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It might be hard to believe when the C.W. Parker No. 118 Carry-Us-All is fired up that the carousel would be blowing out 100 candles this year.
It might be hard to believe when the C.W. Parker No. 118 Carry-Us-All is fired up that the carousel would be blowing out 100 candles this year.
Cranked up to full speed, the 40-foot-diameter structure might just go fast enough to blow its own candles out. According to C.W. Parker Carousel Museum Director Jerry Reinhardt, that speed is no illusion ― the carousel actually reaches about five revolutions per minute.
"Most machines, park-type machines that are still around, run at about 2-1/2 RPM, so we're twice as fast in most cases," he said Thursday.
The volunteers at the Parker Museum are hosting a celebration of No. 118 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 320 S. Esplanade St. Reinhardt said the daylong event will actually be in recognition of four different occasions ― first and foremost, the estimated date that the No. 118 was shipped in 1913 to Fred Shew, but also the eighth anniversary of the opening of the Parker Museum in April 2005, the birthday of Charles Wallace Parker on April 30, 1864, and the 90th birthday of one of the museum's longest-serving volunteers and supporters, Harry Mohan.
Reinhardt said the celebration will include a ceremony with proclamations recognizing the museum from the city of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County and the state of Kansas. Outside the museum on a blocked-off portion of Esplanade Street and in the parking lot across the street, he said, will be carnival games with an accompanying prize tent, clowns, food, music and a tent with a "freak show." Inside will be birthday cake, ice cream, performances by magician and firebreather Rod Sipe and free rides on No. 118. One of the museum's founding members, Larnie Tate, will also be roaming the museum dressed as Parker himself.
"It's going to be quite a celebration," said Larry Everitt, a longtime volunteer for the museum.
It's perhaps fitting for a small-statured man whose ambitions were anything but, Reinhardt said. Parker was born in Illinois and moved with his family to Abilene, Kan., at age 5. It was in Abilene that Parker opened his first factory. He would move to Leavenworth in 1911 and become a full-fledged carnival magnate.
"For about 20-something years, Leavenworth, Kan., was an entertainment capital of the world," because of Parker's traveling carnivals, Reinhardt said. "People came from all over the place. He brought people in form Europe to perform in his carnivals, and he had four of them."
The Leavenworth factory was located inside the current Tire Town building on Fourth Street, with rail access to the east.
Built two years after that factory opened its doors, the No. 118 tells a story, Reinhardt said. It's unique as a "menagerie carousel," meaning that it features animals other than horses. In this case, that means two rabbits that as of 1913 were not found on any other Parker carousel, Reinhardt said.
"If you look at those two rabbits, they are a totally different look than the horses," he said, with an elongated shape that would be commonplace in next year's horse design. It was also the last year that the horses had real horse hair tails.
Reinhardt said the rabbits could have been the result of a special request by Shew after a visit to the Parker factory.
Also unique to No. 118 is the lover's tub, a feature that Reinhardt said is still popular today.
"The little guys love it, they fight to get in it," he said.
Getting the carousel back in Leavenworth and establishing a museum to house it was the work of a small group of volunteers from Leavenworth's Historical Museum Association, Reinhardt said. At the time, he said he was on the board of directors of the National Carousel Association.
"They started this group and they decided they should have a carousel in town," in honor of the city's famed resident, he said. "They were trying to save the historical information from the city's past."
In 1997, they bought the No. 118, owned and operated for about 40 years by Shew, a farmer by trade from Grandville, Iowa.
"He was really a carney at heart," Reinhardt said, operating his carnival in the months when farm work was lighter.
Under Shew's ownership, No. 118 was a workhorse, at one time even setting the world record for the most riders in a day, with 16,480. All things considered, Reinhardt said it was in decent shape when the museum purchased it.
"He actually was a really good man to have that carousel because he did well maintaining his equipment," he said.
Still, Reinhardt said it would be about eight years of painstaking volunteer restoration work before the carousel was ready to be unveiled again, when the museum in Leavenworth opened in 2005. Volunteers made sure to replicate each horse as they would have looked when the equipment first came off the factory floor, Reinhardt said.
"The idea was to produce an all-original carousel that was made in Leavenworth," he said.
The museum today is still run completely by about 60 to 70 volunteers. Among them is Art Burre, who at 92 is still one of the core group that maintains and operates the machine itself.
"Pretty soon I'm going to be as old as the carousel," he said. "But I like coming in because it gives me something to do."
The museum now has two other carousels ― a hand-cranked "primitive" model from about 1850, thought to be the oldest operating wooden carousel in the nation, and the 1950 "Liberty" Carousel, with aluminum horses produced in 1950 by C.W.'s son Paul Parker after taking over the company when his father died in 1932. The Parker factory closed in 1955. The museum collection also includes carousel horses from other manufacturers and non-carousel items that were part of Parker's carnivals.
Despite its unique status, Reinhardt says he still meets people in Leavenworth who know little or nothing about the museum, the carousel or even C.W. Parker himself. He said he hopes that the museum can continue shedding a little light on what Parker's status as one of the city's leading entrepreneurs and figures from the early 20th century.
"I hope if they can't find him anywhere else, they'll come and look for him in the museum," he said.


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October 28. 2013 5:34PM
If New Hampshire were a nation, it would rank among the top in international math and science scores. So why are all New Hampshire school districts being asked to adopt new, untested educational standards?
One of the supposed advantages of adopting Common Core, which includes testing, is to provide a way to compare and contrast school districts based on test scores. But the United States already has a nationwide test by which every state and school district can be evaluated. It is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Another supposed advantage of Common Core is to raise educational standards. But New Hampshire students excel at the NAEP tests. In fact, a just-released study used NAEP scores to see how states ranked against some of the highest-and lowest-performing countries in science and math, based on eighth-grade test scores. New Hampshire finished in the top 10 in both categories. In science our kids ranked 7th, only a point behind Japan.
On the whole, New Hampshire elementary and middle schools are doing a pretty good job preparing kids to compete in the modern world. But there are pockets of poor performance. Clearly, the answer is not to impose an untested set of new standards on every district.
The key problem, as always, is to lift the underperforming districts and the underperforming kids in the more successful districts. This is best done by giving those kids more options, such as charter schools and scholarships. Our kids will compete for jobs with kids from Massachusetts, Vermont, Singapore and Japan. That competition helps spur them to succeed. Ironically, their school districts don't have to compete with each other for students or money. If they did, we would see even better results, especially at the lower levels.

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Deaths of Springfield men ruled a suicide pactUnion Leader staff
August 02. 2013 8:09PM
SPRINGFIELD — The deaths of two young men whose bodies were found in a shed near Four Corners Road in April of last year have officially been ruled suicide by the attorney general.
The bodies of Tom Pursell, 19, and Lester Snide, 23, were discovered by a juvenile on a hike in the area on April 19, 2012. Police found a rifle and two suicide notes at the scene and soon after said all indications were that Snide shot and killed Pursell, and then shot himself.
Evidence at the scene suggested the men had been deceased in the shed since mid- to late-December of 2011.
In his final report on the deaths, issued Friday morning, Attorney General Joseph Foster said no criminal charges will be filed and the case is closed.
"Lester Snide and Clifford Pursell were friends at the time of their deaths. Both had struggled with thoughts of suicide in the past," according to the final report.
