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English Channel, also called The Channel, French La Manche, narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean separating the southern coast of England from the northern coast of France and tapering eastward to its junction with the North Sea at the Strait of Dover (French: Pas de Calais). With an area of some 29,000 square miles (75,000 square kilometres), it is the smallest of the shallow seas covering the continental shelf of Europe. From its mouth in the North Atlantic Ocean—an arbitrary limit marked by a line between the Scilly Isles and the Isle of Ushant—its width gradually narrows from 112 miles (180 kilometres) to a minimum of 21 miles, while its average depth decreases from 400 to 150 feet (120 to 45 metres). Although the English Channel is a feature of notable scientific interest, especially in regard to tidal movements, its location has given it immense significance over the centuries, as both a route and a barrier during the peopling of Britain and the emergence of the nation-states of modern Europe. The current English name (in general use since the early 18th century) probably derives from the designation "canal" in Dutch sea atlases of the late 16th century. Earlier names had included Oceanus Britannicus and the British Sea, and the French have regularly used La Manche (in reference to the sleevelike coastal outline) since the early 17th century.
Physical features
The contemporary English Channel probably is the result of a complex structural downfolding dating from about 40 million years ago, although signs of a downwarp tendency occur as early as 270 million years ago. The direct ancestor of the channel may well have been a sea occupying the downfold one to two million years ago, with a sea level 600 to 700 feet higher than the present level.
The withdrawal of water by the glaciers of the late Pleistocene Epoch (about 25,000 years ago), produced a sea level at least 300 feet lower than the present. Later the melting of the ice raised the sea level to its present mark, and the ecologically important land bridge across the Strait of Dover finally was submerged about 8,000 years ago.
The seafloor dips fairly steeply near the coasts but is generally flat and remarkably shallow (especially in relation to nearby land elevations); its greatest depth, 565 feet (172 metres) in the Hurd Deep, is one of a group of anomalous deep, enclosed troughs in the bed of the western channel. The channel has been shaped by the effect upon its rock strata (with their varying degrees of hardness) of such forces as weathering and erosion (when much of the area was dry land), sea-level changes, and contemporary erosion and deposition by marine currents.
The floor of the western channel generally is 200 to 400 feet deep and is relatively flat and featureless, reflecting fairly uniform rock types, mostly limestone. Harder igneous rocks cause shoals to emerge—as in the case of the Scilly Isles and Channel Islands—and submerged cliffs and narrow depressions provide some additional variety.
In the central channel (150 to 200 feet deep), depths are fairly uniform over chalk outcrops, but alternations of clays and limestones give rise to an undulating terrain, with deeps reaching almost twice the average. A continuation of the Seine River valley system north of the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy complicates the relief forms. Farther east again, the seafloor is smoother and the geology simpler. Depths range from 6 to 160 feet, with such elongated banks as the Varne and the Ridge greatly constricting shipping lanes.
Because the English Channel, unlike the Irish or North seas, lay beyond the action of Pleistocene glaciers, superficial deposits are either very thin (three feet or less) or entirely absent. They represent a complex reworking of deposits of various ages, and their distribution reflects tidal streams. Where the streams are strong, the seabed is bare except for pebbles; decreasing velocities give rise to sand and gravel ribbons and waves (the latter up to 40 feet thick) and to thick beds of fine-grained deposits in sheltered areas, notably the Gulf of Saint-Malo.
Tides in the English Channel generally are strong, especially in the Strait of Dover, and may be visualized as an oscillation (modified by the Earth's rotation and configuration) about a north-south line through the centre of the channel—i.e., with a rise to the west accompanying a fall to the east. The central portion experiences semidiurnal (twice-daily) tides (helpful to shipping movements at Southampton, which has a double, or prolonged, high tide), and the Gulf of Saint-Malo experiences the greatest tidal range, 28 feet or more.
Surface temperatures range from 45° F (7° C) in February to 61° F (16° C) in September, although shallow coastal waters are warmer in summer. There is little temperature change with depth in the well-mixed eastern waters of the channel, but bottom-water temperatures fall to 41° F (5° C) in the west. Surface salinities decline eastward from slightly less than the Atlantic level of 35.5 parts per thousand; coastal salinity readings are further reduced by the influx of river water, especially from the larger French landmass. There is an overall water flow through the English Channel to the North Sea, with complete replacement taking about 500 days.
The weather over the English Channel is highly variable. Often, but especially from October to April, it is cloudy, chilly, and wet, with strong winds and poor visibility. At other times, it is fair and dry, with light winds and good visibility. During periods of unsettled weather, daytime high temperatures rise to about 54° F (12° C) in winter and 68° F (20° C) in summer. When the weather is clear, temperature extremes can range from a winter morning low of 23° F (−5° C) to more than 86° F (30° C) on a summer afternoon. Precipitation averages 28 to 39 inches (700 to 1,000 millimetres) per year. Gales may blow from any direction but most commonly come from the southwest or west.
Economic aspects
Connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, the respective waters of which are rich in warm- and cold-water plankton, the English Channel is favoured from the latter with cod, herring, and whiting and from the former with hake, pilchard, and mullet. The traditional fishing industry declined in the 20th century with the development of deep-sea fishing, the exhaustion of resources, and the advent of pollution problems, but coastal fishing remains important in Brittany.
A good climate, sandy beaches, and an attractive coast have encouraged the growth of tourism on both sides of the channel, starting with the fashionable resorts of the late 18th century. The English ports of Portsmouth and Plymouth have declined from their former levels of naval and commercial activity. Cherbourg on the Contentin Peninsula has changed little in character, but Southampton and Le Havre have lost passenger traffic while gaining tremendous container and oil-refining capacity and also experiencing a general commercial growth. Both England and France use channel waters for cooling nuclear-powered generating stations, while the tidal-power generating station on the Rance River (in Brittany), utilizing a tidal range of 35 feet and more, is a unique feature.
The English Channel is a major route for passenger and freight traffic. Crossings are provided by ferry and air services. Hundreds of watercraft traverse the Strait of Dover daily; and this frequency, as well as the increase in ship size and speed, has led to the introduction of sophisticated navigational safeguard systems, including radar tracking of all ships in the strait.
The idea of a channel tunnel was first conceived in 1802, and in the late 19th century such a tunnel was actually initiated and then abandoned. In 1957 the idea was revived, and in 1973 Britain and France decided to carry out the project (the "Chunnel") jointly. Work was begun, only to be canceled early in 1975, but in 1978 the matter of a channel crossing was again raised, this time by the British and French national railways and the European Communities. Construction resumed in 1987 on twin single-track railway tunnels and a central service tunnel for ventilation, maintenance, and emergency evacuation; by 1990 the service tunnel had been completed. The Eurotunnel (as it came to be called) connects the road and rail networks of Britain and the Continent by carrying both rail freight and automobiles. The terminals are located at Folkestone in England and Calais in France.
Study and exploration
From earliest times, depending on historical factors, the English Channel served as a route for, and a barrier to, invaders of Britain from the Continent. Early Stone Age people crossed the Strait of Dover; later invaders crossed the western end of the channel, trading the copper, tin, and lead they found in Devon and Cornwall, and successive Bronze and Iron Age invaders followed the same route. Julius Caesar's invasion of 55 bc again favoured the Dover route in the east, while William the Conqueror in 1066 crossed from Normandy to Hastings. With Britain's later loss of Normandy, the channel again became a defensive line. In the 20th century its strategic role was critical during the two world wars, particularly during the Allied invasion of France in 1944.
Scholars adduced reasons for the English Channel's existence as early as the 17th century, but detailed scientific study awaited the first official hydrographic surveys (French coast, 1829; English coast, 1847). The geologic map of the seabed based on borings made in 1866 was the world's first of its kind. Further studies were associated with early plans for a channel tunnel, and modern surveys done since World War II have made the channel seabed one of the most intensively studied seafloors in the world.Cyril Ernest Everard Christopher Frederick Wooldridge


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Rare vintage speed parts take this '34 cabrio there
Sometimes the best place to find a street rod project is right in your garage. In 2002, Bill Holgerson decided to rebuild his '34 Ford, transforming the restored cabriolet into an amazing period street rod.
