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The transportation sector is responsible for a third of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, 95 percent of which is made up of climate-altering carbon dioxide. Most of the major metropolitan areas in the country are plagued by traffic congestion and poor air quality. Building more roads to accommodate the insatiable craving for driving space, while ignoring the negative side effects, is like serving sweet cake to a sugar addict. Here are your five best bets for greening your carbon tireprint.
Carpooling, particularly in areas underserved by public transit, is a way to get people to leave their cars at home. Commuters headed in the same direction can travel together and save money by splitting the cost of gas, tolls and parking. Some insurance companies, such as Geico, offer discount plans for rideshares. Every rideshare helps remove four cars from the road — the equivalent of planting 4,000 trees. A once-a-week shift to carpool can reduce a commuter's carbon footprint by 20 percent.
Carpoolers can alternate driving each week to lessen the burden on any one person. Establishing clear boundaries about what's permissible while sharing the ride will help avoid later conflicts. Set rules to clarify smoking, eating or cell phone chatting preferences on the ride. Advance discussions of how you'll split trip costs can also prevent future misunderstandings. Meet your neighbors and build local camaraderie.
Some employers offer incentives, such as priority parking spaces, to encourage ridesharing. In many cases, carpoolers can also cut travel times by using HOV, or high-occupancy vehicle, lanes. There are also other discounts that make ridesharing attractive, such as reduced toll payments and gas expenses. Carpooling cuts travel times for everyone on the road by easing congestion, but it specifically lets those using HOV lanes bypass major traffic jams.
Numerous websites provide ways to connect to other commuters searching for or offering a ride. First, find out if any co-workers live in your area. A carpool may already exist that you can join. Companies sometimes have bulletin boards where workers can post messages to find each other and arrange rides. A 60-mile daily commute in a two-person carpool saves $4,387.50 annually versus commuting alone.
Websites like Craigslist are helpful for finding rideshares. Rideshare, Carpoolconnect, NuRide and Zimride are examples of sites that can help you find a ride or start one yourself. Zimride has an application on Facebook to make connecting to potential carpoolers easier. NuRide has a video tutorial that offers step-by-step instructions on how to set up a carpool.
2) Use public transit. Get a monthly pass to make your commute more cost-effective. Check Google Maps to arrange your transit trip. Don't be scared to transfer between modes. It might be faster to reach work by, say, bus than sitting in a traffic jam.
Buses, ferries, trains, trams and trolleys are the forgotten gems of mobility in many parts of the United States. An individual who switches to mass transit in a single day can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 pounds, shedding more than 4,800 pounds of CO2 in a year (PDF). Compared with private vehicle use, for every passenger mile traveled, public transportation produces 95 percent less carbon monoxide, 92 percent fewer volatile organic compounds and nearly half as much carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
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Employers may offer cash-out opportunities that reward transit users with monetary enticements for giving up driving to work and forfeiting a parking spot. Other benefits may include TransitCheks, which provide tax-free savings with every transit commute — made possible by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Commuter Choice Program. Besides TransitCheks, employers may offer other types of travel allowances. Contact your human resources department to find out what incentives exist that can motivate you to embrace transit over driving.
Google Maps now offers a function that allows users to map transit trips by typing in the origin and destination in the search bar. The results even include alternate route suggestions, service timetables and trip duration based on different mode-mixing schemes. Hopstop is another program that conveniently produces directions based on bus, subway or walking preferences. Other regions have their own custom-made trip planner, like King County in Washington state, which includes the Seattle metro area. It has functionalities like determining the route with the fewest transfers and handicap accessibility.
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Rush on Fox News @ Night with Shannon Bream
BREAM: Okay, so last night we talked about a couple of headlines, including one from the AP that had to be... well ... reworked, shall we say, and some others that had an immediate negative reaction to the death of President Bush 41. And now in these coming days, we see a lot of fawning and talking about how he was so great at bipartisanship; he was a different kind of Republican. What's that all about?
RUSH: Well, it's phony. They never treated him this way when he was president. They were vicious to him like they are vicious and partisan to every Republican. I think it's just a vehicle for them, Shannon, to be able to contrast what they think Trump is versus the way they're telling us Bush was. The thing is that they never treated George W. Bush this way or George H.W. Bush -- either one of them -- this way. They had just as much animus for Bush 41 and Bush 43 as they do Trump for different reasons.
But since the current objective is to get rid of Donald Trump, however they can do it -- driving down public opinion or Mueller's report and impeachment -- anything they can do to contrast Trump with what they say is the greatness and the way it ought to be. Every good Republican, in the media's idea, loses. That's why they celebrate Bush, because what did he do? He raised taxes. He was "bipartisan." He went against the interests of his own party. That's what made him a good guy.
And it's just it's just phony. It's nothing more than a vehicle for them to continually contrast this made-up image that they have of George H.W. Bush -- which, by the way, what they're saying about him now is true. All of the class and all the dignity all the sophistication. But they never reported on him this way when he was president.
BREAM: Well, let me ask you because you interviewed him many times and spent time with him over the years. What do you make of this idea that he was a great compromiser, that there was more bipartisanship then. Do you think he worked well with the Democrats? He was too trusting of the Democrats? What do you make of his legacy in that respect?
RUSH: Well, I had one of the greatest honors and thrills of my life. I was invited to spend the night in the White House during the campaign in 1992, the Lincoln Bedroom. The evening featured about an hour-and-a-half discussion of the campaign. At this point in time, Ross Perot was threatening him on the Republican side, with much the same kind of appeal that Donald Trump has and had in the 2016 campaign. And at this point in time, it was June of 1992, and there really wasn't a considerable Democrat threat at the time. They weren't thinking that Bill Clinton was really all that serious a contender.
