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Au GRES — Residents and interested parties packed Au Gres City Hall April 9 during the city council's regular meeting to express their views and concerns on fluoridated water.
The city council voted not to fund any fluoride-related expansion of the existing water plant during a special meeting March 12, and many people attended this week's meeting to show their support for the council's decision or to speak out against it.
Several people said they would like to see the issue put before the public as a ballot proposal, giving the citizens of Au Gres the choice on whether or not they would like fluoride in the water system.
Dentist Andrew Dwan attended the meeting, and said he had helped push for bringing fluoridated water to Standish, where the council was reticent. They ultimately let the issue be decided at the ballot box, he said, where it found a great deal of support and ended up passing.
He noted that if financial issues were a concern, the American Dental Association has grant money available to refit water plants for fluoride treatment, something dental hygienist Lisa Wiltse had said she would apply on behalf of Au Gres with council's approval.
"When you can get money from the state to deal with it, it seems shortsighted to leave that money on the table," Dwan said.
Dwan addressed Mayor LaVern Dittenber's concerns from a previous meeting about other parts of the world deciding against adding fluoride to public water systems, noting that in Europe, fluoride is added to salt, while elsewhere it is naturally occurring in the water. He added the decay-reduction effects of fluoride impact not just kids but adults as well.
"It's why people use fluoride toothpaste," he said. "It's not just for kids. Adults get cavities too."
Joe Emerick, an Au Gres water customer in Turner, spoke against fluoridating the water, however, some people feel side effects from the substance. He said he is sensitive to fluoride, and it can make him dizzy or, in large enough doses, cause his throat to close up.
He also was concerned that it could have an impact on the brain, concerns echoed by others at the meeting.
"We had a blitz campaign in the 1970s by the federal government, similar to when we saw swine flu a couple years ago, about how great fluoride was," Emerick said. "But I can't see dumping something in the water that could possible cause dementia."
Another man cited his daughter, a medical professional, and a Harvard study suggesting fluoride could cause a reduction in IQ. The Harvard report uses incomplete data from China that suggests that heavy amounts of fluoride may have a negative, half-point impact on IQ, but researchers acknowledged the data comes from disparate methodologies, and a more in-depth study would be required. Additionally, the amount of naturally occurring fluoride in these water supplies was between 2-10 milligrams per liter, far in excess of the U.S. regulated limit of 0.7 milligrams.
Wiltse dismissed a link to dementia, noting that it could be caused by a lot of things. Dwan added there has been no statistical difference in the number of dementia cases between areas that fluoridate their water supplies and places that do not, so studies suggest that it is not a factor.
Wiltse added that chlorine, added to municipal water supplies by law, it also toxic in larger amounts, but the regulated amounts are safe for human consumption, much like fluoride.
Dwan also addressed concerns about the toxicity of fluoride in toothpaste, and said the size of toothpaste tubes is federally regulated so that even if someone were to ingest the entire tube, it would not be a deadly amount of fluoride.
Beyond the health debate, Councilman Keith Edmonds, who was serving as mayor pro-tem due to the absence of Dittenber, said the city engineer estimates adding additional plumbing to the city's water plant to accommodate fluoridation would cost approximately $40,000. The ADA grants only cover work up to $20,000.
Water Plant Superintendent Randy Dittenbir said he had concerns about the space in the plant for adding fluoride. While it is not a problem at Standish's water plant, he said Au Gres' plant is smaller and older, with a lower ceiling, poorer ventilation, and electronics packed together within feet of each other. While acknowledging he is not an engineer, he said adding fluoride could require adding a small room onto the plant, and he is not sure where there is space on the property to do it.
"You can't compare apples to apples between the two water plants," Dittenbir said. "Standish has a newer, larger plant."
Wastewater Plant Superintendent Heath Christie added there would be additional Michigan Department of Environmental Quality regulations when adding fluoride to make sure they only put in safe amounts.
Closing out the public comments, Edmonds thanked everyone for coming to the meeting and showing their interest in the city's affairs.
"It's nice to see people come in and that people care," Edmonds said. "It makes me want to research more information when I see people in here."
Councilman Cliff Warr thanked Wiltse for her hard work on this topic, and said the city council is largely made up of relatively new faces who are still working on the city's learning curve and getting more involved. He added that without feedback from the community, the council simply does not know where their constituents stand.


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I don't own a gun. My wife was held up at gunpoint on two separate occasions. Having a gun held to your head leaves...
I don't own a gun. My wife was held up at gunpoint on two separate occasions. Having a gun held to your head leaves a lasting trauma. This said, I do have some thoughts about this whole gun issue.
Weapons cannot think or move on their own (unless you're into SciFi stories). Rocks, clubs, knives, guns, cars, rockets, bombs and more are objects made by man. They have no ability to think, calculate, plan or feel; man does that.
To blame weapons for any wrongdoing is like putting band-aids on cancer; it serves no purpose and doesn't solve anything. As you walk across a room, you trip over a footstool…are you going to blame the footstool for that?
A weapon is an extension of the person who picks it up. This person has the ability to think, calculate, plan and feel. It is this person who will define the weapon's use.
The problems we face to prevent tragedies are found within human nature; within each and every one of us; no exceptions. The potential to do good and the potential to do harm, coexist within each and every one of us since Adam; no exceptions.
If we think getting rid of guns will solve problems and save lives, then let's get rid of cars, rockets, bombs, clubs, rocks…oh, we need to get rid of candlesticks for they too can be turned into weapons of destruction.
Ridiculous…sure, but the point is…these weapons are not the problem, the person controlling their use is; the potential for good or evil is within each of us. Have you ever been so mad that you wanted to throw something…to shoot someone? Of course, you didn't, but what about the next person…see what I mean.
If we removed every possible object that could be used to harm someone…human nature would use his or her bare hands. This seems so ridiculous, it makes sense.
Elimination is not the answer…Including is…not guns, but God. Otherwise, we're just putting band-aids on cancer.


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Walter J. Von Braunsberg, 49, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Born on June 20, 1963, in Bethpage, N.Y., he was the loving son of Theresa "Terry" (Mulroy) and Walter D. Von Braunsberg of Fort Myers, Fla., and resided in Lincolnwood, Ill., with his beloved wife, Elizabeth (Haliday) Von Braunsberg.
He grew up in Lindenhurst, Long Island, N.Y., and Bushkill, and was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. He remained in Pittsburgh for several years before moving to Chicago. Walter worked as a senior process engineer and a sales account manager at Quaker Chemical (formerly DA Stuart Co.) for the past 26 years in Pittsburgh and Chicago.
Walter was an avid marathon runner and enjoyed playing and watching a variety of sports, especially the Chicago Bears and the New York Mets. He took pleasure in drafting family and friends for all of his fantasy leagues. He, like his father, had a great sense of humor with a very kind heart and was always available to help a friend in need. He adored spending time with his children and was involved with their activities, including the Indian Princesses. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
Walter was a devoted father of four cherished children: Isabel (age 7), Nora (6), Tommy (3) and Danny (1). He is survived by his sisters: Eileen McGovern (Randy Zeltman) of Fort Myers, Fla. and Johanna Von Braunsberg (Jack Shoemaker) of Delaware Water Gap; his brother, Thomas Von Braunsberg (Kelly) of Lutz, Fla.; several nieces and nephews: Justin, Bryan and Matthew McGovern; Katie, Krissy and Carolyn Von Braunsberg; and William Haliday; his brother-in-law, David Haliday; his mother-in-law, Irene Hailday; and his loving dog, Snoopy.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Lisa A. and his brother, Craig M. Von Braunsberg; his grandparents, Albert and Catherine Mulroy; his sister-in-law, Kathryn Hailday; and his brother-in-law, Kevin Martin.
