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When I stepped into the hectic new B Spot, Tom Petty's "American Girl" was playing. Since B Spot is patriotically burgers-and-fries-focused, that seemed like an appropriate song. It'd be the first of several apt tunes I'd hear.
Arising from eminently likeable Cleveland native/celebrity Iron Chef Michael Symon — who also co-hosts ABC's "The Chew" with "Molto" Mario Batali — B Spot is a little chain with a big following. Supplying free publicity for this frequently slammed Gahanna-located link, about a week before it opened, Symon appeared in the New York Times as an expert describing how to make the perfect hamburger. Too bad Symon isn't cooking out in Gahanna.
I'm not suggesting B Spot's burgers stink, because they don't. No, I'm saying the Gahanna B Spot makes good — not great — burgers, but attains nothing higher than goosed-up fast food, plus alcohol, in an exuberant setting. Only its food doesn't always shoot out so fast.
On one visit, while Foghat's "Slow Ride" interminably played, my burgers took 25 minutes to arrive. On another occasion, as "The Long Run" by The Eagles droned on, I experienced a similar wait. Tack on a half hour to be seated during rush hour, and you'll find ample time to investigate B Spot's environs.
It's got garage doors, a preferred first-come-first-served bar, a shopping mall patio, and an overall playful post-industrial vibe. There's also the dorm-dweller's dream of a beer-can-decorated wall.
Speaking of suds, 24 craft taps are offered (most are $5-$6). There are also nice-priced Campuget wines ($6/glass) and an impressive selection of bourbons.
While sipping libations and contemplating appetizers, a friendly waiter explained B Spot's unfriendly everything-MUST-come-out-at-once! policy. I warily gazed at my companion across our tiny two-top. Shortly after our table-overwhelming dishes were simultaneously delivered, "Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheel cranked up.
There are differences between good and great burgers. The three beefwiches I tried — two were correctly cooked to my requested temperature — primarily fell short because of their complete lack of a seared crust. Other than that, B Spot's juicy and grill-marked burgers scored well with their high-quality Pat LaFrieda-sourced meat and OK, glossy buns. Toppings, which include a DIY pickle bar, were hit and miss.
For instance, the barely there chorizo on my Ice-T-would've-laughed New Jack City ($10) just tasted salty. New Jack also had lotsa avocado, red peppers, green salsa and melted pepperjack cheese.
I enjoyed the spicy and salty Yo! burger ($10) more. Recalling a Romanburger from Cleveland-based Mr. Hero, it's outfitted with decent griddle-fried salami and capicola, plus melted provolone, hot peppers and mustardy, relish-like "Shasha sauce."
The best B Spot burger I tried was the most stripped-down. That'd be the Thin Lizzy ($8), whose harmonious medley of caramelized onions, melted cheddar and pickles didn't obscure its good beef.
There are also fried bologna sandwiches and bratwursts, such as the no-snap-from-its-soft-wiener-casing Clevelander ($7). Like every "Clevelander" on the night I ate it — right before LeBron finally re-signed with the Cavs — it was a mess, only with cole slaw, hot sauce and fries instead of anxiety.
Speaking of fries, they're crispy-not-greasy shoestrings. These can be flavor-dominated by rosemary (Lola fries, $4), or promoted to junk-food stardom with tender and vinegary pulled pork, pickled jalapenos, plus Cheez Whiz (Porky Fries, $9 for a mammoth mound of evil fun). On the lighter side, my overdressed Simple Salad ($5) trumped any fast food model.
Ditto for the thick and super-rich $7 Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake enhanced with Frangelico ($3 extra; no booze substitutions!).
Bottom line: B Spot is fine, but paraphrasing "American Girl," I couldn't help thinkin' there should've been more.
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There have been a number of wOBA primers circulating around the Internet recently to help answer this question. I love primers, and I love reading people's explanations of the more advanced statistics. These primers on wOBA are accessible to the most casual of fans. They answer the "what," and occasionally the "why," but not the "how." This is important. We can't trust a statistic unless we really know what goes in to it, and how it compares to other statistics that attempt to accomplish the same goal. …
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The Crew has expressed interest in German defender Maik Franz, but the 32-year-old seems unlikely to join the club.
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Berhalter confirmed that Franz fits that Crew's wish list on the surface – a veteran European player who would add depth to the team's central defense – but, "The price tag doesn't match, though. Guys don't understand necessarily the MLS market, so we're trying to get him to understand the reality of the situation."
Franz is currently under contract with Hertha BSC until the summer of 2015. Sources have told The Dispatch that as of Friday, it seems unlikely that the Crew would be able to come to terms with Franz before the transfer window closes at the end of the month.
"We've had contact with him, yeah, but it's not much more than contact like we would have with any other player," Berhalter said. "And we've not had direct contact with him; it's been through an agent."
The Crew will leave for Bradenton, Fla., tomorrow for the first part of its preseason training. With essentially 29 players already signed and three unsigned draft picks, Berhalter said the team will have no more than 34 players during the preseason.
The Crew is trying to bring Cornell center back Patrick Slogic to camp but his status was uncertain as of yesterday afternoon.
"We have two senior roster spots open," he said. "There's going to be a battle for those spots. We don't need to add many players. There's two spots potentially and that's it. We're going to be careful and selective and we're going to go after the right player."
Berhalter confirmed that the Crew is not interested in Marco Pappa, who will return to the league via the allocation process. In addition, defenders Danny O'Rourke and Gláuber, who ended the season out of contract, will not return next season.
