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Headphones impedance
The two important electrical specifications for a pair of headphones are the impedance of the phone transducer itself and its on-the-ear sensitivity.
So-called low impedance headphones may vary from 75 ohms up to about 150 ohms. Phones in this impedance range may be directly plugged into the headphone jack routinely found on recording and playback equipment. Higher impedances, such as 600 ohms, are more useful in studio installations where many units may be wired in parallel for studio monitoring applications.
Headphone sensitivity is usually stated as the in-the-ear sound pressure level produced by one milliwatt (mW) of audio input. Typical sensitivity ratings of AKG headphones run from 88 dB per mW to 105 dB per mW. You can see that very little power is needed to drive a stereo headphone pair to very high listening levels.
Doing a little bit of math will show that a signal of .775 Vrms will produce one mW in a 600 ohm load. That same signal will produce 8 mW in a 75 ohm load, a difference of about 9 dB. So it is clear that 600 ohm phones and the lower impedance models should not be intermixed in the same application. The 600-ohm models are more rugged than low impedance models in that the higher resistance coils are less susceptible to burn out than low impedance models.
To produce 200 mW in a 600-ohm load a signal of 11 V is needed. This shows that the advantage of high impedance headphones is that they can be used with almost any amplifier output without any risk of being damaged by overload, and you can connect up to 10 or more pairs to the same output. However, they may be not loud enough with some portable recording devices.
Low impedance headphones will sound louder with devices with low output voltages such as portable MD recorders etc., you cannot use more than one pair of headphones at the same output simultaneously.


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The shooting of the songs are now under progress. Producer Suresh said that the major portions of the film have been shot in Madikeri, Bengaluru, Mysore and other places.
"The main strength of the film is Abhay`s script and the two talented artists, Ganesh and Deepa Sannidhi. We have good artists and technicians for this film. Anant Nag, Rajesh Nataranga, Vinaya Prasad, Anu Prabhakar and Achyuth Rao are part of the cast", added Suresha.
Director Abhay Sinha said that the title of the film, Sakkare, means sweetness of love.
Ganesh said that he is happy to play the lead role in a film made by Media House. Ganesh said that the film is a different type of romantic story. "There are many love stories. But here the pattern is different. People are sure to notice it when the film gets released", said Ganesh.
Deepa Sannidhi, who is working in her fourth film, expressed her happiness to be working with a big star like Ganesh. "The entire team is very good. The whole team works like a family. And I have the best role in the film. I am enjoying this song sequence as Harsha is my favourite choreographer who has worked for all the films I acted in", said Deepa.

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Varieties resistant to root-knot nematodes have been the first line of defense against the root pest.
However, a disturbing new trend in resistance breakdown has been noted in some of California's processing tomato growing regions.
It has also been reported in other countries such as Greece, Spain, France, and Morocco, according to Antoon Ploeg, University of California, Riverside entomologist.
The reasons for this resistance breakdown are not entirely clear. It could be a factor of environmental conditions such as temperature, changes in the nematode, changes in the resistant plants or something else. It could be a combination of factors, according to Ploeg. "Even if a plant is resistant, that doesn't mean it is completely resistant or won't be damaged."
One of the problems is that all resistant tomato varieties have the same resistant gene — the Mi-gene — that came from a single cross between a wild tomato plant and a commercial tomato plant made back in the early 1940s.
"The more you plant a resistant variety, the more a nematode is likely to change and infest your resistant variety," Ploeg says. "It doesn't matter if you're growing resistant variety A, B or C because they all have the same resistant gene."
Although resistant varieties can still aid in combating nematode infestations, researchers say that an integrated management approach should be adopted to boost the effectiveness of resistant varieties.
"Temperature plays an important role in the life cycle of nematodes. They become active when the soil temperature is above about 64 degrees F and their optimum temperature is about 90 degrees F."
At the lower range of the active temperature scale, root-knot nematode can complete a life cycle in seven weeks. As temperatures warm to 85-90 degrees F that time frame can be reduced to only three weeks.
Root-knot nematodes enter plant roots where they reproduce and impede the uptake of water and nutrients. If a grower plants resistant varieties, root-knot nematodes still enter the plant roots. However, they cannot reproduce.
"It's a very nice system to control nematodes," Ploeg says. "However, it only works if the soil temperatures are below 82 degrees F at the time the root-knot nematode enters the plant root."
Additionally, resistant tomato varieties are only resistant to three types of root-knot nematodes — Meloidogyne incognita, m. javanica, and m. arenaria. "Fortunately, those are the three species that commonly occur in Central and Southern California," Ploeg says.
Ploeg added, if resistance is breaking down, reducing the frequency of resistant tomato varieties in a rotation is a good idea.
"If you continually use resistant varieties, the chances of developing an aggressive nematode are much higher," Ploeg says.
Additionally, reducing initial populations of root-knot nematodes through either chemical means or crop rotation can help reduce pressure on the management system.
Finally, there is a desperate need for plant breeders to find and introduce other types of resistant genes other than the Mi-gene into tomato varieties, according to Ploeg.
"We've already seen resistance breaking in nematode populations in the Sacramento Valley," says Brenna Aegerter, San Joaquin County UC farm advisor. "I suspect it is only a matter of time before we see it in the rest of the San Joaquin Valley as well."


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Little Blue heron
(Egretta caerulea)
Facts about this animal
The little blue heron is a rather small heron, with a body length of 61 cm and a body-weight of 350 g. cm. It is slender, and has a long bill and a very long, slender neck. The colour of body and wings is dark bluish-grey, head and neck dull, dark maroon. The facial skin is grey, the iris yellow and the bill greyish with a black tip. During the breeding period, the base of bill and the facial skin will turn blue, and head and neck feathers become more violaceous. The plumage is characterized by lanceolate feathers on back, neck and nape.
Little blue herons live often in loose parties or associated with other herons of similar size, such as snowy egrets. They forage singly and congregate for roosting. They nest up on the top of mangroves. A clutch consists of 2-4 pale bluish-green eggs.
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that immature little blue herons are not blue but white? During their first year, immatures are all white except for the tips of their outer primary wing feathers which are dusky.
|Name (Scientific)
|Egretta caerulea
|Name (English)
|Little Blue heron
|Name (French)
|Aigrette bleue
|Name (German)
|Name (Spanish)
|Garceta azul
|Local names
|Portuguese: Garça-azul
|CITES Status
|Not listed
|CMS Status
|Not listed
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|North America, from Massachusetts to Florida; and through Central America into northern half of South America, extending south to Peru, Bolivia and southern Brazil.
|Mainly inland, in freshwater pools, lakes, marshes, flooded grassland, paddyfields. Also in brackish waters and coastal habitats, e.g. mangroves. Up to 2500-3000 m in the Andes.
|Wild population
|Common and not threatened (Red List IUCN 2011).
|Zoo population
|None reported to ISIS (2007)
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How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 17 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Why do zoos keep this animal
The little blue heron is not a threatened species, and zoos do not maintain coordinated breeding programmes. It may be kept for educational purposes and for promoting wetland conservation, ideally in mixed exhibits (walk-thru aviaries).