A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, at Blessed Pope John XXIII Catholic Church, 13060 palomino Lane, Fort Myers, Fla. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been set up for his young children during this trying time to help with the cost of their education. Donations can be made payable to Von's Children's Fund and mailed to Fifth Third Bank, 13350 Metro Parkway, Fort Myers, FL 33966 or in person at any Fifth Third Bank branch.
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Katy Perry Supposedly Has a Secret Half-Sister
Katy Perry may have some more family drama to deal with, namely a woman named Jodi Hudson who is reportedly the pop star's half-sister.
According to Star magazine via Radar Online, Katy's father, Keith Hudson, had Jodi with his first wife. Star found out about the 43-year-old Las Vegas resident after going through court-filed divorce documents.
Jodi has remained quiet over the years, but a recent YouTube video caused her to speak out. In the clip, Keith, an evangelical pastor, was shown preaching, "Don't close the door on your children."
"I broke down when I saw that video," Jodi told Star in an exclusive interview. "He completely abandoned me when I was a child and has had almost nothing to do with me throughout my life."
Jodi says Keith has kept her apart from Katy with whom she has no relationship. "I spent a night in my father's house in Santa Barbara when Katy was about four or five," she said. This, she claims, was the only time she ever met the singer.
Katy has two full siblings in her sister Angela, 30, and her brother David, 24. Jodi's full interview will be available in the new issue of Star, which hits newsstands today (Nov. 29).
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Jake Deal
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If there's music being made on campus, chances are Jake Deal is there. The environmental studies major and Student Events Board president plays percussion in two College ensembles—the Jazz Combo and the big Jazz Band—and is a member of The Took, a local alternative rock band that is developing a strong fan base throughout Maryland and Delaware.
As soon as he graduates, Jake expects The Took will take off: bandmates Ian Trusheim, Trevor Williams and Brooks Long are all Washington College graduates. The foursome, which has amassed a repertoire of 40 or 50 original songs, released a CD in January 2009. The Took Makes an EP is available on iTunes and through online music distribution channels. Until Jake finishes his senior thesis in renewable energy, the band will stay close to Chestertown.
"I've always been involved in music," Jake says. "My high school band played in small clubs in DC, and I wanted to carry over that experience in college. I got involved with the Student Events Board (SEB) at the beginning of my sophomore year so we could throw some concerts with local bands."
Jake helped write the constitution for a student-driven Events Board that puts together programming in arts & entertainment and handles campus-wide party planning, as well as a host of other types of programs. With the opening of the new student center, Hodson Hall Commons, students have another venue for Open Showcases and Open Mike Nights, which are hugely popular.
"There are a lot of student musicians on campus," Jake notes. "It's unfortunate that some of them don't have time to join ensembles or don't read music, which deters them from joining a group."
For Jake, the newly opened Gibson Center for the Arts presents a huge opportunity to grow as an artist. He has spent a lot of one-on-one time learning from percussionist Ken Schweitzer. As a student in Schweitzer's Music Technology class, Jake is experimenting with digital music production and editing. The class offers instruction in Ableton Live, along with Finale music notation software and Garageband.
Under Jake's direction, the Student Events Board organized a variety show for the opening of the Gibson Center for the Arts in October. Musician Chad Stokes headlined an evening of entertainment that also featured Comedy Central's Kyle Cease, illusionist Mike Super, and spoken word performer Gabriela Garcia Medina.
Hometown? Clarksville, Maryland
Hobbies? playing music, organizing things, watching X-Files, watching horror movies, playing with The Took (CDs available on iTunes)
Favorite Quotation? "The truth is out there." "Kenny Powers has a sneaking suspicion that no matter what comes his way, he will always be great."
Favorite SEB Event/Moment? Foam Dance Party/Selling out Nick Swardson
The SEB in One Word: Incendiary
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- Major: Environmental Studies
- President: Student Events Board
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Lendager Architects recently shared first prize with Henning Larsen in a competition to design and build Denmark's first DGNB-Certified housing project. To be located in Næstved, the Nybyggerne Sustainable Housing project will feature 24 single family homes that take advantage of a highly ambitious set of sustainability strategies. Lendager has shared with us the plan for their half of the project, which includes designs for zero energy, low-impact homes with energy-efficient systems, photovoltaics, green roofs and much more.
Lendager Architects announced their first prize win in the competition to build the first DGNB-certified housing project in Denmark in Næstved. DGNB is a new green building certification system that is expected to become the scale for sustainability in Europe. DGNB-Certification focuses on three equally weighted parameters: Environmental-, Social- and economical sustainability, for a holistic evaluation of built projects. The Valby-based firm was pre-qualified for the competition along with 3XN and Henning Larsen Architects and shared first place with Henning Larsen. In total, the project will have 24 single family homes, 12 of which will be built by Lendager and the other half by Henning Larsen.
The homes are built around a shared courtyard to encourage community and shared resources. Passive solar design with optimized window and shade placement allows for passive cooling and heating. Energy efficient design, including a tight thermal envelope with energy saving systems reduces power consumption, while rooftop photovoltaics produce electricity. Green roofs protect the home and provide further insulation. A close connection with nature and gardens encourages residents to live off the land. As Lendager Architects told us about the project, "We wanted to answer the questions of how we can build without affecting the environment, how we can build without using new materials, how we can build houses that produce more energy than they use, and how sharing becomes a natural part of the daily life."
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Coverage of Secretary Clinton's speech at the Newseum on Internet Freedom has focused on its repudiation of censorship and its rebuke to China, but I was most interested in the section that discussed the role of technology in promoting the freedom from want (a.k.a. reducing poverty). The speech included an intriguing example of how technology could close the feedback loop between beneficiaries and donor agencies and increase accountability:
Let me give you one example. Let's say I want to create a mobile phone application that would allow people to rate government ministries, including ours, on their responsiveness and efficiency and also to ferret out and report corruption. The hardware required to make this idea work is already in the hands of billions of potential users. And the software involved would be relatively inexpensive to develop and deploy.
If people took advantage of this tool, it would help us target our foreign assistance spending, improve lives, and encourage foreign investment in countries with responsible governments. However, right now, mobile application developers have no financial assistance to pursue that project on their own, and the State Department currently lacks a mechanism to make it happen. But this initiative should help resolve that problem and provide long-term dividends from modest investments in innovation.
The speech did not contain details about the shape of this initiative, but I hope that the Department of State goes beyond the typical response of providing funding and training. Unlocking the potential of mobile developers in emerging markets and spurring economic growth requires two additional steps beyond more money and more capacity:
Create and Promote Tools for Developers. The open source community has been leading the way in mobile application development for emerging markets with tools like FrontlineSMS , which enables mass communication through text messages, and Ushahidi , which creates maps based on information submitted by SMS. Both these tools require developers to install and maintain servers, which isn't always feasible, and are only available to NGOs, which excludes local entrepreneurs. The United States could help accelerate the creation of new mobile tools by provided hosted versions of these tools similar to Google App Engine or the WordPress.com instance of the wordpress.orgblogging software. In addition, it should support innovative, open-source tools, by requiring implementing partners to use them.
