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Hank Williams Takes A Back Seat In 'The Last Ride'
The Last Ride
- Director: Harry Thomason
- Genre: Drama
- Running Time: 142 minutes
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some language, a fight and smoking
With: Henry Thomas, Kaley Cuoco, Jesse James, Fred Dalton Thompson, Stephen Tobolowsky
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From 'The Last Ride' - 'How About Girls?'
'How About Girls?'
From 'The Last Ride' - 'Happy New Year'
'Happy New Year'
From 'The Last Ride' - 'First Dance'
'First Dance'
The Last Ride recounts the final days of country-music legend Hank Williams, but it's strangely short on actual information about the singer. We only sparingly hear snippets of his music on the radio, and we learn almost nothing of his past. In fact, no one ever refers to the man by his proper name.
It's an odd approach to a true-ish story about one of the most influential musicians of all time, a man who's still a big enough draw to receive prime soundtrack placement on this year's Moonrise Kingdom. The music biopic is a genre notorious for bombastic cradle-to-grave immortalization. But The Last Ride bets its stake on the perspective of someone who drifts only briefly into Williams' story — a kid who doesn't listen to music, doesn't own a radio and has no clue who this drunk is.
Silas (Jesse James) is a shy, unmotivated mechanic hired on a whim in 1952 to chauffeur "Mr. Wells" — the star's actual, real-life traveling pseudonym — in his fancy Cadillac from Montgomery, Ala., to New Year's gigs in West Virginia and Ohio. Williams/Wells is played, head lolling, by Henry Thomas, who once took a somewhat more exotic back-seat ride as Elliott in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
We know Wells won't get out of this world alive: He's only 29, but talks like an old, weary man. He also coughs a lot; in movie language, this guy is obviously doomed, even if history hadn't already dictated his imminent demise from heart failure.
But what actually happened to him on that journey? Not a whole lot, apparently. He drinks, meets with various "doctors," drinks, gets into a bar fight and drinks some more. When he pulls his head up enough to reflect on hinted-at bygone poor career choices, he's a down-home Nietzsche: "Not a damn bit of it matters for nothin'."
None of this is a bad thing, necessarily. It may lack in information, but the script, by Howard Klausner and Dub Cornett, is often impressively subtle, as in a moment where Wells gazes broodingly at a couple of young boys drinking and smoking on the side of the road, about to begin their own needlessly painful life of vice.
Director Harry Thomason takes a bite-size rather than life-size approach, with long takes centered on the singer's face. There are suggestions of Gus Van Sant's minimalist almost-Kurt-Cobain chronicle Last Days. But the filmmakers shift their story from stately void-gazing toward more pedestrian themes about sticking up for yourself.
Wells, you see, eventually reveals his inner schoolyard bully, barking at Silas to drive recklessly and take undue risks — so the film's central dilemma becomes whether Silas will learn how to stand up to that mean ol' drunk in the back seat. When Silas gains a late-game love interest (Kaley Cuoco from CBS's The Big Bang Theory), even their courtship seems like an artificial device, as though the film will do anything to avoid dwelling on Wells himself for too long.
One would be forgiven for thinking that such tiptoeing might be deliberate, perhaps the result of a legal dispute, but that's not the case here: The Williams estate was fully behind the project, and there were no rights issues with his likeness or songs. The decision to preserve him in celluloid as an anonymous, whiskey-swilling fatalist who fades into the background of his own final days was a purely creative one.
Was it the right call? As with Mr. Wells' Cadillac, your mileage may vary. But it means the film can't really function as a proper meditation on its subject — because he's not really its subject.
The Last Ride concludes with Johnny Cash singing "The Night Hank Williams Came To Town" over the end credits, a music selection that's so perfect it actually hurts the film. Cash's classic paints a broad and enticing picture of the sheer scope of his idol's onetime influence — "A thousand people sweltered in the gym / Then I heard someone whisper, 'Hey, that's him.' " He's singing about a man with a pen and a voice capable of enthralling millions.
Hearing that at the end of this movie, we think: Must've been a different Hank Williams.


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Just weeks before previously announced summer allocation restrictions on two of its combination vaccines are set to expire, Sanofi Pasteur now has said the shortages will continue into October and will expand to include other products, as well(www.vaccineshoppe.com).
In a teleconference with representatives from the CDC and various health organizations, William Averbeck, Sanofi's vice president of U.S. marketing, said the vaccine manufacturer will be unable to meet demand for several products until mid-October. Those products are its
- diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (DTaP-IPV-Hib: Pentacel);
- diphtheria and tetanus toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (Daptacel);
- tetanus toxoids, reduced diphtheria and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (Adacel); and
- tuberculin purified protein derivative (Tubersol Diagnostic Antigen).
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- Sanofi Pasteur has announced it will extend allocation restrictions on its diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (DTaP-IPV-Hib) as well as other products.
- DTaP vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline and Hib vaccine manufacturer Merck and Co. will help fill the supply gap.
- According to the CDC, enough infant and adult pertussis-containing and Hib vaccine remains available to ensure that no changes to the current immunization recommendations are needed.
"This delay resulted from an anomaly identified during a routine test procedure of one of our filling lines, and, since a repeat test is now required, all products from that line are delayed," said Averbeck. "To manage the supply, we are implementing allocations where possible, but we will stock out of multiple vaccines prior to resolution of this issue in mid-October."
Averbeck said all of the supplies currently released for distribution have passed the required tests, and no known safety issues exist.
According to Jeanne Santoli, M.D., M.P.H., deputy director of the Immunization Services Division in the CDC's National Immunization Program, DTaP vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline is prepared to fill supply gaps until Sanofi begins ramping up vaccine production again in October. The CDC also will make vaccine from its Strategic National Stockpile available to address any remaining gaps, she said.
"We will have enough of the infant and adult pertussis-containing vaccines available in the marketplace so that we will not have to make changes to the (routine vaccine recommendation schedules)," she said. "We have also spoken with (Merck and Co.) regarding its ability to make additional Hib products available, and they will be able to fill those gaps."
Santoli said that although this will be a "challenging time" because people might need to use a vaccine presentation or brand they're not accustomed to, the issue amounts to nothing more than inconvenience.
"The good news is that we are able to make up for the gaps at this point with available supply," she said.
Averbeck said the current shortfall is unrelated to the earlier challenges Sanofi has had producing Pentacel in each of the last two summers.
"We've been working to implement process improvements on Pentacel, specifically, for quite some time," he said. "The issue we are having today is an independent one -- outside those process improvements -- tied to the anomaly on the filling line. So although I can tell you we are making progress on the (Pentacel) process improvements, unfortunately, this separate issue also impacts Pentacel, as it is filled on this line."
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The Kikuichi history of fine craftsmanship dates back to 12th century Japan, when an ancestor became a swordsmith for the emperor, marking each sword with the monarch's chrysanthemum symbol. Today this proud tradition of metalwork continues with beautiful cutlery etched with this enduring emblem. Handcrafted in Japan, their utility knife is exceptionally versatile – use it for everything from prepping produce to slicing sandwiches.
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Davidmd1975 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 18 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
We're looking for something very similar to: http://www.dipsetmixtapes.com/main.html
This is our favorite--it has the color combination and content displays we are shooting for! Make a BATTLE/GRUNGE VERSION OF THIS SITE! Bullet-holes are fine, but NO GUNS
If you don't have a great banner idea, you can leave the banner for another artist contest.
Desired Color Scheme:
Similar to TheILLIST.com
Desired Style:
But personalize it. Use "masculine" colors, can try smoke in places, bullet holes, etc--it's a BATTLE!
Somewhere in the design, try to incorporate theILLIST logo (see how it was used in the background for our stickers--it doesn't hav
Accepted File Formats:
PSD & jPEG, Fireworks PNG-Layers OK
This competition is for a Hip-Hop Battles site where artist's can get together and battle one another with raps or beats. Each contribution is voted on by listeners and other artists. It's a sister site that is linked from and managed by TheILLIST.com, which is coming soon. That's why there are a limited # of pages that will need to be designed.
Some competitions will be for bragging rights, some for money, others for prizes.
There's an initial declaration of 2 winners: they then design the 2nd page (directions will follow later), and the winner will get the contract, the 2nd place will get $50.
The winner will then be required to design the rest of the battle site, which be about 8 other pages (see bottom of this); most are less complex than the sitepoint designs.
Note to designers: So as to allay any more confusion, go with something very similar to:
This is our favorite--it has the color combination and content displays we are shooting for!
Make a BATTLE/GRUNGE VERSION OF THIS SITE! If you don't have a great banner idea, you can leave the banner for another artist contest.
You can change the colors and add in theIllist relevant details (when I say the color combination we are shooting for above, I mean the right "mood"--it doesn't mean it has to be all blue, etc.).
It shouldn't be a "copy" (can't be legally), but should have a similar feel.
See the below for examples of our logo and TheILLIST.com images.
We've figured out a way to make the # of "Top Battles, Top this, top that" less on the front page, so I'm simplifying what we require on the front page so you can have more flexibility with the designs.
1. Banner that shows off what the site is: The ILLIST Beats: please incorporate our TheILLIST Logo, but make it look like it's been through a battle or something.
2. Links Bar with the following:
**1. TheILLIST.com (link back to main page of home site).
**2. List of Battles
*****1. this will go to a YouTube style page where there will be many options to choose the type of battle (beats vs rap), the time line (last 4 weeks vs last year), etc.
**3. List of Battlers.
*****1. Same as "list of battles"
**4. Rules & Definitions
**5. FAQs
**6. Get an account!
3. Sign in area: for those who are members but haven't yet logged in and want to.
**1. We need an "alternative" look of this at some point (maybe not for sitepoint, but if you win) that shows they are logged in.
*****1. Be creative on this: look at the ticket that was designed for TheILLIST.com.
4. Other blocks/squares that you can put in with various designs & sizes:
**1. Featured Contest
**2. Featured Artist: would include pic & name.
*****1. This can be multiple artists
**3. "Get upgraded to TheILLIST Status" (this is the highest status one can achieve and is done so by paying a monthly fee; the status will allow artists to make more money)
**4. 4. Blogs & Forums Link
**5. Top MCs this month: list of top 5
**6. Top Producers this month: list of top 5
# Optional additions to the front page (don't want it to get too crowded)
**1. Up & Coming Artist: would include pic & name.
**2. Site News section Link
5. Advertising space at the bottom of the page for google ad-cents style stuff (see TimL's design):
**1. Put in a cool graffiti background (see TimL's example)
The prize ($350) is for the following:
1. Main Page (being done in contest)
2. Tournament page 1 (2nd phase of sitepoint contest)
3. Tournament page 2
4. Rules & Definition Page
5. Contests listing page
6. Top Battles Listing Page
7. Top MCs Page
8. Battle specific Options to go on TheILLIST.com artist profile pages
Below are some links to cool wall pics I took--only if you're looking for something.
Use only if you dig them & this fits your style! These aren't going to win you any brownie points or anything.