And I got the impression that they weren't taking the campaign as seriously as they should have. But I remember the president telling me that he loved Tom Foley, thought we could really work with Tom Foley, and he had found him to be a very cooperative guy. George Mitchell, he said, was the most partisan man in Washington. But George H.W. Bush believed in the idea of service and government working together and compromising, and the end result was what was important to him. And as such, he didn't fight back against any kind of the criticism, just like his son didn't.
And I think those two facts -- the fact that there was more attempted cooperation, no attempt to defend themselves against some of the most outrageous charges that they were faced with by the media and the Democrats -- is one of the things that led to Donald Trump. Republican voters have just been frustrated that candidates they elect don't fight back and win. Republican candidates don't fight back -- and when Republican candidates don't fight, back, they're also not defending Republican voters.
BREAM: Mmm-hmm.
RUSH: So here comes Trump doing what Republican voters have wished Republican candidates would do for 25 or 30 years, and it's really not a mystery why he won.
BREAM: Well, and to that point we've heard so much about the Bush family being very modest in saying, "It's not all about you. Don't go out there and be bragging about yourself," to the point that Andrew Ferguson -- who obviously was a speechwriter for Bush 41 during the '92 campaign -- lamented the fact that this guy was a World War II hero, but now that he was facing off against this young, upstart Southern governor, they didn't want to be a factor. They didn't want braggadocio to be a thing.
But he talks about the fact that it was frustrating that he couldn't write those things in his speeches until the very end. It wasn't something that Bush 41 was going to talk about. Bill McGurn, in his piece in The Wall Street Journal, says this today. He says, "On the first day he was eligible, his 18th birthday, George Bush enlisted in the United States Navy. Even at that age, he could not abide the idea of another man standing in his place in the defense of his country, and this determination to serve would take him to some of the most horrific battles in the Pacific." And yet, Rush, back in '92 he wasn't supposed to talk about that.
RUSH: Well, Shannon, it was a different time. It was a different time. In '92 it was a different time than '42, but '92 is closer to '42 than '92 is to today in terms of the definitions of public morality and values. And you nailed it. The one thing... I mean, I was raised this way. You do not brag. You do not brag about yourself. Even if you can do it, you don't do it. It's not becoming. It's unseemly to do so. And the Bushes, if anything, were that.
And you're right. They had a belief that the office was bigger than the man. George W. Bush, I routinely asked him, "Why are you not fighting back against some of these just insidious personal insults?" He said, "Because I'm not going to sully the office and take it down to the gutter of where politics is today." And I said, "But you're letting down a lot of people that voted for you." But that's just the way they were raised -- and not bragging and not talking about things that you had done.
I think in those days, Shannon, it was thought that those great achievements and accomplishments would speak for you, that they would be part of how you were publicly known. But against the media onslaught to disparage that, to criticize it, to ignore it, the public had no chance. The public that was young enough not to remember World War II had no recollection of that George Bush whatsoever, and so they were never going to learn it because he wasn't going to tout it.
BREAM: Mmm-hmm. Well another man who is very much in that mold: Former senator Bob Dole, himself a hero and a veteran. A very special moment today when he stopped by to pay his respects to former President Bush 41, and they were great political rivals, as you've noted. It was a really special moment today.
RUSH: Let me tell you, I saw that. I was just sitting down here after coming back from a commercial break and I watched it. I was glued to it, because you're right. They had a tremendous rivalry and it wasn't a widely known rivalry. It was political; it wasn't personal. Bob Dole always felt slighted next to George H.W. Bush. Bob Dole was a war hero. Bob Dole lost the use of his arm. George Bush was shot out of the sky over the Pacific. He was made a gigantic hero. It went into making his career. Bob Dole was never afforded the same kind of thing. In his view, he never was.
There were arguments over the Republican National Committee, arguments over whose turn it was to run for president, this kind of thing. And they were deeply, deeply felt. And Bob Dole today... This was just... It had me spellbound. The man cannot stand. He literally cannot walk. He is glued to his wheelchair.
And he willed himself to stand up. He had an aide helping him, propping him up under his arms -- and you could see the determination on his face. He was going to stand. He was going to defy the impossibility that he cannot do it. He defied impossibility and stood up for the barest of seconds and saluted with his left hand and then collapsed back to his wheelchair.
And in that moment, said more about that generation -- about respect, about honor, about integrity. That little piece. I hope everybody has a chance to see that, because Bob Dole was totally incapable of doing what he did today, and yet he did it. And these two people were able to bury the hatchet and come together toward the end of their lives.
And I don't... I wasn't there, but I can rest assured that Bob Dole's one commitment that he has had since George Bush died was to do what he did today and to make sure he did it. Because those are the kinds of things: Honoring people who you may have been at war with, good times as well. But they were in a lot of fights together for the same objective, fighting for the same cause. And they buried the hatchet. It was an amazing thing to see today.
BREAM: Well, may President George H.W. Bush bring out the best in all of us across the spectrum as we honor him this week. Rush, thank you so much for sharing your insights and your memories. We really appreciate it.
RUSH: You know, if I was Barack Obama, I'd be really upset, Shannon. All this talk about George Bush being the last days of civility? If I were Obama, I'd say, "What about me? You know, I was civil. I was a nice guy, sophisticated. I was the smartest guy in the room. Why are they going back and honoring this guy?" If I were Obama, I'd be worried.
BREAM: Hmmm.
RUSH: Maybe the media is forgetting him.
BREAM: Not so fast, I don't think, Rush.
RUSH: (laughing)
BREAM: Thank you!
RUSH: (laughing)
BREAM: Great to see you.
RUSH: I had to get that in.
BREAM: (laughing) Have a great night.
RUSH: Thank you, Shannon.
This article originally appeared on Rush Limbaugh

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It had been two years and 6 months since I had taken an internet-less vacation and it was about time, so I finally did. However, for the 10 days I was away, I had this constant worry about how my vacation would effect my relationship with current and potential Twitter followers and how it would influence my klout score.
