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Win or lose tonight in Cameron, Carolina has to give Duke a game. The Tar Heels cannot knuckle under to an early tsunami as they did at Miami Saturday and during certain halves of certain games earlier in the season.
The tradition of the rivalry demands it, regardless of how mismatched the teams might be. Heck, in 1972 – the day Duke Indoor Stadium was renamed for Eddie Cameron – the BAD Blue Devils (7-6 at the time) upset a third-ranked Carolina team that would win the ACC championship and reach the Final Four. They did it by hanging tough against a far more talented opponent until reserve Robbie West came off the bench to hit a 15-foot push shot to win it at the buzzer. West (like Fred Lind, another sub who keyed a triple overtime win against UNC in 1968) has remained part of Duke Basketball lore ever since.
Then came those two games in 1974, both won by the Tar Heels over last-place Duke teams in the ACC. But not before Bobby Jones stole an inbounds pass and laid in the winner at Cameron and a few weeks later Carolina came back from eight points down with 17 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, where the Heels won 96-92 at a delirious Carmichael Auditorium.
Except for Bill Foster's first three years as Duke's coach and Mike Krzyzewski's first three, the rivalry has been amazingly even. Duke had an unparalleled run between 1997 and 2006 of winning the ACC regular season and/or ACC Tournament ever year. Since Roy Williams returned and defeated Duke for the first time in 2005, the Tar Heels won 6 of 7 games, including four straight at "Hansbrough Indoor Stadium." Duke has had the better of it lately, winning the last 5 of 7 – but that included Carolina blowing a big lead at Cameron in 2011 and losing on the Rivers' buzzer-beater last season.
You play with who you have, so there should be no excuses. Still, I'm going to make a few. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Duke has lost more than two players to the first-round of the NBA draft after only one season – 1999, Avery, Brand, Langdon and Maggette. It has happened to Carolina twice – 2005 and 2012 – and essentially three times, when you consider Spurs starter Danny Green was a second-round pick in 2009 with first-rounders Ellington, Hansbrough and Lawson. And, while I'm on this, let's add a little more kerosene to the fire.
Really, who expected Kendall Marshall to go pro after his sophomore year? How much better would the Tar Heels be with Special K at the point and Marcus as his understudy? Want more?
Travis Wear, who left Chapel Hill with his twin brother like the Colts left Baltimore, would be a senior starter at UNC this season. Instead, he's a 6-10, 230-pound red-shirt junior for mediocre UCLA, where coach Ben Howland is pretty much gone after the season, playing 30 minutes a game, shooting 53 percent (FG), 40 percent (3P) and 80 percent (FT) and averaging 5.5 rebounds and 11.1 points a game. How much better would he be here as THE low post guy?
And how about Alex Oriakhi, the 6-9, 240-pounder who was allowed to leave UConn and play somewhere else right away after the Huskies went on probation for this season. That somewhere was supposed to be UNC before Missouri's Frank Haith swooped in and signed Oriakhi, who has started all 23 games for Mizzou, shoots 58 percent from the field and 80 from the foul line while averaging 11 points and just under nine rebounds.
Imagine the Tar Heels strutting into Cameron tonight with two or three (or, hell, even one) of those guys. But that's not the case and, to be fair, Duke is playing without Ryan Kelly and may not get him back at all this season. Two years ago, the Blue Devils lost Kyrie Irving after a few games all the way to the NCAA Tournament. And after last year, they lost Austin Rivers, whose game-winner in Chapel Hill made him an otherwise-undeserving legend of the rivalry. Remember, a healthy Carolina team avenged that loss with an 18-point pounding the last time the arch rivals played in a game that wasn't that close.
So the teams aren't that even this time around. They weren't back in 2010, when Duke exorcised those four straight home losses with a dreadful drubbing. And they weren't even the other way in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, when Foster and Coach K were living in the shadow of the Dean.
Both emerged, yes thankfully, and the rivalry continues as the only relevant games of a regular-season diminished by the rush for an NCAA Tournament berth and conference realignment. Even Coach K, who turns 66 today, said it in one of only two mid-season press conferences he holds each year. He acknowledged, like his old rival Smith, he'll be gone some day and so will ol' Roy.
"What will remain?" he asked rhetorically. "Duke and Carolina."
So tonight is the 235th edition and though one team is heavily favored, history has proven that either team could win.
Unfortunately, Carolina has to dance with who it's bringing, which is short on just about everything but offensive rebounding and occasionally hot three-point shooting. But, win or lose, let's give 'em a good fight.
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In this two part blog post we will demonstrate how to query an Oracle database from Powershell. Before we can run queries against Oracle we need to install the Oracle client on our Windows machine. Unlike SQL Server, the drivers for connecting to Oracle are not included with the operating systems. The drivers are however freely available from Oracle. You can find the client software on the Oracle Database Software Downloads Page.
Downloading the Oracle Client
You'll notice several versions of Oracle software on the download page. The software you choose will varying depending on your operating system. Generally when with dealing Oracle client software it is safe to choose the latest client version even if the Oracle database you will be connecting to is a lower version.
At the time of this blog post the following versions were the latest available:
- 220.127.116.11.0 Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2
- 126.96.36.199.0 Windows 2003
However, check the download page and choose a later version if listed. I've installed both the Windows 2008 and 2003 x64 versions, but for this blog series I'm using the Windows 2003 x64 version. To complete the download
- Select See All
- Select Oracle Database 11g Release 1 Client (126.96.36.199.0) for Microsoft Windows (x64). Note: Be sure you select the Client download and not the full Oracle database software!
Note: When you attempt to download Oracle software you will be prompted to login to the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). If you don't have an account you'll need to create one—It's free.
We're now ready to install and configure the Oracle client software.
Installing the Oracle Client
Many of the components included with the Oracle client are not needed. The following steps are used to perform a minimal Oracle client installation.
Run setup.exe
Click next on the Install Welcome Screen.
Select Custom installation type and click next.
The Oracle base directory should be off of a root drive of your choosing. I'm using C:Oracle. Change the path and ensure the name field is auto populated correctly and then click next.
Ensure all the requirement checks succeed and click next (Note: you may receive warnings on Windows 2008 R2 when using the Windows 2008 installation software. The install will still succeed even with these warnings).
Select SQL Plus and scroll down to select more components.
Select Oracle Windows Interfaces and ensure the first three components are NOT selected. Ensure all other Windows Interface ARE checked and scroll down to select additional components.
Select the Oracle Net component and click next.
Select Install.
Once the installation is complete the configuration utility will be launched by the installer.
Configuring the Oracle Client
Select next from the Oracle Net Configuration Assistant Welcome screen.
Select Next.
Enter the Oracle database service name. Note: I'm using Oracle Express on Ubuntu Linux. The service name is XE, your service name may differ.
Select Next.
Enter the Oracle database server host name or IP address.
Select Next to test connectivity.
The test will fail, you'll need to change the login and password by selecting Change Login
The test should succeed and if not use the error message to troubleshoot.
Enter an alias name and select next.
Select Next.
Select Next.
Select Next.
Select Finish.
Select Exit.
Select Yes.
Congratulations you've installed the Oracle client! My thanks to an Oracle colleague who wishes to remain anonymous. He was a big help with the installation and putting together this guide. In part two of this blog series we'll look at querying an Oracle database from Powershell.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is the latest state to try to keep secret the makers and suppliers of the state's execution drugs.
A bill approved 77-19 Thursday by the Alabama House would allow the names to be kept from the public and the courts. It moves to the Senate.
Republican Rep. Lynn Greer says it's harder to get the drugs because companies are afraid of lawsuits and backlash from death penalty opponents.
Opponents argued the details of the state-sanctioned taking of life should not be kept secret.
Democratic Rep. Napoleon Bracy says state contractors should be part of open records. Bracy says the companies don't want to be known but still want to profit from selling the drug.
The Death Penalty Information Center reports that about seven states have adopted similar laws, which are being challenged in court.