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Updated on March 20, 2014 at 4:31 p.m. ET: We've added video clips from today's chat down below.
In the wake of the disappearance of the bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox along with thousands of its users' bitcoins -- how should the average investor approach the virtual currency?
Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy in late February. One theory is that its customers' bitcoins were likely stolen because of a glitch in Mt. Gox's coding that allows hackers to duplicate transactions. Mt. Gox's glitch doesn't inspire confidence in a system that's been touted as a way to revolutionize the way people send money across the world. But at the same time, venture capitalists have continued to pour money into bitcoin-focused companies and bitcoin prices have rebounded from their Mt.Gox lows.
Bitcoin is a virtual currency and payments system that isn't controlled by a central bank. Instead, it is created through a process called mining that pits computers against each other in a race to solve cryptographic problems. The first block of bitcoin was mined in January 2009, the same time that the Federal Reserve was embarking on an unprecedented era of monetary easing.
So what's next for bitcoin? To help answer that question, I've assembled a group of three panelists for a live, video discussion at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday.
The panelists are:
* Chuck Jaffe, a senior columnist for MarketWatch
* Cody Willard, who writes the Revolution Investing newsletter for MarketWatch
* Jaron Lukasiewicz, chief executive of Coinsetter, a bitcoin company based in New York
Come back here on Thursday to watch and participate in the video discussion. For a larger-screen version of the video player, you can go here. You can also share your questions with me in the video player above during or ahead of the event, as well as RSVP to be reminded of the event tomorrow.
— Saumya Vaishampayan
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Video highlights from Thursday's chat:
Has Mt. Gox collapse had a lasting impact on bitcoin prices?
Should bitcoin be regulated?
How will bitcoin play out as a payment system?
Why should the average person care about bitcoin?
On the bitcoin ETF proposed by the Winklevoss twins
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Jennifer Hale, a 40-year-old former event planner, was intrigued by the homebuying process when she moved to the Lowcountry from Michigan about three years ago.
Mount Pleasant primary school teacher Chris West contemplated a part-time gig as a real estate agent for years, but only recently delved into the profession that he called "a life-long interest."
They aren't just new representatives of the Coldwell Banker United Realtors offices in Summerville and Mount Pleasant. They're also part of a resurgence in the ranks of local real estate agents.
"Now that family is settled and the housing market is looking up, it was a great time to get into it," said West, 35, who added that the sales gig supplements his teaching salary. "Just like being a schoolteacher, I just enjoy working with and helping people."
West isn't alone in his rekindled optimism for the residential real estate business. A combination of falling prices, low mortgage rates and the strengthening economy are fueling a rebound that has the industry feeling increasingly upbeat about the future.
Experts are predicting 2013 be a strong year for home sales in the Lowcountry, largely mirroring the growth from last year, when 10,588 homes were sold. That was the most since nearly 13,000 homes changed hands in 2007, just before the last downturn, according to Charleston Trident Association of Realtors.
The improved outlook for the industry means more people are looking to earn a living by showing and selling homes, which in turn is driving demand for more sales offices.
"In real estate, agents work on commission, so when the housing market improves, there is an increase in real estate businesses opening due to potential sales and growth," said Denise T. Ogden, a marketing professor at Penn State University.
The local Realtors association had 3,542 registered real estate agents in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties in 2012. That's up slightly than the previous year but down 27 percent from the 4,837 members it had around the peak in 2007.
Membership is down by about 60 so far this year, possibly because of Realtors letting their licenses expire, but officials are optimistic that the steady rise in home sales will spur new interest.
"In the past two years, our new member orientation classes were trending closer to 30 to 40 people. Now they are running between 60 to 70," said association spokeswoman Meghan Byrnes Weinreich.
The statewide decline was more severe than in Charleston. Membership at the Columbia-based South Carolina Realtors skidded 35 percent from a 2007 high of 20,546 to 13,263 as of Feb. 1.
"The good news is that we ended 2012 with virtually the same number of members from the previous year," said Nick Kremydas, chief executive officer of the statewide trade group. "I believe the market and the industry has stabilized and has a bright future. We are predicting that membership will increase slightly in 2013."
Kremydas also said he expects incomes for agents to climb this year.
The median gross income of Realtors nationwide was $34,900 in 2011, up from $34,100 in 2010, according to the National Association of Realtors. It releases its 2012 salary report in May.
With more agents come more offices.
As of this month, the Lowcountry added three new real estate offices, bringing the total to 706, or 44 more than at the end of 2011.
The growth trend is in contrast to deep retrenchment of recent years: In 2008, real estate firms occupied 918 brick-and-mortar locations throughout the region.
Some firms shrank or closed for good. Others merged, as illustrated by the 2008 deal that folded Coldwell Banker LaTorre Realty, an established James Island agency, into ERA Tides Realty.
Carolina One Real Estate, the region's largest residential agency, merged its two West Ashley sales offices into one in 2009.
As sales rebound, firms are restaffing mostly in the markets where demand is greatest. RE/MAX Advanced Realty, for example, has opened a branch in West Ashley while Folly Island-based Fred Holland Realty opened on James Island. Other new locations includes Matt O'Neill Real Estate in Mount Pleasant and House and Homes Real Estate in Summerville.
Jim Chisholm decided to open his one-man operation at his home in Summerville after more than a decade with Exit Realty. Chisholm said his decision wasn't driven by the recent turnaround in the market since the groundwork took nearly a year before opening in October.
"I really just wanted to try to do it on my own," Chisholm said.
Matt O'Neill, who calls his firm a "high-end boutique," said he chose the high-traffic Johnnie Dodds Boulevard for its visibility and quick access to homes in Mount Pleasant, Daniel Island and Isle of Palms.
"We also got phenomenal visibility. ... It's like a big billboard," O'Neill said.
Not everyone is focused on adding more brick and mortar locations, including Carolina One Real Estate, which has 750 agents spread over 10 locations.
Michael Scarafile, president, said the big firm recently added some support staff, but there are no immediate plans to open more offices,
Scarafile said the company feels it is already well-positioned. He noted that Carolina One has adapted and diversified its business to offset the drop in sales activity. In addition to shedding a West Ashley office, the company launched services to "benefit the market needs."
That included a focus on property management to capitalize on the rental boom. The firm also added a division to handle home insurance and short-term vacation rentals for investors.
But Carolina One may be the exception.
On-site sales teams are beefing up as homebuilders create housing developments. The Carnes Crossroads project at U.S. Highway 17A and S.C. Highway 176 in Goose Creek is case in point.
Also, national real estate firm Keller Williams Realty Inc. recently opened a West Ashley office on Sam Rittenberg Boulvard. Another big-name franchise, RE/MAX, also is planning to increase its reach in the Lowcountry with at least three more offices this year, officials said.
Sam Broadway, a Realtor in the Summerville area since 2005, said he plans to go out on his own by opening RE/MAX Main Street Realty later this year somewhere along Flowertown's Main Street area.
Broadway hopes to recruit as many as 20 agents within two years.
"Things are improving, and it's just the right time to make some changes," he said.
Reach Tyrone Richardson at 843-937-5550 and follow him on Twitter @tyrichardsonPC.


