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Tonight we celebrate the art of mapping and aerial viewpoints through music, a special lecture, artist demonstrations, and art-making!
Friday Nights at the de Young are after-hours art "happenings" that include a mix of live music, dance and theater performances, film screenings, panel discussions, lectures, artist demonstrations, hands-on art activities, and exhibition tours. Local artists conduct drop-in workshops, debut new commissions, display their art in the Kimball Education Gallery, and take part in conversations about the creative process. The café offers a delicious Friday Nights prix-fixe menu and specialty cocktails, and the observation tower is open until 8 pm. Artist Fellows, Artists-in-Residence, curators, scholars, and arts educators all play an active role in making Friday Nights an engaging museum experience for all.
Friday, August 23, 6–8:45 pm | Artist Reception
Celebrate the artist's residency with light refreshments in the Kimball Education Gallery.
The Art of Painting Music: Allegro (ma non troppo)
Peggy Gyulai's work explores the connections between music and the expressive possibilities of paint on canvas. She approaches music as a subject, object, and inspiration, and, like Richard Diebenkorn, invokes the dynamic tension between abstraction and representation in order to create substance from the most ephemeral phenomena.
Mapping Cultural Landscapes: Reinterpreting Demographics in the Bay Area
Carlo Abruzzese's new work integrates the disparate worlds of fine art and quantitative information, creating images that encourage the viewer to reinterpret our world. He is currently working on a series of paintings that map demographic statistical data from the US Census into works of fine art.
This year California Brazil Camp has arranged for Jazz Bliss Brazil to perform an enchanting mix of Brazilian music and classic American jazz at the de Young. The group features the stellar vocals and engaging presence of Carol Bach-y-Rita, singing in both Portuguese and English; the passionate and lyrical saxophone and flute of Robert Kyle; and the fantastic Larry Steen on bass.
A Sense of Place: Diebenkorn and the Aerial View, Emma Acker, assistant curator of American art, FAMSF


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You will NOT want to miss this. The treasures are spectacular and numerous! The treasures are waiting for new homes. All members as of the time stamp of this post may participate!
Each day I will plant clues on the forum in my posts. Each clue within my post will be labeled to indicate which treasure the clue is for and what number clue it is.
So TreaureHunt Treaure 7 Clue 2 would indicate the clue is the second clue for treasure number 7.
The clue might be within an unrelated post, or it may be in a special post. But it will be labeled.
You have to PM your best guess(es) for what the treasure is. BE SURE TO INDICATE FOR WHICH TREASURE YOU ARE GUESSING IN YOUR SUBJECT TITLE.
There is no limit to how many times you can guess. Ultimately the trail of clues will lead to a post in a very appropriate location, revealing exactly what each treasure is along with a photo.
I will PM back whether your guess is correct or not. If you guessed incorrectly, you can continue to guess. If you guess correctly for one treasure, you can continue to guess for other treasures.
This TreasureHunt will run all week! All correct guesses for each treasure will be in the running for the correctly guessed treasure.
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I may post needed updates here as well! (or maybe clues too ... )
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Acclaimed poet to speak
Thursday, October 15, 2009
�Poetry and Global Humanity: Moment with Russia�s Yevtushenko� is free and open to the public.
Award winning Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who has been hailed as "Russia's Shakespeare" and drawn comparisons to Walt Whitman and Bob Dylan, will visit the campus of St. Cloud State.
Yevtushenko will speak at Ritsche Auditorium in Stewart Hall at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5.
"Poetry and Global Humanity: Moment with Russia's Yevtushenko" is free and open to the public.
Yevtushenko has garnered numerous accolades throughout his career. He was the first non-American to receive the Walt Whitman Poet in Residence award. In 2005 he was awarded the prestigious Premio Grinzane Covour literary prize in Italy. In 1991 he received what is considered the highest honor of the American Jewish Committee, the American Liberties Medallion, for "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty."
In 1960 he was the first Russian to break through the Iron Curtain and recite his poetry in the West. In 1961 Yevtushenko published possibly his most famous poem, "Babi Yar" in which he denounced anti-Semitism in the former Soviet Union. He served in the first freely elected Russian parliament from 1988-99.
Along with Yevtushenko, St. Cloud State supporting cast/poets will read selections from his poetry.
Before the main event, a welcome reception will be at the Atwood Memorial Center in the Atwood Little Theatre Lounge from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Yevtushenko will be available to sign books at the end of the program.
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BELUSAR, Joseph Andrew, 87, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Rogers City after a battle with cancer.
He is survived by his wife, Evangeline; three sons, Joe (Nancy) of Sterling Heights, John of Alpena and Mark of Rogers City; four daughters, Rose (Art) Bronikowski of Posen, Barbara Johnson of North Carolina, Paula Merrill (Craig MacNeil) of Alpena and Valerie (Tim) Peacock of Rogers City; 19 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; a brother, Donald Belusar of Posen; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Brietzke Funeral Home on Sunday from 3-8 p.m. where the Knights of Columbus will recite the rosary at 6:45 p.m. followed by a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Ignatius Catholic Church with Rev. Arthur Duchnowicz officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in the spring.


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Moss wrote:You all interested more in sets or individual pieces. I always wanted to know. I do them both ways, but recently have been doing individuals.
If I do sets, 4 is a bad number I am told. 3 or 5 good?
Moss wrote:Chicago - Thanks on the teadust. It is a Laguna I think. Not my own sadly. Also has a nice effect if you re-fire in ^6 oxidation after soda, it turns almost solid olive green with micro-crystals. The woman at Teance asked for me to do that with the bowls they bought. Personally, I prefer the teadust. My clay supplier has his own teadust that I have been begging him to mix again, but he won't and he won't give me the recipe and won't sell me his remainder and he won't use it himself.... ARRRrrrrrghhhhh.


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Over the next few years, Arizona and more than 40 other states across the country will transition to a new set of learning standards, called Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards.
These Standards provide a clear picture of what students need to learn each year in order to graduate from high school ready to succeed in college and careers. This page is designed to support you as schools continue to transition to Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards.
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Expect More Arizona – Academic Milestones (English and Spanish)
These documents provide a high level overview of the key academic skills children will learn in each grade, based on Arizona's College and Career Ready State Standards. The resource also includes activities that parents can do at home with their children. Available in English and Spanish.
Parents' Guide to Student Success (English and Spanish)
These guides were created to help parents understand the key concepts in each grade that their children will be learning as the College and Career Ready Standards are implemented. Available in English and Spanish for grades K-high school.
What Do Parents Need To Know? (English) – published by Education Northwest, March 2011
A critical component of a student's success in school is dependent on what and how they learn at home. Check out Shifts for Students and Parents, which is a practical guide with steps that parents can take to improve their child's learning of the College and Career Ready State Standards. (engageNY 05/23/2012)
Council of Great City Schools – Parent Roadmaps to the College and Career Ready State Standards (English and Spanish)
These road maps offer guidance to parents about what their children will be learning and how they can support that learning, in grades K-8. The Parent Roadmaps provide the focus areas for each grade level in mathematics, reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
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So it wouldn't need a pilot light? I was thinking that it would control the flow of gas rather than just turn it on and turn it off.
Trying to find someone "knowledgeable about gas ovens" but even if I do I don't think they will match up to the combined knowledge here.
No, sorry I dont. What about adding a brick deck to a restraunt broiler? Aren't they called salamanders?
I was thinking about a commercial broiler this morning. I think it would end up being too much of a hassle to dial in the right hearth temp.
Hi Chicago - Been searching high and low for that thread but can't find it. Can you remember what section it was in? Interested to have a look.
Earlier in this thread I posted a link to an entire forum dedicated to designing and building burners. It is the best resource on the web I've found on that topic. You can find multiple designs there that have been through numerous "generations" and redesigns that now run like well oiled machines for many people.
I'm still not sure what type of burner I should be aiming for or what power or precise dimensions or 1 set or 2.