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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC continue preseason preparations on Sunday, February 16 as they travel to Vancouver Island to face the University of Victoria Vikes.
Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. PT at Centennial Stadium. Fans are encouraged to arrive early as Whitecaps FC players will hold an autograph session on the concourse from 12 to 12:30 p.m. PT.
This will be the ninth annual match between the two sides dating back to 2005, with the 'Caps holding a 6W-1L-1D record. Last year's match at Centennial Stadium drew a crowd of over 2,600 fans, with the Blue and White coming away with a 3-0 win.
Youth players from the Whitecaps FC Island Academy will also be in attendance to watch the 'Caps first team. For more information on joining the Island Academy, visit whitecapsfc.com/islandacademy.
Whitecaps FC are fresh off of a nine-day training camp in Casa Grande, Arizona, which included three preseason matches. First up was a 3-2 victory over North American Soccer League side Indy Eleven thanks to two second-half goals from Omar Salgado.
Next came a pair of closely contested 2-1 defeats against Seattle Sounders FC. Erik Hurtado scored for the 'Caps in the first match while Carlyle Mitchell headed home a corner kick in the second encounter.
As the 'Caps play their fourth official preseason match this weekend, head coach Carl Robinson will bring his full squad to Victoria, pending the health of each player.
"It's important for us to visit our fans on the island and give them the opportunity to see our first-team players," said Robinson. "This match will give us that chance, provided each player is fit to play."
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Goalkeepers: Marco Carducci, David Ousted
Defenders: Sam Adekugbe, Christian Dean, Jay DeMerit, Solomon Kwambe, Johnny Leveron, Carlyle Mitchell, Andy O'Brien, Ethen Sampson
Midfielders: Bryce Alderson, Sebastián Fernández, Ben Fisk, Michael Kafari, Andre Lewis, Adam Mena, Nicolás Mezquida, Nigel Reo-Coker, Russell Teibert, Matt Watson
Strikers: Erik Hurtado, Darren Mattocks, Omar Salgado
The Vikes are coming off a 2013 season that saw them finish sixth in the Canada West conference with a 11W-5L-1D record. Two Vikes led the team with 11 goals, including fourth-year player Cameron Stokes and Whitecaps FC U-23 midfielder Cam Hundal.
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text: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has determined, though preliminary tissue sampling, that the cetacean morbillivirus is to blame for the unusually high number of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins stranding along the East Coast in recent months. To date, 97 percent of the dolphins tested (32 of 33) are suspect or confirmed positive for mobillivirus. This is the same virus that caused over 740 marine mammals to strand in a similar event back in 1987-88, the last time a massive die-off of bottlenose dolphins along the Atlantic Coast like this was observed. What is the morbillivirus? Cetacean morbillivirus is a naturally occurring pathogen in marine mammal populations. It is not infectious to humans. At this time, there is no vaccine that can be easily deployed to stop the spread of the virus in wild, migratory dolphin populations; other than the animals natural ability to build antibodies to the virus. Recently declared an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) by the federal government, these strandings have now reached numbers over nine times the historical average for the months of July and August for our region. Although we have established a tentative cause, the UME investigation is still ongoing and stranding teams from New York to Virginia will continue to further evaluate tissue samplings and genetic sequencing. It may be years before we can truly confirm the cause for these strandings. How is the National Aquarium involved in this event? National Aquarium's Animal Rescue team responded to a live stranded bottlenose dolphin last Tuesday, August 20 at Assateague Island National Seashore. After a health assessment of the animal, veterinary staff recommended humane euthanasia due to the poor health of the animal. A full necropsy (animal autopsy) was performed by Aquarium staff to determine an underlying cause of stranding. Tissue samples have been submitted as part of the UME, and results are pending. I have also been assisting the UME Incident Management Team with drafting a weekly Incident Action Plan that outlines objectives for response in the affected areas, staff and equipment assignments, formulating safety plans, and addressing gaps in coverage that arise during response. The Incident Command Structure is very effective when coordinating response to events such as this that cover a broad area and involve multiple government and non-government organizations. Our team will continue to work closely with regional stranding partners and the federal government to help implement this plan and document this event for future research/learning. As we continue to closely monitor this situation, stay tuned to the blog for updates! Tags: atlantic-bottlenose-dolphins, dolphin-strandings, morbillivirus, national-aquarium-2, national-aquarium-experts, national-aquarium-in-baltimore, unusual-mortality-event Categories: Animal Rescue, Animals, News Previous Post Next Post


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Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk who organized the Buddhist Peace Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks in 1969, has written numerous beautiful slender volumes dense in mindfulness philosophy and practical teachings. Peace is Every Step, introduced by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, translates the mindfulness practice into ordinary life. It is infused with the gentle wisdom Nhat Hanh has shared with readers and audiences since the turbulent 60s and is no less appropriate for these tumultuous times.
Nhat Hanh's point is that we cannot just work for, legislate or impose peace—we have to become peace to have any influence on our surroundings, our government and on the health of the planet. His is a very empowering teaching. By paying close attention to the moments of our lives, we enter that still space of perfect balance, of being fully present in the now, and release all chaos and confusion.
The book is divided into three main sections—each consisting of subheads with precepts, inspiration and examples to make mindfulness absolutely clear. Breathe! You are Alive outlines how to eat, wash the dishes and walk mindfully with instructions about the attention to the breath that returns your consciousness to the moment. Transformation and Healing deals with anger, love and compassion. Nhat Hanh explains a way to hug using three deep meditation breaths to anchor yourself firmly in the connection. It sounds a little bit awkward but extremely cool. Peace is Every Step talks about real awareness of the immediate and extended world around you, seen and unseen suffering, and how to contemplate clouds when you are the river.
Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the great masters of mindfulness meditation and his appeal to many people is his approachability and his no-fuss notions of how to live a richly rewarding and generous life. From politics to ecology to watching leaves color and fall in autumn, Peace is Every Step is a prescription for healing ourselves and our fractured planet, a do-it-yourself manual for replacing fear, enmity and confusion with a serene and sustainable existence.
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smcginnis wrote:Lord Felix wrote:I have a quick question: Are any minifigures against the rules? Can you have minifigures even if the creation is micro-scale?
Do you mean like an all-grey minifig as a giant statue or something? I'm sure that'd be allowed, if it was clear it was a statue.
Well, I suppose you could do that, but I think it would be more entertaining to have a massive giant attacking a castle with a huge club and the puny micro-figs trying to fight back from the giant with their pitifully small weapons. Muahahahahahahhah ha ha ha ha ha ha heh heh *snicker*...
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Here's something totally normal from Brazil's Série A. Sport Recife defender Tobi gets booked during the first leg of the Campeonato Pernambucano final (a regional championship) and, when asked by the referee to turn around so the ref can see his number, performs the moonwalk. While American audiences may find the moonwalk impressive, to the dance-mad Brazilians we're sure it looked like someone performing the robot.
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Glenn Peterson sent this along – very cool stuff: "Engaged Readers" keeps patrons engaged in reading by letting them interact with other readers and library staff as they create and share book lists, write reviews, add comments, follow fellow readers and more. Suitable for a summer reading program or year-around. Check it out at http://engagedpatrons.org/EngagedReaders.cfm. The service is free for small- and medium-sized libraries, affordably priced for the rest.
One thought on "Have you checked out "Engaged Readers?""
Considering this is a fusion of dedicared (say, book) forums and Amazon wishlists/communities, it's surprising libraries haven't implemented stuff like this sooner.


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(Boston, Mass. – Feb. 19, 2014) – Lorraine Sander, Superintendent of the Billerica, Mass. Wastewater Treatment Plant, was honored by EPA with a "2013 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Excellence Award" recently. Ms. Sander was selected for the recognition because of the outstanding job she has performed over the years in operating and maintaining the Billerica facility.
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Partnership with Awwa Research Foundation will support AWWA's Workforce Strategies Committee and other workforce programs
As the American Water Works Association's (AWWA) Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE08) drew to a close, incoming President Mike Leonard announced that AWWA will partner with Awwa Research Foundation on an ambitious project to better define and address the looming challenges to water workforce sustainability.
This initiative, titled the "Water Sector Workforce Sustainability Initiative," will support the efforts of AWWA's existing Workforce Strategies Committee and other council and committee workforce programs.
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The project's steering committee will include members of AWWA's newly formed Ad Hoc Committee on Water Sector Workforce Strategies and other utility leaders from North America. The Ad Hoc Committee was created to complement existing AWWA efforts and to identify funding to address sector-wide water workforce issues.
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A little while after BigRedKitty closed shop on his blog last week, there was another post from TJ on there asking for help with a "secret project" (that lots of you let us know about -- thanks!). And now, the secret has been revealed: a few of BRK's fans have put together a goodbye video for the knowledgeable Hunter with the big red cat, and you can watch the whole thing above.
Very touching, and very cool to see a community come together to thank someone who's done a lot for them. BRK also reported on his blog this week that he hasn't left Warcraft for good, but it does sound like the choice to focus on his real life and family rather than what happens in Azeroth was an excellent one. We've also heard, through the grapevine, that Blizzard may be honoring BRK in their own way in the future, much like they did with Phaelia of Resto4Life. We'll keep an eye out for nay Big Red items we may come across.


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We value having divergent thinkers who bring various experiences and viewpoints to the table at Galileo. We strongly encourage members of underrepresented groups to apply.
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Being a Galilean means jumping into action to bring camp magic to life. Depending on the day, that could mean creating a gorgeous sign that highlights the Galileo Innovation Approach, donning a tutu for a skit, or playing a board game with two campers to build connection. Galileans know what it means to be a vital part of a team. Galileans want to grow. Galileans like to have fun at work. Galileans love sharing in—and helping to create—joyful experiences. After all, we run summer camps. You get the point.
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- Provide leadership, energy and camp spirit for campers and staff
- Set, work toward and achieve measurable professional development goals
- Support camper check-in and check-out processes
- Provide support in classrooms as needed
- Contribute to and participate in daily opening and closing ceremonies, all-camp activities, and snack and lunch supervision and programming, as needed
The camp environment is demanding, requiring consistent dedication and work ethic from each staff member. Depending on the time of summer or the specific week or day, the needs of camp and resulting staff hours may vary. We seek and make offers to staff who we believe are capable of thriving in this environment, both professionally and personally.
General Camp Staff Hours Information:
- Staff may work anytime between 7:30am and 6pm, Monday through Friday. Number of hours and start/finish time will vary by site, position and day
- Staff meetings: During regular work hours before or after the start of programming
- Before setup days begin, complete between 2-12 hours of online training
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Zesty Oven-Fried Rice
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) chicken broth
- 1-1/2 cups uncooked long grain rice
- 1-1/2 pounds ground beef
- 2 large onions, thinly sliced
- 1 large green pepper, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 can (4 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
- 1. In a saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Add rice. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook the beef, onions, green pepper and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender. Drain and place in a large bowl.
- 2. In the same skillet, cook and stir eggs until set but still moist. Add to meat mixture. Fluff rice with fork. Stir in the rice, mushrooms, soy sauce and hot pepper sauce to meat mixture.
- 3. Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through.
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1 each: 258 calories, 8g fat (3g saturated fat), 97mg cholesterol, 770mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 1g fiber), 18g protein.
