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Sunday, December 09, 2007
A Letter to Tim Tebow
Dear Mr. Tebow,
Congratulations on winning the Heisman Trophy Saturday night, and you most certainly deserve it. I have been waiting for the appropriate time to discuss something with you (and similarly-situated high-profile collegiate athletes). Did you happen to catch the Associated Press release last friday, "Florida threatens legal action against sites selling Tebow items"? Your school has sent cease-and-desist orders to various web sites that are selling pictures, autographs, T-shirts, license plates and others items with your name on them, asserting that the web sites do not have your permission nor your school's permission to do so. It is understandable that your school would do that, because it does not make any money every time a non-licensed company sells something with your name or picture on it.
Third parties (including your school, the NCAA and EA Sports) are profiting immensely from the commercial use of your identity and celebrity status. But the NCAA and its member schools want you to think that you do not have a right of publicity in your identity. They accomplish this by telling you, and third parties using your name and/or likeness, that the NCAA bylaws prohibit you from profiting in this context. Buried in the current version of the 453-page NCAA Bylaws Manual contains the following pertinent provisions:
18.104.22.168 Advertisements and Promotions After Becoming a Student-Athlete. After becoming a student-athlete, an individual shall not be eligible for participation in intercollegiate athletics if the individual:Obviously, I understand the vital importance of maintaining your eligibility, and that your eligibility is determined by compliance with NCAA bylaws. These bylaw provisions make it clear that you may not accept payment for the use of your name or picture to advertise, recommend, promote or endorse the sale of commercial products and services, and that you and your school must try to prevent the use of your name or picture on commercial items. So the NCAA takes the position that it is o.k. for it and other licensed commerical entities to profit from jersey and video game sales because your name and picture are not being used in violation of these bylaws, and that, by them not using your name or picture, it also preserves the concept of "amateurism".
However, the fact that your name and picture are not being used by these entities in violation of NCAA bylaws does not mean that your identity is not being used in violation of your right of publicity. When my son put together his Christmas wishlist this year, he wrote down, "a Tim Tebow jersey." He did not say, "a Florida Gator jersey with number 15 on it." He also knows that the computer image of a UF player with #15 that has your build, hair color, facial features and skill level in the video game I paid $50.00 for, is in fact YOU. I can assure you that there is plenty of legal precedent establishing that the identification element is clearly met for a right of publicity claim.
So who do you enforce your claim against? Suing the NCAA after you just won the Heisman is probably not a good PR move. Besides, the NCAA would probably take the position that it and its member schools own the rights to the logos, team names, colors and numbers, and that those are the only rights they have licensed for use by third parties. If you sue the jersey and video game manufacturers, they will assert that they are not using your identity, but no court would buy that argument. And, in the alternative, they will assert that the NCAA granted them a license to use your identity. There are two problems with this argument. For one, the NCAA did not grant them a license to use your identity, they licensed the logos, team names, colors and numbers. But more importantly, the NCAA cannot grant such a license because it does not own the rights to your identity, and thus does not have the right to assign those rights for use by any third party.
That takes us back to the eligibility issue. If you sue these commercial entities, it should not affect your eligibility. By filing a lawsuit, you would not be accepting payment for the use of your identity in violation of the bylaws; you would be protecting your property rights in your identity from theft. Once you ultimately obtain a judgment, the NCAA could take the position that receipt of a judgment constitutes acceptance of payment. But by the time you receive that judgment, you will have already exhausted your eligibility. Your lawsuit could be the impetus for the NCAA to begin negotiating with its licensees for an annual royalty to be held in trust for the benefit of collegiate athletes in the future, without destroying their eligibility.
Rick Karcher
Sports Law Professor
P.S. Timing is everything. Last Wednesday, the NCAA formed a presidential task force to examine limitations on the future use of your name, image and likeness by your school, conference and the NCAA to promote the competition and events in which your school participates. You are the ideal person to suggest that this task force be adequately represented by student-athletes to ensure that this task force considers your interests in addition to the NCAA's interest.
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Even though i think this case was decided wrong, won't the video game company have a decent argument by making the same argument that was made in the Tiger Woods Master's argument?
Dear Tim, Congratulations to you on winning the Heisman! Sincerely, Jeremy Bloom.
The Heisman voters finaly got it right... an underclassman (gasp!) could actually be the best player in the NCAA! And I too would like to extend my congratulations to Mr Tebow on a well deserved award (well, another well deserved award actually).
There is a lot of language in the Tiger Woods case on the First Amendment issue tending to show that the court was concerned about the "expressive" nature of a painting. So I don't see that case to be on point with video game use. Video game use is probably more like the Vanna White case, in which the court found that the use of mechanical robots clearly resembling Vanna constituted a violation.
Also, to add to what Prof Karcher just mentioned regarding the expressive nature of a painting, some states ROP statute expressly excludes one, single, original work of fine art such as a painting from the reach of the ROP (Illinois is a good example of this if my memory is correct).
I too want to congratulate you Tim on winning the Heisman Trophy. The voter really got it right!


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One student was hospitalized and another was arrested after a dispute over a dollar escalated to an attack with a desk at El Cerrito High School, authorities said.
The incident started about 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, when 18-year-old Tajan Adams of Richmond found himself missing a dollar, said Sgt. Ian Wong of the El Cerrito Police Department.
In search of the missing buck, Adams reportedly confronted another student, a 17-year-old boy, and the two traded increasingly heated words that eventually led to a fistfight, Wong said.
The two ended up wrestling on the ground, at which point Adams is accused of picking up a desk and hitting the boy over the head with it, Wong said. Staff members from the school were close by and able to break up the fight.
The victim was transported to a hospital with a head cut and facial injuries. Adams was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and booked into Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez.


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My apologies my spelling sux. A Guillotine is a choke.
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My apologies my spelling sux. A Guillotine is a choke.
got my tickets and didnt rush it. Why did you put a rush on it? still like 80 days left.
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Fail every test until prom, dont do any home work. Get left back then you can go to prom next year and coachella this year. Problem solved.
I would like to see the shoot, mount, and then finsih him off with a kimora. Or a flying guillotine would also do.
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Checked out your web page. Looks like your big on fitness. My questions was if you planned on hitting the gym during coachella.
Kick ass stache windscreen. You working at all that weekend?
If I can get a license I will totally marry you guys. My dad performed the ceromony at my wedding so its totally doable. You should get in touch with golden voice and see if you can do it on a stage...
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I had tickets cancelled to see Jay-z at radio city. I ordered the quick ticket email thing. What happened was I ordered 8 tickets and 6 was the limit so the cancelled 2 of the tickets with no...
that many guilty pleasures makes you a bonafide fan!
In 2002 after the first day, my dogs were barking. 4 of us decided to go to target and get some of those dr. scholls gel inserts. After about 2 hrs of feeling ok they made it worst. We were not...
Didn't witness spliff politics but did take part in spliff burning!
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bengay or iceyhot will also do the trick
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Ps ifyou havent figured it out yet 90% of the people on this board are actual fans of this festival and what it stands for. For a person who has never been to coachella before, you are allready...