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Running the race with endurance
Pastor Doug Graham (left, '99) was passed the baton of faith by influential mentors—his father, his football coach and his youth pastor. Their examples in sportsmanship, service to others and ministry continue to bear fruit in Doug's winning approach to ministry via his involvement in community sports. Doug's church, Evangel Assembly, in Bismarck, N.D., has supported AGTS since 1992. He is pictured above with his church leadership team.
"I could do that!" I thought after reading an article about sprint-distance triathlons (500-meter swim, 13-mile bike ride and 3-mile run). I had recently assumed the lead pastorate at Evangel Assembly in Bismarck, N.D., and I had thought my days of athletic competition were behind me. But I discovered that my athletic juices were as strong as ever. Today, after participating in several sprint- and Olympic-distance triathlons and one half-Ironman-distance triathlon, I have become a marathon runner.
While athletic competition has been a way to stay active, it has also opened many doors for ministry:
This kind of community involvement has brought our church greater credibility with some who are not typical church people, and I'm known as "the ref who's the pastor at Evangel."
I have learned many things through athletic involvement in our community. First, I've gained greater awareness of the needs of unchurched people. This has proven strategic in our passion to reach our community, and our church has grown from 600 to 1,600 in eight years. Also, I have learned the value of being a pastor whose time is not totally consumed with church activities. With a vision to reach the community for Christ, I have learned the importance of managing my time so I can be active in the community. This has resulted in my being a spiritual voice in the lives of people, many of whom have virtually no other godly influence.
This past spring Doug's entire family ran in the Fargo Marathon, half-marathon and 10K (left to right, son Kirk and wife Kaylee, wife Breeanna and son Kyle, Doug and his wife Vicki, daughter Karlee, wife Autumn and son Kaleb).
In addition to the influence of mentors and athletic competition, I have also been deeply influenced and shaped through ongoing education. I am grateful for my educational experience at AGTS. The format of the classes, along with the unique expertise each professor provided, proved to be exactly what I needed to deepen my theological understanding, appreciate my Pentecostal heritage and broaden my leadership capacity. I am finishing my Doctor of Ministry project, which focuses on stress management in pastoral leadership. I am convinced that pastoral leaders face unique challenges and stresses. Like a marathon, pastoral ministry is a long-distance journey. My hope is that what I have learned all of my life from mentors, athletic competition and education will result in the fulfillment of my personal life's mission:
To live a life honoring God, my family and my fellow man; stewarding my talents, resources and opportunities to their fullest potential so that when my life is over, I can say, "I made a mark; I left something behind; I touched others; and I gave more than I received."
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Tonight's featured track is '2YL' from The Front Bottoms's newest album Back On Top. Catch the band in the UK and Europe starting on February 4th in Manchester!
Yeah, maybe that could be our thing
What do you think?
I'm talking to young lovers and half price drinks….
I could fight the rain clouds in your life
Every day and every night
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TBT cast invites patrons to come fly with them
American ex-pat Bernard Lawrence thinks he's living the dream. He's snagged three fiances all airline stewardesses who lap up his attentions while visiting him between flights at his magnificent apartment overlooking Paris. Precision is the key, he says, as he ushers one beauty out the door just in time to throw his arms open wide for the next one arriving.
A major snag develops, however, when the airlines switch to a "super" Boeing plane that throws his finely tuned arrival/departure schedule off kilter. All three women, unaware of each other's existence, end up at Bernard's apartment simultaneously. Many meltdowns, door slams and criss-crossed paths later, Bernard realizes that maybe an international harem isn't the best route to happiness after all.
Ultimately, what you end up with is "Boeing Boeing," the new Thunder Bay Theatre comedy farce at its typical, situational funniest. Yes, the premise is ludicrous but that's what makes it amusing that and the solid group of performers who currently are bringing the Tony-award winning show to life on the TBT stage.
Core company member Jeffrey Mindock aptly handles the role of Bernard, who's a little too sure of himself in the beginning, but becomes totally frazzled by the end. Mindock displays both ends of that emotional spectrum with equal aplomb.
Newcomer Ty Cook, currently an intern with the core company, also brings a lot to the table as Bernard's high school buddy, Robert, who arrives at the Parisian apartment just in time to run interference when the girls' schedules collide. He's tasked with helping to keep each girl from finding out about the other, which sometimes involves switching out their framed portraits and the unique wall art that reflects their countries of origin the United States, Italy and Germany.
Hometown actor Nick Hartman, donning by far the silliest costume of the whole show, amuses as the grumpy, heavily-accented maid, Berthe. It's Berthe's responsibility to fix all the native dishes preferred by Bernard's bevy as well as clean up after everyone, and he/she is growing more than a little tired of the inherent stress.
Then there are the three stewardesses at the center of the whole farce, portrayed by company members Nickie Hilton and Amy Groen, along with company intern Puja Tolton.
Individually, the trio possess totally distinct personalities and accents. Their different airlines are reflected by their different uniforms done up in primary colors, each with a jaunty hat and a shoulder bag emblazoned with their airline logo. TBT rented the hat and bag accessories from another theatre company, and they add a nice touch to the overall production.
Groen plays the American, Gloria, who as it turns out may be equally adept at Bernard's game. Tolton is the sometimes pouty, sometimes suspicious Italian stewardess, Gabriella. Hilton is the intense German stewardess who calls herself madly romantic with at times a marked emphasis on the "madly" part.
Director Kevin Reams kept the actors juggling their multiple exits and entrances as required. He also employed a nifty device for the opening curtain speech and a well-choreographed curtain call, both of which were in keeping with the airlines subject of the show.
Lots of attention also was given to the set, one of the better detailed ones in recent memory. Besides being visually appealing, it's highly serviceable with its six doors that the aforementioned characters all spend a lot of time going in and out of as the show progresses.
Two more weeks of "Boeing Boeing" performances remain, with shows Oct. 24-27 and Oct. 31-Nov. 3. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. For reservations, call the TBT box office at 354-2267.


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Welcome to the web site of the Vice President for Finance and Administration at Northern Arizona University. We hope you will find this site a helpful source of information. The vice president oversees the university's business functions which include Human Resources, Financial Services, Investments, Audit, Facility Services, Police Department, Space Management, Fiscal Operations, and Bookstore.
To support the University by providing quality services to the University community, oversight for key financial and administrative functions, and establishing and monitoring compliance with financial and administrative policies and procedures.


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PERGOLA - Attic under the skyscrapers
Size55 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Air conditioning
- Indoor fireplace
- Elevator in building
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Beautiful loft in "Old Milan" context of late nineteenth century. We are in one of the most vibrant and dynamic historic districts in Milan "l'Isola" (the Island). The district is one of the poles of the nightlife of Milan with the highest concentration of restaurants, pubs, happy hours and clubs in the city. We are also very close to Brera for turists looking for a more chic scene. A short walk take you to the Garibaldi Rail Station and only 5 minutes by taxi or 2 stops by subway to the Central Station.
In 10 minutes you can walk to Corso Como, just below the skyscrapers of the new business center where aperitifs are served in the most exlusive bars.
The apartment is on the top floor with elevator and consists of a large open space of 55 square meters with a sleeping area and double sofa bed, kitchen and a bathroom. The apartment is equipped with air conditioning and wifi for free
The metro station is just 100 meters for direct connection to all major points of the city
The propery is provided with an extra inflable matress to accomodate up to 5
House rulescheck-in after 02.00pm
check-out before 11.00
in case of difference need we can arrange other check-in check-out times
in case of one-night reservation requests do contact previously the host
For check-in later than 8.00pm an extra 10 euros fee will be charged
CHECK-IN: pick up of the keys by our office at the Central Station (where trains and buses from every Milan airport arrive)
CHECK-OUT: very easy, just leave the keys inside the apartment (no need to come back to our office)
We remind our guests the need to pay the city tax upon arrival: 2 euros per guest per night
per check-in oltre le ore 20.00 verrà richiesto un contributo di 10 euro
CHECK-IN: il ritiro delle chiavi presso il nostro ufficio in Stazione Centrale
CHECK-OUT: molto semplice: potrete lasciare le chiavi all'interno dell'appartamento
Ricordiamo ai nostri ospiti l'obbligo del pagamento della trassa di soggiorno da versare direttamente all'arrivo pari a 2 euro per persona per notte
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Small beautiful apartment in a great location in a nice neighborhood. Next to a metro station. Disadvantage: small shower / bath, subway felt in apartment Advantage: location nearby, building, facility neat and very practical, good restaurants nearby, subway next door
Klein mooi appartement op een prima locatie in een mooie wijk. Naast een metrostation.
Nadeel: kleine douche/bad, metro voelbaar in appartement
Voordeel: locatie buurt, gebouw, inrichting netjes en heel praktisch, goede restaurants in de omgeving, metro naast de deur
Wonderfull location in Milaan! Very helpfull, good communication with Filiberto and Marcello. We would love to come back again some day!
Nice clean appartment, everything was in order. Very reliable people.
If everything went well, the apartment was immaculate happy again. The pizzeria and IE corner l 'Arcta or so I highly recommend.
Hat alles gut geklappt die Wohnung war tiptop gerne wieder. Die Pizzeria und IE Ecke l' arcta oder so kann ich sehr empfehlen.
Great appartment, really good communication and service from Filiberto and Marcello. Will visit again in the future.
The apartment is great: sufficiently equipped, well located and communicated. The only drawback I've seen are the difficulties of accessibility (third floor, no elevator and lots of stairs). The host, Filiberto, is a person with a nice, answered queries quickly and solved it brilliantly realized a minor inconvenience that we came. I recommend this apartment.
El apartamento está fenomenal: suficientemente equipado, bien situado y comunicado. El único inconveniente que hemos visto son las dificultades de accesibilidad (tercer piso, sin ascensor y con muchos escalones).
El anfitrión, Filiberto, es una persona de trato agradable, contestó rápidamente a las consultas que le realicé y resolvió estupendamente un pequeño inconveniente que nos surgió.
Recomiendo este apartamento.
sweet apartment, great area, everything available, nice communication, VERY HAPPY AGAIN!
süße Wohnung, tolle Gegend, alles vorhanden, nette Kommunikation, SEHR GERN WIEDER!
The appartment was as great as discribed on Wimdu's website. I definitely recommand Filiberto's appartment
The apartment is in a good location. By tram you go directly to the center and according to the "Duomo". In the apartment, everything was neat and even though we had arrived an hour earlier than planned, we did not have to wait long and the colleague of Filiberto was already there and gave us the keys. Plus it's very comfortable, find it perfectly four people place! :)
Die Wohnung befindet sich in einer guten Lage. Mit der Tram fährt man direkt ins Zentrum und entsprechend zum "Duomo". In der Wohnung war alles ordentlich und obwohl wir eine Stunde früher als geplant angereist waren, mussten wir nicht lange warten und der Kollege von Filiberto war schon zur Stelle und gab uns die Schlüssel. Außerdem ist alles sehr komfortabel ausgestattet, es finden perfekt vier Leute Platz! :)
Very nice apartment, good location with a very good restaurant at only 100m ("la Vigne") and it's very close to the metro station "Porta di Genova". The tenant was really friendly. Definitely a good address if you plan to stay in Milan.
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by Anton Shilov
Elpida Memory, a large supplier of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), on Friday said that its board of directors has decided to acquire a portion of the shares its strategic partner Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) owns in Rexchip Electronics Corp. (Rexchip), a Taiwan-based manufacturing joint venture created by PSC and Elpida.
Elpida indicated that the prolonged slump in DRAM market prices is currently helping to clarify which DRAM makers will remain as going business concerns. Given this environment, Elpida has decided to increase its stake in Rexchip above its current 48.8% holding for the purpose of adjusting capacity allocation in order to achieve better supply-demand balances in the DRAM spot market and in the market for DRAMs supplied to major PC makers. While Elpida has the utmost respect for PSC as a partner in the Rexchip joint venture it believes Rexchip can achieve faster business decision-making capabilities by becoming an Elpida subsidiary.
Elpida plans to acquire a 52.0% stake in Rexchip by purchasing a portion of the Rexchip shares held by PSC by the end of FY 2008 (March 2009). The acquisition will result in Rexchip becoming a consolidated subsidiary of Elpida. Value of shares is to be decided.