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CBPCA Improves a Home Energy Home
A version of this article appears in the September/October 2005 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
September 01, 2005
As was described in the last issue of Home Energy, Carol Markell, the magazine's advertising and marketing manager, had volunteered her house for use during a training for the California Building Performance Contractors Association (CBPCA), a nonprofit organization that introduces contractors—and the general public— to home performance services (see "Training Day,"HE July/August '05, p. 24). During the training, Markell's house was run through several diagnostic tests, which tested her home's performance while educating building contractors on the process of building performance testing. About a month after the training was completed,CBPCA trainers Rick Chitwood and Tim Locke and students returned to Markell's Kensington, California, home to conduct a complete energy-feature retrofit. The home received a new heating system, a new duct system, a new water heater, a new gas dryer,warm floors in the bathroom, a quiet bathroom exhaust fan, infiltration reduction, high-efficiency air filtration, insulation in the ceiling and stemwalls, a lighting improvement, and a cleaned and sealed crawlspace (see "Test-Out Results"). Robert Mitchell and ...
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We first met Chris Tanz in 2006 at the site of her then-recent Sun Circle public art installation along the Rillito River path.
Tanz, an artist who specializes in public art, says Sun Circle is a ceremonial structure that allows visitors to observe the sun's movement along the horizon over the course of the year.
"We're rather detached from these patterns, (and) don't depend on them the way people used to," Tanz says.. "We see few sunrises, few sunsets, but we don't make the observations."
Tanz's most recent public art project, titled Joining Hands, is located adjacent to Julian Wash on the southeast side of Tucson. She says the arch is built from stone and metal features forming a series of figures holding hands. The work is inspired by the large Hohokam pots used in ceremonies by ancient inhabitants of the area along Julian Wash.
"My idea was to have a focal point for all this vast openness," Tanz says.
Tanz says the holding hands motif also exemplifies the cooperation needed to complete such a large public art project.
"Economically, it involves all kinds of segments," Tanz says. "Public art creates jobs and work during the construction process."


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Event Date: December 5, 2011 - 6:30pm
Location: Université Paris
The Worldwatch Institute is proud to launch State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet in Paris, France, in partnership with GoodPlanet. Nourishing the Planet project director Danielle Nierenberg will be in Paris for the release of this French edition.
Join us from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at:
Université, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Institut de Géographie
191, rue Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris (Métro: Luxembourg)


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Wow, more than two weeks past SQL Saturday in Curacao and I find a partially written wrap up post for Curacao in my queue. I had fully intended on getting this out much sooner than this.
My apologies to those interested parties for the huge delay.
Curacao offered an excellent opportunity (like SQL Cruise) to combine two things for me – SQL and Beach/Relaxation time.
One of the first things you will notice if you attend SQL Saturday in Curacao is the beach and the serenity at oceanside.
It didn't take too long for Karla Landrum to ask about any lizard sightings. Karla was back home in Florida getting ready for SQL Saturday in NY. As one could imagine, it was necessary to help remind her of the lizards and particularly of Iguana soup.
This particular guy was a little nervous and no intention of letting me teach him anything about SQL Server let alone have him over for lunch.
On the flip-side though, this little guy felt it necessary to invite himself to my table for lunch.
Curacao has some wonderful dutch influenced scenery. I only had a brief opportunity to take any of that in. But there is this floating bridge with a market that could be of interest if you make it down next year for SQL Saturday.
With the sight-seeing out of the way, it was time to lay down some serious SQL education.
We had some really good presentations by Bill Pearson, Rohan, Roy Ernest, Ignacio Salom and myself. Rohan and Roy also help run the local user group in Curacao.
I had the distinct opportunity and pleasure to conclude the training with two sessions. Instead of doing two separate sessions though, we did a really long session on "Murder they Wrote". The session is designed to discuss the top 10 methods to really kill your database. We had a fantastic time and the attendees were really engaged. I truly hope that it was as much fun for them as it was for me. I also hope that it was the educational experience they desired (I tend to think it was).
We capped the event off with some speaker gifts and a group photo.
Then it was off to visit with some of the attendees as we wound down the day and trip. The last pictures I took in Curacao are totally fitting in this spot. We see the sun setting on the island, just the same as it was setting on the short trip to the Caribbean.
Mind you, all of these photos were taken with a phone and not a camera. The quality isn't the best, but you get the picture.
I enjoyed the time in Curacao. I enjoyed the opportunity to spread some SQL Learning. I enjoyed the opportunity to make new friends. These are some of the things that SQL Saturdays are for me.
Last picture was through the plane looking down into the Caribbean waters. Those are some really clear waters with great colors.
I hope to see you at a SQLSaturday soon!! I happen to know of two in the near future that I will be presenting and attending (Salt Lake City and Providence), hope to see you there.