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Kanye West and The G.O.O.D. Music Family Are Creating a Masterpiece
Kanye West and company are back in the studio cooking up some G.O.O.D. Music. The latest photos reveal a session in Los Angeles with Common, Big Sean and CyHI the Prince. With photos by photographer Steven Taylor, the upcoming compilation album looks like it's off to a running start. Teyana Taylor and Omarion were also pictured in the studio. Earlier this week, photos of recording sessions in London were also released featuring Mannie Fresh, Jay Electronica and Frank Ocean.
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- Premier League
Mourinho swipes at Wenger again
Jose Mourinho says that he is a changed manager but his hostility towards Arsene Wenger remains firmly in tact after the Chelsea manager fired another barb at his Arsenal counterpart.
The Portuguese, who has again protested that he had no interest in succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, has renewed his battle with Wenger this season and, after branding the Frenchman 'a specialist in failure' and deepening their war of words, he has continued his criticism.
"We don't want a trophy for finishing second, third or fourth ... like some other guys want," Mourinho told The Sun. "We don't want that!
Jose: Moyes is still learning
- Jose Mourinho says David Moyes needs time to adapt to the size of the challenge of managing Manchester United.
- The Chelsea manager also insisted, not for the first time, that he was not interested in taking charge at Old Trafford when Sir Alex Ferguson retired last summer.
- Mourinho said: "David went to a new club -- a club with a new reality for him, a new dimension for him -- and he is adapting.
- Next season he will be better and attention, attention! He can still win the Champions League this season!
- "I spoke with Sir Alex when my Real Madrid team knocked United out of the Champions League last season and I told him what I wanted to do -- that Chelsea is what I wanted. So I don't know if Sir Alex thought of me for United or not -- that's not the point."
"I want my team to feel that there is only one champion and, if you finish second, you are not a champion!"
Wenger has championed his team's achievement in qualifying for the Champions League in 15 consecutive seasons and once claimed doing so was the equivalent of winning a trophy - something Arsenal haven't done since 2005.
Mourinho's most inflammatory attack on Wenger came during his last spell in charge at Chelsea when he claimed the Frenchman was a voyeur, in 2005.
The notorious remark was made during a period when the Portuguese cemented his reputation as one the most combative managers in the game.
But Mourinho has insisted he is a different man now. "I have learned a lot during the years, I have changed," he said, mindful of Chelsea's 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa a fortnight ago.
"I have changed for the better and I hope you agree. Ten years ago, I couldn't lose properly. Now, I can lose properly.
"And I was expecting my team to lose properly -- maybe because the opponent was better, because my goalkeeper made a big mistake, because we missed 10 chances or because the referee made one important mistake.
"All of that is part of the game and I know how to lose like that."
More defeats in the Premier League would likely rule out a title win for Mourinho in his first season back at Chelsea with, as he continues to claim, Manchester City favourites.
His team also face a tough Champions League quarter final against PSG - even if Demba Ba is not impressed by the French side - but the manager claims the campaign will have been a success even without silverware.
Mourinho said: "I win anyway because this is a special season for me and my Chelsea, even if we don't win anything.
"If we don't win and don't see any evolution, yes, OK, then that's bad. But I see evolution in the players, in the team, in the mentality, in the approach.
"To push to win the Premier League and to go from the Europa League to the last eight in the Champions League is an important step.
"It's a new feeling for a lot of the players and let's see what happens next."


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Particulate Matter Speciation
This webpage provides specifications on particle speciation for a variety of sources. The information reflects National Park Service current thinking for each of the sources. These specifications should be included in all modeling protocols. Further refinements and modifications will be made as new information becomes available. Air quality analyses for Class I areas should include the speciation recommendations found on the web pages available through the drop down list below.
Many of the webpages provide sample Excel XP workbooks to be used as examples for the user's specific sources. Download the Excel workbook and rename the workbook before beginning any calculations. Use a new workbook for each application.
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact Don Shepherd at the National Park Service, Air Resources Division in Denver at 303-969-2075 or contact us through the Webmaster link at the bottom of the page.
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With its versatile shape and durable high-pressure laminate top, Correll's Trapezoid Activity Table is an ideal addition to your classroom. Position the tables into rows or arrange into clusters for group work. The durable work surface resists scratches and stains from substances like juice and markers. A leg mounting system keeps joints in place and reduces the risks caused by unsteady tables. Every Correll Activity Table comes with a free wrench for easy height adjustments; choose standard or short legs. Select from lots of fun colors for the high-pressure laminate and the T-mold edge band. This Correll Trapezoid Activity Table has a 30"W x 60"L top and is backed by a five-year warranty.
Key Features
- Sturdy particleboard top with high-pressure laminate finish
- 30"W x 60"L trapezoid work surface
- Tubular steel legs are adjustable
- Available in a variety of top colors
- Backed by a five-year warranty
- Table Material: Particleboard
- Top Finish: High-pressure laminate
- Frame Material: Tubular steel w/ chrome leg inserts
- Edge Band Material: T-mold
- Warranty: 5 years
- Tabletop Dimensions: 30"W x 60"L
- Height: 21" – 30" (with standard legs); 16" – 25" (with short legs); tables adjust in 1" increments


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Editor: To my generous Davidson County family:
Editor: To my generous Davidson County family:
This community has blessed me beyond measure. I have been overwhelmed and surrounded with love in various forms — phone calls, cards, thoughts, visits, donations and prayers.
Most recently to Melanie Byerly and Joey Hedrick, along with the cast and crew of Project Provision, I say, "WOW"!
Words can't even come close to expressing what I felt on Aug. 24 and continue to feel daily in response to the outpouring of compassion for me and my family.
My prayer is that everyone present experienced as great of a blessing that I felt. My journey is not complete, nor is my battle won. However, I am confident that I am going to survive and the outcome will be worth the struggle and pain. Be prepared to see my face back behind the counter at Monkeez Brew in the near future!
Again, I thank you all! I am blessed and loved! I love you all.
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Included are five songs great for advertising projects!
- Whistle While You Network (0:48)
- Ahead of the Market (0:48)
- Indie Guitar Buildup 1 (0:53)
- Curious Inspirations (with bass) (2:58)
- Epicorp (2:49)
Whistle While You NetworkA short, less than a minute, whistle and ukulele-driven ad piece. Perfect for that project needing an upbeat and inspiring song!
Ahead of the MarketA short, less than a minute, guitar-driven ad piece. Perfect for projects needing exciting and inspiring music!
Indie Guitar Buildup 1A short, less than a minute, guitar-driven, ad piece. Perfect for projects needing an inspiring song! Also included is a "No Lead" version, in case of voice-over clashing with the higher guitar.
Curious InspirationsThis acoustic guitar piece starts out with two finger picked guitars with almost melancholy feelings, then quickly picks up feeling more light, certain and bold. With every phrase more instrumentation is added including more acoustic guitars, a shaker, and a bass guitar.
EpicorpAn indie-rock take on the "corporate" genre. Lots of electric guitars with that "ambient-style" delay, and those big epic drums you love. If you're going to go corporate, why not make it epic? Hence the title of the song.
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Dallas Dance has been superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools for less than half an academic year, but he is proving himself a quick study. The $1.3 billion budget he has proposed for the next fiscal year strikes the kind of balance that county leaders generally love best: progress with penny-pinching.
The usual penurious critics may latch onto the fact that he is seeking a substantial budget increase — $41.9 million, or 3.3 percent — at a time of continued economic challenges for the county (including the closing of the Sparrows Point steel mill). But most of that is simply to accommodate expected growth in the student population of about 1,400 next year. That will require adding 113 teaching positions. The county is also on the hook for about $20 million more in teacher pension costs that were shifted to local governments from the state.
The number that truly reveals that Mr. Dance understands the plight of county taxpayers is this: 0. That's how much he expects Baltimore County government to contribute to schools above the "maintenance of effort" minimum standard imposed by the state.
In other words, he's asking the county to contribute only as much as the state education formula absolutely requires to preserve the existing level of support for students, and not a penny more. It will mark the fourth straight year that Baltimore County will stick to that minimum after exceeding it regularly by as much as 5.6 percent during the previous half-decade.
That doesn't mean the superintendent's first budget doesn't begin to move the schools in a new direction. He is investing more in school security and wireless classroom technology, two areas of concern for the system, as well as moving the schools to the statewide Common Core Curriculum. But the efforts are modest — all his new initiatives cost a total of less than $11 million, with much of it paid for by reductions elsewhere in the budget.
County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is unlikely to find much to dislike in this proposal (which his spokesman says is currently under review). And that will give him ammunition in his quest to resist efforts by some state lawmakers to move the county away from an all-appointed school board. If it's not broken, why fix it?
Add to this the county executive's own efforts to increase spending on school construction, and parents are likely to be pleased, too, particularly those whose children attend schools that lack air conditioning. That proved a surprisingly effective issue for Mr. Kamenetz when he ran for office three years ago promising to correct it.
If there is a serious criticism to be made of the budget proposal, it's the one Mr. Dance has already offered. In presenting his proposal Tuesday, he noted that the county's per-pupil spending will remain below the state standard — a circumstance that is "not something we should be celebrating."
Some may see Baltimore County's education spending (it has lagged the statewide average for many years) as simple cost-effectiveness. After all, county schools continue to rank well in the state and the nation, including the fourth-highest graduation rate among major school districts, according to Education Week.
But a system that has aspirations to be on the level of Howard County is unlikely to get there by spending substantially less on teachers and the classroom tools they need to be successful. Moreover, in a district with the second-oldest buildings in the state, the lack of air conditioning is only the beginning of Baltimore County's facilities problems. At some point, moving to the next level is going to require more money. One of Mr. Dance's favored initiatives, for instance, is the "AdvancePath Academy" that uses online instruction to help at-risk students and costs about $1 million per school. That high price tag is why it's currently available in only a handful of high schools and is slated to expand to just one more school under the budget plan.
Nor could it be said that the budget is excessively generous to teachers. It will raise their salaries but only through step increases, with no broader cost-of-living adjustment. Officials say this will amount to a 2 percent raise, on average.
Mr. Dance's modest budget request represents yet another example of how closely he is paying attention to the school system's stakeholders — and not just the school board or elected officials. His choice to invest $2.5 million next year to upgrade basic security in schools in wake of the shooting at Perry Hall High School last fall (and reinforced by the Newtown, Conn., massacre more recently) is another.
But we would also expect him to advocate for county schools even when elected officials are reluctant to invest more money in them and even if it means raising taxes. Who better than the superintendent to push for excellence, regardless of the political consequences? Admittedly, the first year on the job may not be the moment, but the day will come soon enough when Mr. Dance can't just bemoan the county's choice to spend less on public education on a per-pupil basis than the state average but will need to do something about it.