Advocate for Governments to Improve Regulation of SMS. In the 2008 report ICT Access and Usage in Africaby ResearchICTAfrica.net , researchers found that Kenyans in the bottom 75% in terms of disposable income spent 63% of their disposable income on monthly mobile fees. The cost of sending text messages, which cost nothing to transmit on GSM networks, eats up a significant amount of that expenditure. Certain premium services, such as Google's Trader, which allows people in Uganda to buy and sell goods via SMS, cost even more. The State Department should encourage countries that receive development assistance to pressure mobile networks to drop the price of sending text messages. This would be help poor people throughout Africa by reducing their mobile costs and would help spur innovation in the mobile application development market.
It was exciting to see the Secretary of State speaking enthusiastically about the role of technology in achieving the US Government's foreign policy objectives. I hope that they think about more than just pouring in money.


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Devon Nicholson is a big, big man, and he has a big task on his hand on
Saturday, June 4 -- trying to topple his arch-rival Karnage at the Stampede Wrestling
"Brawl to Settle It All" event at Spray Lake Arena in Cochrane, Alberta.
It's a return match from their bout in April in Cochrane, and this one is a No Holds Barred affair,
where a winner must be declared.
"We've been feuding for the past three years," Nicholson, known
professionally as Kid Nichols says.
"He's my biggest enemy in the ring, and we don't like each other much
outside of the ring either."
Nicholson calls Cochrane, Alberta home, and he is hoping a solid dose of hometown
fans will help propel him over the 6'8", 310-pound Karnage.
He is hopeful that he can wear down his opponent on Saturday to the point
where he can apply his signature finish, "the claw," inspired by the legendary
Baron Von Raschke of the old AWA.
"I have yet to defeat him, but he always cheats," contends Nicholson.
Ah, so Kid Nichols must be a good guy then, always being knocked down by
one of "Portugese Man-Of-War" Karnage's dirty tricks?
Well, not necessarily.
"I'm not very well-liked in Calgary because we're both bad guys," he
admits. "But, I fight him at the out-of-town shows and I am well-liked because
I am so much smaller, but in Calgary we don't face each other -- we're both
bad guys."
Alas, it hasn't always been that way for the 6'3", 280-pound, 22-year-old
Kid Nichols. When he first came to Stampede Wrestling, he was one of the good
guys, but it didn't last.
"I was when I first started but the fans never really took to me, so I
stopped trying to suck up to them."
And, don't think that Nicholson is just a big guy who can throw a body slam
or two -- this guy knows wrestling.
He went to high school in Ottawa, and it was then that he started wrestling
-- amateur, Olympic-style wrestling.
He got quite good at it, including winning provincial titles and a national
title in his final year.
But, it was professional wrestling that he wanted to pursue, so after
graduating from high school in 2001, he came to Calgary to train with the
legendary Hart family and compete in Stampede Wrestling.
But, and this won't endear him to Calgary fans...
"I didn't really like Calgary, but I thought Cochrane was really nice so I
moved here."
And, wrestling isn't paying the bills yet for Nicholson, so he has a couple
of other jobs to tide him over as he continues reaching for the big time.
He works with people who are handicapped, doing respite/relief and outreach
work, and he is also a security guard at the Pengrowth Saddledome.
But, his dreams remain firmly in the big time, whether that be in North
America or overseas.
"My main goal is to make a living at wrestling, have it as my career," he
"I'd like to make the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), but there's a
lot of money to be made in Japan too. "
But, he is confident that his chances are good with the WWE. They are
coming to Calgary next month, and he is hopeful he can get a try-out.
He is hoping many Cochranites will be ringside to cheer him on in a
good-old '80s-style match, without the swearing and other stuff that is so
prevalent today.
The Stampede Wrestling show starts at 7 pm. Other matches signed for the show are: The New Karachi Vice ("Tiger" Raj Singh & Gama Singh Jr.) vs Fast & Furious (Phoenix Taylor & Pyro Pete Wilson) and "Nasty" Nattie Niedhart vs Anna Marie. Tickets are $12-$8 advance.
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in the Cochrane Times on Wednesday, April 20, 2005.


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Gretchen Cryer '57 Directs The Bike Shop
June 10, 2014
Gretchen Cryer, a 1957 graduate of DePauw University, is directing the upcoming production of The Bike Shop for Theater for the New City, one of New York City's leading Off-Off-Broadway theaters. The one-woman musical opens June 20 and runs through July 6 at the the Cino Theater.
Cryer -- an English (literature) major as an undergraduate -- and her DePauw classmate, Nancy Ford '57, wrote and starred in I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road, which was a late '70s sensation. Cryer was honored with the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress and the cast album received a Grammy nomination. Ford and Cryer have also collaborated on Now Is the Time for All Good Men, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac (recipient of an Obie Award for Best Musical), Shelter, The American Girls Revue and Anne of Green Gables, among others, and have recently completed a follow-up musical, Still Getting My Act Together.
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Ridgefield girls edge Westhill in a thirller
STAMFORD -- When Ridgefield junior guard Sandra Carpenter stepped to the foul line with 1:16 remaining in a tie game, little did she know that the outcome of the game would rest on the front end of her crucial 1-and-1.
Sinking the one foul provided all the offense her team would need as the Tigers forced a series of defensive stops down the stretch to claim a thrilling 51-50 girls basketball victory over Westhill on Friday night.
"I was madder that I missed the second one," Carpenter said. "But it was nice to know you made a difference in the game with that one point. I didn't know at the time but I'm really happy."
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The Vikings had a pair of chances to steal a victory that seemed unlikely early in the second half. Holding the ball with 9.8 seconds left, Meg D'alessandro, who led all scorers with 21 points, drove to the hoop but was rejected by Ridgefield freshman Rebecca Lawrence.
"Rebecca is awesome," Ridgefield coach Katie Reed said. "She is a very smart freshman. She understands the game as well as any freshman I've seen and knows where the ball is all the time."
The ball trickled out of bounds, allowing Westhill one more opportunity with less than three seconds left. Unfortunately for the hosts, Kat Grasso's shot clanked off the rim as time expired, preserving a wild win for the Tigers.
"We had a few good shots and they didn't fall," Westhill coach Mike King said. "A couple of wide open looks, which is good, but we just had too many turnovers at the end."
Carpenter's three-point play and Andrea Ferrero's 3 had given the Tigers a 32-21 lead early in the third quarter, but Westhill battled back, eventually taking the lead on the first play of the fourth. Tyler Evans led the charge, scoring 11 second-half points for the hosts, the final two coming on a layup for a 48-43 lead with 5:43 left in the game.
"The first half was a really good half for us," Reed said. "We came out well but took a lapse in the third quarter. We kept saying to our players they had to be more aggressive like they were in the first half. And they were; they were aggressive and more patient with the ball and we made just enough shots in the end."
The Tigers calmly worked their way back into the contest despite the rapid turn in fortune. Carly Mercede drilled a 3-pointer to tie the game at 48 before Lawrence scored on a put-back with 1:55 left to retake the lead.
"We saw that we had a lead and then we fell back into how we were playing in the first half," D'alessandro said. "We had that five-point lead; we needed to make it eight, 10. We didn't push it and that's what cost us."