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Why is the Single Person Discount Review being undertaken?
Each year local authorities nationwide receive a high volume of applications for Single Person discount. Sadly some of these applications are not genuine and as such impacts upon the already overstretched budgets of Local Authorities all over the country.
To ensure that everyone is paying the correct level of Council Tax and not subsidising anyone who could be falsely claiming the discount, we are carrying out a review to remove ineligible or incorrect claims.
If you have received a letter from us, please confirm your current details by completing the online Single Person Discount Review.
Why have I been sent a letter?
The review uses the information we hold in our Council Tax records, compared to data held by credit reference agencies. This process can provide an indication of who may be living at an address. Differences may arise due to:
We are writing to customers so that we can make sure that the information we hold is correct, to confirm that the data identified is reliable and that discounts are only awarded where people are entitled.
Why do I need to respond?
Checks will be made to make sure that the single person discounts awarded are valid and that our information is up to date. However, occasionally circumstances may not be so easy to explain. To help in these situations, we have included below the most frequently asked questions that can arise during this review period.
Wrongly claiming the single person discount for council tax could result in fines and having to pay the money back. Anyone claiming the discount, whose situation has now changed, should contact the Council to avoid such action. You can report any changes online by visiting Report a change of address
What should I do now?
On your form you will need to enter your unique Account number and your postcode, shown on the letter we have sent to you.
If you have any questions regarding the form or require further information please see the frequently asked questions below.
I have already informed the Council of a change in circumstances. Do I need to complete the form?
Yes, include all the details of your current situation.
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Last night Joanna Newsom and Josh T. Pearson closed out Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle 2011, the Italian festival we covered earlier this month when PJ Harvey performed. The show was moved from the Cortile del Castello (castle's courtyard) to the Teatro Comunale because of bad weather. Joanna remarked that the venue reminded her of the The Muppet Show theater. You'll see why once you check out Elena Morelli's photos in the gallery above. Setlist is below.
"Have One On Me"
"Inflammatory Writ"
"Go Long"
"Soft As Chalk"
"Monkey And Bear"
"Good Intentions Paving Company"
"Peach Plum Pear"
"Baby Birch"


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Welcome Back
In today's post, I'm sharing a picture of my very first fabric covered book.
Back in early May a good friend Crafty Nanna took pity on my lack of sewing skills and came round to get me started with sewing. She also very kindly left me a huge pile of fabric to play with. The fabric I covered the book with has a lovely suede finish. Very tactile, and would make great books for men. I covered the book board with a light layered of PVA and applied the fabric. The turn in's on the corners were tricky, as if I applied too much glue it seeped through and marked the surface.
Here is the book, once it has been decorated
I created an ATC using Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Versa Fine in Onyx Black
Stamps: Crafty Individuals; 204, Elusive Images; UA6GW0194; Words of Inspiration, Hero Arts; H2365 Old French Writting.
Binding Style: The book is bound in my favorite Coptic Stitch using brown linen thread. The book is just over A7 in size, perfect for popping into your pocket.
This piece fits in with this month's theme of 'F' for The Virtual Crafting Challenge, 'F' for Fabric 🙂
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie 🙂


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I FINALLY finished the afghan I started 3 years ago. At least, I think it was 3 years. It could have been more. At that time, angry chicken made her own ripple stitch blanket, and I was so inspired to make my own that I ordered the book 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns and dove right in. Then, I got bored and decided to do something else while my afghan sat in a plastic bag on the back of a shelf in my office. Don't roll your eyes. You've done something similar.
It's the first afghan I've ever made. If I gave you a full view, you would see it's lopsided because my stitches started out tight and loosened up toward the end. It's mostly because I started with one hook for the first 6 rows and finished the rest with another, but whatever. It still works. Plus, you can't tell it's lopsided at all when it's rumpled up in a ball on the floor next to the couch while the dog lays on it.


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7:00 pm
Pati's Mexican Table "Avocado" Pati shows viewers how to pick and prime the perfect avocado, then walks them through three great recipes: Avocado and Hearts of Palm Chop Chop Salad; Pepitos: Steak and Avocado Sandwich on Crusty Bread; Coconut and Avocado Ice Cream. D
7:30 pm
Martha Stewart's Cooking School "Rice" If you have rice in your pantry, you're well on your way to a great meal - something you have in common with home cooks around the globe. Martha offers a lesson on the world's most common grain, starting with a perfect pot of fluffy white rice that you can incorporate into a main course or serve as an accompaniment to a host of other dishes. From there, she'll show you her tried-and-true techniques for flavorful pilaf, risotto and Thai fried rice. D
8:00 pm
Ask This Old House "Installing A Toilet/Patching A Lawn with Grass Seed" Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey heads to Cheyenne, Wyoming, to help a homeowner install a toilet. Then, Richard, along with landscape contractor Roger Cook, host Kevin O'Connor and general contractor Tom Silva, asks, "What Is It?" Afterward, Tom shares a viewer tip about driving eye screws. Roger and Kevin patch a lawn with grass seed. D
8:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Granada, Cordoba, and Spain's Costa Del Sol" Andalucia's Moorish heritage sparkles in the historic capitals of Granada and Cordoba. Rick tastes the smooth sherry and marvels at prancing stallions as he finds the passion in Andalucian culture. He finishes his visit with fun in the Spanish sun on the coast.G
9:00 pm
Equitrekking "Jordan: Petra, Royal Stables & Dead Sea" This episode highlights some of the best of classic Jordan, including Petra, Aqaba, Wadi Mujib and the Dead Sea. Darley begins with a visit to the magical city of Petra, where she and her local guide Ibrahim explore by camel, foot and horseback, riding in the lesser-visited suburb of Little Petra and passing through the siq to catch the Treasury, made famous in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in the morning light. Darley learns about the local legends surrounding the Treasury and its contents, as she rides a camel by the Treasury. D
9:30 pm
Lidia's Italy In America "New England: Spicy and Sweet in New England" Take a trip with Lidia to Gloucester, Massachusetts, a fishing village with a large Italian population, and then visit Providence, Rhode Island, where Lidia goes to the Scialo Brothers' Bakery. Lidia makes Spaghetti with Lobster Sauce and tries the Scialo Brothers' recipe for Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes. D
10:00 pm
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Grilling" Bridget shows Chris how to make Grilled Thin-Cut Pork Chops and Grilled Potato Hobo Packs. Then, Adam reveals his top picks for grill tongs. Next, Chris shares the test kitchen's top new gadgets, and finally, Julia uncovers the secrets to Grilled Lemon Chicken. D
10:30 pm
Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless "Extraordinarily Delicious Ensenada" Fish tacos embody Ensenada's history in one bite: Fresh fish from pristine waters encased in crispy batter influenced by Asian immigrants, topped with Spanish-inspired creamy sauces, wrapped up in a very Mexican corn tortilla and spiked with chile. We seek out some of the best versions at Mariscos El Norteno, a stall opposite the Ensenada Fish market, and a 30-year old corner stand, Los Originales El Chopipo. No trip to Ensenada would be complete for a foodie without a stop at La Guerrerense where Sabina Bandera Gonzalez has been serving the best seafood ceviches and tostadas for more than 29 years. D
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Caprial and John's Kitchen: Cooking for Family and Friends "Cooking with Cane Berries" The Pences gather a sampling of Oregon's abundant crop, which go into blackberry pie with pecan crumble and raspberry almond cakes.G
11:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Granada, Cordoba, and Spain's Costa Del Sol" Andalucia's Moorish heritage sparkles in the historic capitals of Granada and Cordoba. Rick tastes the smooth sherry and marvels at prancing stallions as he finds the passion in Andalucian culture. He finishes his visit with fun in the Spanish sun on the coast.G


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This is an original John Lennon song. She does it proud.
Excellent song, but the original John Lennon version is better.
Absolutely devine messege for Christmas
A beautiful song and makes you feel happy and warm inside, I couldn´t stop playing it !
Very Nice Song, I Feel Pleasant , I Enjoyed Christmas Trip.....
Great card, Fabulous Song and a Fantastic Lady singing it .....Top Marks ..123, Vince.
very soothing n beau song
A great song , song by a great artist.
Wish everyone a joyous Christmas season with this beautiful and elegant Christmas ecard.
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Digestive Disorders
Stomach Nodules
Are stomach nodules common? I recently had endoscopy and was told that they had to do biopsies of several nodules that were found in my stomach. Is there an increased correlation between taking PPI`s for long periods and stomach nodules? Correlation with diet?
Stomach nodules are common in those taking PPIs. Biopsies are usually taken to ensure they are benign but if in a certain pattern, no biopsies are done. Not related to diet.
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Senior Clinical Instructor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Buffalo Society of Artists 116th annual Catalogue Exhibition
Juror: Sandra Q. Fimin, curator, UB Art Galleries
Friday, Sept. 21, 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 21, 6 to 8 p.m.
Awards Presentation at 7 p.m.
Exhibition continues through Nov. 3
The NACC (Niagara Arts and Cultural Center)
1201 Pine Ave., Niagara Falls
Gallery hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 pm. Enter through the red doors on Portage Road. Admission is free
Founded in 1891, the Buffalo Society of Artists is one of the oldest continually operating art organizations in the U.S.
Pictured is "A Cold Recess," mixed media, by Sara M. Zak.