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DeAnne Bloomberg, FBCM, Rock Island County Farm Bureau Manager, has completed all requirements to continue her designation as a Farm Bureau Certified Manager (FBCM). She originally earned the FBCM designation in 1997.
The FBCM program which recognizes county managers for professional achievement and staff leadership was started in 1993 by the Illinois Farm Bureau. To receive the FBCM designation, county Farm Bureau managers must complete a series of six exams which assess expertise in various managerial areas. Recertification is granted every five years based on 40 hours of continuing education areas and professional staff leadership.
Bloomberg began her career with Illinois Farm Bureau in January of 1991. She served as Boone County Farm Bureau Manager from 1991-1993. She was named Henry County Farm Bureau Manager in March of 1993 and became Rock Island County Farm Bureau Manager in December of 1998.


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Arne 'Muna' M. Laakso
DIORITE, Mich. – Arne "Muna" M. Laakso, age 84, of 165 Granite St., Champion (Diorite Location), passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at the Bell Hospital emergency room.
Arne was born February 12, 1928 in Diorite to Gust and Eleanor (Johnson) Laakso. He attended grade school in Diorite and high school in Ishpeming, eventually getting his diploma through a correspondent school. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 17. Arne was employed by the North Range Mining Co. in Champion until it closed and Northern Electric Foundry in Ishpeming until he retired in 1994.
Arne was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church and the American Legion Post #114, and former member of the Ishpeming Twilight Men's Horseshoe League.
Arne was a private person, enjoyed gardening, camping, spending time at the camp on Lake Superior, playing horseshoe, and spending time with family and friends. Recently he also enjoyed watching "The Price is Right", "Wheel of Fortune" and Major League Baseball on T.V., and listening to Elmer Aho on the radio on Saturday nights.
"Muna" is survived by his wife Shirley (LaParche) Laakso, whom he married May 26, 1950 at the Bethel Lutheran Church, 5 children: Barbara (Steven) Liubakka of Diorite, Bruce (Maryjane) Laakso of Ishpeming, Sherry (Gordon) Murray of Diorite, Alan (Randi) Laakso of Diorite and Joyce (James Parkkonen) Cote of Ishpeming, 16 grandchildren: Kelly (Lance) Miller, Krystal Foreman, Kara (Bradley) Cox, Kasey (Chad Raisanen) Liubakka, Lindsey (Mike Larson) Laakso, Captain Kaylee (Eric) Campbell, Rev. Michael (Nicole) Murray, David Murray, Traci (Kevin Hamel) Murray, Jason (April) Laakso, Jeremy (Karen) Laakso, Jennifer Laakso, Stacy Nardi, Mindy (Jim Koski) Nardi, Michael Nardi and Laura Nardi, 29 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews, brother Melvin (Gail) Laakso of Green Bay, sisters: Elsie Isotalo of Marquette and Pearl Anderson of Duluth, MN, sister-in-laws: Marion Laakso of Ishpeming, Maxine LaParche of Marquette and Marion (Edward) Ouellette of Ishpeming. "Muna" was preceded in death by his parents Gust & Eleanor, daughters Arlene and Ann, brothers: Robert and Arvo and a sister Laila Leisner.
For the past few years Arne was proud of the fact he was the "oldest living resident of Diorite who was born here."
He will be remembered for his dedication to hard work, beautiful vegetable gardens, discussions of the past, great family values, conservative nature.
Cremation will take place, with the burial at the Ishpeming Cemetery. Per Arne's wishes, there will be no visitation, and only a private immediate family funeral will be held.
Arne's obituary may be viewed at www.bjorkandzhulkie.com where relatives and friends may leave a note of remembrance.


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Sonata in E-Flat Major (BWV 1031) composed by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)Transcribed by Kyril Magg for two flutes and basso continuoIncludes score and partsThe transcription which is presented here uses four instruments to perform the same three parts. Two flutes play the two melodic lines, while a keyboard and a bass instrument form the basso continuo which plays a realization of the bass line. The original flute part is retained unaltered as the first flute part of the transcription.