"I would say it doesn't look like they're going to be back in terms of the communication we've had with them and their agents," Berhalter said. "Again, this is something where these things aren't easy but we have two senior roster spots left. Where do we want to use them?"
The hope is to find another goal scorer and another central defender to fill out the roster.
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Wellness stores are now open at more than 687 Rite Aid locations nationwide, and the company is on pace to have nearly 800 by March. As Rite Aid's latest design format, wellness stores offer an enhanced selection of wellness products and resources; advanced clinical services, which includes private pharmacist consultation rooms; and customer service from iPad-equipped wellness ambassadors.
The wellness store changeover occurred last year for the Rite Aid located at 963 Fairmount Ave. The store's wellness advancement includes on-site wellness ambassadors, more clinical pharmacy services and hundreds of new health and wellness products.
"With the remodeling of the store, it is now more inviting," said Kelly Lanphier, Rite Aid wellness ambassador. "Shelves are not as high, aisles are wider and labels are easier to read because lighting has been improved."
The new wellness store also include a private consultation room where customers can speak to a Rite Aid pharmacist one-on-one. Also, pharmacists will be able to administer immunizations for about a dozen diseases, including flu, pneumonia and chickenpox.
"We also have new departments like a natural and gluten-free section, home health care products, an expanded caregiver section and a new health books and magazines section," said Jane Nickerson, Rite Aid wellness ambassador.
Rite aid also offers free prescription delivery, blood pressure monitoring machines, a diabetic health section and a wellness station. With the wellness ambassadors on the floor with the customers, assistance is easier which leads to the shopper finding their item quicker. The ambassadors work closely with the Rite Aid pharmacist to offer an enhanced customer service. The ambassadors are trained to offer customers access to iPads with apps containing information on over-the-counter medications, vitamins and supplements.
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Let's face it: it's not every day that we get to host a superstar band for an intimate performance in the Barrel Cellar. But Thursday, April 12, was such a day.
Guests of Live in the Vineyard gathered in the Gleason Barn for tastes of 2010 Truchard Chardonnay before moving to the South Fermentation barn for a selection of Single-Vineyard Cabernets, delicious appetizers and cheeses.
Crispy pork belly wonton with sour cherry chow chow, Saba dressing and micro cilantro—just one of the beautiful hors d'oeuvres coming from Chef Trevor Eliason's kitchen.
The band Fun. is currently at the top of Billboard's and iTunes' charts—and with good reason. The sound of their music filled the Barrel Cellar—resonant vocals, expert keyboard and deft guitar. We, the lucky audience, were captivated from the first note.
Fun.'s lead vocalist, Nate Ruess
Following the concert, guests mingled in the Gleason Barn, sipping on 2006 Dolce and assorted bite-sized tarts. And when Fun. came out for a meet-and-greet, you can bet there were plenty who gathered to get their photos snapped with the band.
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Run Less, Run Faster by Bill Pierce, Scott Murr and Ray Moss. Its pretty much as the title says, run less but train faster...if you're not a runner I doubt you care about any more of a report on this book. :anonymous:
The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller. This was recommended to me by a colleague. It's about how a 6th-grade teacher gets her students excited about reading (the good part) and requires 40 books a school year (also great). But some of the other aspects are a bit preachy (despite caveats throughout that say it isn't so) and not how I think about teaching books at other times. It was so-so.
This IS the way it should be done?
I have one more book, and three days left to the year. Company has left too, and I have no other big plans. We shall see if it ends up on the 2011 list. (LISTS... :drool: )
The Voyage of Odysseus retold by James Reeves. No its not the 'real' version by Homer, rather its about a 200ish page book that starts off with the fall of Troy. It was good but man did it seem to drag on, when Odysseus finally gets home after 20 years and 150 pages its still 50 more before the book ends.
My final book of the year, River of Heaven by Lee Martin, was chosen because I realized I had read three other books with an author's last name of Martin. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer (for a different novel), teaches creative writing at The Ohio State University, and had submitted parts of this book to an online writers' site which I have done the same myself. The book was so-so, a sort of mystery tale of secrets. Maybe I should have better ways to determine a book's read-ability. :rolleyes:
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Full Title: 6th International Conference on Construction Grammar
Short Title: ICCG-6
Date: 03-Sep-2010 - 05-Sep-2010
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Contact Person: Mirjam Fried
Meeting Email: iccg6
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Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories
Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2010
Meeting Description:
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Sixth International
Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-6). The conference will be held in
Prague, Czech Republic, at Charles University (Faculty of Arts), on September
3-5, 2010. This gathering marks 10 years of a conference series that started in
2000 and has developed into a regularly held international forum for promoting
discussion and collaboration among linguists interested in Construction Grammar
and Frame Semantics, as well as related constructional approaches, including
their application in a wide range of empirical research. Previous conferences
took place in Berkeley, CA (2001), Helsinki (2002), Marseille (2004), Tokyo
(2006), and Austin, TX (2008). Further information about Construction Grammar
can be found at
There is also a pre-conference workshop organized by Luc Steels and his research
associates, a two-day Tutorial on Fluid Construction Grammar (Sept. 1-2, 2010).
Details can be found at the conference website as well.