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Global media release: bees in good health
New large-scale study COLOSS shows:
European bees are at their best health level in years as overwintering losses of colonies sink to record low
August 11, 2014
Monheim,– European bees are much healthier than many recent media publications appear to suggest. New field data from nearly 400,000 bee colonies from 21 countries in Europe and the Mediterranean show that overwintering losses of honey bee colonies – an important indicator of general bee health – were at their lowest level in years in 2013/2014.
"It is great to see that our bees have come out of the 2013/2014 winter in the best shape for many years," says Dr. Christian Maus, Global Pollinator Safety Manager at Bayer CropScience. "These results are also very telling since the data relate to a season during which neonicotinoid-based crop protection products were still in common use throughout Europe. This offers further evidence that these important components in the toolbox of farmers do not impact the survival of honeybee colonies during overwintering under real-life field conditions," Maus adds.
The non-profit honey bee research association COLOSS http://www.coloss.org/%3E (prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes), which comprises more than 360 scientific professionals from 60 countries, has published new data http://www.coloss.org/announcements/losses-of-honey-bee-colonies-over-the-2013-14-winter showing that the overall mortality rate of bee colonies in the 2013/2014 winter was on average 9 percent – losses below 10 percent are considered to be normal. This compares with loss rates of up to 37 percent that were recorded from individual countries in previous years.
infestations impact overwintering
In winter, honey bees are generally not active outside the hive; they are very busy inside taking steps to ensure the colony's survival. They continue to access stored food – honey and pollen – and generate heat within the hive to protect the colony. If adequate provisions have not been made during the summer and fall, e.g. by the beekeeper, then a colony may not survive the winter season because of starvation.
Another major factor affecting honey bee colonies in the winter is Varroa mite infestation, often linked with secondary infestations by viruses. Adult winter bees that were infested with Varroa as immature bees within the brood cells do not fully develop the physiological characteristics of a long-lived winter bee. This makes them less likely to withstand the grueling environmental stressors associated with winter conditions and survive until the spring.
The coordinator of the COLOSS Working Group, Dr. Romée van der Zee from the Dutch Centre for Bee Research, explains, "The contributions of many factors which are correlated to colony losses seem to be very dependent on weather conditions. Colonies built their brood nests late because of the relatively cold spring in 2013. This may have decreased the number of reproductive cycles of the parasitic Varroa mite, producing fewer mites. Good weather in the summer then provided excellent foraging opportunities."
Neonicotinoids do not cause harm
to bee health in proper farming
Restrictions on neonicotinoids came into force in Europe in December 2013 as a result of the European Commission´s concerns, that this group of crop protection products, which is used to control pests that damage field crops such as maize and oilseed rape, might pose a risk to bees. However, as many scientific studies, field monitoring data and risk assessments have shown, neonicotinoids do not cause harm to bee colonies under real-life field conditions, when they are used responsibly and properly, according to label instructions.
"It seems that everyone is looking for just one culprit for reduced bee health and colony losses, but you can't point the finger of blame at a single factor. Bees are facing multiple challenges around pests and pathogens, loss of foraging habitat and poor farming and beekeeping practices. Pollination matters to agriculture, hence safeguarding the health of bees is a shared responsibility of all the partners involved: farmers, beekeepers and industry," says Annette Schürmann, Head of the Bayer Bee Care Center http://beecare.bayer.com/home.
This is underscored by a landmark study http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1786/20140558.abstract published in May 2014 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. A group of international scientists led by Professor Charles Godfray and Professor Angela McLean, University of Oxford, analyzed the natural science evidence base relevant to neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators. They concluded that "there is poor geographical correlation between neonicotinoid use and honeybee decline".
Australia and New Zealand: bee industry in good
This is supported by findings outside Europe. A parliamentary report http://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-nz/50DBSCH_SCR56864_1/34a0a5f2526c4db590c2b0330083d8af2313b150 on bee health published by the Primary Production Committee in New Zealand in July 2014 confirms, "There is currently no evidence of the [Colony Collapse] disorder in New Zealand, although these pesticides [neonicotinoids] are commonly used here as a seed dressing and as foliar sprays. We heard that when anecdotal evidence of losses is investigated, the causes seem to be mainly Varroa or starvation rather than pesticides." The report notes that honey production and exports are rising.
The regulatory authorities in Australia also investigated the potential effect of neonicotinoid seed treatments on bee health. Their report "Neonicotinoids and the health of honey bees in Australia http://archive.apvma.gov.au/news_media/chemicals/bee_and_neonicotinoids.php ," published in March 2014 confirms that the introduction of neonicotinoids in Australia has brought a number of benefits such as healthy crops and more productivity, noting also that they are considerably more favorable for humans (and other mammals) than the older products they have replaced.
About Bayer CropScience
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience, the subgroup of Bayer AG responsible for the agricultural business, has annual sales of EUR 8,819 million (2013) and is one of the world's leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. The company offers an outstanding range of products including high value seeds, innovative crop protection solutions based on chemical and biological modes of action as well as an extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture. In the area of non-agricultural applications, Bayer CropScience has a broad portfolio of products and services to control pests from home and garden to forestry applications. The company has a global workforce of 22,400 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: http://www.cropscience.bayer.com/en/Media.aspx


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Stockton, CA
Nancy Louise Applegate
May 19, 1938 - February 18, 2013
Nancy L. Applegate passed away February 18, 2013 in Stockton at the age of 74. Born in Stockton on May 19, 1938 to Letha and
Marvin Hanks, Nancy was a
lifelong resident. Nancy worked as an office manager for many local doctors, and later was involved with the San Joaquin Sheriff's
Office STARS program. With the STARS she was involved in many areas including working as the editor of the STARS Review monthly newsletter. She was member of: the Red Hat Society, MLEC, the Stockton Water Ski Club and she enjoyed gardening. She loved spending time with family -
especially her grandchildren.
Nancy was preceded in death by her son Duane Larson, sisters Lura Larson and Neldeanne Derkson, and a brother Bill Hanks. She is survived by her husband Robert Applegate of Stockton,
children: Cindy Young (James) of Lincoln, Kenny Larson (Sonya) of Milton, FL; stepchildren: Kathy Jacques (Rico) of Stockton,
Maurice Applegate of Stockton;
14 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, sister Laverne Carville (Louis) of Rocklin, and her beloved dogs and cats.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Chapel of Flowers at Cherokee Memorial Park, Hwy 99 at E. Harney Lane in Lodi. Visitation will take place from 3-8 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way, Lodi.
Donations may be made to Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Ave, Stockton, 95204
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Uramaki-zushi (裏巻 / inside-out sushi roll - this is also weekend cooking for Tak, I'm still on diet. I did steal one piece though... at the back is yuba (dried bean curd sheet) parcels. The idea of yuba parcels was from Iron Chef French if I remember correctly. Yuba wrapped with scallop mixture and then pan-fried until crispy. To me, there is still room for improvement so I would not post the recipe here today. As for the sushi, I just want to share the sushi dressing, which can be kept in the fridge (air-tight jar) for a long period. According to the Practical Japanese Cooking cookbook, the dressing aged 2-3 weeks is the best. FYI, 160ml sushi dressing is good for 2½ cups uncooked short-grain rice.
- 120ml rice vinegar
- 5½ tbsp sugar
- 1½ tsp salt
- 1" length konbu (kelp)
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan, bring to boil on high heat. When the sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and place the saucepan in a bowl of ice water to force-cool the dressing.


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Abigail Breslin schooled by Streep and Roberts
Abigail Breslin felt like she was in ''acting school'' working with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.
The 17-year-old actress stars alongside the Oscar-winning legends in 'August: Osage County' and she says it was inspiring to watch them on set and pick up tips.
Quizzed if they gave her advice, she said: ''They didn't really say anything in particular. It was more seeing how they were on set and watching them act that was a big lesson. I felt like I was at acting school for three months because I learnt so much just from watching them.''
The young teenager, who first shot to fame aged nine in 'Little Miss Sunshine', found it ''intimidating'' to work with the actresses at first, until she got to know them.
She explained to the Independent newspaper: ''It was pretty intimidating, very nerve-racking at first. They're like people that you've looked up to your whole life and then you have to, like, sit around a table and act with them. But once I'd met everybody and realised that they were so nice and really welcoming and everything, it was much easier. They were really good to me.''


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Successful litigation campaigns often take years to wind their way through the court system. Here are some of our success stories.
Californians for Humane Farms v. Schafer (Prop 2 Funding)
Agency documents reveal plans to misappropriate millions of federal funds to influence voter opinion on California farm animal welfare ballot initiative
Cavel International, Inc. v. Madigan (Illinois horse slaughter)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the Illinois state law banning horse slaughter.
Claddie Savage v. Steve Prator (Louisiana cockfighting)
In January 2006, the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld a Caddo Parish ordinance banning cockfighting, reversing two lower court decisions
Defenders of Wildlife, et al. v. Hall, et al. (Rocky Mountain Wolf Delisting)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service???s decision to delist the northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves
Defenders of Wildlife, The HSUS v. Gutierrez, et al. (Right Whale Entanglement)
The HSUS filed suit to force NMFS to publish long overdue modifications to fishing gear regulations to protect endangered whales
Defenders of Wildlife, The HSUS, et al. v. Gutierrez, et al. (Right whales II)
Despite promising the court during the first round of litigation that the agency would issue final rules by June 2007, the agency continues to refuse to act
Defenders of Wildlife, The HSUS, et al. v. Gutierrez, et al. (Right whales)
The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is the rarest of all large whale species. Even though federal agencies know the tiny population faces grave danger from ship strikes, they refused to enact emergency regulations to protect the whales
Defenders of Wildlife, The HSUS, et al. v. Norton (Canada lynx)
The Fish and Wildlife Service has refused to protect imperiled Canada lynx under the Endangered Species Act.
Earth Island Institute, The HSUS, et al. v. Evans, et al. ("Dolphin safe" tuna)
What does a "dolphin-safe" label really mean? The U.S. Commerce Department sought to weaken labeling requirements.
Empacadora, et al. v. Curry (Texas horse slaughter)
The HSUS asked the federal Court of Appeals to uphold a Texas law prohibiting horse slaughter for human food...