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I had to improvise slightly with this as I had no soy sauce, pepper sauce or mushrooms. I had everything else and here is what I did. I followed the recipe up until when I had to add the soy/pepper sauce. At that point, I added three packets of Old El Paso Taco Seasoning. Three was too much as it ended up on the spicy side but two would have been perfect. However, it turned out VERY nice indeed. I'm going to use another egg next time. Egg is a lovely touch and a tad more would be great. The rice ended up very soft and the meat nice and tender. Actually, everything ended up very tender!! I'm not even sure I want to go back and try it with soy/pepper sauce. I'm absolutely delighted with how it turned out using the taco seasoning and will be making it again next weekend.
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Kurdish peshmerga fighters eat lunch at a military base on the outskirts of Gwer, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2014.
Peshmerga fighters walk at Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, Aug. 21, 2014. Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq's biggest dam from Islamist militants with the help of U.S. air strikes to secure a vital strategic objective in fighting that threatens to break up the country, Kurdish and U.S. officials said on Monday.
A Kurdish peshmerga soldier holds a Kurdistan flag during an intensive security deployment after clashes with militants of the ISIS, in Jalawla, Diyala province, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2014. Iraqi government forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters attempted on Friday to recapture two towns in the north from Islamic State militants, security sources said.
Kurdish peshmerga forces guard their position at Omar Khaled village near Tal Afar, west of Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2014. Peshmerga forces intensified their defenses in the southern parts of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Saturday, defending ramparts just a few hundred meters away from ISIS militants.
Kurdish peshmerga forces stand guard at the Bakirta frontline near the town of Makhmur, south of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan Aug. 27, 2014.
Kurdish peshmerga fighters guard their position on the Jalawla front line in the northeastern district of Baquba near the city of Khanaqin, Aug. 29, 2014.
Kurdish peshmerga fighters keep watch on the Jalawla front line in the northeastern district of Baquba near the city of Khanaqin, Aug. 29, 2014.
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter keeps watch on the Jalawla front line in the northeastern district of Baquba near the city of Khanaqin, Aug. 29, 2014.
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters fire at ISIS militant positions from the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 kilomters west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Aug. 14, 2014.
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Some women came into my LYS the other day with a hat pattern for a discontinued yarn, and I, a good yarn store employee, suggested some substitutes. As soon as I mentioned "stitches per inch" and "measure your heads" and, (gasp!) "swatching", their eyes glazed over. I finished my explanation with some examples, and when I asked how they would ultimately figure out what yarn to use, they said, "Come see you!"
Understanding the correlation between stitches and sizing and being able to analyze and use the information in a schematic is the key to unlocking some major knitting potential. I have some beautiful Fresco burning holes in my stash, and seriously long arms--fingerless mitts!
I found these fingerless mitts, designed by our friend Leslie Friend at A Friend to Knit With, and they're perfect for bridging the gap between my cold hands and my perennially short coat cuffs (not to mention they keep my hands dexterous and warm enough to knit while waiting for the bus or the train). These gloves are designed in Portland Tweed, a lovely yarn indeed, but not the one sitting on my desk. The gauge is 5.5 stitches per inch, and Leslie asks that we cast on 34 stitches.
34 (stitches)/5.5 (recommended stitches per inch)=6.2 (inches)
Total stitches divided by stitches per inch=inches around of finished object.
6.2 inches is slightly smaller than the stated 7 inches around--I assume that this is giving the mitt some negative ease, which means you want the glove to be smaller than the measurement of your forearm (or else they won't stay up!) Ease is a conversation for another time. For now, let's just focus on matching the 6.2 inches.
The recommended gauge of Fresco is 6.5 stitches per inch on a US 5 needle, the unknown in this case is the total number of stitches I will be casting on.
x (unknown number of cast on stitches)/6.5 (stitches per inch)=6.2 (inches)
6.5 x 6.2=40.3
Since we can only cast on in full numbers, we are going to theoretically cast on 40 stitches. This is only true if my knitting matches the recommended gauge. I know! You hate swatching. But it is a necessary step most of the time to achieve nicely fitted things. Since I will be knitting this in the round, I need to knit a swatch in the round. Stay tuned!
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okay... i always need a refresher course in switching up yarn! LOVE it. thanks! and can't wait to see them out of fresco..... that yarn is YUMMY!ReplyDelete
p.s. there is a printable version of that pattern on the sidebar of the blog... for some reason ravelry doesn't link right there.ReplyDelete
You have no idea how much I needed this...after ripping out the same pattern 5 times, only to give up and do a pattern I had the yarn for. Thank You!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 17, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Well said! This is not always an easy concept and I often get the same question at the yarn shop. I usually just make the conversion for people and send them on their way. I think I will recommend this article next time!ReplyDelete
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Is it just me?Posted August 18th, 2013 by true
Or did the domain just shift a few degrees off axis?
Thanks for all the fisch!Posted August 18th, 2013 by Fischer
Thanks to my friends. BCNU.
Moving Dasein Design BlogPosted January 1st, 2013 by Fischer
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1970/Wasson's/Bloomington INPosted May 31st, 2010 by true
First single ever purchased: Mississippi Queen, by Mountain
What I know: I was seven. Earlier, my parents had made the mis-timed choice of taking us on a family driving vacation through upstate New York; I remember looking out of the station wagon as we slogged through endless traffic jams of horrifyingly pitiful people heading into/out of Woodstock. 1970 Bloomington, on the other hand, was simmering rage and protests on Dunn Meadow and People's Park. My cousin, probably 12 years older, was in the SDS at IU. The world seemed out of kilter.
I probably first heard Mississippi Queen on WNAP, out of Indianapolis, while watching my brother the pyro igniting piles of homemade gunpowder on the model train tracks. Now I hear a cross between Cream and Hot Tuna. Then, I only heard heavy, sludgy guitar runs. I had to have it. Purchased at Wasson's department store.