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Who didn't play Heads & Bodies as a kid?! Draw a monstrous head, fold it and pass it on - then the next player might add a freaky torso, followed by the legs of an octopus...and so on! All completed bodies will be displayed on the night and winning combinations will be awarded goodies and the occasional booby prize!
Time: 7pm - 8.30pm
Price: Free entry


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As people go out and about to complete their Christmas shopping for others, some might be tempted to buy a little present for themselves. And what's wrong with that, as long as it doesn't break the budget?
Well, because of action taken this week by the Dixon City Council, Dixon residents will face a somewhat similar situation on the April ballot.
They will vote for various local elected offices, of course. But after performing that duty, they will be faced with a referendum about municipal electrical aggregation.
A "yes" vote means that the voter supports granting the city the authority to negotiate lower electrical rates for regular citizens and small businesses. A "no" vote means that the voter wants the status quo to continue.
The status quo is a rate of $8.32 a kilowatt hour paid to ComEd.
The proposed new aggregated rate offered by a different supplier could be significantly less.
According to Marni Henert of Rock River Energy Services, other communties that approved aggregation now enjoy these lower negotiated rates: Sterling, $4.67 a kilowatt hour; Amboy, also $4.67; Franklin Grove, $4.65; Morrison, $4.77; and Oregon, $4.789.
The estimated annual savings for Dixon electricity customers would be $345 a year, Henert said, which averages about $29 a month.
Twice before, in 2011 and earlier this year, Dixon voters turned down municipal electrical aggregation.
We're not sure.
There appears to be no downside to the process, unless, of course, you are ComEd.
Local folks will have plenty of time to research the issue, perhaps checking with their friends in neighboring communities to see how the system works elsewhere.
We do know that people in other area towns have saved money. That extra money can be used for whatever those folks want: food, bills, entertainment, gasoline, even an extra Christmas present or two.
So, as Dixonites wrap up their holiday shopping, it's OK to pick up that little gift for their own stockings.
And when April rolls around, it's OK to vote for lower electrical rates.
Especially after this year, Dixon residents deserve a financial break. With their votes, they can make it happen.


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Celebrate National Museum Day with NBC 5 at Day in the District Saturday, September 28, from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. This is your chance to experience 10 amazing museums, and various performances all for free!
Fort Worth is a city where culture and heritage thrive together. Known for its legendary western roots, this city embraces the arts and is home to some of the most beautifully designed museums in the world, with outstanding collections and a vibrant performing arts scene.
The T will provide complimentary transportation, making a continuous loop throughout the Cultural District. For a complete list of the scheduled performances, click here. For more information about the Day in the District visit www.fwdayinthedistrict.org.
Connecting NBC 5 to the community we serve.
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Saturday, September 28
10 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)
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Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Kimbell Art Museum
Log Cabin Village
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
The Cultural District is easily accessible from downtown Fort Worth via 7th Street or Lancaster Avenue, and from I-30 via Montgomery Street or University Drive.
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Just joined and looking for people to ride with in Northeastern Connecticut.
Just joined and looking for people to ride with in Northeastern Connecticut.
I live in Lebanon just down the road from Coventry. I currently ride an R100RT which you have probably seen around. I know there are quite a few others on BMW's in eastern CT as well. I will PM you my contact info.
The forum here is a great resource for just about anything BMW you may be looking for. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. The search function is also a great way to find info.
Welcome aboard!
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Welcome Howard.
Glad to have you here and look forward to reading your posts.
You might want to check out the Charter Club sections from the main page and see how many clubs might be in your area. Lots of folks looking for new riding partners.
Let me know if I can be of any help.
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Hi Howard - welcome aboard
Great forum here - a ton of stuff
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The Accounting Historians Journal
Vol. 15, No. 1
Spring 1988
Terry K. Sheldahl SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE
Lecture on the Study of Book-Keeping, with a Balance Sheet
Over the past eleven years three books by Philadelphia (briefly) and New York accounting teacher C(hristopher) C(olumbus) Marsh, 1806-84 [Bentley and Leonard, 1934-35, vol. 1, p. 16], have been reprinted [[Brief, 1979], p. 17; and Stone, 1982, vols. 5b, 19b]. Reviewed in this journal in 1985 [Givens], one of them may have been the first U.S. text on bank book-keeping [[Brief, 1979], p. 17], and had in presumably a later edition been used in 1883 in the Wharton School's first ac-counting course [Previts and Merino, 1979, p. 105].
Another reprinted work is, however, more critical to Marsh's place in the accounting literature. Previts and Shel-dahl have suggested [1988, pp. 1-2] that his Science of Double-Entry Book-Keeping, originating in 1830, marked an important early step in a long transition from traditional merchants' accounts [Sheldahl, 1985, pp. 13-19] toward an accounting system better suited to an emerging industrial and corporate economy.
The essay that follows (there is no non-title evidence that it was the text for a public address) presents in concise form the bookkeeping analysis of Marsh's Science [1830]. The basic thrust is a plea for simplicity in accounting exposition, and thence instruction. Negatively, it is directed in particular against the triadic classification of accounts presented by James Bennett (later known as James Arlington Bennet), 1788-1863, whose American System of Practical Book-Keeping had originated in 1820 [Bentley and Leonard, 1934-35, vol. 1, p. 10).1
Acknowledgment is gratefully made to the Special Collections Department at the University of Baltimore Library, which supplied Marsh's essay for reprint from its Herwood Library of Accountancy collection, the (or a) source also of the nineteenth-century texts cited other than the book by Bennett.
1Bennett's first (official) edition, among forty-one [Bentley and Leonard, 1934-35, vol. 1, pp. 10-11], is bound in 1982 reprints [Stone, vols. 5a, b] with the 1831 second edition of Marsh's double-entry text.


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Broomfield, CO - January 10, 2013
Webroot, a leader in delivering Internet security as a service, is pleased to announce that Dick Williams, president and chief executive officer, will speak at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference (NGC) in New York. Mr. Williams is slated to discuss cloud-based security as a service and how the endpoint is the new business security perimeter, due to the rise of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) in the enterprise. His executive leadership experience spans more than four decades in technology, software, security and digital media companies.
Mr. Williams' presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time. Live webcast and replays of the presentation will be available over the Internet on http://wsw.com/webcast/needham55/webroot/.
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text: Investigating the Role of Context, Meaning, and Method in Violence Against Women in Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 25945) Version Date: Dec 20, 2013 View help for published Cite this study | Share this page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn × Citation Cook, Sarah. Investigating the Role of Context, Meaning, and Method in Violence Against Women in Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-12-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25945.v1 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sarah Cook, Georgia State University https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25945.v1 Version V1 Analyze Online Slide tabs to view more At A Glance Data & Documentation Variables Data-related Publications Export Metadata Staff Project Description Summary View help for Summary The study was conducted to determine the prevalance of physical and sexual victimization, and to develop a new model of victimization. A total of 600 women participated in the study, consisting of two samples: a sample of 403 incarcerated women at the Metro State Women's Prison in Atlanta, Georgia, and a sample of 197 poor urban women in nonemergency health care clinics. Participants were interviewed once for approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours, and answered questions about intimate partner violence (with their most recent partner and/or with a previous partner), physical health, emotional well-being, experiences of traumatic life events, strategic responses to abuse, experiences of child abuse, and other related experiences/knowledge. In addition to self-reports, data was gathered from prison records for the incarcerated sample. Citation View help for Citation Cook, Sarah. Investigating the Role of Context, Meaning, and Method in Violence Against Women in Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-12-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25945.v1 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote Funding View help for Funding United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (1999-WT-VX-K008) Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms abuse battered women child abuse conflict crime impact domestic assault family violence female inmates female offenders intimate partner violence prison inmates reactions to crime sexual abuse victimization violence against women Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage United States Atlanta Georgia Smallest Geographic Unit View help for Smallest Geographic Unit none Restrictions View help for Restrictions Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Distributor(s) View help for Distributor(s) Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Scope of Project Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s) 2000 -- 2002 Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection 2000-06 -- 2001-06 (Metro State Women's Prison Sample), 2001-03 -- 2002-05 (Grady Health Center Sample) Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes Users should be aware that two versions of some sections of the data collection instrument were administered to different groups in the sample. These differences were in some cases between the Metro sample and the health care sample, and in other cases two versions were administered within the Metro sample. The differences in versions are explained in the original codebook provided by the principal investigator, which can be found as an Appendix to the ICPSR PDF Codebook available as part of this data collection. The original data collection instrument was not provided to ICPSR by the principal investigators, and only the original codebook is available as part of this collection. Users should be aware that participants were also asked a set of questions from a housing instrument designed to assess the circumstances surrounding why participants either leave or stay with partners and possible problems they may have encountered in housing. These variables were not included in the dataset supplied to ICPSR. Methodology Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of physical and sexual victimization (conflict, control-instigated, random, and coercive), using participants selected from two marginalized population groups - incarcerated women from a prison, and poor urban women in nonemergency health care clinics. A new model of victimization was to be developed based on the incarcerated sample and validated with the health care sample. Study Design View help for Study Design Metro State Women's Prison (MSWP), located in Atlanta, Georgia, served as one of two data collection settings for this study. Metro State is a close/maximum security facility in the Georgia Department of Corrections. As one of three facilities for incarcerated women in Georgia, Metro State serves as the central receiving and diagnostic unit for the state correctional system. All women who serve a portion of their sentence in a Georgia correctional facility begin incarceration in the Diagnostic Unit at Metro State. Inmates typically spend two to four weeks in this unit. All women who entered Metro State between June 2000 and June 2001 were eligible to participate. Weekly, using a random number table, the principal investigators selected approximately twenty women from a list of all women entering the diagnostic unit and invited these women to participate in an informational meeting about the study. At this meeting, women who elected to sign informed consent agreements were given an interview date within a two-week timeframe. On a weekly basis, the names and interview times for inmates who agreed to participate were given to MSWP staff, who called inmates to a "hold-in" area (i.e., a secure location supervised by correctional staff where inmates wait for appointments) when it was time for their interview. Interviews were conducted in small, private, soundproof, windowed rooms located close to a security station. Each interview lasted approximately 1½ to 2 hours. All interviews were oral because of low literacy rates in incarcerated populations. To assist inmates, interviewers provided response card books that listed possible responses for questions using Likert-type scales. Inmates were asked questions on topics including intimate partner violence, physical health, emotional well-being, strategic responses, and experiences of child abuse. Data about inmates were also collected from their administrative records. To obtain a pilot sample to refine and evaluate the initial item set and a validation sample to use for evaluating the psychometric properties of the measure, the MSWP sample of 403 was divided into 2 groups. The pilot sample was derived from the first 206 participants (51 percent of the overall sample). It comprised 67 participants from the pilot sample who reported abusive experiences in their most recent relationship before incarceration. The validation sample was derived from the second group of 197 participants (49 percent of the overall sample). It includes 96 women from the validation sample who reported abusive experiences in their most recent relationship before incarceration. As a result of the pilot study, some questions were dropped or altered for some parts of the questionnaire. The second data collection setting was the Grady Health Center, a large, inner-city, public hospital, which served as the recruitment site for the nonincarcerated women. Researchers collected data from patients waiting to receive medical care in one of three primary care clinics: the Urgent Care Center, the Obstetric-Gynecological (OB-GYN) clinic, and the Family Planning and Prenatal clinic. Researchers were randomly assigned to a particular clinic each day. Interviewers chose a seat in the waiting room and moved in one direction around the room until a woman agreed to participate. Once a woman agreed to participate, the researcher briefly explained the study, confidentiality, and compensation ($20 per participant). Researchers interviewed women in unused exam rooms or private areas. For the most part, women in this sample were asked the same questions as the women in the prison, however modifications were made where necessary to have questions be relevant for a non-prison setting. A total of 197 women were interviewed at the Grady Health Center. Sample View help for Sample The sample consists of 600 women, selected from two populations, the incarcerated sample (from Metro State Prison) and the health center sample (from Grady Health Center) For the Metro State sample, all women who entered Metro State between June 2000 and June 2001 were eligible to participate. Weekly, using a random number table, approximately 20 women were selected from a list of all women entering the diagnostic unit. Via institutional mail and letters on project letterhead, these women were invited to participate in an informational meeting about the study. A total of 817 inmates were invited to one of 41 informational meetings held throughout the course of the study. Of the women invited, 708 attended a meeting, and 482 consented to participate. The final Metro State sample was the 403 women who presented for an interview. For the Grady Health Center sample, interviewers chose a seat in the waiting room in each of the Urgent Care Center, the Obstetric-Gynecological (OB-GYN) clinic, and the Family Planning and Prenatal clinic at the Grady Health Center and moved in one direction around the room until a woman agreed to participate. Of the 280 women approached to participate, 197 completed an interview. Time Method View help for Time Method Cross-sectional Universe View help for Universe All women who entered Metro State Women's Prison between June 2000 and June 2001. All women entering the Urgent Care Center, the Obstetric-Gynecological (OB-GYN) clinic, or the Prenatal clinic at the Grady Health Center between March 2001 and May 2002. Unit(s) of Observation View help for Unit(s) of Observation individual Data Source View help for Data Source In-person interviews prison diagnostic file records Method of Data Collection View help for Method of Data Collection administrative records data survey data Mode of Data Collection View help for Mode of Data Collection record abstracts face-to-face interview Description of Variables View help for Description of Variables The data include a total of 1,087 variables, which are divided into 22 sections: Study-level variables: variables recorded by researchers including sample, mental health caseload status, interview version, whether types of questions were answered, and whether intimate partner violence questions were asked about the woman's most recent partner. Demographics Self-report items: variables on race, children, education, housing status, and income. SF 36 Health Survey: a 36 item scale asking questions about physical health and mental health. Some of these questions had to be modified in order to be relevant for the Metro State sample. Self Efficacy Instrument: a 12 item instrument to measure the degree to which the participant felt she could conduct safe sex behaviors, discuss safe sex behaviors with a partner, and if she could say no to sex under various circumstances. Risky Behavior Instrument: a six item instrument to measure the occurrence of risky behaviors, including sexual behaviors and drug use. Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D Scale): a 20 item scale to measure current levels of depressive symptomology (over the previous week). Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (TLEQ): variables assessing the occurrence of 21 potentially traumatic events, as well as questions about experiencing intense fear, injury, injury of someone loved or near, and danger of dying. Foy Child Physical Abuse Questions and Sexual Abuse Exposure Questionnaire: a 15 item questionnaire to assess childhood (under the age of 16) physical abuse (perpetrated by a caretaker), and sexual abuse (perpetrated by anyone. The questionnaire only assesses occurrence of abuse, not duration or force. Relationship Characteristics: 12 variables about the participant's most recent relationship, including duration, sex of partner, any children and/or pregnancies, cohabitation, and abuse in the most recent relationship or any prior relationships. Psychological Abuse Experiences: variables about experience and frequency of ten types of psychological abuse from the most recent partner, any other partner, and a random person. Physical Abuse Experiences: variables about experience and frequency of 13 types of physical abuse from the most recent partner, any other partner, and a random person. Sexual Abuse Experiences: variables about experience and frequency of five types of sexual abuse by the most recent partner and by any other partner. This includes questions about the partner's use of coercion, authority, incapacitation, threat and force. The instrument also asks if the respondent experienced any of these items from a random person. Women's Perpetration of Psychological Abuse: 10 items about perpetration and frequency of psychological abuse by the participant on a partner. Women's Perpetration of Physical Abuse: 10 items about perpetration of physical abuse by the participant on a partner. Injury: questions about specific physical injuries experienced, physical injury and pregnancy, and medical care sought for physical injuries. For some participants (version one of the survey) physical injury was assessed separately for physical and sexual abuse, but for others (version two) injury was assessed once for all forms of abuse. Dimensions of Interpersonal Violence: variables assessing the participant's understanding of her assaultive experiences from an intimate partner. For version one of the survey this asked about the context of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and psychological abuse separately. Version two combined the three categories of abuse into a variables about all abuse. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale Self Report (PSS-SR): 17 items assessing frequency of PTSD symptoms in the past 2 weeks. Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL): 14 variables to measure the participant's perceived social support (the Metro State sample participants were asked about support immediately before incarceration), and their relationships with the people who support the participant. Intimate Partner Violence Strategies Index: a two-part measure. Part one assesses strategies the participant used to cope with violence, and part two assesses the strategies she used to feel better after violence. Both parts are followed by sections on a) how helpful the strategies were and b) which tactics worked best. Social Desirability: variables measuring the participant's tendency to give socially desirable responses throughout the assessment protocol. This consists of 13 variables asking the participant to rate how much they agree or disagree with statements about themselves; examples include: if the participant feels like rebelling and if the participant is willing to forgive. Diagnostic File Items: demographic information obtained for Metro State sample participants from their records. Criminal Profile Data: for the Metro State sample only, 29 variables assessing the inmate's criminal profile, including present charge(s), current sentence(s), criminal history, and immediate family criminal history. Somes sections also include additional computed variables; these computed variables are generally sums of binary variables, averages of variables, or additional binary variables that were created by the principal investigator. Response Rates View help for Response Rates For the Metro State sample, 817 inmates were invited to one of 41 informational meetings held throughout the course of the study. Of those 817 inmates, 708 attended a meeting (87 percent), and 482 consented to participate (68 percent of those attending). Of those who consented, 403 presented for an interview (84 percent). The overall response rate of inmates invited to attend a meeting was 49 percent For the Grady Health Center sample, of the 280 women approached to participate, 197 completed the interview, for a response rate of 70 percent. Presence of Common Scales View help for Presence of Common Scales Several Likert-type scales were used. In addition, the following scales were incorporated into the instruments the principal investigators used: SF 36 Health Survey (Ware, Snow, Kosinski, and Gandek, B., 1993; 2000) Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (Radloff, 1977) Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire (Kubany, Haynes, Owens, Leisen, Kaplan, Watson, Burns, and Martin, 1995) Child Abuse Questionnaire (Goodman, 2000) Sexual Abuse Exposure Questionnaire (Rowan, Foy, Rodriguez, and Ryan, 1994; Rodriguez, Ryan, Rowan, and Foy, 1996; Rodriguez, Ryan, Vande Kemp, and Foy, 1997) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale Self Report (Foa, Riggs, and Rothbaum, 1993; Norris and Riad, 1996) Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (Cohen, 1985) Intimate Partner Violence Strategies Index (Goodman, Dutton, Weinfurt, and Cook, 2003) Social Desirability (Reynolds, 1982; Fraboni and Cooper, 1989) Sexual Experiences Survey (Koss and Gidycz, 1985; Testa, VanZile-Tamsen, Livingston, and Koss, 2004), modified Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2) (Straus, Hamby, Boney-McCoy, and Sugarman, 1996), physical victimization section Version(s) Original Release Date View help for Original Release Date 2013-12-20 Version History View help for Version History 2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was: Cook, Sarah. Investigating the Role of Context, Meaning, and Method in Violence Against Women in Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2002. ICPSR25945-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-12-20. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25945.v1 2013-12-20 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:Created variable labels and/or value labels.Standardized missing values.Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes. Analysis Information Weight View help for Weight none Notes The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution. One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more. The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.


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Hi All
That time of year again, Camden Fort Meagher Crosshaven Co.Cork has asked me to sent out and email inviting all groups all periods to visit the fort this year to set up a living history or re-enactment display from any time period.
The aim of the fort is to have groups displaying in the Fort to teach the public about various parts of history.
The fort will be able to pay reasonable expenses to groups travelling so please get in touch with me and give me a quote for expenses and i can see what the Fort can match.
The Fort plans to open from July to September, short season as there is large works underway for utilities and wont be finished till July.
You can book into any weekend as your own group or with other groups long as it has been pre-arranged before so the Fort can make arrangements for your visit.
All Groups indending to go please submit reasonable expenses before hand so it can be agreed upon, once done we would need a copy of your current insurance cert before we could book you in.
Here is a list of dates The Irish Military Re-enactment Group will be on site, feel free to join us or book any weekend between July And September.
Camden Fort 11-14 July
Military Tattoo Fort Camden 13-14July (hope to have as many groups as we can)
The Camden Gathering 3-4 August
Camden Fort 24-25th August
Fort Camden 14th - 15th September ( closing weekend hope to have lots of re-enactors)
Thanks Colm Doyle


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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Farmhouse Baked Ricotta
But urban girls (like me) can channel their inner Granny - and what was Granny all about? Frugal living. Not wasting. Baking and cooking with love.
Yep, I can do that! Dare I say it? Yee-haw!
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Sounds great! I can't wait to try this! I try to use ricotta as much as I can when I've got in on hand (usually after making lasagna) but I've never baked it... I have a feeling I'll be in for a real treat. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
- February 13, 2011 at 6:12 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Laura Laura - you can do so many different things with this! Try almost any veggies you have that need using up .. just roast them or put them in straight, depending :)
- February 13, 2011 at 6:13 AM
This is not a dish I would normally even think of cooking, but sounds good! From the photo, I thought it might be "egg-y", but then I realized it's just cheesy goodness! For some reason I think these would be delicious with a little sausage as that middle layer :)
- February 13, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Erika Cheesy. Goodness.
- February 13, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- Unknown said... [Reply to comment]
yum! and love the cow photos
- February 23, 2011 at 11:22 PM
- The Happy Hippy said... [Reply to comment]
These look and sound fab! I do exactly as you describe, I buy a tub of ricotta for one dish and then end up with the rest going in the bin...usually after many weeks in the fridge!! Love you blog : )
- April 1, 2012 at 8:20 AM
- andrée said... [Reply to comment]
Hello Amanda
I really enjoy your recipe's I am actually doing the farmhouse baked ricotta puffs. It turned out to be only 3 large muffin cups, I did 1/2 the actual recipe. Does this sound ok or I din't put enough in the baking papers ?
Thank you
Andrée (from Montréal )
- April 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Andree - sounds like you have a larger 'large' muffin tin than I do! My 'large' muffins/tarts are 3 inches across the top and are pretty shallow. If your muffin tin is larger, you'll just need to adjust the cooking time slightly. Hope you enjoyed them :)
- April 3, 2012 at 9:51 PM
- Joy said... [Reply to comment]
This recipe had me dreaming of cheese-y goodness for weeks! I made a few changes and shared the recipe on my blog with a link back to you. http://apassionateplate.com/baked-ricotta/ Thanks for sharing!!!
- June 18, 2012 at 9:51 PM
This looks delicious. A question: Do you cook the sweet potatoes first? It doesn't seem like it would be enough time if you put them into the layers uncooked...thanks! Rosemary
- September 10, 2013 at 7:25 PM


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Philpott explains the history.
The researchers analyzed data from tests done on rats by Monsanto and another biotech firm, Covance Laboratories, submitted to European government in 2000 and 2001. The firms conducted the tests to prove that their products were safe to eat; scrutinizing the same data, the researchers arrived at a different conclusion.Laskawy says the earlier Monsanto study fudged the analysis.
The three products in question are still quite relevant: one strain of Roundup Ready corn, engineered to withstand Monsanto's flagship herbicide; and two strands of Bt corn, engineered to contain the insect-killing gene from the BT bacteria. Roundup Ready and Bt products are ubiquitous in the U.S. seed supply, often "stacked" into the same seed.
Firstly, let's be clear -- industry scientists got bad results, fudged the analysis and then figured no one would notice. Well, it took almost a decade, but these enterprising French scientists did notice.To see if this is true, I read the new study. The abstract is clear enough, and it does indeed say the GMO varieties were toxic to rats:
Our analysis clearly reveals for the 3 GMOs new side effects linked with GM maize consumption, which were sex- and often dose-dependent. Effects were mostly associated with the kidney and liver, the dietary detoxifying organs, although different between the 3 GMOs. Other effects were also noticed in the heart, adrenal glands, spleen and haematopoietic system. We conclude that these data highlight signs of hepatorenal toxicity, possibly due to the new pesticides specific to each GM corn.But, I wanted to read the actual empirical results that back this claim. There are dozens of results reported in the study, and I could not understand many of them.
Here is my request for help: Can you point to some particular table entries that support the claim in the abstract?
If you have a particular result to suggest, we can read it closely together, with one dose of open-mindedness and one dose of skepticism. Then, we can decide whether Laskawy is right that the Monsanto researchers have committed a scientific crime.
You might look for such a result in Table 1 and Table 2, which report selected parameters showing the difference between GMO-fed rats and conventional-fed rats. From the abstract, the important parameters might relate to liver or kidney outcomes. All I need is for somebody to pick and explain one or two of those parameters. Personally, I couldn't understand these tables because they seemed to lack clear information about the mean values for the GMO-fed and conventional-fed rats, the column headings were confusing to me, and the accompanying discussion did not include clear interpretation sentences.
Alternatively, you might look for such a result in Tables F or G of the appendix. Here, too, my understanding is confused, because I could not tell if these are raw results, or statistically-adjusted results based on Tables 1 and 2.
Philpott and Laskawy and the French researchers make a striking claim about the dangers of GMO crops. I'd like to understand the empirical evidence that supports this claim.


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Meade 1 Drawer Nightstand
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- Summary
Meade gets its natural panache from a wrap of woven natural raffia and its sophisticated polish from clean lines and nailhead detailing. Finished on all sides, this versatile table is equally suited for bedroom or living room.
- 30"W x 18"D x 24"H.
- Wrapped in woven raffia in your choice of Grey, Natural or Chocolate.
- Polished nickel nailheads accentuate the table's straight lines.
- One large drawer and one roomy shelf provide additional storage.
- In-home delivery with White Glove service.
- Dimensions & More Info
- Overall: 30"W x 18"D x 24"H
- Drawer interior (1): 24.5"W x 13"D x 4"H
- Shelf: 26"W x 18"D
- Shelf clearance: 9.5"
- Legs: 2"W x 30"D x 4.5"H
- Clearance under table: 4.5"
- Weight: 74 lb.
Additional Information
- Gmelina wood frame.
- Corner braced, doweled and glued for greater stability.
- Natural raffia wrap.
- Smooth, semigloss lacquer finish.
- Metal drawer glide.
- Made in Philippines.
- Use & Care
- Dust with a soft, clean, lint-free cotton cloth.
- Avoid any harsh abrasives or chemicals.
- Shipping
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Please allow up to 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. Item arrives fully assembled and in one piece by our in-home delivery with White Glove service. We'll call you in advance to schedule a delivery time, then bring the item into your home, unpack and inspect it, perform simple assembly and dispose of all packaging material. (Please note that outdoor grills are not unpacked and require owner assembly. Complete beds will be set up; headboards only will be unpacked, but not attached to existing bed frames.) Delivery is by appointment, Monday – Saturday; our delivery service will call to arrange a day. Available in the 48 contiguous states. Please call 888.922.4108 for additional assistance.
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It started with a four letter word: help. The question, how? This is how SECURE came to be – it's the reason why we do what we do.
SECURE exists to help our customers achieve their goals. It's how we've grown from one division to three, and one landfill to over 90 services with operations throughout Canada and the United States. We go where our customers go. SECURE works to provide lower costs and improved efficiencies for our customer at every stage of the energy life cycle, because your goal is our goal.
Efficiently manage your
environmental responsibilities
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As your partner, you can trust us to help you achieve your environmental goals through customized solutions that deliver results - from waste and water management to well abandonment. We understand the factors that define success - such as safety, overall project cost and operational efficeincy - and have engineered solutions to deliver.
Helping you manage environmental responsibilities with:
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If you need a solution to a complex challenge you haven't seen before, we can help. We've been tasked with some of the most demanding and varied projects - from complex drilling systems to implosion demolitions, challenging pipeline integrity digs and frac fluid recycling.
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That's Right, it's SMART Goals Time
With 2010 upon us (I am so ready for a new decade), it's a good time to set some goals for the coming year(s). Of course, any time is a good time to set new goals, but the near-universal slack time of December's end seems to spark the desire in many to look ahead.
Goal setting is a double-edged sword of activity. Used correctly, it can result in life-transforming effects. Unfortunately far too many people set goals in such a way that they are not only ineffective, but can even be destructive to growth.
Sort of like griping the sword at the wrong end.
A poorly defined goal is slippery and creates confusion.
Confusion breeds inaction and stress.
To make sure this doesn't happen to you, I suggest a simple framework for setting your goals. It's called The SMART Goal Setting System.
I have no idea who first came up with it, but it works.
S.M.A.R.T. stands for the elements of an effectively defined goal.
SMART Goals Are…
Dr Evil from Austin Powers wanted "A billion dollars."
That's far more specific than "I want to be rich," which is what a lot of people aspire to.
If your goals aren't specific, there's nothing to aim at.
When you get on an airplane, you do so expecting a specific destination. If you were to stand over the pilot's shoulder during the flight (which these days would get you tasered), you might might notice that the plane is rarely heading directly toward the destination.
The wind is blowing.
There are other planes in the air.
Stuff happens.
But all the while, the pilot adapts to the current circumstances with the goal in mind.
The closer the plane is to the destination, the more directly aimed it is.
At the very end, the approach comes down to a specific channel as the landing gear comes down and the ground approaches.
Based on this literal application of what I'm using as a metaphor, thousands of planes land at their selected goals every single day.
Imagine what air travel would be like without "goal setting."
Here are some other examples of specific goals.
- Do 100 pushups in under 5 minutes
- Reduce my waist size from x inches to y inches
- Spend 2 hours with my kids every day
- Install crown molding in every room of the house
- Win a blue ribbon showing my horse
SMART Goals Are…
Your goal should be measurable.
This means that you can tell if you've achieved it.
I want a pony is a measurable goal.
You don't have a pony.
You do have a pony.
I want to be happier is NOT a measurable goal.
How can you really know if you're there. How do you know you're not there already? The waters are too muddy for something like that. Work harder to decide what your goal looks like so you can navigate towards it better.
Better still is a goal that allows you to measure how close you are to getting there.
Imagine you're an archer.
To make the Olympic team, you need to hit the bulls-eye 95 out of 100 times (I have no idea if that's how it works, but deal with it). You currently can achieve 80 out of 100 bulls-eyes. After a month of practice, you're up to 85 out of 100 shots.
Ok, you're not at your goal, but by measurement you know you're improving.
You are approaching your goal.
That's a good thing.
SMART Goals Are…
I know people like guru-of-all-things-under-the-sun Oprah have declared that "The Secret" and the "Law of Attraction" (should be the Law of Attention) are THE WAY.
- Set your intention.
- Sit on couch.
- Wait for doorbell to ring.
Seriously, I saw her segment on The Secret. I never thought the already over-distilled message of the Law of Attraction in The Secret could be reduced any further.
If you want results, you gotta take action.
That doesn't mean you have to know EXACTLY what needs to be done.
You simply need to be in motion.
Planning to do 100 pushups? Do 5 right now.
Want that crown molding for every room in the house? Break down pricing for each room. Study how to do it yourself. Practice doing it in a closet where no one can see. Call around to find someone else to do it.
Want to make an extra $25,000 by the end of the year? Read The 4-Hour Workweek and then apply what you've learned. Redo your resume, or have a professional do it for you. Then seek a job that pays $25,000 more than you're making now.
Do something.
SMART Goals Are…
I have a small problem with the word "realistic" when it comes to goal setting.
It's a loaded word.
Now, chances are if you set a goal to replace Simon Cowell as judge on American Idol before the start of the next season, that's just not going to happen.
Says who?
Someone is going to replace him.
They let Paula Abdul on the show…the bar seems low. (hehe)
So why not you?
Henry Ford pushed his engineers for years to build a V8 engine before they succeeded.
He was told he was nuts for requesting such a thing.
He was told his goal was unRealistic.
Well, he showed them.
You get to be the barometer for your own goals.
You get to decide what is realistic.
Careful though: "helpful" people will come out of the woodwork, like magical gnomes looking to steal socks from under your bed.
Instead of socks, they steal dreams.
SMART Goals Are…
What do you want and when do you want it?
Do you want to be a cash millionaire "someday" or before Dec 31, 2010?
There's a difference.
Do you want to shed 20 pounds before summer or over the next 5 years?
It matters.
Author Joe Vitale says "Dare something worthy."
That's what effective goal setting is about.
Just because you set a goal, does that mean you're going to achieve it?
Sometimes you'll exceed it.
Sometimes you'll fall short.
That's awesome.
If you know, it's because you actually had a goal. Unlike many who just wade through the waters of life.
If you find a new job that pays $20,000 more than what you're making instead of the $25,000 you were shooting for, are you going to cry?
Or are you going to celebrate because you took a step and got results?
If you set out to lose 20 pounds and loose 19, is that really a failure?
I'd say congratulations are in order.
Tis the season to step up. Set some goals. Take some action. Have an awesome year.
Do you have any goal setting tips, success stories or lessons learned? Leave a comment below and share.
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Thank you for the help
I need a help for this question because i don't have the book please
How would you define the "entrepreneurial mindset"? Be sure to discuss each of the five factors.


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A man has been arrested following the terror attack at Manchester Arena.
A spokesman said: "With regards to the ongoing investigation into last night's horrific attack at the Manchester arena, we can confirm we have arrested a 23-year-old man in South Manchester. "
More to follow.
More on the incident in Manchester:
Friends pay tribute to "beautiful girl" killed in Manchester Arena bombing
8 year-old girl from Tarleton among missing after Manchester 'terror attack' at Manchester Arena
Bishop's condolences to Manchester terror victims
Homeless man cradled dying woman in his arms
Lancashire schoolgirls were minutes from Manchester horror bomb blast
Wigan schoolgirl tells of Manchester bombing horror
Region's football clubs shocked by Manchester Arena terror attack
Andy Burnham: Manchester bombing an 'evil act' targeting children
Preston mum tells of horror after witnessing 'terror attack' aftermath at Manchester Arena
'It shook my whole body' - Blackpool mum caught up in 'explosion' at Manchester Arena
UPDATE: Children and young people confirmed among the dead after 'terrorist incident' in Manchester
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BarkTweetMeowStuff needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 99 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Bark Tweet Meow Stuff
This is the parent company to many smaller web endeavors in the pet world....our focus is growing to include products for dogs, cats and birds...
everyone with a pet...age 20-60...web users...
Our approach will focus on higher-end product not available in the big box stores...the logo should offer a sense of luxury and classiness.
Hi folks- here's a challenge...
use these words in the design...
"Bark Tweet Meow Stuff"
Logo...combined with the simplest of outlined suggestive-line-drawing style- or paintbrush in black- (think Don Quixote and the windmill-by Picasso) that show the simplest essence of a dog, cat and a bird. Please...go beyond the idea of three animals posing together in silhouette.
another idea might be in more of an Andy Warhol style...give me something with his classic four color imagery ala Marylin Monroe's face with a modern twist on color.
Oh and if you have a better idea...by all means post it.
Thanks in advance for your creative efforts. Good luck!
Allan Z
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Please pop in here and let us know if you will be continuing the job in Season 2 or whether a new captain will have to be found.
Also this may be the place where captain related info may be found
Please pop in here and let us know if you will be continuing the job in Season 2 or whether a new captain will have to be found.
Also this may be the place where captain related info may be found
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There will be 2 rounds of a draft to pick up experienced real life players that are available.
Though 2 players are drafted, as mentioned, only one can be in the team at any time.
The first round of the draft will be based on traditional reverse league order. Giving last years celler dwellers the fist pick and last seasons Kings of the Castle the last pick.
Round 2 will be different. The order will be based on which teams return the most CW players during the Season 2 sign-up. The team with the least CW players returning will pick last and so on and so forth
Its an effort to get us all working on reactivating this sim and rewarding those managers that show initiative.
I won't be continuing as captain.
Cricketweb Colts Captain
I'm a member of Club KerryOriginally Posted by Richard
I'm Green
The color of immortality, nature and envy - you are truly a unique person. While clearly the color of nature, you also symbolize rebirth, fertility and hope in the world. On the other side of the spectrum, a natural aptitude to money with green coming to signify money and possibly even *********!
Plan on overthrowing Clapham.
Smith to continue with Central.
Originally Posted by Partyush
Taking over the helm at the Island from Goughy.
A follower of the schools of Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett, Benaud and Thunberg
I had a glimpse of Eureka
Chewing me up, chewing me up and spitting me out
-jected, I was rejected
I wasn't good enough to be elected
Lava, it was like lava
Moving through my body like fire
I'm sure you've thought of all that anyway. I just thought I'd put out there and see what others think.
*Shows some ambition*
I captained the Stallions when Kyle was away last season, but won't be returning.
Stallions should be the side that gets broken up IMO. Both skippers not keen and they were the whipping boys anyway.
If there were more than 2 Dynamo players signed up I'd be inclined to agree. However at this stage it would only be fair to split up Dynamo imo as they generally were the least active team last season (at one stage Mitchell/Blewy were having to do their orders iirc) and have the least number of players signed in.
EDIT: ITSTL, seems I'm wrong, they've had 4 sign up...Stallions it is then imo....
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I have been on Tamoxifen going on five years now, after you account for the breaks I took. At first I experienced hot flashes as a side effect. For the past several months I have to say that the hot flashes have really tapered off. This past week though I noticed that the hot flashes have returned with a vengeance. It seems odd, but I think I know why. I even wrote about this before.
My husband is your typical football fan. He loves to spend the weekend clicking from college football games on Saturday to pro football games on Sunday and every game in between. In order to accommodate sitting through 36 hours of football he likes to snack – recreational eating he calls it. One of his favorite snacks is fried spicy hot wings. He buys them frozen and sticks them in the oven with pizza snacks. Well, last Sunday I gave in to the urge to have a few of the hot wings and they were so good I gave in again during Monday night football. Turns out I had forgotten how the hot spicy fried food leads to days of hot flashes. That's it, I have to give up the chicken wings.
I like the new bumper sticker I have been seeing around lately. It is for women like me, perhaps you've seen it too, it says "I'm still hot, it just comes in flashes now." Here's to all the hot women out there!


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jon8 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 253 designs submitted by 90 freelance designers.
Stylish and simple logo.
Please check "complete brief" below for more added details.
Desired Color Scheme:
black on white
Desired Style:
Modern, pure, simple.
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
We are looking for a simple, one-color logo that would fit a high-end hi-fi audio gear company. Modern, pure, stylish.
Brand name is ''MIOVA''
Logo will replace the actual one we are using that you can see here:
1. An upgraded version of our actual logo is also a possibility. Even if it's only slightly changed.
2. Logo will be most likely engraved or embossed on metal, so it need to be simple without any gradient or thin part/font.
3. Please avoid any reference to audio gear (such speaker, headphone, etc..) and any part of the logo other than font itself must be minimized. Style of the letters should speak for itself.
Update: I will try to keep up with feedback and reviews the best i can. Obviously there is many talented designers here and, if i'm allowed, i would like to reward the top 3 designers at the end of the contest instead of only the winner. I feel that good work should be rewarded. Also please note that i will be out of the country for 6 weeks and therefore i will be only able to pay using paypal. However i will probably start a 2nd contest for the final decision on this logo during january (even if there's a winner in this one) and i will try to get more budget for the next "final" contest ;-) This mean i will be able to pay using western union or alternate payment method. Thank you again for your participation, it's really appreciated. Finally please keep in mind there is great logo concepts submitted here but sometimes it just doesnt fit with the product marketing needs and/or technical application (embossed metal in our case). Keep your good work!
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