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Baby, I Love You
You make my life complete, it's true.
Love my baby, dearest heart...
Oh my baby, I love you!
In this follow up title to 2006's bestselling Baby Cakes, Karma Wilson and Sam Williams team up again in this charming, original board book. Parent will love reading this reassuringly repetitive text aloud to their babies. Sam Williams's adorable illustrations make this title that promotes the special bond between parents and their babies complete. This board book promises to become an instant classic.
- Little Simon |
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- December 2009 |
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Tech Monkey See, Tech Monkey Do.
After Instagram was experiencing a few glitches today, it looks as if they have added a new feature to the platform!
So you know how you see a new hair trend from your favorite stylist or a new photo from a sweet photographer that you like? Well, now you can save those posts into a collection!
Very similar to a Pinterest Board, you can click the right corner on your Instagram feed, and save those photos to your Collections. You can create organized boards for the collections section too - which means you can separate everything based on what you're looking for.
The other great thing? Right now, it does not alert the user you saved their photo, and your collections are not visible to the public that follows you, so you can privately save with no notification.
Check it out below:
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Happening now on our Instagram story: how to save posts into collections! https://t.co/1n6O3yoPmx
This is going to save me SO MUCH ROOM in the I-took-too-many-screenshots-department.
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Nashua mayor to recommend Bennett for corporation counselBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
May 19. 2013 10:15PM
NASHUA — The city could soon have a new leader in its legal department, as the mayor intends on recommending a new corporation counsel to handle Nashua's legal matters.
Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said Thursday that she will bring forward a proposal to aldermen seeking the promotion of attorney Steve Bennett, whose current title is deputy corporation counsel for the city.
The city's legal team has been without its top corporation counsel for several months, as attorney James McNamee has been on long-term disability. Since that time, Bennett has been serving as interim corporation counsel.
Lozeau said she is pleased to recommend Bennett for the head role. He has been working in the city's legal department for nearly 15 years, serving as deputy corporation counsel since 1998.
Before his time with the city, Bennett was employed as a public defender in New Hampshire for almost 14 years. He was also a former partner at Elliot, Jasper and Bennett in Newport from 1979 to 1985.
"I look forward to voting for him," Alderman-at-Large James Donchess said of Bennett.
Bennett received his law degree from Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law. He also has a degree in international studies from American University in Washington, D.C.
According to city officials, McNamee's combination of sick time and sick bank ended in late January or early February. The city has since hired a third attorney to make up for his absence, according to Lozeau.
In addition to Bennett and attorney Dory Clark, there are also two paralegals working as part of the city's legal team.
During an aldermanic Budget Review Committee on Thursday, at which time city officials reviewed several proposed department budgets for fiscal year 2014, the legal budget was discussed.
Bennett said he predicts a year-end budget surplus of under $40,000 next month. The new budget for the legal department is recommended at $533,457. Salaries and benefits consume most of that budget at more than $380,000.
According to the proposed legal budget, the corporation counsel will receive an annual salary of $113,556, the deputy corporation counsel will receive $103,308, the assistant corporation counsel will receive $68,894 and the two legal assistants will each receive about $48,000.
McNamee has consistently been one of the top wage earners in the city, receiving about $108,000 in 2012. McNamee served as corporation counsel for Nashua from 1996-2000, and from 2008 until his disability leave last year.
If Bennett's promotion is supported by the Board of Aldermen in the coming weeks, he will be responsible for all legal matters and management practices impacting the city. Those duties include corporate governance, litigation, contracts, labor and employment.
On Thursday, Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly said she would prefer additional executive services for the board. Specifically, Pressly said one of the city's attorneys should prioritize the needs of the Board of Aldermen to ensure that ordinances and resolutions adopted by city officials are being tracked and abided.
"We don't have our own lawyer," she said of the Board of Aldermen, recommending more legal assistance for the board.


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The Atlanta Falcons are finalizing contract details in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles for cornerback Asante Samuel, sources with knowledge of the situation told NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora on Wednesday.
Barring any unforeseen setbacks the trade will be completed Wednesday, sources told La Canfora. Samuel is reworking the final two years of the existing contract -- which were not guaranteed in the first place -- and is preparing to sign the new deal Wednesday, which would consummate the trade. Samuel is set to make $21.5 million over the next two seasons, and he would count for more than $8 million against the salary cap.
Samuel's new contract would not add any additional terms to his deal, sources told La Canfora.
A source close to the situation told NFL Network's Albert Breer that the Falcons were close to acquiring Samuel from the Eagles for a late-round pick.
The Falcons emerged as one of the team's interested in Samuel on Tuesday, a league source told NFL Network's Michael Lombardi, and quarterback Matt Ryan spoke glowingly of the cornerback.
"As far as Asante Samuel, I can only speak for having played against him a number of times and I know that's he's been extremely difficult to play against and has done a great job against us when we've played him in the past," Ryan said.
Samuel, 31, had three interceptions for the Eagles last season. He has made four Pro Bowls in his nine-year career, and was named a first-team All-Pro in 2007.


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One Angry Gamer "There's been a lot of debate over whether or not EA's premium demos were part of a calculated test-run for a more nefarious future for vertical slices released to the public, or if it was just a gosh-darn honest mistake. Well, there's some pretty good reasons why a large majority of core gamers saw the news and reacted the way they did."
Because its EA so y'know they're greedy, moneygrabbing shills who don't give 2 craps about screwing over gamers to make an extra few quid?
Maybe folks should start voting with their wallets?
Watch this space "pay $4.99 to beta test Battlefield Hardline"
Because its EA. And even though it didn't go through, the precedent was established by Capcom with the MML3 demo.
Why wouldn't some company such as EA try to do it again?
It was a test to see our reaction. They are trying to get us used to the idea of paying for demos.
EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, and Activision these companies nobody can trust them, they lies as much as goverments.


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There was a point somewhere in the 1960s when The Rolling Stones were arguably the best dressed band on the planet. They mixed traditional Saville Row threads with flamboyant shirts, cravats and scarves better than anyone. They were the epitome of pop art cool. Check here for evidence. But then the coolest of the lot of them, Brian, went swimming, …
ACDC at the O2: Angus Young is a trailblazer for shorts
We all know that by now shorts have staked their claim on the fashion map, and rightly so, until men can wear skirts in the street a la most recent Fantastic Man issue, the options are fairly limited.
Celeb Style: BoyZone's Bare-Chest Comeback
There are times I love gorging over celebrity looks; Cannes glamour, Oscar glory, MTV glitz. Then there are times when rather rubbish boybands return with a receding hairline and a group of barely-dressed female dancers, thinking they can win us all over with a rendition of an old classic and a bit of David Brent-dancing. Of course to pretend that BoyZone did not contribute to the Reid family soundrack would be a lie as Ronan's "When You Say Nothing At All" has not only made my Mum cry but got my brother 16,414 Youtube hits. (I have, myself, never been influenced by that Irish twang and chorus of fiddles and flutes.)