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Implantation of cardioverter- defibrillator to treat long qt syndrome (program ID: 233879)
University Hospital Ulm
Wolfgang RottbauerSpecialized in: cardiology, angiology, pulmonology
The Clinic of Internal Medicine II, with its main areas being Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology at Ulm University Clinic, as the center of comprehensive health services, provides you with a range of various services for high-quality outpatient and inpatient medicine round the clock.
This applies, of course, to the guaranteed highly professional level of treatment for urgent cases as one of the main clinic profiles. Along with a recognized high-quality medicine, the university clinics and research center of Baden-Wuerttemberg provide unique access to ultra-modern diagnostic and innovative treatments at early stages of the disease. In clinical studies, the Internal Medicine Clinic II is exploring the latest drugs and minimally invasive surgical methods of treatment for diseases of the heart, blood vessels and lungs. It goes without saying that in the context of medical progress, the good health of our patients is in the foreground for us.
The range of services of our clinic is as follows:
- cardiology: TAVI - heart valve replacement, Mitraclip - mitral insufficiency, routine examination, non-invasive diagnostics, MRI of the cardiovascular system, coronary heart disease, electrophysiology
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- pneumology: diagnostics and treatment of lung cancer, pulmonary hypertension, severe asthma and COPD, specialized outpatient clinics for interstitial and rare lung diseases
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ARAPAHOE � Voting in the upcoming November municipal elections will remain at the Arapahoe volunteer fire department after negative public reaction to a move to Pamlico Community College.
ARAPAHOE � Voting in the upcoming November municipal elections will remain at the Arapahoe volunteer fire department after negative public reaction to a move to Pamlico Community College.
Earlier this year, the Pamlico County Elections Board had received state approval to move the District 5 polling site to the college, which is outside the precinct.
�The people in that community did not want their polling place moved,� said Lisa Bennett, the county elections director. �It was never the board�s intention to upset anybody. They thought it was going to be a good move. The community did not see it that way.�
The move would have been three miles from the current polling place, about one-half mile outside the precinct.
Bennett said the move was made because of a lack of space inside the building. The voting area has been in an office area off the main bays where fire trucks are housed.
�It is hard to get everything in that little room for that many voters,� Bennett said. �People were really upset that the board of elections had moved it. I think they felt they weren�t notified. We would have notified them before they needed to go there to vote. But, it was done in an open meeting and it was in the paper.�
She said the public rarely attends elections board meetings.
With the negative public response, the local three-member election board unanimously reversed that decision for the local fall elections. The site of the 2014 general elections, including a May primary, will be reviewed.
The Arapahoe precinct is the second-largest in the county, with more than 2,100 registered voters for general elections. For the municipal elections of in-town voters of the two towns, there are 744 voters.
Bennett said that because of the much smaller numbers for the town elections, space will not be an issue this year.
�It is only good for one year, so next year, we were going to have to reapply anyway to use the college,� Bennett said.
She said keeping the polling place the same or moving it to another site within the precinct is a matter than can be handled locally.
Pamlico County Commissioner Kenny Heath helped facilitate the reversal, saying afterwards he was pleased and adding that it was a combined effort of the towns and community leaders.
�I am very happy that our polling station will not be moving from its current location,� Heath said. �Keeping it there was the result of some fine effort by the Gatlin Creek Community Center representatives, the Minnesott town board and the Arapahoe town board. I always thought that if we came together, any issues or problems we were having could be resolved. On behalf of all those mentioned, I would like to thank our board of elections for listening to our concerns and making the change.�
He said Arapahoe fire officials have agreed to work with the elections board on space and parking for upcoming elections, including moving fire trucks to the nearby town hall on election days.
Each Pamlico County town pays for its elections, and Bennett said the elections board was willing to reverse its earlier decision based on public input.
During municipal elections, paper ballots are used in this and some other Pamlico County precincts, which requires less space than general elections when electronic voting machines and other equipment is needed.
The Nov. 5 elections in each town are uncontested. Bennett said uncontested elections have historically resulted in a low turnout.
Oriental is the only Pamlico County town with contested elections this year, with 10 commissioner candidates for five seats and two candidates for mayor.
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WHEELING - The West Virginia Legislature, historical re-enactments and a commissioned musical work celebrating the Mountain State's history all will be part of West Virginia's 150th birthday celebration on June 20.
Wheeling and state leaders announced the schedule for the celebration this morning at West Virginia Independence Hall - the same place where the former western counties of Virginia became our own state on June 20, 1863.
"We are the birthplace of West Virginia - we are where it all happened 150 years ago," Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie explained. "We were the capital of West Virginia, we are where the Legislature and the people of West Virginia came together to make a decision to secede from the state of Virginia.
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"We are happy to be the birthplace of West Virginia, and ultimately where it all happened."
The West Virginia Legislature returns to Wheeling for the sesquicentennial, and state lawmakers begin their June interim sessions in Wheeling on Wednesday, June 19.
Fact Box
June 18
Noon, Lunch with Books presents "Secession in Favor of the Constitution." Presented by David Zimring.
7 p.m., People's University at the Ohio County Public Library: "The Wheeling
Conventions," presented by David Javersak.
June 19
The West Virginia
Legislature begin interim meetings in Wheeling.
5 p.m., West Virginia statehood speeches at West Virginia Independence Hall.
5:30-8 p.m., Statehood Block Party. Legislative
Concert and Reception at River City Aleworks in downtown Wheeling.
7-9 p.m., Waterfront Wednesdays concert at
Heritage Port.
June 20
Interim meetings continue
10 a.m., Gov. Pierpont maquette presented
Noon, "150 Years: The West Virginia Sesquicentennial Celebration." Commemorative ceremonies and reenactments.
2 p.m., Wildcat Regiment Band concert, courtroom at West Virginia Independence Hall
4:30-7 p.m., West Virginia Day Concert, Part 1,
Heritage Port
7:30-10 p.m., West
Virginia Day Concert, Part 2, Heritage Port
10 p.m., Fireworks
June 21
Interims conclude
6 p.m., "Beers and Beards" event, River City Aleworks.
7 p.m., Blue and Grey Choir concert, West Virginia Independence Hall
9:30 p.m., Riverfront movie night at Heritage Port featuring "Lincoln."
June 22
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wheeling Arts Fest in downtown Wheeling at West Virginia Independence Hall, West Virginia Northern Community College and the Ohio County Public Library.
Civil War Ball at the McLure Hotel in downtown Wheeling.
Twelve hours of events in Wheeling are slated throughout the day on Thursday, June 20, beginning with the presentation of a proposed statue of Francis Pierpont, the "father of West Virginia," at 10 a.m. Re-enactments pertaining to West Virginia's statehood then are scheduled to begin at noon.
There will be tours of the First State Capitol building at 1413 Eoff St. from 2-4 p.m.
The first of two West Virginia Day concerts is set for Heritage Port from 4:30-7 p.m., while a second one is to begin at 7:30 p.m.
The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra is to unveil during the concerts "Forever Free," a musical piece celebrating West Virginia's history that has been specially commissioned for the state's sesquicentennial.
West Virginia's poet laureate, Marc Harshman, also will read an original poem created for the event.
Fireworks are set to begin at Heritage Port at 10 p.m.
Events continue on Friday, with a Blue and Grey Choir concert at 7 p.m. at West Virginia Independence Hall, and the movie "Lincoln" is to be shown at 9:30 p.m. at Heritage Port.
The celebration concludes Saturday night with a Civil War Ball at the McLure Hotel in downtown Wheeling.
During this morning's announcement, state Sens. Jack Yost, D-Brooke, and Robert "Rocky" Fitzsimmons, presented two separate Community Participation Project grants to help with the cost for West Virginia's 150th birthday celebration in Wheeling.
The first was presented to Randall Reid-Smith, commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, for $15,000 to cover staging and promotion for the concerts at Heritage Port.
The second was given to Frank O'Brien, executive director of the Wheeling-Ohio County Convention and Visitors Bureau, for $25,000 for the Capitol Theatre renovation project.