"Snide was having difficulties while on parole and had stated many times that he would kill himself before he ever went back to prison. Pursell had recently learned discouraging news about life plans and was taking it hard."
Based on the evidence, according to the report, the deaths were the result of a "suicide pact."
Officials quoted from the suicide notes found at the scene. Pursell wrote, "Lester didn't murder me. I asked him to do it," while Snide's note was titled, "This is my final goodbye."
After a childhood riddled with abuse, neglect and abandonment, Snide first came to the public's attention in June 2007, when he broke into the Springfield Police Station and stole a shotgun with the intention of shooting himself.
Pursell's mother, Sandra Pursell, said her son had been depressed because he was not going to realize his dream of joining the Army due to medical reasons.


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In the grocery store, you have many choices in front of you. The question is: how do you make a healthy choice?
One way is to use the nutrition facts food label located on all pre-packaged products. The food label includes information about serving size, calories, types of fat, carbohydrate and fiber.
Let's start by looking at the serving size. All information on the nutrition facts label is based on the serving size. For example, one slice of wheat bread, eight ounces of milk, one half-cup of cooked rice, or one tablespoon of olive oil, or two taco shells. Compare this serving size to what you actually eat. For example, if you eat a half serving, cut all the figures in half to see how much of each nutrient you're getting.
Now let's look at calories. It shows you how many calories are in that food. If you are trying to limit how many calories you eat, this information can help.
Now let's look at carbohydrate. You need to eat carbohydrate everyday. The best carbs provide fiber, so look at the number of grams of fiber per serving. Aim for 25 to 35 grams of fiber everyday.
"I'll go through periods of days when I have oatmeal every morning, before I shy away and go on to something else. At least I know I'm getting in at least one shot of fiber, with that being the main substance of my meal."
Also, look at the total fat, saturated fat and trans fat per serving. Saturated fat and trans fat are the kinds that increase your risk of heart disease, so everyone should limit their intake.
Information on cholesterol, sodium and protein are also included and may be helpful in controlling your blood cholesterol, blood pressure, and weight.
Keep in mind that the percentages given are based on someone who needs 2,000 calories a day. Talk to your healthcare provider about how many calories you should eat each day.
Now let's see how we can use labels to make healthier choices. Here we have whole milk and 1% milk. Which one would you choose? Take a look at the food label for each. Comparing calories and total fat, we find that 1% milk is the healthier choice.
Another popular dairy product is ice cream. Compare regular ice cream to a real fruit smoothie made with yogurt. The smoothie has less calories and fat, not to mention the benefit of real fruit.
Familiarize yourself with the nutrition facts food label. It's a source of valuable information that can help you choose the best foods for you.
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I'm already on record as saying that the Delmon Young signing makes some sense for the Phillies. At $750,000, there is not a lot of downside.
That being said, there is some downside, and that downside is the potential that the signing of Young precludes Domonic Brown from entering a season with the confidence that comes with knowing that he has a regular major league job. Now, I know there is a faction of Phillies fans that is suffering from Dom Brown fatigue. That faction would likely argue that 422 plate appearances is as much of an opportunity as most players can hope for at the major league level. And in the 422 plate appearances that Brown has logged over the last couple of seasons, he hasn't put up the numbers that you would expect out of a prospect who was as highly touted as he was.
But do me a favor and forget about the expectations for a moment. Instead of comparing Brown to the player you were led to believe he would be, why not compare him to the player who the Phillies just signed to replace him as their top option in right field heading into spring training.
What if I told you that, according to virtually every objective measure available to us, Dom Brown has been a better baseball player than Delmon Young over the last two seasons?
Over the last two years, Brown has 21 doubles, 3 triples, 10 home runs, 46 walks and 2 hit by pitches in 422 plate appearances. That means he has produced a total of 194 bases in 422 plate appearances (two bases for a double, three for triple, one for a walk, etc.). That's an average of 0.46 bases per plate appearances. Over the last two seasons, Delmon Young has produced an average of 0.43 bases per plate appearance.
Power? Young has the edge in home runs, averaging one every 34.9 at bats, while Brown checks in at one every 37.1 at bats. But Brown has an edge in extra base hits, averaging one every 10.9 ABs, with Young checking in at one every 13.1 ABs. Of Brown's 89 hits, 38 percent have gone for extra bases. Of Young's 280 hits, 29 percent have gone for extra bases.
Contact? Brown has struck out in 16 percent of his plate appearances. Young has struck out in 18 percent of his PAs. Advantage: Brown.
RBIs? Young has the edge there, averaging one every 8.1 plate appearances (Brown: 9.4 PAs). But Brown has scored runs at a higher rate, because he reaches base more (one every 8.6 PAs compared to one every 10.3 PAs for Young). And since RBIs and runs both equal the same number on the scoreboard, it is worth noting that Brown has produced an RBI or a run every 5.0 PAs, while Young has done so every 5.1 PAs. So even if you believe that runs and RBIs are valid metrics to measure performance, Brown has the slight edge there.
So what am I missing? Brown reaches base more, creates more bases with his hits, strikes out less, and produces runs at a higher rate. Over the course of a 600 plate appearance season, at the rates both players posted in 2011 and 2012, Young would give you a grand total of 2 more home runs, 30 more singles and 11 more RBIs at the expense of 40 more walks/HBPs, 4 more doubles, 3 more triples, 8 fewer strikeouts, 10 fewer double plays, and 12 more runs scored.
Again, at the rates both players have posted over the last two seasons, this is how a season of 600 plate appearances would look:
Domonic Brown: 600 PAs, 195 times on base, 14 home runs, 30 doubles, 4 triples, 98 strikeouts, 64 RBIs, 70 runs, 11 GIDPs.
Delmon Young: 600 PAs, 179 times on base, 16 home runs, 26 doubles, 1 triple, 106 strikeouts, 75 RBIs, 58 runs, 21 GIDPs.
Really, the best anybody can say for Young is that the two players' production has been similar. The big difference, of course, is that we at least have enough of a sample size to say that Young can be expected to give the Phillies mediocre production. Maybe you think we have enough of a sample size to say the same thing about Brown, and that he has already peaked at 24 years old, and that Young after seven years in the majors has more upside.
I'm just not sure that it makes sense to give Delmon Young his fourth opportunity to fulfil his potential before giving Domonic Brown his first real one.


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They'll find in their mailboxes a bottle of pizza-scented perfume before Christmas, courtesy of Pizza Hut Canada.
The Canadian subsidiary of the Dallas-based pizza chain selected the 110 from more than 1,000 responses to a social media-based promotional campaign. The promotion was to mark Pizza Hut Canada reaching 100,000 fans on its Facebook page.
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Another View: Our 'stand-your-ground' law encourages violent confrontationsBY REP. STEPHEN SHURTLEFF
March 25. 2013 4:48PM
The New Hampshire House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on House Bill 135, which would restore the self-defense statute that was in place for 34 years. A "stand your ground" law was enacted in 2011 over the veto of Gov. John Lynch.
For more than three decades, New Hampshire law permitted the use of deadly force in self-defense unless the person knew that he or she and others could retreat from the encounter with complete safety. The law provided ample protection to self-defense rights, as violent response was always allowed unless the person knew it wasn't necessary.
In 2011, the restriction on violent response was repealed as part of a national campaign to enact "stand your ground" laws at the state level. The change was made despite no documented problems with New Hampshire law; "stand your ground" advocates couldn't cite a single case where someone had been wrongly prosecuted for using deadly force instead of fleeing a perceived threat.