The victory could mark an early turning point in the season for Ridgefield. After not reaching the postseason a year ago and getting blown out by Trumbull (52-37) in Wednesday's opner, the Tigers showed they could take blows from one of the conference's best and still respond.
"After not having a winning season last year, we really learned to bounce back and pick up after adversity," Carpenter said. "After we got down five after having such a big lead we just realized that we had to breathe and concentrate because we know we have the capability."
Andrea Ferrero 4 0-0 10 Maggie Scalzo 1 0-0 3 Samarah Cook 2 0-0 4 Maddie Wiley 1 2-3 3 Rebecca Lawrence 3 0-2 6 Carly Mercede 3 0-0 7 Andrea Bedard 2 0-0 4 Sandra Carpenter 3 5-7 12 Emma Glubiak 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 8-12 51.
Kat Grasso 0 0-0 0; Steph Roones 3 1-3 7; Meg D'alessandro 8 0-2 21; Jackie Passman 2 0-0 4; Tyler Evans 7 0-0 11 Jineida Harkness 2 2-2 7; Erica Gambino 0 0-0 0; Totals: 22 3-7 50
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A memorial serice and celebration for Edmund Snow Carpenter of East Hampton, who died in July at the age of 88, will be held in New York City on Friday, Oct. 28.
The memorial will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the American Museum of Natural History's LeFrak Theater. It will be followed by a celebration of Mr. Carpenter's life at 8:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street. Bus service will be provided from the museum.
Those planning to attend have been asked to R.S.V.P. by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A Reston, Va.-based company called Poplar Avenue LLC has paid $2.9 million for 7665 Poplar Ave. in Germantown.
The entity bought the retail property in an April 19 special warranty deed from VZN I LLC, which has acquired it in October for $1.5 million.
The 1-acre property sits at the southeast corner of Poplar Avenue and South Germantown Road, adjacent to Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital, and is zoned retail. It contains two buildings, one of which housed a CK's Coffee Shop.
No building or square footage information is listed on the Shelby County Assessor of Property's website, although it does show a 2013 appraised value of $470,900, down from $809,700 in 2012.
In conjunction with the purchase, Poplar Avenue LLC filed a $1.4 million loan through First Freedom Bank. Daniel L. Bommer signed the trust deed as member/manager of the borrowing entity.
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First Tennessee Advisory Services is ranked No. 8 on Forbes magazine's list of the Top 50 Fastest Growing wealth management firms.
The entity, which is a business line of First Tennessee Bank, offers investment portfolios ranging from ultra-conservative to aggressive.
Forbes listed a growth in assets under management of $2.7 billion for First Tennessee Advisory Services and a total under management of $3.4 billion.
– Andy Meek
MovieMaker magazine has included the Indie Memphis Film Festival on the magazine's list of "Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee."
MovieMaker has for more than 10 years compiled its annual guide for aspiring independent filmmakers. This year the magazine expanded its list from 25 to 50 festivals in "order to encompass a more diverse range of fest locations."
Indie Memphis was previously included on the magazine's "25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" in 2011 and as one of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals" in 2009.
The dates for this year's festival will be Oct. 31 through Nov. 3 and will again be presented by Duncan-Williams Inc. Films will be shown at three venues in Midtown's Overton Square area: Playhouse on the Square, The Circuit Playhouse, and on three screens at Malco Theatres' Studio on the Square. Related events will be held at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
The Greater Memphis Chamber is hosting a conversation with Jack Sammons, chairman of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, on May 3.
Sammons will discuss the Airport Authority's plans and the future of the Memphis International Airport.
The event, held at the Hilton Memphis from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., is open to prospective members and chamber members. Tickets are $35 for members and $40 for prospective members.
– Jennifer Johnson Backer
The last defendant in the Craig Petties federal drug case is scheduled to plead guilty in May to drug conspiracy charges.
Chris Hamlet was turned over to U.S authorities last December after serving five years in prison in Mexico. He was brought to Memphis to face charges dating back to 2002 in the largest drug case ever tried in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Hamlet fled to Mexico in 2002 about the time Petties also fled. Petties ran the Memphis-based drug organization with direct ties to the Sinaloa cartel from Mexico for the next six years and Hamlet was a high-ranking member of the organization.
Hamlet faces 11 counts of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, murder for hire, drug conspiracy and money laundering.
During a status conference Wednesday, April 24, before Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays, Hamlet's attorney, Robert Parris, requested a court date for a change of plea hearing. Mays set the hearing for May 7.
All of the other defendants in the case have either pleaded guilty or gone to trial and been convicted.
– Bill Dries
Three Tennessee employers have been selected as semifinalists for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
The award is the U.S. Department of Defense's highest honor for employers that provide extraordinary support to their Guard and Reserve employees.
The employers are: City of Memphis Waste Water Treatment Plant, Eastman Chemical in Kingsport and Steel Plate Fabricators in Knoxville.
Employers selected as semifinalists assist Guard and Reserve employees through formal and informal initiatives, including setting veteran hiring goals, providing childcare for deployed employees, arranging care package drives, and granting additional leave for military employees and family members before and after deployments.
– The Associated Press
Orders for long-lasting U.S. factory goods fell in March by the most in seven months. The drop reflected a steep decline in commercial aircraft demand and little growth in orders that signal future business investment.
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for durable goods declined 5.7 percent in March. That followed a 4.3 percent gain in February, which was revised lower.
Weaker economies overseas and the impact of across-the-board government spending cuts have made businesses more cautious. That's reduced demand for manufactured goods. Spending on defense equipment also fell sharply last month.
Durable goods are items expected to last at least three years. Orders for durable goods tend to fluctuate sharply from month to month and economists cautioned against reading too much into one monthly decline.
A measure of business investment plans, which include industrial machinery and computers, ticked up 0.2 percent last month. Economists pay close attention to so-called core capital goods orders because they strip out more volatile defense and aircraft orders.
Increases last month in both orders and shipments of core capital goods suggest businesses spent more on equipment and software in the January-March quarter. That likely contributed to economic growth in the first quarter.
Still, most of the quarterly gain reflected a huge increase in January. Orders fell sharply in February and rose only slightly last month. That indicates businesses may be spending less on equipment in the April-June quarter, economists said.
Demand fell in most types of goods. Orders dropped for metals such as steel and aluminum, metal parts, electrical equipment and appliances, and defense aircraft. Orders increased for computers and communications equipment.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he was bringing lawmakers back to the Capitol late this week for a special session on an economic development project.
"I will issue a formal call (Wednesday) for the Legislature to convene on Friday to consider an economic development package that will bring needed jobs to our state," Bryant said in a news release. "This is an exciting project and a great testament to the quality of our workforce."
Bryant gave no details about the project or what kind of incentives lawmakers will be asked to consider. During an appearance in Oxford on Monday, he said the project would be part of Mississippi's automobile corridor. The state has two auto manufacturing plants – Nissan near Canton and Toyota near Blue Springs.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said he and other lawmakers were to receive private briefings this week about the project. In Mississippi, it's not unusual for a governor and Mississippi Development Authority executives to keep details about job-creation projects confidential until lawmakers are called into special session.
Bryant said Monday that the economic development special session would be separate from a special session he is expected to call later to keep Mississippi's Medicaid program in business.
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Ellen DeGeneres was seeing double Wednesday.