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Date: Nov 02, 2012
Press Release Number: 176-2012
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reports the following update on conditions at its transportation facilities as of 7:30 a.m. today.
LaGuardia Airport is opened. Carriers are continuing to ramp up operations throughout the day.
JFK International is opened and the airport is fully operational. Airlines are continuing to restore full flight schedules; however, flight service will vary by carrier.
Newark Liberty International is opened and fully operational and airlines continue to increase service.
Stewart International Airport is operating normally.
Teterboro Airport is operating normally.
We remind all airline passengers to confirm flight times, departures and arrivals with the airline carriers before traveling to the airports.
AirTrain JFK has resumed limited service. Service is available between Jamaica Terminal and Federal Circle, and from Federal Circle to Howard Beach Station. Port Authority buses will provide shuttle service between Federal Circle and the passenger terminals. In keeping with the State of New York's transit emergency status, AirTrain JFK fares are suspended today.
AirTrain Newark continues to operate at full service taking passengers to the NEC where they can take Amtrak (limited services) to Newark Penn Station and Philadelphia. AirTrain Newark fares are suspended today.
Tunnels and Bridges
The George Washington Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing and Lincoln Tunnel remain open. Motorists using the Lincoln Tunnel to travel to Manhattan are advised that the City of New York is not allowing vehicles with fewer than three passengers to enter Manhattan below 96th Street between the hours of 6 AM and midnight.
One lane of the south tube of the Holland Tunnel opened this morning to bus commuters traveling from New Jersey to Manhattan. One lane will also be open for bus commuters making their way back to New Jersey during the evening rush hour.
All PATH service is suspended until further notice.
Port Authority Bus Terminal
The facility is open. Greyhound Bus and Peter Pan are now running full service. NJ Transit and most other carriers are running limited service today. Passengers are urged to check with carriers before leaving for the bus terminal.
World Financial Ferry Terminal
Ferries are running between New Jersey and New York from 7 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., starting from Paulus Hook, Weehawken and Hoboken North at 14th Street and going to the World Financial Ferry Terminal in Battery Park City.
For further information, customers should go to nywaterway.com.
The Port Authority's maritime facilities are closed until further notice.
Port Authority staff and engineers remain on site at all Port Authority facilities to inspect conditions, assess damage, and perform repair work. Our primary goal is to ensure the safety of our workers and those who use our facilities. We will resume operations at our facilities as quickly as possible consistent with safe operations.
For up-to-date information on our facilities, follow us on Twitter @PANYNJ. For further information for New York State, visit http://www.governor.ny.gov/stormwatch. For New Jersey, visit www.ready.nj.gov.
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Photo:Relax, you're soaking in it!* (see footnote)
Not too long ago in one of those stump the Christian moments, someone asked me how Noah found penquins in Palestine. I pointed out that penquins aren't strictly Arctic as you might suppose; for example, I told him, today there are penquins living on the beaches of South Africa.
Last month I had a similar discussion with Cliff Paiva, Frank Sherwin of ICR and Major Joseph F.R., currently in Iraq (stay safe!) concerning the possible water canopy above the earth pre-flood and possible sources for all that water re the Genesis flood (another stump the Christian favorite). The Major and I were kicking around some ideas related to a pre-flood canopy as a potential source of the quantity of water needed to cover the earth to a depth of more than 20 feet over the highest mountains.
Cliff Paiva as usual succinctly put the entire issue in perspective;
Since 330 million cubic miles of ocean covers nearly 75% of this planet…I often wonder why folks keep asking "…where has all the water gone…long time passing…where has all the water gone….a long, long time ago….?".
Seriously, its time folks use common sense when talking about a planet which is today nearly 75% under water, and whose crust is completely fractured, with millions of hydrothermal vents pouring out yet even more water!
Photo:Right, Penquins on the beach at Capetown, South Africa
One of the reasons that this conversation came to mind is that last week NASA crashed a rocket into the moon in search of water. One of the reasons secular science is so desperate to find water on the moon, on mars or wherever it can in the universe is because as far as we know, liquid water does not exist anywhere else but here on earth.
The abundance of water here is neccessary for life and its presence is another brick in the Anthropic Priniciple wall–the scientific evidence that this planet, this solar system and this universe were specifically created for life. Secular, materialist science would like to prove that water here on this planet is not such a great anomaly.
Scientists readily admit that they don't know where the water came from and there are several competing naturalistic explanations. (Christians know that the source of water on earth is God as explained beginning in the second verse of Genesis 1.) What is the number one accepted theory as to the origin of all the water here on earth?
Well, what is the dumbest idea that you can think of? Nope, its dumber than that!
The current leading theory is that the water on earth came primarily from the collision of "water rich" asteroids from the outer asteroid belt with the earth. Naturalistic explanations for the origin of water on this planet-are all wet.
"An evolutionist friend of mine once told me that the best evidence for the [creation model] he knew was that any land existed at all on the earth. If our planet had spun down from a gas cloud, he said, the outer layers would consist of basaltic ocean crust, covered by a concentric layer of granite, the whole thing covered by over two miles (3 km) of water! He said it looked as if "someone with big hands" (the closest he could come to saying "God") took the granite and shoved it up into a pile to form the dry land. Then he added that the "guy with big hands" was also smart enough to thin the basalt under the granite piles to maintain the earth in gravitational balance (isostasy) so it wouldn't fracture as it rotated." Creation: Facts of Life (2006) Master Books, p. 224
Frank Sherwin of ICR Frank Sherwin is a staff scientist, speaker, and prolific author for the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego. He is also the author of The Ocean Book, for which he received the San Diego Christian Writers Guild Award for Excellence in Educational Writing. His youtube video Oceans, Creation and the Genesis Flood can be found here.
* This phrase was popularized by a television commercial campaign for Palmolive dish washing detergent. Madge, a manicurist, would comment on the dry, rough appearance of her client's skin as she worked on one hand while the other soaked in a bowl of light green liquid. The client would ask her advice; Madge would recommend Palmolive; the client would act surprised (after all, how could a dish washing detergent affect one's skin? Preposterous.). Then Madge would inform the client about the liquid in the bowl: "Relax, "you're soaking in it," she'd say, in a very matter-of-fact tone. The shocked client would immediately remove her hand from the bowl, and Madge would guide it back down, assuring her that everything was fine: "Palmolive softens hands as you do dishes."
The ad campaign was created by the Ted Bates Ad Agency in 1966 and ran into the early '90s.
Modern usage of the phrase occurs in situations similar to the well-intentioned ruse pulled off by Madge: someone is not aware of a situation or state, comments about it, and is told, "You're soaking in it." Example: a newbie might show up in the Chatterbox and ask, "hey, where's this chatterbox thing I've heard about?" Answer: "you're soaking in it."…Everything2.com


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touracial . (verb) to hate tourists, touracialist (noun) to be somone who is touracial. Not ethnicity specific. used in relation to domestic travllers, ie; long weekend and short trip visiters.
i get so frustrated and anoyed by this constant influx of tourists, ques are longer everywhere traffic jams, i wish they'd go back to where they came from, i have this touracial feeling inside that i find alarmingly dificult to apease, im ashamed to admit that i have become a touracialist.
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can I be the first...
to welcome our Clanger overlords.. toot toot..
Penetrator probe missiles designed to be fired from an orbiting, robotic space mothership into the dark side of the Moon have been tested on targets in Wales. The moon harpoons are expected to confirm the exact makeup of the lunar crust, possibly by the deployment of robotic moon-tunnelling mole cruisers. Blighty's missile …
to welcome our Clanger overlords.. toot toot..
I now have this fearsome mental image of the latest advance in washing powder technology.
Surely Paris should be invovled in all Penetration Testing?
1. Not once they've had the slow leak as a result of a penetration.
2. Why test it in Wales? The holes there not exactly full of breathable air. Not even the ones in the ground (ahem). Why do you think everyone is called "Di(e)"?
Mines the one with the keys to the cottage in, thats right, the one on fire.
Nos da.
AC as I lived there and have, well, had an IT friend or two still there. I know whereof I speak.
C'mon Mr. Page, everybody should know that there is no dark side of the moon, even Pink Floyd's eponymous album ackowledges as much in the sleeve notes. There's a _far_ side, but it gets as much light as any other part of the moon.
Ms. Sherriff wouldn't have made that mistake.
Perhaps they may have meant to say "conducive"? Conductive rather gives the feeling that they're looking for somewhere that can drain the life from people, and surely they don't need to leave the UK to find that?
Dear Jesus,
I have considered the course of human events and our pathetic attempts to understand your great creation and in so doing I have reached the point of suicidal depression. I am writing you this letter asking you to make yourself known and prove your existence to the world, or strike us all dead. I can't stand the insanity any longer.
The tipping point for my feelings was an article from a UK (you know the little island where people talk funny and smell of fish and vinegar) company who have created a device to determine if "the Moon conductive to human life" and to redesign the moon in the likeness of a place called "Wales". Outside of the obvious pork (unclean nonbelievers) related issues we already know that there is no air on the Moon, the soils aren't exactly fertile, and there isn't any water - so instead of shooting holes in the moon (I'm sure you've seen the movie and know this will end badly) can't you just make a quick appearance and let people know that they are wasting tax dollars, and time, by continuing the explore a big rock whose only purpose is controlling the tides and as a robotic weapons launching platform from which to destroy the Communists, Druse, Buddhists, Muslims, Catholics, Jews, scientists, evolutionists, and hippies.
Solomon Grundy
P.S. If you decide to make an appearance can you stop by my house for a cocktail afterwards. I'd love to introduce you to some of my friends and maybe you can do that wine to water trick. I'm down to two bottles of this fantastic '83 French number that I can't afford to replace because I gave all my money to the intelligent design lobbyist groups.
There is a dark side of the moon, it's just that it's not a set location.
Empirical observation would suggest that the moon would conduct life rapidly away from anyone stepping out of their space ship without some sort of spacesuit.
Maybe it's just me, but...
1. Once the probes find Lunar mini-moles, how do we transport them back?
2. Will they breed in captivity, or only on the wilds of the dark side of the moon?
A bit of an obvious one here..
They appear to be testing bunker busting style missiles for use against targets on the moon, so..
What do They know that we don't ?
Is the Soup Dragon about to be declared the new Saddam? or is she the new Chemical Ali ? (Blue String Pudding, or deadly human destroying bio-weapon?, always brewing up 'soup' (hah, a likely story) in a well protected deep lunar cavern..definitely up to no good).
I really must dust off my old UFOnut book collection..if I can find them..Don Wilson I think was the one with a bee in his bonnet about the Moon..and I must trawl the usual conspiracy pages after this story to see when someone uses it as proof that 'we're going to nuke those Al-Qaeda lovin' terrist anal probin' sonofabitchin' greys out of their bases on the darkside of our moon..'
I can't hear anything, so I reckon there's a super-stealth black helicopter just outsi...EOT
What's to stop it going pprrrrrrffffffffffftttt and vanishing along a very wavy trajectory?
...that 'qinetiq' is quite possibly the most risible company name ever?
what besuited arsewipe thought that one up? - "it's like got two 'Q's but like neither of them is like followed by a 'U'. it's so like left of field and like out of the box..." etc.
presumably the same kind of knob-end who would spell 'cool' with a 'K'
Good to see someone else getting it for a change.
you know why
They perhaps should fire it into the Welsh Assembly in a (VAIN) effort to find intelligent life-----
Dear Solomon,
I have forwarded the main request over to the man, i.e. daddy, as he is more of the "strike groups of people down"-kind of guy than I. As for the cocktail party at your house and what you refer to as my "wine to water"-trick. Are you mad? I have never done such a thing.
Re: 'Lost temples filled with high-tech artifacts in underground, air-filled Lunar caverns - perhaps guarded by a bizarre race of mutant mushroom men ...'
My early SF research (Edgar Rice Burroughs novel cover pages circa 1917) indicate that at least some of the extra-terrestrial races will be beautiful, buxom and barely covered. So what are we waiting for? Luna awaits!
These projectiles that are potentially boring sound like some gizmos I once saw in a film called Phantasm. As for Al Qaeda etc, have you seen how many moslem flags have representations of the moon on them? It has long been a base for training Jihadis so just be careful where you poke your boring projectiles!


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We Love Swedish House
In the style of Avicii/Nicktim
A piece of contemporary Swedish chart house, with modern synth sounds (including vibrato and tapestop FX), perfect for fashion presentations, cool TV and Film music, disco and dance scenes, nightclub and youth works.
Drums from Nexus 2, arpeggiated style passages, Moog basslines and modern detuned synth passages.
Take a listen to this great music from Del Gibbons!


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Miscellany. 04.23.12.
Not on Sale, by Skewville. Outside of Woodward Gallery on the Lower East Side. On view through April. (Image courtesy of Skewville.)
- Brian Droitcour has been reviewing galleries on Yelp and it's fucking hilarious. And I'm burning with jealousy that I didn't think of this first.
- Pundit tracker. They should have this for art writers. I'm sure I'd be toast.
- Alan Turing and his tragic end: A stunning Radiolab piece about the man who conceived of computers.
- A couple of weeks back I was reading Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner and publicly wondered on Twitter why so much contemporary American fiction is peopled by adolescent man-children. @tejalrao responded with this excellent essay.
- Nuanced bit on Thomas Kinkade versus the Art Industry, by Doug Harvey. (Even if the white type on black background seems designed to leave you half blind.)
- An informative wrap-up on a couple of panels at New York Law School about the boundary between appropriation and plagiarism.
- Speaking of which, a fascinating sidebar related to copyright: who owns the text of our laws?
- Welcome to my new timesuck: the ICAA and the MFAH in Houston have put all kinds of tasty Latin American art documents online. (@tylergreendc.)
- Wish I was going to be in Peru in time to see this: A group of artists is going to be painting murals at Cerro de Pasco, a polluted, high-altitude town that sits alongside an open-pit mine producing zinc and silver. The mining company is trying to relocate the city (which has more than 100,000 residents) so that it can expand its operations.
- Speaking of which: the organizers of the Cerro de Pasco event should invite Elliot Urcuhuaranga. His stuff is beautiful.
- Restoration Hardware goes graffiti. (@notrobwalker.)
- Helpful tip for the art media: If you want to get the press office at the L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art to actually return your calls, tell them you want to do a spread on Jeffrey Deitch's house.
- Exit Art and its final show. I'm gonna miss this scrappy space. (Hyperallergic.)
- Saving brutalism: not so easy.
- 20 arts institutions on Tumblr.
- On biophony, the sound of all living organisms.
- Sort of related: Cage on Cage — Nicolas does John. (Thank you, Will Brand.)


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We interrupt your viewing of the NCAA March Madness men's basketball tournament to bring you the following column. And sadly, this is no April Fool's Day joke.
Read the essay below. Then, before continuing further, estimate the approximate education level of the writer, and the grade the student should receive.
On the evening of December Rosa Parks decided that she was going to sit in the white people section on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. During this time blacks had to give up there seats to whites when more whites got on the bus. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. Her and the bus driver began to talk and the conversation went like this. "Let me have those front seats" said the driver. She didn't get up and told the driver that she was tired of giving her seat to white people. "I'm going to have you arrested," said the driver. "You may do that," Rosa Parks responded. Two white policemen came in and Rosa Parks asked them "why do you all push us around?" The police officer replied and said "I don't know, but the law is the law and you're under arrest."
If you surmised that this error-ridden essay was written by a fifth-grade girl, and that perhaps she got a C, that's an educated guess and certainly a valid one. But you would be wrong.
The essay was written by an unnamed "student-athlete" at the University of North Carolina, and let's dispense from now on with such a disingenuous term, or at least suggest that the word "athlete" precede "student" in such descriptions, because the gifted young men we've been watching on the basketball court are athletes first, if they're students at all.
Nowhere is that brought home more vividly than in this Rosa Parks essay, whose writer received an A-minus for a bogus course as part of a phony scholastic program designed to secure the player's position on the team.
Most of us did not just fall from a turnip truck and are thus aware that the majority of NCAA Division I elite athletes are not enrolled in Advanced Metaphysics. But it's one thing to know that the courses taken by jocks are a joke. It's quite another to see it spelled out, quite literally.
Mary Willingham, a UNC student advisor turned whistle-blower, has illuminated the otherwise murky practice of insuring athletes maintain their academic eligibility and make big bucks for their school. In an interview with CNN, she found that of 183 football and basketball players who attended the college from 2004 to 2012, about 60 percent could only read at a fourth- to eighth-grade level, and 10 percent read at a third-grade level.
She revealed the existence of "paper classes" taken by athletes that require no attendance and the submission of a single short paper for the entire semester.
"We weren't serving the kids," Willingham told ESPN. "We weren't educating them properly. We were pushing them toward graduation and that's not the same as giving them an education."
After switching from denial mode to contriteness, UNC administrators said they've taken steps to curtail the practice and make sure student-athletes obtain their grades honestly. Right. I won't be buying tickets to that particular show.
I do watch the NCAAs, however, and have long adored the passion, purity and sheer athleticism these young men bring to the game. But this perception is flawed, and reform is badly needed.
Just as Rosa Parks serves as a symbol of the civil rights movement, an awful essay about her has come to symbolize the scandal of big-time college sports. I have no answers, but it sure is madness.
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LONDON, March 31 (UPI) -- Two top Libyan officials defected this week, with Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa questioned by British authorities in London.
The highest-ranking official yet to break ranks with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Kusa arrived in London Wednesday via Tunisia, saying he was resigning his post as Libyan foreign minister.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Kusa had not fled to London on any deal.
"Musa Kusa is not being offered any immunity from British or international justice," Hague said. "He is voluntarily talking to British officials, including members of the British Embassy in Tripoli now based in London, and our ambassador, Richard Northern."
The New York Times reports that a second top official, Ali Abdussalam Treki, a former foreign minister and U.N. ambassador, fled Thursday to Egypt.
Especially Kusa's defection could help Western forces pinpoint strategic targets within Libya, observers say. He's being questioned by British authorities.
Despite the valuable information Kusa may provide, critics of the Libyan regime expect him to stand trial.
During the 1980s, he ran the Libyan foreign spy services and was involved in killing Libyans who had defected abroad. He's also believed to have had a hand in the 1988 bombing of an American passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 270 people, most of them Americans.
A prosecutor with the International Criminal Court in The Hague earlier this month placed Kusa on a list of Libyan government officials suspected of ordering crimes against humanity in connection with the government-ordered attacks on demonstrators.
While Hague called Kusa's departure a sign that the Gadhafi government was "fragmented, under pressure and already crumbling from within," analysts are more careful. They don't expect Gadhafi to be discouraged by the recent defections as his very loyal inner circle consists of mostly family members.
Meanwhile in Libya, the rebels are trying to regroup after a failed advance on the oil port of Brega.
Western observers say the rebels lack a clear structure, equipment and experience to take over the country.
A top rebel military commander, Maj. Gen. Suleiman Mahmoud, admitted to the BBC that the rebels needed outside assistance to win the fight against Gadhafi's forces.
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Mercedes says it "acknowledges and accepts" its punishment from the FIA International Tribunal for breaching regulations.
The team has been reprimanded and banned from the Young Driver Test at Silverstone next month for a breach of regulations relating to its tyre test with Pirelli. While Pirelli has also been reprimanded, the tribunal found that both had acted in good faith in conducting the test and Mercedes said it is satisfied with the outcome.
"The Decision of the International Tribunal confirmed that the team acted in good faith regarding the Pirelli Tests, never intended to obtain any unfair sporting advantage and had no reason to believe that approval for the Pirelli Tests had not been given," a team statement read. "Mercedes accepts the proportionate penalties of a reprimand and suspension from the forthcoming Young Driver Test that have been decided upon by the Tribunal.
"Mercedes would like to once again restate its firm belief in proper due process and commend the FIA for the principle of an independent disciplinary body.
"The team would furthermore like to thank the International Tribunal and its President for the fair hearing it received yesterday."
Having confirmed it would not be appealing the decision, Mercedes said it hoped one result of the tribunal would be a defined procedure to allow Pirelli to test in future.
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NEWTON — Before any piano keys were struck or opera arias sung at a Russian arts and culture festival Friday night, Newton Mayor Setti Warren sounded a somber note, reflecting on the Boston Marathon bombings and ensuing manhunt that ended in nearby Watertown.
"Last week was so tragic for this region, this city, this country," Warren said. "But through that, what is so vitally important . . . is that we continue to celebrate what makes this community so strong and vibrant."
Organizers of the event said they were horrified to learn that the suspects – brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – were from the semi-autonomous Russian republic of Chechnya. But they stressed that the brothers' background bears little resemblance to their own stories of emigrating from Russia.
Olesya Koenig, director of Newton's second annual From Russia With Arts and Culture festival, moved to the United States from Russia three years ago and called her new home "full of hospitality." After the bombings, she said, she was inundated with e-mails and phone calls from friends and family in Russia.
"Everybody is concerned and sad, especially the ones who visited Boston," Koenig said. "They say it is the worst place in the world an attack could be performed, because it's so peaceful. It doesn't make any sense, what they've done."
The three-day festival, which is being held at the Newton Cultural Center and runs through Sunday, features artwork, music, and film by Russian-American artists. Admission is free, but organizers are asking for donations to local food pantries.
The festival was delayed one week because the manhunt had Newton and surrounding communities on lockdown for an entire day, organizers said.
Tatyana Dudochkin, a Newton pianist who performed at the opening reception Friday evening, said the "evil" suspects have nothing to do with Russia. "When they say 'Russia,' I just feel so bad," she said.
Dudochkin said the festival was a welcome relief after the events of last week. "I'm happy that Mayor Warren did, very quickly, rearrange the time for the next weekend, to return us back to the energy and positive feeling."
Saturday night features a screening and discussion of the documentary "Second Life. Boston," which tells the story of people who emigrated from the Soviet Union to the Boston area in the 1980s and 1990s.
"Because of the events that happened at the Marathon, this has extra meaning to all of us," said Koenig, who lives in Cambridge and operates an art gallery with her husband. "Needless to say, it is sad, awful for us. But it shows how immigrants from the Soviet Union were able to come to the US and find a second home here. This is a very kind and beautiful movie."
"Particularly in the first years, it's difficult years, when people experience nostalgia," said Mariya Gershteyn, a Newton resident who directed the film, which won NewTV's award for the best program of 2012. "But after these first years, people are assimilated, people are integrated in American life, and appreciate it very much. When I'm with my parents and their friends, every holiday they toast and pronounce, 'God bless America.' People love America."
As of a year ago, when Newton launched its first Russian festival, there were 18,784 Russian-born residents in Massachusetts and about 9.2 percent of Newton's population reported having Russian ancestry, according to the US Census Bureau.
Gershteyn said many Russian immigrants to the area are Jews who fled religious persecution and came from the central part of Russia. "Chechnya, it's a totally different region," she said.
'What is so vitally important . . . is that we continue to celebrate what makes this community so strong and vibrant.'
The Marathon bombings, she said, were beyond comprehension. "All our friends and Russian-speaking immigrants are devastated by this horror that has happened."
Inessa Rifkin, founder of the Newton-based Russian School of Mathematics, said she was upset that the Tsarnaev brothers came here when they were young but apparently never learned to love the country that gave them a home.
"What's amazing for me is this is such a great country," Rifkin said in an interview earlier Friday. "If you look at me, you hear my accent. I immigrated here with $90, four suitcases, and two children. Now, 25 years later, I have a growing business. This is a country of opportunity.
"They don't understand how unique this country is and how special it is," Rifkin said of the suspected bombers.
Linda Plaut, director of the Newton Mayor's Office for Cultural Affairs, said the Russian festival last year drew around 800 people and inspired the city to hold festivals for other ethnic groups to celebrate their heritage.
"Not only do native-born Americans, come, but they are coming to each other's," Plaut said. "That is really gratifying. There are many Indians that came to the Chinese [festival]. There were Russians that came to the Indian [festival]. I think this just demonstrated that this is getting to be a more and more diverse community."Calvin Hennick can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Henry Zeiter - father, physician and man of faith.
Henry Zeiter - father, physician and man of faith.
On this day, it's appropriate to list "father" first in recounting Zeiter's long, productive life. But one could easily argue for placing the other descriptions first. Or adding a few more: adoring husband to wife Carol for 52 of his 79 years; philanthropist; patron of the arts; champion of the poor and downtrodden.
Zeiter, an innovative and respected ophthalmologist who founded the Zeiter Eye Medical Group in Stockton 51 years ago, is the father of four adult children, all of whom have college degrees. In fact, son John Zeiter followed in his father's footsteps to become an eye surgeon himself and has worked in the practice for two decades. His own son, John Henry Zeiter Jr., plans to enter medical school this fall at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Within his extended family, 10 Zeiters are physicians.
Among Henry Zeiter's many accomplishments, his peers in the San Joaquin Medical Society honored him in 2008 with the Lifetime Achievement Award. He helped establish Health Plan of San Joaquin and his practice has performed hundreds of free cataract surgeries for the community's poor and uninsured. He has donated his time to perform similar surgeries around the world and teach new procedures to physicians in Bulgaria, China and the Philippines. He and Carol are longtime supporters of Stockton's symphony and opera and underwrite the annual Henry and Carol Zeiter Piano Competition at University of the Pacific for high school students. They made it possible for the community to open a homeless shelter for families in Stockton and have established a foundation that helps the poor around the globe.
Retired but not slowing down much, Zeiter took time to sit down in his spacious lakefront home and answer 10 Questions.
Question: How important is fatherhood?
Answer: Fathers are really necessary in a family. You have to have a father figure or it is not going to come out right, and you have to have a mother. Even among the poorest people in the world living in their hovels there is a father and mother there with their kids.
Q: What was your father like?
A: He was a great man, a philosopher and a poet. He made his living in Detroit with a grocery store and a gas station, of all things, and sold out just before the Great Depression. With cash in hand, he moved the family back to Lebanon, where I was born, and built us a beautiful home up in the mountains and an apartment house in the city. He retired and started writing poetry. He knew (artist and writer) Kahlil Gibran, who died in 1931. One hundred thousand people came to the funeral. Dad gave the eulogy. He was a great speaker. He died in Stockton in 1986.
Q: What did you impart on your own children when they were young?
A: As a dad, I tried to be a disciplinarian of a sort and tried to teach them frugality. Benjamin Franklin was one of my idols.
Q: What are some of the memories you have with your children?
A: We traveled. We went for a month up to the Sierra. I remember teaching them how to fish in the South Fork of the American River. They are still fishermen. I enjoyed those days. It was a simpler life.
Q: Anything else?
A: We used to go on picnics in Yosemite with the extended family. No computers. No iPhones. This is the kind of relationship you want to have with your family. We always had meals together every single night, no exceptions, and breakfast too.
Q: Until your retirement in 2000, you worked with your son John. How did that impact your relationship?
A: We became more on the same level. We became colleagues rather than a father/son relationship. It was more of a friendship, a friendship built on our family tie. The picture is now one of collegiality.
Q: You worked even longer with your nephew Joe, the first family member to join your practice. How was that?
A: It was very good working with my son and nephew. They were both very good surgeons from Day One. As long as they didn't do anything drastically wrong, I didn't bother them. I completely shied away from being dictatorial. Joe had all the new ideas. He's the one who enlarged the office - it's a good thing we stayed in downtown (Stockton). We see 100 patients a day and these are people who stay downtown and maybe lunch downtown. Staying downtown also helps a lot of poor people who can't get around easily.
Q: You retired at age 65 after 38 years in practice. What do you miss?
A: What I loved most was hugging the ladies that came from the rest homes. In those days, you didn't worry about them getting mad at you.
Q: What else would you want people to know about your practice?
A: I performed about 30,000 surgeries in my career. Never been sued once or threatened with a lawsuit, which is very unusual. My first patient was Marco Marchini, an Italian cattle rancher from Tracy, and now we have his great-granddaughter Amanda Marchini working for us. When you are in practice that long, you start seeing the children and the grandchildren of your first patients, and that is also a joy.
Q: What's been one of the best benefits of living the retired life?
A: One of the pleasures of my life is having an extended family. That gives you plenty to do as long as you stay away from the gossip.
Q: Any other pleasures?
A: My work. What makes a person happy? The seers and the prophets had it right - making other people happy and improving their lives. I had a call close to the end of my practice. (Decades earlier) I had removed a melanoma close to her husband's eye. He had just passed away and she asked if I would come out to the funeral. She said, "You gave him another 30 years of life." That is the greatest satisfaction anyone can have.
Contact reporter Joe Goldeen at (209) 546-8278 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/goldeenblog.


