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She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnie Brock; her parents, the Reverend Dewey Saylor and Sarah Caldwell Saylor; two brothers, Onzie Saylor and Dewey Saylor, Jr.; two sisters, Delsia Brock and Lola Witt; and two brothers-in-law, Ralph Hicks and Bob Hicks.
Survivors include a son, Jerry Wayne Brock, Sr. and wife Linda, of Smith, KY; a daughter, Betty L. Johnson and husband Clark, of Cawood, KY; one brother, Jess Saylor (Nell), of Alabama; four sisters, Eva Lee Hicks, Lillie Howard (Stanley), Anna Lou Hicks, and Doshia Campbell (Ed), all of London.
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I know, I know, Tillman, the former Arizona Cardinals safety, does not merit Hall of Fame induction because of his on-field performance, but that's not what I'm talking about. There are plenty of people — owners, commissioners, broadcasters, etc. — in the Hall of Fame because of their "contributions to the game."
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Why settle for store-bought frosting when this four-ingredient recipe is so easy to make? The homemade taste just can't be beat. —Mary Faulk, Cambridge, Wisconsin
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Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1/2 tablespoon) equals 72 calories, 1 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 16 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, trace protein.
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This was quick to make and very delicious! absolutely love this and so does my family!
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Better than store.
Reviewed on Mar. 31, 2013 by Marginaskitchen
Just reading the ingredients tells me there is too much liquid for the amount of sugar.
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This is excellent frosting, and easy to make.Glad to see i'm not the only one who makes my own...it also works great with graham crackers..spread a bit between two graham crackers,pop them in the freezer..makes a quick easy snack!
Reviewed on Jan. 31, 2013 by kra50
It was pretty runny.
Reviewed on Jan. 11, 2013 by RageCakes
I was so excited to find a recipe that didn't call for so much butter! I doubled the recipe and used the frosting on my cupcakes. It's easy to make, which is great. BUT! The frosting hardened overnight. It's still edible and it's not crunchy when you bite into it, but I would hate for other people to be turned off from my cupcakes because of the sight of the frosting. I stuck handmade chocolate snowflakes on top of the cupcake, so the plus side is that it kept everything in place!
Reviewed on Nov. 11, 2012 by Sh3aj21
Do not let a discouraging comment keep you from trying a new recipe because you will miss out! I followed the recipe exactly and it was thick. Here is what I done to make it better. I used: *16oz (1 LB) 10X Powered Sugar * 5 tablespoons butter *3 tablespoons and 1/2 tsp milk * 1/2 teaspoon + another 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract because the original is just to thick to even spread across the cake. It's a very excellent recipe I love it!
Reviewed on Oct. 05, 2012 by buffyandjoe
this tasted good but the consistency wasnt great. to keep adding sugar would have ruined flavor. good for baking nite with the kids but not if u want to hold firm.
Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2012 by romero-soucy12
add 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick) and then the recipe is perfect. i put it in the freezer for about 5-10 mins so it thickens and then beat it on high for 1 min
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This frosting turned out looking and tasting like cat puke. it was so thin that you could easily mistake it for a drink. In fact, when trying to dispose of it, we couldn"t figure out whether to throw it in the trash or rinse it down the sink. I would not recommend this recipe, I am a very experienced baker and followed the directions correctly but it turned out to be a waste of ingredients.
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Varicose Veins: Radiofrequency Ablation
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Radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive treatment for Reference varicose veins Opens New Window. (Ablation means a doctor uses heat to damage tissue, which makes scar tissue form. This scar tissue closes the vein.) This technique uses radiofrequency energy (instead of laser energy) to heat up and damage the wall inside a vein. This usually closes off a varicose vein in the leg.
To treat a varicose vein, radiofrequency energy is directed through a thin tube (catheter) inserted through a small incision in the vein. It can be used on large veins in the leg and can be done in an office setting using Reference local anesthesia Opens New Window or a mild Reference sedative Opens New Window. You will be able to walk following the treatment and recovery typically is short.
After treatment, you will wear compression stockings for 1 week or more. To follow up, your doctor will use duplex ultrasound to make sure that the vein is closed.
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Possible side effects of radiofrequency ablation include:
- Skin burns.
- Feelings of burning, pain, or prickling after recovery, from nerve damage (less likely than after vein stripping surgery).
- Small or large blood clotting in the vein or a deep vein (less likely than after vein stripping surgery).
The more experience your doctor has had with radiofrequency, the less risk you are likely to have. Talk to your doctor about how often these side effects happen in his or her practice.
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When done by a doctor with plenty of radiofrequency experience, chances of treatment success are good. Radiofrequency closure works well in about 85 out of 100 people who have it. That means it doesn't work well in 15 out of 100 people.Reference 1
- Pain after treatment is typically less after ablation than after vein surgery.
- After 2 years or more, results from ablation are generally as good as from vein surgery.Reference 2
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After Bernard Lagat competes Saturday in the Fifth Avenue Mile, he plans to do something that would feel completely foreign to many elite runners: He will toss his sneakers in a closet and pig out for the next five weeks. No running. No sit-ups. No heavy lifting, except for a fork.