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When I was young, I hated my body. Not all of my body, just some of it. I hated that I had large breasts. From the third grade on, I made sure that whatever I was wearing did not accentuate my bust. I wore loose shirts, lots of layers, and cringed whenever I had to walk in front of anyone. It is only very recently that I have decided that I don't care–and so now I wear clothing that would have been impossible only a few years ago.
When I look at women I know, some of them dislike something about their body. Recently, a friend of mine wrote on her Facebook page that she hates her "huge" forehead. I can't speak about my friend's hatred of her forehead, but I can speak about how society's meta-messages have impacted my own image of my body.
My negative body image was part of the reason that I was concerned when I learned my daughter's middle school was instigating a policy requiring students to wear uniforms. Even so, it wasn't until I attended the school's parent informational meeting that I became alarmed. I realized the uniform policy was doing more than teaching women to hate their bodies. School policies requiring uniforms are part of the larger societal mechanism that not only teaches women to hate their bodies but requires women to be invisible and silent.


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Shrimp or Crawfish Etouffee (Stew)
Makes 8 Servings
Etouffee means smothered, and in this traditional Louisiana dish the shrimp or crawfish are smothered with a great combination of seasoned vegetables in a dark roux.
Find this recipe and more in Chef Paul Prudhomme's Pure Magic.
¼ cup chopped onions
¼ cup chopped celery
¼ cup chopped green bell peppers
7 Tablespoons vegetable oil
¾ cup all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons Chef Paul Prudhomme's Seafood Magic®
(Or substitute 1 Tbsp Chef Paul Prudhomme's Meat Magic®
Plus 1 Tbsp) Chef Paul Prudhomme's Poultry Magic®, in all
3 cups seafood stock, in all
½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, in all
2 pounds whole, uncooked medium shrimp or crawfish
1 cup very finely diced green onions
4 cups hot cooked white rice
how to prepare
Peel the shrimp or crawfish and use the shells to make the seafood stock. If you can't buy whole raw shrimp where you live, go ahead and use peeled ones and substitute vegetable stock for the seafood stock.
Combine the onions, celery and bell peppers in a bowl and set aside.
Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet (preferably cast iron) over high heat until it begins to smoke, about 4 minutes. Gradually whisk in the flour, stirring until smooth. Continue cooking, whisking constantly, until the roux is dark red-brown, about 3 to 5 minutes, being careful not to let it scorch or splash on your skin. Remove from the heat and immediately stir in the vegetables and 1 tablespoon of the Seafood Magic® or other Magic Seasoning Blend®, with a wooden spoon. Continue stirring until cool, about 5 minutes.
Bring 2 cups of the stock to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan over high heat. Add the roux by spoonfuls to the boiling stock, stirring until dissolved between each addition. Reduce the heat to low and cook, whisking almost constantly, until the flour taste is gone, about 2 minutes. If any of the mixture scorches, don't continue to scrape that part of the pan bottom. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Melt 1 stick of the butter in a 4-quart saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the shrimp (or crawfish) and the green onions, and sauté, stirring almost constantly, for 1 minute. Add the remaining butter, the stock mixture and the remaining 1 cup stock. Cook, constantly shaking (versus stirring) the pan in a back-and-forth motion, until the butter melts and is mixed into the sauce, about 4 to 6 minutes. Add the remaining Seafood Magic® or other Magic Seasoning Blend®, stir well, and remove from the heat. If the sauce starts to separate, add 2 tablespoons more stock or water and shake the pan until it combines. Serve immediately over the rice.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Instagram Friday....
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Looks like a fun week, except the new iron lemon =(. Can't wait to see your summersville quilt.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes the iron mis-hap was no fun but amazon is replacing it quickly, I should have the new one tomorrow :)Delete
Did you donate your hair o Locks of Love? i was thinking of doing that.ReplyDelete
is that a real snail? Sorry gotta ask.
I love that your daughter is wearing rain boots in her swim suit;)Replies
Hi Sara, I would have loved to donate it, but I dye my hair so it doesn't qualify for a donation. :(Delete
Yes that is a real close up of a smal in our yard about 2 inches long we have lots of them here
How big is that snail!!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
it was pretty big but that is a very close up picture.Delete
Love seeing these little snippets of your everyday life! Looks like you had a lovely week!ReplyDeleteReplies
awe, you are very sweet, thank you for taking a moment to comment :)Delete
Looks like a fun week, other than the iron dying, but yay for the hubby picking up a new one!ReplyDelete
Love the rain boots and the swim suit...that pic made me laugh out loud.ReplyDelete
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"At Bristol Street Lichfield we are proud that our fantastic customer service has been recognised with our 6th Customer Excellence Award in as many years. Even though this is not a Vauxhall we will delight you with our great service, if this car doesn't exactly meet your requirements we will be delighted to source one from our extensive 'group stock."
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Vauxhall Lichfield
|Body Glass
|Electric front windows
|Rear wiper
|Tinted windows
|Electric front windows + one touch + anti-pinch
|Variable front intermittent wipers
|ABS+EBD+Brake assist
|Hill start assist
|ESP + Traction control + Understeer control
|Bluetooth + USB
|Driver Aids
|Cruise control + speed limiter
|Variable PAS
|Driver Information
|Trip computer
|Driving Mirrors
|Electric adjustable door mirrors
|Heated door mirrors
|Black gloss door mirror housings
|Embellishment Trims
|Black interior trim
|Gloss black centre console
|Gloss black dashboard inserts
|Gloss black air vent surround
|Instrument dials in chrome surround
|4 speakers
|Exterior Body Features
|Body coloured bumpers
|Chrome strip on lower grille
|Chrome surround for front fog lights
|Black rear diffuser
|Gloss black door handles
|Matt black finish B pillar
|Gloss black front bumper insert with chrome surround
|Body colour door handles
|Body coloured rear spoiler
|Exterior Lights
|Front fog lamps
|Automatic headlights + automatic windscreen wipers
|Daytime running lights
|Black headlamp surrounds
|LED daytime running lights
|Pollen filter
|Air recirculation control
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|Leather steering wheel
|Height/reach adjust steering wheel
|12V Accessory socket
|Chrome interior door handles
|2 cupholders
|Style cloth upholstery
|Chrome gear knob insert
|Matt black door handle surrounds
|Passenger dashboard tray
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|Front lateral airbags
|Curtain airbags
|Driver/front passenger side airbags
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|Height adjustable driver's seatbelt
|Driver/Front Passenger airbags
|3 point rear seatbelts x3
|Tyre pressure monitoring system
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|Driver's seat height adjustment
|Isofix system on outer rear seats
|3 rear height adjustable headrests
|60/40 split rear seats
|Folding front passenger seat
|Locking fuel filler cap
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|RAID (Renault Anti-Intruder Device)
|Remote central locking with key card
|Thatcham Cat 2 engine immobiliser
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Ten Second Review
Renault's fourth generation Clio supermini gets a simplified range structure with value pricing and plenty of equipment. What's not to like?
In some respects, the fourth generation Clio was one of the cars that saved Renault. It arrived in 2013 at a time when the brand's gamble on all-electric car development was failing. Billions of euros had been poured into new battery-powered models that customers simply weren't buying. Dealers needed a characterful, class-competitive product that would sell in decent numbers. This was it. The styling offered a curvy sense of esprit that buyers really liked, hence Renault's reluctance to change it too much since launch. What the company has done though, is to simply the range structure and boost equipment levels to improve and simplify the showroom proposition.
Driving Experience
The dynamic recipe on offer here hasn't much changed. This MK4 model proved that you didn't necessarily have to stretch to a Renaultsport Clio to get a version of this car that might be good to drive. As ever, it isn't quite as taut as a rival Fiesta, but that's OK: if you're like us, you instinctively expect French cars to roll a little more - almost want them to for the payoff of silken low speed ride. Which is delivered by this Renault in a way that few rivals can better. Just one of the many reasons you'd like to drive this Clio around town. The others? Well-weighted steering that facilitates a tight 10.6m turning circle. And torquey engines you don't have to row around with the gear lever. Most Clio buyers will continue to choose either the volume dCi 90 diesel (in manual or EDC auto forms) or the 0.9-litre three cylinder Tce petrol unit. There's also a base 1.2-litre 75bhp petrol powerplant. At the top of the range, the Renaultsport Clio 200 hot hatch continues but, as before, must be ordered with an automatic EDC ('Efficient Dual Clutch') automatic transmission that some don't want.