Thirty years earlier, Bill was collecting parts for a '34 five-window project. He'd heard that the cabrio belonged to a man he was buying parts from, and that he'd never sell it. After paying for his parts, Bill let the conversation drift to the subject of the '34. No dice. Not for sale. But Bill left the man with a standing offer to buy the car sight unseen.
The phone rang the very next night. "Would you like to see the car?" Thirty minutes later Bill was taking his first look at the '34 you see here. It was nicer than expected. He brought it home that night.
Bill spent three years restoring the car. It was finished in 1976, in time to lead the parade celebrating the centennial of Centennial, Kansas. After that, he drove the car once in a while, showing it off around town or chauffeuring the occasional bride and groom in the rumble seat.
When he decided to rebuild it, he started by collecting parts and making a plan. That plan was to build the car with rare vintage speed parts and components. On the outside he kept the car's resto-rod style. The sheetmetal is stock steel, massaged into better-than-new shape by Bright Built Hot Rods in Salina, Kansas. Keith Bright added a little black to the previous Vineyard Green paint color on the '34 before shooting the cabrio body and frame. Chad Ward followed up with beltline and hood louver pinstripes. Paul Matz in Wichita built the tan top.
The gentlemanly exterior appearance is defied a bit by Bill's choice of kidney bean knock-off wheels (16×7 and 16×5), manufactured by PS Engineering Vintage Wheels in Torrance, California. The Halibrand-style rims are wrapped with 770-16 and 500-16 Coker Tire bias-ply blackwalls.
The theme of modern technology hidden by resto styling is exemplified in the walnut wood grained interior. Paul Matz upholstered the stock bench and panels in original-reminiscent brown leather. The uncut dash is loaded with stock-looking instruments in the original bezels. The gauges are actually modern parts from Classic Instruments behind authentic factory faces. Bill had to get permission from Ford to replicate the fonts of original '34 gauges. He designed the steering wheel to look like something from the factory, adding a '34 centerpiece to the reduced-diameter banjo. Juliano's built the wheel from Bill's design. With help from Keith Bright at Bright Built Hot Rods in Salina he built the timed turn indicator switch on the column. He also created his own handle for the Hurst shifter.
The Ford 9-inch limited-slip rearend with 3.50:1 gears was built "so you can jump all over it and not break it," Bill says. The stock frame was boxed in the front and at the crossmembers. The rear suspension includes Pete & Jakes ladder bars and panhard bar with QA1 coilovers. In front, Bill added a Super Bell dropped I-beam with hairpins, P&J spindles, shocks and panhard bar, and Posies' Super Slide springs.
Most of his passion was saved for the engine. Bill has a knack—or the know-how—for uncovering genuine, rare old-time speed parts and he used the best of his collection on the cabrio. "I chased down everything," he says. "It was a long journey."
Finding a 59AB Flathead block helped ignite his excitement for the project. He took the block to Diamond Springs, California, where it was bored and stroked, balanced and blueprinted by Flathead specialists NCP Motors. Internals include Ross aluminum pistons, a Scat crank, and a custom ground cam.
Bill had been hunting rare heads for years in anticipation of this project. He has collected Eddie Meyer, Tatterfield, and several others, but says these rare Smith heads (found at a Texas swap meet) are "my greatest find." And when he found the Judson vane-style supercharger in California, "I got really excited."
Once he had the Judson blower, finishing the induction system became Bill's favorite part of the project. The Sharp aluminum intake is topped with a pair of Type II Stromberg 97s (aftermarket replacements after Ford switched to Holley 94s). Bill figured out how to mount the carbs behind the blower to reduce height. Since the Thickstun air cleaner sat too high, Bill built a custom piece using the Thickstun top and the bottom portion of a Tatterfield, mated by a 2-inch centersection. It sits lower over the carbs and fits a K&N filter. He hand-built the rest of the induction system, super gluing the assembled pieces until Jake Mitchell could weld the aluminum. Bill then ground the welds and polished the parts. After all that, the exhaust system—Fenton headers and glasspack mufflers—was easy. Keith Bright assembled the completed engine. Bill says people called him crazy when he decided to polish the Borg-Warner T5 transmission too.
The project spanned eight years of on-and-off work. Now that it's done Bill can relax and enjoy the ride, which includes showing off his '34 at car shows whenever he can. The car's biggest fan is the previous owner, who definitely does not regret selling it to Bill, and is just as impressed with it as everyone else.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose to five-year highs on Friday, with the Dow closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007, after jobs and manufacturing data showed the economy's recovery remains on track.
The S&P touched its highest since December 2007 after a 5 percent gain in January, which was its best start to a year since 1997. The index is now just about 60 points away from its all-time intraday high of 1,576.09.
Employment grew modestly in January, with 157,000 jobs added. That was slightly below expectations, but Labor Department revisions showed 127,000 more jobs were created in November and December than previously reported.
Analysts attributed the market's robust showing so far this year partly to a deluge of cash flowing into equities.
Investors poured $12.7 billion into U.S.-based stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in the latest week, concluding the strongest four-week flows into stock funds since 1996, data showed on Thursday.
"There is a lot of money looking for a home, and people are finally deciding the bond market is done and moving money into equities," said Edward Simmons, managing director and partner at HighTower in Portland, Maine.
"I see the rotation (of assets) pushing the market up in the face of not-massive amounts of good news," he said. "People are overlooking the higher risk in equities."
Other reports released Friday showed the pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector picked up in January to its highest level in nine months, U.S. consumer sentiment rose more than expected last month, while December construction spending also beat forecasts.
"All the data seems to keep pointing to a slowly, steadily improving economy," said Eric Kuby, chief investment officer at North Star Investment Management Corp in Chicago.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> was up 149.21 points, or 1.08 percent, at 14,009.79. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was up 15.06 points, or 1.01 percent, at 1,513.17. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> was up 36.97 points, or 1.18 percent, at 3,179.10.
With the day's gains, major equity indexes rose five straight weeks.
More than 600 stocks on the NYSE and the Nasdaq combined hit 52-week highs on Friday, including Google
Investors were also attuned to corporate earnings, with a trio of Dow components reporting profits that beat expectations.
Exxon Mobil
Drugmaker Merck & Co
Generic drugmaker Perrigo
Of the 252 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings so far, 69 percent have exceeded expectations, according to Thomson Reuters data. That is a higher proportion than over the past four quarters and above average since 1994.
Overall, S&P 500 fourth-quarter earnings are estimated to have grown 4.4 percent, according to the data, up from a 1.9 percent forecast at the start of the earnings season but well below a 9.9 percent profit growth forecast on October 1.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Joey Chestnut, the reigning top dog in the annual Coney Island hot dog eating contest, won his seventh consecutive title on Thursday, devouring 69 hot dogs and buns as thousands of fans urged him on.
"I feel a little full," Chestnut, 29, of San Jose, California, joked after the 10-minute competition. "I'm happy as heck. Things couldn't have gone much better."
Staged like a sporting event, with TV cameras trained on the colorfully nicknamed contestants and high piles of hot dogs, the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest is a summertime event that began in 1916, the year that Nathan's Famous food stand opened on Surf Avenue at New York's seaside Coney Island.
Chestnut, 220 pounds (100 kg) and nicknamed "Jaws," defeated 14 men at a long table to take the mustard yellow champion's belt home once again. He broke his record of 68 hot dogs.
"It was hot as heck out there," Chestnut said, but added that was to be expected in New York on July 4.
The women's champion, 45-year-old Sonya Thomas from Alexandria, Virginia, barely held on to her title, besting the next competitor by only three-quarters of a hot dog.
Thomas managed just short of 37 dogs in 10 minutes, significantly below her record of 45. Second-place finisher Juliet Lee, 46, from Germantown, Maryland, managed to swallow 36 hot dogs.
The 100-pound (45-kg) Thomas, known as "The Black Widow," said she had a problem with the water she had used to dunk the buns, a technique used to make the bread go down more easily.