Since House Bill 135, which I sponsored, would simply restore a law that was working well, the arguments against it have been based almost entirely on misinformation. Opponents have claimed that the bill would restrict legitimate acts of self-defense and force people to "turn and run" from an attack. Most recently, opponents have claimed that HB 135 would prevent someone from displaying a weapon to stop another person from being attacked, as a good Samaritan recently did in Manchester.
Because New Hampshire operated under the law HB 135 would restore for more than three decades, we know that the claims against it are completely untrue. We know that people weren't forced to turn and run while being attacked, or denied the right to protect their family before 2011, and there is certainly no reason to believe that the law would be applied any differently now.
Fortunately, no one has used a "stand your ground" defense in this state since the law was adopted. Most people in New Hampshire have great respect for human life and would resort to violence as a last resort no matter how much leeway our statutes provide. With no actual cases to analyze, the question becomes what acts of violence our "stand your ground" law will protect when it is used as a defense.
Consider the murder trial currently underway for a July, 2011, shooting which left a man dead on a Manchester street corner.
According to police, Pablo Samniego was walking with a friend on South Main Street when a car approached the two men and, after a brief confrontation, the man in the vehicle shot Samniego in the face. The vehicle sped off, and Samniego was dead when police arrived.
The defendant in the case, Tony Hebert, doesn't deny killing Samniego. According to news reports, Hebert is claiming that he shot Samniego in self-defense, because he "felt threatened by Samniego's aggressive behavior."
Hebert has been accused of acting with "extreme indifference to the value of human life." Since the incident occurred before "stand your ground" became law in New Hampshire, he will have a hard time proving that the shooting was a justifiable act of self-defense. Even if a jury is convinced that Samniego, whom witnesses say was unarmed, did exhibit aggressive behavior, the defense will still have to explain why Hebert chose to kill someone standing on the sidewalk rather than simply drive away from the encounter.
Had this incident occurred just four months later, after "stand your ground" became law in New Hampshire, Hebert would have more legal cover for his actions. The ability to safely remove oneself from an encounter, even when the person knows it wouldn't expose himself or herself or anyone else to danger, is no longer even taken into consideration. Under "stand your ground," resorting to violence is legal even when the person knows he or she does not need to.
Incidents like this show why the Legislature must act now to restore the law that worked so well for so long. It shouldn't take another drive-by shooting like the one that killed Pablo Samniego to tell us that "stand your ground" is wrong for New Hampshire.
We know from 34 years' experience that a "stand your ground" law is not needed to protect legitimate acts of self-defense. We also know that when a "stand your ground" defense is used, by definition it will be by someone who knowingly chose to act violently when he or she didn't have to.
Laws that give legal protection to those who knowingly choose violence have no place in our state, especially when the alternative has been proven to effectively protect both self-defense rights and the safety of the public. The Legislature should support restoring our self-defense law before a killer uses "stand your ground" to walk free.
Rep. Stephen Shurtleff, D-Penacook, is the New Hampshire House Majority Leader.


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$7M Tyco settlement fund to endow business ethics programs
June 30. 2013 12:03AM
More than 10 years after the state negotiated a $5 million settlement with Tyco International to avoid sanctions by the Bureau of Securities Regulation, the board controlling the fund has finally come up with a long-term plan for its use.
Now worth $7.1 million, the fund will be used to create endowments for programs in corporate ethics and business responsibility at the University of New Hampshire and St. Anselm College.
"It's really quite gratifying to see the programs now in place," said Barry Glennon, director of Bureau of Securities Regulation in the Secretary of State office. Glennon was with the bureau in 2002 when the outgoing chairman of the international conglomerate, Dennis Kozlowski, was convicted and imprisoned for looting Tyco of more than $100 million.
Rather that face action by the bureau, Tyco agreed to the settlement, under the condition that the money be used to promote investor awareness and ethical governance of corporations - something lacking at Tyco under Kozlowski's tenure.
The organization created to administer income from the fund - The Center for Public Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship - hired CNN Financial Editor Myron Kandel as its first director in 2005, and sponsored several high-profile forums on ethical business behavior over the next three years.
Kandel and the organization parted ways in 2008, and the board set about finding a more permanent solution that would be rooted in programs within a college or university.
The University of New Hampshire and St. Anselm College submitted proposals, which were adopted in a slightly modified form by the CPRCC board in a resolution signed on June 3 by four of the five board members - Secretary of State William Gardner, Deputy Secretary of State Robert Ambrose, former UNH Chancellor Edward MacKay and former Gov. John Lynch, whose membership on the board stems from the fact that he was UNH board chairman at the time the deal was struck.
By their signature, they established a permanent endowment to be held by the UNH Foundation for the full amount of the settlement plus earnings, with $5 million for the benefit of UNH and $2 million for St. Anselm. The remaining $100,000 is to be split between the two schools to pay for program start-up costs.
Transfer of the money was scheduled to take place no later than June 30. The CPRCC board now ceases to exist, and the funds are in the control of the two schools, with the Secretary of State authorized to enter into letters of understanding with the respective programs to resolve any issues that may arise.
The CPRCC board resolution states that no more than half of the annual income from the endowments can be used for salaries and administrative expenses. Each school will establish advisory boards to monitor the funds, with annual reports due to the Secretary of State.
St. Anselm will use the money to develop an Ethics in Governance and Investor Education program through the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
"We are eager to expand our ethics in governance offerings by allowing for new programs to be designed specifically for present and future business leaders in our community," said the Rev. Jonathan De Felice, president of St. Anselm College.
UNH will launch The Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project, which would "become the centerpiece and engine behind an innovative curriculum to address the pressing issues of principled governance and ethical obligations," according to the UNH proposal.


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Before starting Voicery, co-founder AndrewGibiansky worked at Baidu Research, where he led the deep learning speech synthesis team.
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"In the time that I was at Baidu, what became very evident is that the revolution in deep learning and machine learning was about to happen to speech synthesis," explains Gibiansky. "In the past five years, w e've seen that these new techniques have brought an amazing gains in computer vision, speech recognition and in other industries — but it hasn't yet happened with synthesizing human speech. We saw that if we could use this new technology to build speech synthesis engines, we could do it so much better than everything that currently exists."
Specifically, the company is leveraging newer deep learning technologies to create better synthesized voices more quickly than before.
In fact, the founders built Voicery's speech synthesis engine in just two-and-half months.
Unlike traditional voice synthesizing solutions, where a single person records hours upon hours of speech that's then used to create the new voice,Voicery trains its system on hundreds of voices at once.
It also can use varying amounts of speech input from any one person. Because of how much data it takes in, the system sounds more human as it learns the correct pronunciations, inflections and accents from a wider variety of source voices.
The company claims its voices are nearly indistinguishable from humans — it even published a quiz on its website that asks visitors to see if they can identify which ones are synthesized and which are real. I found that you're still able to identify the voices as machines, but they're much better than the machine reader voices you may be used to.
Of course, given the rapid pace of technology development in this field — not to mention the fact that the team built their system in a matter of months — one has to wonder why the major players in voice computing couldn't just do something similar with their own in-house engineering teams.
However, Gibiansky says that Voicery has the advantage of being the first out of the gate with its technology that capitalizes on the machine learning advancements.