Design and Build
Design-wise, this current version gets a smart nose, with an eye-catching full-LED lighting signature, including C-shaped daytime running lights in the case of certain versions. Inside, this Clio benefits from the use of finishing materials previously reserved for Renault's higher-end models. Otherwise, things are much as you'd expect. Since there's still no three-door model, it's just as well that the five-door does a good impression of one, coupe-like styling emphasised by hidden rear door handles. So visually and practically, you get the best of both worlds. Out back, there's a decent sized 300-litre boot while at the wheel, we've yet another dash that's been sculpted in the shape of an aircraft wing on which is mounted an overtly confident chrome-surrounded instrument cluster dominated by the kind of digital speedo that not everyone will like. Equally eye-catching is the consumer electronic-fest that dominates the gloss black-trimmed centre console of all but base models in the form of a tablet-like display that is the 7-inch R-Link colour touchscreen.
Market and Model
There's now a much simpler trim structure, buyers choosing from base 'Play', mid-range 'Iconic' or top 'GT Line' variants. Prices start at around £13,500, rising to around £19,000 at the top of the mainstream range. Whichever mainstream five-door Clio you choose, there are kit items included that will cost you more on many rivals. Virtually all Clios get alloy wheels, air conditioning and front foglights. And absolutely all of them get daytime running lights, cruise control with a speed limiter, a trip computer, a height-adjustable driver's seat, power front windows and mirrors, Bluetooth 'phone compatibility, a decent quality USB-compatible CD stereo with punchy Renault 'Bass Reflex' speakers and fingertip control, plus Hill Start Assist to stop you from drifting backwards on uphill junctions. To provide customers with a range of options, the Clio comes with three different connected multimedia systems, namely Media Nav Evolution, Renault R-Link Evolution and the new, smart R&GO system which is available on entry trim variants. This is also the first B-segment Renault to be available with a BOSE audio system. In addition to its reverse parking sensor, and depending on the version, this Clio offers a front parking sensor and a reverse parking camera. Available for higher-end versions, Handsfree Parking allows the driver to fully delegate the completion of parking manoeuvres.
Cost of Ownership
Renault has made a firm commitment to driving down the cost of motoring and the Clio continues to demonstrate some impressive economy and emissions figures. In fact, for more than half the range, there'll be no annual road tax to pay thanks to the way that sub-100g/km CO2 emissions figures grant exemption. Take the dCi 90 variant many will want. It manages 85.6mpg on the combined cycle and 85g/km of CO2. Go for the 1.2 TCe 90 variant and those figures fall to 61.4mpg and 104g/km, though that's still pretty good for a three cylinder petrol model. Even the automatic Renaultsport Clio 200 hot hatch doesn't do too badly, returning 47.9mpg and 133g/km.
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Go Green
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U-T owner's biotech tanks; Times hiring soars; Viesselman out
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An Imagined Voyage
The glare on the water teases the eyes. Lazy sunrays glint, warp, and wisp away in the troughs of deep-blue swells. The rolling shimmers lull spotters from their task: find schools of tuna.
We're off the coast of Mexico, pole-fishing for tuna. It's June 1947. Our bait boxes are plugged with live sardines and anchovies. In the crow's nest, the spotter scans the horizon with black binoculars. He adjusts the center-wheel focus on the 7 x 50s for a clearer view.
The ability to read the ocean, to identify different schools of tuna from afar, is a priceless skill. And not just what kind of tuna, but what they're doing: Are they feeding or on the move? Will a sighting justify the intricate bull work of hauling them in or just waste precious bait?
The spotter doesn't expect a bulging horde of 20- to 50-pound yellowfin steeple-chasing on the bounding main. The older the yellowfin, the more it prefers smaller groups — pods — deeper down; and even deeper, the higher the sun's in the sky.
Spotters look for "jumpers," tuna leaping into the air, and "boilers" and "foamers," feeding tuna that churn the water. Pole-fishing for boilers has an advantage: the mechanical grind of the engine or the whip-whip of the spinning propeller won't frighten them. The disadvantage: schools feed for unpredictable lengths of time, from a few minutes to hours. Boilers and foamers may signal the end of a frenzy.
A riot of whitewater is a magnet for birds. Some say, the larger the bird, the bigger the school, and that for every huge, coal-black man-o'-war overhead, at least ten tons of tuna swim below. Even a single man-o'-war — also called "pirate birds" because they rob others of their food — can lure a boat from a mile away.
Here's where a spotter's eyes come in. While others might see only a ripple or a zephyr wafting across the surface, a good spotter sees "breezers," the tips of fins and dorsals.
Like over…there!
No one says a word. As the boat moves toward the target, the chummer, the man with the apron, climbs to his position near the stern. When the boat has the school on its left — portside, the lea side of the wind — he will toss live bait to attract the fish.
Nine fishermen grab bamboo poles from the canopy and take their places on the racks, iron balconies that unfold outside the boat almost at the water line. They're on the stern and curve around to portside.
On our boat everyone works. The cook and engineer fish from the stern. The three best fishermen work from the "center," that curve between the stern and portside. The rest go portside, the least experienced farthest up the line.
Pole-fishing demands upper-body strength. But what most landlubbers don't realize is the toll it takes on the legs, especially the thighs. Like weightlifters, fishermen lift with their lower bodies, all the while trying to maintain balance on a boat rocking from side to side. An old adage: "Waves like to knock you around."
As they wait, they flex sore knees (knee-pads only help so much) and backs. They close and open fists to get the circulation going. Now Skipper's got the boat in place. The chummer's tossing bait at a black spot near the racks, and…
Nothing. Nary a nip.
"You can tell right away if they're going to bite or not," says Julius Zolezzi, a tuna captain for 27 years. "I've seen large schools right on the surface that wouldn't. It'll drive you nuts!"
"Tuna fishing is never a continuous process," writes H.C. Godsil. "In the log book of a tuna boat will be seen repeatedly the statement: 'Lots of fish — won't bite,' and to one who knows, this terse excerpt tells a tale of an irritated crew in enforced, exasperated idleness, with days and profits slipping by."
The crew returns to regular duties: scrub the deck, check to see if they've packed fish correctly in the refrigerated bins below, resupply deck tanks with live bait.
The boat changes course. Something out there. Crewmen return to the racks. They notice a swarm of black splotches just above the horizon. "Working birds" — birds that loop and dive-bomb — signal feeding fish. Some flap giant wings: pirates!
The water looks like soup boiling over. The boat eases into position. The chummer scoops and tosses live bait, scoops and tosses in a steady rhythm.
Nine poles slap the water, making the baitfish seem like a school.
A skipjack strikes with astonishing speed. The fisherman slides his left foot under the rack for support and loads weight on his right leg, braced behind him. His left hand anchors the pole in a leather pad. He arches his back and heaves upward with his right hand. Tension on the line secures the hook.
The skipjack rises like a launched rocket, the white underbelly squirming to break free, the tail whipping side to side.
At the top of his arc, the man relaxes his grip. The barbless hook releases the fish, which soars up and over a three-foot rail and tumbles onto the wooden alleyway between the rail and the bait box.
Another joins it. Then another thumps onto the deck.
Never once does the fisherman take his eye off the hook. He watches it all the way back and straight back down to the water.
"The worst accident I ever saw in all my years of fishing," says Julius Zolezzi: "one of the pole-men portside forgot to follow his hook. The wind was up that day. Blew the hook over the canopy and into the eye of a sternman. Fishing stopped. We got him as fast as we could to a hospital. He lost the eye."
Edward Soltesz, who worked on bait boats for many years, recalled a crewmate who also lost an eye. "He was so afraid of losing the other, he had a mask he wore."
Part 1: Anatomy of a Tuna Clipper | 3: Lone Wolf hits a royal flush | 4: Beauty goin down