For a handful of top-notch athletes, including Lagat and fellow U.S. Olympians Matthew Centrowitz and Leo Manzano, Saturday's race will mark the end of a taxing year of competition. There were long training runs last fall, indoor races last winter and meets throughout Europe this summer. Lagat is ready for a long break, so he is going to take one—just like he has every fall since 1999.
"Rest," he said, "is a good thing."
At age 37, Lagat continues to defy the corrosive effects of time. A four-time Olympian, he placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the London Games in August. He owns seven American records, ranging from the 1,500 to the 5,000. He is the defending champion of the Fifth Avenue Mile—he won last year's race in 3 minutes, 50.5 seconds—and doesn't appear to be slowing down at all. "Talk about a superhero," said Manzano, the Olympic 1,500-meter silver medalist.
Yet for all of the hard work he puts into training, Lagat cites inactivity as one of the reasons for his success. He takes the time to be lazy.
Running is a high-impact sport, hard on joints and muscles. Lagat, who lives and trains in Tucson, Ariz., said he has been able to prevent injury and burnout by shutting himself down every fall. His body recovers and recharges. Next month, he will do two things: coach his son's soccer team and gain eight pounds. It is pure bliss, he said.
Then, on Nov. 1, his couch-potato sabbatical will draw to a close, as it does every fall, and another 11-month training cycle will begin anew. Lagat marks the date. "It doesn't matter if it's snowing or raining or the sun is out—that's when everything starts again," he said.
Peter Thompson, a longtime coach and former official with IAAF, track and field's governing body, said there are obvious physiological benefits to Lagat's approach. For example, those few extra pounds will provide fuel for Lagat to burn once he resumes training. (Lagat's racing weight is 130 pounds.) But five-week vacations aren't particularly common, Thompson said, at least not among American athletes. "In the U.S., runners are very obsessive about not letting go of the training," he said.
Lagat, who was born in Kenya and became a U.S. citizen in 2004, said he has found that many of his friends have psychological hang-ups about taking long breaks. "It's the fear of how they're going to feel on that first day back," he said.
Centrowitz, 22, acknowledged that fear—the fear of feeling awful. "You spend so much time getting into really good shape," he said, "so why let yourself get totally out of shape?"
Centrowitz, who placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the London Games, said his coach, Alberto Salazar, has been advising him to rest for two weeks following Saturday's race. Centrowitz wants to negotiate. Maybe he can cut it down to five days. "I've never liked the idea of a big break," he said.
Lagat said every athlete is different, but his schedule—designed with his coach, James Li—has been effective. He is willing to share tips with anyone who asks.
"My training is an open book," Lagat said. "It's always the same."
Lagat said it takes some time to work himself back into shape, but that is part of the process. A 30-minute jog on his first day back can leave him doubled over, short of breath. By week three, he can go for a 10-mile jog in 55 minutes. "I never push myself feeling like I should be in shape right away," he said. "I know I have time."
At the end of March, following indoor track season, he rests for another week or two. Then, in April, he heads to Flagstaff, Ariz., for six weeks of high-altitude training. This is where he builds his workload to roughly 70 miles per week—if that. Many elite runners cover more than 100 miles per week. Not Lagat. This past year, he said, he maxed out at about 65 miles. For him, training is about intensity. Volume is overrated.
"Other runners will look at me and they're like, 'You're not training! How can you get really fit doing 60 miles a week?'" Lagat said. "My runs are very hard. Everything I do is hard. I always tell people, 'Here are my workouts. This is exactly what I do. If you try it, good luck.'"
A typical Lagat week is an exercise in regimented suffering. He trains once a day, usually at 3 p.m. Monday might be eight "easy" miles in 46 minutes.
Then the real work begins. Tuesday: a series of 500-meter repeats, with the first 300 meters in 42 seconds and the final 200 meters in 26 seconds. Wednesday: a hill workout. (Use your imagination.) Thursday: another "easy" eight miles. Friday: a five-mile tempo run, featuring 4:59-mile pace for the final three miles. Saturday: 13 miles in 72 minutes. Sunday, he rests. His rationale: "The body is tired. You're not a machine."
Manzano, 28, said he would follow the Lagat plan this fall after taking two weeks off in past years. "I really feel like you need a month, or even five weeks, not only to rest your body but to recover mentally," he said. Manzano has juggled a manic schedule since his silver-medal performance at the Olympics, from racing in Switzerland to meeting President Barack Obama at the White House. "It feels like I've been going nonstop since November," he said.
As for Lagat, he recalled when he first heard questions about his longevity: How much longer would he be able to compete at such a high level? "It was when I was about to turn 30," he said. Now he is closing in on 40.
Retirement? Lagat doesn't know what that means. What he does know is he has preserved his career by doing something that runs counter to the popular ethos of the sport: opting not to run at all.