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Funeral at the Pourhouse
October 2 – Post-Game
Before I pushed open the door to the Pourhouse, I warned the kids to mind their manners.
"OK, we're here," I said to David and Maria when we arrived at Jimmy O'Reilly's joint. "Now look, no gloating, all right? I know you're excited that the Yankees won, and you should be, but just remember that as much as you love the Yankees, these guys love the Red Sox, and they've been loving their team a whole lot longer than you've been loving yours."
They both nodded, though they did so with smiles on their faces, and we walked in. I was prepared for the scene, and I was not surprised that it was exactly the way I envisioned it. I figured the place had probably been jammed during the game, but by this time – almost three hours after Yaz's pop fly had landed in Graig Nettles' glove – only the regulars would be left, sitting at the bar, drowning their sorrows.
"Oh Jeez, here he comes," Jimmy said as I walked over and offered my condolences.
"Boys, I don't know what to say," I said, trying to respect their pain. "It was a great game, but I know you really don't want to hear that load of crap right now."
"Well, I'll give you credit for one thing, Lassiter, you're smarter than you look," Danny Fitzgerald said to me as he tipped his beer in my direction.
"Fellas, I brought a couple guests with me. This is my son, David, and his friend, Maria," I said, introducing the kids to the guys. "I hate to tell you, but they're Yankee fans. But I also warned them to keep their lips zipped."
"Nice to meet you, Mr. O'Reilly, and I'm sorry for your loss, but just a little," Maria said in her most pleasant manner.
Jimmy looked at me and said, "Do you really expect me to serve a drink to a coupla Yankee fans? Well, you got some damn nerve, Lassiter. You're just lucky I like you."
He then looked at the kids and smiled that ruddy Irish smile and said, "I'm just teasin', and congratulations to you. I hope they get swept by the Royals."
We all chuckled at that, and then David, Maria and I sat down at the bar as Jimmy took our orders.
"So, go ahead, I know you're dying to ask," I said to the guys as our beers were placed in front of us. This is part of the deal when I visit the Pourhouse. They want to know everything that was said in the clubhouses, and today, their appetites were voracious.
"OK, what the hell did that little twerp, Dent, have to say?" Louie Carbala asked.
"I didn't know it was a home run," Dent had told the media horde crowded around his locker. "When I hit it I hoped it would make the wall and I just put my head down and kept running. Then when I turned toward second I saw the umpire circling that it was a home run."
Danny then leaned over and asked me about Mickey Rivers giving Dent a different bat. "What was up with that?"
I gave him Rivers' explanation: "Bucky and myself use the same type of bat. They actually belong to Roy White, but he doesn't use them so he let us have them. The one we had been using had a little chip in it, so I asked our clubhouse guy if he had any more and there was one left. I taped it up and told Bucky the new one felt good, but he said he was going to stick with the old chipped one. I was on him to change, and I was even yelling at him from the on-deck circle that I had the bat with me. Finally, when the ball hit his foot and he was being treated, I grabbed the bat boy and told him to take the bat up and take away the one Bucky had."
Jimmy just shook his head and said, "You gotta be kiddin' me. Rivers gives him a new bat and with the first swing he hits a home run? Damn thing was probably corked."
Jimmy wanted to know why Rick Burleson didn't go to third on Jerry Remy's single in the ninth, a pivotal play that probably cost the Red Sox the tying run. "When Jerry hit the ball, I couldn't go right away," Burleson had said. "I didn't know if Piniella was going to catch it. Then I saw the expression on his face, saw that he didn't know where the ball was, and I started running. When I turned, I saw he had the ball and it was too late."
I had also talked to third base coach Eddie Yost about that play, and Yost had told me, "I was waving for him to keep coming. I saw it was a hit from the beginning. I guess Rick didn't know and he had to hold."
"Right there is the difference between us and them," Louie said. "They make the plays, and we don't."
Maria asked me if any of the Yankees said anything about beating Torrez, who used to be a Yankee and had said some derogatory things about his former team during the course of the season.
"As a matter of fact, Graig Nettles had plenty to say about that," I said, and then I shared Nettles' comments with the gang.
"I'm glad we won, but the thing that makes me happiest is that we did it by beating Torrez," Nettles said. "We owed him that. He's been bad-mouthing us all year and we didn't appreciate that. If it wasn't for us he wouldn't have been in position to sign a $2.7 million contract. Maybe this will teach him to keep his mouth shut."
"And you wonder why we hate them damn Yankees?" Jimmy said.
The conversation spun in a few directions after that, and then Maria shared an encounter she and David had in one of the bars on Lansdowne Street after the game. They bumped into another young Yankee fan, and he'd said that as much as he wanted the Yankees to win, he really felt bad that it was Yaz who made the final out because he's too classy of a player to suffer that fate.
I agreed with that sentiment, and I shared with everyone the fact that Yaz sat there in that gloomy Boston clubhouse for 40 minutes answering our questions.
"My insides are eating me up right now," he said. "It's hard to express how I feel, but in a couple of days I guess it'll wear off. I'll go fishing for a couple weeks and start getting ready for next year."
I had asked him if he thought he was just destined to be a future Hall of Famer who won't ever win a World Series, a close-but-no-cigar career. He'd contemplated that for a second and said, "Someday we're gonna get that cigar. Before old Yaz retires, he's going to play on a world champion."
It just won't be this year, even though for most of the year, it looked like the Red Sox had the team to do it.
"That's as fine a man as has ever played for the Sox," Jimmy said. "He deserved better this year."
And with that, Jimmy poured everyone a fresh beer, and I proposed a toast. "To the Red Sox, and the Yankees. Thanks for giving us a game, and a season, that none of us will ever forget."
"Screw you Lassiter, I'd be happy to forget it," Danny said as he took a draw off his beer while everyone else let out a good belly laugh.


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The Dynamic Duo C 326BEE and C 545BEE
June 23, 2009
Dynamic Duo
The perfect partnership from NAD
Nowadays manufacturers introduce new product lines and categories undreamed-of a decade ago. So it's always reassuring to find an old favourite remembering the roots from which it grew and NAD's continuing devotion to good old-fashioned budget stereo is admirable. Here we have two of the latest fruits of that devotion, presented in the classic NAD style in graphite finish with simple, neatly laid-out front panels and moderate but not excessive feature sets.
The amplifier has seven line inputs (phono stages are a thing of the past on NAD integrated models, but the company continues to offer the classic and remarkably cheap £75 PP2 phono preamp), a tape output and separable pre and power amp stages, normally joined by a small link. One of the inputs, 'MP', is duplicated on the front panel as a 3.5mm stereo jack socket. Tone controls are defeatable, of course, and there's only a single set of speaker terminals, but a headphone socket is also provided.
At first sight, the C 326 seems rather empty inside, or at any rate its circuit board is very lightly populated. Removing a service panel from the bottom of the unit, however, reveals a wealth of surface-mounted components on the underside of the board. Almost all of these are discrete and it seems that NAD stands firm in its preference for discrete circuits over integrated—quite an achievement at this price. The top of the board carries a few more components, including regulators and, of course, the output transistors, which are mounted on a medium-size internal heatsink. There's an impressive number of wire links, which evidently are still cheaper than multi-layer circuit boards. Inputs are selected by relays, while volume is adjusted by a motorized mechanical control, so problems with premature overload due to high-output sources are avoided.
The power supply shows evidence of cost saving and the mains transformer is rather smaller than you'll find in most £500-ish amps. That's a fair compromise, though, and there's no question about the capability of this one to do what's promised: NAD's power specification of "greater than 50 watts" is comfortably met. We measured about 65 watts from both channels together, over 90 watts from one channel and brief peaks of over 100 watts, making this one of the meatiest amps in its class. We were also able to confirm NAD's claims of low distortion and wide bandwith.
The CD player is straightforward, its one luxury being CD Text, which is available in full detail: Album Title, Track Title, and Track Artist (Album Artist is not displayed by a single player or computer application we know of).
The display is nicely judged for size, font and brightness and are a definite plus. Discs are loaded quite swiftly by the transport—a proper audio one whch makes very little noise. Data is converted into analogue by a Burr-Brown chip followed by some unusually high-performance op-amps in the output filter/buffer stages. As with the amp, assembly is smart despite the use of a plastic front panel and the top cover of the unit is a surprisingly thick piece of steel, less resonant than one might expect thanks partly to the way it rests internally on damping pads fitted to the transport mounting brackets.
Sound Quality
We tried both units together as a matched pair, but also spent a fair bit of time trying each with various other electronics that we had on hand (all of which were of similar price or somewhat higher). It's fair to say that we started impressed and pretty much remained that way.
The CD player is particularly good for the cash. As we've remarked before, the basic building blocks that go to make up CD players have advanced in price/performance ratio to the point where some very well specified parts are available to designers of ostensibly very modest kit. Sure, power supplies and fancy output stages still cost real money, but it's possible to do very well in a budget design, and NAD's very own Bjørn Erik Edvardsen (BEE) has not missed a trick: this is a very capable player. It is neutral and detailed with a spacious yet precise soundstage that stays admirably stable though dynamic ebbs and flows. It also has plenty of rhythmic kick in its sound.
Actually the 'neutral' bit needs just a little qualification. In the bass there is a slightly hollow quality at time, a suggestion that control isn't absolute. At first we thought this must be a function of the amp, but it stayed with the CD player when we switched amps and largely vanished when we used the C 326 amp with other players. That apart, the C 545's approach to tonality is very evenhanded and the midrange really is little short of exemplary. The very highest treble is a shade constricted when heard alongside the best that one can buy for around £500, but in isolation it isn't bothersome.
There's no obvious musical preference, though we were particularly impressed with the player's showing on classical chamber music—a difficult genre that requires crisp treble but also excellent detail. In this case results were both believably solid and very melodious.
"For the modest asking price, these two provide a remarkably musical, but also analytical basis for a simple, high-quality system."
The amplifier fully maintains NAD's reputation for making fearless belters and as we would hope, it drove our usual ATC SCM20 speakers with little trouble (this model needs a fair bit of power, but beyond that is not actually a very difficult load—its impedance is no worse than moderate) but it also had a mighty good go at driving the notoriously tricky Bowers and Wilkins 803S, a current-hungry model that was never designed to partner budget amps and can often reduce them to the electronic equivalent of tears. By contrast in this case, the C 326 provides both brute force and subtlety, suggesting that with more likely matching speakers, it is in little danger of running aground.
We feel that the amp is not quite as neutral as the CD player and its tonal palette has a slight preference for the bottom half of the spectrum. We'd far rather have that than the reverse, though, especially when the bass is delivered with both panache and finesse. The very lowest tones of organ, piano and percussion are naturally a little less assured than one would expect from a dedicated power amp, say, and the precision with which the upper bass is handled also lags upmarket models by a small margin. But in its context the bass is really very fine and, as with the CD player, has a pleasing solidarity to it.
Treble may be a shade recessed, but it too has considerable refinement, revealing clearly the differences between similar instruments in an ensemble, for instance, and making the most of delicate ambience cues.
As a duo, these two really get on like a house on fire. The whole is distinctly more than the sum of the parts, in a way we don't always find with 'matching' components. For the modest asking price, these two provide a remarkably musical, but also analytical basis for a simple, high-quality system.
Richard Black
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Italian Chicken Sticks
- 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
- 11/2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 11/2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Pinch ground red pepper
- 8 boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter
- Marinara sauce or honey mustard, for dipping
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
In a pie plate or platter, combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan, thyme, basil, oregano, salt, garlic powder, and red pepper. Dip the chicken strips in the melted butter, then dredge them in the bread crumb mixture. Place the chicken strips in a single layer on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Serve the chicken sticks hot with marinara sauce, or serve hot or cold with honey mustard.
Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen
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Pinot Grigio
Citrusy, light white wine
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WASHINGTON — Homeland Security officials are considering at least two major policy changes to scale back deportations of immigrants in the country illegally to comply with President Barack Obama's order for "more humane" enforcement efforts, officials said yesterday.
The first change would ease or stop deportations of foreigners who have no criminal convictions other than immigration violations. If approved, deportation efforts would chiefly target people who have been charged or convicted in court and pose a potential threat.
Thousands who have overstayed visas or entered the country illegally are deported each year, including parents of children who are citizens but have broken no other laws.
Another change under consideration would scale back a controversial program known as Secure Communities. It allows immigration authorities to ask that immigrants in the country illegally be held in local jails until they can be transferred to federal facilities for deportation.
The proposed change would limit the local detentions and focus only on people with criminal records.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity a day after the White House said Jeh Johnson, the secretary of Homeland Security, was ordered to review deportation efforts.