"It was very hot water, maybe too hot," she said.
The heat was also an issue for Takeru Kobayashi, a competitive eater from Japan who staged a rival event in Manhattan. Kobayashi, 35 and 132 pounds (60 kg), was able to throw back just 67 hot dogs.
"It's too hot," said Kobayashi, whose hair was styled into a mohawk and dyed bright red. He complained of stiffness in his neck and shoulders, which he said was typical of speed eating.
"It's like I'm pregnant," he said.
Among the fans who had come out to cheer on Kobayashi were Michi and Shota Kato, who said Kobayashi was a friend and they occasionally shared a meal with him.
"Usually, he eats the same amount as us," Michi Kato said.
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It's an age-old dilemma that still doesn't seem to have a good solution: How can you get your lipstick to stay put while eating? Cosmetics companies come out with long wearing lipsticks from time to time but most of these leave your lips dry and an unsightly ring of color around your lips. MAC addresses this problem head-on with their new Pro Longwear Lip Creme Collection.
As the name implies, these lipsticks are very creamy. They come in a wind-up tube that is similar to MAC's lipstick packaging but taller and narrower. The consistency of these lip cremes is actually closer to a balm and they do a decent job of keeping lips hydrated.
One of the best things about these lipsticks is that they don't require a special top coat like most long-wearing lipsticks. This means application is a snap, although you should probably use a mirror since the color is so pigmented that it's not very forgiving. They do deliver on their promise to stay in place for up to twelve hours but don't tempt fate by eating an oily pasta sauce. The colors go on pretty evenly and they have a subtle sheen to them. These lip cremes will be part of the permanent collection so MAC is placing a lot of confidence in this product. Don't expect it to be just a passing trend.
Fading lipstick is a particular problem with bright and dark colors so MAC made sure to include several of these shades in the collection. Good to Go is a bold bright orange shade that is not for the faint of heart. Love Forever! is a daring bright pink with blue undertones. The dark brick red Extended Play is a great shade for fall. Prolong is a ruby red shade that is destined to become a classic for those who can pull off red lips. These are mostly cream formulas but there are also two frosty shades: the coppery Sweet Ever After and the nude/plum Made to Last. All of the colors provide full coverage.


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Gov. Tom Corbett's popularity has declined since mid-November, although he scored points with many Pennsylvania voters for challenging the NCAA sanctions against Penn State University, according to a poll released Tuesday.
HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett's popularity has declined since mid-November, although he scored points with many Pennsylvania voters for challenging the NCAA sanctions against Penn State University, according to a poll released Tuesday.
The Quinnipiac University survey showed that 51 percent of the respondents believe Corbett does not deserve re-election next year, while 31 percent said the Republican deserves another term. He had more support among men — 48 percent opposed the governor's re-election while 38 percent supported it — than among women, who opposed it 54 percent to 24 percent.
The poll of 1,221 registered voters found that 42 percent disapprove of Corbett's job performance during his first two years in office, up from 38 percent in a November survey by the same pollster, while those who approve declined to 36 percent from 40 percent.
Corbett's job-approval rating, which reached a high of 50 percent in September 2011, has helped motivate at least a half-dozen Democrats and one Republican who are weighing possible challenges in 2014. Democrat John Hanger, a former state environmental protection secretary, has already declared his candidacy.
The governor's spokesman, Kevin Harley, shrugged off the poll findings and noted that the next election is still nearly two years away.
"When the governor is up against an opponent, a real person, then I think those numbers will change," Harley said.
Fifty-three percent of respondents said the NCAA sanctions in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, including a $60 million fine and a four-year bowl game ban, were too severe.
Forty-three percent approved of the antitrust challenge to the sanctions that Corbett filed in federal court this month, while 37 percent disapproved.
Harley said his boss "doesn't govern by polls," but he suggested that his low approval rating reflects tough choices Corbett has made to balance the state budget while keeping his campaign promise not to raise taxes.
"He knew this would be difficult," Harley said.
The telephone survey was conducted over a six-day period ending Sunday. The poll carries a sampling error margin of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.


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Calypsonian charged in St. Joseph shootingDominica News Online - Friday, July 11th, 2014 at 12:40 PM
Budding calypsonian, Chris "Chris B" Sylvester, of St Joseph has pleaded not guilty to four out of six charges filed against him in relation to a shooting incident in St. Joseph.
He appeared in court on Friday after it was alleged that he was involved in the incident which occurred in the community on July 8th.
Sylvester was charged with possession of a firearm, namely one .32 star Trademark Pistol, without a valid license, possession of a certain ammunition, namely one live round of .32 ammunition, without a valid license, possession a firearm with intent to endanger life and discharging five rounds of .32 ammunition in a public place, namely the St Joseph public road.
He pleaded not guilty to all four of these charges.
Sylvester was also charged with unlawfully and maliciously shooting Evalina Baptiste with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and unlawfully and maliciously shooting Laken Charles with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
He was not allowed to enter a plea since both charges are indictable.
Magistrate Bernard Pacquette set bail of $60,000 after he refused a submission by Sylvester's attorney, Joshua Francis, to set it at $15,000.
Sylvester has been remanded at the Stockfarm State Prison since he did not have any proper sureties for bail.
The Magistrate gave the defendant until Monday 14th July, to secure proper sureties
The trial is expected to begin on December 9, 2014 at the St Joseph Magistrate Court.
The police say the incident occurred after an alleged argument over $2.
Chris B was named Stardom King of the Tent earlier this year.
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Life is truly interesting. How many artists have cast a shadow on what will befall them in song? We can name a few: Bob Marley, Lord Maestro, John Lennon. Well Chubby sang and foretold his revenge in "Coco Sec." But you get the point.
Chris B's is a strange twist of fate. Wonder if his could have been avoided, if he had taken time to heed his own words?
Or is it a question of life imitating art. Whatever it is, we should all take warning. Life is indeed strange.
They say, when your neighbor's house is on fire, wet yours. Karma is a ….. you know what.
May Jacco's Sprit reign over st.Joe,May the true sprit of determination and ambition grow in St.Joe, May peace and love return in St.Joe amist the division and confusion that is rampant in this here,Onetime vibrant village,home to dynamic and talented People,a once strong Agricultural bread basket of the huxter trade,A well located village to grow intio a vibrant tourist and recreational area ,If only the sprit of our freedom fighter Jacco, could mystically ignite the people to work towards one Goal.I cry to the MOST HIGH;to help my people Help themselves to get rid of THIS Devisive elements that is plaguing this country.Jah help my people;I condem no one;I just Pray for everyone;Too much devision fustration confusion and POLITICAL confrontation in this here region.
That JAH you call on cannot help Dominica. Is it any wonder that such occurs in Dominica and it is increasing. You recognize and worship the wrong god. Where did you get that jAH from?
There is only one God. If you mean Our Almighty Father which Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us to call him, then call him by His Most Holy Name. This is the One and Only One who is can and is capable of assisting us to obtain eternal salvation. It is not by any other name.
Can sombody please tell me why the drug lord is offered bail. A single mother is still hospitalized. Her innocent children are to fend for themselves while the attempted murderar is looking for bailout. Do something about the lawless place. The nite club and drugs stores are still conducting business asusal. Is there a sane person to stop this blatantly disrespect for human life. There are 3 people over 100 years leaving in that area . They deserve to have a dignified life. Who do we have to bring in to stop the drug dealers and paros. Clean back street. Give usthe peace and tranquility our innocent children deserve. How many more are going to get stab and shot. No no nite club or disco should operate in such a closed environment. Please don't make it a political issue.
My dear Dominicans lets all take a deep breathe and do a little thinking, while we all condemn this wreckless action by Chris let's take a look outside the box we are all disappointed in the action of a this young promising calypsonian and we are equally sorry for the damage done to the innocent ppl, But the late grate Bob Marley once said, IF YOU LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE DON'T THROW STONES, I have children like most of you and tomorrow it might just be one of us greeted with a bad news, so let's think about this, I personally condemn his action but I feel for this young man I hope he learns a lesson from this bad judgement.