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Age | 37 | 28 | 22 |
Residence | Tucson, Ariz. | Austin, Texas | Portland, Ore. |
2012 Olympics | 4th place, 5,000 meters | Silver, 1,500 meters | 4th place, 1,500 meters |
Peak weekly mileage | 65 | 75 | 90 |
Mile personal best | 3:47.28 | 3:50.64 | 3:57.44 |
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High Point Mayor Bernita Sims' proposal to name a
High Point
street for Martin Luther King Jr. may be, as Sims said on Tuesday, Jan. 29, "an issue whose time has come." But it's also an issue with a long and tangled history in
High Point
Sims suggested naming a street after the civil rights leader at a Thursday, Jan. 10
High Point
City Council work session, saying, "All of the communities that surround us have streets that are named after Dr. King ... I don't know why we are discussing this in 2013."
The City Council is discussing the issue in 2013 because at least five efforts to name a street after King have failed in
High Point
in 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001 and 2002. The closest proponents have come was a partial victory on a sixth occasion, in 1994, when East Kivett Drive was given an honorary designation as Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Drive, but not renamed.
Sims on Jan. 10 said she had Kivett Drive in mind to rename for King. Councilmember Becky Smothers said she would support renaming for King the stretch of Kivett Drive between Business 85 and Centennial Street.
Sims said this week she would bring the issue up at a City Council work session within a few weeks. The City Council does not have a work session on Thursday, Jan. 31, so the issue will probably be brought up at the Thursday, Feb. 7 work session.
In the meantime, city staff has been scrambling to detangle the long history of unsuccessful efforts to name a street after King, and to determine to what degree the name "Kivett Drive" has historical significance. Sims said she would not limit her proposal to Kivett Drive "No, I'll take Main Street," was how she put it but as most of the staff research is being done on Kivett Drive, it seems to be her first choice.
Sims said she wants the City Council to take the lead on the street renaming soon.
"It's probably going to take what it takes," she said. "But I'm hoping we can do this sooner rather than later and move on to something else. But it depends on the council and their readiness to deal with it."
The City Council can propose renaming a street. So can the
High Point
Planning and Zoning Commission, and so can the public, if a group can get signatures from 66.67 percent of the property owners who would be affected by the renaming. According to
High Point
Development Services Administrator Bob Robbins, however, the City Council does not have the authority to rename a street, unless it changes
High Point
's development ordinance.
Robbins is the point man on the city staff to document the history of efforts to name a street for King. He has prepared a five-page history of such for the upcoming work session. The document also includes relevant
High Point
ordinances and state laws.
"The Planning and Zoning Commission has the authority under the Development Ordinance to make the final decision regarding any street name change," Robbins wrote. "There is no appeal to the City Council."
Sims said the Planning and Zoning Commission was given final authority over street naming after earlier efforts to name streets after King. However, a zoning ordinance approved by the City Council in October 2002 details the way public petitions for name changes work and the findings the Planning and Zoning Commission must make to approve a street name change. It assumes that the Planning and Zoning Commission has the authority to do so.
High Point
City Clerk Lisa Vierling said she thinks the Planning and Zoning Commission has always had that authority. She said, "To my knowledge, that's the way it's always been."
In 2002, there was an attempt by former Councilmember Ron Wilkins to get a zoning ordinance approved that would have given the City Council, not the Planning and Zoning Commission, authority to rename state roadways in
High Point
. The City Council killed the proposal on a 6-to-3 vote on March 21, 2002.
Wilkins tried to get the ordinance approved because many of the streets that had been proposed to be named for King are actually state roads, including the US 311 bypass; different sections of what was then called the Intermediate Loop (now East Hartley Drive, North College Drive and South College Drive); and Kivett Drive.
Name changes of state roadways must be also be approved by the North Carolina Board of Transportation, which requires a local consensus something that has been notably lacking in the various efforts to name a street for King.
The five attempts to name a street for King were:
1) In 1991, based on a citizen petition, the Street Naming Committee of the Planning and Zoning Commission considered naming one of five streets for King. In September 1991, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved renaming the entire Intermediate Loop Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
High Point
University, and residents of North College Drive who had recently had to change their addresses, opposed the renaming. The state Board of Transportation denied the request, citing a lack of local consensus.
2) In mid-1992, two options were suggested as streets to be renamed for King: East Kivett Drive from Centennial Street and to Business 85 and Brentwood Street. The proposal was killed after objections from the descendants of William Larkin Kivett (1864-1915), the farmer whose 240-acre property, at what is now 2406 Kivett Dr., gave its name to the street.
In a June 22, 1992, letter to the city, Marvin Kivett Jr., the grandson of William Larkin Kivett, said his grandfather was one of the largest and most progressive farmers in the area, and listed the extensive
High Point
community involvement of other members of his family.
Marvin Kivett Jr. wrote, "Kivett Drive has been in existence for nearly 90 years, so if the Planning and Development Commission feels that a Martin Luther King Boulevard is necessary, then certainly it can find a street to rename that will not destroy a part of the city's history."
The letter was also signed by other prominent
High Point
citizens, including longtime City Councilmember and now Guilford County Commissioner Bill Bencini Jr.
3) In April 1994, the Planning and Zoning Commission passed a resolution recommending to the City Council that the US 311 bypass be given an honorary designation in memory of King. In May 1994, the City Council proposed separating the bypass into three sections that would be given honorary names for King, jazz musician John Coltrane and prominent
High Point
furniture store owner Sanders Dallas. The state Board of Transportation rejected the proposal because it did not meet the state criteria for honorary street names.
4) In 2000, Wilkins proposed renaming all of North and South Centennial Street for King, a proposal Wilkins changed to North and South College Drive in 2001. This is the proposal most people in
High Point
remember. As Robbins put it mildly, "The proposal generated much community debate."
High Point
University and Christ United Methodist Church, which is at 1300 N. College Dr., opposed the proposal.
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The Planning and Zoning Commission on Sept. 25, 2001, voted 5 to 4 to approve the name change, then reconsidered its vote and defeated it by a second, 7-to-2 vote.
5) In February 2002, the Black Leadership Roundtable of
High Point
, of which Sims is a member, proposed naming College Drive from Eastchester Drive to Surrett Drive for King. Sims said, "Then, the buzz saw kicked in." The Planning and Zoning Commission killed the proposal by an unspecified vote on April 23, 2002.
That's where the issue stood until this year, when Sims made it one of her first initiatives as mayor. If Sims gets a street renamed for King, it will be an honor long ago granted by many other cities in the United States. But it will also be proof by Sims that she can put together a voting majority and on an issue that still has opposition in
High Point
. If Sims fails, she will lose political capital.
Sims' chances are probably better if she picks a recently named street, or one without historical resonance, to rename. That's where the current research on the history of
High Point
street names comes in.
Larry Cates, a librarian at the Heritage Research Center at the
High Point
Public Library, has been researching the history of Kivett Drive since Sims' Jan. 10 proposal.
Cates wrote Vierling on Jan. 11 that William Larkin Kivett was killed in a dynamite explosion in 1915 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Cates wrote, "I suspect this is the gentleman referred to in the controversy, since the first appearance of the street name is in the 1924 directory."
On Jan. 14, Cates wrote Vierling that the Kivett farm was across the road from, and slightly east of the current Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Church, near where Kivett Drive runs into Hickory Chapel Road. He said that, at the time of William Larkin Kivett's death, the road was referred to as Freeman Mill-
High Point
Road. Cates wrote, "It was probably called Kivett in
High Point
to begin with simply because it led to the Kivett farm."
That's exactly what the 1992 letter from Marvin Kivett Jr. disputed. That letter said Kivett Drive was named for the family, not the farm, and listed the work and civic accomplishments of numerous members of the family.
In fact, if Kivett Drive was not named until 1924, it is unlikely that it was named for the farm alone. The children of William Larkin Kivett sold the farm to the Amos family for $11,560 in 1923.
High Point
Enterprise reported the death by dynamite of William Larkin Kivett on Oct. 16, 1915. It was a great tragedy, and a great newspaper lead.
The paper reported, "The accidental explosion of a quantity of dynamite this morning hurled the souls of W. L. Kivett and his 10-year-old son, Byrne Kivett, into eternity, and scattered their mortal remains over 75 yards of ground, marking one of the most horrible affairs in the history of the
High Point
The history of Centennial Drive has also come into question during the long hunt for a street to name after King. According to Robbins, the name is on city maps dating back to 1910, and the street may have been named at the time of the US Centennial in 1876.
Sims said that
High Point
needs to find a street to name for King, and it needs to be a major one. She said that King's legacy is not merely to black people, given his Nobel Peace Prize, his opposition to the Vietnam War and his support of economic justice.
"When you look at streets across the country, and around the world, everywhere where you see a street or facility named after Dr. King, it's always a facility of prominence," she said. "It's one that basically acknowledges who he is and who he was. When you start looking at streets, the streets need to be of prominence. And they don't need to be relegated to the African-American community, because Dr. King's struggle and inroads he made for civil rights were not just for African Americans."
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January 31, 2013 | 07:41 AM
This is how it's gonn'a be under Sims ;noise on the ridiculous and silence and secrecy on the important.
Life in the big city.
renaming kivett dr
January 31, 2013 | 11:26 AM
This is ridiculous. Just because "All of the communities that surround us have streets that are named after Dr. King..." doesn't mean we need one. Do you realize how much crime pops up around roads named after MLK? Just look at the cities around us. Move on to more important topics, like improving High Point instead of inviting more crime.
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John Coltrane Avenue of the Stars
January 31, 2013 | 02:03 PM
Come on now Bertie, why do we need to name a street after Dr. King? We honored him as a city by voting you our mayor.
Think strategically my beautiful sister. Name a big street after me, John Coltrane. This would help tell people High Point is truly cool.
Let's rename Main Street after me:
"John Coltrane Avenue of the Stars"
Now that's some sweet music. Play on, baby!
John Coltrane
renaming to MLK
January 31, 2013 | 08:39 PM
Instead of jumping on the band wagon and becoming one of the last small cities to name a street after MLK, let's step forward and become the first North Carolina city to honor the first black president. Barack Obama Blvd.