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Best Reason to go Raw
Whether you are a vegan or a carnivore, you have to appreciate the power of living foods. Better skin, mental clarity, weight control, energy, disease prevention … the list goes on. Our vote for best raw/vegan restaurant in town goes to Christopher's Kitchen. It's a small, unassuming resto in Palm Beach Gardens' Midtown, but it packs a wallop when it comes to both nutrition and taste. People make the trek from all over the county to partake of Christopher Slawson's grain bowls, raw (but fishless) sushi, living juices and smoothies, and our personal favorite, CK Tacos with a yummy walnut taco "meat."
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2012 Bowling Green New Music Festival: "Music and the Physical World"Posted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: Aaron Allen, Bowling Green State University, Doug Perkins, JACK Quartet, John Luther Adams, Marina Rosenfeld, MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, New Music Festival
The MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music (MACCM) celebrates 25 years of dynamic music making with its annual New Music Festival, October 17-20, 2012.
The 2012 Bowling Green New Music Festival, held on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, will be a wide-reaching interdisciplinary gathering featuring the work guest composer John Luther Adams, prize-winning author Barry Lopez, sound artist Marina Rosenfeld and many other composers, performers and scholars. Titled "Music and the Physical World," this festival's events will focus on music, the written word, visual art and science, exploring topics about nature, sustainability and the interconnectedness of all things. Other featured guests will include the JACK Quartet, ecomusicologist Aaron Allen and percussionist Doug Perkins.
Festival highlights include a performance of Adams' mammoth outdoor environmental percussion work Inuksuit, a concert celebrating the influential West Coast record label Cold Blue, a screening of Leonard Kamerling's film version of Strange and Sacred Noise, An ongoing installation of Rosenfeld's video work WHITE LINES, and much more.
Organized by the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music and the College of Musical Arts, the festival has hosted John Adams, Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, William Bolcom, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Chen Yi, John Corigliano, George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky, Anthony Davis, Philip Glass, John Harbison, Lou Harrison, Karel Husa, Joan La Barbara, David Lang, Paul Lansky, Robert Morris, Pauline Oliveros, Shulamit Ran, Bernard Rands, Terry Riley, Christopher Rouse, Frederic Rzewski, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Bright Sheng, Steven Stucky, Morton Subotnick, Joan Tower, Vladimir Ussachevsky and more than 350 other guest composers and musicians since 1980. The 2012 festival marks the 33rd consecutive year of new music festivals at Bowling Green.
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Today's image, which comes to us courtesy of the U.S. Army, records the civilian suffering accompanying catastrophic flooding in Pakistan, as families escape the town of Khyber via a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter on August 5. As Secretary Clinton noted, airlifts such as this are part of a larger U.S. response, carried out in close coordination with the Government of Pakistan. The United States is making commitments of $25 million in assistance to flood-affected populations, bringing the total to date to more than $35 million. We are also deploying humanitarian relief experts and delivering essential supplies.
Recent flash floods and heavy rains, the worst in more than 80 years, have affected millions of Pakistanis. An estimated 1,500 people lost their lives, and many more are missing. Thousands are trapped and hundreds of thousands require emergency assistance.
You can help alleviate the suffering with a $10 donation to help the UN High Commissioner for Refugees provide tents, clothing, food, clean drinking water, and medicine to people displaced by floods. American citizens can text the word "SWAT" to the number 50555 to make a contribution. Related: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
Joe in Pakistan writes:
Dear Sir(s)
It is not working. Your $25 million will probably go to corrupt political leaders or corrupt NGO's of Pakistan.
Please for god's sake watch pakistani private news channels and you will know the truth.
You have to do it your self or find American volunteers who are willing to distribute with relief with their own hands. Other wise the money will be found in pockets of corrupt politicians or corrupt NGO's.
Good Luck.


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The policy that Americans should enjoy "universal" access to affordable communications services has existed since the 1930s. In 2009, the nation's Universal Service Fund (Fund), managed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), disbursed roughly $7.3 billion to subsidize telephone and other communications services through four programs. The High Cost program subsidizes companies serving rural and high-cost areas. The Low-Income, E-rate, and Rural Health Care programs subsidize telephone bills and communications services for low-income consumers, schools and libraries, and rural health care providers, respectively. The National Broadband Plan, released in March 2010 by an FCC task force, calls for modifying the Fund to support greater deployment of more expensive broadband technologies. Universal Service Fund programs are funded through mandatory payments from companies providing telecommunications servicespayments usually passed along to consumers as a line item fee on their telephone bill. Fund disbursements have more than tripled since beginning in 1998. GAO has reported the need for improved management practices in each of the four programs.
GAO has examined each of the Fund's programs and concluded that proposals to modify them to support greater deployment of more expensive broadband technologies without re-examining the purpose, design, and management of the programs could increase disbursements from the Fund and the costs borne by consumers. FCC's design of Fund programs, including the High Cost and Low-Income programs having no limits on disbursements, have allowed disbursements to grow significantly over time. For example, due to increased program participation, Low-Income support payments for 2010 are estimated to reach approximately $1.4 billiona 36 percent single-year increase over 2009. In September 2010, FCC indexed the E-rate program's $2.25 billion annual funding cap to inflation, which will lead to increases in that program's expenditures. Using each program to support greater broadband deployment will further increase the upward pressure on spending.
Total Fiscal Year Disbursements from the Four Universal Service Fund Programs
In February 2005, GAO raised concerns with the unusual structure that FCC established for the Fund that has caused FCC to struggle over the years with identifying the fiscal and accountability requirements that apply to the Fund. These concerns included the extent to which FCC has delegated some functions to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)the not-for-profit corporation that FCC appointed as the permanent administrator of the Fund. In response to GAO's concerns that USAC was operating and disbursing funds under less explicit federal ties than many other federal programs, FCC established a memorandum of understanding with USAC in 2007. However, concerns about FCC's design and structure of the Fund remain, including the Fund being outside of Congress' annual appropriations oversight process.
In its management of the Fund, FCC has not undertaken a data-driven approach to overseeing the four programs. For example, GAO found in its November 2010 report on the Rural Health Care program that FCC never conducted a comprehensive needs assessment to learn how the program can best target the telecommunications needs of rural health care providers. Proper needs assessments are crucial to the effective design and assessment of programs. If FCC had obtained data through a needs assessment, it may have been able to articulate a clearer vision for the program, more accurately ascertain why some rural health care providers do not participate in the program, and better ensure that FCC's programmatic changes achieved the intended results. Using data-based assessments would supplement the information gained through FCC's regulatory procedures and enhance FCC's ability to manage Fund programs.
Finally, GAO has found that FCC lacks performance goals and measures for all four Fund programs. Results-oriented organizations establish a strong foundation for successful program management through setting performance goals to clearly define desired outcomes and developing performance measures that are linked to the program goals. GAO has recommended over the years that FCC establish performance goals and measures for all of the Universal Service Fund programs and FCC has generally agreed with these recommendations. However, FCC has made only partial progress toward implementing performance goals and measures in each of the four programs.
The National Broadband Plan recommends shifting Universal Service Fund support from legacy voice technologies to supporting a broadband platform that enables many applications, including voice. However, two of the programs remain uncapped and FCC has not adequately addressed the Fund's continued growth. GAO's work illustrates the need for a broader rethinking of the vision, size, structure, and goals of the Universal Service Fund, coupled with management improvements by FCC that will address GAO's recommendations. For example, FCC conducting comprehensive needs assessments would be a good first step toward designing programs that properly target broadband needs. Establishing clear performance goals and measures for the programs will allow FCC to better determine the proper amount of funding for each program, target the funding to meet the needs of the intended beneficiaries, and conduct needed program evaluations. FCC and USAC have noted they will work together to respond to recent GAO recommendations regarding improving internal controls and other oversight mechanisms. Beyond GAO's previous recommendations, Congress may also wish to give the Fund increased attention since it falls outside of the annual appropriations process. These actions would help ensure stronger governmental accountability over the Fund in the future and help avoid continued cost increases for rate payers.
This analysis is based on the work conducted for the products listed under the "Related GAO Products" tab, as well as a review of the March 2010 National Broadband Plan and FCC's recent proposed rulemakings and orders related to implementation of Universal Service Fund reform.
For additional information about this area, contact Mark Goldstein at (202) 512-2834 or email@example.com.