"Noneof the currently published research is quite good enough for what we wanted to do, so we had to extend that a fair bit," he notes. "Now we have several voices that are ready, and we're starting to find customers to partner with."
Voicery already has a few customers piloting the technology, but nothing to announce at this time as those talks are in various stages.
The company is charging customers an upfront fee to develop a new voice for a customer, and then charges a per-usage fee.
The technology can be used where voice systems exist today, like in translation apps, GPS navigation apps, voice assistant apps or screen readers, for example. But the team also sees the potential for it to open up new markets, given the ease of creating synthesized voices that really sound like people. This includes things like synthesizing podcasts, reading the news (think: Alexa's "Flash Briefing"), TV dub-ins, voices for characters in video games and more.
"We can move into spaces that fundamentally haven't been using the technology because it hasn't been high enough quality. And we have some interest from companies that are looking to do this," saysGibiansky.
Voicery, based in San Francisco, is bootstrapped save for the funding it received by participating in Y Combinator's Winter 2018 class. It's looking to raise additional funds after YC's Demo Day.
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Game of Thrones leads the nominations at this year's Emmy Awards, after being ineligible in 2017.
The HBO series has 22 nominations in total, followed by sci-fi series Westworld and comedy show Saturday Night Live, both with 21.
It is the first time in 18 years that HBO did not have the highest number of Emmy nominations.
Netflix leads with a total of 112 nominations, beating HBO, which received 108.
In 2017, The Handmaid's Tale became the first show from a streaming platform to receive the award for best drama.
This year several actresses from the dystopian drama have received nominations, including Elisabeth Moss and Alexis Bledel.
Several British actors have received nominations for the awards also.
Millie Bobby Brown is up for the best supporting actress award for her performance in Netflix's Stranger Things.
Claire Foy, from HBO's royal drama The Crown, is nominated for the best actress award alongside her cast mates Matt Smith and Vanessa Kirby, who were nominated for the best supporting actor and best supporting actress awards.
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We've all seen it before—the pocket knife that you couldn't cut warm butter with on a hot July afternoon. It's a little rusty, the joints are gunked up with who-knows-what, and the only thing it's good for is opening letters. Almost as bad (or worse depending on your viewpoint) are the kitchen knives that can't cut tomatoes, or anything remotely tough without repeated sawing.There's no reason it has to be this way. I think sharpening edged tools is one of the more useful outdoor skills, and it has a glorious payoff in the home as well. The good news is that it's no longer an art practiced exclusively by mountain men who eat only bear meat. The old days of nothing but Arkansas stones and a little luck are over. It's really not hard at all; you just need the right equipment.
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The essential sharpening process isn't rocket science. With an abrasive material, you remove a small amount of metal to restore a clean, sharp edge, and you remove this metal using a low-friction environment so heat build-up doesn't destroy the temper of your blade.
This isn't meant to be a piece on metallurgy.There are people way geekier than I who can give you a lesson on the finer points of the hundreds of different alloys with their various properties. It's just about sharpening stuff.
My preference in a good knife is a high carbon content. Super-high carbon content knives are almost always not stainless, but will discolor over time to a dull gray. I happen to think they look beautiful, but that's my opinion. They do rust if they are kept damp, but a little oil and a little care keeps them from rusting. Goat cheese will darken your knife immediately, so if you want to get a good patina on the blade, just slice off a hunk for your bagel.
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This is the gravestone of my 2x great grand uncle William Buckley and his wife Mary Heaps.
I took the photograph last week when I visited Utley Cemetery at Keighley in West Yorkshire. The grave is plot number 58 in Section F Con. and was bought by Mary Buckley.
William was born about 1824 in Keighley to parents Thomas Buckley and Henrietta Mason. He first appears in the 1841 census living with his parents.
Mary Heaps was born about 1826 also in Keighley. I haven't any firm evidence about her parents. There is a Mary Heap (no "s") in the 1841 census who is a good candidate. I could always get William and Mary's marriage certificate and see if that helps – but to be honest this isn't a priority.
Anyway, William and Mary married sometime in the first quarter of 1844 and the marriage is registered in Keighley.
Over the next twenty one years they had at least 7 children
- Thomas – c1846
- Smith – c1848
- James – c1850
- Lettice – c1855
- Ann – 1857
- Pamela – c1859
- William – c1865
There are some gaps in the years that might suggest they had other children who died young and didn't show up in any census.
I have found the family on the census returns for 1851 in Bingley (about four miles from Keighley),1861 and 1871 in Keighley, and 1881 back in Bingley. William worked as a "blacksmith" throughout all this time.
William died on 12th March 1887 and Mary on 22nd June 1890. According to the information from Utley Cemetery Mary's name at the time of her death / burial was Parker. I haven't been able to find a marriage for Mary Buckley to a Parker in the period from 1887 to 1890. So that mystery is still to be solved.
The grave also includes the remains of Thomas Buckley (son) who died at the Keighley Workhouse Infirmary in December 1899; James (son) who died in August 1904 and his wife Margaret Ann Pickles who died in September 1932.
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Witness testifies 'refugee' from Manchester played a role in mass killings in Rwandan homelandBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 13. 2013 11:01PM
CONCORD - A Manchester mother accused of lying about her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to gain U.S. citizenship helped man a roadblock in front of a Butare hotel where she pulled ethnic Tutsis out of line to be killed or raped, a Rwandan native testified in federal court Wednesday.
"Beatrice would ask people passing by for their IDs. People who were ethnic Hutus would be allowed to continue. And people who were ethnic Tutsis would be gathered on one side and they would lead them behind the hotel where they were going to kill them," Consolee Mukeshimana testified on the fifth day of Beatrice Munyenyezi's retrial on immigration fraud charges.
Women and girls were separated from the men and taken by the extremist Hutu militia members, known as the Interahamwe, to a nearby building where "you could hear their screaming," Mukeshimana told the 10 men and six female jurors in U.S. District Court.
"She (Munyenyezi) was there because, in order for them (Tutsis) to be killed, she had to ask them for their IDs and then led them to the Interahamwe," Mukeshimana, a Tutsi who testified through a Rwandan interpreter as Munyenyezi listened from the defense table.
During her two hours at the roadblock, Mukeshimana said she witnessed three Tutsi men get clubbed to death for resisting arrest. She said she managed to escape with the help of her brother in law - a Hutu related to the family of Munyenyezi's husband.
"He told the Interahamwe that he was going to kill me. He had a club. And he led me down the small path...We walked behind the (school) and there was a mass grave where they were throwing people," Mukeshimana continued.
At a turn in the path, she said her brother-in-law instead took her back to his home where she stayed with her sister.
Dressed in a brightly-colored African head scarf and dress, Mukeshimana is among some 11 new Rwandan witnesses the government brought here to testify at Munyenyezi's second trial.
Munyenyezi's first trial ended in a mistrial last March after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on two counts of fraudulently procuring citizenship.
The government accused Munyenyezi of presiding over murders, rapes and kidnappings in her Rwandan homeland, then lying about her role in the mass killings of mostly ethnic Tutsis on her refugee application in 1995 and when she applied for U.S. citizenship in 2002.
Munyenyezi became a U.S. citizen in 2003 and was living in Manchester with her three daughters when she was arrested in 2010.
Defense attorneys Mark E. Howard and David W. Ruoff of Manchester claimed Munyenyezi, who was pregnant with twins in 1994, stayed at the hotel to be safe and care for her eldest daughter. They maintained she never participated in the mass killings nor had any involvement in the ruling political party.