The daytime talk show host invited Kate McKinnon to make another appearance on her eponymous daytime talk show. "I love her so much. She impersonates me on 'Saturday Night Live.' She's beautiful, she's smart, she's charming, she's hilarious – she's me, is what she is," DeGeneres told her studio audience.
"She really is hilarious, but it's weird to have somebody do impressions of you because you hear it and you're like, 'Well, that's such an exaggeration. I mean, it's funny, but that doesn't sound like me at all.' And then the next day your friends call you up and they're like, 'Did you see Kate on 'SNL'? She sounded exactly like you.' She does exaggerate. She always says, 'I'm Ellen! I'm Ellen!' I don't even know what that is. 'I'm Ellen!'"
Enter McKinnon, who walked onstage wearing the exact same outfit as DeGeneres. "I'm Ellen. Step aside, blondie," she said before announcing that she would be delivering the monologue.
"Hi y'all. Happy Wednesday. I gotta tell you about something that happened last night up at the house. [Portia de Rossi] and I got a puppy and we named it Kid to make it sound like we have a kid. Funnily enough a kid is a baby goat. And I love baby goats! I love 'em! I love baby goats!" McKinnon said while in character. "True story: I once went on a ski vacation with a baby goat."
DeGeneres corrects her in the top video, saying, "That's not true at all."
And dance they did. Later in the episode, McKinnon ditched her DeGeneres costume and talked about some of the other famous people she impersonates on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," like Justin Bieber and Hillary Clinton. "It is a lot of pressure because all my impressions come out of absolute love for whoever I'm doing. You most of all, of course," she said.
(E! and NBC are both members of the NBCUniversal family.)
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American Indian pottery
The American Indians are of Asiatic descent; their route to the New World was from Siberia into Alaska across the Bering Strait. The usually quoted period of their migration is between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago. Since they were nomadic peoples, it is unlikely that they brought the knowledge of pottery making with them. When pottery making did begin, it was fundamentally unlike any known work from the Old World, and the few remote resemblances to Oriental motifs are almost certainly fortuitous. The wheel remained unknown until the arrival of Europeans, although there is reason to think that a turntable, or slow wheel, may have been used occasionally. Most of the pottery was made by coiling, some by molding—both are techniques that could have arisen spontaneously. It is likely that most of the work was done by women rather than by the men. This is nearly always the case with primitive potters when the wheel is not used, and Pueblo Indian women still do this kind of work.
Slips were used to cover the body, and coloured slips provided the material for much of the painted freehand decoration. Glazes are rare, although examples can be found among the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico from about ad 1300 onward, on a few vessels from the Chimú area in the Andes, and occasionally in Central America. The effect of a reducing atmosphere was understood, so that gray and black pots are found as well as the red and brown ones fired in an oxidizing flame. Undecorated surfaces were often highly polished.
North America
The most important North American pottery was made in the southwest—an area including Arizona, New Mexico, and also parts of Utah and Colorado. The people who inhabited the plateau land from about 100 bc are often referred to as the Ancestral Pueblo. They are the ancestors of the Pueblo, who began to emerge about ad 700. The Ancestral Pueblo were nomadic hunters; although they did not at first make pottery, they did make excellent baskets. Fixed dwellings appear about ad 50, and this probably marks the beginning of pottery manufacture. The earliest pots appear to have been baskets that were smeared with clay and then dried in the sun.
Next came basket-shaped wares coiled in a gray body, used principally for cooking. They were followed by more decorative bowls and pots, with striking black and white geometric designs that seem to have been executed about ad 700. Slightly later there is another type of ware that has black decoration on a red slip. After the 12th century the earlier types began to disappear and were replaced by polychrome wares decorated with stylized birds, feathers, animals, and human figures amid the geometric patterns. The principal colours are yellow and red. A small quantity of glazed ware was made in the Zuñi area of New Mexico.
The Hohokam tribes (a Pima word meaning "those who have gone"), who lived in the desert of southern Arizona and were approximately contemporary with the Ancestral Pueblo, made pottery figures for religious purposes, usually of crudely modelled naked women. Some of this pottery is a gray ware, but most of it is buff, with decoration in iron red that has a quality lacking the stiffness of the Pueblo designs.
The Mogollon culture of New Mexico produced, during the Mimbres period of the 11th and 12th centuries, a ware remarkable for its lively black and white decoration depicting human, animal, and insect forms in a much less stylized manner than the paintings on most other wares from the southwest.
There is little pottery of importance from other parts of the United States. Primitive pots have been found on the Atlantic coast, in Georgia and Florida, on the Gulf Coast, and elsewhere, some of which are based on basketwork. Geometric decoration, usually incised, is the rule. Eskimo pottery, which is generally rather crude, bears some resemblance to early Asiatic types.
Central America
The pottery of Mexico and the rest of Central America is of considerable interest, but the wares are so diverse that it is impossible to summarize them adequately. They probably date from the 2nd millennium bc onward and were made by the Mayas, the Zapotecs, the Toltecs, and the Aztecs. Generally speaking, geometric patterns are common, and slips in black, brown, white, or red were frequently used. A curiosity of Central America (possibly adopted from South America) is a technique that resembles to some degree the batik method of dyeing textiles.
The surface of the pot was coated with either wax or gum. This was then scraped away in part to form a predetermined pattern, and the whole surface of the pot was covered with pigment. In firing, the gum burned away, leaving only the scraped parts in colour. Ornament carved in low relief after firing is to be seen occasionally and has few parallels outside the Americas. An unusual technique from the Mexican highlands consisted of covering the whole surface of the pot with a kind of thick slip, most of which was then scraped away, leaving only thin partitions. These compartments were filled with slips of a contrasting colour. The commonest shapes are bowls and wide-mouthed vases; many of these were made with legs, usually three, so that they could be set down on uneven ground. Figurines, some of which are painted, have also been found.
Between about 600 bc and ad 1000, the Mayas were making an excellent polychrome pottery in which designs in red and black were painted on a cream or orange slip. Between roughly the 4th and the 10th centuries ad, the Zapotecs, whose chief ceremonial site was Monte Albán in Oaxaca State, made striking urns in the forms of their gods. An orange-coloured pottery decorated in a great diversity of styles is associated with the Toltecs, as is a dark-coloured pottery with a glossy appearance and incised ornament (plumbate ware). Both of these types were widely distributed throughout Central America from the 11th to the 14th century. Little is known of the Aztecs until about 1325, the date of the foundation of Tenochtitlán (Mexico City). Much of their later pottery utilizes an orange-burning clay that was painted with black curvilinear geometric motifs, in contrast to their earlier rectilinear style. During the period of Montezuma I in the 15th century, designs became more naturalistic, and birds, fish, and plant forms were freely utilized. European motifs first appear after the conquest, and such techniques as tin glazing were used from the 17th century onward.
South America
Most South American pottery was made at centres in the Andes and on the west coast, particularly in Bolivia and Peru. Pottery of lesser importance comes from Ecuador, Colombia, northwest Argentina, and northern Chile. In some places a very high degree of skill was attained, especially in the central Andes, where the earliest wares seem to date from the end of the 2nd millennium bc. Much of the pottery was made in molds. The stirrup-shaped spout on many jars is a characteristic feature. The batik type of decoration already mentioned was also used. Vessels were modelled in the shape of animal or human figures, which were also used as motifs for painted decoration. The puma god worshipped by the early peoples appears in many forms. Depictions of erotic themes also appear in South American pottery, particularly in the Mochica and Chimú cultures.