The political parties that are inciting violence must answer for their actions. The reign of terror in St. Joseph by the opposite team must cease immediately. The shooting in Back Street was not a random act of violence. It was a lord in his turf taking care of business with no regard for human lives. The anti-government forces are challenging our democracy and society. Before the individual could be charged his Alcapoon father provided the party lawyer.
Prime Minister Skerrit, your have a moral obligation and commitment to fight the communal forces that are trying to undermine the fabric of our society. Go back street the people t are living through hell, this is the strong hold and regular hang out for the present senator of St. Joe.
A nation can only progress when the core of that society, including women, children and the elderly can go out without fear. If you ever talk about the 24/7 smoke shop that you encounter while in your home or walking the streets your risk retribution from the lords. Do not put a bandage over it fix it.
We need to sustain harmony by closing the so call disco that starts a 4 pm until 7am next day. The drug store operate without any fear from the law. Three people were shot almost wiped out. The single mother who seats in the market every week in order to feed her children, her life was almost ended. Please make the necessary changes that will restore law and order. The social media and politicians who incite violence should be held accountable. Stop this Lawlessness.
He willfully shot at the man and the amount of shots he spent doing so injured two others and he is pleading not guilty? He had an unlicensed fire arm and ammunition. He almost killed them. He should not have been allowed to plead guilty. Man, you are guilty as Hell. Bear the consequences of your bad temper and action.
What other tragedy will it take for the people to take back our streets. Back street belongs to everyone, not just the drug dealers. We have sat by silently and fearfully and watch the drug lords and child molesters operate openly without impunity. Yes, I did say Child molesters. Your little girls cannot walk without they making advances at them. Parents have to accompany their children at all times, because the drug consumption and transition has become business as usual. No this isn't the type of community we were raised inn,
Enough It is up to all of us to eradicate the old goats from causing more harm to a society that is already bleeding.
Are we going to sit by and see a few uneducated henchmen take over? it is for real.! Let us take the responsibility to educate and activate the young minds. This shooting was not a simple coincident, wake up, some of us fear the retribution, therefore, we have remain silent. We may have different political belief, but the community is bleeding and hurting. It is time somebody speak up! This is not the end, but we must have a beginning to have the end.
Take our streets Back. Take Back Street First. I don't' want to hear no political agenda. Everyone of them have more land than you could imagine, but the drug money is faster and sweeter
turly the poorest behaviour from the poorest village for 2 dollars all that. come on. sad sad sad, the sprit of
lawlessness has taken over.do we hear from the minister for national security no he has no morale authority,. look the way they protected sko seco that man deny shilling ford confess saying paid him to burn mr Emanuel home.every government minister was on kari fm including pm skerrit to protect and defend.Dominica where are we heading???
Domincan to de bone July 11, 2014
do you expect skeritte to know if chris had a gun idiot
A reckless consequence, a result of all the incendiary utterances in the political atmosphere. Jah guide and protection to all Dominicans.
so much money and land ur father have , he not going to bail you. wel u always know that cuz in ur song u said big chef can not grant you bail. take a rest stock farm man maybe big clef will feel sorry 4 u. if u name was in some thing good he would be front line, but so it is .
What a joke! Bail set at what!!!!!? the two people (animals) who were shot in their yard have no value?. Mr. Francis your reasoning is appealable! Can you in your right mind defend a criminal who indiscriminately pull out his gun and started shooting. That was a single mother who took the bullets for her three children who were playing in her yard. Tomorrow his father will bail him out to finish what he started………………. He did not shoot for us fare? The Drug dealers in Back Street will love you! Immediate intervention is needed in Back Street, St. . Joe. Give us back our village! Don't make it a political issue!
@Shoot Again Good quesstion you ask of Francis. It's just that you are a DAM HYPOCRITE, since we have lawyers here on island that are defending corruption (which is also a crime) but you stay MOO MOO or even support these lawyers. It's people like you who are BAD EXAMPLES either through greediness or just a corrupt mind bent on destroying the country and sinking the younger generation into greater poverty that you are in today.
You must be a Labourite spewing this filth!
concern July 11, 2014
$2 what a shame he was brokes man…….. see where the $2 bring you now st Joe people need to come together an stop the politics that going in the community…….!!!!


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If you were to wake up your spouse when you woke up and asked, "Honey, is your bladder full?" He or she would moan, "Uh-huh," and roll over and go back to sleep. Unfortunately, most people have learned to get up and go to the bathroom when they wake up at night. The bladder is kind of like a baby—if you teach the baby to wake up to play in the middle of the night (that is, if you go to the bathroom frequently), pretty soon it will wake you up to play at night. There is a simple way to remedy this problem. If and when you wake up during the night and you notice your bladder is full, just talk to it (in your mind, so your spouse doesn't think you're nuts) and tell it, "Nighttime is for sleeping. We will go to the bathroom in the morning when it is time to wake up." Then roll over and go back to sleep. If you still have to urinate five minutes later, then you can go to the bathroom. Most of you will find that your bladder will happily go back to sleep, and when you wake up in the morning, you won't even have to urinate as badly as you did when you woke up in the middle of the night.
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We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Baking..
It's supposed to be Day 7. I know. But unfortunately there aren't really any cookies to show for it, so Day 7 has been postponed until tomorrow. Sorry!
I woke up with the urge to bake this morning. I had 3 cookies on my list to accomplish this week, and it was a matter of figuring out which one I wanted to attempt first. Figuring that the Spritz cookies were the lesser of evils, I decided to start with those. Little did I know that they would turn out to be the baking experience from hell.
Let me start by saying, I'm ever the optimist. Even if I don't have what I need, I think to myself, "I'll find a way to make this work!" That being said, I started out baking Spritz cookies, traditionally pressed into fun festive shapes before baking, without actually owning a cookie press. I've wanted one for years, but still hadn't gotten around to buying one. But, thinking I can do anything, I figured I'd just pipe the dough out with one of my large piping tips into pretty swirls instead. Strike 1. I preheated the oven, made the dough, loaded it into my piping bag, and started to squeeze. To no avail. The dough is definitely too stiff for a piping bag… Well, since I've already got the dough made, I guess I'll just have to go buy a cookie press after all.
Now I'm pissed. I just wasted a half an hour of precious baking time and $20 that I didn't really have to spend on something that broke 5 minutes in. It's going back to the store, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to get some kind of cookies out of it first. So I try the wreath. I can't get all the holes to release.. Every time. No matter how I squeezed, turned, pulled, realigned. Nothing. So that one was junk. Maybe a different wreath? Finally a little bit of success! I managed to get it to press out, stick, and look halfway decent for more than 5 cookies! I made it about 15 before the disk started popping out. And got a total of 40 before it actually CRACKED rendering it useless. Strike 3.
Not only that, but all the other ones I used ended up with a small strip of plastic hanging off the sides after I was done, where it was shearing off the edges with each press. Little black pieces of plastic that ended up in my cookie dough. Yum. Just want I want to give to all my friends and family. Cookies with plastic sprinkles!
So Day 7 of 12 Cookies of Christmas turned into Day 6 ½ because there are no cookies, simply a PSA—if you're looking to make cookies with a cookie press, try to find a good old fashioned metal one that won't break within 10 minutes of opening the box. If you can't find a metal one, at least do not get the Wilton Cookie Pro Ultra II. It's not worth it. AT ALL. I'm not one to return things usually, but this thing is going right back tomorrow, and I'll take that $20 and put it towards something that actually works.
*To make matters even worse? What few cookies I did get to bake all stuck to the pan and broke (not sure if it's the fault of the recipe or the press…) and my camera battery died in the middle of everything! So here's to hoping tomorrow's baking goes a WHOLE lot better than today.
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i've been reading your blog for a while now. i had spritz on my list of things to try this week. my mom gave me a cookie press last year (although it's older and all metal). but now i'm thinking i'll just quit while i'm ahead, especially since i have no idea how the thing works. props for trying. you win some, you lose some, right? especially in baking.
- December 13, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Danae - The Busty Baker said...