Although I am not a proponent for changing the name of a street at all, subsequent changes of address are a pain for all residents and businesses involved (just miss one credit card statement and see how that works out for you). The lack of economic growth in this area doesnât bode well for a new thoroughfare. Renaming Market Center would have the least impact for addressing changes, while still addressing change â" and who better to be represented than the symbol of change â" Barack Obama.
February 01, 2013 | 03:34 PM
I agree with "Renaming to MLK," to an extent. If we are going to do it, lets do it in a manner where we won't cause many hundreds or thousands of people to be inconvenienced, and perhaps even forced to spend money. Market Center may not be the only other option, but Kivett is a large road with many businesses and inhabitants.
I also find the argument put forth by "Live in the Now" to be pretty simple minded. Simply renaming a street will cause it to be full of crime? Where's your proof of causality (not correlation) for that?
Brett Moore
John Coltrane Avenue of the Stars
February 02, 2013 | 10:43 AM
I love the idea of renaming Main Street to John Coltrane Avenue of the Stars.
Let's put in some large bronze statues of musical instruments like saxaphones, trumpets and the double bass along the sidewalks in Uptown and move the John Coltrane statue there as well. Give it some mood with gas lamps and pipe in some jazz music on the lamp poles to play 24/7 and this would be incredible. Real businesses would want to be there. Ignite High Point!
John Coltrane Fan
Ignite High Point
February 04, 2013 | 12:08 PM
Burning the whole thing down and starting all over currently sounds like a good idea.Beats the slow painful death Sims and Smothers and Mendendall have in mind.
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His trusty nose leads him to the backside of the pig pen, where the farm's family is gathered in front of a crackling bonfire. The farmer, Tommy's master, is leisurely rotating a pole on which multiple scrumptious-looking chickens are impaled. The luscious smell is now stronger than ever, Tommy can only just restrain himself from grabbing the delicious-looking meat. Drooling with delight and sweating from the warmth of the flames, he lays down on dirt ground, muttering to himself about unfairness of the situation.
Suddenly, a squeal breaks the silence. A small piglet from the nearby pig pen has escaped and is running towards the fields, where it would disappear in the man-high stalks of corn. The entire family springs up in surprise and starts the pursuit. «Now's my chance!», Tommy says to himself, and quickly sneaks up to the flaming fire. Luckily, Tommy's master had let the pole drop in the hassle, and a crispy, light-brown chicken had fallen aside the burning pit. Eyes bulging in delight, Tommy snatches it hastily between his jaws. «I shouldn't be doing this», he scolds himself, but his hunger overrules his better judgement. His ears pick up the returning family, piglet in arms. Forgetting about his moral dilemma, Tommy frantically escapes – meal in jaw – and returns to his house. Scared of a reprimanding, Tommy quickly licks his lips and devours – amidst noisy slurping, crunching, and smacking – the entire chicken, including the carcass. «What a meal!», Tommy exclaims will a full stomach, and quickly drowses off to sleep.
«BAM». An ear-splitting crack followed by deafening silence startles Tommy awake. «What in the world was that?», Tommy yells, disoriented and confused. He jumps to his feet and runs off to investigate. Lying in the dust in front of the main barn lies the local red-tailed fox, «Henry». Tommy despised him utterly, as he was constantly attempting to kidnap chickens from the pen. They both had a long history behind them, but that didn't matter now. Tommy was a quick thinker – he suspected what had occurred. A faint «Help me!» escapes poor Henry, lying helpless in a small puddle of blood. It seemed as though the bullet had entered his hind leg, effectively hindering him from escaping.
A little ways away from the barn, the farmer – Tommy's master and trusted friend – was standing, double-barreled rifle in hand, smoke escaping its butt. The sun was setting in the distance, it was getting dark quickly. «No time to lose», Tommy rapidly concludes, and runs over to assist his longtime nemesis Henry. He needed to stand up for his mistake, no-one else should take the fall for it, although he honestly wouldn't mind getting rid of Henry.
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The farmer, only fluent in English, doesn't understand Tommy's words. He however sees Tommy's protectiveness in regards to Henry, and slowly but surely lowers his deadly weapon. Relieved, Tommy starts coughing abruptly. He retches once, twice, and spits out – amidst a coughing fit – the entire carcass of the chicken he ate earlier. At once the farmer comprehends and drops his rifle. He sprints inside the farmhouse, and quickly returns with a first-aid kit. Henry starts to quiver as he approaches, but with a slight nod Tommy gives him to understand he need not worry. With firm hands, the farmer proficiently dresses Henry's wounds whilst comfortingly caressing his light-red fur. «I'll leave you two to work it out», he says, thinking they don't understand him, and walks away in the dark, back to the bonfire, all the while shaking his head in wonder at the peculiar events he had just witnessed.