An estimated 800,000 people were killed during the three-month period known as the Rwandan genocide that began in April 1994.
Mukeshimana testified Munyenyezi, Munyenyezi's husband, Shalom Ntahobali, and his mother, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, worked the roadblock along with many heavily armed Interahamwe.
Munyenyezi and Nyiramasuhuko wore the military uniforms of the ruling Hutu party as they checked IDs of those passing through the roadblock, she said.
Ntahobali and Nyiramasuhuko were convicted in 2011 by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda of genocide and human rights violations. Both are serving life prison terms and are appealing their convictions.
Under cross-examination by Howard, Mukeshimana admitted that, even though she had been interviewed for a book about the genocide in 1995, she never mentioned Munyenyezi's role at the roadblock until American investigators approached her last year.
"You speak about what you are asked about," Mukeshimana replied.
"I did tell them (book's author) a long story, but it's never ending because there is a lot to talk about," she responded.
Howard sought to undermine Mukeshimana's credibility and recollections of events by attempting to draw inconsistencies between her prior statements and testimony.
Mukeshimana was one of four witnesses to testify Wednesday and one of five Rwandans to take the stand since the trial opened for testimony Feb. 6. The trial is expected to continue through the end of next week.


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John Habib's City Sports: Trinity AD stepping downBy JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 11. 2013 1:05AM
Trinity High is searching for a new director of athletics. The Pioneers' current AD, Gary Leonard, is stepping down from the post to pursue a full-time teaching job at the Manchester school.
"I enjoyed my five years as the athletic director, but a social studies teaching job opened up, and I decided to take it," said Leonard, adding that he will remain AD until the final week in June.
"I'm going to miss working with the coaches and the other athletic directors across the state," he said. "Right now, I'm looking forward to going back to the classroom."
Leonard said his job has been posted and candidates are welcome to send their resumes to Trinity High assistant principal Steve Gadecki at 581 Bridge St. in Manchester.
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WHILE Trinity is beginning the search for its next AD, Manchester High West already has its new football coach.
Vance Sullivan, a Detroit native who played defensive end at Tiffin (Ohio) University and spent the past two seasons as West's offensive and defensive line coach, is the successor to Jim Lauzon, who has joined the St. Anselm College staff as an assistant to Patrick Murphy.
"I'm looking forward to taking over the program," said Sullivan, a military police officer at the New Boston Air Force Station.
Sullivan, who said he coached for several seasons for the Manchester West Raiders program, has named Scott Lafond as his top assistant. Darren Semino will be the team's offensive coordinator, Dale Mautz its special-teams coach.
"We have four returners back on offense and defense," said Sullivan. "We have Zach Theriault back at quarterback, who has been with us for three years. Our experience returning this season is definitely our linemen."
Under the new NHIAA football alignment for the 2013 season, West will be in the same division with Concord, Manchester Memorial, Manchester Central and Bedford. "We'll be competitive against all those teams," said Sullivan.
Last season, West upset Keene, 36-14, during the regular season. Keene ended up as the third-ranked team in the Division II playoffs. West finished 4-6, including 3-5 in the division, tied with Dover for fifth place.
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MILLENNIUM Running and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats are teaming up for the second straight year to host the Mother's Day 3K race, with a start and finish at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. The race, combined with a fun run, will benefit The Mom's Place at Catholic Medical Center.
Participants can register Sunday beginning at 8 a.m. at the stadium. Registration is $30. The race begins at 9 a.m. and is free for kids 11 years and younger.
The Fisher Cats are not playing at home this weekend, but the first 400 registrants will receive one ticket to the Father's Day game on June 16 against Erie.
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THE New Hampshire Roller Derby League will bring its freewheeling show to the JFK Coliseum in Manchester on Saturday, June 8. Doors open at 4 p.m. for a doubleheader featuring the Seabrook Meltdowns vs. Nightmares on Elm Street at 5 p.m. and the Skate Free or Die All-Stars against the Carolina Rollergirls from Raleigh-Durham, N.C., at 7. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
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April 25. 2013 10:06PM
Man sought in Fremont incident arrested in Mass.
By JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
Fremont man returned to face NH charges
Fremont man claims innocence, says he won't 'sit in jail'
FREMONT - A man sought by Fremont police after allegedly leading an officer on a brief chase earlier this month is behind bars in Massachusetts after he was arrested during an altercation with police Monday.
Andrew Decoito, 22, was a passenger in a car when the female driver was pulled over. He was nabbed after allegedly pushing a police officer and trying to run.
Police caught up with Decoito thanks to an alert Georgetown, Mass., police officer who is a former Fremont detective and is familiar with Decoito.
Acting Fremont Police Chief Denny Wood said Adam Raymond, who now works in Georgetown, was listening to his police radio during a midnight shift Monday when he recognized a vehicle and license plate number after it was stopped in Groveland.
Raymond contacted Groveland police and told them Decoito may be a passenger and that Fremont police were looking for him.
Groveland Deputy Police Chief Jeffrey Gillen said Officer Heather Riley stopped the car after it was spotted traveling 27 mph in a 40-mph zone and crossed the double yellow line.
He said Decoito, who was a passenger, allegedly provided a false name and became aggressive and began yelling and swearing when he was questioned by police.
Decoito is accused of pushing the officer and trying to run away when he eventually got out of the car. Police used pepper spray to gain control of him, he said.
Decoito was charged with giving a false name, resisting arrest and assault and battery on a police officer.
In Fremont, Decoito is accused of refusing to stop for Fremont police on April 14 and then leading an officer into a wooded area behind his house where police say he got away.
Decoito also faces unrelated charges stemming from a shooting outside his residence at 166 Main St. on Jan. 5.
In that incident, police said Decoito used an AR-15 to fire as many as 30 rounds at a car with a driver and others inside as they were fleeing his residence following an altercation.
Decoito has maintained he was acting in self-defense because he had been assaulted inside his house.
He was arraigned in Haverhill, Mass., District Court on charges related to the Groveland arrest and is being held on $1,000 cash bail in Massachusetts. He is also being held on fugitive from justice charges.
Fremont police plan to charge Decoito with reckless operation, two counts of disobeying a police officer, resisting arrest, failure to yield at a stop sign, driving after revocation or suspension, breach of bail conditions and speeding.
In a phone interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader last week while he was still on the run, Decoito denied he was driving or even in the car when a Fremont officer tried to stop the vehicle for speeding. He said he was babysitting and
out of state at the time.
Wood said Decoito called him on April 19 and discussed turning himself in to police, but had not done so before his arrest Monday. Decoito also told police that he wasn't driving the car that day, but refused to say who was behind the wheel.


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Apple Inc. avoided as much as $9.2 billion in taxes by financing part of a $55 billion stock buyback with debt rather than offshore cash that would have been billed by the U.S. government, Moody's Investment Services estimates.
Based on current rates, Apple will pay interest of about $308 million a year on the $17 billion bond offering, said Gerald Granovsky, a senior vice president at Moody's.
"From a pure corporate-finance theory perspective, this was a no-brainer," Granovsky said.
If the funds had come from Apple's offshore cash pile of about $100 billion, the Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker would have had to pay a 35 percent tax to repatriate the money, Granovsky said. That means Apple avoided about $9.2 billion in taxes. And since interest payments are tax-deductible, that's another $100 million a year, Granovsky said.
In fiscal year 2012, Apple paid $6 billion in federal corporate income taxes, which is 1 out of every 40 dollars in corporate income taxes collected by the U.S. government, said Steve Dowling, a company spokesman.
"That makes Apple one of the top corporate income tax payers in the country, if not the largest," he said.
Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said on an April 23 conference call that incorporating debt into the capital structure will provide benefits, including access to attractively priced capital, a reduction cost of capital and an efficient leverage of the balance sheet.
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Apple's sale of bonds this week was the biggest corporate offering on record.
The stock has dropped 36 percent since its September record, partly on concerns that the company may not quickly unveil blockbuster hits like the iPhone or iPad up.
The company said last week that it would return an additional $55 billion in cash to shareholders through share repurchases and increased dividends, to compensate for a stock that's been hammered by signs of slowing growth. In total Apple will have returned $100 billion, including past buybacks and dividends, through 2015.
The Financial Times earlier reported that Apple will avoid a potential tax bill of as much as $9 billion using the proceeds from the bond sale.
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In an effort to reduce the loan burden holding down top-tier potential law students' decisions to attend private schools over more affordable public ones, Seton Hall University has extended its merit-based tuition discount program to its law school for the 2013-14 academic year.
"As the law school market is now facing a national problem with lower enrollment, a lot of schools have decided to reduce their standards to increase their numbers. But through this program, Seton Hall is maintaining its standards while also attracting more candidates," said Jeremy Farrell, an associate of the Morristown office of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP and a member of Seton Hall Law's alumni council. "It's a helpful tool to attract the best talents both in and out of New Jersey, and when those kids graduate, they're going to be well placed as the most competitive job candidates in the state."
Unlike traditional graduate-level merit-based scholarships, which typically are offered to admitted students on a case-by-case basis, Seton Hall Law's program will automatically slash tuition by more than 50 percent — from $47,330 to $22,330 — for all full-time first-year law students from all states who meet the academic criteria for the discount: an LSAT score of 158 or higher and an undergraduate GPA of 3.5 or above. Seton Hall University enacted tuition cuts for undergraduate students who qualified last fall, but the law school will be the first graduate program to carry the torch.
Seton Hall Law School Dean Patrick E. Hobbs said in a statement the university extended its tuition reduction program to the law school because "the legal industry is undergoing substantial change, and for those who choose law, we have a duty to respond in a meaningful way — making legal education more practice-oriented and employment-focused, as well as more affordable."
Farrell said a school's affordability is a key to swaying prospective New Jersey law students' decisions, especially since salaries in the state's law industry are below the national average.
"Our legal market is recovering, but it's not at all where it was pre-2007," Farrell said. "There's still a fear among applicants that they're not going to be placed in a job in New Jersey where they can afford to pay off a loan based on the normal tuition rates at private schools. The hope is that cutting down tuition for those students will alleviate that concern."
Farrell said easing loan burdens will allow more graduates to take "creative jobs" at startup firms, or positions in the public or nonprofit sectors, where he said jobs are becoming more available — but "students who want to do that work just cannot afford to do it with their loans, so a lot of folks end up having to go the traditional corporate route."
Though the employment picture remains grim at New Jersey's corporate law firms, Sheri Pastor, leader of Newark-based McCarter & English's insurance coverage practice group, said Seton Hall Law offering reduced tuition reduction to only its highest-quality applicants is "a positive development not just for the law school, but for the students that graduate three years from now."
"It can only work in the school's benefit to graduate students that have essentially higher GPAs and skill sets," Pastor said. "It's a tough market for recent grads, because they're competing with people who have been practicing law and are out of jobs. But if Seton Hall's program works and is coupled with changes in the curriculum to provide more hands-on training, then I would expect it will give graduates a greater ability to attract job offers."


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Boot Camp for Writers
Erica Olsen, the author of "Recapture & Other Stories" (Torrey House 2012), will present a boot camp for writers at the Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market St. on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Join her for a session of fun, low-impact writing exercises - a creativity workout to start the new year "write." Bring pen/pencil and paper or a laptop. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for students (high school or college). There is a sliding scale; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. All proceeds benefit Cortez Cultural Center. Call Erica for more information at 435-210-1847.
Southwest Open School student art show, opening reception
The Cortez Cultural Center gallery will feature amazing art by Southwest Open School students from Wednesday, Jan. 9 through Jan. 19, open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. An opening reception is to be held Friday, Jan. 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. You may be viewing the artwork of the next famous artist from the area. The Center is at 25 N. Market St. Join us on Facebook or call 565-1151 for more information.
McElmo Flume historic preservation program
Montezuma County Historical Society is sponsoring a free program on the restoration of the McElmo Flume. The date is Thursday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Hampton Hall, 515 N. Park St., Cortez. Linda Towle, local historic preservation consultant, will present a talk, "Saving the McElmo Creek Flume." She will briefly review the history of this local water delivery system developed in the late 1890s. Of the 105 wooden flumes in the system, the McElmo Flume is the only one left in existence.
For more information, contact Phil and Vivienne Kenyon, Program Chair at 565-7714.


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La Plata County Commissioners on Tuesday got a first look at three different proposals to satisfy the countys facility needs during the next 20 years.
The various facility master plans, presented by the Grand Junction-based Blythe Group + co., mapped out different moving, renovation and construction options that would affect nearly every county department and most county buildings downtown and in Bodo Industrial Park.
The goal was to present different ways to accommodate county departments growing space needs, the possibility of a lease with the federal government for a courtroom and future demand on county services. The proposals also aim to decrease the amount of space the county leases, center more services downtown and improve customer access and downtown parking.
We have a whole lot of challenges, but feel we have a lot of opportunities as well, Assistant County Manager Joanne Spina said. The 6th Judicial District Court, the Human Services Department and the district attorneys office are just a few of the entities in urgent need of extra space, she said.
One option proposes building a new $34 million justice center next to the detention center in Bodo Industrial Park and constructing a new parking structure on East Second Avenue, across from La Plata County Courthouse. The structure would sit on two county-owned lots near the East Second Avenue and 11th Street.
County services, including planning, human services and the county attorney would locate in the Courthouse and the county commissioners and administration would move to the Vectra Bank building on the northwest corner of East Second Avenue and 11th Street. Commissioners approved the $2.7 million purchase of the bank property in December.
The $67.5 million project would allow the county to sell or repurpose the Old Main Post Office and avoid leasing space in the Crossroads Building for the county attorneys office.
A second option envisions demolishing the Vectra Bank building and constructing a new justice center in its place. The plan proposes building a $7 million dual parking structure and office space on East Second Avenue across from the Courthouse that would house administration offices while concentrating other county services in the Courthouse.
The project would cost $72 million.
A third option, the cheapest of the three, would not build a new justice center and instead renovate the Courthouse to accommodate county, district and federal court operations and the county attorney. Two three-story additions would be added to the Courthouse. The $56.6 million plan also includes the construction of a dual parking structure and office space that would house many county services including the planning, human services and building departments.
Administration, the county commissioners and the finance department would occupy the existing Vectra Bank building and the district attorney, human resources and the treasurer would use the Old Main Post Office.
County Commissioner Kellie Hotter said she preferred the third option, but said she would like to see if the county could eliminate its need for the Old Main Post Office. The historic building on Main Avenue would be better used for retail or commercial businesses, she said.
All the plans included construction of a new building in Bodo Park to house the election department and the Department of Motor Vehicles as well as a public-safety in addition to the La Plata County Sheriffs Office. They also include provisions for a federal courtroom to occupy part of the Courthouse, a situation contingent upon commissioners approving a 10-year lease with the Federal General Services Administration.
The county started developing a master facilities plan in March. Most of the proposed construction and renovation projects would be complete in the next three to five years.
The county hasnt decided whether it will finance the projects through a voter-approved bond measure, certificates of participation or its own revenue.


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Souper Bowl in Windham raises funds for New Horizons
WINDHAM - It was an evening of food, fellowship and funding for a very worthy cause.
On Saturday night, locals gathered at Windham High School for the town's "Souper Bowl" event to benefit New Horizons, a homeless shelter and soup kitchen in Manchester.
Guests had the chance to choose from around 200 or so handcrafted ceramic bowls, which they filled over and over again with a variety of soups provided by local eateries.
The first Souper Bowl was held in March 2011, when a group of Windham High School students banded together to begin raising funds and awareness of the plight of some of their neighbors.
That year volunteers raised more than $1,800 for New Horizons. There was no event last year, though art teacher Hannah Cole, one of the event's organizers, said she's hoping to keep the tradition going. About 20 minutes after the doors opened Saturday night, Cole and fellow art teacher Janet Robbins said they'd collected nearly $500 toward the cause.
By night's end, they had raised $1,300.
Hundreds of area volunteers, from the students and local Girl Scouts who painted clay bowls to the National Honor Society students who reached out to area businesses for donations, made the night a possibility.
Jeff Trovato, a senior at Windham High School and the event's student coordinator, said he was pleased to see all his efforts pay off.
"This has been many weeks of planning, organizing and driving around," Trovato said, noting that about 20 members of the Honor Society and countless other student volunteers assisted in his mission.
Kumo Sushi, Tuscan Kitchen, The Common Man, Windham Deli, Windham Junction, Aquatic Escapes, Culinary Capers, The Windham Restaurant, J Michaels and A.J. Letizio served up their finest soups, chowders and stews, while Panera Bread breads and baked goods made by parents and volunteers completed Friday's spread. Also lending a helping hand was Shaw's Supermarkets, Dunkin' Donuts, Convenient MD Urgent Care and the Dahar Law Firm.


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Style – summer jackets and blazers: Albam, Merc, River Island and more
What with the vagaries of the British summer is sage advice never to leave home without a jacket. And if you need something a bit smarter than the lightweight navy anorak with white piping that the world and his dog has been stepping out in this June, check out these slightly more formal summer jackets.
Style Safari – Retro Sunglasses guide
With summer fast approaching (- or due to make an appearance any time now) your look is not complete without a set of shades. With so many different styles to choose from and plenty of good High Street versions at a fraction of the cost, some of the coolest ones right now have got to be retro inspired ones. Sunglasses …
Last minute Christmas panic? Seven cool jumpers some of which are now in the sale
Not bought that Christmas jumper for the man you love yet? Or maybe your are a bloke who wants some new knitwear to help you face the sleet, snow and driving rain that is coming next month? Here are few suggestions, some of which are in the sale.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Duffle Coats – from Scots Indie bands to Harriet Harman
In some ways Duffle Coats are now classics that in theory anyone should be able to wear at any time. However unless you buy a smart one you run two risks. 1 You might end up looking a little too much like Paddington Bear. 2 Cheap ones can look a bit scruffy and won't do for anything approaching a formal …
Stocking fillers – five jumpers for under £30
We haven't had a jumper post on this website for a day or two now, which is odd because as John Lewis email pointed out this morning it is only 29 sleeps until Christmas. Round about now the great jumper sale begins with high street brands traditionally slashing prices in a bid to piss off people who did their Christmas …
Trend alert – 60s mod monochrome black and white shirts, trousers and more
One of the likely big trends in women's wear for next is year monochrome black and white. Think Bridget Riley, op art, stripes of varying lengths, maybe a bit of dogs tooth too. Apparently stripey op art style dresses by the likes of Marc Jac0bs are predicted to drip on down to the High St. Chances are that the mod monochrome look will also have an influence …
7 Classic Christmas jumpers – stylish men's knitwear you can wear all winter long
There is a bit of trend in comedy jumpers this season. You only need to check out River Island's selection to see how prevalent they are. If you want knitwear that doesn't have to be teamed up with paper hats and plastic cracker jewelry that you can wear all winter long then check out this lot. These are our favourites …
10 Men's Trophy Jumpers to warm your winter wardrobe
Bit chilly out, isn't it? If you're still running about in flip-flops and short sleeves then a) You're mental and b) take a look at the calendar, it's the middle of October! Global warming may be jumbling up the seasons like a misguided game of drunken Twister, but winter's definitely kicking in now. If the change in weather has caught …
ALOHA!: Ten almost-tasteful Hawaiian print shirts
When the summer heat kicks up a wavy haze off the concrete city streets, we know it can be tough to resist the urge to laze around in just your lightest shirts and underwear. Yet, we just can't accept the return of the Hawaiian shirt, this summer's slob-chic must-have. It's like someone covered themselves in wallpaper paste, tore the pages …
River Island Spring/Summer 2011
A first look at River Islands Mens Spring Summer 2011 collection has now been released, and we were pleasantly surprised. Despite the fact the high st shop has opted to go with a fairly conservative colour palette, composed primarily of neutral tones with lots of blue denim, they have created a number of strong looks. It also seems as thought …
Top 5: Skinny Summer Ties
The Times has a feature at the moment detailing the changing size of the common tie as we go through decades of economic change. Apparently John Lewis has announced "a dramatic inch-loss of nearly 25 per cent in width over the past six months" with its most popular ties. Charlie Allen, the famous tailor Brandish recently had an exclusive sit-down with over the new 'n' improved England kit, told the Times that "the impact of economic turmoil on tie design can be traced back through the previous recessions of the 20th century. While postwar Britain and the Swinging Sixties embraced exaggerated prints and widths of up to 5in, the downturns of the 1930s and 1980s saw sizes reduce to as little as an inch."
See after the jump for my Top 5 'Skinny Summer ties'– on the cheap for your enjoyment! (They're all under £10)
River Island's graduate success stories pt3: Russell Williams
Over at Catwalk Queen we're gearing up for Graduate Fashion Week, we've been profiling the progression of graduates and reading their tips for getting into the industry. Russell Williams went to University of Derby and has been the menswear t-shirt designer at River Island since 2008.
River Island Menswear Press Day AW09
Knitwear and accessories are the shining stars of the River Island Menswear collection, they've got a great range of chunky cardigans, arran-style jumpers and we love the rocket cardie below!
River Island check jacket
This check jacket doesn't deviate too much from the mainstream, it's a nice spring blouson which you could wear quite easily with jeans but I have bigger plans for this piece. Available from River Island for £39.99 it deserves a little more attention.
A Waste of Money or An Investment Piece? Dr. Martens 1461 Shoe
Last week I was in search for a pair of school shoes. Beginning with classic brogues, I sampled a pair of black loafers and sneakily tried on a pair of Paul Smith Jermyns (with glorious plum laces) before ending up with a pair of not-so-exciting pointed Topman lace-ups. Inspired by this bout of school-shoe shopping I ventured onto Oki-Ni and came across their Doc Martens. Floral. Striped. Coloured. Neon. But then I came across their 1461 shoe and couldn't believe what I was seeing.