Conference Organizers:
Mirjam Fried, Chair (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)
Eva Leheckova (Charles University, Prague)
Ema Krejcova (Charles University, Prague)
Jan Cermak (Charles University, Prague)
Plenary Speakers:
- Charles J. Fillmore (ICSI & University of California at Berkeley)
- Stefan Gries (University of California at Santa Barbara)
- Björn Hansen (University of Regensburg)
- Kiki Nikiforidou (University of Athens)
- Toshio Ohori (University of Tokyo, Japan)
- Luc Steels (Free University of Brussels & Sony CSL Paris)
- Elizabeth Closs Traugott (Stanford University)
- Gert Webelhuth (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
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are invited on any aspect of linguistic analysis, synchronic or diachronic, that
is concerned with grammatical constructions and/or semantic frames. We welcome
submissions on issues in all areas of constructional or frame-semantic research,
including syntax, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, cognitive and interactional
aspects of linguistic structure, language variation and change, language
typology, corpus linguistics, language acquisition and learning, etc.
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TYLER?- More than 40 farmers came to the Tyler Golf Club on Wednesday to learn more than many probably ever wanted to know about planning for retirement, disability and death.
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"I came to learn some of this stuff," said Blaine Maranell, who farms near Tyler. "I've got six children, that's the biggest problem, it's way too complex. One son and one daughter will probably farm, two are teachers, one lives in France. With the price of farmland going up, it doesn't take much to cost you a million."
Lisa Pluto, owner of Pluto Legal, and Leah Gilbert, associate attorney, held a joint seminar on planning to pass farms down in the family.
The details are many and complicated, but if there was a single distilled essence it's that no one size fits all. Each plan has to be tailored to the farm- owners' individual circumstances and must be regularly updated as those circumstances change.
"You can't just walk into an attorney's office and say, 'I want X,Y, Z,'" Gilbert said. "There should be education on both sides. You tell them, 'This is who I am' and create a plan together."
Inheritance is often complex, but a farm adds another layer of complexity.
If the owners have several children, some may farm and some may not. Experience shows non-farming children see the world differently, Pluto said.
Farming children may want to buy out non-farming heirs, and farmers have to plan how farming children can do that without bankrupting themselves. Farmers may wish to develop a formula that locks in land rents so non-farming children cannot impose unreasonable expectations.
"You want to set options and have such clarity there's no room for conflict," Pluto said.
And then there are the taxes.
"There are very few things we can do in this world without a tax consequence," Gilbert said.
There are estate taxes, inheritance taxes and in Minnesota, gift taxes to consider. Pluto and Gilbert explored a number of options to keep taxes as low as legally possible.
And before inheritance there is the chance of disability and possible need for long-term care. At current life expectancies in this country, an estimated 70 percent of people over 65 will need long-term care.
Nursing home care can easily cost $4,000-$8,000 per month. At current land prices, that's equivalent to one acre per month.
"One of the biggest fears is long-term care issues," said Marjean Ossefoort, financial adviser with Jorgenson Financial, who led the financial planning and asset protection seminar. "If you don't have that piece of the puzzle taken care of, it can blow up your whole plan."
There are insurance policies to cover long-term care but with many of them, the heirs get nothing back if the policy holder dies suddenly.
Ossefoort outlined alternatives to "use it or lose it" policies.
And what they stressed again and again was that no plan can stand still. A plan should be updated every time there is a significant change in health, the family situation, or government.
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I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing when we disagreed whether it was John or Paul who thanked Maureen. I'm talking about the "concert" on the rooftop when Paul sang "Get Back".
I work with someone who knows everything about rock! Truly. She can tell you what month, year and what number a song reached on the charts and who sang it and who covered it. She's incredible. What she managed to forget, I'll never know. I tell her it's because she's 10 years younger than me and so took a more personal interest in the Beatles than I did. Anyway, I told her about our disagreement re who said that and she said, "Oh, it was John! No question. I can still hear and see him doing it. Remember, he shook his hair out of his eyes and turned to her?" Yeah, I do. Paul sang the song but John's the one who said, "Thanks, Mo! Hoped we passed the audition!" Actually, he turned to thank her, then turned back to the mike to say the bit about the audition.


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Skip to comments.NYPD has labeled mosques terror groups, spied on them: AP
Posted on 08/28/2013 5:56:36 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
NYPD has labeled mosques terror groups, spied on them: AP
NEW YORK The New York Police Department has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorism organizations, a designation that allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Designating an entire mosque as a terrorism enterprise means that anyone who attends prayer services there is a potential subject of an investigation and fair game for surveillance.
Since the 9/11 attacks, the NYPD has opened at least a dozen "terrorism enterprise investigations" into mosques, according to interviews and confidential police documents. The TEI, as it is known, is a police tool intended to help investigate terrorist cells and the like.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
So...they did something RIGHT, and it's a problem???
This American thanks the NYPD for treating mosques as they were designed: as forts of conquest.
Bravo to the NYPD!
About damn time somebody treated those dens of violence,hate and bigotry for what they are.
Captain Obvious strikes again.
Can't have any of that. Expose this info to the press asap! /s
Ya think?
If the shoe fits...
By golly, that's him alright - just in the nick of time.
.. and SeeBS simply canNOT understand it !
So let's build a mosque in NYC on the same ground where body parts and plane parts from 9/11 were found.
Is BloomTurd aware of this?
Is anyone here surprised? Obamas NSA snooping EXCLUDED mosques, missed Boston Marathon bombers
And the reason for this? Terror-linked Muslim Brotherhood proxy, CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), demanded that spying on mosques be stopped because it hurt the feelings of Muslims.
The NYPD has its boneheads, for sure, but it does far more far more right than the City's electorate deserves.
It's a small miracle they've been kept as safe as they have.
Well... it just surprises me that the NYPD did it at all.
The NSA should learn from the NYPD who our enemies are.
About damn time!
Only a matter of minutes before Holder sues the NYPD.
"...but it does far more far more right than the Citys electorate deserves..."