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Dorothy 'Dottie' O. Gardner
SARANAC LAKE -Dorothy O. "Dottie" Gardner, 90, of Saranac Lake, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at Adirondack Medical Center, Saranac Lake.
Mrs. Gardner was born in Jersey City, N.J., on Dec. 28, 1922. She was the youngest child of Swedish immigrants, Axel and Hilda Olson. She was married to the late Hezekiah Gardner.
Mrs. Gardner was employed by Westinghouse Corp. and lived for 48 years in Kearny, N.J., before retiring to Saranac Lake in 1992. In Saranac Lake, she volunteered at Hospice, Adirondack Medical Center, and was involved with the Red Hatters. For many years she was proud to share her Swedish tradition of Glogg with the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace builders. She loved to entertain and cook for large groups. In the summer months, she welcomed many visitors to her camp on Oseetah Lake. She was also a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
She is survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
A service of celebration will take place at First United Methodist Church, 63 Church St., Saranac Lake, at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 9. A reception will immediately follow in the church's Fellowship Hall.
Friends wishing to remember Dorothy Gardner may make memorial contributions to High Peaks Hospice, Wounded Warrior Project or a charity of your choice.


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Rejoice ever more. 1 Thessalonians 5:16
Maybe its cooincidence that the House of Hanover (as Dynastically speaking we are still living under, Windsor and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha both being requested changes, NOT a difference of Blood in the family) as the most recent House, has spawned three of the longest living Monarchs...and that two of them, have been Females. The Longest King was George III who buggered things with the American Collonies, then Victoria, and now Elizabeth, all reigned for OVER half a century EACH. I think the feeling within the parliamentarians is that the Monarchy is here to stay, BUT its damn easy to work with a Woman...and not so easy to work with a Man on the Throne...so they have done everything to try and make it that the first born, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, sits on the Throne, from the offspring of William and Catherine...now, it just so happens, its a Male anyway...BUT had it been a Female, and their second born a Male...HE would have to WAIT, rather then shunting the woman out of the way. Thats favourable I suppose.
The Dangerous bit is that they are also reversing the tag in the Glorious Revolution.
Let me explain...Ever since the Reformation of King Henry Tudor, there has been an issue with what Denomination the Throne is under. The real issue was despite the fact that Elizabeth Tudor established the Church of England forever, the Monarchs still swayed dangerously towards Romanism. When Elizabeth died, she took the House of Tudor with her...and the closest relative for a new House was the Scot King...who happened to be a Roman Catholic...enter the gun powder plott. Several Kings later, and the Denominations are warring against each other again in the Civil War...With the Romans shut out its Church of England Vs Presbyterian....followed by Presbyterian Vs Puritan. Thankfully the restoration sorted out the return of The Church of England...but then by the late Stuarts...the Roman Catholics had regrouped under James...and the Parliamentarians got so desperate, they bought in a King from the House of Orange, who married the Queen of the House of Stuart, and they litterally both reigned as Co-Monarchs together. They are known as William and Mary.
They basically consigned the monarchy to powerlessness and the House of Stuart closed all together just one reign after them.
One of the things they signed up to was that No Monarch, nor Consort of anyone eligable for being Monarch could be Roman Catholic. They HAD to be Anglican, specifically Church of England as its Supreme Govenor.
The British Parliament have just undone that law. Whilst I dont now see Catholics and Protestants warring together again...I COULD see a time when we end up with a Secular Monarch, OR, a Roman Catholic Monarch who basically dis-establishes the Church of England. For Anglicanism in this country, that would be tantamount to distruction.
I imagine that if those three died, Catherine would become Princess Regent, until George becomes 18 years old.
Now only if you kill George as well will Harry become King. It generally thought that by the time the Crown passes to the next generation in terms of immediate heirs, the probability of anyone in any generation above not in direct line, stand next to no chance.
When Queen Anne died, she left no offspring for the House of Stuart to Continue, and she had no Siblings either. So the Government went through a list of possible successors, and crossed off any that were Roman Catholic. The first protestant on the list was Sophia of Hanover...but she died before Anne...so when Anne died, Sophias Son became King George.
In order for a new House to be Developed
*Every living relative of Hanover as far back as the change by Royal Proclimation to Windsor must be deceased. That is at present Fourty Nine people.
*The House must pass to a Male within the Living Relative bracket of Windsor, but who was born to a Mother accepting a Dowedger name permitted as part of the Proclimation
These include on the present list of Fourty Nine
Numbers 16-21 (who are offspring of the Queens Deceased Sister, who were not living at the decree of the automatic male name change, and thus born with a different surname)
Numbers 26-31 (who are offspring to the Third and Fourth Generations of the Son of George V who never rulled as Monarch)
Numbers 36-40 (who are offspring to the third and fourth generations of the daughters of the son of George V, who never rulled as Monarch)
Numbers 43-49 (Who are the offspring of the fourth, fifth and Sixth Generations decended down the most recent branch of offspring from George V who never rulled as Monarch)
At Present the Queens Daughter and her Family, who go by the name of Philips, would still be considered Windsors...but only whilst the Monarch resides in the Stem of their Offspring. The Moment Charles becomes King, the offspring of Princess Anne will move to a Generation above the Monarch, rather then below or akin...therefore, to re-involve them in the line, would mean obliteration of everything below a monarch, and therefore, with their names changed matriarchally, were they to ever asscend they would be classed as a different house.
You only ever have family precidence whilst the Kingship is above, or in your generation...the moment the Kingship passes to a younger generation, your generation moves from close relative, to distant...and its the significance of the distance which entails a new house.
At the moment Princess Anne is too close to the Queen to be considered a distant relative of the Monarch...but when George Alexander Louis is on the throne...Princess Annes family in relation to the Monarch wont be Daughter...but Great Aunt....do you follow?
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MAPLE SPRINGS – Thirty fully grown adults in business attire walk onto a carousel, and one person says to another, "isn't this magnificent?"
It's not so much of a joke as it is a description of what happened at Midway State Park on Thursday, following a ribbon cutting for the reopening of the park's historic carousel.
For the past four years, the popular 1946 Herschell Carousel has been located in a parking lot due to the deteriorated condition of the 1928 roundhouse building which sheltered it. The project to stabilize the building, replace the roof, repair windows, install new pathways and add new cedar benches is now almost fully completed.
"New York State Parks is the second most visited park system, and is approaching the largest park system in the country," said Rose Harvey, New York State Parks commissioner. "Our parks come in all sizes, all shapes, and all sorts of significance. That being said, Midway Park is truly unique and truly iconic – we're really proud to have it and its uniqueness in our park system. … Midway makes memories like none other. Midway brings children to our park system and offers them memories that they will never forget. It's really a pleasure to have one of the oldest operating amusement parks in the country in our parks system."
Harvey went on to thank Gov. Cuomo for his investment through the NY Works program, which provided $89 million statewide and $143 million in total funding to move forward with more than 100 overdue projects to improve 55 parks and historic sites across New York.
"It does take an amazing team to make all of this happen, and everyone has done a very good job … certainly Gov. Cuomo stepped into a huge deficit, but he stepped right into our park system, and was right behind everyone here who have been so passionate about state parks," said Harvey. "After 30 years of no capital, capital has finally been made available for this parks system, and that wouldn't have happened without the legislature to make this money available in very difficult times."
Present at the ribbon cutting along with Harvey was Mark Thomas, former county executive; Lisa Vanstrom, proxy for state Sen. Cathy Young; Elisabeth Randkin, proxy for Assemblyman Andy Goodell; Dalton Burgett, local attorney; and Robert Wooler, Friends of Midway State Park chairman.
"I think everyone understands the idea behind 'friends' groups, as they span across the state," said Wooler. "The parks are funded by the state and channel the public dollars, while the friends groups leverage the private donations. Included with this (carousel) is a gift that I think everyone can appreciate: connecting everyone who cares about this park with their memories of the park, as well as the fact that our children and grandchildren can enjoy the park in its pristine condition as we continue to renovate the rides. We're in the desirable position of connecting people with those memories, and hearing those stories. I think in some ways, it's not really an equal partnership; the employees here at Midway put in the heavy lifting, and the state puts in the big dollars, and the friends group just puts the (cosmetic touches) on the hard work everyone else has already done. … It's such an honor to be able to do that."
Wooler made mention to one horse on the carousel which was already fully painted. Artist Diane Gatto painted one of the horses to provide guests with a prototype of how the other horses will look, and the remaining 29 horses have been sandblasted, primed and base-coated with paint to prepare them for the new design. The remaining horses will be painted following the conclusion of the park season to match Gatto's prototype.
Following closing remarks made by Thomas, a ribbon cutting took place, and many of those in attendance took advantage of an opportunity to take a ride on the carousel.