A shoe, in simple black leather, that was more than double the price but half as nice as many of the shoes I had seen the previous day. These Dr. Martens did not look worth their £70 price tag, especially in comparison to my £35 Topman shoes. Granted, the Dr. Martens are probably better quality and might last longer but, are they even that easy on the eye? I, for one, wouldn't want to be seen in them.
Fashion is fickle, even in times of economic recession. See after the jump for my Top 5 Best on a Budget Smart Shoes.
Purple lumberjack shirt from River Island
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Buffalo check is all over the high street, but as we saw yesterday with the Winter Scarves pick a simple change of colour can make it seem more unexpected.
Trapper hats make a comeback
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It's time for us all to start dressing like Lightspeed Champion. Seriously. Take a look at any highstreet store and you're bound to see a mixture of chunky cardigans, clear lens glasses and trapper hats. Add these together and you have Lightspeed Champion's look. Out of these three defining pieces, the trapper hat is the one that looks to make a big comeback.
River Island coral tie
Cheap and cheerful this tie is a quick fix to brighten up your wardrobe, the bright coral is such a good colour.
Graduate Fashion Week street style: Madras and Raf Simons trainers
I swear on my Margaret Howell wide-leg trousers that this isn't deliberate… What are the odds of snapping two of River Island's designers at GFW?
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April 05. 2013 11:11PM
Brookstone CEO resigns, COO moves up
Stephen Bebis, who joined Brookstone Inc. in May 2012, has resigned as president and CEO of Brookstone Inc., the company announced Thursday.
James M. Speltz , the company's vice president and chief operating officer, has been appointed as the company's new president and CEO. He joined the company in 1998.
"For more than 15 years, Jim has been intimately involved in many critical aspects of the company's operations. He has been a key driver of the company's new revenue initiatives in our retail, e-commerce and wholesale channels," said Jackson Tai, chairman of the board of the specialty products retailer.
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Sen. Shaheen tours Somersworth Velcro plant to gauge impact of 'fiscal cliff'By JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
December 10. 2012 7:06PM
SOMERSWORTH - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says the nation must increase revenues, raise the debt ceiling and balance the budget to keep companies like Velcro USA viable.
Shaheen toured the 430,000-square-foot facility at 330 Route 108 Monday morning to see how the ongoing fiscal crisis - which could impose $607 billion in automatic spending reductions and tax increases, including deep defense cuts, - could affect the company.
Velcro president Scott Filion said the company is producing fewer products for the military but has made up some of the difference from other customers. He added he would like to see the uncertainty of the fiscal situation go away, however. Somersworth workers produce a lot of products for military applications, such as uniforms, helmets and other equipment, but it is one of seven areas the company is focusing on, Filion said.
William Tagye, senior marketing manager for Velcro, said the company must remain efficient since there is very little room for overhead in the textile industry. He said that Velcro takes good care of its work force. "We don't have high turnover," Tagye said. "We have a lot of 40-year employees."
Tagye said the company stays in close contact with its customers, especially military suppliers, to keep up with changes in design. He said they are always looking to provide more options.
"Our products are extremely durable," Tagye said, noting that the same technology used in military clothing can be used to improve other items. Velcro's hook and loop products, for example, work with a variety of fabrics and products, from ceramic plates on helicopters to diapers, he said.
In 2000, Velcro USA opened a 230,000-square-foot factory for weaving, knitting, shipping and receiving. The company expanded by building a 200,000-square-foot addition for molded hook, non-woven products and warehousing in 2009, according to a company fact sheet.
"We're starting to outgrow our footprint in Manchester," Filion said, and as a result the company separated certain production lines, including high-volume items in black, white and beige to the Somersworth plant.
Filion said the facility, which sits on a 240-acre parcel between Routes 108 and 16, employs about 200 people who work three shifts a day. The company employs about 650 in the state.
"It's the kind of company we want to keep here," Shaheen said, adding she's impressed by its versatility and the energy-efficiency measures at the Manchester facility.
After extending the debt ceiling in 2011, the Budget Control Act cut more than $400 billion from the defense budget, which would be further reduced if federal officials cannot agree to a plan to reverse debt growth by the end of 2012.
If an agreement can't be reached, about $1 billion in mandatory cuts to national security and domestic programs would begin in 2013. Shaheen said officials in Washington must look at all aspects of the budget - especially entitlement programs - to work out a long-term solution.
"I think everyone want to see us (in Washington) work together," Shaheen said.


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One of the ideas that I was contemplating for my Valentines day meal was a mushroom risotto and although I did not go with it, it has been stuck in my mind and I just had to make it. Risotto is an Italian rice dish that is cooked with ingredients and technique designed to produce an extremely creamy bowl of down right comfort food. Although the technique is not difficult, it does require some time as you add the liquids half a cup by half a cup while stirring constantly. This means that you are going to be at the stove actively doing something for about a half an hour, but the final result is so worth it. The very fact that this dish takes some effort makes it perfect for special occasions where you want to show that you care.
Risotto is primarily about the rice and to get that nice and creamy finish you want a higher starch rice. Medium and short grained rice generally have a higher starch content and some of the favoured rices include arborio and carnaroli. For this mushroom risotto I wanted to really enjoy the mushrooms so I started with some dried porcini mushrooms as dried mushrooms pack a ton of flavour. Next I sauteed some wild mushrooms including cremini, shiitake and oyster which I cut into large slices so that I would be able to enjoy their texture. Next up was a homemade chicken stock for even more flavour and the whole thing was finished off with some good quality parmigiano reggiano.
One thing that I did not mention yet is that the first liquid that you add to a risotto is an alcohol and it is commonly a wine. The wine can be white or red and it really just depends on the flavours in the risotto and your tastes. I figured that a nice bright and fruity chardonnay would go perfectly with the mushroom risotto to complement and cut through its creaminess. Once you have cracked open that bottle of wine for use in the risotto, the next half an hour while you are cooking and stirring the risotto is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a glass.
Mushroom Risotto
- 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
- 1 cup chicken stock (boiling)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 onion (diced)
- 8 ounces mushrooms (sliced, I used a mix of cremini, shiitake and oyster)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon thyme (chopped)
- 1 cup arborio rice
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 cup chicken stock (or vegetable, warm)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 cup parmigiano reggiano (grated)
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon truffle oil (optional)
- 1 handful parsley (optional)
- Cover the dried porcini mushrooms in the stock and let sit for 20-30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a pan over medium heat.
- Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add the fresh mushrooms and saute until they turn tender and release their moisture, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add the garlic and thyme and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
- By this time the dried mushrooms should be nice and soft so remove them from the stock, squeezing to drain and reserve all of the liquid.
- Chop the reconstituted mushrooms and add them to the sauce pan.
- Add the rice and toast until it starts to turn translucent, about 1-3 minutes.
- Add the white wine, deglaze the bottom of the pan and cook while stirring until the wine has disappeared.
- Mix the stock that the mushrooms were soaked in with another cup of stock and add it to the sauce pan 1/2 cup at a time while stirring until it has disappeared.
- Add the butter and parmigiano reggiano and stir until it has melted.
- Season with salt and pepper and a touch of truffle oil.
- Serve garnished with parsley.


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