The work of the Mochica culture, which flourished around the northern coast of Peru, is at its best about the 7th century ad. Jars in the form of human heads, some of which may be portraits, are remarkable both for the naturalism of the treatment and the skill of the potter. These have the stirrup spout (see photograph). Painted decoration is often stylized although with a considerable degree of realism, and the subjects are nearly always ceremonial or religious nature.
The pottery of the Nazcas, who lived on the southern coast of Peru at much the same period, is noted for its painting. A varied palette included several shades of red and blue, yellow, orange, green, brown, black, gray, and white. The stirrup spout here becomes two spouts joined by a flat bridge. The earliest painting is on a red ground, white grounds becoming more common later. Geometric patterns are to be seen in conjunction with stylized birds, human heads, and the like. The naturalistic portrait jars of the Mochica do not appear, but there are some vessels in the form of figures modelled in a much more conventional style and similarly painted. Puma's heads occur in relief, with the body of the animal completed in brushwork. The centipede god is a motif that does not appear elsewhere.
The people of Tiwanaku, who lived in the region around Lake Titicaca, were influenced by the Nazca wares, though painted decoration, often carried out on a red slip ground, is more limited in colour than the Nazca. The puma head was used as a motif. In general, decoration is extremely stylized with a very strong geometric flavour.
The Chimú culture succeeded the Mochica in the northern area and lasted until the arrival of the Incas. The most familiar ware is in a body that varies from gray to black, although a red polished ware, sometimes painted in white slip, was also made. The influence of the Mochica tradition can be seen in the retention of the stirrup spout on some jars; others have the double spout connected by a flat bridge. The modelled wares of the Mochica culture were also revived but are of a generally inferior quality.
The Incas originally settled in Cuzco, the old capital of Peru, at the end of the 11th century. During the 15th century they established themselves over a wide area, including the territory of the Chimús. They were principally soldiers and administrators with small inclination toward luxury; and their pottery, of excellent quality particularly in the 15th century, is designed without an excess of decoration. Most Inca pottery is red polished ware. It is usually painted with geometric designs in red, white, and black, although relief decoration is also seen on black ware, especially from the Chimú region.
The commonest surviving form has been called an aryballos, although its resemblance to the Greek form is remote and fortuitous. It has a conical base, and the neck finishes in a flaring mouth. Two loop handles are set low on the body. The assumption that this vessel was made for carrying water on the back seems a little doubtful in view of its shape and the disposition of the handles. Little fine pottery was made after the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century.George Savage
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African art: PotteryMost peoples of sub-Saharan Africa use pottery, and many make it themselves. Today, although traditions of pottery making survive in many rural areas, town dwellers switching from firewood to other sources of fuel are also turning to industrially manufactured wares. The preindustrial traditions involve…
history of the organization of work: PotteryA more complex organization of work came with the development of pottery. While some sort of clay adequate for making passable pottery can be found nearly everywhere, the best potter's clay is not universally distributed. Thus, people in some locations were able to make…
Egyptian art and architecture: PotteryGenerally speaking, Egyptian pottery had few artistic pretensions. In the tomb of Tutankhamen most of the pottery vessels were simple wine jars in the form of amphorae. It is surprising that no finer pottery vessels were found, because high-quality ware was made during the…
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University Of Minnesota Looking At Ways To Protect Students
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - University of Minnesota Police are looking at ways to protect students after a spike in crime on and near campus.
The university issued a crime alert Monday for an attempted robbery that happened Sunday while a student was studying inside the Carlson School of Management.
Campus police call Monday's incident a rare case since it occurred inside a campus building in broad daylight. That's raising concerns about the open access the public has to the campus.
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Bricker's Movie Screening Mondayby Howard Hewitt • March 22, 2012 Share:
Wabash alum and visiting assistant professor of art Michael Bricker '04 will be on hand Monday night for a screening of the film "Natural Selection." Bricker was production designer for the film.
The screening will be at 6:45 p.m. in the Korb classroom and is sponsored by the Faculty Film Committee.
'Natural Selection' is being released nationally this weekend in New York and Philadelphia. A limited national release follows. The film has won Spirit Awards and SXSW Film Festival Honors.
Bricker is a 2004 Wabash graduate currently on staff teaching art and architecture. He is the Director of People for Urban Progress in Indianapolis and has done previous production design work in the film industry.


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On New Year's Day, my wife and I saw Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" at the Cinemark at Bella Terra.
For those who haven't seen it yet, it's about a young orphan who lives in a train station in Paris and finds escape through the silent movies that play at the theater around the block.
I haven't seen all the Oscar contenders yet, but if I had to mark my ballot today, I would name "Hugo" the best film of 2011. I usually favor gritty realism over sentiment, but Scorsese's 3-D opus is that rarity: a movie that breaks through your defenses and reconnects you to some innocent core of your personality that you thought you'd abandoned. Coming from the director of "Taxi Driver," that's no small versatility.
In short, "Hugo" is an experience, especially on the big screen. And according to recent news, it's an experience that more and more people are passing on. I'm not referring to "Hugo" specifically, but to movie ticket sales overall; the Los Angeles Times reported this week that movie attendance in 2011 hit a 16-year low.
Is this an understandable phenomenon? Absolutely.
I could fill the rest of this column with reasons people I know have gotten fed up with going to the theater — starting with the ticket prices.
I am old enough to remember the days when people groused about having to pay $7 for an evening show; now the matinee price is higher than that in most theaters. As for refreshments, well, I usually don't eat during movies — an exception being that $18.50 I shelled out for two sodas and a popcorn with "Bridesmaids."
Throw in those factors, plus Netflix and widescreen TVs, and it's tempting to permanently trade the multiplex for your couch. But there are a few reasons I could never abandon the classic moviegoing method:
1. Seeing a movie in the theater is a communal experience. Yes, when someone's cell phone goes off in the next row, it's an unpleasant reminder that you're not the only one there. But when the audience laughs together, sniffles together or applauds at the end, it becomes a form of communication — a signal that the movie is working on you in the same way, at the same time.
2. A movie ticket is a vote. When I was an undergraduate at UC Irvine, I patronized the Edwards theater off campus twice a week during Oscar season — my own way of encouraging the theater to keep booking small and foreign films, and studios to keep distributing them. Granted, my vote amounted to about $4.50 per movie, but that was a king's ransom 15 years ago.
3. Gene Siskel referred to movies as "national dreams" — and movies exert a far more dreamlike power on a big screen in a dark room, without your living room furniture to distract the corner of your eye.
There is a wonderful scene in "Hugo," where the title character and his young female friend watch a Harold Lloyd silent comedy. It is her first time seeing a movie and she looks beside herself with wonder. Granted, they sneak into the theater, which means they don't have to pay $30 for two tickets, and cell phones weren't around in the 1930s.
Still, I could empathize.
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Vivante needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 173 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
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AquaHealth's Vivante brand bottled water combines an in house delivery system, proprietary and customizable filtration, and reusable glass bottles to create Earth friendly bottled water™. The net effect of limited transport costs, reusable bottles and in house filtration results in a bottled water product with near zero waste.