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MARQUETTE – Two U.S. Olympic Education Center Greco-Roman wrestlers became national champions at the ASICS Junior Nationals held in Las Vegas on Friday.
Seven other USOEC wrestlers also medaled by placing second or third.
Isaiah Varona, wrestling at 55 kilograms (121.3 pounds) won his third national title after pinning defeating Trey Andrews of Bear Cave in the gold-medal match, 4-2, 4-0.
Earlier, he pinned Nickolas of Suples Wrestling Club at 31 seconds of the second period, pinned Kyndall Rutz of Colorado USA Wrestling at 45 seconds of the second period, and decisioned Cameron Perry of Gilmer Bobcat Wrestling, 7-0, 1-0.
Alejandro Sancho, who like Varona is from Miami, competed at 66 kg (145.5 lbs.). Sancho outpointed Rylan Lubeck of Badger Wrestling, 2-0, 3-3, for the gold medal.
Before that, he pinned Timmy Box of Dave Schulz Elite at 1:19 of the first period and decisioned Sahid Kargbo of Patriot Elite Wrestling, 7-0, 1-3, 3-0.
Each of those champions earn No. 1 seeds at the ASICS U.S. Junior World Team Trials in Stillwater, Okla., from June 20-23, while others who placed also qualified for that meet.
Three USOEC silver medalists included Barrett Stanghill at 74 kg (163.1 lbs.), who didn't give up a point until the title match, when he lost to Geordan Speiller of Florida Jets, 2-0, 0-1, 1-0.
Zeke Honegger at 79 kg (174.2 lbs.) had a pair of pins before falling to William Baker of Rocky Mountain Training in the finals, 3-1, 5-1.
Recruit and guest athlete Orry Elor entered his first event at the USOEC and reached the 120 kg (264.6 lb.) championship match before falling to Adam Coon of Fowlerville, 4-2, 1-0.
Bronze medalists from the USOEC included Arthur Carmona at 55 kg, Michael Mioni at 63 kg (138.9 lbs.), Dillon Cowan at 74 kg and Khymba Johnson at 96 kg (211.6 lbs.).
Others in the top six include Ramon Moreno in fifth at 50 kg (110.2 lbs.), Jessy Williams in sixth at 60 kg (132.3 lbs.) and Aiseah Achesah in sixth at 79 kg (174.2 lbs.).


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I find it mind boggling that you have so much trouble finding WM mozzarella where you live, my local wallyworld carries 4 brands, just about every grocery chain carries several national brands plus one of their own private labels. Deli counters always have a loaf for fresh slicing, and import stores are stocked with all kinds of cheeses. Any store MUST deal with Kraft products, and Kraft is the parent company of Polly-O. I think if you talked to any grocery store manager, they could surely get you some mozzarella, just be persistent (a pain in their ass). I believe that most of the major brands come in a carton of 6 1lb. blocks, you could offer to be it by the carton! Good luck, or you could always start making your own!


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The Center for Creative Education (CCE) is welcoming parents and potential Picassos, Bocellis and Leonardo DiCaprios to see if their creative interests are a match for a new 3-year initiative, the Discover Series.
Two open houses will be hosted to give parents and their children more information about the Center's newest program the Discover Series. Aimed at parents with third-grade students that might have wondered if their child is a potential Picasso or Oscar-bound actor, prima ballerina or concert cellist, award-winning author or roving reporter.
The signature program will officially begin on June 17, at CCE, and will offer 60 rising third-grade students a unique opportunity to discover their passion for the arts – including music, dance, theater, visual arts and media. Partial or full scholarships are available on an as needed basis, thanks to an anonymous $250,000 donation. The students do not have to have a specific talent or art experience. CCE is looking for kids with curiosity, a strong commitment to study the arts and the discipline to attend the weekly classes on a regular basis. Applications to the program will only be considered on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The non-profit CCE served nearly 13,000 Palm Beach County students last year – using the arts to educate and inspire creative thinking in Palm Beach County classrooms and after-school programming. Many of the students involved in CCE's programming are at risk of educational failure. Through their exploration of the arts, students learn commitment, discipline, open-mindedness, team-building and creative thinking – necessary skills for developing the whole child.
The Discover Series completes the circle of arts education that the Center for Creative Education provides: arts-integrated curriculum, arts-enhanced curriculum and art as curriculum. They have long been linking arts and academics in their "LEAP" program, in which a CCE teaching artist and a classroom teacher collaborate to teach the content of art and another subject. Their after-school program, "CADRE", uses art as a "hook" to reinforce classroom studies. Now CCE's Discover Series will offer instruction in "art for art's sake", allowing third graders to explore a range of art forms and decide what sparks their creativity.


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- Subjects:Elementary School, Courage, Bravery, Heroism, Segregation and Integration, Civil Rights Movement, Historic Figures, Social Studies through Literature, Prejudice and Tolerance Experiences, Teacher Tips and Strategies
- Skills:Biographies, Social Studies
Ruby's Courage
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Share the true story of Ruby Bridges, a living hero of the Civil Rights Movement. Six-year-old Ruby Bridges was the first black student to attend all-white William Frantz Elementary School in 1960. She showed remarkable courage and maturity as she braved threatening crowds of white people to enter the school escorted by federal marshals. Because she was a young child when she helped integrate the schools in New Orleans, her story of courage is especially meaningful to children. Read on for teaching resources about Ruby Bridges.
Through My Eyes, Ruby Bridges' autobiography, includes lots of photos. I read this book aloud to my students. The photos helped them understand that Ruby is a real person and that her story is nonfiction. You can show a two-minute video that goes with this book.
In the back of the first edition of Through My Eyes is a jump rope rhyme, "Ruby B." by Susan Salidor, that my class learned. We shared the poem at Morning Meeting. There are many verses and the same words are repeated over and over. I talked about the importance of rhythm in the poem and how, just this once, reading in a singsong way is appropriate. Then students took turns jumping rope to a verse or two as their classmates read the poem in time with the jumping. Lori McKenna has written a song about Ruby entitled "Ruby's Shoes" your students might also enjoy.
Child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles volunteered to work with Ruby and her family when she first attended Frantz Elementary School. Dr. Coles was amazed by Ruby's resilience and later wrote The Story of Ruby Bridges for children. I used this book with one of my reading groups. Strong 2nd grade readers will enjoy this book, which is written on guided reading level O.
Ruby Bridges Goes to School is an easy reader written by Ruby Bridges. This is an accessible version of Ruby's story. It is written on guided reading level K.
I showed my class the Disney movie Ruby Bridges, which is widely available in DVD or VHS format. (Check your school or public library.) I broke the movie into two or three parts to make it more manageable. At times Ruby Bridges is slow-moving, but my students paid close attention throughout. We had rich conversations comparing the movie with the books. If you don't have time for an entire film, there are video clips available.
Here on Scholastic.com I found a printable and a writing response sheet about Ruby Bridges to help you with your planning. For writing samples to show your students, see the award-winning thank you letters from students to Ruby Bridges.
Today Ruby Bridges remains active as a writer. She brings a message of tolerance and understanding to school groups. Visit Ruby Bridges' Web site to find out more.
Ruby Bridges visiting with children.
wow this was very nice
We will be using this extensively in our classroom in February. Thanks!
Joan, Thanks for your comment! I agree that the movie really captures students' interest. The angry crowd horrified and impressed my students. A couple of students missed part of the film. They asked to borrow it so they could see the end. It's a powerful film!
We watched the Disney movie with 7th & 8th graders, and they chose to ask the P.E. teacher if they could skip his class in order to finish the film. I can off no higher praise; PE is their favorite class. I really loved it, too. The young actress was a natural.
Hi Kristi, I've noticed this too, and it makes for an interesting conversation with students. If you look at the drawings of the teacher she has gray hair in a bun, when the real Mrs. Henry was a beginning, young teacher. It's okay to use the story but good to point out the mistakes or see if students can find them themselves. You can compare to photos in the Ruby's autobiography. Thanks for your perceptive comment!
Teachers need to be careful when using the paperback of Scholastic's "The Story of Ruby Bridges." Instead of Mrs. Henry as Ruby's teacher, this edition has Mrs. Hurley. As my third graders wanted to know, "How come the same story has a different name for Ruby's teacher(than the hardback versions)?" I would think that Scholastic owes Mrs. Henry an apology.
Suzanne, Thanks so much for your suggestion. The more resources, the better!
Teachers should also check this out: Scholastic Kids Press Corps Kid Reporter Abigayle Lista interviewed Ms. Bridges just this fall. You can view the video interview here: www.scholastic.com/rubybridges
She is an inspiration!