It was not the first single that I ever owned. That would be a copy of The Royal Guardsmen's Snoopy vs. The Red Baron, given to me by my parents a year or two earlier. It planted the seeds of garage rock deep in my identity: Vox and Rickenbacker guitars, Farfisa organ. In the video, there's a guy who dances and shouts like he could be in Happy Mondays or the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Exactly 40 years later, I would learn that the Royal Guardsmen are the only band to break big out of Ocala, FL.
The Angel of HistoryPosted May 31st, 2010 by true
An autobiography in 41 songs. Talk around Volta often turns to music and theory. After trying my best to explain Walter Benjamin's Theses on the Philosophy of History to Aly, I set up an experiment in which I would try to assemble a constellation of music that would trace from 1970 to the present, one song from each year in order. Each song would have to be something that I first listened to in the year it was released. Not the best songs, or the most popular (obviously), but rather songs that had some sort of third meaning that fixed it, historically, in my own understanding of myself at the time. Not sure what this says, yet, but that's somewhat the point...
One big pile of debris.
Look! Over there!Posted May 23rd, 2008 by true
This site has been quiet of late while we worked our way through Volta's opening. I'd never intended for the Dasein site to have so much focus on Volta-- the Voltacoffee domain has always been the site for the shop. I've finally had enough time around the edges to bash out a quick drupal site for Volta. It will have its own blog for me and my staff to write about our work there.
As for this site, I've had too much fun going back through my archives while working with Stephen Bender on developing an aesthetic for Volta. I'll continue to use dasein.com to post photos (both new and from the archives), comments, and critical observations-- although probably not at the same pace.
The Show Is Coming...Posted May 9th, 2008 by true
Volta's grand opening is tomorrow (Saturday, May 10) from 5-9.
Jon Lewis roasted up a batch of Microcosm espresso to help us celebrate. In a strange, round-about way, Jon's Peace, Love, and Coffee blog played a significant role in the development of Volta. I had posted a few off-the-cuff notes on BZ's chemically imbalanced blog about how I envisioned the role of the barista. Jon had commented about my postings on his blog-- and it was Jon's posting that became the thread bringing us together with M'lissa during a Sunday morning visit to Octane. A month later we brought M'lissa down to Gainesville to meet with Stephen Bender to brainstorm designs for Volta.
Fe doses up some Microcosm for our first taste...
Mmmmm. Plums.
Next up...
CongratulationsPosted May 5th, 2008 by true
I'm thrilled to post that Danielle Glasky, our first guest barista, just finished up her day competing in the semi-finals of the US Barista Championships. Making the cut from the first round to the semis was significant; finishing in the top ten is spectacular for a first-time entrant. Congratulations to Danielle from the entire staff at Volta. In addition to being a godsend in helping us out on our first week open, Danielle practiced her routine on us several times a day and let all the staff try her espresso blend and sig drink. We were all greatly impressed.
...even if she was spooked by the roaring gators out on Payne's Prairie...
RefinementsPosted May 2nd, 2008 by true
A new trend has developed in the last two days. Our Macchiato and double ristretto espressos are outselling lattes by a wide margin.
Almost done with the space. Fredrik's crew came by today and installed the first bank of window bar seats. It really is quite amazing-- iron rails run from the ceiling and look like they disappear into the floor. The bar is the same blonde polystone as the cupping table and the Clover counter. It really looks like the bar surface is floating in space.
The Super Jolly turned up on the door step the other day. Since we have yet to have one person order a decaf espresso drink, it is looking more like the SJ is destined to be the guest espresso grinder.
Finally, we're hashing out our pastry order with the 2nd St. Bakery. Sue and Laura brought samples by for the staff to order; hopefully we'll have baked goods for sale by Monday... Looks good in the sushi case, if I don't say so.
The great leap forward...Posted May 1st, 2008 by true
We made it through our soft opening-- with no advertising, sign, or any fanfare whatsoever. Traffic through the store comes in small bursts, and we already have raving fans. The order for signs went out today, the replacement Super Jolly grinder turned up yesterday, we finally hammered out the necessary details to bring in our baked goods from our local provider, and a few last bits of construction should be tied up by the end of the week. In other words, we're just about ready for a "real" opening.
We're on target to have our opening party on May 10. You all are invited.
In the meanwhile, I might have the luxury of six hours of sleep tonight. It long ago felt like a marathon weekend at Turner Sink stretched over six days, but minus the mosquitos and ticks. Current photos are posted on the daseindesign flickr page, linked over to the right.


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Although he may make it look easy, there really isn't anything simple in Tuukka Rask's line of work. Standing in front of 100-mile-per-hour slappers and blocking doorstep shovels and pokes isn't anyone's idea of an easy day at the office.
But Rask, headed to the Stanley Cup Final after backing Boston's 1-0 series clincher over the Penguins Friday night, made relatively easy work of rubbing out the postseason's most powerful offensive machine in four straight victories.
■ He allowed only two goals in the four-game sweep. Given that Game 3 went into overtime, his goals-against average was a paltry 0.44. The Penguins averaged 4.23 goals per game in the previous two rounds then ran into the wall that was Rask.
■ The Penguins landed a total of 136 shots on net, including 26 Friday night, and Rask pushed away, blocked or gloved or otherwise made disappear into thin air 134 of them, including his catch of Jarome Iginla's 35-foot wrister that ended the series as the clock hit 0:00. Save percentage: .985.
■ He finished the series with two shutouts and now leads all goalies this postsesaon with 12 victories. He has been every bit as good as, and actually better than, Tim Thomas was during the club's triumphant Cup run in 2011.
■ He stifled a Penguins lineup highlighted by superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, not allowing either of them a goal. Like the rest of their Pennsylvanian Black-and-Gold brethren, they played their best hockey in the first two periods of Game 1, but Rask's best in that 40-minute stretch set the tone for the series. They were left wanting that night, left here the same late Friday night, still wanting for goals, and lost for explanations.