Give it a try! Especially if it's older and metal! Those things were built to last, unlike the plastic ones out there now. As my mom always says, "They just don't make things like they used to."
- December 14, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- Marla said...
- December 14, 2010 at 6:43 AM
- Butter Hearts Sugar said...
Oh dear what a heartbreaking post, I'm sorry things just wouldn't work out for you today. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next :)
- December 14, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- oneordinaryday said...
Oh, what a shame. I hate when that kind of thing happens!! I have a Wilton cookie press that I love, but mine is just the Wilton Cookie Press Pro - no ultras or anything. It has stainless steel discs and canister, and I've never had any kind of issue with it. I hope you can find one, because you will have much better luck next time.
- December 14, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Caroline said...
I'm so sorry to hear about your spritz cookie disaster. I love my spritz cookies, and used my Wilton Cookie Press for the first time this year, to make regular spritz cookies, and an orange shortbread cookie dipped in chocolate (these will be on my blog soon if you're interested). I LOVED my parents old metal cookie press, but alas, everything seems to be plastic now. With the right dough, however, it shouldn't be that hard to get the dough out of the press. Room temperature dough is important, especially if using butter, and it has to be a soft and slightly sticky dough. Sorry it was such a frustrating experience!
- December 14, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- sarahe said...
oh my goodness! what a horrible experience! i bought a cookie press a year ago but haven't used it yet...hope it's not a wilton!
- December 15, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- melicity said...
Metal cookie presses are the way to go. They keep the dough chilled enough to be workable. You can find them on e-bay. :)
- December 15, 2010 at 7:32 PM


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The Cardinal (11-0) had 24 first-place votes Monday, while Connecticut received 14. Baylor got the other two.
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The city of Milledgeville was established in 1803, specifically to serve as the new centrally located capital of the state. It was named after the then current Georgia Governor, John Milledge. Newspaper publication in Milledgeville quickly accompanied the arrival of the state government and the city's earliest settlers. A. McMillan published Milledgeville's first newspaper, The Milledgeville Intelligencer, in 1808. The following year, the Georgia Journal began publication and became the city's most successful paper over the next decade before moving to Macon in 1847, eventually merging with the Macon Telegraph in 1869. Seaton Grantland and Richard Orme, both of whom had previously worked on the Georgia Journal, began printing the Southern Recorder in February of 1820. The paper leaned politically toward the state's rights doctrine and became an extremely successful publication in the state capital. Not to be outdone, Tomlinson Fort, a prominent Milledgeville physician and future mayor of the city, established the Federal Union in 1830, and steered its politics in the direction of unionism over state's rights. These two prominent papers would compete politically and commercially for readers in Milledgeville for the next forty years. In 1872, following Milledgeville's loss of capital status to Atlanta, the owner of the Southern Recorder sold the paper to his competitor, the Federal Union. The two newly merged papers became known as the Union and Recorder, eventually adopting the paper's contemporary name, the Union Recorder, in 1886. The Union Recorder continued to prosper during the remainder of the twentieth century, and today serves as the primary news organ for the city of Milledgeville.
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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced that it is initiating the new expo to showcase the latest industry innovations, products and technology to the world. AEM made the announcement recently to farm editors attending the Agricultural Media Summit in Tampa, FL. Martin Richenhagen, president and CEO of AGCO Corporation, made the official announcement at the summit. He is 1st vice chairman of the AEM Board of Directors.
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Der Verloreue (The Lost One) was the only directorial effort by actor Peter Lorre. In keeping with Lorre's established screen persona, this is a tale of stark terror, disillusionment and defeatism. The actor stars as Dr. Rothe, a German research scientist who during WW2 discovers that his fiancee has been selling his scientific secrets to the British. In a fit of pique, he murders her, but is not punished for the crime, which is passed off by the Nazi authorities as justifiable homicide. Unable to console himself to his sweetheart's betrayal, Rothe wanders the countryside, killing every woman who reminds him of his lost love - while the Gestapo dutifully continues covering his tracks, even declaring him legally dead so that he can escape imprisonment. In a plot twist worthy of Fritz Lang, Lorre puts himself on trial and metes out his own punishment. Not entirely successful, Der Verloreue is still a fascinating exercise in fatalism from one of the cinema's most distinctive talents.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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2.1 Scope: When using this handbook, it is important to begin by defining various terms that are used in the state procurement process and in other programs administered by the Purchasing Division. Below are several of these terms and their definitions:
Agency - For the purpose of this handbook, "agency" has the same meaning as "spending unit." This definition includes any department, bureau, division, office, board, commission, authority, agency, or institution of state government for which an appropriation is requested by the Governor, or to which an appropriation is made by the Legislature, unless a specific exemption from West Virginia Code §5A-1 is provided.
Agency Open-End Contract - A legal and binding instrument between the state agency and a vendor to exclusively provide a commodity which was competitively bid, evaluated, and awarded by the Purchasing Division and maintained by the state agency. This contract may be for unlimited dollars and for commodities or services that are frequently purchased that are not on a statewide contract.
Agency Delegated Open-End Contract - A legal and binding instrument between the state agency and a vendor to exclusively provide a commodity which was competitively bid, evaluated, awarded and maintained by the state agency. This contract is for purchases under $25,000 annually and for commodities and services that are frequently purchased that are not on a statewide contract.
Agency Delegated Purchase Order - A transaction which may be used by an agency to procure items within its delegated small purchase authority.
Award Date - For purchases over $25,000, the award date is the date of encumbrance by the Purchasing Division.
Best Value Procurement - Purchasing methods used in awarding a contract based on evaluating and comparing all established quality criteria where cost is not the sole determining factor in the award. This includes Request for Proposals (RFP), Life Cost Cycle (LCC), and Expression of Interest (EOI).
Bid - A competitive offer made by a seller.
Bid Bond - A bond in which a third party agrees to be liable to pay a certain amount of money in the event a selected bidder fails to accept the contract as bid. This bond is usually five percent (5%) of the total bid amount.
Bid Opening - A firmly established date and time for the public opening of responses to a solicitation.
Buyer - An employee of the Purchasing Division whose primary assignment is purchasing commodities or services on behalf of the state.
Change Order - A document (a wvOASIS generated change order) which is used when it becomes necessary to amend, clarify, change or cancel purchasing documents issued by the Purchasing Division.
Commodity - Supplies, materials, equipment, services and any other articles or things used by or furnished to a department, agency or institution of state government.
Competitive Bidding - The process by which individuals or firms compete for an opportunity to supply specified commodities and services by submitting an offer in response to a solicitation.
Contract - An agreement enforceable by law between two (2) or more competent parties for a lawful purpose for consideration.
Cooperative Agreement A legal relationship whereby state government is transferring a thing of value to a local government (or other recipient) to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by law, as opposed to acquiring commodities or services for the direct benefit or use of state government. With a cooperative agreement, substantial involvement is expected between the state agency and the local government or (other recipient).
Design Build - In accordance with the West Virginia Code §5-22A-1, this Best Value Procurement tool is a concept within a single contract whereby the contractor is responsible to design and construct buildings or alterations to buildings.
Direct Purchase - A transaction in which a purchase is made from a sole source vendor.
Electronic - Electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic or any other similar technology.
Electronic Transmission Any process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval and reproduction of information by the recipient.
Emergency - A purchase made when unforeseen circumstances arise, including delays by contractors, delays in transportation and unanticipated volume of work. A report of any such purchase, together with a record of competitive bids upon which it was based, is to be submitted to the Purchasing Director. Emergency purchases are not used for hardship resulting from neglect, poor planning or lack of organization by the spending unit. Failure to plan does not make it an emergency situation.
Encumbrance - A process which ensures that funding is available for the payments relating to a specific purchase order or contract.
Evaluation of Bids - After the bid opening, the process of examining all offers in order to determine the bidder's responsibility, responsiveness to requirements, conformance to specifications and other characteristics important to the recommendation or selection for award.
Expendable Commodities - Commodities which, when used in the ordinary course of business, will become consumed or of no market value.