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How one woman with anxiety disorder overcame her fear of traveling.
Traveling this holiday season? You�re in good company: In 2011, an estimated 91.9 million Americans traveled 50 miles or more from home during the holiday season, according to the AAA. For most individuals, traveling offers an exhilarating opportunity to break out of the mundane rhythms of everyday life and explore new sights, sounds and tastes. But for individuals who suffer from severe anxiety disorders, the mere thought of traveling may provoke intense fear, dread and even panic. RELATED: Depression or Anxiety: How to Tell the Difference? �Travel constantly exposes you to new and different things, and comes with a range of unknowns and what-ifs�a potentially endless array of scenarios that can pose a threat to someone trying to keep their nerves under control by way of controlling their environment,� says Rita Anya Nara, author of the book The Anxious Traveler. Rita knows firsthand how devastating it can be to live with an anxiety disorder. For years, Rita was paralyzed by severe anxiety that inhibited her from doing the things she loved. She struggled with numerous forms of anxiety disorders, including seasonal affective disorder, panic disorder and social anxiety disorder.�One day, tired of passively sitting and watching life go by, Rita overcame her dread of the unfamiliar and hopped on a plane. To date, she has ventured to 38 countries and has largely conquered her debilitating anxiety symptoms. [caption id="attachment_117579" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Author and blogger Rita Anya Nara[/caption] Below, Rita shares her �top 10� strategies for conquering anxiety and exploring foreign lands with ease. Start small. �Start out with small journeys in relatively nearby areas and regions, and by going for a short time with someone you trust and/or love.� Come clean. �Be honest with yourself � and your doctor � about your phobias and disorder(s).� Don�t switch it up. �Don�t abandon medications, make rash lifestyle changes, or take an all-or-nothing approach to feeling better.� Physically prepare. �Recognize and learn how to manage the various physical impacts of traveling that are often a significant (but inadequately addressed) mental hurdle to going abroad. Talk to your doctor about jet lag, travel fatigue, acclimatization, altitude sickness, your sensitivity to environmental factors such as air or water quality, and other similar issues before you leave.� Focus on you. �Don�t overwhelm yourself worrying about culture shock, etiquette and local customs, and language barriers.� Once you stop paying so much attention to yourself, it�s far easier to assimilate than you�d think.� Remember, you are a guest in another country; focus on being a good guest, and you will bring out the best in people around the world.� Scope out hotels. Understand your many lodging and transportation options. Some will undoubtedly be more comfortable and natural to you than others. Choose wisely and put your psychological health before factors such as cost and convenience. Do your homework. �Learn as much as you can about the place you�re traveling to!� It won�t �spoil the surprise� of your destination�on the contrary, it will help you anticipate and eliminate unwelcome surprises such as lack of services in some areas, where crime typically takes place, and where to avoid hazards and accidents.� Shape up. �Get yourself in good physical shape. It will improve your confidence and your psychological resilience (more than you�d expect!), reduce the likelihood of getting run down and ill while abroad, and enable you to respond quickly to an unexpected challenge or change in plans.� Plan ahead. Ask your doctor to research a physician or psychiatrist at the place you�re visiting, just in case you need to find care or medications abroad. Enjoy yourself. �We�re privileged in this day and age to have the time and means to take trips thousands of miles away, and keep going back. Make the most of it, and have an attitude of both learning from your travel snafus, and celebrating your most successful and incredible days of touring. � Most of all, Rita advises anxious travelers to surmount their fears sooner than later. �Don�t wait to �feel better� to start traveling or doing something else you love; it won�t happen,� Rita says. �You work through your fears by confronting them one by one in the real world.� No matter whether your anxiety symptoms are severe or mild, it�s all about freeing your mind�and yourself�from physical and mental limitations so that you can live the richest, most fulfilling life possible. �There�s no greater feeling than turning off that scared voice in the back of your mind, and getting back in touch with everything�and everyone�around you,� Rita says. Brought to you by: Spry Living


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Welcome to Hagi SO 13 "Tempest"
Hopefully you have been following along as we discussed the upcoming Hagi SO 13 "Tempest."
It appears the question about Mago being able to ship has been resolved, not sure if your following the shipping restriction from Japan topic?!?
I think this SO 13 is a real beauty, yet stormy. Have you ever watched a storm approaching and thought it was beautiful? I find this to be an extreme Hagi SO. Also a very limited run of 20 pieces total.
The basics ...
The artisan is Yamane Seigan who is able to offer such diversity to our Hagi SO program.
This is the same SO custom shape of SO 8, but proportionately larger, 3.5 - 3.75" wide. I love this shape! I think it will hold about 4 ounces.
It also has a choice of two different foot options, the same foot (kuodai) of SO 8 or the notched foot (Wari Kuodai), either is very complimentary to this piece.
Here is my photobucket http://s285.photobucket.com/albums/ll60/Teamaan/TC%20SO%2013%20/
And Wari Kuodai (EDIT: all Wari Kuodai version pieces are sold!)
Remember, there are ONLY 5 (actually 4, heh ... so do not choose #5 ) of these Wari Kuodai "Tempests." Unfortunately, not everyone who wants a Wari Kuodai version will get one. So INCLUDE NON WARI KUODAI OPTIONS AS WELL!!!
The clay is super oni hagi, verrrry rough, very extreme. This adds to the unique beauty of this SO.
And the glaze is extreme Sansai and the extreme Oni Hagi (super rough sand/clay) definitely accentuates this.
The results are awesome! Don't you think? I have seen a fair number of sansai, but nothing like these! I cannot wait to get one in my hands!
There are 15 pieces of the foot like SO 8. So 20 pieces total! The last 5 pieces in my photobucket are the Wari Kuodai (notched foot).
Cost. TC Hagi SO per piece cost 50 USD for the 15 more traditional footed pieces. And 55 USD each for the 5 notched footed pieces.
Shipping will be EMS (express) or the budget airmail SAL. I am recommending EMS as it is fastest, guaranteed, trackable. SAL is a bit slower, not guaranteed, and not trackable. Both are very reliable, but you must be willing to accept the risk if choosing SAL.
1 work SAL (7.50$). EMS-US (21$). EMS-EU (25$).
2 works SAL (13.50$). EMS-US (30$). EMS-EU (35$).
WHEN ORDERING by PMing me, PLEASE BE SURE TO STATE THE ITEM NUMBER FROM THE PHOTO WHICH WILL TELL ME WHICH FOOT YOU WANT. There are two different each of #1-5!!!
Send at least 3 selections. If you want more than one, send at least 5 selections. I will make sure members get one before anyone gets a second.
As always, I will need confirmation of the following with your PM. Mago requires this step which is a pretty good idea ...
Your choices in order of preference/quantity wanted
User name
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