"It tells a lot about our team to shut those guys down'' said Rask, when asked what it meant to blank the two stars — and nearly everyone else in the Pittsburgh lineup.
Thanks in large part to Rask's airtight goaltending, the Penguins never once held a lead in the four games. In a series that took 275 minutes, 19 seconds to complete, the Penguins finished with 0:00 lead time.
It was the first time since 2009, with Detroit's sweep of Columbus, that the losing team never managed to take a lead in any of the four games.
More poignant for Boston fans, it was the first time since the Bruins' four-game sweep of the Maple Leafs in 1969 that they never trailed en route to a sweep. It was that series in which Maple Leaf defenseman Pat Quinn decked Bobby Orr with a vicious elbow in Game 1, leading Garden fans the next night to hang Quinn's likeness in effigy from the old building's balcony.
Those were the good old days. The Big Bad Bruins days. They wiped out the Leafs, 24-5, over the four games that year. The win over the Penguins, backed by Rask, brought back a little bit of that old-time feeling.
"The job's never easy,'' said Boston captain Zdeno Chara, reflecting on Rask's handiwork over the last six weeks. "We have confidence in Tuukka and we have confidence in our system. It's huge when he's playing well and we have guys blocking shots and you have guys making all sort of huge plays all over the ice — and you have a goaltender making big saves at big moments.''
Rask, by his own admission, didn't have the busiest of nights in the clincher. The big push that everyone expected from the Penguins never came. It wasn't there in Game 2. There were traces of it in Game 3 when the Penguins piled up 54 shots in nearly 100 minutes of play. Other than a couple of brief spurts, including in the 1:35 stretch that Pittsburgh goalie Tomas Vokoun vacated his net for an extra skater, the Penguins never showed the surge a champion must show when summer is calling.
"We had a great third period as a team,'' said Rask, who has earned the nickname Cool Hand Tuke in this postseason, in which he also has backed series wins over Toronto and the Rangers. "I didn't have much work to do. They really didn't have many great chances.''
Rask had all he needed to work with when Adam McQuaid connected on a long slapper at 5:01 of the third for the only goal of the night.
"I didn't know he had that kind of shot in his bag,'' said a smiling Rask.
Rask, quietly, efficiently, and effectively, has cobbled together a more impressive postsesaon run than Thomas had in 2011. The biggest difference between the two isn't numbers but style. Slightly unorthodox and more of a challenger/battler, the feisty Thomas often made dramatic saves, sometimes because he was hurrying back to his cage after being out of position.
Rask, meanwhile, is calm and calculated, more of a clinician in net than a dramatist. He makes solid, impressive saves, rather than daring, helter-skelter blocks and catches. All that ever matters, of course, is making the stop and recording the W. It is almost impossible to make comparisons to the game of 30 or 40 years ago, but Rask's positioning and efficiency is reminiscent of Montreal great Ken Dryden in the '70s. He has a knack for seeing the shot develop, moving to the right area, conjuring brick and mortar in an instant.
You could almost hear the Penguins saying, "We can't beat that big giraffe,'' as Bruins great Phil Esposito said of Dryden in '71.
Here in June of 2013, the Bruins are moving on to the final round. It's the first time they've been there twice in three years since facing the Oilers in 1988 and '90. They've made it this far with timely scoring (see Game 7 of the Leafs series), stout and intelligent defense, and as all Cup teams do, on the back of their goalie.
"That's what you dream about, right?'' Rask said, when asked what it all means. "It's been tough, but you know, also fun. I've enjoyed it.''
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Swallow's Nest
The Swallow's Nest (Ukrainian: Ластівчине гніздо, Lastivchyne Hnizdo, Russian: Ласточкино гнездo, Lastochkino gnezdo)[nb 1] is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka, in the Crimean Peninsula. It was built between 1911 and 1912, on top of the 40-metre (130 ft) high Aurora Cliff, in a Neo-Gothic design by the Russian architect Leonid Sherwood[nb 2] for the Baltic German businessman Baron von Steingel.
The castle overlooks the Cape of Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast and is located near the remains of the Roman castrum of Charax.[2] The Swallow's Nest is one of the most popular visitor attractions in Crimea, having become the symbol of Crimea's southern coastline.[3][4][5]
The building is compact in size, measuring only 20 m (66 ft) long by 10 m (33 ft) wide.[6] Its original design envisioned a foyer, guest room, stairway to the tower, and two bedrooms on two different levels within the tower. The interior of the guest room is decorated with wooden panels; the walls of the rest of the rooms are stuccoed and painted.[6] An observation deck rings the building, providing a view of the sea, and Yalta's distant shoreline.
The first building on the Aurora Cliff was constructed for a Russian general circa 1895.[7][nb 3] The first structure he built was a wooden cottage romantically named the "Castle of Love."[8] Later on, the ownership of the cottage passed to A. K. Tobin, a court doctor to the Russian Tsar.
In 1911, Baron von Steingel, a Baltic German noble who had made a fortune extracting oil in Baku, acquired the timber cottage and within a year had it replaced with the current building called Schwalbennest.[7] The Scots Baronial and Moorish Revival styles had been introduced in the Crimea in the 1820s by Edward Blore, the architect of the Vorontsov Palace (1828–46). Compared to the Alupka and Koreiz palaces, the Swallow's Nest is closer in style to various German fairy-tale inspired castle follies, such as Lichtenstein Castle, Neuschwanstein Castle and Stolzenfels Castle, although its precarious seaside setting on the cliffs draws parallels with the Belém Tower in Portugal, or Miramare Castle on the Gulf of Trieste outside Trieste, Italy.