My surprise is not so much at the NYPD, but at the fact that the politically-correct morons that run the city aren't losing what little is left of their minds over the fact of it.
Or if they tacitly and quietly approved it.
Or did the NYPD just go ahead and do this on their own?
Well, now there's some common sense!
Confucius say Rat always come out of Rathole.
Good. They would have been derelict if they had not.
NYC government is a strange mix. Yes, there's the corruption and the goofiness too. But underneath it all there is a pretty high standard (for government) of effectiveness and making things work.
At least there has been from Giuliani through Bloomberg.
If you don't think the NSA isn't carefully tracking the NYPD and passing info on to other fed agencies, you don't know Obama's NSA.
Did anyone read the comments there?
I'll bet 0bama's NSA passes on intercepts of the NYPD to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Good. Islam is a misogynistic tyrannical political system using religion as a beard and means of control of the masses. It is completely at odds with the Constitution and Western mores in general.
FBI and NYPD broke into the Japanese consulate in NY, in the late 30's I think, and photographed codebooks and materials that lead to the US to break numerous Jap codes across WWII.
Only a matter of minutes before Holder sues the NYPD.
DITTO Exactly what I was thinking.
"..a pretty high standard (for government) of effectiveness and making things work..."
Maybe... but I can't move past them denying Citizens their most Basic, Civil, Human, and Constitutional right to defend themselves.
No matter what else they do right, that will always be the litmus test for me - of ANY government, politician, candidate, etc. How they view your right to carry and protect yourself and your family - self-defense - shows how they view ALL of your rights.
Well, at the very least, I'm glad they're sensible and using the correct profile - it wasn't, after all, 75yr old Irish Catholic grandmothers and grandfathers who drove those aircraft into the Twin Towers.
Could be the NYPD really was monitoring mosque activity & this story was leaked to sabotage the effort.
Muzzies in mosques will really be watching out now for snitches & bugging devices.
Well, we've certainly got to shut that down then? I mean, just because you lost 3000 of your citizens in one fell swoop, including over four hundred emergency workers that you knew and loved, is no reason to go drawing logical conclusions.
Remember, it doesn't matter how many die, as long as WE DONT PROFILE!
NYPD will get sued by Holder. After all, only people who can be labeled terrorists any more are white, freedom-loving, conservative, Bible-believing, pro-life gun-owning veterans.
"...as long as WE DONT PROFILE!..."
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Call me a little paranoid, but I think you just hit on the reason for the Feds to snoop with such a large net. Not to tell Americans about our enemies, but to pick targets for them among us and let our enemies know what is being done to thwart them.
Everything else this regime has done is bassackwards, why not the snooping as well?
It doesn't even have to be the whole shebang, just a few strategically placed people.
Yeah, thats right under the big sign that says "Do Not Feed"
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text: Good Grief, It's Grammar Time! Are grumbles all you hear when teaching grammar? Try a fresh approach -- a few new "hooks" your students will remember -- and check out a bunch of grammar sites on the Internet that will placate even the loudest grammar grumblers! Grammar! Can't live with it; can't live without it. As an English teacher in a middle school, it is incumbent on me to teach that most dreaded of subjects. But I've found that there ARE ways to make it a little less odious. Trying to humanize grammar as much as possible, I give students "hooks" to help them remember the rules. Let me share a few with you. When I teach the progressive tense, I spin a tale about a family on my block, the ING family. All in this family have the same last name. There is the dad, workING, the mom, inventING, and the children, learnING and studyING. The progressive family includes the present progressive, is or are studyING, and the past progressive, was or were studyING. When I teach the perfect tense, I tell my class about my husband who, fortuitously, is named Ed. I spin a tale about a perfect person I know who is named ED, and that all in this family also have the same last name. The dad's name is workED, the mom inventED, and the children learnED and studiED. The perfect family includes the present perfect, have or has workED, and the past perfect tense, had workED. Then we go on to discuss "dysfunctional families," the irregular verbs. When I teach indefinite singular pronouns, I draw a chart on the board. After students have become familiar with the four words on the chart, they will know sixteen indefinite singular pronouns. The chart looks like this: an(any) body no one every thing some other If one word on the left can be combined with any word on the right, an indefinite singular pronoun is formed. Anybody, anyone, anything, and another are all indefinite singular pronouns. I found it is definitely easier for my students to remember four words than sixteen. When introducing transitive and intransitive verbs, I draw a giant letter T on the board and a giant letter I. Then I try to hang a direct object (DO) and an indirect object (IO), looking like little DO and IO apples on the tips of the T. I can fit one on each end; however, when I hang direct and indirect object apples on the ends of the capital I, I tip it over, spinning a tale about how the puny letter I can't support the objects' weight. In my teaching, I try to use visual aids or tell stories humanizing grammar, trying to make learning it enjoyable. Zipping through the concepts, I try not to spend any more time than I have to, but still cover all the concepts that need to be covered. WHICH GRAMMAR SKILLS ARE EMPHASIZED ON STANDARDIZED TESTS? I also review standardized tests my students will be taking in high school: the SAT and ACT College Board Exams, the PSAT National Merit Scholarship Exam, and English SAT Achievement tests, to get an idea of what grammar skills my students will be expected to know well by the time they finish high school. Those are the concepts I most emphasize. Regardless of the exam, I've found that skill in English is essential. For National Merit Scholarships, the PSAT English score is counted twice and the math score once. The ACT College Board Exam includes English, reading, math, and science. In essence there, too, verbal ability counts