Expression of Interest - A Best Value Procurement tool used primarily in the selection of architects and engineers which permits the state to award a contract to the most qualified vendor on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of professional services required at a fee determined to be fair and reasonable.
Fixed Assets - Reportable property with an acquisition cost of $1,000 or more and has a life of one (1) year or more.
Freight Terminology - Terms used to specify the point of origin and destination, stating the responsible party for bearing freight charges and when title passes to another.
General Terms and Conditions - Standard clauses and requirements incorporated into all solicitations and resulting contracts which are derived from laws, or administrative procedures of the agency.
Grant - The furnishing of assistance, financial or otherwise, to any person or entity to support a program authorized by law.
Justification - A written explanation of an award which must be retained as a public record available for inspection when not awarding to the lowest bidder.
Labor and Materials Payment Bond - A bond submitted by the apparent successful vendor upon request of the state to ensure payment of labor and materials purchased or contracted for on behalf of the state in a construction project.
Lease - A written agreement between the owner of equipment (lessor) and a state agency (lessee) by which the owner agrees to give the agency permission to use the equipment for a predetermined fee (rental) for a period exceeding thirty (30) days. Title does not pass from the lessor to the lessee.
Lease Purchase - A written agreement in which the lease payments are applied, in whole or in part, as installment payments for equity or ownership upon completion of the agreement. Title transfers with the last installment payment to the lessee.
Life Cycle Cost - A Best Value Procurement tool that allows for the evaluation of the total or projected cost of a commodity over its life cycle, in addition to the initial purchase price, including operational expenses and other factors.
Liquidated Damages - A specified contract provision which entitles the state to demand a set monetary amount determined to be a fair and equitable repayment to the state for loss of service due to vendor's failure to meet specific completion or due dates.
Maintenance Bond - A bond provided as a warranty of normally two (2) years, which is required on roofing projects.
Mandatory Terms - All terms and conditions in the written specification which are absolute and the compliance with cannot be waived. Failure to comply with mandatory terms shall require the vendor to be disqualified. Mandatory terms are indicated by the use of the terms shall, will or must.
Negotiation - A bargaining process between two (2) or more parties, each with its own viewpoints and objectives, seeking to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement on, or settlement of, a matter of common concern.
Non-Mandatory Terms - All terms and conditions in the written specification which are not absolute. Non-mandatory terms are indicated by the use of the terms may, should, preferred or could, and are understood to be permissive and shall not be used to disqualify any vendor.
Nonprofit Workshops - An establishment where manufacture or handiwork is carried on, which is operated either by a public agency, a cooperative, a nonprofit private corporation or nonprofit association, in which no part of the net earning inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. It is operated for the primary purpose of providing remunerative employment to blind or severely disabled persons who cannot be absorbed into the competitive labor market and which shall be approved, as evidenced by a certificate of approval, by the State Board of Vocational Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Notice to Proceed - A formal written communication most often used in construction contracts to establish the date for work to commence and determines the date for completion.
Open-End Contract - A generic term used for a contract that covers a period of time in which all terms, conditions and prices are specified with the exception of quantity.
Performance Bond - A bond which a surety agrees to be liable to pay a certain amount of money in the event a vendor fails to perform a contract as bid. This bond is usually for the full amount of the contract.
Piggybacking - Utilizing any existing open-end contract of the federal government, agencies of other states, other public bodies or other state agencies to which the requesting agency was not an original party. Piggybacking requires prior approval by the Purchasing Director.
Pre-bid Conference - A meeting between vendors and agency personnel which offers an opportunity to emphasize and clarify critical aspects of a solicitation, eliminates misunderstanding and permits vendor input. Vendor attendance may be mandatory or voluntary as specified in the bid document.
Prevailing Wages - Fair minimum rate of wages, including fair minimum overtime and holiday pay, determined by the West Virginia Division of Labor that must be paid to laborers, workmen, or mechanics on all contracts for the construction of a public improvement.
Procurement - The buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise obtaining of commodities or services.
Printing - Services including printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, engraving and other similar services.
Procurement - The buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise obtaining of commodities or services.
Protest - A formal, written complaint filed by a vendor regarding specifications or an award made with the intention of receiving a remedial result.
Public funds - Funds of any character, including federal moneys, belonging to or in the custody of any state spending unit.
Purchase Order - A document issued by the Purchasing Division used to execute a purchase transaction with a vendor. It serves as notice to a vendor that an award has been made.
Purchasing Affidavit - A form required to be completed by all vendors prior to the award of a contract. In accordance with West Virginia Code, §5A-3-10A, no contract or renewal of any contract may be awarded by the state or any of its political subdivisions to any vendor or prospective vendor when the vendor is a debtor and the debt owed is an amount greater than $1,000 in the aggregate.
Purchasing Bulletin An electronic publication made available on the Vendor Self-Service portal (VSS) as part of the wvOASIS system is used to advertise purchases expected to exceed $5,000 for all agencies in West Virginia's state government.
Release - A written agency order to the contractor authorizing quantities of commodities and/or services to be delivered all in accordance with the terms, conditions, and prices stipulated in the original contract.
Removable Property - Any personal property not permanently affixed to or forming a part of real estate.
Renewal -When an existing contract is renewed for an additional time period in accordance with the terms and conditions of the original contract.
Rental - Temporary compensation or fee paid for the use of any equipment usually for a period of less than thirty (30) days.
Request for Information (RFI) - A document used to solicit information to assist in preparing specifications for a Request for Quotation (RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFP). No award can be made from an RFI.
Request for Quotation (RFQ) - A document, containing the specifications or scope of work and all contractual terms and conditions, which is used to solicit written bids. Conformity to specifications and price are the only factors used in the evaluation process.
Request for Proposals (RFP) - A Best Value Procurement tool used to acquire professional and other services where the scope of work may not be well defined and cost is not the sole factor in determining the award. All criteria by which the bidders will be evaluated must be contained within the bid document.
Requisition - An electronic request in wvOASIS by an agency for the purchase of commodities and services.
Services - The furnishing of labor, time, expertise or effort, not involving the delivery of a specific end commodity or product other than one that may be incidental to the required performance.
Ship To - The destination to which the commodity is to be delivered.
Spending Unit - A department, bureau, division, office, board, commission, authority, agency or institution of state government for which an appropriation is requested by the Governor, or to which an appropriation is made by the Legislature, unless a specific exemption from West Virginia Code §5A-1 is provided.
Sole Source - The only vendor that can supply a needed commodity or service.
Solicitation - A written or oral attempt made by the state to obtain bids or proposals for the purpose of entering into a contract. Requests for Quotation (RFQ), Requests for Proposal (RFP), telephone calls or other documents may be used.
Specifications - A detailed description of a commodity or service to be included in a solicitation or bid or an awarded contract.
Standard Exhibit - Standardized language developed and approved by the Purchasing Division and Attorney General's office which establishes contract clauses such as life of contract, price adjustment and ordering procedures.
Statewide Contract - A legal and binding instrument between the state and a vendor(s) which is used by all state agencies to purchase frequently used commodities and services. State agencies are required to use these contracts, which are competitively bid, awarded and maintained by the Purchasing Division.
Stringing - Issuing a series of requisitions or purchase orders to circumvent competitive bidding or to defeat the State Purchasing Card transaction or delegated purchasing limit.
Terms of Sale - Stipulations made within the contract regarding the transaction.
Tie Bid - When two (2) or more bids of equal terms and amount or score are received in response to a solicitation.
Unit Price - The cost per unit of the commodity or service.
Vendor - Any person or entity that may, through contract or other means, supply the state or its subdivisions with commodities and services, and lessors of real property.
Vendor Self-Service (VSS) Portal – This feature incorporates the vendor registration function as well as the West Virginia Purchasing Bulletin, which includes commodities and services currently out for bid. The VSS portal also allows vendors to receive solicitation notifications by e-mail based on commodities and services noted at the time of registration; review awarded contracts; perform inquiries pertaining to awards; view payment status and update company contact information, including mail and e-mail addresses.
Vendor Preference - A numerical preference used during the evaluation of bids when comparing in-state and out-of-state bidders, pursuant to West Virginia Code §5A-3-37.
wvOASIS – An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system used by the state of West Virginia to process all financial, including procurement), transactions.