«I'm truly sorry, Henry», Tommy apologizes with stern visage. «You shouldn't have been punished for my bad deed. I hope you can forgive me.» «I do, Tommy, I'm delighted and frankly quite astounded that you stood up for me, considering our history», Henry answers with a sincere look. «It was stupid of me to take that chicken, I should've known better. But I was extremely hungry», Tommy tries to justify his actions with a sheepish smile. «It's alright Tommy, no hard feelings. Now I must be off to feed my family, they're just as hungry as you were!». Tommy asks him to wait, and dashes off. Moments later he returns with another fried chicken in his jaws – this time with the farmer's permission – and gives it to Henry. «Here you go mate, 'En Guete!'». Henry thanks him silently, and limps off into the dark fields, chicken in mouth. Tommy chuckles to himself, and strolls back to his house, pondering the evening's events and anticipating a long night's sleep.
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Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation, Andrea Wulf. Knopf, New York, NY (March 29, 2011), 352 pages, hardcover; publisher's price: $30; Amazon price: $17.85.
Politics and horticulture may seem unlikely bedfellows, but in Founding Gardeners, Andrea Wulf makes a convincing argument that America's founding fathers' passion for agriculture and gardening played a significant role in founding the country. Throughout the text she interweaves highlights of the political events of the time with the horticultural and agricultural issues also on the minds of the key players.
For example, on the eve of the British invasion of New York City, when the British forces numbered one and a half times the entire population of the city, George Washington took time off from battle preparations to write a long letter to his estate manager describing the trees he wanted to have planted at Mount Vernon, his plantation in Virginia.
Similarly, frustrated with stymied trade negotiations in London after the Revolutionary War, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams set off for a whirlwind tour of British gardens. What delighted them most was their realization that the world-famous "English gardens" were heavily populated with American native plants. They reveled in the irony that these gardens were, in fact, "American."
Perhaps most intriguing is Wulf's conviction that a particular garden changed the tide of American history. Weary of the contentious debate over state representation at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Mason, and five other delegates broke for a field trip to botanist John Bartram's renowned nursery and garden just outside Philadelphia. Wulf writes, "In Bartram's garden, the delegates could see how the manifold flora of each state thrived together, their branches intertwined in a flourishing horticultural union." Two days later the Connecticut Plan, a compromise proposal for state representation, passed by a narrow margin. The deciding votes were cast by three delegates who changed sides after their "three-hour walk on a cool summer morning among the United States of America's most glorious trees and shrubs."
Through these and other anecdotes, Founding Gardeners offers an original, insightful look at the characters and passions of the men who shaped our country. Wulf's colorful prose, superb research, and driving narrative make for an engrossing read that will give you new appreciation for horticulture's influence on history.
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The 10th "Winter Spare the Air" alert of the season has been issued for Saturday, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, February 1, 2013, 3:40 PM
Posted by common sense, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2013 at 4:49 pm
Protect all our kids health. Don't light up unless it is really raining.
Posted by Think About It, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2013 at 5:38 pm
Whoop-de-doo! Air Quality Index for tomorrow is predicted to be MODERATE!!! So let's ban fires for everybody! Yippee! And please, Spare the Air, declare another one for Superbowl Sunday, and call out all your enforcers so they can add to the pollution and miss the Niners-Ravens Harbaugh Bowl.
And, you tell 'em, "common sense!" And while you're at it, don't forget that common sense is what tells you that the world is flat.
On the other hand, explain why all this money and effort is being wasted on the few fireplaces left, instead of focusing on the serious polluters. Richmond refinery, anybody?
Posted by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 2, 2013 at 8:38 am
@Think About It,
Move to Beijing so you can enjoy more airborne particulates. Saturday's PM2.5 is predicted to be 102. When the air doesn't move, the local sources are more significant.
Posted by Think About It, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Feb 3, 2013 at 8:54 pm
Geez, Anonymous from somewhere not listed, amazing! Saturday's high index turned out to be 71. That's moderate, and not even moderately high. I somehow don't think Beijing's problems come from fireplaces, Anonymous. Meanwhile, since you're suggesting places for me to go, hows about you move closer to the Richmond refinery, since you think the problem is down here in Palo Alto?
Posted by Disgusted, a resident of another community, on Feb 4, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Don't tell them where you got the correct PM2.5 number of 71 for 2/2/13. They'll shut down that site, too.
Posted by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm
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The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) issued PM2.5 concentration standard in 2006, the standard is no greater than 35 micrograms per cubic meter are allowed within the 24-hour period of time. Within the annual period of time, the restriction is no greater than 15 micrograms per cubic meter.