twice. If a student chooses to attend a selective college that requires SAT Achievement Tests, the school usually requires that the student take an achievement test in English, math, and his area of specialty. The SAT College Board Exam also relies heavily on verbal ability. When I reviewed those tests, I found that several concepts were emphasized more than others. The concepts I found emphasized most often were: Correct use of commas, semi-colons, apostrophes, quotation marks, and hyphens in sentences. When to use a possessive pronoun and when to use a contraction: it's vs. its. Correct use of who vs. whom especially when whom is part of a prepositional phrase in the beginning of a sentence: To whom should I give this? Use of subject pronouns vs. object pronouns especially with linking verbs and in compound prepositional phrases: It is I. Keep this between you and me. The use of his/her or they with indefinite pronouns: Will everyone please pass up his or her paper? Correct verb usage in sentences with neither/nor and either/or conjunctions: Neither Tom nor the boys go. Neither the boys nor Tom goes. Correct use of which, who, or that in sentences. Avoiding dangling modifiers and misplaced modifiers: Do you know what I am speaking about? Use of active voice, verb consistency, and parallel construction in sentences. Avoiding redundancy. The rhetoric sections of these tests frequently emphasize the ability to identify main idea and author's bias. The ability to identify a logical order for sentences or paragraphs in a long passage is also essential. I frequently saw questions concerning the proper use of affect and effect. As the school year goes on, I emphasize to the students when I think a grammar or rhetorical concept is really important and when it is one students need to know. I take my job very seriously. Whether it be through cajolery or storytelling, I try to get across to my students essential concepts. Just as middle school teachers are influenced by how much or how little the teachers our students had before us taught, so too must we be concerned with what skills our students need to know in order to do well in the classes they have after us. Middle school teachers cannot teach in isolation. GRAMMAR ON THE WEB! If you and your students are hooked up to the Internet, you'll have access to dozens of Web sites that focus on grammar! Be sure to check out some of these sites: Common Errors in English - This site lists common errors in word usage in the English language. Each example provides a sample of wrong usage and the correct usage. 11 Rules of Writing - A "concise guide to the most commonly violated rules of writing" from a teacher of a writing course for college freshmen. The site provides examples for each of the 11 rules and links to additional Internet grammar resources. Schoolhouse Rock - Watch episodes from the popular series on the official Schoolhouse Rock Web site. The site includes grammar-focused tunes like "Unpack Your Adjectives," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here," "Conjunction Junction," and "Busy Prepositions." Article by Glori Chaika Education World® Copyright © Education World Links last updated 11/17/2016


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cameras that gives us many more degrees of freedom: these cameras record just
a fraction of the light coming from a controllable source, based on the
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structures that are too subtle to notice with the naked eye can become apparent,
and object appearance can depend on depth (Z-keying).
Although the basic operating principle is firmly rooted in 3D computer vision
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and produce images that require no computational post-processing. I will
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Topic: I need help with select and index
Thought maybe beginning rails was a more suitable place for me:)
Anyhow I have this code to create the invoice_items for the invoice, which i learnt from the excellent tutorials here.
<%= start_form_tag :action => 'create', :id => params[:id] %>
<% @invoice.invoice_items.each_with_index do |invoice_item, index| %>
<% fields_for "invoice_items[#{index}]", invoice_item do |f| %>

Line:quantity:<%= f.text_field :quantity %>

<% end %>
<% end %>
<%= submit_tag 'Create' %>
<%= end_form_tag %>
anyway i need to put in select tags for each invoice_item(line) to choose a product. Like this;
<select name="invoice_item[item_id]">
<% @items.each do |item| %>
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But how do i integrate it. I am completely lost on this one.


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OTTI 2010 Round 1, ShinCHAAA!!!
Supplies will be limited as I mentioned previously. If you want to participate, PM me asap! See my reply post below for the nuts and bolts on how to participate.
Please list all shincha in order of your preference ... or you can let me choose for you. You will receive 5 based on your list, and I will endeavor to include your top picks.
If you received any of these already, please let me know this. I will make certain NOT to send a tea you already received.
Since I have many more Shincha in limited quantities, I may also fill in with some of these as needed.
I will also be including at least one bonus Japanese green, a sixth tea. This will likely NOT be from this list
OK, here goes ... all listed teas are Japanese Shincha, 2010. Half of these are new to me as well.
Den's: http://www.denstea.com/index-main_page-index-cPath-492.html
GreenTeaLovers: http://greentealovers.com/greenteaproductspremium-slct.cfm?itemcode="SHINCHA"
Kagoshima Shincha
Maeda-en: http://maeda-en.com/store/productlist.php?teatype_id=90
Shincha Gold- this one is no longer on their site/sold out, but it is also Fukamushi
Shin-cha Hachijyuhachiya (88th Night)
Maiko: http://www.maiko.ne.jp/english/shopping/2010sencha.htm
Shincha Sencha
O-Cha: http://www.o-cha.com/shincha-green-tea/
Sae Midori
Yutaka Midori Kaoru Supreme LE
Cost for Round 1 for current members of TeaChat:
USA members: $7.00
Canadian Members: 8.50 UDS
European Members: 10.00 USD
EDIT : Greetings OTTI participants!
Hopefully you will be receiving your teas very soon! All packages went out Thursday and Friday with one exception. This was quite an undertaking, 3 OTTI-s at the same time. Note to self, don't do that again!
This was also exasperated by several unanticipated delays, most notably a vendor who was most uncooperative and who I will be posting about shortly. Also there was a problem with the packaging! So, I did have to majorly improvise this time around! My apologies! Hopefully the packaging will be fully resolved in time for the next OTTI.
