: 1889
Employees: 2,000 – largely laid off
Peak employment: about 30,000
Sale price four years ago: $810 million
Winning bid: $72 million
Acreage: more than 2,400 on the Patapsco River
Owners since 2000: Five


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use the software "visit" as part of the nanoHUB rendering engine
"visit" is a community supported rendering software – supported by a national lab It enables the visualization of continuum mesh quantities as well as atomistic quantities.
For example in bandstructure lab we have trouble visualizing potentials unless we map them to rectilinear. We should really visualize real data and nothing else.
That is pretty much true for all the OMEN-based codes that use crystal structures.
Presume this is quite a bit of effort – but we do have application drivers for this now.


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The Royal Genealogy of Jesus
The five books from Genesis to Deuteronomy form the first section of the Hebrew Bible known as the Torah. Unfortunately, the Hebrew term torah is often misleadingly translated into English as "law." Torah is better understood as meaning "instruction …Read More
Jesus' Family Tree
Genealogies are hardly spellbinding. Perhaps, like me, you are tempted to skip them in your Bible reading. Yet genealogies are a significant part of God's infallible Scriptures. They, too, are "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in …Read More


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Guys and girls with Android phones tend to get it on earlier in a relationship, while BlackBerry users are more reserved, according to a survey of Match.com users in Canada that seems to confirm some stereotypes about the various smartphones.
Consumerist summed up the results, initially reported by the Toronto Star:
They found that 62% of Android users said they've had sex on the first date, whereas 57% of iPhone users said the same, and only 48% of those with a BlackBerry.
Not only are Androiders more likely to go home with you on that first date, 55% said they're likely to have one-night stands in general and be more active overall on dating website —72% of them have visited one, and only 58% of iPhoners and 50% of BlackBerryites have done the same. We are noticing a trend.
But if you want someone to woo you in the cubicles at work, 25% of single iPhone people have had an office romance in the last five years. They're also going to call you after only one day after a date, whereas Android and BlackBerry owners will hold out for two or three dates before checking in.
Their findings on sexual lives of smartphone users adds to the continual debate over which device is best and what your cell phone really says about you.


text: UR Medicine / Neurology / Overview Department Overview Message from the Chair The Department of Neurology is committed to three equally valued and interrelated missions: delivery of quality patient care, generating knowledge from research that will alleviate human suffering through prevention and treatment of disease, and educating physicians in accordance with highest professional standards. We have an incredible team of neurologists, scientists, nurses, social workers, neuropsychologists, therapists, trainees, and staff who are singularly focused on making a difference in the lives of people with neurological disorders. Whether it is to partner with patients and families to treat symptoms and ease suffering or to be the beacon of hope and optimism for the future, we aim to treat every patient like our only patient. Whether it is to passionately pursue cures for stroke or Parkinson's Disease or to advance our understanding of Alzheimer's disease or brain cancer, we seek the truth to benefit others. Whether it is to train physicians to become neurologists or to train neurologists to become scientists, we aim to create an environment of creativity, discovery and fulfillment. We have completed a strategic planning process and we are well on our way of making our vision become a reality. I invite you to browse these pages to learn about each of our faculty, our clinical programs, our ongoing research efforts, and our training programs. If you would like to contact our department, please email us. We would be happy to answer your questions. The UR Department of Neurology recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Please view our 50th anniversary history book.


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Portable Welders: Necessary, But Dangerous On The Farm
On many farms they are essential to keep equipment working, but on other farms they are death lurking at the end of a frayed cable. Portable welders kept in good condition and used properly, keep important equipment usable, and keep a farm running. But many farmers and farm workers have not only suffered debilitating shocks, but electrocution from welding equipment that is not maintained and should have been replaced long ago. Safe Electricity, a program of the Energy Education Council, strongly urges farmers to keep welding equipment in good repair as a matter of course.
A few summers ago, a Michigan farmer plugged in a welder to do repairs on a mower. The farmer used a 40-year-old welder with a broken off ground wire and had exposed wires in several areas. The mower became charged with electric energy from the welder, and the 43-year-old farmer was electrocuted.
To avoid tragedies like this one, Safe Electricity recommends maintaining equipment and personal protective equipment.
Grounding plugs should be functional, and groundless adapters should not be used. Welding cables and grounding clamps should be completely insulated. If the insulation shows signs of wear, the cables should be repaired or replaced. The cost of maintaining equipment is a fraction of the cost of being out of work because of a preventable accident, or the price a family pays when a loved one passes away in an accident.
Safe work procedures need to be developed for welding, such as using extended reach cables if the welder cannot be placed adjacent to the worksite. Connect the grounding clamp as close as possible to the area being welded, and ensure it is in good condition, as well as the grip for the electrode
Properly sized ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCI), which shut off power instantly if there's a problem, should be used.