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Did your parents go to woodstock? Are they from the free love era? explain that this is that time for you on a much smaller less tripping scale. of all the festivals ive been to. this is the most...
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Dude your good. Just like every other concert the minute the band comes out and your amongst the crowd your safe.
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I am heading in from NYC as well. If you are going to the sunday show there is no way you will catch a flight out until like 6am on monday morning. sounds like a sick day to me. Rage will prob play...
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This is Ming Ming's second abortion. She arrived at the Sichuan Province Mother-Child Clinic in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, at 8 am. After squirming through the crowd of girls surrounding the nurses and making her appointment, she sat down with 13 other young women on the small green plastic chairs outside of the operating room.
This antechamber consists of cold concrete, hard plastic, one dying plant in the corner, several doors leading into crowded nurse's offices and one big sliding glass door in front of which a pile of small shoes waits to be sifted through by groggy and stiff young women staggering out of the operating room.
Outside through an open iron gate sit the men, talking loud into their cell phones, reading the paper, chatting about business good naturedly or just staring off into space. Every few minutes one of them lights up a smoke.
Ming Ming glimpses the extremely pointy and thin heels that are very popular these days with young Chinese women along with dirty white sneakers most likely belonging to a student. There is also a pair of dusty, clunky black heels and her own brown loafers.
Her boyfriend waits with her for a few minutes in the antechamber, but after receiving a few inquisitive stares from the other women waiting for their appointment, he scuttles through the gate and waits with the other men.
She was hoping for the best hospital in Chengdu.
Last time, she paid 660 RMB and went through an assembly line process in which she was put to sleep, operated on and then allowed to lie in bed for a few minutes before being forced out to make room for the next girl. The whole process took less than thirty minutes.
This time, she chose a hospital near her home, a well-known mother-child clinic. When she became pregnant, she chose this hospital for her check-ups. Ming Ming's boyfriend accompanied her on the first few visits and was impressed by the kindness of the staff and the clean, warm environs.
Pictures of mothers and their children lined the wooden walls of each separate room, the waiting room was within arm's reach of most of the patient's rooms, so her boyfriend could talk with Ming Ming while she was behind the curtain with the doctor. Posters advertising lamaze training interested him and he wrote down the number.
They almost decided to keep the baby, but the accidental pregnancy brought with it too many financial and emotional burdens for the young couple, so Ming Ming made another appointment, this time not in the pregnancy ward, but across the parking lot, where the abortions take place.
The abortion clinic is older, dirtier, colder and much more crowded than the newer pregnancy ward.
"I remember looking at the fathers-to-be and their nice clothes and expensive cell phones," says her boyfriend Ma. "I think everybody noticed we didn't belong. Our parents weren't there and I was the youngest man in the ward."
In the abortion clinic's waiting room, Ming Ming and Ma fit right in: young, "repeat offenders" with no family around to support them.
Does Population Control = Safe Sex?
China has faced a lot of flak over its family planning policies, specifically the one-child policy initiated by Deng Xiao Ping meant to curtail population growth the type of growth explosion Mao hoped for in the 1950s and 1960s, the type of explosion that could lead to crucial food, water, employment and space shortages as Vaclav Smil discussed in his book, China's Environmental Crisis.
According to official Chinese estimates, the one-child policy cut China's population growth by 330 million people. But that success has been ignored by much of the international community due to draconian state-sponsored measures to enforce the policy, including state permits for child-births, forced abortions and sterilizations and hefty fines for offenders.
The reality of the situation in China, especially in the mid to late 1980s, is much different from the reality US President George Bush and the New Religious Right held up to support cutting UN Population Fund (UNFPA) aid by $34 million last year.
Ming Ming has a sister and a brother, both younger. Ming Ming's mother refused to have an abortion and instead paid a fine of 10,000RMB ($1,200) for her second child and 10,000 for her third child.
Chengdu native Xiao Li, studying in Chongqing and waiting for her third abortion, also has a younger brother, for which her parents paid a fine of 5,000RMB.
The sterilizations and forced abortions mostly carried out in the countryside where peasants can't afford the fines are a thing of the past in the cities. The policy was never made national law and was subject to local conditions. Which meant the one-child policy was enforced to a degree the populace could tolerate, and not much more. Many families in the countryside have more than one child and minority groups were never subject to the policy.
Abortions cost as little as 500 RMB these days, even less in the countryside, so state-sponsored enforcement of abortion is not as necessary now as it was 15 years ago when the Chinese middle class was virtually non-existent.
Ming Ming and Xiao Li are both students. Their boyfriends are students. Xiao Li had her first abortion at 16, with her first long time boyfriend. Ming Ming's boyfriend Ma works various odd jobs and borrowed 500RMB to help pay for the abortion. Xiao Li's boyfriend refused to pay, so she borrowed money from her uncle telling him it was for school.
The amount is so small, that neither girl is worried about paying the money back. Xiao Li is headed to Shenzhen to work in 4 months and Ming Ming has a office job at an English School.
No Coordinated Efforts?
Ironically, the cut in funding for the UNFPA hinders that organization's efforts to nip the problem in the bud: lack of sexual education in China, which translates into rampant unsafe sex.
Earlier this year, China's State Family Planning Commission revealed that Chinese men buy approximately three condoms per year and 30 to 40 percent of these condoms are defective. Combine this with a widespread perception amongst the populace that AIDS and other STDs come from foreign countries and/or foreigners, that abortion is a quick and relatively cheap solution to pregnancy and many Chinese women find themselves waiting in stuffy, crowded rooms for their turn to "go under the knife" or receive a shot of antibiotics.
Small private shops selling "Adult Products" abound on the streets of Chinese cities and towns, selling (presumably defect) condoms as well as other paraphnelia. Small "clinics" specializing in the treatment of STD's are also growing in number. Many of these clinics are outfitted with the latest antibiotics and equipment various forms of tetracycline can be given to patients intravenously while they sip herbal teas and are admonished to stay away from alcohol and, especially in Sichuan, hot peppers.
There are a variety of reasons why girls like Xiao Li and Ming Ming do not use condoms. China is opening up very quickly and perceptions are changing very fast, but for a girl to buy contraceptives of any sort be it pills, or a shot or condoms will still send the rather prolific Chinese rumor mill spinning away, resulting in a loss of face, presumed or actual.
Also, Durex condoms at the local Ito Yokado, a Japanese department store, sell for 30RMB for a package of 12 condoms. Conversely, a package of locally produced, rather untrustworthy Jizzbons sell for 5RMB a package of 10.
Also, abortions are cheap and there is no shortage of hospitals that can do the surgery. Ming Ming was back to work a day after her abortion. Xiao Li went back to Chongqing and resumed studies two days later after a few tears and a little blood and pain, life resumes. Perhaps Chinese women have become accustomed to the process.
There are no reliable statistics on the number of women who have multiple abortions, but Dr. Zhang Li Rong of the Sichuan Mother-Child Clinic says the abortion clinic performs 15 abortions on average every day between the hours of 8 am and 12 pm.
Chinese men, although continuously being exhorted by the state to pull their share, still refuse to buy condoms. A lack of sexual education and tradition are the largest factors preventing the men from pulling their share.