In 1914, von Steingel sold the building to P. G. Shelaputin to be used as a restaurant.[7] For a short time after the 1917 Russian Revolution, the building was used only as a tourist attraction. In 1927, the Swallow's Nest survived a serious earthquake rated at 6 to 7 on the Richter scale.[9] The building was not damaged apart from some small decorative items that were thrown into the sea along with a small portion of the cliff. However, the cliff itself developed a huge crack. In the 1930s, the building was used by a reading club from the nearby "Zhemchuzhina" (Pearl) resort,[9] however it was closed shortly thereafter as a safety precaution due to the damage it had suffered in the quake, remaining closed for the next 40 years.
Renovation and restoration of the building was started only in 1968. The project involved the restoration of a small portion of the castle and the addition of a monolithic console concrete plate to strengthen the cliff.[9] Since 1975, a restaurant has operated within the building.[8] In 2011, the Swallow's Nest was closed for three months due to major restoration work estimated to cost 1,200,000 hryvnias ($150,000 USD).[10]
In culture[edit]
Owing to its important status as the symbol of the Crimea's southern coast, the Swallow's Nest was featured in several Soviet films. It was used as the setting of Desyat Negrityat, the 1987 Soviet screen version of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.[2] The building was also featured in the 1983 Soviet-Polish children's film Mister Blot's Academy as well as in Mio in the Land of Faraway, a 1987 joint production by Swedish, Norwegian, and Soviet film companies.[11]
See also[edit]
- Tsar's Path, scenic pathway located near the Swallow's Nest
- Foros Church, similarly located attraction overlooking the Black Sea littoral near Yalta
- Belém Tower, similar structure in Lisbon, Portugal
- ^ The Swallow's Nest is also referred to as Ластівчи́не гніздо́ (Lastivchyne hnizdo, Ukrainian: Ластівчине гніздо, Lastivchyne hnizdo) in Ukrainian, Schwalbennest in German, and Къарылгъач ювасы (Qarılğaç yuvası) in Crimean Tatar.
- ^ Leonid Sherwood's father was Vladimir Sherwood, who was responsible for designing the State Historical Museum on Red Square.[1]
- ^ The general's name is still not determined.
- ^ "The State Historical Museum". Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Zolotoy plyazh and Lastochkino gnezdo". Yalta Putevoditel (in Russian). Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Lastochkino gnezdo". Crimea.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ Malikenaite 2003, p. 58.
- ^ Ivchenko & Parkhomenko 2010, p. 293.
- ^ a b Zharikov 1983–1986, p. 303.
- ^ a b c "Restaurant, "Lastochkino gnezdo" – History". Restaurant, «Lastochkino gnezdo». Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 2006-08-18.
- ^ a b "Swallow's Nest Castle". Castles and cathedrals of Ukraine. castles.com.ua. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ a b c "Lastochkino gnezdo". Travel to Ukraine (in Russian). Retrieved 2006-08-18.
- ^ Beregovaya, Tatyana (30 June 2011). "Lastochkino gnezdo will open in July". Segodnya (in Russian). Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Money is not collected for viewing" (in Russian). Krutani.ru. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- Ivchenko, A.S.; Parkhomenko, O.A. (2010). Ukrayina. Fortetsi, zamky, palatsy (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Kartohrafiya. ISBN 978-966-475-375-0.
- Malikenaite, Ruta (2003). Touring the Crimea (in Russian). Kiev: Baltija Dryk. ISBN 966-96041-9-2.
- Zharikov, N. L. (1983–1986). "Lastochkino gnezdo palace, 1912". Monuments of urban development and architecture in the UkSSR (in Russian). 1–4. Kiev: Budivel'nyk. LCCN 84179019.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swallow's Nest.
- Official website (in Russian)
- "Welcome". Restaurant "Lastochkino gnezdo" (in Russian). Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- "palace "Swallow's Nest", Gaspra : palaces". Encyclopedia of Sights. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
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Z-Bo's back, O.J. Mayo's somehow transformed into a disciplined and all-around player, and the Clippers overcame a late 24-point deficit to win Game One. The Memphis-L.A. Clippers series has been a cornucopia of improbabilities, and it continued last night as the Grizzlies took Game Two 105-98 despite the Clips shooting 57% from the field.
So maybe it's fitting that some aspects of last night's game were worked, such as this incident featuring pro wrestling legend and Memphis native Jerry "The King" Lawler. TNT showed a brief clip of the routine during halftime, during which Lawler (wearing his crown and a Grizzlies jersey with "King" on the back) grabs an individual in a Clippers shirt and performs a classic piledriver.
Maybe he's done this bit before, we don't know. What we do know is that Lawler is 62 years old and that basketball floors are considerably harder than professional wrestling canvases. Kudos to the "Clips fan" playing the Andy Kaufman role for possessing some brass balls; we personally wouldn't risk our literal necks for this kind of stunt. [TNT]


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Pratt & Whitney North Berwick Collects More Than 70 Coats for Kids
Adding to the tens of thousands of coats that are donated to families in need each year, Pratt & Whitney North Berwick collected 71 coats as well as a number of hats, gloves and snow pants as part of Maine's 2013 Coats for Kids drive.
Sponsored in part by WCSH-TV Channel 6, the local Hannaford Supermarket was the primary drop-off location for Southern Maine. There, Pratt & Whitney's Eric Lambert, Jodi O'Leary and Dan Beaulieu had several packages of winter wear delivered in December.
The Coats for Kids program, now known as Coats and Toys for Kids, was launched in 1983 by Pratt-Abbott, a dry cleaning and laundry services company, and the Salvation Army. Now, 31 years later, the program is a holiday giving tradition. Each year, generous Maine residents donate more than 40,000 gently-used coats, which Pratt-Abbott cleans in preparation for distribution.
While the Coats and Toys for Kids campaign is most visible in the winter months, it is a year-round effort with most Pratt-Abbott locations accepting and cleaning donations throughout the year.
For more information about Coats and Toys for Kids, visit www.prattabbott.com/about-us/coats-for-kids/.