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The Cleveland Clinic is a world-famous medical center that is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the country. It goes without saying that the health professionals who work there don't condone smoking. In fact, since 2007, the clinic has refused to hire anyone who smokes.
There are many reasons an employer – especially a healthcare provider – would want to implement a no-smoking policy for its new hires. A Perspective essay published online this week by the New England Journal of Medicine mentions several:
* It sends a strong message to employees and the community that smoking is harmful.
* It gives job applicants a strong incentive to quit.
* It saves employers money, since smokers incur more medical expenses than nonsmokers.
* It appeals to patients who are put off by the smell of cigarette smoke on the clothing of people taking care of them.
But are these reasons good enough to justify the harms to smokers? No way, argues in another Perspective essay in the journal.


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Feb. 2, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. – For the first time since 2009, the 29th ranked Florida State women's tennis team defeated USF. The Seminoles conquered three ranked opponents between singles and doubles to capture a 6-1 victory at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts this afternoon.
"Today was a great day for our girls," head coach Jennifer Hyde said. "Especially since our seniors Amy (Sargeant) and Fran (Segarelli) got their first win against USF as seniors. We had opportunities against this team in the past and we let it slip away, but not today. These girls were warriors. All of them competed so well today."
Florida State built up the momentum early by capturing the doubles point.
After Sargeant and sophomore Mia Vriens fell 8-1 on court two, sophomores Daneika Borthwick and Kerrie Cartwright picked up a huge win on court one in just their first time playing together. The duo defeated the No. 50 pair of Katie Vasenina and Loreta Alonso 8-4, leaving the point to be decided on court three.
"We got a ranked win out of Kerrie and Daneika against a very experienced USF team," Hyde said. "They stepped up when they needed to in their match. Once they decided to play big, they played very well. "
Junior Kristina Schleich and Segarelli were up 6-4 on court three just as Borthwick and Cartwright evened the doubles score. Schleich and Segarelli then added a game to go up 7-4 before USF's Fanny Fracassi and Paula Montoya won the next two games making the score 7-6. Schleich went on serve and was able to close out the match 8-6.
"They were neck and neck at the end of that match," Hyde said. "When we needed to, we stepped up and played big. Our doubles is getting better, but I was very proud going into singles with that big doubles point."
The Seminoles won five out of the six singles matches in straight sets, including two over ranked players.
No. 48 Vriens made the score 2-0 with a victory on court three against Danielle Mills 6-4, 6-2 just before No. 100 Sargeant got her seventh win of the spring against Fracassi on court four, 6-4, 6-2.
The clinching match of the day came from court one as 37th ranked Borthwick upset No. 35 Vasenina 6-4, 6-4. The Bulls picked up their only point on court six as Alessandra Bonte defeated Schleich in a tight 6-3, 6-4 contest.
With the match in the bag at 4-1, No. 73 Segarelli and Cartwright were left on court, battling out their matches in the second set.
After taking the first set, Cartwright had to fight off Montoya in a tiebreak in the second in order to take her first match in the Garnet and Gold. Cartwight won 6-2, 7-6 on court five.
No. 73 Segarelli ended the day for the Seminoles on court two against No. 75 Alonso. After winning the first set, Segarelli came back from being down 5-4 in the second to take the set and the match in a tiebreak. Segarelli grabbed her third win of the season over a ranked player, 6-3, 7-6.
"We just continue to battle," Hyde said. "This team competes so hard. Everyone stayed on their court and took care of their business and did their job. As long as we keep doing that we're going to keep getting better. The confidence is going to keep growing. We're certainly going to enjoy this win because it feels really good for everyone."
The Seminoles will take a little break from competition before returning home for two matches. Florida State will host UCF on Feb. 15 before taking on Georgia State on Feb. 17. Check back to Seminoles.com, Facebook and Twitter for more information.
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MAGNOLIA The municipal airport in Magnolia has received a $27,000 grant to repair and replace lighting that was damaged by a thunderstorm earlier this year.
The grant is from the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics. The Banner-News reported that a lightning strike damaged the airport's lighting on the runway and taxiway in April.
Officials say all but five of the runway and taxiway lights were blown out in the storm.
Officials say the grant will pay for the replacement of the lights and for the purchase of a new current regulator that's used to operate the lights.
The grant will also pay for repairs to the airport's rotating beacon.


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Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. announced today that Art Services Initiative of Western New York has presented its recommendations for the 2013 Buffalo River assisted programming grants. ASI recommends 21 grant applications for a total of 75 programs, allocating the full $64,500 allotted in its contract with ECHDC and far exceeding the goal of 30 programs.
"Gov. Cuomo has targeted the revitalization of Buffalo's waterfront as one of his top priorities, as it will lead to the overall strength and vitality of New York state," said ECHDC Chairman Robert Gioia. "The Buffalo River is an ideal place for entertainment, educational, recreational and related experiences, and these recommendations capitalize on the community's desire to enhance this outdoor space."
The programs will use multiple sites along the Buffalo River, and the river itself, and represent diversity of programming and organizations.
"The sites along the Buffalo River, such as Silo City, River Fest Park, and the new Mutual Riverfront Park, are quickly becoming a hub for creative and cutting-edge programming that ranges from family and community events to major programs by some of our leading cultural organizations," said ASI Executive Director Tod A. Kniazuk. "Only along the Buffalo River will you see a performance by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, a commemoration of the historic Tewksbury incident, and poetry and performance art among the grain elevators. ASI would like to thank the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. for the opportunity to enhance the river area with such diverse programs and activities."
Programs include:
Wellness on the Water (Valley Community Association Inc.)
Buffalo River Fest Park
Yoga classes every Monday in July, August and September (except Labor Day)
Historic Tours by a Native Old 1st Warder (Valley Community Association Inc.)
Mutual Riverfront Park
Every Tuesday in July; Aug. 1, 3, 8, 15; Sept. 7; Oct. 5
Rockin' on the River (Valley Community Association Inc.)
Buffalo River Fest Park
Every Wednesday in July and August; Sept. 4, 13
Explore & More Imagination Playground (Explore & More Children's Museum)
Buffalo River Fest Park and Father Conway Park
July 13 and Sept. 7, 14
Two Row Cultural Canoe Paddle (Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe)
Buffalo River Fest Park
July 14
Adult & Youth Learn to Row Summer Program (Buffalo Scholastic Rowing Association)
301 Ohio St., Boat House
July 15-27 and Aug. 5-17
Sketching & Photography Field Trips (Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes)
Silo City and Mutual Riverfront Park
July 20, 27 and Aug. 3
From Earth to Sky (Buffalo Aerial Dance and New ALT Theatre)
Buffalo River Fest Park
July 29
Family Movie Nights (Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources)
Buffalo River Fest Park
Aug. 6, 13
City of Night (Emerging Leaders in the Arts Buffalo)
Silo City
Aug. 17
Motion Picture (Torn Space Theatre)
Silo City and Mutual Riverfront Park
Aug. 23 and 24
Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Presents Van Taylor (Buffalo Music Hall of Fame)
Buffalo River Fest Park
Aug. 27
Grain Dances, Steel Floats (David Butler)
Mutual Riverfront Park
Aug. 31 and Sept. 1
My Future Ex: Float My Resident (University at Buffalo Art Galleries)
Various sites along the Buffalo River, including Mutual Riverfront Park
Sept. 2-28
Ghost Ships and the Flood: Remembering the Tewksbury Incident (Valley Community Association, Inc.)
Buffalo River Fest Park
Sept. 7
Friends of Harmony Concert (Friends of Harmony)
Buffalo River Fest Park
Sept. 10
Hallwalls River Fest Concert (Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center)
Buffalo River Fest Park
Sept. 12
BPO at River Fest Park (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Buffalo River Fest Park
Sept. 22
100,000 Poets & Artists for Change (Just Buffalo Literary Center)
Silo City
Sept. 28
Pyromancy Fire Performance Troupe will also perform at several events at Buffalo River Fest Park and Mutual Riverfront Park in July and August.
A complete listing can be found at http://www.asiwny.org/programs/buffalo-river-programming/.
In 2012, ASI successfully administered the release of funds to 15 organizations that provided 177 free events to the public between May and October.
In April, the ECHDC board of directors authorized a three-year, $264,550 contract with ASI for programming and coordination services along the Buffalo River. The funding source for this contract is proceeds payable to ECHDC pursuant to the New York Power Authority relicensing agreement.