Founders Barclay Hansen and Steve Donaghy have partnered with white tablecloth restaurants and distinctive hotel properties since 1992 to deliver Vivante Waters, AquaHealth Premium Water, and private labeled products that resonate with quality, sustainability and excellence. Hospitality industry leaders throughout North America select AquaHealth's premium product to serve guests in fine dining, VIP rooms, banquet programs, and additional refreshment stations.
AquaHealth markets its Vivante brand to fine hotels and restaurants around the world, fortune 500 companies & and other high end food service venues that are committed to lowering their carbon footprint
1) Please review the attached Vivante jpeg that we currently use on our sustainable glass bottled water containers
2) We are looking to redesign our logo. Our goal is to have a clean, refreshing and sophistacted look.
3) We want to bring into the logo or accompanying the logo an icon that can stand alone on the bottle cap and can be intergrated tastefully into the logo that speaks to the fact that it is first and foremost water, but also that it is sustainable or 'green'. When people see 'Vivante' we want them to immediately understand the projected sustainable nature of the brand. The adjectives to describe how we envision our logo are clean, refreshing, sophisticated, elegant, simple, green, sustainable and, of course, pure water
4) 'Natura' is a competitor. View their brand logo at http://www.naturawater.com. Natura has done well to add a leaf element to their brand that projects sustainability. We need Vivante to project our image even more successfully.
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Do you mean ways of practising alone?
Interested in Language
Improving "language proficiency" is always talked about. The way of fluency and accuracy in one's speaking is also important.
As I understood, writing and reading may help one at first if they feel like speaking. He/she learns and then uses new words and expressions through the both skills above. Reading may increase the number of new vocabularies, phrases and so on. then they will be used properly in writing. Those learned expressions would be produced by speaking in real situations.
Standing in front of the "mirror" and speaking by oneself may improve one's speaking skill too.
Would you please add more examples to move forward speaking skill by itself?
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Do you mean ways of practising alone?
Listening to English speaking Radio and TV Channels and movies are very helpful. If you don't have enough free times to focus on them, just do your normal works and let them be on. You'll get the lessons in your unconcious memory.
Imagine interviewing yourself- gives you two sides of a conversation.
You can also find the Pimsleur English for your region. It's the best oral program out there -- that can be mentioned here.
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as an English learner I use everything to improve my language
And I find listen to English conversation is best way ever ..along with learning phrases instead of individual words ..


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Since 2009 Carl Peters, a retired machinist in California, has been experimenting with solar oven designs. One of the solar cookers is an old C-band satellite dish converted into a parabolic cooker. Peters says when it is sunny and 55°F degrees outside, the cooking area inside the parabolic cooker can reach 370°F degrees. Peters has also cooked in his solar cookers at high altitude.
Peters had a booth set up during the Sanger Blossom Days event and has had subsequent meetings for starting up his new Central Valley Solar Cookers Club. According to Peters, the purpose of the cooking club is to learn how to solar cook, promote solar cookers as a way to save money, and a way to save the environment.
He comments that the cooking temperature on the parabolic dish is just like a stove top and can reach temperatures of 450°F degrees or hotter.
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Unemployment Among Young Veterans Rises Above 13 Percent in December 2011
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that joblessness among young veterans ages 18-24 was 1 in 3 for the last quarter of 2011, up from 1 in 5 in the last quarter of 2010. The overall unemployment rate for young veterans in December 2011 rose to 13.1 percent. As reported in USA Today: "One out of three veterans ages 18 to 24 were without work the last quarter of 2011, double the rate of civilian peers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. One in five young veterans were without work in the last quarter of 2010."
"Those who made the decision to serve our nation and to defend the freedoms of all Americans are selfless individuals who, along with their families, have made sacrifices for a cause greater than themselves. The fact that unemployment is disproportionately high for young veterans should be a cause of concern for every American," said Paul T. Conway, president of Generation Opportunity, former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Labor, and former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). "When young veterans – highly trained and tested professionals with a proven ability to learn quickly, operate on a team, and produce results – are unable to find real opportunities in the job market, it speaks to the poor state of our economy. The root of the problem clearly does not rest with the American veteran – the issue is the faltering economy and leadership in Washington that is committed to higher regulations and job killing taxes that inhibit ingenuity and business expansion, limiting opportunities for all Americans."
Generation Opportunity, which has more than two million Facebook fans, is proud to have former and current members of the U.S. Military as fans on its popular Facebook pages "Being American" and "The Constitution." Currently, the organization has thousands of fans serving the nation and defending freedom in Germany, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, and other posts around the globe.
Generation Opportunity commissioned a poll with the polling company, inc./WomanTrend (April 16 – 22, 2011, +/- 4% margin of error) and select highlighted results for all young Americans ages 18-29 appear below:
Millennials and National Security:
· Greatest threats to national security: National Debt (62%), Energy Dependency (61%) and Indebtedness to Foreign Powers (50%).
· 80% view China as a danger: economic threat (48%), both economic and military threat (28%) and military alone (4%).
· 70% (net) would increase production of domestic energy sources like oil, natural gas, and coal, while only 22% (net) would decrease production.
Dissatisfaction with Current Level of Employment and President Obama's Handling of Unemployment:
· 43% are not satisfied with their current level of employment.
· Just 31% of 18 – 29 year olds approve of the President Obama's handling of youth unemployment.
Delayed Dreams Resulting from a Poor Economy:
· 77% of young people ages 18-29 either have or will delay a major life change or purchase due to economic factors:
o 44% delay buying a home;
o 28% delay saving for retirement;
o 27% delay paying off student loans or other debt;
o 27% delay going back to school/getting more education or training;
o 26% delay changing jobs/cities;
o 23% delay starting a family;
o 18% delay getting married.
Leaders In Washington, D.C. Fail to Reflect Interests of Young Americans:
· 69% say the current leadership in Washington fails to reflect the interests of the younger generation.
· Only 36% believe there is the right leadership in Washington.
· 61% indicated that a candidate's positions on issues and record in office will be more important than charisma and likeability when they cast their vote for President in 2012.
Government Spending and Economic Opportunity:
· 76% of overall Millennials would favor a decrease over an increase in federal spending from its current level if given the chance to set America's fiscal priorities.
· 69% prefer reducing federal spending over raising taxes on individuals in order to balance the federal budget.
· 59% of overall Millennials agree the economy grows best when individuals are allowed to create businesses without government interference.
· 53% of overall Millennials agree if taxes on business profits were reduced, companies would be more likely to hire.
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"Ambition and a little luck are good things for a writer to have going for him. Too much ambition and bad luck, or no luck at all, can be killing."
The above quotation comes from a great essay on writing by Raymond Carver. I think of it now because I have been lucky, and when one of the sources of the great good fortunes of your life dies, you should take note, and give thanks.
I was lucky enough to be friends with the Sulzberger family (owners of the New York Times) when I was in college, and through them met Arthur Gelb, then deputy managing editor of the paper. I wasn't even a college junior yet and I'd never published a word, but hearing that I wanted to be a writer, he started giving me assignments. "You're studying in England this year—you should write a travel piece." When I expressed hesitation and doubt, he shooed it away with his broad hand. "A great travel story is a letter home, that's all. It's a great letter home." Well, that I knew could do. And I found a story, the little-written-about city of Antwerp, hooked to its diamond industry.
And then another. And by the time I graduated from Duke, I had an offer to be a beginning reporter at a small Florida paper. I told Gelb, who said, "The New York Times is where you want to end up, right? So start here." And so I did. As copyboy, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., and thrilled and awed to be in the city. Even before my first day on the job, with Arthur's help, I convinced Bill Honan, the culture desk editor, to let me go to Dallas (I paid my own way) to interview a rock star, David Byrne, who was directing his first feature film.
That was how I got on my feet doing the only work that mattered to me. Reynolds Price had taught me how to sit down every day and do the work. Arthur Gelb set me in motion in the world.
I'm a tiny voice in a powerful chorus of writers who were not supported, not encouraged, but more like set on fire by this force of nature. "Arthur Gelb, who by sheer force of personality was a dominant figure at the New York Times for decades," Sam Roberts wrote in today's obituary, noting the many protégés he helped to raise: Maureen Dowd, Ada Louise Huxtable, Michiko Kakutani, Frank Rich, and John Rockwell.
As a reporter roving the Greenwich Village hangouts in the 1950s and 1960s, Gelb would discover and write about Lenny Bruce, Barbra Streisand, and Woody Allen, among countless others.
Above all he was enthusiastic. About seemingly everything. And in love with the newspaper. Crazy with enthusiasm. Maureen Dowd described Gelb, when he had a story, as "eyes going like a slot machine and arms like airplane propellers." A cartoonish vision that is spot on in spirit.
He was a main force behind the weekly sections as the Times expanded, a move adopted by papers nationwide. He championed the work of Craig Claiborne and helped to elevate journalism and criticism about food (at the time denigrated by "real" reporters) as worthwhile news. Gelb loved restaurants and eating and food, and theater and nightclubs and page-one stories and rewrites and tales of the old city room and The Front Page. He loved seemingly everything. And in this he was to me unique among journalists. Every journalist I've ever met has a strong cord of cynicism running through him, more or less required by the work. I never saw this in Arthur Gelb. He was at heart a romantic, and always on fire.
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For a couple of months now, the only concrete, provable-by-actual-photographic-evidence fact we've known about Mad Men season 6 is that there's going to be some storyline involving clearly still married Megan and Don visiting Hawaii and attending someone's wedding. But now that we're getting closer to the 2013 premiere (buzz is that it'll be in the spring), more juicy details are leaking.
Here, the latest and greatest teasers and news for the next season of what is inarguably the best drama on TV ...
- John Slattery will direct not one, but two episodes. After previously directing three episodes during season five, Slattery will direct two more this 'go-round ... in addition to reprising his role as Roger Sterling, of course, according to the Hollywood Reporter. His first ep will start shooting in February.
- Jon Hamm will also get behind the camera. But only for one episode so far.
- Betty will be back in a big way. No, not a play on words. I have a feeling she'll be slimmed down and not struggling with her weight the way she was in season five. Instead, "January Jones' absence from much of the last season was due to her maternity leave; now that that's over, the series regular is likely to return in a more significant capacity," TV Line reports. Will she try to sabotage Megan and Don's marriage? Have her own marriage come apart at the seams? Torture poor Sally even more? Only time will tell!
- Matthew Weiner is still keeping many plot lines under lock and key ... even from cast members! So much so that the creator doesn't even give Hamm or Slattery or any other director much prep time. "You get [the script] a little in advance of when the actors get it, but only for the necessity of preproduction," Slattery explains.
- Peggy has returned and she's got a brand new late-'60s style. Fans of Ms. Olson will be relieved to know that Elisabeth Moss was spied on set in character. But her job isn't all that's changed. She's also got a hot new style upgrade everyone's sure to love.
What are you most looking forward to seeing in season 6?
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Game four of the Stanley Cup finals, between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, had very few similarities to the previous games.
In fact I believe the only similarity is that the game was decided in overtime. This game was a complete circus. Both goaltenders had quite a few uncharacteristic errors and the two teams were sloppy with the puck. Now to be clear this wasn't a bad game to watch it all. Both teams played to their strengths.
Chicago's Jonathan Teows, and Patrick Kane have finally woken up. They scored key goals, were active in the corners, and finally used their speed to their advantage. In fact, I believe the whole team was faster than the Bruins.
Also, Marian Hossa who was injured managed to have an impact in the game as well. In this series, the first goal has been extremely important. And that game leading short- handed goal was exactly what the Blackhawks needed.
When that goal was scored, Chicago had all the momentum. Bryan Bickell was hitting Chara, and Micheal Handzus was scoring, and winning face-offs. Plus the Blackhawks forwards were finally affectively screening Tukka Rask, and getting rewarded. When the Blackhawks scored the goal to go up 4-1, I thought this game was going to turn into a 6-1 or 7-1 blowout for Chicago. However, a series of turnovers, and terrible penalties allowed the Bruins to get back in the game. And it wasn't Brad Marchand or Chara scoring. No, it was Rich Peverley and Daniel Paille.
In the end, an overtime winner scored by Brent Seabrook tied the series for the Blackhawks. Now most fans will say that the Blackhawks didn't deserve that win, because they let that lead slip away. But I disagree. The Blackhawks outplayed the Bruins in most areas. They were faster, won most of the face-offs, and were finally able to match the physical play of the Bruins. Now the question becomes, what does this do to both teams psychologically. For the Blackhawks, they've tied the series on the road, and their star players finally got on the scoreboard. For the Bruins, I believe it's all very frustrating. The Bruins players battled back to tie it, and have nothing to show for it. I believe this game was possibly the turning point in the series. If the Blackhawks can keep the momentum by feeding off the energy of the crowd, they'll take the lead in the series. However, if the Bruins get a big bounce back game from Tukka Rask, anything can happen. I can't wait to see which team's roster will be able to keep their composure and take the lead in the series on Saturday. One thing is certain, the fans in Chicago will be ready and waiting to welcome the Bruins back to the mad house.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert will be broadcast across 34 U.S. and international television, radio and Internet across six continents.
Producers said in a Monday news release the concert will be available to 1 billion people across six continents.
Eric Clapton and Coldplay have been added to an already stellar lineup on Dec. 12 at Madison Square Garden that also includes Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen &The E Street Band, Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Roger Waters and others.
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This makes me realize there's no Berserk pr0n out there. Anyone want to start a contest?
So what your saying is that I cant have Casca and/or Farnese as tubgirl? Fuck you and your censoring!
When I read that, I imagined a Goatse/Guts spoof
You heard the man! Now I will happly except all good old types of pornographic material. It must contain Berserk characters, and look really good. I'll be more then happy to send you a free TV to the person that wins free of charge. I will ship it at my exspense. Anywho, I of course will be a judge. I'm guessing Walter would be the other judge. Oh well Get to work you pornographers!
I see Aazealh knows too. Is it the same one we are talking about here?
You're talking about the "Forces" erotic doujinshi, which is one among many. It also contains a story about Jill being raped by Zepec's friends.
Isn't Jill like... 11? And isn't that... illegal?
That's kind of a gross generalization. Not all doujinshi are about existing, copywritten characters. Many (most?) are original works.
Wouldn't that be a manga?
Seriously though Bob. Im not going to discount comics. If someone wants to draw and write a story to their porn, by all means!
So what your saying is that I cant have Casca and/or Farnese as tubgirl? Fuck you and your censoring!
Hey, if you guys are going to hijack this section for porn, at least let me be one of the judges!
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