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I'm sure most of you are aware of the +++ATH0 bug which causes many dial-up modems to reset. I figured this would be a simple and easy way to practice sending packets via Windows Sockets. I won't post all of the meat here, for the skiddies out there...but what I do have here would be usable by those with some sort of intelligence. This is done in VC++ 6.0 Pro:
i was wondering if anyone knows that this would work, if sent to a dialup user. I don't know more than two people on dialup, and none are available any time soon. would it work like this... or only via 'ping'?Code:char sendbuf[32] = "2b2b2b41544830"; //2b2b2b41544830 is HEX for +++ATH0 send(m_ath0, sendbuf, strlen(sendbuf), 0);
i dont see why this wouldnt work if sent to a particular IP. though I'm unsure if any port needs to be specified is I use Windows Sockets. can i specify any port in the source?
I am learning Windows Sockets so as to transmit data via the infrared port on my laptop. MSDN, and everything else says that I need to include a file called "af_irda.h" in my source in order to use IrDA in my program. This file is not on my machine(s), nor on the VC++ Pro CD. Why? And Where can I get it?


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WNBA All-Star forward Swin Cash is moving from the Emerald City to the Windy City. Swin Cash, a three-time WNBA champion and four-time All-Star has been traded. It's the first blockbuster trade of the offseason, the Storm traded Cash, reserve forward Le'coe Willingham and a 2012 second-round draft pick to the Chicago Sky on Monday for the No. 2 overall pick in April's draft.
WNBA News: Storm trade Swin Cash and Le'coe Willingham to Chicago
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David Holmes comes across as a thoroughly decent, unpretentious chap. That he's a DJ, prominent movie soundtracker and startlingly contemporary solo artist, still, is by the by. When I start our conversation by complimenting Bow Down To The Exit Sign, his last solo release some eight years ago, he barely acknowledges it. "Well, thanks", he concedes. "I haven't listened to it since it was made". There's a pregnant pause before we start laughing. Somehow though, his tone suggest that he isn't joking. Whilst at least one of Holmes' previous solo albums (and possibly his latest, The Holy Pictures) might be considered indispensable - classic even - that kind of thinking appears anathema to him.
It's a curious trait - for someone to distance themselves from their achievements. It smacks of a modesty bordering on distaste or regret of one's own history. It might be that he's painfully self-aware of where he stands within his own record collection: The Holy Pictures (review here), maintains his incredible knack for vacuum-sealed, beamed-in correctness, but also keeps a treacherous touching distance from his influences. It's not this which keeps him from talking-up his music though...or even from speculating about it's value in a wider context. The simple fact is that the man isn't concerned with the accolades, or the sales, or the fame, or even necessarily the wider perception of his work. He's that rare breed; a creator without ego. And that means not looking back.
In the time since the release of Bow Down To The Exit Sign, David Holmes has been bubbling under the surface, for those who cared to pay attention. In addition to a pretty solid regiment of DJing, he released and toured his 2003 Free Association project; put out a white-hot DJ set - Come Get It I've Got It; put together a Cherrystones compilation; and worked on somewhere in the region of two dozen soundtracks. It seems natural then, that when we get down to questions I start by querying why he seems to have focussed increasingly on these projects - apparently eating into his own solo output:
"It's just fun. Really. This record (The Holy Pictures) I'd been doing in dribs and drabs but I wasn't prepared to just settle. When I did Let's Get Killed and Bow Down and This Film's Crap it was like 'Well I've got nine tracks so let's record another one'. A record like this one has got to evolve, you've got to be ready to do it. You can't just go into the studio and say, 'right now I'm going to do it'. Or maybe you can but for me I didn't go into the studio and say, 'Right, I'm going to make an album about my life in Belfast and my memories of losing friends and family'. It's something that just happened. One of the things that I really didn't want to do was make a collection of tracks, I wanted to make an album that was cohesive but still really diverse. So it was just something that happened through time. I'd say the bulk of the work on the album was done over the past two years. There was a couple of tracks which were maybe started six or seven years ago but they never really fully reached where I wanted them to be until the last six months of making the record."
Did you have a time scale or was it just a case of it's done when it's done?
"It's done when it's done I think. The record company wasn't putting any pressure on me so it was really good for me to just dip in and out."
You're quite lucky in that way - the creative freedom - there's no outside pressure to release?
"I've always done what I've wanted. As selfish as that sounds, the only way to make good music is by doing what you want."
The Holy Pictures, sounds to be a step in a different direction for you, it has more of a motorik feel than things you've done before. Would you agree?
"Yes, I mean there was definitely some driving, kraut-rock influences on Bow Down but not to the same extent as this one. There's all sorts of sounds on the new record, you know. I'd say there's probably three tracks that have that Motorik sort of feel but there's other tracks that are very different. I still feel it's an album that's diverse and has a lot of variation."
There's the ambient hues but maybe I should phrase what I said differently: It's always struck me – particularly on Come Get It I've Got It – that you're playing your record collection, which seems soul and Funk heavy and maybe this isn't reflected quite so much here as it was on…
"But everything I've done has always been really different from the next. You know, from This Film's Crap (Let's Slash The Seats), Let's Get Killed, through to Bow Down, that's three completely different albums. It's hard for me to stand still."
It's been a long time since Bow Down To the Exit Sign, which is the last proper solo record that you did. Was it hard to revert back into that mindset after so long coming at music from a different direction?
"No. I mean I'm not for making an album that is just a collection of tunes. And by the way, I don't look at Bow Down... as a cohesive album; there's collaborations with everybody from John Spencer to Bobby Gillespie."
You sing on this album don't you. That was a new challenge. You've not done that before have you?
"Erm Yeah. I did it because I kind of had to really, because of the nature of the music and where I was coming from. I started writing lyrics and did toy with the idea of working with a few different people, which didn't work out for one reason or another. It wasn't necessarily in tune with where the music was coming from emotionally."
You mentioned Bobby Gillespie. I thought that your singing sounded similar to his; in that higher register.
"Really? (Slightly incredulously) The influences on my record in terms of singing are probably Jim Reed and Jason Pierce. Bobby's more rock and roll. I'm almost speaking the lyrics."
In terms of your long-standing association with film, this is the first time you've approached an album without it being a soundtrack, or at least a theoretical soundtrack - as has been the way you approached previous albums.
"No. I mean, the soundtrack here was my life."
You thought of it like that?
"No, I wasn't thinking of it like that at all. I was just trying to make something with some fluidity."
Is that the way you approached something like Let's Get Killed?
"_Let's Get Killed _ was just me trawling through the back streets of New York City with a DAT recorder."
On acid, by accounts. Was that just what was necessary at the time?
"We did it because we were just young and stupid. There was no fear factor, no plan. It seemed like a good idea at the time."
Looking back though, you must be pleased with the results?
"Yeah. I have my own special memories but when once one project's done you move on. I actually cannot wait for this whole thing to be over, just so I can draw a line under it and move on to something different. It's all about the process for me."
Is that a need to evolve?
"You just follow your heart really. I don't have a game-plan, just try to follow what I'm in to. My ideal DJ gig is playing at a small venue for five hours with a full dance floor and I can just mix a big melange of different influences. If these things come from the bottom of your heart no-one can ever take it away from you. If you start to do what people expect then you're fucking in trouble. If it's from the heart then people can see it and that's something they can buy into."
Is 13 Amp *[David's record label] *still going?
"No, my two partners...basically it's a long story but it's operating under a different name. Things were going on within universal."
So you don't have a relationship with Joy Zipper, for example, any more?
"Oh they're still my friends. I'm still friends with my partners but they had a fall out with Universal. I didn't."
Has having a family slowed you down in any way?
"No, I think having a child makes you work harder because it makes you realise that you're a father and you've got to provide for them. Having a child was a real wake up call for me because it was the first time in my life I ever felt like a man - when I held my child in my arms. This overwhelming responsibility of another human being, and you're the father."
**Where do you think you're future lies? In movies?
"I'm still really enjoying DJ'ing. I feel like you can't dj for ever, I really don't want to be a fifty year old DJ but I feel like I've still got something to say with my music so I'll just continue untill I feel uncomfortabe with that. Soundtracks are something that I fell into and are a big inspiration in making music."
You've worked a lot with Steven Soderbegh, obviously.
"I've done several movies with him (Soderberg) but I've just done Hunger for Steve McQueen (Based on the last six weeks of the life the Irish republican hunger striker, Bobby Sands), I've also done Oliver Hirschbiegel's new movie, Five Minutes in Heaven. Then I'm doing another little movie in Belfast called Cherry Bomb, which is directed by two of my best friends."
Sounds Hectic, you seem pretty motivated.
"There's times you have to be in the studio but I always think that your time out of the studio is just as important as your time in the studio because being out of the studio is when you're getting inspired. After this album and I get these movies finished I'm taking like a month off. Then you can sit down, catch up on films, catch up on current music. Once you've had that time off then you're ready to go back in again and create something."
So what's pricking your ears at the moment. What are you listening to?
"I've been doing the soundtrack for this Cherry Bomb movie which is probably about eighty percent other people's music so I've been doing alot of licensing for that. There's the new Fuck Buttons album which I really love. Andrew Weatherall just sent me a load of new stuff that he's done. His new stuff is amazing, really fucking strong. The production's really tight, he just constantly keeps it fresh."
Can you see yourself collaborating with a band again in the same vein as The Free Association?
"We're going to make a new Free Association album this year or maybe next year. We made that album in a month and we said well we made that in a month so maybe if we sat down and actually thought about it, the songs and the production and spent a bit more time on it we could make something that was really good."
That's good news. Is it scary that you'd have to tour the whole thing again?
"I will never do that. They could, I wouldn't. I just don't find it that productive. Just playing the same fucking music every night gets to you after a while."
**I take it there's not much chance of you touring this album then?
It'd translate well I think.
"You could tour this album very easily but I didn't start singing to start a live band. I did it to get things off my chest, and that's very obvious in the lyrics."
Indeed it is. The Holy Pictures is a personal album that manages to deal with it's themes of loss without becoming trapped or bogged down in with the weight of it all. It's a frequently uplifting album in fact, a multi-faceted thing that doesn't keep still long enough to be tagged, much like the man. And with that we wrap it up, whilst a dog barks down the other end of the phone...


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In a family where the love for design is a part of the genetic make up, 'Malasa' was the most obvious move for designer Nimrit Gill. Taking after her grandmother who was the force behind SAZ boutique, New York, showcasing her line at the finest stores in New York, Nimrit decided to launch her own line of western wear at the age of nineteen. The design influencers shaping her aesthetics also include her mother, Jyoti Gill, who has been a fashion designer for the last fifteen years and her father who has been in the export business of embroidered garments to the biggest pret houses in the world, for thirty years. With a masters in fashion design from Marangoni Institute of Design in London, Nimrit has decided to walk the path trodden yet, unexplored by someone with her experience and rich lineage of generations.Read More
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Welcome to the Old McKendree Chapel
A National Methodist Shrine
Situated on two pastoral acres in a grove of oak and maple trees, Old McKendree Chapel is regarded as the oldest Protestant church structure standing west of the Mississippi River.
With the thicket of trees providing a good shade and the spring at the base of the rise dispensing refreshing cold water to travelers, this peaceful setting was an ideal location for camp meetings. Mckendree Church was organized in July of 1809 following one of those meetings.
In 1819 skilled workmen built the chapel from huge poplar logs. The first services were held during 1819, and regular church services were held until around 1890. Since then, the chapel has been used for special service such as weddings, baptisms, reunions, and an annual Easter Sunrise Service.
The Chapel has been renovated to its present condition with funds from the District Board of Church Extension. The Chapel is listed in the National Archives of the Methodist Church and the National Register of Historic Places in the United States.
To visit the chapel, from Interstate 55 take exit 99. Turn west onto Highway 61, follow to County Road 307. Turn north, follow to County Road 206. Turn left, the entrance is on the right.
Winter Hours: 8 am to dusk
Summer Hours: 8 am to 7 pm
Picnic Table and Shelter — Rest rooms Available
Chapel Attendants:
Crystal and Matt Highfill
(573) 204-3633
For a personal tour, please call 3 or more days in advance.


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Lieberman to Victory Park Capital
Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is joining private equity firm Victory Park Capital as chairman of the firm's executive board, the company announced in a release Thursday.
Lieberman, who retired from the Senate in January 2013, will continue to serve as senior counsel at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, as well as co-chairman of the American Enterprise Institute's American Internationalism Project, according to the release.
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The 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate cited his tenure in the Senate as he joined the firm, which provides private debt and equity financing to middle-market companies.
"While in the U.S. Senate, I fought for policies that would allow small businesses to thrive," Lieberman said. "I look forward to a long-term partnership with Victory Park Capital that will position the firm for continued growth."
Lieberman served four terms in the Senate, winning reelection in 2006 as an independent candidate after losing in the Democratic primary. He also chaired the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.


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A group of baseball-playing kids in West Akron, Ohio, hit the little league jackpot this season. Their team was sponsored by The Black Keys.
The team's coach, Steve Milkovich, grew up with Patrick Carney, the drummer half of the Grammy-winning rock duo, and on a whim, Milkovich decided to reach out to his friend as a potential sponsor. "He got ahold of Pat and Pat said, 'Absolutely, we want to sponsor a team,' " West Akron Baseball League president Mike Dies told Sporting News, with a laugh.
Dies and the rest of the WABL family have laughed a lot this past week, as word of the sponsorship started to leak out nationally. The season actually ended on Saturday, but there's been an amazing amount of attention directed at the league the past few days.
"The first was TMZ. They called me last week, and then it kind of took its own route," Dies said. "The Huffington Post called, the local news channels have called. MTV just did an article today after they called today. It's been a crazy last seven days. It's been fun, and it's great publicity for our league."
It's an odd sight, to see "The Black Keys" listed along with the other sponsors in Comic Sans font on the left side of the WABL website. The world-famous rock band is squeezed between "TC Architects" and "The Eye Opener," a self-described gourmet breakfast restaurant that sounds delicious.
The Black Keys aren't the only notable sponsors, though. The TV Land show, Hot In Cleveland, is another sponsor, along with seven local judges—plus a Clerk of Courts and one other fellow running for judge. "West Akron is a very politically competitive area," Dies says, laughing again. "They like to get out there and sponsor teams, although I will say we have a lot of loyal judge sponsorships, too, that have been around for a long time. It's not just an election thing for most of them."
All it cost The Black Keys was the standard $300 sponsor's fee. It was an easy decision; both Carney and guitarist Dan Auerbach played in the WABL when they were kids.
"They've asked for nothing," Dies said. "They just did it and didn't ask for any publicity or anything. It's good for them because they did a good thing for us."


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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2009 Media Releases
The Lincoln Arts Council (LAC) has announced that two new awards will be presented at the annual Mayor's Arts Awards ceremony in June. The new awards for emerging artists in the visual arts and in writing are being sponsored by the Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation. In addition to the Mayor's Arts Award, recipients will receive a stipend of $1000 and a two-week residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, an artists residency program located in Nebraska City.
Nominations and self-nominations must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2009. More information is available at www.khncenterforthearts.org or by e-mailing LAC at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The mission of the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts is to support established and emerging writers, visual artists and composers by providing working and living environments that allow uninterrupted time for work, reflection and creative growth and to present and support arts-related programming that expands public awareness and appreciation of the arts.
In addition to living and studio spaces for artists, the Center houses a gallery featuring the work of regional visual artists. The Center is funded through the support of the Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation.
Union Bank and Trust Company is again the presenting sponsor for the 31st annual Mayor's Arts Awards. Nominations are due by February 23, 2009 in the following categories:
Nomination forms are available by calling the LAC at 434-2787or printing a form from the LAC Web site: www.artscene.org. A list of previous winners also is available at that Web site.