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KevinH needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 32 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Amog.com is an entertainment content site by men, for men. We revel in the man's point of view and make no apologies for it.
We focus this unfiltered lens on current events, women, sex, relationships, trends and celebrities. We may be irreverent and "un-PC" sometimes, but we always speak the truth and we'll always make you laugh.
About 70% college-educated males, mostly between 18-40. These guys are bored and are looking for a diversion.
They are casual web browsers who are casting about for something fun to read, pictures to look at, etc. in order to pass the time.
**We need a homepage and one inner page.**
Please first take a look at our current website here: http://www.amog.com
Amog.com needs to look more masculine, clean and sophisticated.
We prefer a darker theme than what is currently on the site.
Here are website looks we like:
Verdana for regular text is fine, but seeing it in also in the header tags gets boring. Pls switch all other text to something else more interesting. Trebuchet perhaps?
AMOG logo is uploaded, but we are definitely open to better designs for it. Does not have to include the guy.
Add "subscribe via email" like http://www.askmen.com/index.html
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Delicious Greek Pastitsio {Casserole-Style}
This simple Greek pastitsio knock-off (and I'm not claiming it's authentic, people) is basically a deconstructed pastitsio in casserole form.
And it is downright, knock-your-socks-off delicious.
A lightened up, creamy sauce swirls around tender penne pasta and flavorful ground turkey or sirloin. Combined with the other gentle flavors (hints of nutmeg, tomatoes and garlic) and with just a touch of mozzarella cheese and fresh parsley, this dish reminded me of a kicked-up, unique and slightly Greek-influenced beef stroganoff.
Oh, and did I mention it's quick? And easy?
We devoured this one.
I couldn't get enough of the creamy, flavorful sauce and fought for the right to the leftovers. Add this one immediately to your weeknight rotation.
You won't be disappointed!
Divine Breadsticks or Cheesy Garlic Bread
Steamed vegetable like broccoli or peas
Simple green salad (or something more fancy like this Gourmet Green Salad)
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Two Years Ago: Chicken Spiedie Sandwiches
Three Years Ago: Peanut Butter Crunch Snack Balls
Delicious Greek Pastitsio {Casserole-Style}
- 12 ounces penne pasta
- 1 pound ground turkey or ground sirloin
- 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion (from about 1 large onion)
- 1 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 5 garlic cloves, finely minced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 8 ounces light cream cheese
- 2 cups milk, 1% or skim work great
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Coat a 9X13-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside. Preheat the broiler.
- In a large pot of lightly salted, boiling water, cook the penne pasta according to package directions.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat a large 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add beef or turkey to the pan with the diced onions and 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring to break up the meat into small pieces, until the meat is cooked through. Drain excess grease from the meat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, another minute or so. Sprinkle the flour over the meat mixture, stirring to combine, and cook for 1-2 minutes over medium heat. Add the cream cheese in pieces, scattering it over the meat. Let it melt into the meat and stir to combine. Whisk or stir in the milk, nutmeg, 3/4 teaspoon salt and tomatoes. Stir to combine well and bring the mixture to a simmer. Cook 5-6 minutes until the mixture is slightly thickened and is thoroughly heated through.
- Stir in the pasta and spoon the pasta mixture into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly over the pasta and broil for about 3-5 minutes (watching carefully so it doesn't burn!). Remove from the oven and sprinkle with parsley. Let it stand for about 5 minutes before serving.
Make-Ahead Instructions: Follow the recipe instructions. After the sauce simmers for 5-6 minutes, remove from heat and stir occasionally, until the sauce has cooled to room temperature. Stir the pasta into the cooled sauce. Spoon the pasta and sauce mixture into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly over the top. Cover the casserole with a double layer of aluminum foil and place inside a large resealable bag, if possible (if you don't have a jumbo-sized plastic bag, just make sure the edges of the aluminum foil are sealed well). Freeze for up to 2 months. To bake, place the frozen covered casserole in a 350 degree oven and bake for 1 1/2 hours. Remove the foil and bake for another 45 minutes to an hour until bubbly and hot.
Follow @melskitchencafe on Instagram and show me the recipes you are making from my blog using the hashtag #melskitchencafe. I love seeing all the goodness you are whipping up in your kitchens!
Recipe Source: adapted from My Recipes (a Cooking Light recipe), recommended to me by my friend, Lesli


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Help Wanted
Next week I'm planning on sharing some images by Pete Hawley with the TI group. Problem is, I know nothing about Hawley! My web searches have not turned up anything biographical and Hawley is not listed in "Illustrator in America". Can you help? If you know anything about Pete Hawley or know of a publication I might be able to reference ( or a website ) please email me ( click on my profile in the sidebar to find my email address ). Your help will be greatly appreciated by me and the readers of Today's Inspiration!
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Now you're talking...Pete's one of my favorites...he had such beautiful range to his work.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8:50 AM
Actually I just got this info on him from www.tias.com/12872/pictPage/1922964449.html in case that doesn't work - I'll type what info I printed. These 2 pictures were done by Warreh Hardman who worked for American Greetings in the 60's. He worked under the name Hawley which was a combo of Hardman and Walley - who was his uncle that put him thru art school. If you look at the pics that Pete Hawley signed he always signed Pete Hawley. Warren Hardman always signed Hawley. Hope this helps ya all out. btw - I googled Pete + Hawley as I just came across 2 more of the fiberglass prints. YAY ~dReplyDelete


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Love to Kite and want to progress with a group of friends.. Then join one of our exclusive kite clinics.
We are working with some great partners and people to ensure we can offer the right mix of kite clinics to suit everybody. What's more, we're also introducing kite clinics in Dakhla this year,at our new hotel and centre right on the lagoon.
In addition to the 'girls only' clinics run by Kite-Sisters and KSP World Tour rider Chelu Guardati, the lovely Jan Marcos 2009 kite wave riding champion will also be sharing his skills and expertise at our wave camps.
All our exclusive clinics include 1-1 sessions and continuous coaching throughout the week, photos, videos, food, accommodation and transfers to and from the airport – as well as lots of fun, and great memories to be made
Check out our website www.exploramorocco.com for all the details on our clinics and locations. Or email me firstname.lastname@example.com
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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 5 October 2012—Helene Blowers, a library technology leader for more than 15 years, has joined the OCLC staff as OCLC WorldShare Management Services Community Manager. Her appointment will be effective 1 November.
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So, I haven't done much interesting knitting. I'm kind of in panic-mode over my up-coming exams (in October) and have attempted to channel this energy into knitting — or at least buying stuff related to knitting. I got a rather spiffy pattern from WEBS: marianas top down sweater, "designed to delight". Sounds good to me. It's intended for this lovely Rowan yorkshire tweed chunky that's been sitting around my house:
It's already been knit into three different sweaters and frogged each time … perhaps it's just begging for the nautical themed pullover. Unlikely.
The yarn was just so flipping expensive that I feel I have to really, really, REALLY want to wear the finished product. I guess I've kind of figured by now that nothing will meet these exacting (and mysterious) standards; I should just get it over with and knit something.
Which is exactly what I'm doing with my lovely Rowan handknit cotton:
It's color "chime" — why it's called that I don't know — a very mellow blue.
It started life as a free-form cardigan for my sister, but has morphed into bad penny (by Stephanie Japel, in knitty), quite without my realizing it. The yoke is almost done — just a few more inches to go. The yarn is the thinnest I've used for something this large; the gauge is something like 5 sts = 1" using #5 needles. I'm usually all for the instant gratification of chunky yarn and big needles (which does, however, lead to the inevitable: "Oh-my-God-I'll-never-be-able-to-wear-anything-this-chunky-without-looking-like-an-elephant" hesitation), but I'm liking the smaller needles and finer yarn so far.
I think I might keep it; I had another project in mind for the sister anyway. And what does she need a cardigan for in California?
I'm sticking with this one. It will be completed. Oh yes.


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Pls post a picture or video or even just let me know if u are near my size or bigger and have done an air pass!!! I'm 105kg and 190cm and been trying a blind judge for 3 years. I'm now seriously thinking it is a matter of physics and not technique... If only I could see someone else my size do one or hear of it it would keep me trying for another 3 years! Otherwise I might chop my legs off to loose size.
I ride north vegas and tried freeride and wakestyle settings with no luck. Is there a kite out there that makes air passing easier??