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Description: | This study examined approaches to service delivery and intervention for students identified with emotional-behavioral disorders (EBD). Q methodology was employed to investigate the perspectives of a variety of stakeholders involved in the education of this student population. Stakeholder groups included students, parents, teachers, school social workers, school psychologists, special education directors, and building principals. The study compared traditional and alternative approaches to service delivery and intervention. The scope of issues facing professionals in this field ranged from early intervention to school-to-work transition services. Five factors emerged through Q sort factor analysis. The majority of participants loaded on Factor A, which reflected a holistic, strength-based perspective on approaches to service delivery and intervention. Two major themes reflected by Factor A seemed to distinguish positive relationship building as the foundation for successful intervention for students with EBD, and to perceive alternative approaches to programming as essential for supporting the success of this student group. The remaining four factors included fewer numbers of participants and represented a range of perspectives from alternative to more traditionally aligned notions regarding effective service delivery and intervention for students with emotional-behavioral disorders. |
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At Azul's Tequila Cocina, seafood from the Pacific coast and fruity margaritas serve as the cornerstones of an extensive Mexican menu. Drizzled with fresh sauces, the burritos, enchiladas, and tacos pack the palate with juicy flavors. The enchiladas de langosta unite lobster and roasted Mexican garlic sauce in the warm embrace of corn tortillas topped with jalapeño cream sauce. Azul's Tequila Cocina spurns lard, peanut oil, and animal fat in its cooking, promoting health and helping waists stay as narrow as Santa's path through a gingerbread man's chimney.
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"I really enjoy the people and their warmth," Gary Scott told a reporter for the North Liberty Leader. "They are so friendly here." Scott was speaking about the locals in Ely, where his eponymous restaurant--Scott's Sandwich Cafe--just moved. From this new location, Scott and his staff continue to combine fresh ingredients atop grilled ciabatta, marble rye, and wheat-berry bread, but now hand their creations to neighbors instead of mall-goers. Their mouthwatering sandwiches create a lunchtime rush as workers unplug computer cords from their foreheads and head to the intimate café for medleys of roasted pork, smoked ham, and honey mustard or grilled chicken and bleu cheese. Also popular are Scott's new twists on old favorites, such as a grilled PB&J or a classic Reuben enlivened with turkey. In addition to sandwiches, the café dishes up quesadillas and salads, and its ice cream and smoothies keep customers cool on summer days filled with walking over coals.
The chefs at Sam's Pizza spend 60 minutes with each Chicago-style pie. They stuff its double crust with mozzarella, fresh toppings, and good intentions before baking it to a golden brown. Toppings for the Chicago-style and thin-crust pies range from the traditional (sausage or mushrooms) to the novel (gyro meat or nacho chips). The chefs at Sam's Pizza also concoct their own marinara sauce, ladling it onto calzones and platefuls of spaghetti.:m]]The chefs at Sam's Pizza spend 60 minutes with each Chicago-style pie. They stuff its double crust with mozzarella, fresh toppings, and good intentions before baking it to a golden brown. Toppings for the Chicago-style and thin-crust pies range from the traditional (sausage or mushrooms) to the novel (gyro meat or nacho chips). The chefs at Sam's Pizza also concoct their own marinara sauce, ladling it onto calzones and platefuls of spaghetti.:m]]


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Only The Lonely
LP (Item 358668) Capitol, 1958 — Condition: Used
One of Sinatra's last great ballad albums for Capitol – a sad and dreamy batch of tunes that kicks off with the incredible "Only The Lonely" – one of those Sinatra torch songs that's so great, so sad, nobody else has ever been able to record a better version, nor have they really tried! The rest of the album's great, too – with arrangements by Nelson Riddle that are very much in the Wee Small Hours mode, and a selection of tracks that includes "Only The Lonely", "Angel Eyes", "What's New", "Ebb Tide", "Spring Is Here", "Goodbye", and the sublime "One For My Baby". (Rainbow label pressing. Cover has some seam splitting, a spot of tape with rip on the spine, and some pen on the back.) © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc. |
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[x] You've kissed someone your friends didn't like.
[] You've been lost in the forest.
[x] You love to read.
[x] You aren't shy at all.
[x] One of your family members is a bit weird.
[x] You have done volunteer work.
[x] You have a wild imagination.
[x] You love to take care of people in need.
[x] You've had guys like you only because they think you're pretty.
[x] You've rejected at least one person when they've asked you out.
Total: 9/10
[] You're an orphaned child or have an evil step-mother.
[x] You have many different hobbies to keep you busy.
[x] You can get really bored.
[x] You have/had very long hair.
[] Your hair is/was bright blonde.
[x] You're an artsy person.
[x] You're childish.
[x] You can't wait to stop the same routine each day and start living.
[x] You care about others and their feelings.
[] You like to follow the rules.
Total: 7/10
[x] You love to cook.
[x] You have big dreams for the future.
[x] You love to visit lakes and ponds.
[] You are a hard worker.
[] Your favourite colour is green.
[x] You don't take mistreatment from anybody.
[x] You have a strong, passionate singing voice.
[] Your best friend is a little ditzy.
[x] You find 'romantic' stuff a bit cheesy.
[x] Overly flirty guys annoy you.
Total: 7/10
[] You have/had a pet rabbit.
[x] You love to play cards.
[] You constantly know the time.
[x] You get yourself in sticky situations.
[] You have been to a court.
[x] You have fallen asleep while doing your homework.
[] You have had a tea party.
[] You like hats.
[x] You're often late.
[] You know how to play croquet.
Total: 4/10
[] Your dad is rich.