A bar-goer in Chongqing who frequents the brothels often, is married and has a girlfriend scoffs at the use of condoms.
"There is no feeling," he says. "Besides, Chinese girls are very clean and I can always make them get an abortion."
These sentiments will result in an explosion in cases of chlamydia and HIV , according to a report in the March 12 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Roughly 10 percent of Chinese men visit prostitutes, states the study.
Prostitutes are starting to catch on.
In brothels across Chengdu, prostitutes are now using disinfectant pads as well as condoms with almost every customer. But the misconception that pads can kill AIDS and other STDs still hampers the development of a safe-sex culture.
One prostitute in Chengdu mentioned that certain customers she has "a good feeling" about may eschew the use of a condom while declaring in the same breath that all foreigners must use condoms, as she is afraid of AIDS.
The Aftermath
These matters of disease don't concern Ming Ming or Xiao Li that much. They both have steady, reliable partners. Ming Ming has almost completely forgotten her ordeal at the clinic, which left her eyes glazed and her knees wobbly. She is still bleeding a little, two weeks after the operation and her stomach hurts.
But she laughs and her bright eyes flash as she and her boyfriend discuss the use of condoms in the future. They both swear that they will be much more careful.
"But if I get pregnant again, I am going to keep the baby," she declares. Ma just looks at her and shrugs.
Read more by Sascha Matuszak
- China's Manifest Destiny – December 25th, 2009
- Business Over Bluster – November 10th, 2008
- A Win-Win Situation for China – October 28th, 2008
- The Security Blanket – August 5th, 2008
- The World Under Fire – July 31st, 2008


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Principles of Economics: Business, Banking, Finance, and Your Everyday Life (Book Review)
September 21, 2008 by Mr. ToughMoneyLove
Filed under Book Reviews, Economics
We Must Learn How Politicians are Exploiting Current Events
As I write this review, Congress is working hard to load the Wall Street rescue bill with dozens of extra provisions in a costly and misguided attempt to save segments of the middle class from themselves. (Those that bought homes they could not afford.) I've also read that some Democrats are clamoring for a provision that would cap compensation for corporate executives, striking another blow against the free market. There will be others and it will be ugly. Our economic system is being transformed in an accelerated devolution.
What "Principles of Economics" Covers
The seven CD's contain fourteen lectures. Navarro does a very good job of organizing the content of each lecture and in transitioning from one lecture to the next. He periodically refers to a printed "course guide" that is included with the CD's but it is not essential that you use it. Also, he makes reference to the mathematical concepts that are often associated with economic theory but does not try to teach you those. This makes the course very accessible to the casual learner.
The lectures on macroeconomics were of the most interest to me because of its focus on government fiscal and monetary policy, inflation, money, credit, banking, unemployment, international trade, and the international monetary system. All of these topics are highly relevant to what is happening in the U.S. and around the world right now. Refreshingly, Prof. Navarro presents these topics in a balanced fashion, without openly taking sides on issues that can become highly politicized. I found the lectures on microeconomics less interesting. However, for readers who work in a manufacturing industry, the information on supply, demand, and pricing theory would be very helpful.
Who Should Listen to Principles of Economics
Mr. ToughMoneyLove is going to preach for a second. Because our politicians don't know anything about economics, it is incumbent on taxpayers and voters to act as a gigantic "economic oversight committee" for the collection of bumble heads in Congress. This means that all of us need to have baseline knowledge of economics that goes beyond monitoring our credit score and bank account balance. This audio book is a perfect way to get that basic economic education if you lack it.
Long and short term investors also would benefit from this book. Understanding how inflation, interest rates, international trade, and currency valuations are interrelated will make you a better investor. There is no question about it.
Hard Truth Bottom Line
If you are inclined to jump on Mr. ToughMoneyLove's "learn about economics" bandwagon, the Principles of Economics audio course would be perfect. Try to find it a local library and start listening. After you do, you will cringe even more when you learn what is being discussed in Washington.
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American glass artists Eric Markow and Thom Norris met in 1994 in Northern Virginia. The two started collaborating on organically inspired stained glass window commissions for the next decade. Over the years as glass flame work and glass fusing became more popular, Markow & Norris began several years of experimentation to develop handwoven glass.


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Murray State guard Zay Jackson has been arrested Sunday evening and charged with two counts of first-degree assault.
This from WPSD, an NBC affiliate:
"According to Murray Police, officers responded to an altercation in the Wal-Mart parking lot around 4 p.m. Officers said Jackson assaulted two people with his vehicle. Both victims suffered apparent minor injuries."
This is definitly not the start to the season Racers' head coach Steve Prohm wanted coming out of a 31-2 season, and winning their first 26 games of the season. It does not look like Jackson will play this season if he is convicted of the crimes he is charged for.
Jackson spent most of the 2011-12 season on the bench for Murray State. He averaged 18.4 minutes per game as well as 4.9 points and 2.3 assists per game. However, the bright spot on Jackson was his ability to come off the bench and not miss a bet. He created a lot of problems with his on-the-ball defense.
Jackson's minutes were definitely going to increase if this did not happen. Now, it looks like he may not even see the arena this season.
The Racers will miss him but they do return All-American Isaiah Cannan and Ed Daniel, both starters from last season's Cinderella squad.
The team will start the season in the Charleston Classic against Auburn. Ohio Valley Conference play will begin Dec. 8 when the Racers takes on Tennessee-Martin. It does not look like the Racers will be back to 2011 form but they still have the potential to make a run in conference play.
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The pain comes first, the spur comes later, and the spur generally does not cause the pain. It is important to remember that there are many people who have heel pain without a spur and plenty of people who have heel spurs, but no pain. Dr. Sami can show you how heel pain can be treated without surgery. You should know that heel pain is one of the most common foot ailments, and 95% of those who obtain treatment for plantar fasciitis go on to full recovery without the need for surgery.
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text: by Tiana Feng I have yet to see the movie, but I decided to explore the music. The soundtrack was written by Randy Newman who has scored the music for the past Toy Story movie's as well and other Disney-pixar works such as "A Bug's Life", Cars, A Monster's Inc and Princess and the Frog. If you were looking for kids tunes to sing along to then this is not your soundtrack because thats really what its not. The soundtrack is classic Newman with its hint of Dixieland jazz, orchestral bursts, string overtures, harmonica and military marches that make instrumental music fun to listen to. On the soundtrack there is a Flamenco rendition of "You've Got a Friend in me" done by the Gipsy Kings: Gipsy Kings- You've Got a Friend in Me[audio:http://groovebat.com/download/18v.mp3] Check out "We Belong Together" the ending theme that might become the next Disney classic. Randy Newman- We Belong Together[audio:http://groovebat.com/download/18w.mp3]


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Boutique hotel, residential building proposed for waterfront
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The developers behind a boutique hotel and residential building proposed for South Boston's waterfront will pitch their plan to the community next week.
A public meeting has been set for Thursday, Jan. 23, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 pm. at the Innovation Center located at 75 Northern Ave.
Led by Stoughton-based Conroy Development, the project calls for the construction of two buildings on the 2.4-acre Massport owned parcel on Northern Avenue, dubbed Parcel K.
The first building, slated to be located on the eastern side of the parcel, will be a 10-story boutique hotel with 247 rooms, according to the Expanded Project Notification Form submitted to the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
The second building, expected to be located on the western side of the parcel, will be an 11-story residential rental building with 304 units. The units are expected to be a mix of one- and two-bedroom units in addition to studios and micro-units.
Combined, the buildings will feature approximately 20,000 square-feet of retail space and 16,000 square-feet of office space.
The project also includes the construction of an outdoor courtyard terrace.
Parking for the two building will be located in a three-level underground garage, with approximately 640 parking spaces.
"The project will further the planning aims of the Boston Redevelopment Authority's South Boston Waterfront Public Realm Plan and the goals of the City's Innovation District, by contributing to a 24-hour neighborhood offering resident, hotel, office, and retail/restaurant uses in a lively, urban context," read the Letter of Intent submitted by the developer.
Although the project still needs a slew of approvals, according to documents filed with the BRA, it is anticipated to begin construction by late-2014, with the project expected to take 18 to 24 months.
The parcel, located across from the Bank of America Pavilion, is bound by Northern Avenue, Congress Street, the Massport Haul Road, and the Silver Line Way. It is currently used as a parking lot.
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Kentech profits hit by dispute
Profits and revenue tumbled last year at Cork-based engineering group Kentech, the firm where directors had been engaged in a bitter dispute up to last month.
New accounts for the business show revenue sank 18pc to $115.9m (€90m) last year while pre-tax profits plunged 44pc to $9.5m (€7.3m). The declines came as administration expenses soared and a time lag occurred between the end of old projects and the start of new ones.
Kentech provides engineering services to clients such as oil and mining companies.
The company, which operates as part of Josar Holdings and employs about 3,000 people, said that in 2011 a number of major projects the firm had been working on came to an end, but that ongoing contracts coming from 2010 into 2011 helped it maintain a "strong performance" in the first six months of last year.
"These contracts wound down in quarter three and the new projects awarded did not commence with a smooth overlap," the directors note. "This drop in the level of business ... has directly led to the lower turnover and profits posted in 2011 against 2010."
A legal battle erupted this year between some of the directors and shareholders in Kentech.
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Yesterday was one of those examples of having nothing but lemons and deciding to make some lemonade.
As we sat outside discussing our plans for the day, I realized that my first priority was to have Gabriel and Summer checked out because they had been under the weather all week. Luckily, we have our own personal nurse, my sister, next door. After she assessed both of them, she advised me to get them to the doctor immediately.
We went to urgent care where we discovered that Summer has a severe sinus infection and has symptoms of exposure to strep. Gabriel is having asthma complications, with a developing cough and compromised lungs. Luckily, we caught his early before it turned into pneumonia. We were sent on our way with orders to rest and prescriptions for antibiotics, tummy medicine, and breathing treatments
After a quick stop at the store for some snacks, we went home.
That is where the summer fun list came into play. Since we had told the littles that we would try to do fun family things on Saturdays, we wanted to give them a special day in spite of illnesses. We decided to build a huge fort, watch movies, and eat snacks.
So, that is exactly what we did.
The day that started out less than great found some rainbows after all. As I have said many times, they are almost always there. Sometimes it is just much harder to see them. And, believe me, after the third breathing treatment last night, it was getting hard to see them. Until I pulled my sick littles into my lap and realized that doing what I feel I was always meant to do – being a mom – immediately brought not just the rainbows, but the unicorns, too.


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Compatibility between a Scorpio male and a Leo female?
I've been talking to a Scorpio man for a while now and I think I've really fallen for him. I'd like to know more about our compatibility and get some tips for how to keep him interested and win his heart. Thanks!
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Dear One,
Both of you have an incredibly powerful will — and you will both need to feel respected by your partner if you're going to make a go of this one. You're both a tad inflexible, to say the least, and Scorpio's iciness could take a long time to thaw under your sunny Leo rays. If you're patient enough, though, they will come around and show you their softer and more sensitive side. Scorpio is sensual, emotional and intense. This type of energy will definitely draw you into a powerful emotional relationship. Both Leo and Scorpio are extremely romantic —they tend to mate for life.
When we look for a combination of Leo and Scorpio, we needn't go any further than Bill and Hillary Clinton. Bill Clinton is the epitome of strong leadership, which is what Leo is all about. Hillary is just as proud, confident and determined as him. There's no doubt that Hillary's support has had a huge impact on Bill Clinton's political life. Theirs has been an incredibly strong bond, surviving many scandals and challenges. Scorpio has a fascination with death and the afterlife. If these sorts of topics unnerve you, ask Scorpio to back off for while. You have tremendous respect for Scorpio's mind; also, you'll want to prove your own worth in this area. Go for it! If you show Scorpio you're up to the task of philosophical investigation, they will be even more intrigued and enchanted by you.For more info you can write to me email@example.com
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Matching is only 50% and consider calling sign
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I just love wat the first guy said…perfect answer :D. Ik this leo girl who is just amazing and i cant agree more.
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Taurus and Scorpio compatibility? How can I make it work?
I am a Scorpio.
He's the Taurus >.<
Suggestion by SandyBrown76
Don't worry about his sign or your sign. Just try to get to know him. And if you two are opposites, then maybe it must might work.
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Your signs are not compatible. A scorpio is compatible with a Cancer, Pisces, and a Capricorn.
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You are 2 opposites,I assume you know that..You are very compatible,but you can either be the best match ever or the worst one.
You don't need to change yourself.
Only by being with him you made this relationship be possible..And work.
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What is in Our Blood?
Have you ever wondered what is in our blood?
When we read a book recently, we discovered the answer. The book was ...
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Based on the facts we learnt in this book, we engaged in a child-friendly art activity in which we looked at the four main components of blood:
- White blood cells,
- Red blood cells,
- Platelets and
- Water.
The boys used cotton wool balls to represent the white blood cells, and coloured paper for the platelets, red blood cells and water. Green paper was added to symbolize germs.
After they'd finished the collages, we wrote about blood in an attempt to include some writing and spelling in the activity for our oldest son.
The youngest seemed to enjoy the pasting aspect the most - especially when it came to the challenge of sticking down cotton wool balls without coating all fingers and thumbs in fine fibres.
Did you know ....
... that white blood cells use chemicals to kill of bacteria and while they eat viruses? Ah ... the amazing facts you learn when you start researching different topics.
I'm so thankful for access to both the internet and a wide range of books from the library! How else would we be able to find out the answers to all the questions these boys come up with?
Now we can move onto the next question they'd like to know about ... "How does the body refresh the blood?"
If this keeps up, I'm going to need to go back to university to get a science degree!
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From its beginnings as the RSU (Regional Support Unit) the District 14 Headquarters brigade has been serving District 14 and surrounds for the last 18 years.
Initially formed in partnership between the Bacchus Marsh Lions Club and CFA, the RSU was formed in time for the 1996/97 fire season to assist the regional headquarters to release operational members during a large incident.
The team consisting of six members from the Bacchus Marsh Lions Club, three CFA members from Bacchus Marsh and other interested parties undertook the task as a Lions Club project. Current CFA board member Michael Tudball and Operations Officer David Clancy were the driving force behind the project and Operations Manager Peter Baker provided valuable support to the unit.
The unit provided manpower for office, clerical and transport duties and anything that was needed appropriate to the training for the volunteers.
The RSU grew and developed from there, with training to allow members to work in ICCs, on firegrounds and flight following, allowing the Region to operate "milk runs" on all TFBs from Fogarty's Field Melton. Members also operated the phone desk, delivered supplies to stations, transferring vehicles, driving personnel to and from fires and working within other region HQs ICCs and RECCs.
Members worked a roster so that two members of the RSU were on roster each weekend - tasked as required and skills updated by duty officers in slower times.
The unit then developed into its current form as the District 14 Headquarters Brigade and currently has 15 members who have a combined 220 years of service. Members are skilled in AIIMS, IMS, Flight Following, Resources, Mapping, Staging Area Management, Comms and Public Information.
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The left seaplane door requires the installation of the fuel system STC SA02241AK because the fuel lines from the left wing have to be rerouted around the new door opening.
The STC includes a 40 page installation manual with lots of pictures.
Eddie has additional fuel capacity, 72 gallons. He describes.....
The fuel tanks in my airplane are Field Approved. I added a stock PA-22 eighteen gallon fuel tank in the next outboard compression bay of each wing, this gives me a total of seventy-two gallons of fuel. The outboard tanks are auxiliary tanks only. A solid state Facet fuel pump is used to transfer the fuel into the original tanks once the fuel is used from the original tank.
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Your automobile is a personal reflection of yourself, so shouldn't your garage also show some unique character? At RaceDeck, the folks behind one of the industry's premiere modular garage flooring solutions think so and it shows in their products. Why else would they have just been named "the preferred garage floor" of Goodguys Rod & Custom Association for the tenth consecutive year?
The team at RaceDeck is all about sweet rides and giving them optimal places to park. After all, company CEO Jorgen Moller knows a thing or two about complimenting killer rides with a killer garage. He's a proud member of the Bonneville 200mph Club, having reached incredible speeds on the salt in his very own '32 Highboy roadster. Aside from giving your garage, shop, or showroom floor a bit more pizzazz, RaceDeck flooring is guaranteed tough.
Easy to clean, put together, and move, RaceDeck flooring gives automotive enthusiasts the utmost control over their holding areas. Whether you're looking for a floor that keeps your garage looking fresh or a sturdy base to put your pristine ride atop at national shows, RaceDeck has what you're looking for. This is why for the tenth year in a row, RaceDeck has been named Goodguys' preferred garage floor.
"Everyone here at RaceDeck loves being a part of the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association–hot rods and their culture are in our blood," Moller said in a recent press release. "The people and their incredible rides are what we are all about and we're proud to be part of such a world class organization."
To celebrate their accomplishment, RaceDeck will be exhibiting at a number of Goodguys shows across the country while supplying flooring for many of the showcased Goodguys vehicles.
For nearly four decades, RaceDeck and its parent company Snap Lock Industries have provided enthusiasts with the greatest commercial and individual garage flooring options in the industry, as well as movable event flooring used by some of the most killer cars in the country.
With 18 patents, an ISO certification for Quality Management System and over 100,000 sq-ft of designing and manufacturing space right here in the United States, we can't wait to see what RaceDeck comes up with next for the automotive enthusiast community.
Congratulations to RaceDeck for their much deserved success and for being picked as the preferred flooring outlet for Goodguys for the last ten years.


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Hawks win! Needless to say, us here in Chicago are celebrating yet another title from the Chicago Blackhawks who beat the Boston Bruins 3-2. Not only are we getting the Stanley Cup to come back to the Windy City, ShowYouSuck released his ode to the new NHL champs, titled "Wayne Gretzky." Talk about timeliness!
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New Santa Cruz Art Exhibit Celebrates the Music of Tom Waits
Printmaker Bridget Henry brings together 16 artists for Felix Kulpa's 'Cemetery Polka'
by Steve Palopoli on Jan 30, 2013 – For Santa Cruz Weekly
The first time renowned Santa Cruz printmaker Bridget Henry heard Tom Waits was in 1992, when a friend put "Tango Til They're Sore" on an unmarked mixtape.
"There was no info on it," remembers Henry. "I had no idea who Tom Waits was, and I had no idea who sang that song, but I just kept on playing it over and over again. Even just that line, 'falling out of a window with confetti in your hair." Is confetti really coming out of your hair? How are you falling? I kept having all these questions, and images."
Though Waits' body of work has been pored over, dissected and subdivided from nearly every possible angle, it is incredibly almost never considered in the proper context of the Northern California landscape—despite the fact that Waits has spent half his career living in Sonoma County, where he relocated from Southern California just as he was moving into his most experimental phase.
There are actually two reasons for this Bay Area snub: first, because Waits so famously came out of the L.A. underground in the early '70s, and then began making music that seemed removed from space and time. Second, Waits has succeeded where so many artists of his stature have failed in keeping his private life private—many of his fans don't even know that he lives in Sebastopol, where he is regularly spotted, but rarely bothered.
And yet, that uniquely NorCal brand of boho is exactly what her first Waits experience evokes for Henry to this day.
"That song really kind of encapsulates that time period in my life, which was living on Seabright, hearing the people ride their skateboards home from the Seabright Brewery—chick-a, chick-a, chick-a down the sidewalk. My housemate with her ferret. When I hear that song, all that comes back to life," she says.
"Tango Til They're Sore" is a song from 1985's Rain Dogs, the middle album is what is generally considered a Waits trilogy, starting with 1983's Swordfishtrombones and concluding in 1987 with Frank's Wild Years. Waits' experimentation in that period led to his flat-out most insane outpouring of creativity with his next record. On 1992's Bone Machine, he bombed rock & roll back to the Stone Age with a series of bizarre tunes that seem to exist in some kind of hallucinatory Philip K. Dick conspiracy theory, in which all eras of music, culture and murder exist at the same time. Despite winning critical acclaim and a Grammy, it remained divisive and dangerous enough to mainstream audiences to legitimately qualify as the most important cult record of the '90s.
This was the next Waits record Henry discovered, in appropriately odd circumstances. "I actually found the CD," she says. "It was in a lost and found, and nobody came back to claim it. I started listening to it, it was all scratched up and messed up. It didn't have the cover on it."
Once again, she couldn't get the questions or images it conjured up out of her mind. So much so that two decades later, she has just finished one of her biggest prints ever, a piece inspired by the song "Murder in the Red Barn" off Bone Machine.
The longer one talks to the mild-mannered Henry about the subject, the more it becomes clear that what she's really been building for the last 20 years is a Tom Waits obsession, one that will culminate this week with opening night of "Cemetery Polka" at the Felix Kulpa Gallery. As curator, she's rounded up 15 other artists to help her create a multi-media exhibit of works inspired by Waits' music. All of them are creating original pieces specifically for this show— prints, sculpture, paintings, book art, film and more.
Though she's been seriously thinking about doing an exhibit like this for at least a couple of years, she got the green light from Felix Kulpa's gallery director Robbie Schoen last October, and has been coordinating the other contributions as well as creating two pieces herself ever since, with increasing intensity.
"In my mind, it's been a really quick turnaround," she says. "I could probably see working on this for a year, just personally. I haven't stopped thinking about it. For the last month, that's all I think about."
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Nathan Goodman, a Santa Cruz assemblage artist who's participating in the show, got to experience firsthand how driven his friend Henry is about this project, quite literally. He was driving down Mission St. on the way to his house on the West Side one day when he realized he was being followed. When he parked at his place, it was Henry who pulled up behind him.
"She said 'I've been looking all over for you. I recognized your car,'" says Goodman. She then proceeded to invite him to be in the show.
Goodman hadn't listened to Waits for a few years, but he too remembers the first time he heard Waits. He was in his friend's '64 Ford Falcon, and they were driving around Davis, where he grew up.
"He had this tape deck that played a little bit faster than it should," Goodman says. Suddenly, Waits' dark-carnival anthem "The Black Rider" came on, an already freaky song about drinking blood and using skulls for bowls made even more outlandish by the fact that it was playing at the wrong speed.
"That was my first and most poignant exposure to Tom Waits. I thought 'This is crazy.'"
When he started thinking about what he'd contribute to the show, he went back and revisited the song. All he'll say about his 3-D piece for the show is that it's a "machine-type thing that's going to make noise and move around," which sounds about right.
Another artist in the "Cemetery Polka" exhibit who is drawing on "The Black Rider"—and the album of the same name, which was Waits' 1993 follow-up to Bone Machine and was made up of songs he wrote for a 1990 play—is Rob Reger. Best known for the Emily the Strange character, Reger got his start in Santa Cruz as an artist in the local skateboarding culture, and has stayed connected to the community here though he now lives in Berkeley. When Henry asked him if he wanted to be in the show, he says, "it was a no-brainer. I was like 'I'm in.'"
Reger has been listening to Waits since he picked up Swordfishtrombones in the '80s, and in preparation for the project, he went back and submerged himself in the music from all of Waits' different periods. He was somewhat surprised to find it was The Black Rider that inspired him.
"It's not my favorite album," he admits. "It's way down there. But I particularly like doing these collages with messed-up human figures."
Since The Black Rider represents Waits at the height of his sideshow grotesquery, it was a perfect match.
There's no question in Reger's mind that he's been inspired by Waits in his artistic career.
"I don't know who couldn't be," he says.
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Reger has kept in touch with Henry through the intriguing little self-contained coastal neighborhood where she's lived since 1996. Five miles north of Santa Cruz off Highway 1, its official name is Camp Green, though residents call it Campo Verde. The property, probably a square acre or so in size, was once home to a migrant worker's mess hall. Now it's several rental houses with no fences between them, each just a short walk to the ocean, or a Brussels sprouts field, or the railroad tracks, or the communal fire pit.
"I've been a good friend of the compound for a long time," says Reger.
Many of the residents at Campo Verde are artists, and Henry recruited a handful of them, plus a former neighbor there, Dave Gardner, for the show.
It's fitting, because Campo Verde is in many ways responsible for this exhibit in the first place.
"A lot of us listen to Tom Waits, so he was kind of on all the time," says Henry. "I brought up this idea and a lot of the people I live around are artists, and they all got excited about it. That started a conversation that made me think 'I've got to do this.'"
But as in most of Waits songs, there's so much more to it than there first appears. In fact, it's fair to say that Campo Verde has been haunted by Tom Waits, starting with the annual neighborhood talent show. Somebody always seems to do something related to his music, whether it's a cover song, or a piece of performance art, or in the background of a movie clip.
"'Talent' is loose. It's not a real talent show, it's just fun. There is real talent, and then there's just goofy things. But one year we were just like, 'What the hell? Can we have another Tom Waits song?' It was a little too much that year," says Henry.
He even came up six years ago when Campo Verde held a sculpture festival and (due to heavy rains and a lot of washed up wood) driftwood art became the central theme.
"Someone said, 'I just read an interview with Tom Waits, and he said he hates driftwood sculptures.' We were like, 'What if we have our Tom Waits show and somebody does a driftwood sculpture? If he comes, he's going to be so disappointed,'" says Henry, who suddenly realizes the idea for this show stretches back even farther than she thought.
"I guess it must have been floating around back then."
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Another recurring link in "Cemetery Polka" is artist and musician Paul Rangel, who is not only contributing work to the show, but has had at least two-thirds of the participating artists as students, including Henry, in his 30 years of teaching at UCSC.
Rangel is taking a different approach from many of the artists in that he's not focusing on any particular album or song, but on Waits' work as a whole. He says he once considered Waits roughly on par with Bob Dylan and Randy Newman as a musical icon, but no more.
"Tom Waits has surpassed both of them, I think, in the way in which he's dramatically evolved, and gone into sonic dimensions of his music that are so original," says Rangel. "His risk-taking really sets him apart."
He also sees an authenticity in Waits' songwriting that grounds the theatricality of his delivery.
"There's real life in his tales," he says.
And like Henry, he's drawn to the many questions left unanswered in Waits' songs, the relentless ambiguity created not just by lyrics, but by an intersection of narrative and mood.
"There's this floating reasoning in his songs," says Rangel.
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That's precisely what led Henry to put 50 hours of carving into "Murder in the Red Barn," of which she's making seven prints. (Her other print for the show was inspired by "16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six" fromSwordfishtrombones.)
Though there seem to be about a dozen subplots in Waits' "Murder in the Red Barn," all of which may or may not be linked, Henry zeroed in on the central question it never answers: What exactly happened in the red barn? Whatever it was, it sounds pretty sinister. But Henry saw another question inside that question.
"At the same time," she says, "there's the line 'there's always some killing you got to do around the farm,' something like that. You live on a farm, you have chickens, you eat your chickens. You have cows, you milk your cows—you might kill your cows. There's always a little blood on the ax, and is that something nefarious, or is it just day-to-day life?"
Despite the dense lyrics, she was determined to capture the essence of Waits' storytelling.
"Other artists will take a different approach, I know, but my approach is I'm interested in the story, I'm interested in the narrative. But it's like trying to re-tell a dream. You can't capture everything, so you have to find the elements that work," she says.
The interpretative quality of the process is part of what drew her to the idea in the first place. "I'm interested in how you can pass inspiration through different art media," she says. "I'd read about that with jazz, that a lot of painters during the time of the Harlem Renaissance were inspired by jazz, and the music would inspire their paintings. And then Langston Hughes was inspired by the paintings. It just kept going, there was this circuitous inspiration that would happen."
It's the things that are most complicated about Waits—the ambiguity, the dark and sometimes socially unacceptable subject matter, the not-always-easy human truths in the chaos—that make his work the ideal basis for the exhibit.
"For me, that was the perfect fit," she says. "If someone told me go and do a bunch of artwork based on music that inspires you, some of it would be a struggle, and some of it would be easy. I feel like with him, it's almost too easy. Like he did all the work, and it's like reading a book, and all the images are just pouring in."
'Cemetery Polka' runs Feb. 1-24 at Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St. in Santa Cruz. Opening reception is Friday, Feb. 1 from 5-9pm.


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Hershey Harrisburg Wine Country's Cornucopia Wine Quest 2016
Hershey Harrisburg Wine Country
Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 12:00 PM - Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 5:00 PM (EDT)
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Hershey Harrisburg Wine Country's Cornucopia Wine Quest
Each Saturday & Sunday, October 15-October 30 from 12-5 p.m.
at Each of the Wineries Listed below
During this signature event, guests will have the opportunity to travel to 12 wineries over three weekends to experience our progressive festival! Each winery will allow guests to enjoy a unique element of the Quest at each winery (see below), while also sampling the handcrafted wines of that winery. Each guest will receive a souvenir glass to take to each participating winery and will receive a 10% discount on all purchases.
To participate, get your ticket and travel to as many of the wineries below as you would like one day or all six days -- your choice!
Participating wineries & their activities include...
Moon Dancer Winery - Scavenger Hunt
1. This event requires guests to travel to the participating wineries (it is not in all one location). We encourage guests to have a designated driver, or contact our exclusive transportation partner Premiere #1 Limousine l, who will develop a custom experience.
2. Eventbrite will send you a confirmation email immediately after you have completed the transaction, but physical tickets will not be mailed to you. Instead, you must start at your chosen starting winery to get checked in and pick up the actual card stock ticket. Participating wineries will require that you have your actual cardstock ticket before you can begin enjoying this event. Printouts of the ticket purchase confirmation email do not qualify as tickets.
3. If you lose or break your glass, you will be able to purchase a new one for $3.00 at any of the wineries.
4. Cullari Vineyards, Hummingbird Ridge Winery & Mt. Hope Winery will not be participating in this event.
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Participating Wineries of the Hershey Harrisburg Wine Country
Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 12:00 PM - Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 5:00 PM (EDT)
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Important Notice: Unfortunately, the 2016 Highlands Festival at Waterloo has been cancelled and instead of the festival this year a concert with New Riders of the Purple Sage will be held at Roy's Hall in Blairstown. We do hope to be able to bring back our large festival again in 2017 or a comparable signature event!
We appreciate your ongoing support and look forward to seeing you at the concert on Saturday, September 17th at Roy's Hall and at our other upcoming functions! Tickets to the concert range from $28.50 – $33.50 and the show starts at 8:30pm. For additional details and to purchase tickets to the concert click here or either of the above embedded links.
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Highlands Festival at Waterloo 2016 has had to be cancelled
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Tickets are between $28.50-$33.50 and can be purchased here.
There will be plenty of activities to enjoy! Biking is welcome, working dog shows, historic village tours, blacksmith demonstrations, workshops, children's corner and much, much more!
What better place to shop? In the lovely outdoors, while music plays all around you, munching on some snacks and sipping some Highlands H2O. There will be all sorts of goodies you can purchase including crafts, fair trade items, green products, farmers market produce and the like.
Welcome back to Waterloo!
Waterloo Village is coming alive again with special events and activities to help you rediscover its rich history and natural resources. The Highlands Festival at Waterloo highlights the importance of water preservation, celebrates our environment and recognizes the committed people who work to protect it.
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Hungry? We will have plenty of delicious options for you to choose from! Main dishes, sides, and of course yummy desserts. Thirsty? We'll have various refreshing beverages to choose from, including the return of our beer garden!
Bring your blankets, towels, lawn chairs and enjoy the festivities. Don't forget your hats, shades and sunblock!
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I do not know who Elena Ferrante is – nor does anyone for that matter – but she has written a series of novels that have latched into my heart and brain and will stay there. Like other characters in books that I love, the characters are what stay with me. If a writer can create a story around people who you forget are fictional, they have done a great job indeed.
I am not one to retell the plot in my reviews. Instead I like to get right into it.
First of all, the covers. They always say not to judge a book by its cover and honestly I judged these and judged them hard. I've seen them in my local bookstore many times, but skipped over them because, frankly, they look like boring Chick-Lit. Not that there is anything wrong with Chick-Lit – I used to be a huge Emily Giffin fan in my early 20s – but it is not a genre I enjoy anymore because I can never relate to or sympathize with the characters. With these covers I assumed that they would be fluff, written about women who are cliche and lead boring lives.
I was way wrong.
I had heard a few podcasts mention how great these were but I was skeptical. Finally, while visiting someone in Ohio, I stopped off at an independent bookshop determined to buy something to lend my support. I saw "My Brilliant Friend" (Book 1) on display in the center of the store. As my husband tried to rush me out, I thought, "Why not?" I took it to the register and walked out with the book in hand. It took me a few weeks to begin reading it and once I did I couldn't stop.
I read the first three novels back-to-back with other shorter books in between. I did not start on the fourth right away because I wanted to savor the last book, these characters and the story Ferrante weaved.
The characters are flawed in a very real way. Every single person you feel like you could know or have known, could be a neighbor or even someone in your own family. Hell, they could even be yourself. I found myself rooting for and against every character, even the "bad guys." In my opinion there were no good or bad guys. There were, of course, more obvious bad guys but when it came down to the root of the story, everyone was trying to survive the best way they knew how and the only way they knew how.
They all embarked on lives, careers, marriages, and parenthood in a way that is honest. People fall on hard times, people grow apart and back together, marriages happen out of convenience or out of trying to escape. We have all had a friend we loved but also hated, felt safe with and feared, celebrated yet resented. We've all idolized people or a life we long for, the what-could-have-beens and the what-should-have -beens.
This book has all of those things and so much more.
The Neapolitan Novels are not filled with jaw-dropping moments (although, I admit, I did at least once), I doubt anyone will cry their eyes out. I also believe that these are autobiographical novels…. But what will capture you are how real these people and their stories are. The plot is not one that is a "what happens next!" kind but somehow Ferrante kept me engaged so deeply that I felt I was in Naples, Italy growing up along side Lila and Elena. I felt their pain, their loss, their struggles, their joys, their lust, their anger…all of it.
When I read the last pages and last sentences, I felt like I had experienced an entire life. In fact, these novels span and entire lifetime from a very young age to old age. I've read a few books like this (most recently "Panchinko") but none have done it so successfully as these novels. They are deep and engaging.
If you are looking for a real, gritty, honest set of novels about two female friends and their lifetime together, this is for you. I thoroughly enjoyed it!


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Doctor Masoud Jafaripour, MD, FACS provides a full range of Facial Plastic Surgery procedures at Ordibehesht Facial Plastic Surgery and ENT clinic including facelift, non-surgical facelift, rhinoplasty (nose job), nasal surgery, eyelid surgery, otoplasty (ear pinning), forehead lift (browlift), neck lifts, facial paralysis surgery, facial fat grafting, and sleep apnea surgery.
Non-surgical cosmetic treatments include dermal fillers and injectables for lip augmentation, botox and dysport, and fraxel laser skin resurfacing.
An experienced and nationally respected surgeon, he has an experience of over 3500 successful cases of rhinoplasty (nose job) and he is familiar with all kind of noses.
Doctor Masoud Jafaripour strives for a natural appearance in both his aging face surgery and rhinoplasty operations. His goal is for his patients to look refreshed and younger yet keep their natural facial appearance. A conservative approach is the key to his success using time tested techniques to help avoid complications and an unnatural look. Dr Jafaripour's rhinoplasty philosophy emphasizes strong nasal support to ensure a predictable long-term outcome. As such, structural grafting is a fundamental component of a strong nasal framework.


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Morehouse is on a roll and if the Maroon Tigers stay hot, a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title is not out of the question.
In the last three weeks, Morehouse (4-2 overall, 3-1 SIAC) has beaten Bowie State, upset Tuskegee, which leads the SIAC with a 5-1 record, and pulled out a last-second win over Lane College.
The Maroon Tigers enter Saturday's homecoming contest against Kentucky State (2-4) aware that a share of the NCAA Division II SIAC title and a potential berth in the Pioneer Bowl in the Georgia Dome on Dec. 22 is possible.
"We've got a chance, but only if we continue to win," said Morehouse coach A.J. Jones."
Elsewhere on Saturday, Georgia Southern, the unbeaten and top-ranked school in NCAA Division 1-AA and seeking a third consecutive national title, is at East Tennessee State.
In other games involving the state's colleges below the Division I-A level, North Alabama is at Valdosta State, Savannah State at Fort Valley State, West Georgia at Harding, Morgan State at Morris Brown and Clark Atlanta at Tuskegee.
Last week, Morehouse scored in the closing seconds when Chivalrik Daughtry connected on a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jeremiah Thompson on a fourth-and-goal for a 25-22 victory over Lane in Memphis.
It was the second scoring pass for Thompson, who had a 16-yard TD catch late in the third quarter to cut Lane's lead to 17-16.
Another plus for the Maroon Tigers has been the play of freshman running back Javon Mitchell, who was redshirted last season and hadn't played much until the Tuskegee game two weeks ago.
In that 14-3 victory, Mitchell carried 11 times for 57 yards. In the win over Lane, he also had 57 rushing yards on only six carries.
"Javon is a big, strong kid who can play fullback or tailback," Jones said of the 6-foot, 230-pound Mitchell. "He adds another dimension to what we do in our offense with his power."
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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. -- A driver was traveling northbound on Shady Hills Rd. south of Sand Crane Dr. on Sunday around 6:30 a.m. when the car suddenly went off the road and the driver lost control.
The car sped through the median and onto oncoming traffic going southbound. The car had a head-on collision with a second vehicle and both drivers had to be taken to the Regional Medical Center of Bayonet Point.
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Researchers from University of Pittsburgh studied the effects of volunteerism on adults 50 and older, and found that in supportive volunteer environments, volunteers found purpose, satisfaction, and good health later in life while giving back to society.
For those interested in volunteering their time to a non-profit organization, finding the perfect volunteer opportunity is just a mouse click away. Websites such as www.volunteermatch.org and www.volunteersoaz.org can connect area residents with a variety of volunteer opportunities throughout the Tucson area.
For example, Gestures of Joy is an all-volunteer music group of approximately 20 Splendido residents. The group regularly visits area hospitals, nonprofits, special events, and schools to provide performances and enjoyment to all. You can see them perform at the 14th Annual Oro Valley Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration at the Oro Valley Marketplace on Friday, Dec.6 at 5 p.m.; or catch them at Splendido's Holiday Brunch at 13500 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., on Wednesday, Dec.11 at 10 a.m. Reservations are required to attend the brunch. Please call 878-2612.


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David Williams will remain Kentucky Senate President in 2012
By Jack Brammer
FRANKFORT — Senate President David Williams, who lost a bid for governor this year, will keep his leadership position in the legislature.
Williams, a Burkesville Republican who has headed the Senate since 2000, said after a retreat Thursday for Senate Republicans that there will be no leadership changes in the Senate.
He said no Republican leader faced a challenge.
There was speculation that there might be a challenge to Williams' leadership, given Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear's resounding victory over Williams in the Nov. 8 gubernatorial election.
Some felt that Williams could be a liability for Republican candidates in 2012 elections, when half of the Senate's 38 seats will be up for grabs.
Senate Majority Caucus Chairman Dan Seum, R-Louisville, said the caucus did discuss how the Senate could run more efficiently. He mentioned that there will be an effort for leaders to be more timely.
Several members have complained that Williams often is late gaveling the Senate into session.
Williams' current term as president runs through 2012.
"We had a caucus meeting for two days, and I'm going to be president for the rest of my term," Williams said.
Asked what will happen in 2013, Williams said "I am not so presumptuous to think that we will have the majority or that I would be re-elected."
Williams said the group "talked about a lot of issues."
On Beshear's call earlier this week for a constitutional amendment to expand gambling, Williams said the governor should fully vet his plan with the public before presenting it to the legislature.
Williams said the goal of the Senate is to perform its work on redrawing Congressional and legislative district boundaries in the first week of the 2012 General Assembly that begins Jan. 3.
Republicans outnumber Democrats in the Senate 22 to 15, with one independent member who caucuses with Republicans.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, has asked all 100 members of the Democratic-controlled House to meet next Tuesday and Wednesday in the House chamber for informational briefings on the state budget and Medicaid.
There are 58 Democrats and 42 Republicans in the House.
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Navisphere Vision continues to advance the powerful and proven capabilities of C.H. Robinson's proprietary Navisphere technology platform.
Microsoft, an innovator in fulfillment and logistics capabilities and a customer of C.H. Robinson's TMC division, has been using Navisphere Vision since its alpha release in 2016.
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Design of a Smart Ultrasonic Transducer for Interconnecting Machine Applications
AbstractA high-frequency ultrasonic transducer for copper or gold wire bonding has been designed, analyzed, prototyped and tested. Modeling techniques were used in the design phase and a practical design procedure was established and used. The transducer was decomposed into its elementary components. For each component, an initial design was obtained with simulations using a finite elements model (FEM). Simulated ultrasonic modules were built and characterized experimentally through the Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV) and electrical resonance spectra. Compared with experimental data, the FEM could be iteratively adjusted and updated. Having achieved a remarkably highly-predictive FEM of the whole transducer, the design parameters could be tuned for the desired applications, then the transducer is fixed on the wire bonder with a complete holder clamping was calculated by the FEM. The approach to mount ultrasonic transducers on wire bonding machines also is of major importance for wire bonding in modern electronic packaging. The presented method can lead to obtaining a nearly complete decoupling clamper design of the transducer to the wire bonder. View Full-Text
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This is another of the certificates I recently obtained from Sheffield Register Office.
The marriage certificate of George ELLIS 1860-Deceased and Emily ELLIS (née Emily ROSEWARNE 1865-1944) provides a few clues to help further my research:
The father of George ELLIS 1860-Deceased is recorded as Mark ELLIS 1831-Deceased. Having carried out little research into George ELLIS 1860-Deceased this should prove very useful.
The father of Emily ELLIS (née Emily ROSEWARNE 1865-1944) is confirmed as Thomas ROSEWARNE 1823-1895.
Once again I will post a full transcript of this marriage certificate when time allows.
2007-08-04 To view my transcription of this marriage certificate please click here.
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I am the great grandaughter of Martha Ellis. So this would make Mr George Ellis my great great grandfather. If you could let me know of any other details i would be delighted as I've just started on this long journey!


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