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STD Trends in the United States: 2010 National Data for Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Syphilis
This web page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being updated. Newer data is available on the STD Data and Statistics page.
This document summarizes 2010 national data on gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis that are published in CDC's report, Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2010. The data are based on state and local STD case reports from a variety of private and public sources, the majority of which come from non-STD clinic settings, such as private physician offices and health maintenance organizations.
19 Million
STDs are one of the most critical health challenges facing the nation today. CDC estimates that there are 19 million new infections every year in the United States.
$17 Billion
STDs cost the U.S. health care system $17 billion every year—and cost individuals even more in immediate and life-long health consequences.
CDC's surveillance report includes data on the three STDs that physicians are required to report to local or state public health authorities—gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis—which represent only a fraction of the true burden of STDs. Some common STDs, like human papillomavirus (HPV) and genital herpes, are not required to be reported.
The latest CDC data show troubling trends in three treatable STDs:
- Gonorrhea: While reported rates are at historically low levels, cases increased slightly from last year and more than 300,000 cases were reported in 2010. There are also signs from other CDC surveillance systems that the disease may become resistant to the only available treatment option.
- Chlamydia: Case reports have been increasing steadily over the past 20 years, and in 2010, 1.3 million chlamydia cases were reported. While the increase is due to expanded screening efforts, and not to an actual increase in the number of people with chlamydia, a majority of infections still go undiagnosed. Less than half of sexually active young women are screened annually as recommended by CDC.
- Syphilis: The overall syphilis rate decreased for the first time in a decade, and is down 1.6 percent since 2009. However, the rate among young black men has increased dramatically over the past five years (134 percent). Other CDC data also show a significant increase in syphilis among young black men who have sex with men (MSM), suggesting that new infections among MSM are driving the increase in young black men. The finding is particularly concerning as there has also been a sharp increase in HIV infections among this population.
For more detailed data on each disease, see the Snapshot and Table.
Less than half of people who should be screened receive recommended STD screening services
Undetected and untreated STDs can increase a person's risk for HIV and cause other serious health consequences, such as infertility. STD screening can help detect disease early and, when combined with treatment, is one of the most effective tools available to protect one's health and prevent the spread of STDs to others.
STDs in the United States: A Look Beyond the Data
STDs primarily affect young people, but the health consequences can last a lifetime
Young people represent 25 percent of the sexually experienced population in the United States, but account for nearly half of new STDs. The long-lasting health effects are particularly serious for young people:
- Untreated gonorrhea and chlamydia can silently steal a young woman's chance to have her own children later in life. Each year, untreated STDs cause at least 24,000 women in the U.S. to become infertile.
- Untreated syphilis can lead to serious long-term complications, including brain, cardiovascular, and organ damage. Syphilis in pregnant women can also result in congenital syphilis (syphilis among infants), which can cause stillbirth, death soon after birth, and physical deformity and neurological complications in children who survive. Untreated syphilis in pregnant women results in infant death in up to 40 percent of cases.
- Studies suggest that people with gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis are at increased risk for HIV. Given the increase in both syphilis and HIV among young black gay and bisexual men, it is particularly urgent to diagnose and treat both diseases.
A range of factors place some populations at greater risk for STDs
STDs affect people of all races, ages, and sexual orientations, though some individuals experience greater challenges in protecting their health. When individual risk behaviors are combined with barriers to quality health information and STD prevention services, the risk of infection increases. While everyone should have the opportunity to make choices that allow them to live healthy lives regardless of their income, education, or racial/ethnic background, the reality is that if an individual lacks resources or has difficult living conditions, the journey to health and wellness can be harder. Even with similar levels of individual risk, African Americans and Latinos sometimes face barriers that contribute to increased rates of STDs and are more affected by these diseases than whites.
CDC and Partners Working to Expand STD Prevention Efforts
CDC closely tracks STDs to guide prevention programs and clinical recommendations for STD services. CDC also funds state and local health departments and community-based organizations to implement and support local prevention efforts to reduce risk behavior and increase STD and HIV testing among populations at greatest risk. Through the Get Yourself Tested multimedia campaign, CDC, MTV, and the Kaiser Family Foundation are raising STD awareness among young people.
- CDC assists health departments in local gonorrhea prevention efforts to best reach at-risk persons in areas where disease burden is greatest. CDC recently conducted a series of regional gonorrhea control discussions with STD program directors to help identify the most at-risk populations and develop action plans to reduce disparities.
- CDC supports the Infertility Prevention Project, which promotes chlamydia screening and treatment for low-income, sexually active women in family planning and STD clinics.
- CDC and public health partners are working to implement CDC's Syphilis Elimination Plan, including using local data to create targeted action plans to reach those at greatest risk, particularly young black men and MSM.
- Page last reviewed: November 17, 2011 (archived document)
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Tomorrow night, the Dilly Cafe (Dilly Deli) in Mariemont is hosting a wine dinner with sparkling wine vintners Domain Chandon. At last check, there were still about 8 seats left and at $65, the price is pretty reasonable.
Now, I'd be perfectly happy to only drink sparkling wine (including champagne, prosecco, cava, and others) for the rest of my life. It is my favorite type of wine, closely followed by pinot noir. But to get you in the mood for a sparkling wine dinner, I thought I'd talk a little about a seminar we took in Disney, with Moët & Chandon, Domaine Chandon's parent company. Moët & Chandon, based in France, makes champagne. Domaine Chandon, in Napa, makes sparkling wine using the traditional champagne method. Only sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France can actually be called "champagne." For our purposes, I'm just going to go with "bubbly."
Our instructor was Seth Box, Director of Education for Moët & Chandon USA. One of the first things he did was to preemptively correct the class's pronunciation. Despite the fact that folks everywhere pronounce it Mo-AY and Chandon, it's actually Mo-ETT. That, folks, is what those two little dots mean over the e.
Champagne, and sparkling wine in the champagne method, can be made from three grapes: Pinot Noir gives the wine backbone and structure, Chardonnay lends elegance, and the Pinot Meunier picks up the slack as a workhorse grape. I find this interesting, as I really enjoy Pinot Meunier on its own. In fact, I think Domain Chandon might make one of the few Pinot Meunier-only wines available on our retail shelves.
Seth pretty much told us to just enjoy our samples while he talked
about Moët & Chandon and bubbly in general. I thought I'd touch on
some of the more interesting points he shared before I dive into our
review of the wines.
On to the wines. We tried three, all Moët & Chandon Non-Vintage. I enjoyed all three, but definitely preferred the second glass.
Rosé (Brut): According to Seth, this pink wine was the best of our three for food pairing, because the contact with the red grape skins (thus the pink) lends a little bit of tannins to the wine. This wine had some strawberries, light cherries, and a good texture.
Michelle: Kevin
Imperial (Extra Dry): You might know this wine as White Star. Until recently, it was known world-over as Imperial, except in the US. They changed the name domestically so that you could order your favorite sparkler by the same name, no matter where you land. I've always been a fan of White Star, er, Imperial. It has more of the dry, bread-y flavors I prefer in a good bubbly, and it's not very sweet.
Michelle & Kevin:
Nectar Imperial (Demi-Sec): This was by far the sweetest. I'm not a huge fan of sweet bubbly, so this one was my least favorite. I made a very unscientific observations at the Dessert & Champagne booth, however. I noticed this wine was being poured more frequently than the other bubblies and that it was almost always chosen by women. Seth noted that this wine pairs well with strong cheeses, such as cheddar, gouda, and chevre.
Michelle & Kevin:
The Dilly Cafe dinner (full menu) on Tuesday begins with a reception at 6:30 pm and dinner at 7 pm. Again, it's a Domain Chandon wine dinner, which is located in Napa and owned by Moët & Chandon. In fact, Domaine Chandon has a special place in my heart as the first winery I ever visited in Napa, back in 2004. There was no doubt in my mind that we were going to begin that trip with some sparkling wine. I recommend you give Domaine Chandon a try as well. You can RSVP by calling 513.561.5233.
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Cleetus Edward Arthur, 67, of Glendale Road, passed away early Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at his home after an eight-month illness.
Cleetus Edward Arthur, 67, of Glendale Road, passed away early Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at his home after an eight-month illness.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Freedom Missionary Baptist Church, where he attended, by Preacher Clyde Akers. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Denton.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home.
Cleetus was born Feb. 26, 1946, in Coffee County, Tenn., to Thomas Jefferson Arthur and Audrey Mae Lemmons Arthur. He was retired from PPG. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Charles Arthur and Cecil Arthur; and sister Wanda Evans.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Linda Brock Arthur of the home; sons Vincent Edwin Arthur and wife Becky of Denton and Cleetus Earl Arthur and wife Angela and Randy Travis Arthur, all of Lexington; daughters Malinda Marie Garren and husband Chad of Lexington and Margaret Angela Hensley and husband Donnie of Southmont; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brothers Redus Arthur and Leroy Arthur, both of Manchester, Tenn., and Clarence Arthur and wife Dot of Tullahoma, Tenn.; and sisters Mary Audrey of Winchester, Tenn., and Polly Ann Watson and husband Walter of Tullahoma, Tenn.
Memorials may be made to Freedom Missionary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1242, Lexington, NC 27293.
Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.