[] You are very clever.
[x] You've been with someone way different from you.
[x] You're unique and different from everyone else.
[x] You'd never marry someone just because they were rich.
[x] You have set a lot of goals for yourself.
[] You don't have a lot of close friends.
[] You're independent.
[] You are wealthy.
[x] Your parents try to control your life.
Total: 5/10
[] Your boyfriend/crush is strong.
[x] You have gotten involved with the wrong people before.
[x] You are very convincing.
[x] You have fallen in love before.
[x] You have had your heart broken.
[x] You find an interest in Greek mythology.
[x] You lie sometimes.
[] You pretend to be someone you're not.
[x] You have been used.
[] Purple is one of your favorite colors.
Total: 7/10
[x] Your parents expect a lot from you.
[] You really try to follow the rules, but it's hard for you.
[x] You're a bit of a trouble maker.
[] You're the youngest in the family.
[] You have a lot of sisters.
[x] You collect something.
[x] You have/had long hair.
[x] You are adventurous.
[x] You're extremely curious.
[] You believe everything people tell you/you're a bit gullible.
Total: 6/10
[] You live/have lived with someone other than your parents.
[x] You almost died at a very young age.
[] You are gentle, loving, and/or thoughtful.
[x] You have a decent singing voice.
[x] You like to sleep in late on the weekend.
[x] You spend most of your time outside.
[] You're adopted.
[] You're very romantic.
[x] Pink is one of your favorite colors.
Total: 5/9
[] One of your parents has passed away.
[x] You are expected to do a lot of chores.
[x] You love to dress up.
[x] You love animals.
[] You are waiting patiently for your Prince Princess Charming.
[] Your mom is really strict.
[] You have sisters who seem kind of jealous of you.
[] You're afraid to speak your mind sometimes.
[] You have left your shoes at a friend's house before.
[] You have/had blonde hair.
Total: 3/10
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[x] You know that you're beautiful.
[x] Sometimes it seems like your mom is jealous of you.
[] You have almost been killed.
[x] You have at least seven good friends.
[x] You've had food poisoning.
[x] You have/had short hair.
[] You get along with almost everyone.
[x] All of your friends are different.
[x] You love to have a good time.
[x] You're happier when you're out of the house than in.
Total: 8/10
[] You get jealous easily.
[x] You loved your childhood.
[x] You like to fly.
[x] You believe in magic.
[x] You are petite.
[] You hate pirates.
[x] You love sparkles.
[x] People underestimate you.
[x] You get angry easily.
[] You have/had a treehouse.
Total: 7/10
[x] You love to walk around and explore big cities.
[] You are more spiritual than religious.
[] You've been in an interracial relationship.
[] One of your family members has passed away.
[x] Your parents are very protective of you.
[] Someone you know has been in the war.
[x] You love nature.
[x] You have/had black hair.
[x] You would love to move somewhere exotic and beautiful.
[x] You're very adventurous.
Total: 6/10
[x] You can be a tomboy sometimes.
[x] People wish you could be a bit more girly.
[] You've pretended to be someone you're not.
[x] You've had a physical fight with someone.
[] You have/had considered running away from home.
[] Your parents try to plan your life out.
[x] A lot of your friends are boys.
[x] You sometimes find yourself in bad situations.
[x] You love your family so much that you'd do anything to protect them.
Total: 6/9
[x] You love to dance.
[] You've fallen in love with someone you hated at first.
[] You hate dogma (religious authority that oppresses).
[x] You are free-spirited.
[x] You have a fiery temper.
[] You love goats.
[x] You like to be sexy.
[] You are involved in the taboo.
[x] You love rich colors and jewelry.
Total: 5/9
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I'm deep in my first Spring/Hibernate project and have a question regarding domain object design.
I first designed our datamodel, wrote the hibernate mappings, and then built a businesslogic front to a bunch of DAOs that could persist each domain object. This all works great, and up to this point, Spring handled the DAO/businesslogic DI and Hibernate sorta managed the domain model/persistence side of things.
Enter the web layer. Today it took me quite a while to figure out why I couldn't add a new object to my database using a SimpleFormController: Spring thinks every one of my data objects is a simple JavaBean (they are), but it also assumes all getters and setters are public (they aren't).
I was trying to avoid two things in my design:
1. Anemic Domain Model: If I wanted complex logic in my code (aka children adding themselves to parents' collections, certain validation strict enough to belong in the model itself, etc.), I'd make a public setter for human use when creating detached domain objects, and a private setter which is stupid and just sets the property.
2. Mutable objects: If I wanted certain properties to be immutable, I'd make the setters private and only allow the properties to be set through a public constructor... Hibernate could of course use a package constructor and the private setters.
My problem with Spring MVC is that it can't use the private setters for my objects, so it seems that I should make them public, breaking the immutability of the fields.
SO: What's the best design? Completely stupid objects with no logic at all? Just a bunch of getters and setters? This seems incredibly moronic.
Should I ditch all my complicated logic (for use by humans) and just make all the stupid getters/setters (currently for use by Hibernate) public?
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