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Serving Pacific Rim Thai food for over 20 years.
(315) 475-1111 / Reservations
Serving Pacific Rim Thai food for over 20 years.
(315) 475-1111 / Reservations
The Lemon Grass & Bistro Elephant Steakhouse have been committed to bringing innovative, fresh, and delectable Pacific Rim Thai food to our dedicated clientele for over 20 years!
First established in 1990 as The Authentic Thai Restaurant of Syracuse in Mattydale, we moved to Armory Square in downtown Syracuse four years later, changing our name to Lemon Grass. We have built a reputation as one of the best restaurants in the Central New York Region, winning Northeastern awards for food and international awards for our wine list. From our fresh spring rolls to our mouth watering curries and innovative desserts, the tongue becomes a palate and the dining experience becomes a memory. Owners Max and Pook Chutinthranond are proud to present their passion for fine cuisine. Enjoy!
When customers ask our servers what's good on our menu, we reply, "Everything!"
When customers ask our servers what's good on our menu, we reply, "Everything!"
For over a decade, the Lemon Grass has received an overwhelming amount of awards from the Wine Spectator, Maple Leaf Farms, Daily Orange Newspaper, and Syracuse News Times. The American Heart Association, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, and the Museum of Science and Technology have also rewarded us for our achievements with community interaction.
Wine Spectator Award
Best of Award of Excellence 1996–2006
Maple Leaf Farm
Restaurant of the Year of the Eastern Region 2000
Daily Orange Newspaper
Best Restaurant 2001
Best Dessert 2001
Syracuse New Times
One of the Best Asian Restaurants 1997–2002
Almost every year, the Lemon Grass gives back to the community by raising funds or donating money to the public.
Museum of Science and Technology,
July 2001—current, Host anually
Kay Marinich
Oncology Account Manager
Pharmaceutical Sales
"I wanted to let you know how sincerely appreciative I am of the outstanding service I received during my last dinner program at your restaurant. Our speaker was unable to make it due to bad weather. Quickly you responded by providing the necessary equipment for a live teleconference and adjusted the room to accommodate the change. You did so with complete attention to detail, professionalism and efficiency. This attitude is what I have consistently experienced during my many contacts with you and your fine restaurant over several years. The exquisite food, professional service, and delightful atmosphere are consistently of the very utmost quality, a rare find in the world of business today. Again, thank you so much."
Jacky Controy
CNS Representative
Sepracor Inc.
"Over the last five years, I have used Lemon Grass on numerous occasions to host our business functions. The food and service has always been superb. The convenience of having the built in AV equipment and the parking garage next door is also a draw for our company. We always know we're going to have a strong turn-out when we hold our business functions at the Lemon Grass."
Cliff Malzman
Cannon Recreation Corp.
"I have had the good fortune of enjoying cuisine from all over the world, and was first introduced to Lemon Grass in 1994. The experience then, as it is now, was truly exceptional. My company will almost use Lemon Grass for our discerning customers with an appreciation for great food complimented by a fine selection of excellent wines. I must say that there is no better personalized service in the whole city of Syracuse, which ultimately has me coming back for more."
Robert J. Gariapy
Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Specialized Packaging Group
"Having been to Thailand many times, I really appreciate how authentic the cuisine is at Lemon Grass. It's like being in Bangkok, but with superior ingredients and a while tablecloth."


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Pretty in a ruffled Anna Sui LBD
I thought Katherine's hair aged her a bit at this year's Academy Awards, but the red Valentino gown looks gorgeous on her.
Heigl proves that horizontal stripes can indeed be flattering in this very lady-like ensemble.
Katherine has been photographed several times with her Python "Maison" Valentino bag. The look on the left is perfect for a day of shopping...jeans, a black tee, striped Juicy Couture cardigan, and leopard Tory Burch flats. I love the belted over sized sweater worn with trousers on the right. I will try to recreate that look for work once it cools down here!
Missed the previous installments of "Style "Icon"? Read all about the personal style of Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Hathaway, and Lauren Conrad here.
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pssh: Run Command On Multiple SSH Serverslast updated in Categories Debian Linux, Download of the day, GNU/Open source, Howto, HP-UX, Linux, Linux distribution, Linux Log Management, Linux login control, Linux Scalability, Networking, OpenBSD, OS X, RedHat/Fedora Linux, Ubuntu Linux, UNIX
I've already written about tentakel tool and shell script hack to run a single command on multiple Linux / UNIX / BSD server. This is useful to save time and run UNIX commands on multiple machines. Linux.com has published an article about a new tool called pssh:
If you want to increase your productivity with SSH, you can try a tool that lets you run commands on more than one remote machine at the same time. Parallel ssh, Cluster SSH, and ClusterIt let you specify commands in a single terminal window and send them to a collection of remote machines where they can be executed.


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Software for Manufacturing
Striker Introduces Partshare Nesting Interface for Solid Edge
Striker Systems, White House, TN, a provider of sheetmetal CAD/CAM and nesting software, has released Partshare for Solid Edge. The add-in allows Solid Edge to share sheetmetal-manufacturing data with Striker Systems' nesting software.
From the Solid Edge environment, an individual part or entire assembly is extracted. Sheetmetal parts are automatically unfolded as necessary and placed into the Partshare nesting library. Critical manufacturing data—part number, revision level, routing information and material properties—are transferred with each part. Bend information is maintained to facilitate bend-line marking during CNC punching or cutting operations. Production nests can then be created interactively or automatically from any networked computer running Striker nesting software. The process minimizes data handling and reduces the risk of manufacturing error.Striker Systems: 800/950-7862; www.strikersystems.com
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AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's re-election campaign is seizing on a Facebook post by state Sen. Dan Patrick from two years ago in which Patrick praises Dewhurst and defends him against the title of moderate — an online thread that was deleted Monday and then reposted.
The post was written just days before the U.S. Senate primary between Dewhurst and Ted Cruz in 2012 — and Patrick doesn't endorse either candidate in it but makes clear that "the facts don't support the charge" that Dewhurst is a moderate.
"No matter how many times they are made," according to the Patrick post.
Patrick will face Dewhurst in a May 27 runoff to determine the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. He's cast himself as the "authentic conservative" in the race and has made it common practice to attack Dewhurst's leadership as Senate president.
Dewhurst's campaign says it started linking to the post and tweeting quotes from it on Monday, which resulted in Patrick's team scrubbing it from online existence hours later.
In a statement, Patrick's camp says the post was "deleted by a member of the campaign staff without permission. The post has since been restored."
"Dan Patrick supported David Dewhurst in 2012 but decided to run against him for Lt. Governor after the failures of the 2013 session," said Allen Blakemore, Patrick's top consultant.
A Dewhurst aide charged Patrick's campaign with "whitewashing history" and said the lieutenant governor is the "same effective, hardworking, conservative leader that Dan Patrick described in such glowing terms on his Facebook page two years ago."
A snippet of the Facebook post in question is below. Read the full post here (and here's a link to a separate post from 2012 in which Patrick praises Dewhurst's leadership in the Senate).
"In terms of my voting record, I am recognized as having the most conservative fiscal and social voting record in the Senate over my three sessions. I've cast over 13,000 votes and authored, co-authored, or sponsored over 100 conservative legislative bills.
David Dewhurst has supported me 98% of the time. Let me repeat that. David Dewhurst has supported my conservative agenda 98% of the time. That's not perfect, and nobody is perfect.
Lt. Governor Dewhurst helped me pass a tax cut of $172 million in 2009 for small business. In 2011 David worked endless hours with me to pass the sonogram legislation, the toughest in the nation and a pro-life landmark.
And despite Internet rumors to the contrary and accusations by his political opponents, the Senate did pass the TSA bill and the Sanctuary City bill in the special session in 2011.
And the Texas Senate led the fight passing Voter I.D. sending it to the House for final passage."


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Join Southern and our initiative to promote and conserve access to Off Road trails while we simultaneously enhance trail access at GMP for SFWDA Events by increasing the number of trails that can be tackled by everyday rigs.
This month on Saturday, August 23 we plan to work together with Southern members and assist the owners of Golden Mountain Park in Sparta, Tn. We will cut in access with saws and winches to several new trails in planning already by the property managers in cooperation with Southerns professional volunteers. If we have a large enough turn out we will also spend some time on the trails and common park areas to clean up trash and debris.
Brian Overly, Vice President of SFWDA is coordinating this initiative and will ensure that we get the job done on time. We're looking for volunteers to meet up Saturday morning at GMP on August 23rd at 9am to go over the plan and get blazing. There will be no admission fee during this event
We are requesting all volunteers to please call or email our Brian Overly to work out the logistics and get the details of the event in alignment. Brian can be reached at his shop Overly's Off Road M-F 9am-5pm @ 865-995-9800 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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Repatriation at the National Museum of Natural History
Repatriation is the process by which museums and other institutions transfer possession and control of Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian human remains, funerary objects, objects of cultural patrimony and sacred objects back to the tribes of origin. For the museums that comprise the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of the American Indian Act (NMAI Act), passed in 1989 and amended in 1996, governs repatriation. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), passed in 1990, directs repatriation for other U. S. institutions that receive federal funding.
About the Repatriation Office
The Repatriation Office was established in 1991 to implement the statutory requirements of the NMAI Act. This law and its amendment assert the right of Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian peoples to determine the disposition of culturally affiliated human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony currently in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Our policy (pdf file) also directs us to consider requests for the repatriation of the remains of Native American individuals whose identity is known, and objects acquired illegally. Repatriation at the National Museum of Natural History is intended to be a collaborative process, by which both staff and Native peoples work together to determine the future of human remains and cultural objects. To learn more about the collections subject to repatriation, visit the Collections pages.
Major Native American collections are at two separate Smithsonian museums: the National Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of the American Indian. The Repatriation Office represents the National Museum of Natural History for repatriation claims. Claims to the National Museum of the American Indian should be directly addressed to the Repatriation Program at the National Museum of the American Indian.
The Repatriation Office is located on the National
Mall, in the National Museum of Natural History building. Tribes
are encouraged to consider sending representatives to visit the museum
to discuss repatriation matters. Visits can be funded through grants
from the Repatriation Review Committee. To learn more about consultations,
and the repatriation process, visit the Consultation
and Repatriation pages. To find contact information for our staff, visit the Contact Us page.
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One of the primary tasks of the Repatriation Office at the National Museum of Natural History is to inventory and assess the cultural origins of collections potentially affiliated with contemporary Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian peoples in the United States and produce reports on these findings. Another of its principal functions is to respond to requests for information and/or requests for the return of human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony affiliated with Native groups. To learn more about the information contained in these inventories and repatriations reports, visit the Repatriation Reports pages.
The Repatriation Review Committee
The NMAI Act required that the Smithsonian establish a special committee to monitor the repatriation process. The committee is required to ensure fair and objective consideration of all relevant evidence, upon request of any affected party, review any findings of cultural affiliation, and facilitate the resolution of any dispute between the museum and tribes and between tribes concerning the repatriation of remains and objects. This external committee consists of seven members, two of whom are required by law to be traditional Native American religious leaders. Visit the Repatriation Review Committee website to learn more about it.
The Legacy of Repatriation
The museum maintains its anthropological collections and exhibits in order to cultivate understanding of and respect for cultures throughout the world, including those indigenous to the United States. While repatriation can be a relatively simple process resulting in the physical return of human remains and objects, it can also be the first step in establishing a close working relationship between Native peoples and the museum.
The National Museum of Natural History encourages Native communities to contact the museum and discuss repatriation or other issues relating to the collections. Through the repatriation process, the National Museum of Natural History hopes to develop new partnerships with Native communities that will lead to greater understanding and respect for the cultural heritage of Native peoples.
Culturally affiliated human remains
The legislation defines these as human remains with whom a demonstrable relationship of shared group identity can be shown to an existing federally recognized American Indian tribe, Alaska Native Village or Regional Corporation or Native Hawaiian organization, based on a preponderance of evidence.
Associated and Unassociated Funerary Objects
Funerary objects are items that, as part of the death rites of a culture, are believed to have been intentionally placed with an individual at the time of death or later. An object is considered to be "associated" if the human remains with which it was originally interred are present at the National Museum of Natural History.
Sacred Objects
These are specific ceremonial objects that are needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
Objects of Cultural Patrimony
An object having ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual Native American, and which, therefore, cannot be alienated, appropriated, or conveyed by any individual regardless of whether or not the individual is a member of the Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization and such object shall have been considered inalienable by such Native American group at the time the object was separated from such group.
Remains of Individuals whose Identity is Known
The return of the remains of named individuals to lineal descendants was an established priority for the National Museum of Natural History, even prior to the passage of the NMAI Act. This policy continues to be in effect. Very few of the individuals whose remains are in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History are known by name.
Objects Acquired Illegally
In accordance with long-standing Smithsonian policy, the National Museum of Natural History may repatriate any materials acquired by or transferred to the National Museum of Natural History illegally or under circumstances that render invalid the Museum's claim to them.


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Meredith Music Festival 2012: hot fun in the summertime
It was the year an 83 year old saxophonist almost stole the show from the likes of Grimes, Tame Impala, Regurgitator, Spiritualised, Primal Scream, Turbonegro and the feverishly anticipated return of Australian legends the Sunnyboys. See photo essays of the action from three days of the Meredith Music Festival.
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The 22nd Meredith Music Festival began with the almost customary forecast of extreme weather; an expected 35 degree heatwave on the Saturday with a promised cold change that could mean anything from a temperature drop to a howling squall.
The two and a half day festival had again sold out months in advance, with some 12,000 punters descending upon the Nolan family farm to set camp and see the newest, latest and greatest of live acts selected to play the single stage 'Supernatural Ampitheatre' amidst the gum and pine trees.
Content warning: image galleries contain nudity
The same principles of the weekend continued as ever, with some minor changes: this year the annual running of the Meredith Gift would be a distance event, up and around the Ampitheatre, rather than the short sprint for the nude or underpanted.
It was a year for diversity; Syrian singer Omar Souleyman delivered traditional Arabic folk music to electro dance beats, Swedish death punks Turbonegro roared and taunted the crowd, while English acts Primal Scream and Spiritualised retro-fitted the 90s sound and beatbox king Rahzel and Rock Steady Crew DJ JS01 continued a Meredith tradition of scorching hip-hop performances on scorching Saturday afternoons.
The Meredith dedication to the celebration of fine Australian rock'n'roll was passionately maintained, with newer acts Fraser A Gorman and the Toot Toot Toots introducing their style of alternately rhythmic and raucous country rock to the crowd, Tame Impala returned five years after their debut at the Golden Plains Festival as hugely popular headliners, and Regurgitator re-stated their beloved reputation as one of the best live acts across two decades.
For many old enough to have owned (or taped) vinyl copies of the hits Alone With You and Happyman, the return of the Sunnyboys some 22 years after they'd called it a day for their first re-union gig was worth the price of admission alone.
But then along came Big Jay McNeely.
A man whose first hit was in 1949, who'd ridden the wave of wild rhythm and blues through the 1950s into the revolution of rock and roll, before giving it all away for a decade to become a postie before being brought back to find new audiences in love with his music had returned to Australia, some 22 years after his last visit.
Not only had few heard of him when he started playing on saturday afternoon, they couldn't see him - while the band swung into it on stage he had walked out into the middle of the crowd on the hill, announcing himself with a honking solo, walking down to the crowd barrier - and then leading the entire audience in a giant singalong to the Ray Charles hit I Can't Stop Loving You.
A set of classic 50s r'n'b, boogie blues, hilarious interludes and his 1949 hit Deacon's Hop had the crowd cheering wildly and raising their shoes in the strange custom that only happens at Meredith.
A flawless set from the Sunnyboys; a huge performance from Tame Impala, a rollicking ride with Big Jay McNeely, a power packed set from the 'Gurge - and it wasn't even Saturday night yet
With so much great music across the weekend one person to truly stand out from the stage was American comedian and actor JB Smoove, the host for the Sunday lunch slot and MC for the running of the Meredith Gift.
After introducing himself with a DVD compilation of his funniest moments in the TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm, he took to the stage and immediately made himself at home with the crowd and invited someone to come up and do their best impression of his TV role - to which the first volunteer to come up on stage delivered so well JB gave him the tour t-shirt off his back.
JB's interest in the curiosities of Australian life was about to get more intense, as Sunady afternoon brought the running of the Gift.
As Melbourne psychedelic garage act the Murlocs played, a small group gathered under a tree to undress, paint numbers on themselves and be informed of the few rules.
Both men's and women's heats were run, with the final a mixed gender affair, with the final titles taken out by a 10-time competitor and a four-time competitor, leading some to think there are some traditions that are more difficult to take on than others.
See the photo essays for Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the full story.
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Eric Kronenthal necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 102 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
Sigma Solutions, Inc. (http://www.sigmasolinc.com) is introducing a new network monitoring appliance based on the SolarWinds Orion software product (http://www.solarwinds.com). The product is STATlight.
Sigma Solutions, Inc. is looking for a logo to use on marketing slicks, commericals and other publicity material including http://www.statlight.com. You can learn about Sigma Solutions at http://www.sigmasolinc.com. STATlight can be broken down to mean:
STAT refers to status in this case. Light is more-or-less akin to view. Connotation is that this device gives one a view or sheds light on the status of the network.
Here is the text of the press release:
San Antonio, TX. Sigma Solutions, Inc. announces today the introduction of the STATlight network appliance designed to greatly ease the daily monitoring of NetFlow by network administrators. Today's advanced network environments, for many entities, are incredibly complex, and keeping those networks performing optimally is a challenge for most network administrators. STATlight is a unique device comprised of SolarWinds network tools and software, a Sun advanced 1U server platform, other software packages, and proprietary software code written by Sigma Solutions that when combined and optimized delivers an extremely fast and scalable solution to monitor networks; alerting administrators when system problems occur. STATlight is a plug-and-play device ready for installation and use after powering up for the first time. STATlight comes preconfigured to handle up to 8000 elements in a 1U space, has a 3TB window of NetFlow data, and sees no performance degradation even when rendering time-based graphs on collected NetFlow data.
Sigma offers classroom or onsite training on the use of SolarWinds software and the device. Sigma also offers single point of contact via a help desk support line for the device, the operating system, SolarWinds software, and database questions making the network administrator's job easier. For more information please visit http://www.statlight.com or call 1-800-567-5964.
Open too almost anything at this time. Our scheme at http://www.sigmasolinc.com should not box you in. Please feel free to use other colors, fonts and designs. The new logo should incorporate the following themes: network, monitoring, appliance, easy, alerting, performance and compact
The logo should look good small (letterhead) and large (convention booth banner)
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A supplier of anti-lock braking system (ABS) control modules was competing for a contract to supply the braking system for a newly designed hybrid vehicle. The vehicle manufacturer specified that the new design had to be cycle tested at several different pressures. This was a normal specification, but one of the test pressures had to be only 15 psi, with a tolerance of ±1 psi.
The ABS supplier's existing cycle testing machine could only maintain a pressure accurately down to around 75 psi. It incorporated a proportionally controlled pressure reducing valve and a pressure transducer to provide a feedback signal to close the control loop.
The supplier's designers researched various proportional pressure controls but could not find any brand that could meet their 15 psi needs. A consultant spent some time looking into the design and recommended using a bleed-off system incorporating a directly operated relief. However, this circuit was unreliable and sensitive to temperature changes and pressure spikes.
Any idea how this problem was solved?
Solution to problem:
Pressure reducing valves require a minimum pressure differential across their ports to operate properly. This differential pressure required by most valves limits the minimum pressure they can obtain and hold accurately. The ABS supplier needed an unusually low pressure of 15 psi — far below the minimum 75 psi they could maintain with their current system.
Aside from its inability to accurately work at pressures down to 15 psi, the testing system was well designed and reliable. We suggested they just add a 65 psi check valve in line after the pressure reducing valve's outlet to provide an additional pressure drop, thereby reducing the outlet pressure to the needed 15 psi. Such a simple idea, but it did the trick!


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Welcome to the Website for
The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh
The Royal Welsh is Wales's infantry regiment. It has inherited a distinguished military tradition from its predecessors: The Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Foot) and The Royal Regiment of Wales (formerly the 24th, 41st and 69th Foot - and later the South Wales Borderers, Welch Regiment and Monmouthshire Regiment). Although, in some respects, the story only began on 1st March 2006 when The Royal Welsh was formed, its history reaches back to the year 1689 when the 23rd and 24th Regiments of Foot were first raised.
In over 320 years of service, the Regiment has gained 244 Battle Honours and 43 of its soldiers have received The Victoria Cross. It has been involved in many significant events in British military history.
The Regiment today has strong links with Wales and its people, which gives it a distinct flair and esprit de corps. This website can only give an introduction to The Royal Welsh's rich history and its soldiers. The Regimental Museum in Brecon tells this story in greater detail. Opened in 1935 it is recognised as one of finest regimental museums in Britain. Come and see us.
Gwell Angau na Chywilydd - Better Death than Dishonour


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Well the Exotic dial Rolex Daytona owned by actor Paul Newman that led to the watch being known as the Paul Newman Daytona (Even by Rolex) has surfaced & will be auctioned in New York in the Autumn.
Last month a Ref:6062 owned by the last emperor of Vietnam the Bao Dai sold for just over $5,000,000.
There is speculation the Paul Newman Daytona could double that!
Found: Paul Newman's Paul Newman Daytona, Seriously
The story of how it left Mr Newman's ownership say's a lot about the man I think.
Must have been a great bloke.


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Two separate product recalls have been issued for some Tesco slow cookers and various packs of Kettle Chips.
Tesco shoppers have been warned of a product recall on slow cookers which may present a "risk of electric shock."
The supermarket said it is recalling the 3.0Litre and 5.5Litre Slow Cooker after they identified that on a very small number of units, the plug may unexpectedly break, exposing live parts – posing a risk of electric shock.
The product recall said: "As a precautionary measure, we are recalling affected model numbers fitted with KDJ plugs from customers. No other Tesco products are known to be affected.
"If you have an affected slow cooker please stop using it immediately.
"Please return the affected product to store where a full refund or replacement will be given. No receipt is required."
The products affected are ones sold between July 1, and December 31, 2015 fitted with 'KDJ' brand Plugs, model numbers SCSS12 / SCSS13.
Model number information can be located on the white label attached to the base of the slow cooker.
KDJ plugs can be identified by the letters KDJ printed between the two base pins on the plug.
If you require further details contact the Customer Services directly on UK 0800 505 555 or ROI 1850 744 844
A large amount of Kettle Chips crisps are being recalled by the manufacturer as they may contain sharp pieces of plastic.
Kettle Foods Ltd has identified that a very limited number of bags of Kettle Chips products, all with a best before date of 28th May 2016, which may contain pieces of plastic that are similar in appearance to the crisps.
The products in question are:
* Kettle Chips Lightly Salted 150g
* Kettle Chips Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar 40g
* Kettle Chips Mature Cheddar & Red Onion 40g
* Kettle Chips Lightly Salted Multipack (5 x 30g)
* Kettle Chips Lightly Salted 30g
As a precautionary measure, the company is asking customers not to eat the product and to contact the manufacturer for a full refund.
A Kettle Foods Ltd spokesperson said: "As a precautionary measure, customers are being asked not to eat the product and to contact Kettle Foods for a full refund. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank our customers in advance for their cooperation.
"Customer satisfaction is of paramount importance to Kettle Chips and we take any issue concerning our product very seriously. We pride ourselves on outstanding quality and are currently investigating the situation internally."
If you have any of the products referred to return the empty pack for a full refund including postage, together with your name and address to: Kettle Foods Ltd, Barnard Road, Norwich NR5 9JP
If more information is required, call the Freephone number: 0800 616996.
A supermarket chain has recalled a number of its Camembert products due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
Sainsbury's has taken steps to recall products containing Camembert with 'use by' dates up to and including 6 March 2016 after detecting low levels of the bacteria in some of its products.
Listeria monocytogenes can cause foodborne illness, with pregnant women, young children, those with weakened immune systems and anyone over 60 years old particularly at risk.
Sainsbury's Taste the Difference French Camembert Cheese 250g, Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Baking Camembert Cheese 250g and Sainsbury's Camembert Pays 250g have all been affected by the recall.
A Sainsbury's spokesperson said: "Routine testing of our Taste the Difference Camembert has detected extremely low levels of listeria in a very small number of samples. Although the recall of this product is purely precautionary and the product is not presently unsafe, we are asking customers not to eat it and to return their purchase to their nearest Sainsbury's for a full refund.
"As an extra precaution, we have also chosen to recall two other products made by the same supplier. We apologise for any inconvenience caused."
Customers are advised not to consume the product. Instead, affected products should be returned to a Sainsbury's store for a full refund.
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Yunnan or Yun-nan (both: yün´nän) [south of the clouds], province (2010 pop. 45,966,239), c.162,000 sq mi (419,600 sq km), SW China. It borders Myanmar on the west and Laos and Vietnam on the south. Kunming is the capital. The average altitude is c.6,500 ft (1,980 m). The eastern half of the province is a limestone plateau with karst scenery and unnavigable rivers flowing through deep mountain gorges; the western half is characterized by mountain ranges and rivers running north and south. These include the Thanlwin and the Mekong. The rugged, vertical terrain produces a wide range of flora and fauna, and the province has been called a natural zoological and botanical garden.
Yunnan has a mild climate with balmy and fair weather, but although the growing period is long, there is little arable land. Agriculture is restricted to the few upland plains, open valleys, and terraced hillsides. Rice is the main crop; corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, soybeans (as a food crop), tea, sugarcane, tobacco, and cotton are also grown. On the steep slopes in the west livestock is raised and timber is cut (teak in the southwest). Yunnan's chief source of wealth, however, lies in its vast mineral resources. It is the country's leading tin producer; other deposits include iron, coal, lead, copper, zinc, gold, mercury, silver, antimony, and sulfur.
China is constructing a series of dams on the Mekong to develop it as a waterway and source of power; the first was completed at Manwan in 1993. Road and railroad traffic has been recently improved, and Kunming is now a transportation center; an important railroad runs from Kunming to Hanoi, Vietnam, while transportation to Myanmar is maintained by the Burma Road.
There are many minority groups in Yunnan. From ancient times the Chinese invaders gradually pushed the aboriginal tribes into mountain localities, where today, retaining their distinct languages and culture, they populate eight autonomous districts. The Miao, Yao, Lolo, Lao, Shan, Thai, and Lisu are some of the larger tribes; there is also a considerable Tibetan minority. Yunnan Univ. is in Kunming.
Separated by rugged mountains from the central authority in N China, Yunnan for centuries remained independent. In 1253 it was conquered by the Mongols of the Yüan dynasty, which destroyed the Thai kingdom of Nan Chao established there. Yunnan passed to the Manchus in 1659 and became a province of China under the control of the central government. It was the scene of a great Muslim revolt (1855–72). It was a major center of Chinese resistance in World War II, and in 1950 it passed to Communist control.


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As most readers by now realize I love horror movies. The problem is that over the past few years there have been so few that I've enjoyed. It seems like these days almost all horror films are remakes or sequels. If they are original they turn out to be more along the lines of horror porn than horror film. Then on occasion you find someone who loves horror movies as well and makes them for that audience. Director James Wan is one of those directors.
Wan's career took off with the first SAW film. While many might think this was the first in the horror porn genre (so named because films in that category dwell more on gory realistic effects than anything else like a story) it actually had more story to it than many movies being released at the time. He then made DEAD SILENCE, a creepy film that featured a ventriloquist dummy in the most terrifying manner. And now Wan has turned lose INSIDIOUS.
The film opens with a family moving into a new house. Mom Renai (Rose Byrne) writes music in her spare time while juggling taking care of three kids. Father Josh (Patrick Wilson) is a teacher. Both are trying to turn this new home into something special. Instead they find something terrifying.
Shortly after moving in their oldest son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) is lured to the attic by a mysterious force and then falls from a ladder. The next morning Dalton is in a comatose state and the doctors are clueless as to why. Three months later there is no change in Dalton but there is in the house. Something evil lurks there, creeping along in the shadows and seen only by Renai. The visitations increase until she convinces Josh that they need to move, which they do.
At their new house things seem brighter and more modern. But the visitations continue, increasing in strength and length. It is at this time that Josh' mother Lorraine (Barbara Hershey) suggests that a friend of hers come over. Elise (Lin Shaye) is a psychic of sorts who sends her crew in first to check the place out and see if it's legit or not. Sort of a bumbling duo that seems like a spoof of the numerous ghost hunting shows these days, the two find evidence and call Elise in.
After a quick examination of the house, Elise confirms that they do indeed have a problem. But she also points out that it isn't the house or the previous house that are haunted. It's their son, Dalton. Now before someone accuses me of dropping a spoiler on them know that this was seen in the film's trailer.
What happens next, the visions that are seen and the attempt to rescue Dalton make for a visually frightening film. Add to it a twist that most won't see coming (I didn't) and you have a story on hand that should offer a few nightmares to some and a reason to check the windows at night to others.
Wan occasionally uses the old bag of tricks with jump scenes where something pops up out of nowhere. Once in a while the music suddenly blares to let the audience know to pop up out of their seats. But he doesn't rely solely on these tricks to make us scared. He leads us along with an actual story that draws us in, makes us care and eventually has us rooting for this family. Telling a story that scares us, using visuals and not just jump scenes takes an accomplished director and I see that in Wan.
The acting turned in here is great. It wasn't until after I sat for a while when the movie was over that I realized we had so little background info on some of these characters. But it didn't matter. They were all played so well that they became believable and you worry more about them than whether or not the actor is doing a good job.
Visually this movie is as clean as you can get. Starting with shots in an older home with an attic to a newer more suburban home, both offer some scary shots and scenes that will stick with you. Most horror films shot at night or in the dark tend to go overboard and you can't see what you're supposed to be looking at. Not so with this film, one that hides what needs hidden and yet lets you feel like you're there.
As I said, I love horror films. I actually can't recall the last time one made me lose sleep though and this one probably won't do that as well. But it did give me a few scares. And it is one I'll gladly watch again. I never once found myself looking at the clock wondering when it would end. Instead I enjoyed it for the thrill it provided and my guess is you will as well.


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Translation of Tante Sonye's briv
Written by: Sophie Horn (nee Proger [Prager])
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Aunt Sophie Horn (nee Proger [Prager]) was born in 1900
in Grebenki, Ukraine (58.2 km SSW of Kiev),
and died in 1968 in Brooklyn, New York.
May her soul rest in Peace.
In 1962, when my wife Barbara and I were living in London (at 23 Sinclair Gardens, London W14 [Shepherds Bush]), we wrote to Tante Sonye (Aunt Sophie) and asked her to write down all that she could recall about her family, the Progers (Pragers), and her shtetl Rebinke (Grebenki). On 18 October 1962 (from her home at 341 Remsen Avenue, Brooklyn 12, NY), Tante Sonye sat down and wrote a sixteen-page letter in Yiddish in which she tried to satisfy our request. (Leonard Prager)
18 October 1962
Dearest Leonard and Barbara:
We received your dear letter and read it with much joy and with many tears -- with joy and pride in having a nephew who is interested in us and in our former life across the sea, and with tears that your dear parents are not alive to share your letter with, for it would have given them much pleasure. An hour, a day does not pass that I do not think of them. Your father was always a devoted brother to me and your mother a devoted sister. Their joys were mine and their sorrows were also mine. And the reverse was also true -- my joys and sorrows were theirs.
I now suffer much grief because of Uncle Dave's sad situation. If your parents were alive I could bear this a lot more easily; as it is, I am alone and I don't know what to think. He still has work but business is slack; he fears he may be laid off after Christmas and he knows no other work. Receiving unemployment compensation will reduce his social security. He needs to work two and a half more years since his papers give his age as two years older than he really is. Moreover, he can receive unemployment compensation for only a few months. My mind gives me no rest as to what will happen afterwards. He doesn't want to trouble me and asks me not to worry, assuring me that nobody dies of hunger. (1)
I shall try to answer your questions about our shtetl in the old country and about the family I once had. Certainly I would have had more patience ten years ago and together with your parents could have written an entire book. I shall now begin.
Rebinke was a small shtetl [text: shtetele] with 100 Jewish families. It was surrounded by villages of Christians where Jews were forbidden to live. Rebinke was in the Province of Kiev and was located 60 verst (= miles) from Kiev on one side and on the other side was the lovely Jewish town of Byela-Tserkov [literally 'White Church'] which the Jews called Shvartstime ['Black Pollution'], where we used to buy shoes, clothing, furniture and everything we needed and could afford. My father, may he rest in peace, was born in Rebinke. He had five sisters, all older than him. He was the baby of the family [text: mezinik, 'the last child to be married off'] and his name was Shmuel. His parents, having finally been blessed with a kaddish, were extremely fond of him and instead of calling him Shmuel, called him Tonile-Tosile and everyone called him Tosi and no one knew his name was Shmuel. (2)
My father, may he rest in peace, had a very good mind and he wanted to study [gevolt lernen]. The greatest rabbis were his teachers, for there was no yeshiva near us; and he also studied with great Russian teachers. When he married my mother he had rabbinical ordination [original: smikhes rabones (= semichat rabanut)] and could also be a bookkeeper, that is an accountant. My father was nineteen years old when he married. His mother, Sore-Feyge, had lived to see him engaged but died before he married. My grandfather was named Moti-Ber. My mother, Brokhe, who was called Broshke, was eighteen when she married. (3) She came from a shtetl near Barditshev, where she had completed gymnasium. She knew Hebrew very well and she was a remarkable beauty. None of her children resembled either her or my father, who was also very handsome. In all the years we lived in Rebinke they were highly respected.
There wasn't a single woman as educated as my mother: whenever some one needed a letter written or an appeal or petition to Tsar Nikolai, my mother wrote it. In the synagogue she showed the women the place in the prayer book and helped them follow the cantor during the service [i.e. she was the zogerke] and everyone idolized her. My father had a sister who was married to a rabbi in Pittsburgh [PA]. When I arrived in America he was no longer alive. My aunt was still living and I was invited to stay with her for a week. Her daughters told me that when my mother arrived in Rebinke, where they lived then, she taught them how to read and write Yiddish and Russian and how to say their prayers [davenen] and they told me many good things about my parents.
Of course, you remember that we have a cousin, Ite, in San Francisco. She too told me that my mother had taught her everything she knew. Her mother was my father's sister and she lived in the second house from ours. Since there were twelve children in their house it was not possible to send them to school. My mother had someone watch her own children and invited the others into our house a few at a time and taught them and they thought the world of her. All the parents with children in America or sons in the Russian army came to my mother to write letters for them. She never accepted money, but when Christians asked her to write for them they often brought a few pounds of potatoes. This was worth a great deal to them, since it was very hard to earn a livelihood.
In Rebinke we lived in the house which had been my grandfather's. It was a very old house. It took quite a few years before my father rebuilt it somewhat and added two rooms. We owned an inn. Rebinke lay on the road to Kiev and drivers with their horses and wagons would stop and spend the night. We had place for the horses and wagons under a roof and we also had room for the people to sleep -- not a great deal of room, but enough for those who spent the night. Every two weeks there was a large market day in Rebinke, to which would be brought all kinds of merchandise and cattle, horses, sheep, pigs. People from many towns would come to buy. At such times our inn was packed full, but in the intervening weeks it was not full, and in this manner we supported ourselves. To make life a bit easier, my parents always managed to have their own cow.
Your father was sent to school, because he wanted to learn Russian subjects, in addition to what he learned in the Jewish kheyder. Jews were practically never admitted to the school. Perhaps as many as five Jewish children were admitted. Some years later when I was growing up, when your father had long left school, I was with the utmost difficulty and effort also admitted. School meant public [i.e. elementary] school with one year of high school and no more [i.e., seven years of schooling]. Upon completing this schooling your father and I had private tutors.
I don't recall how old your father was when he went to work in your mother's father's dry goods store, which is where he learned that business. He was still quite young and your mother was seven years younger, indeed a little girl. I don't know how long he worked there. But I do remember that he went to work in another store which was bigger and richer. And when your mother wasn't quite eighteen she and your father became engaged, and two years later, in 1916, they were married. I shall leave the subject of your parents now and return to them later.
Your Uncle Sam [Shimke] and another brother of mine, Sholem, were older than me. But they didn't want to continue school beyond the kheyder -- perhaps because, young as they were, they had to earn a livelihood. Life was hard. There were six of us children at home. My mother had eleven children, five of whom died very young. When at age fourteen I completed the Rebinke school, my parents tried to continue my education with the help of private tutors. At age fifteen I was teaching other children and thereby earning enough money to buy my clothes.
Your Uncle Dave was quite young when World War One broke out. Studying was hard for him and he had no patience for it, he just didn't want to go to school. When he became a bar-mitsve [Hebrew: bar-mitsva 'thirteen years old'], he was apprenticed to a tradesman in Kiev. He liked business very much. Now I return to the subject of your parents.
After their wedding, your father started his own dry goods business with the money from the dowry your grandfather [i.e. my mother's father -- L.P.] had given him and the business went pretty well. Not long after that your Uncle Sam, though still very young, also opened a dry goods store. I stopped giving lessons and together with my parents waited on customers. Life became a lot better, but unfortunately this good period did not continue. The Bolshevik Revolution took place in 1917 and Russia had a series of different governments. First there was Kerensky, but the Bolsheviks didn't want him and while the two sides fought one another, the Germans took over our part of the Ukraine, routing both sides and establishing order. They stayed only seven months and we liked them very much, but after seven months they had to leave the Ukraine. Then various groups fought to wrest power from the Bolsheviks. There were Petlura's bands and Denikin's bands and their first aim was always to murder the Jews. I cannot tell the complete story, so let me try to summarize.
When the bands had routed the Bolsheviks from the Ukraine, they started to rob Jewish stores and homes and to kill Jews. We had to leave everything and run away to hide among good Christians. Just to save our lives we hid in cellars, in attics [oyf di boydems] and under wooden grave markers [hiltserne matseyves] in cemeteries. During the period that we lay hidden and they could not find us, they killed many Jews and burned down all the houses. When they left Rebinke and went on, the good Christians who had saved our lives let us know that we could come out of our hiding places. The shtetele being reduced to ashes and there being nothing to return to, our good Christian friends gave us bread and we walked the eighteen miles to Byela-Tserkov. The situation of the Jews there was the same. During the day things were quieter but at night they [the pogromists] would break into Jewish homes and beat and kill and steal the few pairs of shoes and such belongings that still remained.
At that time we had money buried in the yard in Rebinke. My father, may he rest in peace, risking his life, disguised himself as a peasant and traveled to Rebinke to recover the money. Luckily he succeeded and he bought a house and we had a roof over our heads. This was right after Sukes [Sukkot 'Feast of Booths'] and at that time a flu epidemic broke out. People died like flies. We were all sick. In the course of six weeks we lost our parents, my twenty-two year old brother Sholem, my fourteen-year old sister Rokhl and your parents' first child, the two-year old Zalmen. I am not able to describe what we survivors endured.
In mid-winter of 1920 the Bolsheviks drove out the Denikin bands and life was a little easier. But there was no way to earn a living. Almost all the Jews stood in the market with trays trying to sell soap, matches, cigarettes and candy to the peasants. Every two weeks your parents traveled with goods to the Rebinke market-fair. And thus we eked out a livelihood until May when the Poles entered the Ukraine and the Bolsheviks retreated. Now we again suffered greatly, since the Poles always hated the Jews, called us all Bolsheviks and Communists and sought our death. They stayed a whole summer, until the Bolsheviks chased them out and regained control of the Ukraine. Soon after that summer, on October 15, my Aunt Golde and her children and I left for America.
I'll tell you what followed when I see you. I don't have the patience to write. We lived through so much that I feel as though I am three hundred years old. All that we went through is no imagined dream. Enough. Writing this has not improved my health. Your devoted Aunt Sophie and Uncle Harry wish you and Barbara good health. Bea and Herb and their children send warm regards. Leonard, don't lose this letter. Perhaps, generations from now, someone may be interested in Yiddish and may want to read the original.
[Aunt Sophie]
1) Uncle Dave was worried over all his life by his sister and brothers, but Uncle Dave outlived them all by a great many years -- he died in Philadelphia several years ago aged over 90. In his last years he devoted much of his time and energy to helping immigrants from the Soviet Union find their way in their new homes. A reluctant student in his youth, he remembered enough Russian and Ukrainian in his old age to help newcomers. [L.P.] Return to text
2) What is the origin of the name Tosi and why did everyone use it even when Shmuel was a grown and highly respected adult? Meyer Wolf [private communication] has come up with the most likely explanations so far -- he looks to Slavic. He writes: The problem with Tonile-Tosile is in knowing just what it is. For instance, it may reflect some childish pronunciation of a not-very-remarkable word where t was substituted for k. On the other hand, it sounds like a common proverbial expression from Ukrainian of the form to ..., to ... ' the ..., the ...er'. Or the -ile may represent the East Slavic diminutive ending -ula. Tosi itself means 'clapping' or 'the sound of clapping' in Ukrainian babytalk. In Yiddish, Tonye is hypochoristic for daughter. Given how he was welcomed into a family of five daughters, a name signifying clapping of hands in merriment seems appropriate. Meyer Wolf adds that The name that is usually spelled antoshe in Yiddish is actually antosye in much of Ukrainian Yiddish, pronounced /antosi/ with or without palatalization of the /s/. So Tonile-Tosile might be a double diminutive: tonile < [an]ton + ile, tosile < [an]to[n]si + ile. Ironically, the name Tosi is found in Yiddish literature in a most surprising context: the teller of Mendele Moykher Sforim's Yidl refers to Mefisto (= Mephistopheles, Satan) as Tosi (Part One, Chapter 12). [L.P.] Return to text
3) It is through this remarkable woman of storied beauty, intellect and character that we possess our only traceable genealogy. Brokhe (Hebrew: Brakha) was a member of the Berlin family in a line of distinguished rabbis extending at least as far back as the Bal HaToysfes [Baal Ha-Tosefot 'the annotator'], Rabbi Elkhanan Berlin, head of the rabbinical court [Av Bet Din] of Berlin in the eighteenth century. The genealogist of the family is Allen Greenberg [husband of Marilyn nee Ruthizer, a Berlin descendant], who may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com [L.P.] Return to text
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Chennai, India, July 23, 2013 - The General Council of the Volleyball Federation of India passed a resolution to name the Regional Development Centre in Chennai, India in memory of former President, the late Padmashri Dr. B. Sivanthi Adityan.
Dr. Adityan, widely regarded as the godfather of Indian volleyball, was responsible for bring the Development Centre to Chennai for its efficient running. Naming the Centre after him is an appropriate recognition of his services to the development of volleyball in India and the Asian region in general.
He first became an FIVB Board of Administration member in 1984 after he was voted in at the FIVB World Congress in Long Beach, Los Angeles and was then elected as FIVB Executive Vice-President in the FIVB World Congress held in Tokyo in 1998. His last appearance came at the 2012 Congress in Anaheim where he received the honour of being named an Honorary Executive Vice-President.
During his time with the FIVB Dr. Adityan was an FIVB Executive Committee member, member of numerous FIVB Commissions, President of the Volleyball Federation of India, Life President of the India Olympic Association and Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
The International Olympic Committee presented him with the Sports and Study Award in 1987 and in 1995 the IOC conferred on him the Olympic Order of Merit for his contributions to sports and education in India.


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I had an amazing race. Simply put, I couldn't wish for a better day, and even my dramatic finish was well belonged right there, right then.
In fact, this trip "home", to my sweet Portland of Oregon, was a highlight of all trips. And I don't even think it's because how it all fell together, but more so where I am. With every passing year, every visit, I get to a next, more solid place, in my life, where I feel more assured, more contempt, yet more bold and assertive, and just in my own skin. Couple it with fantastic weather I happen to always somehow experience when I fly over, and amazing, absolutely best ever friends I ever had, and the crowd that makes me feel most loved ever - and it was paradise and heaven in one wrapping paper.
Thursday night sleep was non-existent, as I landed at midnight, picked up the car, drove to my good Russian friend Anna, and by the time dinner and little chat was over, it was 2 am, which is 4 am my time and about to get up - so I never fell asleep. But at 5 am I was meeting Ronda and Amy for a little run in Forest Park and a lot of coffee and conversation...
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And we were off. (All race photos are courtesy of Long Run Pictures).
It was a beautiful day, 50's at the start, just reaching 80F by 2 pm. Sunny gorgeous day, that treated with amazing views at the top of the Maze climb, Old Growth forest, single track intermittent with some fire roads, soft footing, gliding opportunities, climbs that leave your hamstring and butt screaming and downhills that make quads shaky-jelly. And oh, did I take on those ups and downs! They are my favorite! I power-hiked like there is no tomorrow, and flew down yelling as I was coming by on a single track "Sorry, but I missed it so much!" non-stop. I realized I will pay the price, but my body remembered how to do it, and I wasn't about to disappoint it.
I had a goal. Well, realistically, my "pace chart" on the bottle said 6:25, but Ronda laughed me off and encouraged to shoot sub-6. Secretly, I wanted sub-6 as well, but decided not to re-do the chart so I don't get mentally wrapped up and disappointed. We don't have 7,300 feet of climb and same for descend in 2+ mile stretches in Texas! How would I know if I could?
But I tried, boy, did I have fun trying! As Ronda put it, lets have a race, not a run, and push, and breathe hard, and work, and not let up! We were together until about half-way, and it was so awesome to know she is right there, working with me and not letting me slack. When I saw a milder grade, I'd break into a shuffle and tell myself "Ronda is running it". Run she did!
Dimple AS at mile 18 came and left, and I felt a twinge in my calf. Uh-oh! I knew I was totally solid on salt, and drinking full bottle between each AS (approximately an hour apart) - so if a little less water than I would have wanted, then not by much. I was fueling on the clock, as for the knee...well, it was taped, had a strap on, and lets just say I had consumed 7 Ibuprofen in 6 hr run - I wasn't going to let it ruin my race, so no reason to discuss it!
I had the same group around me, some moving ahead, some dropping, then coming back, and seems that we were so supportive and evenly matched with each other, even if our strengths and weaknesses were different! We were passing on early starters, and more hugs and kisses and high five's ensured, and I felt totally like a celebrity. My jaws were locked from smiling so hard!
But by mile 20 or so the cramps were more noticeable and more consistent. It felt Cheaha 50k all over again...at least it started later! I pounded more S! caps, drunk a coke at the last AS and told myself: last 5 miles, 55 minutes, you can do it!
And it went nuts. My calves were moving on their own terms, and then my inner thighs started to have contractions. There was a nicely graded incline on a dirt road that totally deserved running, but I power-walked and prayed not to make sudden movements. The same slight grade of decline came on the same road, and it would have been nice to "take on it", but I shuffled gently, occasionally breaking into a walk to let the cramps subside. I knew there was Kamm and Megan were right behind, my good friends who we worked together with since almost very start, and who we exchanged non-dying support with ("Stay with me, I need you!" - "I am latching on you, go, girl!"), but I also knew I can not afford to lock up as I did on the last climb at the Cheaha, where I spent 20 minutes basically standing, and I still had 6 hrs in the view...
And then a short single-track climb came, and I thought: nice, it'll stretch my calves! I even stopped for a few seconds and literally stretched them! And then last 1.5 miles, softest most awesome steep downhill on a narrow trail to scream down on...and all I could was just maintain low-rise short gait to avoid disaster. From time to time the Charlie Horse would hit, the muscle would twist, and the foot would drop pointing, and I trip a bit, but still upright, tightening my fists yet trying to relax the rest of the body...hearing Kamm and Megan yelling to me" Hold it, push it!" (Kamm later said she saw my calf muscles moving in all directions separately from me). I see Michael of Long Run just before the final turn, slowly exhale...
|My legs stand behind the guy in the picture.
|Crying? Or laughing?
What a dramatic re-entrance into PNW racing scene! At the finish line, where everyone is watching! And in a way, it was like it was planned (it wasn't), and in a way kind of perfect too, and in a way so many laughs, support, hugs and stories...and frankly, despite moving a couple of spots down, I wouldn't want it any other way. It was the way it was, humbling, yet uplifting, and so absolutely wonderful. My best finish ever.
It was great to meet the goal, and the rest of the day was wonderful. We showered and drove to Father Clem's house for some after-party and I spent more time living in my past, the past of my ultrarunning, and exchanging news and gossips and races and support...


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President's Report
Energy, Imagination, and Passion
Photography by Dave Doody
Colin G. Campbell
NBC's Al Roker and Matt Lauer interviewed Colin Campbell when The Today Show broadcast from the Historic Area in September.
Near the end of a meeting of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's leadership team—a meeting spent assessing the impact of the global financial crisis on our organization and the sometimes painful responses it forced on us—a curator asked, "How can we let people know that we are being good stewards of this institution in these times?"
It's a fair question and one perhaps best answered by sharing not only with her and her colleagues but with you the principles we have formulated to carry us through to the recovery ahead. It is, I think, to borrow a phrase from a valued associate, a program of thoughtful boldness.
In a time of financial stress it is critical that we maintain the quality of our programs and services. We also have to avoid compromising our core competencies; that is, we must be sure the organization is sustainable for the longer term, and able to respond from a programmatic and service perspective when the economic situation improves. Until then, we are observing operating schedules across the foundation that are financially realistic, flexible, and responsive to guest preferences. Finally, we are moving toward a "flatter" organization, one with fewer layers, to encourage greater flexibility, innovation, efficiency, and effectiveness.
We are well aware of the challenges ahead, and of the impact the recession had on Colonial Williamsburg and its employees in 2008. Yet the numbers are better than we might have expected given the massive shock our economy has experienced. On balance, our results offer encouragement for a bright future.
At year's end, we found that our 2008 general admission ticket sales were down, falling about 9 percent to a little more than 707,000. This translates to close to two million guest visits to our site, taking account of those with multiday or annual passes. And revenue from ticket sales rose to $18.5 million, up $250,000. Those totals were impressive given the recessionary climate and record high gasoline prices at the peak of the summer tourist season that discouraged travel.
Evening program and carriage-ride ticket sales were off by 3 percent to 301,000. Visitation to the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg dipped 8 percent to 218,000, and Historic Area bus ridership slipped 100,000 to 2.1 million. But that's not only in the context of a severe recession; it is also compared with 2007, the year of Jamestown's four-hundredth anniversary, when Queen Elizabeth II came to call amid a year-long series of signature events sponsored by the commemoration.
In the Products Division, direct marketing sales rose 1 percent, and retail store sales fell 15 percent, as did all Merchants Square shops. In a major move designed to reduce costs and increase the reach of our business, we determined to outsource warehouse and call center functions beginning in the spring of 2009. Products also signed a multiyear distribution deal with television retailer QVC that offers a WILLIAMSBURG-brand program, and we licensed new garden and holiday products.
Room occupancy and overall hospitality revenues were off approximately 9 percent, in part because of increasingly aggressive price competition in room rates, and in part because of promotions at lower rates essential to attract overnight guests. The conference business was disappointing, because companies and associations curtailed off-site meetings.
Although disappointing in absolute terms, Colonial Williamsburg's investment performance of -17.6 percent in 2008 was outstanding in relation to comparable endowed institutions, some of which experienced declines of as much as 30 percent for the year. The market value of the foundation's endowment was $611 million at year's end, a decline of $209 million, including withdrawals to meet operating and routine capital needs.
The endowment's relatively strong performance in the face of record market declines was coupled with gratifying fund-raising results at a time when people were reevaluating and in some instances reducing charitable contributions. Total donations of cash and objects rose 2 percent, to more than $42 million in 2008, an increase of $900,000 from the year before, and the highest figure in many years. Our new gifts, grants, and pledges total fell $5 million to $38 million. There was a 1.5 percent drop in contributions to the Colonial Williamsburg Fund, again, in relative terms, a quite impressive result. The $14.7 million the fund produced came from 111,000 households in fifty states, and 20,000 families became first-time donors. Gifts from individuals in the Williamsburg area rose 37 percent, which was particularly heartening support from our community.
Planned gifts, including bequest intentions, totaled more than $140 million by year's end, a tremendous asset. Based on experience, we know that we have many friends who have provided for Colonial Williamsburg in their estates but have not informed us of their plans. For example, of the $18 million in seven-figure bequests the foundation has received recently, we knew of half. This offers reason for a high degree of confidence going forward.
All in all, I'm very gratified by the commitment of our friends to maintain and even increase their support when the going gets rough. No matter, however, what encouragement we took from the support of our donors and other heartening results, it became abundantly clear in 2008 that we needed to adjust our mode of operation to protect our future.
We found it necessary to eliminate 140 filled positions, and 140 that were currently vacant, extend seasonal layoffs, shorten work hours for some nonsalaried staff, freeze all salaries, require salaried employees to take seven furlough days, reduce officer salaries, and adopt reduced operating schedules for some hospitality facilities. These steps and others reduced expenditures by $18 million by year's end. By early 2009, the number of positions eliminated exceeded 300, and the budgetary savings in all areas reached $26 million. The cooperation of foundation employees throughout this painful period has been exemplary.
In September, following the departure of Historic Area Vice President Rex Ellis for a senior position at the new Smithsonian museum of African American history, we merged the Research Division and Historic Area Division into a new Research and Historical Interpretation Division under Vice President Jim Horn. We also expanded the Collections, Conservation, and Museums Division under Vice President Ron Hurst to include responsibility for archaeological and architectural collections.
In early 2008, the board of trustees announced plans for an executive leadership transition and later in the year began a search for my successor as president and chief executive officer. Toward the end of the year, Chairman Richard Tilghman and I were concerned about proceeding with a leadership change in, by then, a difficult economic environment. After the chairman had consulted with the other trustees, and I had consulted with my wife, Nancy, we all agreed that I should stay on as president and chief executive officer through 2010.
Nancy and I feel privileged to continue to serve Colonial Williamsburg for many reasons, but important among them is the opportunity to work with all of you whose support has been so generous and who have added such treasured dimensions to our lives here. We look forward to seeing you at Colonial Williamsburg in the years ahead. If what we accomplished in 2008 is an indication, we think that you will find your visit very satisfying.
Thanks to a $5 million gift from Mr. and Mrs. Forrest E. Mars Jr. of Big Horn, Wyoming, we broke ground for rebuilding on its original foundations a 1765 establishment that catered to Williamsburg's elite, Charlton's Coffeehouse.
The largest and most important Duke of Gloucester Street project in fifty years, the reconstruction is a One Foundation effort involving architects, archaeologists, historians, Historic Trades, curators, conservators, and facilities and maintenance staff. It is to be furnished—based on careful study of probate records, printed accounts, and period graphics—with reproduction furniture, ceramics, glassware, hardware, maps, prints, advertisements, broadsides, and newspapers. Set to open in November 2009, Charlton's will offer ticketed guests eighteenth-century-style chocolate, hot coffee, and tea. It will also provide valuable insight into the social, business, and political developments of the time.
Revolutionary City, our daily two-hour dramatic enactments of pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary War events, expanded with the introduction of Revolutionary Stories at other times during the day. It also now includes Building a Nation, which turns the spotlight on the postwar years and Williamsburg's role in the formal establishment of the United States.
Guests got to know the mistress of the Bray School for Negro Children, Anne Wager, and colonial printer and champion of independence Alexander Purdie this past year. They join a group of Nation Builders that includes General George Washington, George Wythe's cook Lydia Broadnax, preacher Gowan Pamphlet, and, of course, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry.
At Bassett Hall, our guests were introduced in 2008 to another new character, the Reverend Dr. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, who proposed the city's restoration to philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. Mr. Rockefeller's former home is a particularly fine setting to focus on this fascinating aspect of Colonial Williamsburg's history.
At Great Hopes Plantation, an exhibition of a small family farm, Historic Trades carpenters built a corn house, a well, and a smokehouse. A modest plantation house will be the next project at this popular site. At the Geddy Foundry, Historic Trades began reproducing eighteenth-century artillery pieces to rediscover the mysteries of casting mortars and cannon. A grant from the Ambrose and Ida Fredrickson Foundation provided support for the project.
Among the exhibits mounted at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum was Captured Colors: Four Battle Flags of the American Revolution, featuring rare and remarkably well-preserved flags returned to America after having been taken to England by Banastre Tarleton 225 years ago. Another exhibit, Quilted Fashions, comprised dozens of bed coverings, garments, and other quilted objects from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Mary and Clinton Gilliland funded the exhibit through the Turner-Gilliland Family Fund. In December we opened Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. One of the museum's most creative installations, this long-term display of our tobacco-store figures, carousel animals, shop signs, and weather vanes was underwritten by Barry Boone in memory of his wife, Linda Boone. A rare exhibit of the work of nineteenth-century sculptor Asa Ames also opened in December.
Of course, we don't just wait for guests to come to us. We take Colonial Williamsburg to them.
The Fifes and Drums, celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, became a corps of international Colonial Williamsburg ambassadors, participating in, among other events, the prestigious Tattoo in Basel, Switzerland, and the nationally televised 82nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The corps hosted a Drummers Call that featured ten units of military musicians from across the nation. Not only was the event webcast but we also produced a two-disk DVD set, Drummers Call—America's Fife and Drum Tradition. In July, large crowds were moved and excited when 400 returning Fifes and Drums alumni joined with today's corps in a march down Duke of Gloucester Street.
Our four-time Emmy-award-winning electronic field trip series again reached approximately six million students and their teachers in forty-eight states and three foreign countries with seven instructional programs. They aired in 130 television markets, seventeen statewide educational broadcast systems, and on the Internet.
We conducted Teaching American History conferences for schoolteachers in Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. Organized on such topics as "Bringing History to Life in Your Classroom," they often included costumed historical interpreters from the Historic Area. More classroom professionals came to Williamsburg for the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute, an annual summer series of weeklong history immersion programs.
Our History-Social Science for California curriculum, produced in partnership with Pearson Scott Foresman, was adopted by half of California's elementary schools.
Nearly three million California students will use Colonial Williamsburg classroom materials for the next six years.
Our Web sites drew approximately twenty-two million visits, a 3 percent rise. Especially popular was a preelection Thomas Jefferson blog that explored his thoughts on representative government. Virtual guests visited more than 180 million pages of information, media, history, exhibition, products, vacation planning, and hospitality content online . . . an 85 percent increase in Web use.
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $600,000 Digital Humanities Challenge Grant to the foundation's Digital History Center to establish a 3D Visualization Lab, and the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services made a $943,000 National Leadership Grant to help the center create virtual versions of the Capitol, the Secretary's Office, the Douglass Theatre, Charlton's Coffeehouse, and the Raleigh Tavern in the Historic Area's east end.
These awards make us a leader among museums and historic sites in the application of cutting edge, virtual reality technology to public education and cultural heritage projects. They are important to the effort to attract new and younger audiences to Colonial Williamsburg and to enriching on-site visitor experience by providing sophisticated interactive materials online.
Internet lodging reservations accounted for 25 percent of our bookings, a 12 percent increase over 2007. The transactional and informational activity on the Internet is an important means of facilitating visits to Colonial Williamsburg, and of making the process quick and easy. It will also help guests make the most effective use of their time here. It may prove to be our most important communications channel for guests and prospective guests in the coming years, if it is not already.
Finally, Colonial Williamsburg had some very gratifying television exposure in 2008. NBC's Today Show broadcast live from Duke of Gloucester Street one September morning. The early morning crowd of townspeople and students offered an enthusiastic greeting to Matt Lauer and Al Roker.
At year's end, Tom Hanks narrated a powerful thirty-second public service announcement praising Colonial Williamsburg as an experience every American should have. It will be viewed across the country in 2009.
Virginia's legislature approved premium license plates bearing Colonial Williamsburg's seal and signature script, sales of which will benefit the foundation. We were again a featured sponsor of the annual Macy's Flower Show in New York, published five books, and produced new versions of our popular Vacation Planner and Christmas brochure.
It is certain that in the years ahead, each of us entrusted with stewardship of this remarkable place must find ways to simplify what we do and the way we do it. The job will take energy, imagination, and passion for Colonial Williamsburg's mission.
Our strategic focus must remain on attracting guests by presenting engaging and important programs and memorable experiences, and on providing top-quality guest service. It is imperative that we honor our commitment to observing the highest standards in everything we do. That is a commitment shared by employees in all components of the foundation's complex set of activities.
Nancy and I are delighted by the opportunity to continue to serve Colonial Williamsburg, feel blessed for the opportunity to work with donors and staff who have added such important dimensions to our lives, and are gratified for the chance to help advance the foundation as the economy recovers.
As much as anyone privileged to be part of this place, I, too, have a passion for the mission of Colonial Williamsburg. The foundation has weathered difficult times before, and it will emerge from the current downturn a leaner, stronger institution. This is, after all, an institution dedicated to the belief that the future may learn from the past.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation


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Lawmakers have reached a compromise on spending for Iowa's public universities and other education programs.
A joint committee on Wednesday approved $897 million in spending, an amount they say is enough to freeze tuition at the state universities. Members of the Board of Regents previously promised to freeze in-state tuition if the Legislature approved the necessary budget increase.
The plan backed by the committee would increase the budget by 2.6 percent.
Democratic Sen. Herman Quirmbach, of Ames, says he's disappointed the plan doesn't include more money for student financial aid.
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Since moving to the Northeast, I've had many more clients seeking a higher level of privacy with their wedding images. By watermarking my images (putting my logo or copyright statement directly on the image itself) and refusing to provide unwatermarked work to bloggers for content use, I reduce the chance that someone is going to take that photo and use it elsewhere online without permission, while also increasing the chance that brand management tools will be able to find it for me on the web so that I can resolve any improper or unapproved image use. Notice I did not say PREVENT, just reduce. Obviously, ignorant people and those who mean to do harm will do whatever they want and when we find them we will
So, even if you do not care about receiving credit for your own work- at least consider respecting your clients' likeness and the likeness of the original work created by the other event professionals, which can be grabbed easily and used elsewhere without permission when there are no deterrents in place, such as a watermark.
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Federal wildlife agents shoot 14 wolves in Idaho
LEWISTON, Idaho -- Federal wildlife agents report they have shot and killed 14 wolves from helicopters in northern Idaho as part of an effort to help restores the elk population in the Lolo zone, an area long considered home to the best elk herds and habitat in the state.
The three-day operation was carried out earlier this month at a cost of $22,500 by agents with the USDA Wildlife Services and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Wildlife managers believe that a sustained reduction in wolf numbers will allow the Lolo elk herd, which has been severely depressed since the mid-1990s, to rebound. State wildlife officials have long had a goal of reducing wolf numbers in the area along the upper Lochsa and North Fork of the Clearwater rivers, once renowned for its elk hunting.
"We'd like to see one of Idaho's premier elk populations recover as much as possible," said Jim Unsworth, deputy director of Fish and Game.
The wolf population in the area has also been diminished by hunters and trappers in recent months. Through Wednesday, the state reported sportsmen had taken 22 wolves from the Lolo, while another six wolves were shot from helicopters last spring, bringing the total of known wolf kills to 42.
Before the start of the hunting season, the Lolo zone wolf population was estimated at 75 to 100, with additional animals crossing back and forth between Idaho and Montana.
Biologists said the biggest problem for Lolo elk herds was a long-term change in the habitat. But state officials also blame growing numbers of bears and mountain lions. Hunting seasons on those predators were liberalized and managers expected elk numbers to slowly climb. But as the herds continued to shrink and blame was placed on the increasing number of wolves moving into the area.
Recent studies by Fish and Game researchers now show wolves are the primary cause of death in female elk in the Lolo and of calves more than 6 months old. Researchers have said the habitat is capable of supporting far more than the 2,000 elk estimated to be in the area.
Statewide, Fish and Game officials report that hunters and trappers had killed 318 wolves since the public hunting season opened last fall. Most hunting and trapping seasons end March 31, but wolf hunting will be allowed in the Lolo and Selway zones through June.
The department has a goal of reducing the number of wolves in the state, but has not set a target population or limit.