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Morris Louis (American, Baltimore 1912 - 1962 Washington, D.C.)
Feh, 1958
Signed in pencil, on back, upper left: M Louis no. 2-60
Acrylic on canvas
94 1/2 x 140 in. (247 x 355.6 cm)
Gift of Marcella Louis Brenner, 1969
Louis created Feh by pouring layer after layer of diluted acrylic paint on an unsized, unprimed canvas.1 By lifting, tipping, and folding the canvas, he stained the absorbent support with columns and
plumes of color. The tapering of the image towards the bottom corresponds to the direction of the poured paint.
Feh belongs to a series of large canvases in which transparent, striated waves of color suggest the movement and diaphanous, flowing qualities of hanging or draped veils.2 As a group, the works of 1957-58 are considered the first successful instance of Louis's characteristic idiom: a nongestural picture field of poured color, controlled both by the pull of gravity and by the painter's manipulation of the canvas.
As early examples of what Clement Greenberg termed "color-field" painting, Louis's veil series occupies a crucial position within the modernist account of postwar American painting. Color--abstracted color, or color in its purely "optical," two-dimensional function--was the principal term of Louis's achievement, for Greenberg and subsequent critics:
"Abandoning Cubism with a completeness for which there was no precedent...he began to feel, think and conceive almost exclusively in terms of open color. The revelation he received became an Impressionist revelation, and before he so much as caught a glimpse of anything by Still, Newman, or Rothko, he had aligned his art with theirs. His revulsion against Cubism was a revulsion against the sculptural. Cubism meant shapes, and shapes meant armatures of light and dark. Color meant areas and zones, and the interpenetration of these, which could be achieved better by variations of hue than by variations of value. Recognitions like these liberated Louis's originality along with his hitherto dormant gift for color."3
Louis learned the process of staining the canvas with thin washes of pigment from the abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928). At the same time, the veils' conception of painting as an expansive, flat, nonfigural field of paint drew on the example of Jackson Pollock's drip paintings.4 Michael Fried has discussed Louis's learning from Frankenthaler and Pollock in terms of the veils' peculiar presentation of "figuration," or the articulation of distinct configurations, without recourse to lines, edges, or contours denoting tangible things.5
Fried's visual description of the paintings' endlessly nuanced striations of hue and value is worth reviewing: "Louis discovered that if successive waves of thinned pigment, each a different color, were stained into a length of canvas, what was produced was a single, visually continuous configuration within which the individual configurations left by each wave in turn--or, perhaps more accurately, the limits of these configurations--were still visible. That is, by laying down wave on top of wave of liquid pigment, Louis literally put color into color--more precisely, color-configuration into color-configuration--so that, within the stained portion of any veil painting, the perception of a change in color, almost no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, indicates a transition between configurations....Even at their most salient, however, the limits of individual color-configurations are not experienced as though they were the edge of some kind of tangible thing; rather, one's eye is gripped and moved by an extraordinarily compelling continuity across them which divests them of tactile significance."6
What permits this sense of continuity is the gradual staining of the canvas, whose cotton fibers are utterly saturated with, and inseparable from, the transparent films of color. Louis would begin by pouring bright pigment (lime, pink, light blue, and yellow in Feh), in configurations suggesting flames, tongues, or plumes. The final wash of dark pigment gave a rich, "bronze" cast and chromatic unity to these configurations, while often superimposing a columnar format onto the flames and plumes "below"--this columnar effect is particularly evident in Feh.7 These bright colors dip and fall above the dark, horizontal "scrim" at the top of the image, and often peek out of the flamelike or columnar configurations as well, as is the case in the Oberlin canvas. Feh was titled posthumously by Louis's estate, which assigned a Hebrew letter to the many veil paintings that Louis had left untitled; towards the end of his life, Louis had titled two works of a later series with Greek letters.8
A. Kurlander
Born Morris Louis Bernstein in Washington, D.C., in 1912, Louis legally dropped his last name in 1938. He studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts in Baltimore, and then assisted in painting Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals in Baltimore public schools. Between 1936 and 1940, Louis lived in New York and attended the workshops of David Alfaro Siqueiros. In the early 1950s, Louis moved back to Washington, D.C., and devoted himself to developing a response to the New York School of abstract painters. After seeing the stained canvases of Helen Frankenthaler, Louis began to create a series of paintings using a similar technique. These large paintings, that form the core of Louis's oeuvre, are divided into groups: "veils" (1954), "veils II" (1958-59), "unfurled" (1959-61), and "stripes" (1961-62). After the artist's death in 1962, the critic Clement Greenberg named him a proponent of "post-painterly abstraction," in an exhibition of the same name held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1964.
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General References
Fried, Michael. Morris Louis. New York, 1971.
Headley, Diane Upright. Morris Louis: The Veil Cycle. Exh. cat., Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1977.
Weyl, Martin. Morris Louis. Exh. cat., Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1981.
Elderfield, John. Morris Louis. Exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986.
Collection Mrs. Marcella Louis Brenner, Chevy Chase, Maryland, by whom given in 1969
Seattle Art Museum, 1967. Morris Louis: Veils and Unfurleds. Exhibited, but not published.
Upright, Diane. The Paintings of Morris Louis: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York, 1985, no. 141, pl. 44.
Technical Data
The support is a plain cotton fabric, attached to a mitered, nine-member strainer. There is no ground of any kind beneath the paint.The acrylic paint was poured in thin washes. Towards the bottom, left of center, the paint is thicker than elsewhere; otherwise, the canvas appears "stained" rather than "painted." The painter folded the canvas (the fold is perceptible near the center of the work) to facilitate his manipulation of the canvas and direction of the poured paint in the course of making the work. The artist applied the brighter pigments first. The areas of pink, blue, lime, and yellow are readily visible on the reverse. Dark blue and/or black layer(s) was (were) applied after these brighter passages were dry. The canvas is unvarnished.
1. Louis was notoriously secretive about his technique; see Nehama Guralnik, Introductory Essay in Morris Louis (exh. cat., Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1981), pp. 6-7; and Diane Upright, Morris Louis: The Veil Cycle (exh. cat., Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1977), pp. 20-25.
2. Louis did not title these works either individually or as a group, and it is not clear when the term "veil" for Louis's works first came into general use. In his catalogue for the Louis memorial exhibition in 1963, Lawrence Alloway seems to suggest that the term "veil" was then applied to Louis's painting in general: "The words most often used, both by art critics and by journalists, about Louis's art [author's emphasis], are 'veils' and 'drapes.' The terms are apt, obvious even, not only because of the preservation of the canvas as part of the paint...but also because of the configuration of the paint trails. These are continuous and undulating. Like veils, the thin washes of color are continually overlaid, which produces a shifting density and a subtle, reserved, internal color relationship." Quoted from Morris Louis 1912-1962, Memorial Exhibition: Paintings from 1954 - 1960 (exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1963), unpaginated.
3. Clement Greenberg, "Louis and Noland," Art International 4, no. 5 (1960), p. 28; reprinted in Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism, ed. John O'Brien, vol. 4 (Chicago, 1986), p. 96.
4. Louis referred to Frankenthaler as "the bridge between Pollock and what was possible"; in James Truitt, "Art-Arid D.C. Harbors Touted 'New' Painters," The Washington Post, 21 December 1965, p. 20 (cited in Michael Fried, Morris Louis, 1912-1962 [exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1967], p. 11).
5. Michael Fried, Morris Louis, 1912-1962 (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1967), p. 11.
6. Michael Fried, Morris Louis, 1912-1962 (exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1967), p. 15.
7. See John Elderfield, Morris Louis (exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986), pp. 43-58, for an excellent chronology of the formal development of the veil paintings.
8. Diane Upright Headley, Morris Louis: The Veil Cycle (exh. cat., Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1977), p. 17.


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THE DELAYED award of a new contract for a firm to run the Shoebury to Fenchurch Street line has been put back – again.
The Government has been seeking bids from a range of companies the line for the line run by c2c for 15 years from September.
Rail operator c2c's last franchise expired in May, but it was allowed to continue running services while the Department for Transport delayed the awarding of a new franchise.
The first bidding process collapsed in 2012 after a legal wrangle over the West Coast line.
Today it has emerged that the Government has again delayed the awarding of the franchise – which has meant to start in September but now looks unlikely to be awarded until November.
Peter Slattery, chairman of the Southend Rail Travellers' Federation, said: "It seems like a bit of a farce, it's laughable.
"They put everything on hold for 18 months so they could sort out the whole system, then it was meant to be March of this year, then postponed again, they just seem to be opposed to making a decision.
"For customers it's going to mean the same train service as we've had. It does need improving, we would like minutes taken off so there's a faster service and we won't get that until the new franchise is awarded, but we can't complain too much as c2c is one of the best train operators in the country."
A c2c spokesman said the company would maintain its current level of service.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "I am determined that the next phase of this franchise will build on that success. By extending this contract, we are making sure that the best decision is made so that we can secure the best possible service for passengers in the future."
Companies believed to be in the running for the new franchise contract are c2c, FirstGroup, Abellio and the Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation.