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For Richard X. Heyman, a pop savant rooted in the fertile loam of the Sixties, the first disc of his new double album is quite literally a labor of love. He takes pains to note that Tiers isn't a rock opera, but rather a pop opera — or "popera," for short.
Specifically, it's a song cycle whose 15 tunes trace the arc of the real-life relationship between Heyman and his wife, Nancy Leigh, from meeting to parting to reuniting to marrying.
Their courtship's ups, downs, and interruptions — revolving mainly around Heyman's decision at one point to pursue a music career on the West Coast — lend Tiers its anecdotal essence. But almost every listener will find something to identify with in what amounts to a universal story of love found, lost, and found again.
With its confessional libretto and enchanting musical settings, Tiers is a kind of latter-day Pet Sounds, complemented by some Brill Building voice and piano. And at the core of it all, you'll find honesty, artistry, and a deep recognition of love's formidable power.


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Today the President ratified a landmark nuclear arms treaty with Russia, New START. As the President said during the end of the last Congress, the treaty is "a national security imperative" as well as "a cornerstone of our relations with Russia" as we continue to work with them on everything from Iran to Afghanistan.
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I've cooked lots of Neapolitan pizzas on WG at 0.6 @ ambient temperature. I'm sure they go up a bit as the temperature rises. For my oven designs I'm pretty confident 0.69 @ 600C would be adequate.
Have you tried baking on a piece of Fibrament in your oven at 600C?
I was talking to an owner of a four grand mère F 1030C about the benefits of a Biscotto floor, and He put terracotta baseboards as a temporary mod to tryout. He is quite happy with the result,before that he was burning the bottom of his pies when the floor temperature was above 750-770°F.
I've read the thermal conductivity of cordierite is 3 w/mk Does this sound right?
Why are those of us using cordierite not burning the crap out of the bottom of our pies at 3.0 while others with less conductive bricks struggling?
My guess is you don't have enough mass in the deck for it to be a problem. How hot is your deck before and after baking?
When I just had one 5/8 inch stone the pies would need to be domed after 15 seconds or they would burn. When I placed a second 5/8 stone on top they didn't have to be domed at all launching at 800 to 850. The deck is 700 or so 30 minutes after I've finished.
My guess is that the drop will be significant.
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The Results of The Leveson Enquiry into Press Regulation in England
The British Press were guilty of horrible things to get their stories, they used to hack phones and mobiles and the likes...this, when it came out, led to the Government calling Lord Justice Levenson to make a public enquiry about the matter and come up with reccomendations on how to regulate the press to stop this happening again....the worry we all have is that the Government will see this as an excuse to begin a State Regulation of the press....this would not only be bad on a censorship level, but also because one of the loudest voices of legitamate opposition to the Government, is the press itself in this country...
The Prime Minister made a statement in Westminster Palace about this after having looked through the results.
In Short, The Lord Justice says that the police and the Press have to close links and there now has to be official guidelines on what can and cant be reported, secretly, off the record so to speak, to Journalists.
The Lord Justice says that links between the Government and the Press are ALREADY too close to each other. However, Lord Justice Leveson has found the Conservative Party are innocent of the possibility that the Prime Minister and the Head of News International, were...erm...in on the ploy.
Lord Justice Levenson also looked at the Conservative connection to trying to sway the outcome of the British Sky Broadcasting TV Media, something one of the Cabinet Officials was supposed to have been doing...Again Lord Justice Leveson find the Government Innocent of any wrong doing in the matter.
Both of these are SERIOUS alligations that, had they been proven correct, would be liable to topple the Government all together. Whilst it was an independant review, one must remember, it was the Prime Minister who chose who would lead it...if we REALLY want to call Corruption, we only need say that Lord Justice is a friend of his, and thus unlikely to find him Guilty...no?
Lord Justice Leveson has concluded that the Press Complaints Comission which is supposed to be the code of conduct for the Press is basically rubbish. He says that as any insitution, or person, the Press are subject to criminal and civil law, but he does feel there should be some proper regulation.
Lord Justice Leveson does not think the Press are able to regulate themselves, and so there must be an independant regulator, independant, supposedly, of press and government.
Lord Justice Levenson says that the Data Protection Act should be ammended to drop any extra ability of Journalists to use or get hold of personal data. The Government do not like that idea.
Lord Justice Levenson also wants some system of official rewards for those press who are prepared to go under the thumb of an independant regulator. The Government dont like this idea because it means producing legislation, and actually the prime minister doesnt want to put anything into Law specifically about the media, for fears of censorship claims.
The Opposition...the Labour party...the Left, believe that the Government should trust completely in the reccomendations of the Leveson enquiry, and should put this thing into law, should produce legislation specifically about the press, and recognition of the independant regulator....which would of course, be their way into future control of the press.
The Deputy Prime Minister, who represents the Liberal Democrats in the Coillition Government also made a statement...and shockingly, he spoke AGAINST the Government and the Prime Minister
Your press is corrupt. Getting the government involved is to supposed to improve things?
Its bizzare that your Press are so powerless...you would have thought that for a nation thats based on the will of the people...it would have something that could ensure the Federal Government is kept in check. The Press is the voice of the people in this country...NOT the Government...the Press ensure that when our ellected dictators do naughty things, immoral things, or simply can not be arsed...that they get their dirty laundry aired in public...and the shame and humiliation is always too much.
Incidently...the Press it appears also has the power to put pressure on Courts independant of the Judiciary...like, for example, a Military Court Marshall....oh yes they did....just this week...they ran with the story of the poor soldier who was presented with the gift of a firearm, and then got done for having it in his possession.
Lock him up and throw away the key was the attitude before the media got involved. Then, the whole world knew...and the Court Marshall found him innocent and released him within the week.
When will you guys learn, power doesnt lie with authority, it lies with public opinion....The Principles of Rome...SPQR....The Senate AND The Will of The People...well...if the Government take the position of Senate...then its The Press which takes the position, Will of The People. Even in the videos above the Government admit that almost the main duty of the press is to hold them to account.
I assume, with your system of Government, The Will of The People is supposed to be the House of Representatives...no? and the Senate is...well, the Senate, one supposes?
In our Government, we have a House of Lords...those who are/were Land owners, and a House of Commons...those who were Commoners, representatives, of each council...like your Representatives are of each State Government.
We recognise however that the joining of those commoners together IS The Government. We acknowledge that FAR from "Representing" us, they are part of the Establishment, and there to represent Not us to the Establishment, but the Establishment to us. Like it or not...since your Federal Government has grown chronically obease...you are in exactly the same position. Your State Governments, do not represent you to a Congress...Rather...they attend, and then return to their areas to carry out the representation of the Federal Government.
We therefore, acknowledge the need for a Dis-established Will of The People...because whilst Established, it only represents itself to us, rather then us to itself.
IMHO you guys need to do that, at least until your State Governments stop acting like County Councils....Then you switch to keeping your eye on them aswell, because rather then one federal government...you'll find fifty of them The Press is where you can get your voice...you just have to dare to take them on. If they have done something wrong, name and shame them, tell the world, point and stare...they'll be petrified...they will cave under the pressure.
If Our Press can do that to our rabble of a Government, where everyone shouts at once and boos and the likes...how much easier will it be to impact the more refined modus operandi of Congress
Our press had the power to get a screw-up like Obama re-elected. Our population is too easily controlled by the media.
I, personally, would have blamed that on two things, firstly, the weather the week before, and secondly I really dislike the whole ideal of the Electoral Collage
Also I think we should make a difference between Press, and Media...I am NOT including Television when I talk about the power of the Press, neither Radio...I am litterally talking about the Newspapers
We have a nice ballence of sides in our press, which means you can pretty much read the same stories, but from different political view points. So you read the Daily Mail and the Daily Express and The Daily Telegraph and they are calling Cameron a Hero for standing up for the Freedom of the Press...You read the SAME story in the Daily Mirror, The Independant and The Observer, and you find Cameron has betrayed the victims by being hesitant on the outcome...and The Time and The Independant will no doubt choose to focus on the fact the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister are vocal against one another. The Sun, The Star and The Sport all speak complete shyte, and you wouldnt really want to be caught dead reading any of them I often read both the Mail AND the Mirror...I therefore get the Right and the Left view on the same issue and I imagine the truth is probably inbetween
there is nothing to blame it on ... the american people voted in the better candidate ... the storm may have swayed some votes, but not enough to win the election for romney ...
The main stream media were and are a big part of the Obama machine, Dave. During the campaign (heck, during the first go-round and these past four years) anything that was viewed as negative to the President was barely covered or not covered at all; but any chance to make him look "Presidential" or "Commander-in-Chief" they were all over it. It wasn't just the newspapers, it was the tv ads, tv shows, internet blogs, social media like FB and Twitter, etc... You can't discount any media where Obama is concerned.
You can't really separate "the press" from "media", not anymore. They are not working for "the people", they are working for Obama, at least the liberal main stream media is. That's what is so alarming...how completely unprofessional and openly biased they have been since Obama came onto the Presidential scene. If the public can't rely on professional press/news media to report important news stories without prejudice or bias, or to uncover lies we're being told, or to reveal the truth, who can we rely on?
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Her lifelong dream was to go to college and become a nurse. Finally, after raising a family, 44-year-old Berniece Combs enrolled at Somerset Community College to begin fulfilling that dream. Along the journey these past two years, she has found a passion to help other students get the most out of their college experience.
As Student Government Association President and Phi Theta Kappa Honors in Action Vice President, Combs had decided to put her nursing course work on hold and dedicate this year to that of service.
"It's not how quickly we finish the journey," said Combs. "It's how we enjoy the journey. Being able to enjoy the college experience is so important, and I've loved every minute."
"The goal of Phi Theta Kappa and SGA is to collaborate with clubs and organizations and get the students engaged," said Combs. "If we can help them stay on campus, interact, and become motivated, it is proven they will be more successful."
This passion to help others was one factor that did not go unnoticed when Combs applied and became nominated to the KCTCS Board of Regents as student representative, together with Suzanne Tasayco of Gateway Community and Technical College. The two representatives were selected by the 16 college student body presidents as KCTCS Student Body Co-Presidents and Student Regents. Their terms begin August 2013, and continue through August 2014.
"I'm really excited. First of all, I want to represent our college and students well, along with all of the 16 colleges under KCTCS," said Combs, who works on the Laurel Campus in the first year advising center as a student mentor. The feedback she receives from students will be brought to the system level during board meetings held throughout the year. "I feel like this will complete my year of service."
Combs lives in London, Ky. and is pursuing an associate degree in nursing at SCC. She was elected the 2013-14 SCC Student Government Association President, serves as the Phi Theta Kappa Honors in Action Vice President, a First Year Mentor and a member of the Collegefish Workgroup. She plans to obtain a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky.


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'Food Network' chef Robert Irvine "trims the fat" from traditional Thanksgiving dishes.
Call it Thanksgiving 2.0: Celebrity chef Robert Irvine is on a mission to make Thanksgiving cuisine leaner and meaner. Eschewing excess butter and oil in favor of fresh herbs and spices, the Food Network celebrity chef "trims the fat" from all the familiar Thanksgiving fixings without sacrificing flavor. Below, Irvine showcases his re-imagined take on Thanksgiving classics...plus a bonus use for all that leftover turkey (we'll give you a hint: it's not a turkey sandwich). Brought to you by: Spry Living


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Backgrounder #2767 on Energy and Environment
February 11, 2013
February 11, 2013 | Backgrounder on Energy and Environment
With the glut of natural gas and low gas prices in the United States, energy producers are seeking to liquefy and ship domestic natural gas to foreign markets. Exporting natural gas would provide a huge boon to the U.S. economy since it would expand market opportunities for American companies, and the higher prices would act as incentives for more exploration and production domestically. Unfortunately, the U.S. Department of Energy has delayed decisions on export licenses, preventing America from realizing its energy export potential. The Heritage Foundation's Nicolas Loris explains how the economic benefits of exporting natural gas are immense, why the economic concerns are exaggerated, and why Congress should lift restrictions on natural gas exports.
Technological advancements in directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing have led to an abundance of natural gas production in the United States that is fundamentally changing the energy landscape. The result has been more jobs, economic growth, and consistently low domestic natural gas prices in what has been known to be a historically volatile market. In fact, the current price of natural gas may be too low to sustain the current rate of development, as producers are flaring gas and in some cases not even drilling for new dry gas wells. Many producers are seeking to expand to foreign markets where prices are also much higher.
Unfortunately, the current regulatory regime surrounding natural gas has not adjusted to this huge influx of supply, particularly in the area of export regulations. The Department of Energy (DOE) is delaying decisions to approve applications due to concerns raised by some policymakers and energy-intensive companies that domestic prices will increase and adversely affect American energy consumers.
In reality, the concerns regarding American natural gas exports are unsubstantiated and exaggerated and do not outweigh the broad economic benefits for America. Congress should remove the DOE's authority for authorizing natural gas export permits, and introduce reform that allows the states to control the environmental review and permitting process for natural gas export facilities.
With 2,543 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of technically recoverable natural gas, the United States has more than a century's worth of natural gas beneath its soil at current consumption rates.[1] Natural gas is not only a critical source for electricity generation, providing about 30 percent of America's electricity,[2] but also for heating and cooling homes, stoves, furnaces, and water heaters. Furthermore, natural gas has a number of industrial applications. Natural gas and hydrocarbons removed from natural gas provide a feedstock for fertilizers, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, waste treatment, food processing, fueling industrial boilers, and much more. More cars, buses, and trucks are running on natural gas as well.
To export natural gas, a company must liquefy the gas at a liquefaction plant at -162 degrees Celsius.[3] The liquefied natural gas (LNG) is then shipped from an export terminal and delivered to a re-gasification import terminal to be stored or distributed by pipeline at the recipient location.
Exporting natural gas would provide a tremendous benefit for the American economy, as it would expand market opportunities. Given the disparity in prices between domestic and foreign markets (Europe, Asia, and Latin America, for instance) those opportunities should prove to be plentiful even with the costs of transport tankers and liquefaction plants. As part of its statutory requirement to determine the public interest of exporting natural gas to non free trade agreement nations, the Department of Energy recently released its second study on the macroeconomic effects of exporting LNG from America. Produced by the economic consulting firm National Economic Research Associates (NERA), the study found net economic benefits: an annual average increase in export revenue from $10 billion to $30 billion as well as overall increases in welfare and real household income (up to $47 billion by 2020).[4] The Council on Foreign Relations estimates that the U.S. gains from trade would be $4 billion annually.[5] Whatever the magnitude, the direction of net economic effect is the same: Americans can expect to benefit directly or indirectly from increasing LNG exports.
Politicians and energy-intensive manufacturers have raised concerns that exporting natural gas will raise prices, hurting American businesses and energy consumers, and is therefore not a prospect in the best national interest. Business leaders whose companies rely heavily on natural gas and have a vested interest in low natural gas prices argue that there is more value added to the American economy in keeping natural gas domestic and using the cheap natural gas as an input to export more expensive goods. Another argument is that the more natural gas the U.S. exports, the higher the likelihood that natural gas becomes a commodity like oil, and therefore prices will rise to the foreign levels. These assertions are economically misguided and take a static view of how markets function.
Setting the record straight:
A much more realistic threat to affordable domestic natural gas is the federal government's intervention in natural gas extraction, specifically the hydraulic fracturing process. One of the reasons why hydraulic fracturing in the U.S. has been successful in promoting oil and gas development for decades, while maintaining a strong environmental record, is the state regulatory regime. States in which fracturing takes place each have comprehensive regulation that ensures that oil and gas companies operate safely and in an environmentally responsible manner, and administer fines and implement punitive measures to correct wrongdoing.
In November 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lisa Jackson acknowledged the states' role: "States are stepping up and doing a good job. It doesn't have to be EPA that regulates the 10,000 wells that might go in."[11] But states are not just now stepping up-states have effectively regulated oil and gas production and hydraulic fracturing for decades. In Pennsylvania, fracking has been taking place since the 1960s, with nearly 100,000 oil and gas wells fracked and no instances of contamination of groundwater. The same clean record is true for Ohio, where over 70,000 oil and gas wells have been fracked since the 1960s. The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission has compiled statistics for all 50 states, each of which has a flawless record when it comes to fracking and groundwater protection.[12]
Despite the states' regulatory effectiveness, the federal government is pursuing costly and duplicative regulations. In April 2012, the EPA announced its first air-emission rules for hydraulic fracturing. The EPA contends that the regulations are necessary to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants. However, the EPA quantifies only environmental benefits from regulating methane, clearly indicating this rule was more about regulating a greenhouse gas. The EPA's rule miserably fails the cost-benefit test-the agency's own analysis projects $745 million in annual costs and just $11 million to $19 million in environmental benefits. Moreover, the EPA has grossly overestimated methane emissions from the wells.[13]
Further, the Department of the Interior released a draft rule on public disclosure of chemicals on federal lands despite the fact that states have successfully managed chemical disclosure.[14] Congress has also introduced legislation that would regulate fracking fluids under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) despite the fact that the 2005 Energy Policy Act codified that Congress never intended to regulate fracking (except when using diesel oil in the fracking process under SDWA).[15] Hydraulic fracturing had been safely regulated for a quarter century before Congress enacted SDWA in 1974.
The EPA is conducting a study on the effect of fracking on drinking water and groundwater; the agency expects to release a draft report in 2014.[16] While the study itself does not pose a threat, the EPA's guilty-until-proven innocent approach is cause for concern. The EPA accused companies of contaminating water supplies in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wyoming, and thus far the EPA has found no evidence of drinking water contamination; in the case of Wyoming, however, the EPA published faulty data with speculative and heavily contested conclusions. A legitimate fear is that the 2014 report will do the same.[17]
The facts and history of hydraulic fracturing indicate that many of the fears associated with the process are exaggerated or unsubstantiated. Entrepreneurs created an energy boom and state regulators have been ensuring that energy production occurs in an environmentally sensible way. In this manner, responsibility is allocated to land managers who have local knowledge and the most to gain from proper management and the most to lose from mismanagement.[18] Congress should keep it that way.[19]
In order to export natural gas from the United States, companies must obtain approval from both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy. The Natural Gas Act of 1938 grants FERC the authorization to site both import and export facilities in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and existing statutes to satisfy environmental requirements including the Clean Water Act (Sections 401 and 404), the Coastal Zone Management Act (Section 307(c)), the National Historic Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Clean Air Act (Section 502). States have the authority to veto any approval decision by FERC by denying the facility's environmental permits.[20] The applicant must also satisfy requirements under the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) of 2002 as well as the Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety requirements. FERC will approve the project if the agency believes the facility is in the public's interest.[21]
Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act also gives the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy (FE) a say in the decision to export natural gas.[22] After a company files an application with the DOE, the agency must determine whether the project is in the public's interest. The DOE can arbitrarily deny a permit if the agency believes the total volume of natural gas exported is not in the public's interest. A facility is automatically authorized if the country the U.S. is exporting to is a recipient nation that has a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S.[23] If the importing country does not have an FTA, the Energy Department must then publish the notice in the Federal Register for a comment period, and ultimately determine if the facility is in the public's interest.
Houston-based Cheniere Energy filed an application with the DOE in September of 2010 to export LNG to non-FTA countries, and the EPA conditionally approved the permit in May 2011. Cheniere submitted its review process to FERC in December 2011 and FERC approved the project in April of 2012.[24] However, after FERC completed its review in 2012, the Sierra Club asked the DOE to reconsider the permit, arguing that the environmental review was incomplete. The DOE then delayed a decision to stay the permit but ultimately dismissed the Sierra Club's request.[25] Even without the Sierra Club's obstruction, the DOE review process needlessly added a year to the review process.
Thus far, the DOE has only granted one permit out of the 17 applications the EPA received to export domestic LNG. All applications have FTA-approval but are under DOE review for approval to export to non-FTA countries.[26] A number of countries around the world already have LNG export terminals, and are expanding their export capacity. In fact, 46 LNG export terminals exist worldwide, with Qatar being the world's largest exporter, and Algeria, Australia, Indonesia, and Malaysia all substantial exporters as well.[27] Of the 13 LNG export projects currently under construction, eight of them are in Australia.[28] Excluding the terminals proposed in the United States, there are more than 20 planned in other countries.[29]
As the Department of Energy wavers on approving LNG terminals, other countries are pursuing this valuable opportunity. Of course, natural gas exports are not a zero-sum game. Companies in other countries expanding their LNG exporting capacity do not necessarily negate opportunities for companies in the U.S. to do the same. If, however, a slow permitting process needlessly delays export terminals, the economics could change as exports from other countries lower prices in regions the U.S. wishes to engage. If exporting LNG from U.S. ports is no longer economically viable as a result of international competition, companies will not seek to build more terminals. But they should not be forced out of opportunities by an unnecessarily slow DOE.
The current system is too onerous to allow American LNG exports to reach the market in a timely manner. The DOE's role in permit authorization is completely unnecessary and U.S. producers should be allowed to export LNG to any country they see fit. Further, Congress should return jurisdiction to the state governors by allocating authority to state regulators to conduct the environmental review and provide the permit to construct an LNG facility. Given the large volume of LNG export applications, not only could this take some of the burden off FERC, it could also spawn an efficient review process that allows these projects to come online more efficiently. In that vein, Congress should:
One of the bright spots in America's economy over the past few years has been natural gas production, and it could be even brighter. The economic potential for natural gas exports is massive and the economic concerns are unfounded. Unfortunately, the anemic permit authorization from the Department of Energy is preventing exporters from realizing the potential. Congress should remove the decision-making power from the DOE and create a framework that allows states to control their own exporting destiny. Doing so would not diminish the environmental review and permitting process, but establish a more efficient system that maximizes economic opportunity and protects the environment.
-Nicolas D. Loris is Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1] U.S. Energy Information Administration, Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook, 2011.
[2] U.S. Energy Information Administration / Monthly Energy Review, January 2013, Table 7.2a, http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec7_5.pdf (accessed February 6, 2013).
[3] International Energy Agency, "FAQs: Natural Gas," http://www.iea.org/aboutus/faqs/gas/ (accessed February 2, 2013).
[4] Range depends on a low export case versus a high export case. National Economic Research Associates, "Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States," December 3, 2012, http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/reports/nera_lng_report.pdf (accessed February 6, 2013).
[5] The Hamilton Project, "A Strategy for U.S. Natural Gas Exports," Policy Brief No. 2012-4, June 2012, http://www.hamiltonproject.org/files/downloads_and_links/06_exports_levi_brief.pdf (accessed February 6, 2013).
[6] Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions and Deloitte MarketPoint LLC, "Made in America: The Economic Impact of LNG Exports from the United States," 2011, http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedStates/Local%20Assets/Documents/Energy_us_er/us_er_MadeinAmerica_LNGPaper_122011.pdf (accessed February 6, 2013).
[7] U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Effect of Increased Natural Gas Exports on Domestic Energy Markets (as Requested by the Office of Fossil Energy)," January 2012, http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/reports/fe_eia_lng.pdf (accessed February 6, 2013).
[8] National Economic Research Associates, "Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States."
[9] Jennifer A. Dlouhy, "Manufacturers Pushing Hard Against LNG Exports," FuelFix, December 6, 2012, http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/12/06/manufacturers-pushing-hard-against-lng-exports/ (accessed February 6, 2013).
[10] Deloitte, "Made in America."
[11] Interview with Lisa Jackson, "The Rachel Maddow Show," November 22, 2011, http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-rachel-maddow-show/45395747#45395747 (accessed February 2, 2013).
[12] Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, "Hydraulic Fracturing: State Progress," http://groundwork.iogcc.org/topics-index/hydraulic-fracturing/state-progress (accessed February 2, 2013).
[13] Terri Shires and Miriam Lev-On, "Characterizing Pivotal Sources of Methane Emissions from Unconventional Natural Gas Production," American Petroleum Institute and America's Natural Gas Alliance, June 1, 2012, http://www.anga.us/media/249160/anga%20api%20survey%20report%201%20june%20final.pdf (accessed February 2, 2013).
[14] U.S. Department of the Interior, "Oil and Gas: Well Stimulation, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, on Federal and Indian Lands," Draft Rule, May 4, 2012, http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=293916 (accessed July 26, 2012).
[15] Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109–58.
[16] Environmental Protection Agency, "EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources," January 29, 2013, http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/ (accessed February 2, 2013).
[17] Senator David Vitter, "Vitter, Inhofe Call EPA's Report on Hydraulic Fracturing in Wyoming a Failure," January 17, 2013, http://www.vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=4980333a-f0ac-2c03-cd6f-2b9427f5f513 (accessed February 6, 2013).
[18] Romina Boccia, Jack Spencer, and Robert Gordon, "Environmental Conservation Based on Individual Liberty and Economic Freedom," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2758, January 4, 2013, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/01/environmental-conservation-based-on-individual-liberty-and-economic-freedom.
[19] Nicolas D. Loris, "Hydraulic Fracturing: Critical for Energy Production, Jobs, and Economic Growth," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2417, April 28, 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/08/hydraulic-fracturing-critical-for-energy-production-jobs-and-economic-growth#_ftn23.
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[23] Ibid.
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Here's how RW members rated this race (399 votes).
In full: It could do with more portaloos, had a great day though. Date of review: February 2, 2015
In short: Great race!Date of review: February 2, 2015
In full: As always very well organised and brilliant marshals? It was just a shame there were just bottles of wine for the winners and no trophies or alternative prizes. Date of review: February 2, 2015
In short: Loved itIn full: Brilliant race. Excellent marshals who, despite it being freezing and windy, cheered everyone round with a smile on their face. The organisation was superb and the race was rounded off with a cool medal. I'll definitely be back next year. Date of review: February 2, 2015
In short: Feel good factor guaranteedIn full: This is the second time that I've run Ashford 10k. Much like last year, organisation was super and the arrival and start was stress free and enjoyable. The course has some lovely downhill stints (with a bit of cheeky uphill) which is just my cup of tea. The finish is great and the medal is top quality. Agreed, I DONE with Nice Work's stint of 'Beet It' beetroot juice ! All in all a fantastic (chilly) race and I left with a PB ! Thank you Ashford !Date of review: February 2, 2015
In short: Friendly race for allIn full: This is the 2nd time I have done this race though this time the course was changed but still very good.The marshals were friendly, support was nice from the locals and the course is pretty good.It is undulating and starts on a hill but well worth doing. Only one moan... Beetroot juice, really? yuk hahaha, but there was plenty of water for everyone. Thank you to everyone involved!Date of review: February 1, 2015
In short: Brilliant organisation and a great raceIn full: The organisation was brilliant especially given the appalling weather and flooding before the race day, meaning the route had to be changed at the 11th hour. And they even arranged for the sun to come out for the race itself!! Fantastic!Date of review: February 10, 2014
In short: Very well organisedIn full: Very well organised with lots of email updates reguarding the poor weather and parking. Given the extremly wet conditions prior to the race they did a great job staging the event. Date of review: February 8, 2014
In short: Fantastic atmosphere for an established 10k race!In full: I've been lucky enough to run this race for a few years now, mostly making up team numbers but it's truly a great 10k. The recent hastily revised route (out & back) due to flooding was it seems a blessing in disguise as most appeared to enjoy the added atmosphere of running past other runners! The bonus of starting and finishing at the club countered the walk from the off-site parking which was great foresight considering the waterlogged state of Sandyacres! Support from A&D marshals at the start/finish and throughout the course couldn't be faulted and organisers Nice Work should be complemented on the revised arrangements. If I hadn't been blowing out my backside I might've taken more notice of the wonderful views but hey it's a 10k and time is short! Roll on next year!Date of review: February 7, 2014
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7.140 Summary of Degree Requirements
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Doughnuts - Daring Bakers Challenge October 2010
My daughter was excited to see that this month's Daring bakers challenge was Doughnuts. She love it, who doesn't????????
The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious.
The challenge was to make simply the doughnuts with the four recipes provided.I choose to do the Alton brown yeasted doughnuts.
The original recipe is here
Milk 3/4 cup
Butter 2tbsp
Active Dry Yeast 2 tsp
Warm Water 2 tbsp
Egg 1(beaten)
White Granulated Sugar 2 tbsp
Table Salt 3/4 tsp
Nutmeg, grated 1 tsp.
All Purpose Flour 2 1/2 cups and 1/4 cup for dusting
Butter 2 tbsp
Milk 2 tbsp
chocolate 1/2 cup
Icing sugar 3/4 cup
1. Warm the milk and add the butter to it. Keep it aside
2. Sprinkle the yeast to the warm water and let it foam for five minutes.
3.After it has frothed up add this mixture to the milk -butter mixture .
4. Add the eggs, sugar, salt, nutmeg, and half of the flour and mix thoroughly with a hand beater( I did not use one though)
5. Add the remaining flour, combining on low speed at first, and then increase the speed to medium and beat well.
6. Take this sticky dough out of the bowl and transfer it to a floured board and knead well. If it is too sticky add some more flour( i added 1/4 cup extra)
7. Transfer to a well-oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
8. On a well-floured surface, roll out dough to 3/8-inch (9 mm)thick. (Make sure the surface really is well-floured otherwise your doughnuts will stick to the counter).
9. Cut out the doughnuts using the doughnut cutter or cookie cutters and transfer these to a floured baked sheet. Cover and let it rise for another 30 minutes
10. Preheat the oil in a deep fryer or Dutch oven to 365 °F/185°C.
11. Gently place the doughnuts into the oil, 3 to 4 at a time. Cook for 1 minute per side or until golden brown (my doughnuts only took about 30 seconds on each side at this temperature).
12. Transfer to a cooling rack placed in baking pan. Allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes prior to glazing, if desired.
I have used chocolate glazing
Combine the butter and the milk together and let it simmer till all the butter is melted.
Add the chocolate pieces and continue to cook till it becomes a smooth paste.
Remove from the heat and add the icing sugar and mix well
Glaze these doughnuts according to your taste.
My daughter had a great time glazing these doughnuts(in between slurping the chocolate:-) ) and decorating them. She loves colours......I wonder why she is planning to take up engineering as her career?????????????
Hmmmmmm anyway back to some more doughnuts..........
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On July 4th, America celebrates its independence and its core principle of religious freedom. But the birth of religious liberty was a long and difficult struggle, as I discovered in researching my recent book, Founding Faith. On Beliefnet we're proud to make available the Founding Faith Archive, where you can find a collection of documents and personal letters from the Founding Fathers about their religious lives and religious liberty. In honor of Independence Day, we offer a collection of art and drawings depicting important historical moments and themes of religious freedom in America.
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Eskimos?Posted Thursday, December 6, 2007, at 11:09 AM
Yesterday in the news room, we were all talking about how a police car was stopped in the McDonald's parking lot Tuesday evening. I happened to be at McDonald's that night, and saw about five Shelbyville police cars surround this one police car that was apparently pulled over because the driver was wearing orange -- he looked like a convict.
We were discussing this yesterday and it made me think of when I was pulled over on Thanksgiving day in Alabama for no reason. I told my co-workers about my story. My husband and I were driving through the map dot town of Snead, Ala., on our way back to Tennessee. We had spent the day with his family in Walnut Grove, Ala., just outside of Snead.
We were pulled over for nothing other than my Jeep having New York license plates (I spent the summer in NY with my family, purchased my Jeep there, and haven't put TN tags on it yet). As the trooper approached my Jeep he looked scared to death of what or who he might find in the vehicle. The trooper was very cautious as he talked to us for awhile. He made sure the vehicle wasn't stolen, and made sure we didn't have weapons or drugs before letting us drive away.
Later that day, staff writer Clint Confher told me that years ago when he worked in some other area in the South he'd check police reports daily. He said officers were required to check off a person's ethnic background after issuing a traffic ticket. So on court day, the judge would see the report showing him that so and so number of hispanics, African americans, caucasians, eskimos, etc., had been pulled over.
Eskimos? In the South, I asked Clint?
Eskimo was code for all the damn yankees speeding on southern roads where Clint worked.
Having moved to the South from NY five years ago I have been called a lot of things...but never an Eskimo!
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-- Posted by Justunjust on Thu, Dec 6, 2007, at 2:50 PM
Now,that's one take on the end times I hadn't heard yet.
Relocating Sadie and Clint will bring about Paradise?
Ah! Our losing them must be part of that nasty period of tribulation!
So,we get them back when the good guys win.
We can't have tooo many Inuits around here-no matter what the traffic's like.
If we did,there'd be more Painted Lady and bungalow homes being preserved and somebody would have opened a restaurant that serves beef on wek.
-- Posted by quantumcat on Thu, Dec 6, 2007, at 3:14 PM
Maybe that came out the wrong way? Sorry it was on your first blog Sadie.
-- Posted by stevemills on Thu, Dec 6, 2007, at 3:20 PM
Hi Sadie,
It must be something about Alabama....Chris and I were coming back from Talledega in October and we got pulled over in some small town. We weren't speeding, headlights were all working, etc. We had just purchased a brand new car and had a drive-out tag on it and apparently, the Trooper didn't see it. We saw him sitting in the median and Chris saw him pull out and told me he was going to be pulled over. In just a moment, the blue lights came on. He was nice enough, but I think he was just looking for something to cite us for and he couldn't find anything. My dad was several car lengths in front of us and he pulled over and waited on us to make sure all was okay.
As far as the previous poster saying you should move back to NY and Clint should move back farther south.....no matter how he (or she) intended that comment to be, it sounded pretty rude to me. We hope you stay in the south and continue to be an "eskimo."
-- Posted by k_collins39 on Thu, Dec 6, 2007, at 3:57 PM
Count me in with Steve,C and K.
As we locals would say it: "Y'all stay rat cheer."
Some folks just haven't gotten over their qualms about Northeners.
(You'd never guess this was Union territory.)
They ought to give themselves the chance to really know the good people we've acquired from elsewhere.
Most of y'all are sweet as pie and have some horse sense.
I'd like to think that applies to us homegrown folk as well.
The smarter folk will welcome your new gifts and perspectives.
As for the rest,just because someone knows Shelbyville is pronounced with two syllables doesn't mean he's omniscient and infallible.
Sad,to say,some of the folks out there are the kind who give trolls a bad name.
Think of them like the horseflies: a nuisance but no reason not to enjoy living here.
-- Posted by quantumcat on Thu, Dec 6, 2007, at 5:15 PM
But them chiggers sure had some friends of ours cussin like crazy. Glad they had left by the time they found out.
-- Posted by stevemills on Thu, Dec 6, 2007, at 6:56 PM
I growed up in a very small Allybama town and ain't never been to fond of them Yankees. Most of um tends to thank that just be cause we is country that we are dum and ain't got no education. I just don't understand why�
My first experience with a diverse populace came when I moved to the cultural Mecca of Shelbyville. I had much to learn about acceptance, tolerance, and embracing diversity. Heck, I had a lot to learn about living in a house with indoor plumbing and having lights that could be turned on without a match to light the wick. I have been here long enough now that Shelbyville feels like home, and I have met many wonderful and welcoming people in this town.
Since my initial escape from Alabama, I have had the opportunity to travel and work at various locations throughout the country (even yankee-land) and have learned that it is indeed a self-defeating attitude to reject the insights and positive qualities of others regardless of ethnic, cultural or geographical background.
Hang in there Sadie. Don't allow one distorted perception of paradise send you packing for the land of long winters.
-- Posted by Rufus1321 on Fri, Dec 7, 2007, at 9:26 AM
Eskimos? LoL (This is not intended to be rude at all). I have never heard of such a creative steriotype. The things people come up with. Tisk Tisk. I have two boys, and I refuse to teach them any kind of prejudous, or mochery. I hope other parents feel the same way. It's bad enough we (as a society) hear racist remarks, but when same race people start proding at eachother, it is just inmature. I don't see yankees and southerners, I see One country that needs some moral work.
-- Posted by Mary on Fri, Dec 7, 2007, at 10:34 AM
-- Posted by Justunjust on Thu, Dec 6, 2007, at 2:50 PM
Please look over the idiot remark copied above. I met you, when you came out to do the Veteren's Day piece at Sanford. I don't care where you are from, I & most people here KNOW that you are good people and I'd prefer to keep you and send Justunjust just anywhere, but around here...I could say more, but that wouldn't be right either, so I'll end by saying welcome to the T-G blogs.
-- Posted by HorseGentler on Fri, Dec 7, 2007, at 10:44 AM
Justunjust may have misspoken or had a bad day...
or that individual may have learned how to behave in a much MUCH warmer climate (like the one Michael Bell keeps warning folks about).
We have our share of people from,shall we say,the DEEP south but if one treats them with love and dignity like everyone else,it gives *them* megrims and collywobbles so they go home without our even pointing our middle finger in the direction they need to take to get there.
To all you folks who aren't sure about newcomers: try the hint above.
The worthwhile people will want to put down roots and be one more asset to our community.
If they're not the better sort,all that sensible behavior and hospitality will be such a culture shock that they'll flee before any of it can rub off on them.
Try it out!
-- Posted by quantumcat on Fri, Dec 7, 2007, at 8:24 PM
Seems that Snead, Ala. is a speedtrap. Check out www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/ste.asp?sta... for some interesting comments.
-- Posted by David Melson on Sun, Dec 9, 2007, at 10:03 PM
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Physcially dominant cornerback who has the prototypical size and excellent top-end and makeup speed to combine into an excellent defensive back prospect. He attacks routes with violence and yet still able to have a sense of awareness of the play. Moves well laterally and explodes out of his dig to the ball. Excellent range and can play well out of man and zone coverage. Does have a tendency keeping pace with shorter receivers with tall drop.
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by John MacArthur
By now, we can agree that God's Word is the foundation of our spiritual growth. But how do the words on the pages of Scripture translate into greater godliness and deeper sanctification in the lives of God's people?
To help you get the most from God's Word, I want to highlight some key elements of productive Bible study. The first one is simple—we have to read it.
It's a very basic instruction, but it's one that's often overlooked in the pursuit of quick and easy spiritual development. You can't grow from Scripture if you don't know it, and you won't know it if you don't read it.
The question then becomes, "How should I read it?" There are all sorts of helpful Bible-reading schedules and plans—there's even a version of the study Bible called The MacArthur Daily Bible that's designed to be read over the course of a year. Pick a plan and stick with it—the method doesn't matter nearly as much as the motivation.
And your motivation matters a great deal. If you're simply reading your Bible to say you've read it—to fulfill a requirement rather than glean and grow from God's eternal truth—you can't expect to see fruit of your study in your life. Speed-reading and thorough biblical understanding do not go hand in hand, and there are no corners to cut when it comes to studying Scripture. If you want to know it, you have to read it carefully, intently, and faithfully.
The pattern that has worked best for me over the years is repetition. Not the kind of shallow, mindless repetition recommended in various spiritual formation methods. I'm not talking about disengaging your mind and waiting for a mystical word from the Lord. Cherry-picking disjointed words and phrases from the Bible is a recipe for confusion, frustration, and theological error. Instead, we need to dig deeply to understand the context and content of God's truth.
I'll take a New Testament book or a large section from a book and read it over and over, day after day. Sometimes I'll read it for thirty days—sometimes much longer. The point is to saturate my mind with the text. I want to know it from every angle, to be able to explain its major themes, and to understand what the author had to say to his original audience, and the implications his teaching has for my life.
The whole point of reading is to understand what the Bible says. And it's helpful for more than just the passage immediately in front of you. As your knowledge of Scripture increases, you'll start to see how one passage informs and explains other passages. You'll start to see the connections between the biblical authors, how the Old and New Testaments work together in harmony, and how the Bible is the best resource for explaining the Bible.
It's hard to understand that if you're handcuffed to a concordance, or you only ever hunt and peck through God's Word, looking for nuggets of truth that "speak to you."
Faithfully reading Scripture deepens your understanding, trains you to think biblically, and stimulates your spiritual growth. Don't let a lack of discipline or a short attention span be an excuse to miss out on those blessings.
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What are the opinions on the Horner reading plan? I have been using it off and on for a few years and when I am able to stay consistent it is really good, but falling behind is easy too if I miss a couple days.
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I've found that the MacArthur Study Bible is a great resource for understanding scripture. Most times I will just read the text but if I come across a section that I'm not sure if I understand properly I just drop down to the study notes and always gain very good insight into what the text is saying. I once had a minister tell me that I should use a text only Bible when studying but would find myself getting stuck on portions of scripture that I wasn't sure of the meaning. It sure helps having someone like John MacArthur explaining the text when I get stuck.
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I too use the MacArthur Study Bible as the main source of study. I've even got it on Kindle, which is extremely convenient, as the study bible is rather bulky and not very portable. I used to read the notes only when I was stuck at a point I didn't understand, but now I read all of the notes because I've found there is ancillary information that I find elucidates the passages even more.
I love Professor Horner's program idea - this is my second year. I say "idea" because I have changed it to make it what I want. I made myself bookmarks with boxes to check off, and changed the order a little, giving more emphasis to books I want to read 4-6 times per year, and less to some of the books he emphasizes. I do not fret over missing a day, I just keep moving. I do not use dates on my bookmarks. If I am extremely busy, I will read 3 chapters that day and then the other 7 the next. Or I will read part in the morning and part in the evening. I particularly love seeing the connections in Scripture, and it has given me a great hunger for the Word.
I think Dr. MacArthur said it best - it's all about the motivation, not the check boxes.
I agree that the MacArthur study Bible is EXCELLENT as well as his commentary series. These days one needs to know the Bible very well, as there are many false prophets. Last night I was listening to the radio and a so called Christian counselor was on and he never once referred to scripture or the Holy Spirit for healing. I have heard MacArthur, Charles Stanley, Erwin Lutzer, James MacDonald, and such preach against psychology, and for good reason.
I also study with the MacArthur Study Bible . It has helped me greatly with understanding text. It keeps me from "reading into" the wrong meaning and applying it to my situations in life. Although, the true meaning usually does put me on the right track, and looking at my situation in the right way.
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Predictive analytics, that long-existent forward-looking cousin of traditional business analytics, has been getting more attention of late because of innovative advances. Lets step back from the hype and check out a few industries and examples of predictive analytics working in the real world.
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Every business wants to peer into the future, but few industries rely so heavily on forecasts as insurance. So it may be of little surprise that insurers have deemed predictive models as a top investment priority. At Utica National Insurance Group, sometimes the predictive models theyve put forth are low on effort but high on unexpected returns. For example, continuously incoming credit reports enable a model that can assess risk appetite based on a range of existing data rather than credit score alone.
Utilities have not always had wide-reaching success with BI implementations. Still, when it comes to predictive analytics, the industry is moving aggressively into the space by 2014, particularly with tools for monitoring usage and outages, according to industry watcher BRIDGE Energy Group. For instance, CenterPoint Energy can now outline analyze automated data from its metering systems to move toward information sharing across new departments and with users.
Recently at the IE Predictive Analytics Summit, data scientist officers at Sears Holding Corporation, the parent company of the retailer, presented the makeup of the more than 100 performance metrics they tap into for predictive financial models. As analyst/blogger Steve Miller wrote about the presentation: The DS group then creates segments using techniques like k-mean clustering, and examines KPI trends against features volatility and momentum that are so important in financial services. With support vector machines and neural nets as their essential classification engines, the authors note off-the-charts efficiency improvements from the efforts.
Dean Abbot, president of Abbot Analytics, detailed his experience consulting the U.S. Special Forces on data models to help assess new candidates. The models there could be transferred to a predictive framework for any employer looking for the best fit for an open position. Here was Abbots approach to the Special Forces gig and others: The question is, How much does each factor matter? You can find acceptable trade-offs (read: trainable) with a model that gives pertinent weight to questions more vital to intelligence and learning (or whatever is most vital for the position you're looking to fill). And a good target variable is the people who have stayed and succeeded (though that can take a while and not always give a huge pool of results), and a small, quick pool to avoid too much noise.
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Lexi Gussert led Forest Park with 33 points, seven rebounds, four steals and four blocked shots.
Morgan Wells paced the Jets with 15 points and Baylee Wells added 11.
North Central, solving the Trojans' trapping defense, took a 19-10 lead after the first quarter.
Forest Park switched to a full-court press and zone defense and pulled to within 25-24 by halftime, lifted by Gussert's half-court bomb at the buzzer.
A turning point came mid-way through the second half as the Trojans sank three free throws after a technical foul to gain a five-point cushion that held nearly to the end.
The final margin was the closest of the fourth quarter, as the Jets went to the free throw line with 0.3 seconds remaining and trailing by four.
"North Central is a good team," Syrjanen said. "They played very hard."
Forest Park shot just 16 of 53 from the floor (30 percent), but did connect on eight of 20 three-pointers – six of them by Gussert. Kendra Campbell contributed four points and four steals and Samantha Nylund had five rebounds.
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Hi, thanks for the tutorial!
I do have a question though, How would you do it to, for example, sum fields in an estimate, I'm guessing with observe_field, but I not sure how to implement it because of the ids of each child.
Example, you have an estimate and this has many products (product name, unit cost, quantity, etc), that you can add dynamically to the estimate, just like your tutorial.
So, my question is how would you do it to show the total(rjs?) of each product ( product_unit_cost x product_quantity = product_total) in the same row(just view)
and also how to show the estimate's total ( product_1_total + product_2_total + ...).
Other question, when the user save the estimate, sometimes they left empty products(child) but they are saved in the db anyway, how can I do it to not save the empty childs?.
Thanks in advance.
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Thanks Bhale for the nice reviews! They are certainly informative and I always like comparing my tasting notes with others to see if I am "on track"
Salsero wrote:These are literally three teas mixed together? You blended them together or the vendor did it? I haven't heard of blending puerh, but heh it's been good for Scotch Whiskey!
In today's mail, I got one of those 2003 Keyixing Yiwu that BBB suggested. I'm curious to try it, but I find it emotionally difficult to start breaking up a pretty cake! Wish I had MarshalN's gift for rewrapping the cake. Who else... was it Wes that also got one? When I overcome my childish reluctance to break the cake, I'll post a little note if I can think of something to say.
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Randy DeVos
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ST. LEO – Mass of Christian Burial for Randy DeVos, 56, of St. Leo will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Leo Catholic Church in St. Leo. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Birk Funeral Home in Canby, with a prayer service at 8 p.m. Visitation will resume one hour prior to mass at the church. Burial will be in the St. Leo Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to St. Leo Catholic Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund or Hope Lodge House, 411 Second St. NW, Rochester, MN 55901.
He died Thursday, June 27, 2013, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., after being diagnosed with kidney cancer in October 2011.
Randall Dean DeVos was born Oct. 26, 1956, in Canby, the son of Arnold and Trevis (Anderson) DeVos. He was baptized, received 1st communion and confirmed at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Minneota. In 1975, Randy graduated from Canby High School and started trucking fulltime for Arnold DeVos Trucking.
Randy was united in marriage to Mary Kack on June 14, 1980, at St. Leo Catholic Church. In 1990, Randy became self-employed and started Randy DeVos Trucking. He hauled grain and livestock throughout the Upper Midwest. Randy was a retired member of the St. Leo Fire Department after 26 years of service. He was also a member of the St. Leo's Men's Club, St. Leo City Council and the St. Leo Catholic Church.
Randy enjoyed riding his Harley, going on trips to the Black Hills, watching the Minnesota Twins and attended local dirt track races. Randy enjoyed spending time with his family and especially his grandchildren.
Grateful for having shared Randy's life is his loving wife of 33 years, Mary of St. Leo; his children, Ryan (Kerri) DeVos and Crystal (Brian) McKeen, both of Canby; grandchildren, Kallie and Tyler DeVos and Alexis McKeen; his father, Arnold of Taunton; father and mother-in-law, LeRoy (Audrey) Kack of St. Leo; brothers and sisters-in-law, Charlotte (Bob) Pohlen, Rick Kack, Bruce (Carol) Kack, Bill (Jill) Kack, Jackie (Ron) Eischens, Todd (Julie) Kack, Robin (David) Johnson; family friend, Mack Davis and many nieces, nephews, cousins and his beloved cat, Frankie.
He is preceded in death by his mother, Trevis DeVos; sister, Diane DeVos; brother, Roger DeVos; paternal and maternal grandparents.
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Best Business Lessons From George Washington
NEW YORK ( MainStreet) -- As we celebrate President's Day, it makes sense to look back in history to find one of the best examples of a great leader -- George Washington, our nation's first president.
Washington would have celebrated his 280th birthday on Wednesday. His contributions, first as the commander-in-chief to free America from Britain's grip in the American Revolutionary War and then as our nation's first president, are numerous and immeasurable. The U.S. would not be what it is today without his strong sense of morality and general instinct to do what was right for the country, as opposed to inflating his own ego.
Washington's lessons can be translated to the business world as well. In the fourth installment of advice from the greats, the national hero joins a growing group of legends -- Apple's (AAPL) Steve Jobs , Warren Buffet and Joe Paterno .
Here are three lessons Washington can offer the business world:
1. Lead by example.
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Employees need a role model in an organization, someone who sets standards and expectations for others to follow, Russo says.
Leading by example also generates respect. If a business owner or CEO is too casual, unfocused or generally unproductive, subordinates will emulate those qualities. "Leading by example is really setting the stage for what the tone of the organization is going to be," she says.
Leading by example also gives business owners a better sense of what can be accomplished by employees. It does no one good, least of all the overall company, when goals are set so lofty that they are unattainable.
"For me as a business owner, I take the time to work on my business as well as work in my business," Russo says, meaning the more she understands about how employees go about tasks, the better she can assess problems and make changes as needed.
"I need to feel what it is like, what they're experiencing and I need to work on it because I'm the brains behind it," she says. "If I can't offer them ideas to make them more effective then I'm not leading by example."
2. Be consistent with your message internally and externally.
Washington was "first and foremost, trustworthy and charismatic, and people looked up to him because he stood firm on his beliefs," says Steven Raz, co-founder of Cornerstone Search Group , an executive search firm that concentrates on the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
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Super Surprise Samples in my mailbox from Roswell Strange!!!
I've been good. I haven't ordered anything since the middle of September, all my current orders are in. I'm not expecting any swaps, trying to reduce the amount of tea I have, and I get tea in the mail….
I'm actually pretty excited about this though. I made a donation to the Justea campaign, and they sent me a couple of samples as a thank you, and a share one with a friend to promote the effort.
If you haven't looked at it, it's worth checking out. They are trying to teach Kenyan tea farmers to process their own tea so that they can buy direct from the farmers ensuring that they are getting fair prices for their tea. I personally think it's a great cause. If you are interested you can check it out at www.justea.com. They have really good perks and incentives for donating. :))
They sent some samples my way, and i quite enjoyed them so i'm just trying to decide what level to pledge heh
I like the cup, so I got the tin of Kenya Black and the hand crafted cup. I've seen review and people seem to like the tea. I think it's a great cause.
Received my samples from Yezi tea in the mail, woot woot!
Swap from Sil… soooo many teas! My cupboard has exploded.
Haha more tea! I got a couple samples of Japanese black tea from Yunomi.us
Oh yeah Dinosara…well i see your samples and raise you a swap package from Dexter3567 haha I can't even think about looking at how big my cupboard is now since i probably won't have time between work to add all those teas and see the tally. I just need to sip sip sip so that maybe i'll drink the equivalent before i have to start adding them heh
Yesterday: Harney & sons! I'm so excited to try them.
Got my Single Origin Teas samples. Squeee!
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I have recently been asked by the misses (Gardner of the family) if I would like to grow my own tea? (she is trying to get me involved in her hobby, which I think is great.) I have searched around and cannot find that much info on the subject.
Any one have some info on growing, preoaring, drying, etc.... ?