So when you receive your OTTI, I would suggest opening it up and placing the samples into more packaging. You can place the samples in their current wrapping directly into a canister or a vendor foil bag.
The packing is a bit of a balancing act. I would not want to over extend thus significantly increasing the participants cost for the OTTI-s, but the packaging was NOT as planned and will improve!!!
So, look for improvements there. This being the first rounds, there will be a learning curve. I am open to constructive comments, suggestions!
OK, now on to the TEA!
Remember to post in the OTTI topics!!!
EDIT 2: OTTI Round 1 ShinCHAAA! Some of these I never tried before, some vendors I never tried before ... so we learn and experiment together!!! And of course with each new harvest, it is a whole new ball game!
There should be 6 samples, at least 5 are Shincha plus a bonus selection that in most cases is not shincha. Each sample contains virtually 8 grams of leaf, so if you use half for each session, that is 4 grams. I am offering the leaf ratio I used for each, however you can adjust according to your tastes. Links for each tea are located under OTTI Round 1 on the forum. I believe everyone got just about everything they had requested, AMAZINGLY!!!
Bonus teas. If you received the bonus "Happy Tea," that is called Shiawase-cha and is from Maiko. Oishi Ichibancha is another selection from GreenTeaLovers. And a few received Adagio Masters Shincha and O-Cha's regular "classic" Shincha Yutaka Midori.
EDIT 3: Brewing.
Brewing vessels. If you have a kyusu, great! Remember for Fukamushi, more careful pouring is required in order to prevent too much particle from passing through or clogging the screen altogether.
If you do not have a kyusu. If you use an infuser basket, for the fukamushi I recommend doing things a bit backwards. Put the leaf in the infuser, water in the pot, then set the infuser into the water. Otherwise too much particle will pass through the infuser or it may get really clogged up.
How much. If you have been on TC long enough, you have likely heard the term ratio used in determining how much leaf to use. A ratio is simply general or preferred strength that allows increasing and decreasing of either leaf weight or volume water while keeping the strength steady.
Generally, the longer you have been drinking sencha, the higher leaf ratio you will use. Newer to sencha, you will generally use lower ratios as your tastes have not fully adjusted to sencha.
Your leaf ratio is calculated X grams leaf : Y ounces water. If you fill in the grams at 4, you can adjust the amount of water to find your ratio. Or you can fill in a value for the water and adjust the amount of leaf. I am suggesting using 4 grams leaf for each session and adjusting the amount of water. And I offer corresponding amounts of water below based on using 4 grams, rounded off. This will also give you 2 full sessions, just use half each time.
1:1 4 grams : 4ounces water
0.9:1 4 : 4.5
0.8:1 4 : 5
0.7:1 4 : 5.5
0.6:1 4 : 6.5
Just about any Shincha, I will first try at a ratio I somehow intuitively come up with … then adjust with future sessions. Below are my somewhat adjust ratios for each tea. Again if you are newer to sencha, you might want to adjust down a bit, but that is up to you! Based on the ratio, you can plug in the values listed above, or create your own.
Temperatures! This is so subjective. I thought I heard everything, then the owner of O-Cha posted even lower temps on TC. Well, I have not tried those yet.
There are differing temps based upon whether one preheats the kyusu (teapot) or not. Basically if you do not preheat your pot, the temp you use should be approx 15* F hotter due to rapid drop in temps. Lately I have been preheating the pot, but I go back and forth periodically.
If you preheat, smell the warming leaf in the pot, mind blowing!
I will list in order from the OTTI topic.
Den's Kunpu 1:1, 158* in a preheated kyusu, 1.5 min
Houryoku .9:1, 158* in a preheated kyusu, 30-40 seconds
GTL Kagoshima Shincha .9:1, 160* in a preheated kyusu, 40 sec
Maeda-en Gold .9:1, 175-180 in a room temp kyusu, 40 sec
88th Night 1:1, 175-180* in a room temp kyusu, 40 sec
Maiko Shincha Sencha 1:1, 160* in a preheated kyusu, 90 sec
Kinari 1:1, 158* in a preheated kyusu, 90 sec
O-Cha Sae Midori 1:1 158* in a preheated kyusu, 40 sec
Yutaka Midori Supreme .9:1, 158* in a preheated kyusu, 40 sec
Bonus, Happy Tea 1:1, 175 in a room temp kyusu, 60 sec
Bonus, Oishi Same as Kagoshima Shincha
Bonus, Adagio Shincha .8:1, 160* in a preheated kyusu, 40-60 sec (still playing with this one)
Bonus, Yutaka Midori (not the Supreme!) Same as YM Supreme
Problems: Too intense, decrease leaf. Too bitter, decrease temp and/or time. Cooler water makes for a less aromatic but sweeter cup.
Multiple steeps. Absolutely! A good rule of thumb for me …
2nd 165*, 20-30 sec
3rd 175*, 60 sec
4th 185* 60-120 sec
5th boiling, 1-infinity … there is nothing left to make your brew bitter. Just mellow, sweet tea water.


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http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/05/28/2 ... sec-teams/
With the exception of Posey, the Tat 5 are absent...understandably...although no way are there eight offensive tackles in the conference better than Mike Adams. There aren't two OT better than him. Nor are there four QB's better than Pryor...though I get why missing five games is enough to keep a guy off the all-conference team.
My only other departure from Steele on this is his suggestion that there are eight defensive linemen of any type that are better than Johnny Simon...'cuz that's crazy talk.


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Student Media
Southern Maine dean named provost
Sunday, May 10, 2009
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Devinder M. Malhotra has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at St. Cloud State University.
Malhotra, whose main field of study is economics, will start July 1, replacing retiring Michael Spitzer who has been provost at St. Cloud State since 2002. The new provost was selected following a nation-wide search. Four finalists made on-campus interviews in the last two weeks.
Malhotra has been dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern Maine since 2005.
Prior to that, he spent 26 years at the University of Akron where he was an associate dean and had been chair of the economics department and a faculty member. He also has teaching and research experience at Case Western Reserve University, Kansas State University and with the government of India.
St. Cloud State President Earl H. Potter III said, "We are exceptionally pleased to bring Dr. Malhotra to the University. He brings outstanding management and academic skills to the table. His experiences in 15 years as a dean, associate dean and department chair will serve him well as St. Cloud State's chief academic officer."
Malhotra was born in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, in northern India. One of seven children of a lawyer and a homemaker, he was educated at a Catholic boarding school in Dalhousie and the Modern School in Delhi. His father and older brother were members of the Congress Party and served in Parliament.
The provost position at St. Cloud State serves as the institutional leader in the president's absence. The academic vice president position that was expanded to provost in 2002 provides leadership for all academic components of the university.
The provost works closely with the academic colleges, including Business, Education, Fine Arts and Humanities, Social Science, Science and Engineering, Continuing Studies, the School of Graduate Studies and Sponsored Programs. The provost develops and administers academic polices, helps establish academic priorities, oversees the curriculum, encourages faculty and student research and supervises academic support and enrollment services.
Malhotra noted that he is pleased to accept the provost's position at St. Cloud State. "St. Cloud is a great comprehensive, regional university with outstanding leadership. It is an incomparable resource for Central Minnesota and I look forward to being part of its resurgence and progress forward."
During his career, Malhotra also served as chair of the Faculty Senate at the University of Akron where he also was campus coordinator for the Carnegie Teaching Academic Project. His research fields include applied, regional and energy economics. He is widely published and has presented extensively at scholarly meetings. His current research includes "Regional and Sectoral Dimensions of India's Economic Growth," "Liberalization and Investment" and "Human Capital, Endogenous Growth and Economic Development: A Case Study of India."
A native of India, he holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Delhi in India where he later earned a master's degree, also in economics. His doctorate is from Kansas State University. He is a graduate of the Management Development Program of the Harvard University Institutes of Higher Education.
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St. Cloud State University


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Harley Owners Group Recognized
The Chautauqua-Kinzua Harley Owners Group was recognized by the Kids and Cancer Benefit Run for the number of tickets the group sold.
Dave Geitner and Bev Sherman, Kids and Cancer Committee members, presented a plaque recently to the Chautauqua-Kinzua Harley Owners Group at Harley-Davidson of Jamestown.
Since the inaugural Kids and Cancer Run in 1998, the committee has been able to donate more than $200,000 to individuals, medical facilities, cancer-related organizations, and various service clubs that benefit children and their families by selling tickets for the "Harley of Hope" giveaway. Each year, ticket buyers have a chance to win a current model year Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The Chautauqua-Kinzua chapter was able to sell 200 tickets during the 2012 run season, raising $3,000 for the benefit.
This year a custom painted 2013 Dyna Switchback will be given away to one lucky winner following the 16th annual Kids and Cancer Motorcycle Benefit Run on Saturday, July 20. The first runnerup will receive two tickets to the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen and $250 cash. The second runnerup will receive a $250 Harley-Davidson of Jamestown gift card. For more information visit kidsandcancerbenefitrun.com.
The 2013 Switchback with custom paint by Chris Maida of CMDesignz in North Java, N.Y., will be unveiled at Harley-Davidson of Jamestown sometime in March. For more information, visit jamestownharley.com.
The Chautauqua-Kinzua Harley Owners Group has pledged to donate the money it receives back from ticket sales to individuals in need within the local community. That sum from the 2012 ticket sales amounted to $1,000. Tickets may be purchased from a Kids and Cancer Committee member, Chautauqua-Kinzua chapter members or at Harley-Davidson of Jamestown.
The Chautauqua-Kinzua H.O.G. Chapter was established in February 2010. Sponsored by Harley-Davidson of Jamestown, the chapter has more than 120 active members. The Chautauqua-Kinzua Harley Owners Group's mission is to organize a group of individuals for the purpose of safe and enjoyable motorcycle riding, as well as foster camaraderie among members. The group has pledged to donate a portion of its time and money to those who are less fortunate.


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HOUSE TOUR: The Most Elegant Spot In Manhattan
Call them "the collector" and "the builder" they have spent two decades molding the northern Westchester County property they call "the farm" into an estate that's as idiosyncratic and over-the-top as they are.
"We started this in our late 20s, early 30s. Under taking it just a few years into our relationship was really an act of faith," says the Builder, surveying the dozen buildings on the meticulously landscaped 56-acre spread about 50 miles north of Manhattan. "It's an amazing evolution—a combination of who we are, and who we've become."
The conservatory of a Westchester County, New York, house designed by B Five Studio. The custom daybed is upholstered in Rogers & Goffigon linens, the leather chairs by Mario Bellini are from Cassina, and the rattan armchair and ottoman are by Bielecky Brothers; the rug is by ABC Carpet & Home, and the flooring is Botticino marble tiles by Country Floors.
One thing the couple knew from the start was that they didn't want the kind of cookie-cutter baronial manor typical of wealthy exurbs. Besides, the Builder dreamed of a Georgian while the Collector, who has amassed a trove of Scandinavian glass and pottery, has tastes that run more to midcentury modern. So they hired Ronald Bentley and Salvatore LaRosa of the Manhattan firm B Five Studio to design a traditional-style main house that, at 8,000 square feet, is classically rigorous and elegant in proportion, yet purposefully modest by Masters of the Universe standards. "We were inspired by a Jeffersonian ratio of spaces," says the Builder. "We didn't want a lot of rooms we never used that were just for show."
A hillside is planted with maidenhair ferns, Japanese beech ferns, and hellebores; the gardens were designed by Reed Hilderbrand.
Turn The Foot Of Your Bed Into a Stylish Spot


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Dorothy M. Derouin
ESCANABA – Dorothy M. Derouin, 91, of 5363 Portage Pt. Road, Escanaba, passed away late Sunday evening, June 23, 2013, at the home of her daughter, Barbara (Jon) Flath of Escanaba. Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. The Crawford Funeral Homes are assisting the Derouin family


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|NCAA Division I Certification
In August 2006, North Dakota State University President Joseph A. Chapman announced that NDSU would begin a year-long, campus wide effort to study the athletic program as a part of the NCAA Division I certification program. The certification program's purpose is to help ensure integrity in the institution's athletics operations. As a result of this study, there has been an increased campus wide awareness and knowledge of the athletics program, a confirmation of the strength of the athletic program, and a plan developed for improvement in areas of concern. The specific areas covered in the study are: academic integrity; governance; rules compliance; equity; diversity; and student-athlete welfare.
The steering committee was comprised of a cross section of individuals and included President Chapman; Committee Chair Prakash Mathew, Vice President of Student Affairs; and members of the university faculty and staff; community members; and athletics department personnel. The committee subdivided into three working committees and two task forces:
The study process included a review of a substantial and wide variety of data, university policies and procedures, the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act reports for 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 and other relevant documents. In addition, the committee participated in on-site tours and gathered data through personal interviews with athletic administrators, coaches, athletic department heads, student-athletes, university personnel, and external constituents.
Nearly 90 individuals, internal and external to the university, were actively engaged in the self-study. Additionally, several groups were consulted by subcommittee members throughout the year including the NDSU Alumni Association Executive Committee and Board, NDSU Development Foundation, President's Cabinet, President's Council, Staff Senate, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Student Government, Team Maker's Executive Committee and Board, University Athletic Committee, and University Senate.
Using the NCAA Self-Study Instrument as the template, and the measurable standards for each of the five operating principles of the association, observations and comments were developed. The Steering Committee is in the process of developing conclusions and recommendations to be presented as action items. Fulfillment of these action items within each of the five operating principles will continue the advancement of NDSU in Division I.
Upon completion of the draft report, the five subcommittees were asked for a thorough review of the study. This review is ongoing. Further, a memo was sent to selected groups from the Steering Committee inviting feedback on the results of the self-study. The draft report is available online at www.gobison.com
Outside comments also are welcomed and can be sent directly to Steering Committee Chair Prakash Mathew, Vice President for Student Affairs, Old Main 100, or via e-mail at email@example.com.
The next phase of the certification process, after receipt of input and finalization of the report and action items, is to forward the report to the NCAA by May 1, 2007. The final phase is an on site visitation by a peer review team. This team will be on campus of
The intent of the peer review visit is to determine the certification status of the athletics program based on the self-study report and supporting materials provided by the institution, and by the observations of the peer review team. They will access levels of strength and areas of deficiencies.
There are three certification options available to the peer review team. The three options of certification status are certified, certified with conditions, and not certified. While NDSU will have an opportunity to correct deficient areas, institutions that do not take corrective actions may be ruled ineligible for NCAA championships.
NCAA Web site on Athletics Certification
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NRG'S FUTURE: Reliability is major issue
Area residents have read and heard the economic reasons for the repowering of the NRG Energy Inc. plant in Dunkirk. Those points have included:
NRG is the largest taxpayer in the county and has a major impact on the city and its school system.
NRG would be making a $500 million investment in the project, which will bring jobs and outside dollars here.
And, NRG is a community partner in numerous events and non-profit activities.
There is, however, one more important reason the state's Public Service Commission is going through this process. It comes down to this: reliability.
Will the repowering of the NRG facility from coal-powered to a natural gas plant offer reliability for customers who receive electricity?
National Grid, the power supplier, says no, it does not need the Dunkirk plant. Its plan, instead, is to import power from outside New York state.
But what happens when a problem, such as the major Northeast power outage in the summer of 2004, takes place? The incident that led to the massive outage happened in Ohio and was out of our control. This region, with NRG, was back on line within five to seven hours. Other consumers waited for days.
What control will Western New York have without reliability? Most likely, we could be in the dark.
Last week, a forest fire in Quebec left 500,000 customers in Canada without power for nearly two days. That power, provided by Hydro-Quebec, is proposed to supply the Champlain-Hudson Power Express that will go into New York City. If New York City was already part of the Express, millions more would have been in the dark – just like in 2004.
Reliability matters. Not only for our economics, but for our daily way of life and business.
Reliability even matters when you consider other "green options" for power, including wind and solar initiatives. Because users cannot fully rely on the wind and sun for 24 hours, the Dunkirk plant would offer the solution on days when there is barely a breeze and during the nighttime hours.
"The repowering will help integrate renewable resources … to make up for power fluctuations in intermittent resources," said David Gaier, an NRG spokesman.
If the Public Service Commission approves moving forward with the NRG project, it will make the city plant the most modern in the state. It also will be even cleaner – in terms of emissions – than it already is.
Monday's public hearing will be from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Williams Center at Fredonia State University. The community's participation in this event matters – on Monday and for the future.